ESPN Writer Reflects on the Loss of His Son

Ivan Maisel eloquently marks the one-year anniversary of Max's death.

We closely followed and covered the 2015 disappearance and search for Rochester Institute of Technology student Max Maisel. The worst fears of the boy’s father, ESPN senior writer Ivan Maisel, and family were sadly confirmed in April. Max’s death is assumed to have been a suicide.

This week, Maisel has penned a powerful essay on Medium, reflecting on a year of grieving and the seismic fissure carved out by the loss of his only son (he also has two daughters).

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