Don Burke
Background
Don Burke, who writes the occasional sports obituary, joined the New York Post in 2011 as a copy editor after 30 years as a sportswriter. A graduate of Marquette University, Don began his career at The Milwaukee Journal before returning home to New Jersey to cover the Yankees for The Record of Hackensack and The Star-Ledger, where he latꦦer covered the Nets and the Mets. He is now better known as "Brendan Burke's father," as his son is the television voice of the Islanders and one of the lead play-by-play men for the "NHL on TNT."
Latest Articles
Pete Rose was unapologetic🅷 until the end
Although he agreed to the ban, Pete Rose adam▨antly denied his gambling involvement for nearly 15 years before admitting it in his 2004 autobiography.
NY Mets legend who won '69 World Series dead at 79
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Willie May🔜s, baseball icon, dead at 93
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NBA great Jerry West — who 𒉰inspired league logo — dead at 86
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Bill Wal♌ton, legendary NB💝A player and broadcaster, dead at 71
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Last surviving member of Dodgers' 'Boys of Summer' dead at 97
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Miracle M🦋ets shortstop d꧂ead at 79
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Indiana coaching great Bob Knight dead at ꧅꧑83
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🔥 All-time NFL great Jim Brown dead at 87
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Yankees great felt like 'hood ornament' before leaving franchise
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Willis Reed, legendary Knicks Hall of Famer, dead at 80 🐼
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Tim McCarver was one of baseball's most influential voices
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Soccer🤡 legend Pelé dead at 82 after health battles
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Ray Kerrison, The Post's legendary horse racing columnist, dead at 92
Whether it was the ponies or politics, Ray Kerrison was, as one former colleague described him Monday, the “quintessential New York col𓄧um💛nist.”
🐽 Legendary MLB broadcaster dead at 94 ൩
Vin Scul♌ly, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles has died at 94, the team says. ꦰ
Former Yankees outf🍸ielder dead at 55
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Baseball icon Tommy 🌱Lasorda dead at 93
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Whitey Ford, Yankees Hall of Famer, dead at 91 𒅌
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Baseball legend and trailblazer Frank Robinson dead at𝓡 83
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ꦰ Yankees and Mets icon Mel Stottlemyre dead at 7🅰7
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