By CougFancom staff: Derek Sparks, the former Washington State running back and offensive MVP of the 1994 Apple Cup, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, it was reported by King5 TV’s Chris Egan and others on Tuesday.
Personable and outgoing, Sparks was diagnosed this summer with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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