Is Kobe's death the saddest sports death story, ever?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

18. I'm really not trying to rank (nor do i think Bill Simmons was).

We all process information in different ways. One way that many people (I include myself here) mentally process events is by analogy. The most simple example I can come up with is 9-11: older folks (my parents age) would say things like "This is so much like Pearl Harbor." Other people who were younger would say things like "The only event of this magnitude I can remember is the death of JFK."

I am just outside the age range to have any actual memory of Clemente's death - I think I was in 1st or 2nd grade. Historically, this seems like that, but a poster down thread reminded me of another apt comparison - Thurman Munson. Well known, championship team, great at his position, and also died in an aviation mishap.