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Veteran, Championship Coach Brian Parham, UMD Fixture, Dies At 57 After Sudden Diagnosis
For more than 25 years, Brian Patrick Parham was one of the people quietly looking out for others. Then everything changed in a matter of weeks.
The Maryland military veteran, championship coach, husband and father from Waldorf died on Wednesday, Sept. 23, following what the University of Maryland Police Department described as a "very brief but courageous battle" with a recently diagnosed illness.
Parham was 57.
His father-in-law, Michael McNair, said Parham died from cancer, leaving behind his wife, Traci, and children who knew him far differently than the thousands of people who crossed…
Phillies Legend Bill Giles, Baseball Visionary Behind Phanatic, Dies At 92
Few people left phingerprints on the Philadelphia Phillies quite like Bill Giles.
Giles, the longtime Phillies executive, former team president and part-owner whose influence stretched well beyond Philadelphia, died at his home in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, on Friday, Sept. 25, the team announced. He was 92.
For more than half a century, Giles helped shape what Phillies baseball looked, sounded and felt like.
He joined the organization in 1969 as vice president of business operations and was promoted to executive vice president three years later, according to the Phillies.
Along the way, Gil…
‘Once A Lion, Always A Lion’: All-County Lacrosse Player, 18, Killed In Maryland Crash
Kaio Cypress had only been out of high school for three months.
The 18-year-old All-County lacrosse player and recent Howard High graduate was killed shortly before 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, when his car left a Maryland roadway and struck a tree.
Cypress, an Elkridge resident and member of Howard's Class of 2026, was driving a 2013 Nissan Juke north on Ilchester Road in Ellicott City around 9:48 p.m. when the vehicle veered off the road between Jeans Way and Bonnie Branch Road, according to Howard County Police.
Why remains unclear.
The Nissan struck a tree, and Cypress, who was alone …
Air Force Vet, Virginia Ska Festival Founder Tim Receveur Dies Days After Final Supernova
Tim Receveur spent much of his life bringing people together. In Virginia, thousands showed up for what would become his final weekend doing just that.
Receveur, the Hampton man behind the Supernova International Ska Festival at Fort Monroe, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 15, just days after the latest three-day festival ended.
He was a husband, father, Air Force veteran, former State Department officer, hostage advocate, historian, author and a driving force in the international ska community.
His death stunned people across each of those worlds.
Just two days earlier, frie…
