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Miami Marlins star pitcher José Fernández dies

Edit The Oklahoman 26 Sep 2016
Fifteen at the time, he missed his grandmother, Olga, desperately, Le Batard wrote in a 2013 profile ... It was after that season -- when Fernández told Le Batard how much he missed Olga, who had climbed to her Santa Clara roof with a radio to catch the Marlins games when Fernández pitched -- that the Marlins arranged a surprise ... Little did he know that Olga had arrived in Miami a half hour prior....

Can A NASA Built ‘Star Trek’ Style Warp Drive Ship Take Us To Alpha Centauri?

Edit Inquisitr 26 Sep 2016
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the hit sci-fi show Star Trek and along with the many celebrations comes a renewed interest in the technology used aboard the USS Enterprise including its famous warp drive ... It’s 50 years later and scientists are beginning to discover possibly habitable worlds circling nearby stars leading Star Trek fans everywhere to ask ... IXS Enterprise ... Passengers ... Image by Olga Popova via Shutterstock....

Remembering José Fernández's heartbreaking reunion with his grandma

Edit Mashable 25 Sep 2016
Many fans recalled Fernández's poignant reunion with his grandmother nearly three years ago ... SEE ALSO ... Before his grandma, Olga, enters the room, the interviewer asks Fernández how he feels about his grandmother ... ....

José Fernández: He was us. He was our story.

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Sep 2016
It didn’t take him any time to become one of us, a Miamian ... Born in the central city of Santa Clara, he was raised by his mother, Maritza, and his grandmother, Olga, a devoted baseball fan Fernández called “the light of my life.” She was his first baseball teacher ... He was more proud, however, of being finally reunited in Miami with his beloved abuela Olga, who had not been allowed to leave Cuba after his defection ... Then out comes Jose....

Jose Fernandez reuniting with grandma will touch your heart

Edit New York Post 25 Sep 2016
Jose Fernandez tried four times to escape Cuba, the first three resulting in a prison term ... Fernandez died Sunday, at 24, in a boating accident off Miami Beach ... Olga Fernandez, as the Miami Herald reported, was stranded on the island without her grandson or a way to speak with him as Jose made his way in the U.S ... ....

Making sense of Jose Fernandez's tragic death

Edit Yahoo Daily News 25 Sep 2016
Somebody began today without a son. Somebody began today without a grandson, a friend, a mentor, a role model, an inspiration ... Somebody began today without that light ... Her name is Carla. She held her swollen belly ... More ... They will cry for themselves, for their loss, and then for his mother Maritza, his grandmother Olga, his step-father Ramon, and for Carla, and then for what might have come – what should have come – for Jose Fernandez ... ....

British Museum prints deal completes Picasso mission

Edit The Guardian 25 Sep 2016
Depictions of artist’s muse feature in unique gathering of graphic works. Where can you see the most persuasive proof that Pablo Picasso was the finest graphic artist of the 20th century? A great French or Spanish art gallery? The unlikely answer is closer to home ... Coppell said ... His muses and lovers Olga, Marie-Thérèse and Dora are all there, sometimes caught with affectionate curves and sometimes cruel spikes. ....

MLB News: Jose Fernandez Dies In Boating Accident In Miami

Edit Inquisitr 25 Sep 2016
The Miami Marlins lost arguably their biggest superstar on Sunday morning as right-handed pitcher Jose Fernandez passed away in a boating accident, the club confirmed. He was 24 years old. The Marlins’ Sunday contest versus the Atlanta Braves has been canceled as the team and the league mourns the loss of Fernandez ... In 2013, Fernandez reunited with his grandmother Olga, whom he referred to as the love of his life, per MLB.com....

Dave Hyde: Jose Fernandez was full of life and passion; his death leaves South Florida numb

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Sep 2016
Don Mattingly talked through tears and pain in a sad and slow manner. The Miami Marlins' manager tried to explain the joy of Jose Fernandez amid his death. And his passion. Always there was passion, Mattingly said, a smile trying and failing to climb his face ... He had no more words for this. No Marlin did. Mattingly wiped a tear ... Fernandez was just 24. Just coming into his life ... So was his abuelita, Olga, who would listen to games from Cuba ... ....

Fernandez's life a tale of the American Dream (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Sep 2016
(Source. MLB - Major League Baseball). That hope left us early Sunday morning. Fernandez, just 24 years old, was one of three men who died when a 32-foot boat overturned on a jetty off Miami Beach ... Jose Fernandez. 1992-2016 ... 'I know where I came from, and I know what I want.' ... When Fernandez won the award, he was surprised by his beloved grandmother, Olga, the woman he had left behind in Cuba and longed for every day since. Video ... (noodl....

Fernandez's life a tale of the American Dream

Edit MLB 25 Sep 2016
Everything about Jose Fernandez radiated hope. Those brown eyes that had seen so much but shined so bright. The electric arm. The contagious smile. The enthusiastic way he rooted for his teammates. The passion he had for his family, for his sport, for his adopted country ... Jose Fernandez ... When Fernandez won the award, he was surprised by his beloved grandmother, Olga, the woman he had left behind in Cuba and longed for every day since. Video....

Jose Fernandez: The American Dream

Edit Yahoo Daily News 25 Sep 2016
On Monday night, in front of the country and the world, there will be a debate, and they’re going to talk about immigration. And all I’ll be able to think about, amid the overwrought hysterics and jaded rhetoric, is Jose Fernandez. He was an immigrant. He was also the best of us, the pure, smiling embodiment of the American Dream ... More ... He couldn’t constrain the full-on grin when his grandma, Olga Fernandez Romero, arrived in the U.S ... ....

How José Fernandez grew into one of the best on the baseball field

Edit The Miami Herald 25 Sep 2016
From the archives in 2013.. Every game, abuela climbs into that sky in Cuba. It is about as close as she ever gets to feeling the freedom her grandson fled to find. Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández has sent her so many American treasures while trying to bridge the heartbreaking gap now between them. Plasma TVs. Cellphones. A new mattress ... But you know what Olga Fernández values most? That radio ... “I cry and everything ... He looks so ...” ... ....
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