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Former Knicks star Michael Ray Richardson has died at the age of 70, only days after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The New York Knicks guard is only the maestro of a 7-3 basketball team that just won its fifth straight game Tuesday night by beating the Memphis Grizzlies. He’s only averaging 27.7 points per game. He’s only dishing out close to seven assists per game. He’s only been one of the best shooters in basketball.

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Former New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets star Micheal Ray Richardson has died at age 70 following a prostate cancer diagnosis, his attorney John Zelbst told Marc J. Spears of ESPN's Andscape.

Leonard Randolph Wilkens, a Basketball Hall of Famer who starred at Providence College before a distinguished career as a player and coach in the National Basketball Association, has died at 88.

YouTube TV subscribers missed yet another weekend of sports action on ESPN and ABC amid a carriage dispute between the streaming service and Disney, and they missed yet another high-profile sporting event on Monday night.