Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham
A roundup of obituaries and tributes for former Buffalo Bills quarterback, congressman and vice-presidential nominee Jack Kemp, who died Saturday at 73:
- CNN's obituary includes a video account of Kemp's transition from football to politics and a photo slideshow of his life.
- ESPN's Gregg Easterbrook pays homage to Kemp, football player and statesman.
- Buffalo News political reporter Robert J. McCarthy writes about the substantial impact Kemp made in Western New York.
- Adam Clymer of the New York Times provides a national perspective of Kemp's accomplishments.
- The New York Times offers a page of archived stories that have marked Kemp's career.
- Los Angeles Times reporters Jon Thurber and Ari B. Bloomekatz chronicle the amazing life of a local boy.
- San Diego Union-Tribune reporter John Marelius traces Kemp's life, which included a couple season as Chargers quarterback.
- Michael Duffy of Time magazine gives a fine synopsis of Kemp's core political belief: supply-side economics.
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Graham joined ESPN.com in 2008 after covering the Miami Dolphins for the Palm Beach Post. He previously spent eight years at the Buffalo News, where he was an award-winning NHL and boxing writer. The Baldwin-Wallace College grad also has worked for the Las Vegas Sun and Boston Herald.