Jordan’s recent activity — including public statements against institutional racism and managing player-owner relations during the bubble boycott — is a reconciliation of sorts with his voluntary exclusion from socio-political affairs in the past.
By boycotting its playoff game Wednesday in protest of the indefensible shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin and the perpetuation of police brutality, the Milwaukee Bucks made the kind of statement that sanctioned social slogans and conspicuous court embossing couldn’t.
Poll dodging or punching the ticket of any candidate not named Biden come November 3rd only enhances the probability of an incumbent Donald Trump continuing to make his version of America great again.
Lehner and Corey Crawford will finally get to see who is the better man as this series will likely come down to who out-plays who.
Those of us who live beyond the jurisdiction of Adam Silver’s invisible sphere of sanctuary do so cautiously as the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to lurk throughout our nation in similar obscurity but with much different test results.
In any other year, a No. 12 seed wouldn’t extend a season but as the 12th seed this year, the Chicago Blackhawks will face the hosting and high-powered No. 5 seeded Edmonton Oilers in a best of five qualifying round series
I remain cautiously optimistic about NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s re-imagining of this 2019-2020 campaign and like him I’m as eager as any other time we’ve approached the playoff season to watch the drama of the post-season unfold.
The NBA’s plans to bring the game back has a lot going for it, but the risk of perpetuating another Covid-19 breakout looms large.
As a No. 12 seed, the Hawks are expected to participate in a special 24-team tournament that will determine this year’s recipient of the Stanley Cup.
The NFL’s ability to engage in legal tampering and official wheeling and dealing with free agents has been the only thing approaching normalcy for sports fans since the NBA announced the suspension of its season on March 11th.
