Gordie Howe — the hockey legend and giant among Detroit sports figures — has suffered a severe stroke that has his family rushing to his bedside in Lubbock, Texas.
"I feel like this is his final lap around the rink," Murray Howe, one of Gordie's three sons, told the Free Press on Tuesday night. "I'm guessing that he's not going to recover ... but then again, he's about as strong as they get. If anybody can do it he can."