Good morning, friends. There are sports to discuss today — if Mother Nature allows — but forgive me if my mind is elsewhere. You’ve seen the news. Yesterday, 19 children and two teachers were killed in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the worst school shooting since Sandy Hook nearly ten years ago. The gunman, an 18-year-old who shot his grandmother before carrying out the attack, is also dead.
Sports can be a wonderful distraction from reality, but some realities are just too horrible to escape. Golden State head coach Steve Kerr captured that sentiment in an emotional speech before Game Four of the Western Conference Finals yesterday.