Author: staff

El Gráfico, a Salvadoran sports newspaper, headlined the match “En una hielera.” Translation: “In a freezer.” Snow flurries fell during warmups and the temperature was the same as for the “Guerra Fria” win over Mexico at old Columbus Crew Stadium in February 2001 and the Snow Clasico victory over Costa Rica at Commerce City, Colorado, in March 2013.

Yes, the Bears had spent a week and a half interviewing at least 10 known candidates for head coach in the initial phase of their search. But that was before they had a GM in place. That, naturally, raises a series of legitimate questions. For starters, was Poles truly given full autonomy to decide who his coaching finalists would be? If so, how did he settle on his list of Eberflus, Dan Quinn and Jim Caldwell? And why did he meet with only three head-coaching candidates — and in such rapid fashion after he was hired? (The interview with Caldwell, for what it’s worth, took place Tuesday night just hours after Poles agreed to become the new GM.)

The Bulls have plenty of stakes left in the All-Star selection process. Zach LaVine, a 2021 All-Star reserve, was a close competitor to earn a starting spot in the Eastern backcourt and the guard is still expected to make the bench lineup. Rookie Ayo Dosunmu could also be named to the Rising Stars tournament, which features rookies, second-year players and G-League standouts.

The healthcare.gov website is seen, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 in Fort Washington, Md. Consumers seeking government-subsidized health insurance for next year have through Wednesday to sign up if they want their new plan to start Jan. 1. It’s the first of two deadlines for HealthCare.gov coverage, with increased financial assistance available through President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief legislation. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 8, 2021. Buttigieg is vowing help to stem a rising U.S. epidemic of car fatalities with a broad-based government strategy aimed at limiting the speed of cars, redesigning roads to better protect bicyclists and pedestrians and boosting car safety features such as automatic emergency braking. Buttigieg indicated to The Associated Press that new federal data being released next week will show another spike in traffic fatalities through the third quarter of 2021. (Susan Walsh/AP)

In terms of these stories and how they’re told, I couldn’t speak exactly to who’s getting it right, who’s not getting it right. This film was really about the relationship between an athlete, their past, and the city through the prism of a camera lens. It’s just trying to provoke thoughts about how we look at our athletes and how they are human; that in itself is something that is continuing to be told. I think it’s been told more in the last five years especially with the player empowerment movement as more athletes continue to commission their own projects and really harness the power of their own voices. This film was made before that movement started. And I’ve been a big part of that movement and working with athletes in my life as I’ve lived my art over the last five years. I’ve spent a lot of time with embattled athletes, athletes struggling with mental health, athletes in rehab, athletes who are entrepreneurs — all different sorts of dynamics.