In some ways, the modern world is a better place than it used to be; in other ways, not so much.
In one way, though, the improvement is indisputable: if you’re a sports fan wanting to relive a great success by one of your teams, modern technology allows you to string out the joy much, much longer than used to be possible.
I watched the Cavs’ win the NBA title on Sunday. (I can still barely believe it, by the way.) Since then I’ve been reading every internet article I can find about the game, even scrolling through the often ignorant and foolish comments. Right now, I’m listening to a rebroadcast of the Mike & Mike radio show from Monday morning, to get that duo’s fresh take on the Cavs’ big win and LeBron’s personal triumph. And I’ve got no doubt that, if I wanted to, I could easily find enough new broadcasts, webcasts, podcasts, highlight packages, articles, columns, blog posts, YouTube snippets, and other “content” about the Cavs’ win to fill up weeks of leisure time.
This is a big change from the old days, before the internet, before ESPN, before the NBA channel, and before every schmoe with a computer could write whatever he wanted. In those days, you’d wait for your Sports Illustrated to hit the mailbox and eagerly read the articles and look at the great photos — but that was it. Your team won, you were happy, but then you just had to move on, because there was no alternative.
Now, you can revel in your triumph, immerse yourself in it, wallow in it. It’s a bit self-centered and selfish, perhaps . . . but boy, when you’ve waited 52 years for that big win, it’s a great thing, indeed.
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