Longtime Jazz athletic trainer Don ‘Magic Fingers’ Sparks dies at 90

Don Sparks, the Jazz franchise’s first athletic trainer who held the position for 20 years, died at 90 years old of causes related to advanced age.Sparks, known within the organization as “Sparky” (and to fans as “Magic Fingers,” thanks a nickname bestowed by longtime broadcaster Rod Hundley for his apparent ability to get injured players healthy quickly), died June 2.He joined the New Orleans Jazz in 1974 and, according to the Jazz, worked all 1,886 games the team