Mar. 15, 2025
Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert at ‘Dancing with the Stars’.Photo:Disney/Eric McCandless
Disney/Eric McCandless
Hayley Erbertis feeling stronger than ever one year aftershe underwent emergency brain surgery, and she marked the anniversary with a special performance with her husbandDerek Hough.On Thursday, Dec. 5, the couple returned to the same stage where their lives had changed completely last year, as Erbert had been rushed to the hospital following their show, diagnosed with a cranial hematoma from a burst blood vessel and underwent an emergency craniectomy, as Hough revealed in an Instagrampostat the time.
Mar. 15, 2025
Derek Hough at day 1 of the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards held at the Peacock Theater on Sept. 7, 2024 in Los Angeles.Photo:JC Olivera/Variety via Getty
JC Olivera/Variety via Getty
Derek Houghhad a hectic holiday with a $8,000 price tag.On Wednesday, Dec. 25, during Christmas, it seems Hough’s family cat, Otis, ate something he wasn’t supposed to, causing a health scare and a rather expensive trip to the vet.Thankfully, the crisis appears to be over, and Otis is in good spirits.
Mar. 15, 2025
Derek Jeter on Aug. 16, 2024.Photo:Roy Rochlin/Getty
Roy Rochlin/Getty
Derek Jeteris looking back on the first time he ever appeared on a trading card — and why he’s “still not happy” about it to this day.
While speaking to PEOPLE about the launch of theArena Club, an online marketplace revolutionizing the sports card industry that he co-created with Brian Lee, the founder of LegalZoom and The Honest Company, the 50-year-old baseball legend says it came down to one thing: the photo.
Mar. 15, 2025
Derek Watt poses with family.Photo:Derek Watt/Instagram
Derek Watt/Instagram
Derek Wattand his wife Gabriella are expanding their family!
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In a sweet black-and-white snap, the couple’s sons — Brayden, 3, and Logan, 5 — stand behind a wired fence at a baseball field with their backs to the camera, showing baseball jerseys that include their names and birth order.
Mar. 15, 2025
Derrick Ward.Photo:Derrick Ward/Facebook
Derrick Ward/Facebook
Derrick Ward, a beloved news reporter based in Washington, D.C., has died. He was 62.
NBC 4 Washington, the station where Ward worked, announced his death on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Ward died Tuesday, Jan. 7 following complications from a recent cardiac arrest, his family said in a statement shared with the station.
“Derrick has been an inspiration and cherished member of our family and his hometown community, as a longtime reporter at News4 Washington, and previously WTOP Radio,” the statement continued.