But if people's lives and moods and demeanor are so affected by sports, they are out of balance. Michaels endorsed a stoppage of play in the NFL two days before commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced that this weekend's games would be postponed. There is a time to play, but it just doesn't feel right. Rome said that not only was it important for him to go on both his radio and Fox Sports Net TV show Wednesday after missing Tuesday, but he wanted to go on to talk about the appropriateness of sports. I understand that responsibility.
Games are a very small part of life.
It's important to have a degree of mourning. Some went on anyway. They couldn't find Afghanistan from Alabama on a map. McDonnell has some experience in this kind of crisis-control nonsports talk, having been through the L.A. riots and Northridge earthquake. I thought it was more of a public service.