TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has died less than a week after being diagnosed with a brain bleed. He was 25.<\/p>\n
Cave was placed in a medically induced coma Tuesday at a Toronto hospital, where he was taken after being admitted to a medical facility in Barrie, Ontario, the previous day. Cave underwent emergency surgery Tuesday to remove a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on his brain.<\/p>\n
The NHL club confirmed Cave\u2019s death with a statement from his family.<\/p>\n
Cave was acquired by the Oilers from the Bruins in January 2019. He played 44 games for Edmonton and scored once in 11 contests for the Oilers this season, spending most of his time with the team\u2019s AHL affiliate at Bakersfield.<\/p>\n
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said of Cave: \u201cUndrafted but undaunted, Colby was relentless in the pursuit of his hockey dream.\u201d<\/p>\n
(AP) The PGA Tour says Doug Sanders died Sunday morning in Houston at age 86. Sanders was one of golf’s most colorful figures with his wardrobe and lifestyle. Sanders won 20 times on the PGA Tour, the first one as an amateur in the 1956 Canadian Open. But he is best known for the four times he was runner-up in a major. The most memorable was the 1970 British Open at St. Andrews when he missed a short par putt on the 18th hole. Jack Nicklaus beat him in a playoff the next day.<\/p>\n
CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Glenn Beckert, a four-time All-Star second baseman for the Chicago Cubs in the 1960s and \u201970s, died Sunday. He was 79. Citing his family, the Cubs said he died of natural causes in Florida. Playing alongside Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Ferguson Jenkins, Beckert won a Gold Glove in 1968 and made four straight All-Star teams for Chicago starting in 1969. Beckert batted .283 in 11 seasons with Chicago (1965-73) and the San Diego Padres (1974-75). He led the National League five times in best strikeout-to-at-bat ratio and finished third in the league in batting in 1971 at a career-best .342.<\/p>\n