Why do we keep thinking sports is the best of us, when it’s just … us?
by Sam Fels from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5R8DP)
Maybe it's just my misconception of why people watch and follow sports. It seems like they're held to too high a standard at the worst possible times. Because we're asking people completely unequipped to deal with serious, life-changing issues... to say and do things that we'd imagine we do if put in the same spot. Even...