News about Bobby Valentine

After a long fight with cancer, John Stearns, a four-time All-Star catcher with the New York Mets, died. He was 71 years old at the time. According to the Mets, Stearns, who played football and baseball at the University of Colorado, died in Denver on Thursday night. He died less than three weeks after celebrating an Old Timers' Day at Citi Field in New York, which coincided with the Mets' 60th anniversary. On Aug. 27, he was noticeably thin in his Mets jersey and waved to the audience as he was introduced on the field.