When the tragedy was still being absorbed, Diana Munson predicted she would always be able to pinpoint the time and place: at home with the television on. That was the day her Thurman died at 32 while landing his small plane at the Akron-Canton Airport in his native Ohio. For a young sports journalist at the New York Post, Munson’s death meant back-page pandemonium, a departmentwide call to action. That, too, seems like part of another life, considering all the Covid-19 casualties still being counted into the new year. (The 41st dinner is scheduled, virtually, for Feb. 2 and will honor, among others Gio Urshela and Luke Voit of the Yankees.)

Source: New York Times January 26, 2021 19:00 UTC