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Carroll (Grange) Gene Granger, age 77, shed his earthly body and entered into Godâs eternal care on Feb. 22, 2021. He was the loving husband of Connie Jean Granger. Together they shared 53 years of marriage.
In addition to his wife Connie, Carroll is survived by his daughter Aimee (Granger) Radulski, her husband Walter Radulski, and their children Anna, Charlotte and Walter; his son Brian Granger, his wife Annie Granger, and their children Elana and Brody; and his son J.D. Granger, his wife Ashley Granger, and their daughter Elle. He is also survived by his sisters Cindy Zinn, husband Michael Zinn, and Sandy Little, and husband Stephen Little.
IF you presented Noel Ward’s soccer career in script form to a Holywood producer, they would probably laugh you out of their office.
The Dunamanagh native was plucked from obscurity to play for Derry City before moving to Portadown, then on to Aberdeen and then Wigan Athletic where he seemed destined for the top.
He played at Molineux, scored on his international debut, rearranged his wedding to play against Kenny Daglish and was part of the first ever Wigan team to play in the Football League, all before injury ended his career at the age of just 26.
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Ward comes from a sporting family. His dad was a good footballer, he had uncles who played cricket and he played gaelic football at county level, winning the All Ireland Vocational Schools’ Championship with Tyrone. But it was on the soccer pitch that he made his name, although he would say older brother Brian, who also played for Derry City, was the pick of the siblings, who included the youngest, Peter, who playe
For a kid from Pekin – for a kid from anywhere – Jack Rosenberg led an amazing life.
Not everybody can say they helped transform televised coverage of sports. And that coverage helped transform local lovable losers into a major-league baseball franchise with national appeal.
Rosenberg died last weekend in Chicago. He was 94.
For more than 40 years, Rosenberg was sports editor at WGN radio and television in Chicago. He joined others with Peoria-area lineage in creating what became a TV sports superstation that beamed Chicago Cubs games into living rooms across the country.
Rosenberg helped Cubs voices Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray become Baseball Hall of Fame award-winners and national personalities. Rosenberg also shepherded scores of budding broadcasters and earned a sterling reputation in his profession.