Grieving mothers of former MSU players become sisters
GRAHAM COUCH, Lansing State Journal
July 24, 2021
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Sometimes it’s a text message late at night, when one of them can’t sleep. Or a phone call when the pain is intense or the sorrow overwhelming.
Renee Hill and Karen Sadler are living a shared experience they wouldn’t wish upon anyone navigating life in the years after losing a child. You likely remember their sons.
Mike Sadler died five years ago this coming week in a car crash in Wisconsin where he was working at a kicking camp. Mylan Hicks, the son of Hill, was shot and killed two months later at a club in Canada, where he was playing for the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders. Both were 23 years old. Both former Michigan State football players. Each beloved by their MSU teammates and cherished by their families.