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‘Wipeout’ player with rare condition dies

LOS ANGELES — A contestant who was hospitalized after competing briefly on the game show “Wipeout” died two weeks later of a stroke apparently caused by a rare condition, his father said.

Tom Sparks, 33, was participating in the first segment of an obstacle course Oct. 19 when he complained of....

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