The very broad definition of an amateur athlete is someone who competes in sports for personal satisfaction and not for monetary gain. In order to be eligible to play sports in college, you must have amateur status. This status is also a key factor in when it comes to receiving athletic scholarships.
ATLANTA â A man who died in a Midtown parking garage Sunday was a meteorologist with The Weather Channel, the company confirmed Monday. The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Nicholas Wiltgen, 39, was pronounced dead after a car he was driving crashed into wall at the Colony Square parking garage.
Ice Road Truckers star Darrell Ward is killed in a plane crash en route to film a new show about air disasters. 1  Ward was flying with a co-pilot when their Cessna single engine plane crashed on approach near the Rock Creek Airport exit of Interstate 90. 2  He had just left The Great American Truck Show in Dallas, Texas.