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Post by heregoes on May 19, 2011 14:55:26 GMT -6
Austin Box, starting middle linebacker for Oklahoma, died on Thursday at the age of 22. According to multiple reports, Box was found unresponsive and taken to Mercy Hospital in El Reno. He was transferred to Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, where he was pronounced dead. "The University family is deeply saddened by the tragic death of student-athlete Austin Box. Our hearts go out to his family and friends," school president David Boren said in a statement. A spokeswoman at the medical examiner's office said that they do not expect a cause of death to be known Thursday. here
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Post by heregoes on May 19, 2011 14:55:48 GMT -6
Dang that is young.
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Post by Shenanigan on May 19, 2011 15:01:41 GMT -6
Thats really tragic. You do realize you posted this in "Funnies" right?
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Post by heregoes on May 19, 2011 15:21:06 GMT -6
Thats really tragic. You do realize you posted this in "Funnies" right? I posted it in Sports which for some reason is a sub board of Funnies.
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Post by GrumpyOM (RIP) on May 19, 2011 17:28:06 GMT -6
He was an excellent linebacker for my alma mater too.
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Post by heregoes on May 20, 2011 8:57:27 GMT -6
NORMAN, Okla. -- Police were investigating whether drugs had a role in the death Thursday of Oklahoma senior linebacker Austin Box, and a witness told authorities he believed his friend had overdosed. here
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Post by GrumpyOM (RIP) on May 20, 2011 12:26:09 GMT -6
Yep, read that in this morning's paper. What a waste of a young life, a lot of talent and what would probably have been a great future.
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Post by heregoes on May 22, 2011 9:05:50 GMT -6
Yep, read that in this morning's paper. What a waste of a young life, a lot of talent and what would probably have been a great future. Somehow it seems worse when someone with such promise does themself in with drugs. Of course its not. Its always a tragedy.
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