Sketchbook: This was no fun ... but here's to Mr. Rooney taken in Cleveland (Steelers)

ROB ULLMAN / DKPS

CLEVELAND -- I was at Progressive Field  on Thursday with a few longtime friends, watching the Indians get shellacked by the White Sox, when the message came from DK: "You around?"

In light of recent somber events, we decided to shelve the Sketchbook entry I'd already scheduled for today, and instead create a small tribute to the great Dan Rooney. I've been in Ohio visiting family and friends all week, and I'm fairly limited with the tools brought along. A few pencils and pens, a sketchbook, a laptop ... but without a scanner, fancy drawing tablet or even a bright, decent place to sit and work. Still, I couldn't let the passing of so great a man go unrecognized, so I came home and created this small pen and ink portrait in my sketchbook, then photographed it with an iPhone, emailed it to myself, and cleaned it up a bit digitally:

ROB ULLMAN / DKPS

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