Duckworth, part of a Trail Blazers goodwill tour, was scheduled to hold a basketball clinic on the Oregon coast when he died Monday night.
The Depoe Bay Fire Department said it responded about 10 p.m. to a report of a man who was down and not breathing at Salishan Lodge at Gleneden Beach, north of Newport on the central coast.
The cause of death was to be determined by a medical examiner, but the Lincoln County sheriff's office said there was no indication of foul play.
-- Jabir Herbert Muhammad, a longtime manager of Muhammad Ali and son of the late Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, died following heart surgery in Chicago. He was 79.
BASKETBALL
Reneses resigns as Spain's coach
Aito Garcia Reneses has quit as Spain's basketball coach after leading the national team to a silver medal at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Garcia Reneses made use of a clause in his contract that allows him to vacate the position after the Games, the Spanish basketball federation announced Tuesday.
He is expected to take over Spanish club Unicaja.
-- The Boston Celtics signed first-round draft pick J.R. Giddens.
The 6-foot-5 point guard, the 30th pick in the draft, averaged 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds for New Mexico during his senior season.
Giddens, 23, brings a reputation as a strong defender to the defending NBA champions.
-- Indiana senior forward Kyle Taber will undergo surgery on his knee today and is expected to be out for 10 weeks.
Coach Tom Crean said that Taber injured the knee last week. Neither the nature of Taber's injury nor which knee was injured was disclosed.
-- Former NBA forward Wayman Tisdale had part of his right leg amputated because of bone cancer.
Tisdale, 44, now an award-winning jazz musician, revealed on his Web site that the surgery was scheduled for Monday. His wife, Regina, told the AP on Tuesday night the surgery had taken place as planned.
"Everything went well," she said.
ELSEWHERE
Sorenson jumps to Gillett Evernham
Driver Reed Sorenson signed a multiyear contract to join Gillett Evernham Motorsports next season, where he'll join Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler.
Sorenson, 22, said his decision to leave Ganassi, where he began his NASCAR career as an 18-year-old, was difficult but necessary.
"I'm going over here to try to make myself a better racecar driver," Sorenson said. "I wanted to be more competitive and I wanted to have some more opportunities to win races and things like that."
-- The Budweiser Shootout at Daytona will be around at least three more years with a new format that places the emphasis on the four manufacturers in NASCAR's Sprint Cup series.
Anheuser-Busch official Tony Ponturo made the announcement of the contract extension and the format changes. He was joined by Daytona International Speedway President Robin Braig and NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter.
Soccer: Panama's Tauro defeated Major League Soccer's Chivas USA 2-0 in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League preliminary-round series in Panama City. ... In another CONCACAF Champions League match, Gregory Richardson and Jamal Gay scored as Trinidad's Joe Public upset the New England Revolution 2-1 in Macoya, Trinidad.
-- Barcelona, Juventus and Panathinaikos advanced to the 32-team group stage of the European Champions League.
-- Three Premier League teams - Bolton, West Bromwich and Hull - were eliminated from England's League Cup by lower-division opposition.
-- U.S. midfielder Maurice Edu, 22, is set to make his Glasgow Rangers debut in Sunday's Old Firm derby against Celtic in the Scottish Premier League.
Edu completed his $5 million transfer from Major League Soccer's Toronto FC last week after being granted a British work permit.
Horse racing: Peppers Pride trainer Joel Marr will use Lincoln Handicap at Ruidoso Downs, N.M., on Sunday to try for a North American-record 17th victory in 17 starts.
The thoroughbred mare is seeking to break the mark of 16 straight victories she shares with Triple Crown winner Citation, two-time horse of the year Cigar, Mister Frisky and Hallowed Dreams.
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Former American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball star Kevin Duckworth has died at age 44. The former Portland Trail Blazers center died on Monday of an apparent heart attack in his hotel room at Gleneden Beach, Oregon. He was in town for part of a free childrens basketball clinic being run by the Trail Blazers. His death was confirmed by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

Duckworth commenced his career with the San Antonio Spurs when he was selected in the second round of the 1986 NBA Draft. He was traded after one season for fellow draft pick Walter Berry. It was during his time with the Trail Blazers that he had his most successful season. During 1988 he shot 77.0% from the free throw line and played well all-round. This performance earned him the NBA Most Improved Player Award. 

The following year he was selected as an All-Star. The following seasons were also classed as a success for both Duckworth and the Trail Blazers. They made it to the 1990 NBA Finals and in 1991 he was selected as an All-Star for a second time. 

He was traded to the Washington Bullets for two seasons and then later for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Clippers for one seasons each. After the 1996-97 season with the Clippers he retired.