This season’s loudest controversy is big dumb distraction fueled more by cynicism than sincere love of this increasingly amazing sport.
It’s also a big dumb distraction fueled more by cynicism than sincere love of the sport.
By
Will Leitch,
a contributing editor covering sports and film at New York since 2008
and the author of six books, including the novels 'How Lucky' and 'The Time Has Come.'
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