Football is happening, good people.
You may have doubted it — or ignored it altogether — but it is definitely happening. Next Thursday, the Houston Texans will face the Kansas City Chiefs in primetime, marking the beginning of the regular season. At that point, professional football will be officially and irrevocably back.
If the season kinda snuck up on you ... well, you are not alone. This year's sports calendar is clearly a mess. Under normal circumstances, when the baseball season is only six weeks old and the NBA playoffs are entering the second round, it's early May.