Sports broadcasting legend, boxing manager, 'Morning Zoo' host passes away

Chris Collins, a radio legend who served as the voice of the NHL's San Jose Sharks and MLS's Seattle Sounders FC, has died.

Collins was 65 when he died Tuesday after experiencing complications from an infection he contracted during surgery, according to his friend Tony Cox.

Collins entered the world of sports broadcasting after helping launch Sacramento's KSFM 102.5-FM, whose award-winning Morning Zoo dominated local ratings for years.

From 1992-97, Collins became a familiar voice in the Bay Area to fans of the expansion Sharks. He teamed with Randy Hahn and Dan Rusanowsky on the radio and TV sides of the team's NHL broadcasts.

Collins' connection to hockey did not end in the booth. He was a founder/manager of the China Sharks Hockey Franchise, which in 2008 attempted to bring an NHL brand of hockey across the Pacific.

Collins also managed Tony "The Tiger" Lopez, an accomplished boxer from Sacramento, as part of an eclectic career that touched many sports.