For The Record

Died

At age 79 after he fell and hit his head on a concrete gym floor, Harold Connolly (above), who won the gold medal in the hammer throw at the 1956 Olympics despite throwing with a left arm that had been withered since birth. Born in Somerville, Mass., Connolly fractured that arm 13 times as a child, stunting its growth so much that it measured 4½ inches shorter than his right arm as an adult. (His left hand was two thirds the size of his right.) Despite that handicap, he became one of the world's premier throwers in the 1950s and '60s, breaking the world record six times and competing in four Olympics. It was at the '56 Games in Melbourne that Connolly also met his first wife, Olympic discus champion Olga Fikotova, of Czechoslovakia. That couple divorced in '74, and Connolly wedded another Olympian, American runner and pentathlete Pat Daniels, a year later. In '83, in retirement, Connolly shed some light on track and field competition in the Cold War era, admitting that he had competed on steroids for a number of years and supporting acceptance of their use, a stance that he would later reverse.

Died

At age 43 of pancreatic cancer, former Pro Bowl return man Johnny Bailey. After a career in which he set an NCAA record with 7,803 total yards at Division II Texas A&M--Kingsville (then known as Texas A&I), Bailey was a ninth-round pick of the Bears in 1990. He played six seasons with three teams and scored nine touchdowns, including one on a Bears' team-record 95-yard punt return during his rookie season. Bailey was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Divorced

After nearly six years of marriage, Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren. Woods announced on his website that the marriage, which had been on the rocks since revelations about his extramarital affairs began surfacing last November, had been dissolved. "We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future," the couple said in a statement. This week Woods, who hasn't won a tournament since Sept. 2009, will play in The Barclays, the first round of the FedEx Cup playoffs, but he sits in 112th place in the points standings entering the event.

Retired

After Sunday's game, Cubs manager Lou Piniella (right). Last month Piniella announced that he would step down following the season. But with Chicago languishing in fifth place in the NL Central and his mother ailing, the 67-year-old decided to accelerate his plans. "My mom needs me home and that's where I'm going," Piniella said before Sunday's game, a 16--5 loss to the Braves that dropped the Cubs to 51--74. Piniella played in the majors for 18 seasons and managed for another 23, finishing with a record of 1,835--1,713. He led the Reds to a World Series win in 1990. The Cubs named third base coach Mike Quade manager for the rest of the season.

Alleged

By Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie, that he was coached by a director of the HBO show Hard Knocks to appear to struggle while recounting the names and ages of his eight children. Cromartie, who has fathered children with six women in five states, was featured on the program last Wednesday in an interview during which he stumbles while counting off his kids on his fingers. But Cromartie, who was blasted in the media the following day, told the New York Post that a director ordered a "redo" and asked him to pause longer between names in the second take. An HBO spokesman insisted that only one take was filmed and that the show was "not manufactured."