they turned right around. a lot of these players are pretty much exhausted. and instead of the finals ending in june, they ended in july. butted right up against the olympics. some of the players arrived, like, only three days before the games began. they haven t had time to practice together. not an excuse, just an observation. from dream team to dream deferred. now, you heard the conversation i had with the florida congressman who needed to be corrected about how vaccines work. listen, i am healthy. that s my choice. i don t care what the government says. we hear this refrain, again and again. net effect? well, look. we are in an area, that is not a matter of opinion. this is a matter. it should not be viewed as liberal, conservative, democrat, republican. this a matter of facts, versus denial of facts. flat-out ignorance. it would not be possible, a generation or so ago, when you didn t have so many places to go. to have whatever you want to believe ratified or to sumtumbl