Sports are an important thing. All across the world, people are brought together in huge colorful crowds, viewers tune into their TVs, computers, phones, and children gather at courts and fields and try to imitate their favorite athletes, sometimes donning their jerseys.
Sometimes, however, sports must take a back seat to bigger issues.
This is one of those moments.
Oregon tight end Spencer Webb, who would have been entering his Junior season for the Ducks this fall, passed away after a fall and head injury at Triangle Lake one week ago.
Webb was found unresponsive about 100 feet down a steep trail, all indications are that the fall was an accident.