RIP Miss Cowher

by sowhatifitisasportste on Jul 25, 2010 2:41 AM EDT

http://www.sbnation.com/admin/entries/new?community_id=68&entry_type=FanPost

I've alawys been a fan of Bill and I'm truly sorry for his loss

Kaye Cowher , the wife of ex-Steelers coach Bill Cowher and a former basketball player at North Carolina State and in the now-defunct Women's Professional Basketball League, has died of skin cancer. She was 54.

Kaye Cowher, seen here with her husband, Bill Cowher, during a 2006 game, died on Friday. Kaye played collegiate and professional basketball.

She died Friday in her native North Carolina, where the family relocated at her urging during Cowher's final year as coach in 2006, one season after the Steelers won the Super Bowl. The family had lived since in Raleigh, N.C.

"Kaye was such a loving and compassionate person and she was the foundation of our family," Bill Cowher, now an NFL analyst with CBS, said in a statement Saturday.

"Kaye was always at my side throughout my career as a player, coach, NFL analyst and, most importantly, as a parent to our three daughters."

He added: "Kaye was the rock that we could all lean on in the tough times. She was looked up to by so many people and I cannot say enough about what Kaye meant to our family."

Steelers president Art Rooney II said: "Kaye was a very private person who was very devoted to her family. Kaye made many friends in our organization and our community."

The Cowhers met at North Carolina State, where Bill played linebacker before beginning an NFL career.

They married in 1981, after the former Kaye Young played alongside twin sister Faye in college and during a three-season pro basketball career.

After leading North Carolina State to a 29-5 record and the first Atlantic Coast Conference women's title in 1978, the sisters played one season with the New York Stars and two with the New Jersey Gems in a league that was a forerunner to the WNBA. During the twins' WPBL careers, they filmed a Wrigley Doublemint gum commercial.

At the time of her death, Kaye Cowher served on the North Carolina State Board of Visitors, which advises the school's chancellor and board of trustees.

A private funeral service will be held Monday in North Carolina

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Its a sad story but this is plagiarism.

by andyb on Jul 25, 2010 10:05 AM EDT reply actions

Yup, this should have been a fanpost.

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by DeSean10 on Jul 25, 2010 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions

It is a fanpost.

RIP Jim Johnson, best ever.

by Imp on Jul 25, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions

This is true. *Fanshot, cobb’d.

I Am Better Than Jack Who Some Fool Thinks Is Better Than Asante (IABTJWSFTIBTA)
JIBTA’s actually Jack Ikegwuonu... and he’s f***ing pissed.
36-5-20-JJ Bleeding Green Forever

by DeSean10 on Jul 25, 2010 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I posted the wrong link… did not have any inetention of Plagiarism

by sowhatifitisasportste on Jul 25, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

hint:

you can fix this.

They call me The Professor.

by Whodie126 on Jul 26, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Shit, I feel so bad for his family... I've lost a loved one to cancer, I hate cancer.

thats Cobb on Kolb crime if you ask me... as said by yophillybro

"I'm trading Kolb to Buffalo for Cribbs"- the brilliant Trade Kolb

by wild_eagle on Jul 26, 2010 10:46 PM EDT reply actions

yes but let's focus on what's really important here W_E

this could be plagairism!!!!!!!!!

^Nights Of Cabiria

by RadioheadbeatlesEagles on Jul 27, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m sure a lot of us have lost loved ones to cancer. I lost my aunt and grandmother within 18 months of each other, and both struggled with the disease at the same time in the same house. We all know how hard it is to watch loved ones uffer with the disease. I don’t think anybody is trying to downplay the severity of the disease and we all feel for the Cowher family, but plagiarism isn’t the proper way to show your remorse. Even by giving credit it via link, it was still plagiarism. If he had made this a Fanshot it wouldn’t have been a problem.

I Am Better Than Jack Who Some Fool Thinks Is Better Than Asante (IABTJWSFTIBTA)
JIBTA’s actually Jack Ikegwuonu... and he’s f***ing pissed.
36-5-20-JJ Bleeding Green Forever

by DeSean10 on Jul 27, 2010 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions