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ESPN's tribute reminds of John Saunders' greatness

Few are more suited to speak to the understated greatness of John Saunders than Bob Ley.

That makes ESPN's tribute to Saunders, who died on Wednesday at 61, so fitting. It's narrated by Ley, one of the few people in Bristol longer than Saunders, and it encapsulates what made Saunders so uncommon.

Saunders was versatile but not facile, firm but not overbearing and, maybe above all else, likable. He seemed like a genuinely good person, and tributes like Ley's only do more to cement that.