Hours after the Storm's 59-28 loss March26 in Los Angeles, players and coaches gathered in a hotel bar with former Tampa Bay lineman Al Lucas, who played for the Avengers.

They talked about the Storm's 2003 championship season, how much they missed playing together and Lucas' recent marriage.

No one knew it at the time, but they also were saying goodbye.

Lucas died Sunday from a presumed spinal cord injury sustained during a kickoff in the first quarter of the Avengers' 66-35 victory over New York in L.A.   more >>