You might have noticed that the world isn’t so great right now. These last few days and weeks have been pretty miserable, especially for our younger readers. This is not the venue to go into depth on that, but it is the venue to pontificate a bit on the nature of sports.
Sports, at their base level, are a form of entertainment. Every now and then you’ll hear people say that sports “teach them balance in life” like shooting a puck or throwing a ball have any zen value. It’s nonsense, and it’s a lie we tell ourselves to feel better about watching strangers play games.