Alexander: Can sports return? Or are the risks beyond acceptable?

The question over breakfast was blunt, but also involved way more nuance than sports commissioners and administrators – and players – seem willing to admit.
“Are they going to have sports this year?”
Great question. And over and above the various quests for championships that we await, this may be the most intriguing drama of all: In a global pandemic, in a country where the curve not only hasn’t been flattened but increasingly looks like a steep hill, can our profe