A regular feature of Simmons ' weekend column is the " And hey , whatever became of ... " question , which typically concerns a former athlete who has been out of the public eye for some time . In his May 17 , 2014 column Simmons posed the question " And hey , whatever became of Alexander Karpovtsev ? " Alexander Karpovtsev was killed three years earlier in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash that claimed the lives of 44 members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team , an event that Simmons had devoted his September 7 , 2011 column to . The reference to Karpovtsev has since been removed from the column
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
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