This Is What Happens When We Invest Too Much Meaning into Sports

On Chauncey Billups, Becky Hammon, Neil Olshey, Damian Lillard, and the Media Circus Surrounding the Blazers’ Next Coach

Four NBA personalities whose stories have converged into a perfect storm of awful.

Author’s Note: Because this touches on a lot of cultural issues and flashpoints, this piece is long. And because I occasionally write about sports for non-sports-fans, this article will contain a lot of explanation regarding what’s…