Anytime you start to get some hope about sports, anytime you start to feel good, you read something else, whether a tweet or a story, that makes you go the other way. It beats you down after awhile. It& #39;s the most deflating time ever to be a sportswriter and a sports fan.

And I hope I haven& #39;t contributed to that in a negative way. When this all started our bosses at The Athletic implored us to be a shining light in a dark time. He was absolutely right. But that& #39;s been hard, given events and circumstances.

I& #39;m just frustrated. I& #39;m frustrated at the negative, pessimistic and occasionally snide tone that so many people take.

But I& #39;m more frustrated at the incompetence and stubbornness that got us in this whole situation, and prevents us from climbing out of it.