Hubie Brown received tributes from across the NBA community as the former coach and longtime broadcaster headed into retirement after spending over half a century in pro basketball.

Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The parent company of Sears expects to shutter the department store's location at The Avenues mall this winter, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record. A company spokesperson told the Daily Record that the store plans to begin liquidating its inventory this month with the closure anticipated to happen midway through December. "After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Sears store in Jacksonville, Florida," spokesperson Larry Costello said in a statement. News of the closure comes a month after parent company Transform Holdco signaled that it would close 21 Sears locations in October. Jacksonville Daily Record