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J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.
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The shocking death of soccer star Gadi Kinda touched Patrick Mahomes.
The Chiefs quarterback posted a heartfelt tribute Tuesday to the midfielder who spent four seasons with MLS‘s Sporting Kansas City, writing on Twitter/X “Praying for his family and friends! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽”
Maccabi Haifa FC announced the death of Kinda on its Twitter/X account Tuesday. The club announced two weeks ago that Kinda was hospitalized while “going through a complex medical battle in recent weeks.”
גדי שלנו איננו 💔
מועדון כדורגל מכבי חיפה אבל על מותו של שחקן הקבוצה, גדי רפאל קינדה ז”ל, שהלך לעולמו והוא בן 31. משפחת מכבי חיפה מחבקת את משפחת קינדה ומתפללת שלא תדעו עוד צער.
יהי זכרו ברוך pic.twitter.com/UpO37UvaRA
— Maccabi Haifa FC (@mhfootballclub) May 20, 2025
Kinda played for Sporting Kansas City from 2020-23.
Gadi Kinda #17 of Sporting Kansas City controls the ball against Jan Gregus #8 of Minnesota United FC in the first half at Children’s Mercy Park on September 13, 2020 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Gadi Kinda #17 of Sporting Kansas City controls the ball against Jan Gregus #8 of Minnesota United FC in the first half at Children’s Mercy Park on September 13, 2020 in Kansas City, Kansas.
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