Pro Sports: The Good, the Great, and the Grim
Commentary
We’ve reached one of the annual sweet spots in the sports calendar here in the United States: It’s playoff time in Major League Baseball, the National Football League season is in full swing, and the National Basketball Association and National Hockey League are on the verge of kicking off a new season.
My wife recently asked me (although why she waited through 40 years of marriage to ask me is a mystery), why do I like to watch pro football where there seem to be so many injuries? The broader question is: Why do Americans love professional team sports so passionately?…