Jerry West, a former NBA player and basketball executive who helped lead the Los Angeles Lakers to multiple championships, died Wednesday at age 86.
West, whose silhouette became part of the NBA’s iconic logo, also had successful runs as an executive with the Memphis Grizzlies, Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers during his career.
The Clippers announced West’s deathWednesday.
Rory McIlroy goes into the US Open in buoyant mood after announcing that he and his wife Erica have called off their divorce.
The sport was stunned when it was revealed on the Monday of last month’s US PGA Championship that the pair were going their separate ways after seven years of marriage. The couple have a three-year-old daughter.
But two days before the season’s third major begins, a lawyer representing McIlroy filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss a divorce petition that was filed in Florida last month citing that the marriage was “irretrievably broken”. The case has now been closed, according to court records.
“Over the past weeks, Erica and I have realised that our best future was as a family together,” McIlroy later told the Guardian. “Thankfully, we have resolved our differences and look forward to a new beginning.”
Inevitably, the McIlroy split went across the world, with all manners of unsubstainatiated stories appearing on gossip websites and social media. “There have been rumours about my personal life recently, which is unfortunate,” he said. “Responding to each rumour is a fool’s game.”