Among the most frustrating things to stop and start during the pandemic have been professional sports.
The NBA, NHL, NFL, and MLB all saw major disruptions in 2020, sapping away a usually reliable form of enjoyment for fans and adding to the uncertainty of everyday life. Ask anyone who played fantasy football in the fall and they’ll tell you the game was more a maddening distraction than a welcome one.
Two local teams who weathered the disruption were Boston’s Bruins and Celtics. Last January, as the NHL season charged toward the playoffs, I tagged along with Bruins forward Chris Wagner as he brewed a beer at Harpoon’s Seaport brewery.