COLUMBIA, Mo. - Never one to dodge topics outside the lines of the basketball court, Missouri coach Cuonzo Martin was asked Thursday how he's processed last week's attack on the Capitol and how the idea of sportsmanship can transcend beyond athletics and into politics and the rest of society.
In a lengthy response to Kansas City Star columnist Vahe Gregorian during a Zoom session with reporters from around the state, Martin continued to circle around one fundamental question that continues to trouble him: Why is there so much hate in this country? Martin touched on that theme on social media this past summer during the social justice movement that swept through America and continues to ask those questions now.