The absence of the four major sports in America for the last three months has been perhaps the clearest indicator of how abnormal things feel in the country at the moment. And it’s one reason people will so eagerly welcome sports back on their television as a sign, real or imagined, of everything getting back to normal.
But the state of the country the last few weeks has made it difficult to get excited about the imminent return of games, playoffs and championships — especially when it could not be more clear that a return to normal is not the answer.