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Mitch Albom: Despite 2020 NFL draft, we’re nowhere close to normal

A look at who the Detroit Lions picked in Rounds 2-3 of the 2020 NFL draft on Friday, April 24, 2020. Detroit Free Press

“Now what?” sports fans ask. For three glorious days, there was an actual, scheduled sporting event in America. The 2020 NFL draft not only drew ridiculously high TV ratings, it lifted the collective murkiness that the coronavirus pandemic has draped over a nation that loves its balls, baskets, tackles and goals. Football teams made their selections. Football fans debated them. Football analysts overanalyzed them. Yes! Business as usual!

But this morning, it’s The Big Empty.