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Legacies of Character

This weekend, the world of sports was dominated not by the box scores of baseball pennant races, college football match-ups, hockey tournaments or NFL games. The focus this weekend was on loss. In Miami, Florida, Jose Fernandez was killed at the unimaginably young age of 24, succumbing in a boating accident. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Arnold Palmer finally lost his battle with heart disease, having turned 87 just two weeks previously. Finally, half a continent away, the ashes of Gordie Howe - who passed away on June 10 at age 88 — were laid to rest in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, next to those of his wife.