NESN Diary: Shouting Out Sports Writers Amid The Pandemic (And Other Random Thoughts)

Each day during the sports pause stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, NESN.com will publish a diary full of random thoughts, opinions, takeaways and other cool tidbits we’ve stumbled across in the absence of actual games. Because why not? We’re all in this together.
COVID-19 has taken its toll on just about everyone in the last several months, and it’s spared almost no industry.
Sports have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, with most sports briefly halting their se