New Identity, Mixed Feelings: Wizards Pave Over Orlando

Take a sip. pic.twitter.com/KaBHgCyXUK

— Kyle Weidie (@Truth_About_It) February 4, 2018

As it happens, I watched Saturday’s game between my Wizards of Washington and the Orlando Magic not far from the Amway Center. There I sat, about an hour northeast of Orlando, in a freshly-opened sports bar in a sleepy town on the Atlantic coast. The crowd was sparse, the TVs were bountiful, and every time the bartender tried to change the channel, one of the televisions flashed to an On-Demand adult video. Everyone acted like it wasn’t happening.

Ignoring what is plainly in front of you isn’t good practice, regardless of the context. The title of the porno was hilarious (the first two words were “dong” and…