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Sports Take by MIKE LINDSLEY
I Miss Sports. First and foremost, thank you to the front lines during COVID-19. The doctors and nurses and service workers everywhere trying to keep us safe. We appreciate you. You deserve a party after this is done. You put yourself and your families at risk every day and sacrifice everything. THANK YOU. We know that’s the most important thing. There are bigger things going on than a LeBron James dunk or an Alexander Ovechkin slapper from the high point on the power-play or an extra inning blast from Mookie Betts. Unidentified bodies are being buried in New York City. People in their 30’s and 40’s are dying with sons and daughters and wives and husbands left behind. Far more important than Yankees-Red Sox or a Masters Sunday or a horse starting its quest for a Triple Crown at Churchill Downs. Carrier Dome Still, I miss sports. You miss sports. We all miss sports. And you know what? That’s ok. It’s ok to miss sports because they matter. They fill our hearts with emotion and bring out the “fan” in fanatic. They bring us together. We want to predict what Tiger Woods will do as a Masters repeat champion as he approaches his mid-40’s because we love golf. And then we all want to go play golf. We want to fill out our NCAA Tournament brackets because we have done it for years. The Stanley Cup Playoffs represent grit and heart and blood and sweat and tears and it very well may be the best playoff in all of sports. Hockey fans love it and it’s a part of their lives. Sports give us something every day. They give us something to look forward to. They make us feel good or bad depending on who wins and loses, but we always buckle-up for another ride. It provides
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our passion. It provides us with a diversion. And man do we need a diversion. Many are taking issue with the NFL Draft going on as planned as of this writing. Not this guy. Technology has never been better and running the Draft as scheduled checks a lot of boxes. It follows the protocol of COVID-19, maximizes our technology, gives us a diversion and allows the “business as usual” approach that this country is so good at. Maybe this will actually get people in the right frame of mind for, who knows, six days? For the record, I am hoping for the best and expecting the worst when it comes to sports coming back in 2020. I have already said they are not returning and of course I hope I am wrong. There are just too many layers. It’s not simple and easy just dumping Major League Baseball in Arizona, creating a biodome from outer space and social distancing players in the stands before at-bats. They all touch the same ball, they stand
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