Life has a terrible way of springing up on you when you least expect it.
One moment, we’re daydreaming about the weekend, the latest superhero flick, a Utah Jazz playoff run or a tall, cold one at the end of a long, hard day; whatever gets your goose cooking. Then, in short order, the reality of now makes itself apparent in crippling fashion.
Such was the case on Wednesday for Jazz Nation with the revelation that Jerry Sloan, the third-winningest coach in NBA history, a Hall of Famer and the man who captained the Jazz ship for 23 years, is suffering from Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body Dementia.