A couple weeks ago, it was reported that the son of longtime ESPN college football writer Ivan Maisel was missing.  Maisel, a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, went missing in late February.  In a heartbreaking development, Maisel posted a note on the website of the Football Writers Association of America that his son Max was presumed drowned and a memorial service is to be held on March 27th in Bridgeport, Connecticut.  Maisel’s words…

On behalf of Meg and our daughters, I want to thank everyone in the FWAA community who has reached out to us over the last three weeks since our son Max went missing. We presume he drowned on Feb. 22. The care and concern of so many writers and SIDs across the country has helped us cope with the unfathomable.

The Maisel family also released this statement:

Our thoughts and prayers are with Ivan Maisel and his family in this difficult time.

[FWAA]