“Things like this really put sports in perspective. No games. Not now.”
“We need sports, now more than ever.”
These two sentiments, both well-intentioned, came from sports sections whose pages were suddenly rendered insignificant last week, dwarfed in every respect by photographs of fire and rubble and bent steel, of the faces of helpless but somehow hopeful loved ones.
And of rescuers, beginning with New York’s finest and bravest. These are what real heroes look like, the sportswriters were quick to remind us. Not the man chasing 70. Not the guy who hits one of two free throws to pull his team past the Clippers. The writers found both their craft and their subject humbled. They produced their commentary almost apologetically.
And yet the sections were still there, so commentary had to be written.
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