R.I.P. Mark G. Asher

Fellow sports writer Ken Denlinger said: “None of us involved in the business for the last four decades or so knew a more dogged reporter, or anyone who overcame more physical problems to excel in a craft he deeply loved…. It’s hard to recall the exact miseries Mark was working through each time because, starting with juvenile diabetes, they kept piling on: kidney and pancreas transplants, dialysis, heart bypass surgery and so many broken ribs from falls that he eventually lost count.”