ALS, short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a degenerative neurological disorder that eventually leads to paralysis, taking away a person's ability to move, speak, swallow or even breathe, ...

Andrew Pihlbald, 45, who coaches a U17 boys' soccer team from Jamestown, collapsed after going into cardiac arrest during the second half of a June 4 match at Wilson High School in Wilson, New York.