On a Thursday night in mid-December, Mike Cole awoke on his living room sofa with the TV still blaring.
He had dozed off with the Kansas City Chiefs trailing the Los Angeles Chargers by seven late in the fourth quarter. By the time his eyes fluttered open, Travis Kelce was dancing in the end zone in overtime after catching the game-winning touchdown pass.
“What happened?” Cole remembers thinking.
So he logged online to figure out what he’d missed.
As Cole caught up on the football game, another headline grabbed his attention.