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Commentary: Why ‘Ted Lasso’ is more than a Golden Globe winner, but a tonic for our trying times

I got my blue AFC Richmond shirt in the mail the other day. It’s just like the one Roy Kent wears.

Now it’s probably helpful to mention here that neither AFC Richmond nor Roy Kent are real. Richmond is a fictional team and Kent the team’s fictional captain in “Ted Lasso,” the Apple TV+ series about an American football coach — that’s tackle football — who is given charge of a team in the English Premier League.

Still, I can’t wear the shirt out of the house without drawing notice and smiles. It immediately brightens people’s day, like a cute puppy or a great parking space.