It’s August. Oh boy is it August. Even without a calendar or thermometer, it is painfully clear what month we’re in, as NBA free agent news, summer league action, and rampant trade speculation has given way to news about NBA 2K player ratings, the ever exciting regular-season schedule, and speculation over jersey color schemes.
But that doesn’t mean there’s no news anywhere. There is. Happening every day if you can believe it. Why in just the last couple months a private company in Europe moved a step closer to a working fusion reactor, an iceberg the size of Delaware broke free of the Antarctic ice shelf, and the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities were announced (Paris and Los Angeles respectively).