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When Steve Kerr said what we're all feeling

When Steve Kerr said what we're all feeling

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May 25, 2022
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This is a sports newsletter. Without wanting to assume too much about the most intelligent group of readers in the country, I’m guessing most of you come here for a bit of mindless escapism, with the occasional mindful insight thrown in.

Today, like a lot of you would have, I received a news alert this morning about another mass shooting at an American school and I’ve spent most of the rest of the day in a quiet, impotent rage.

Normally I can talk sport on cue with anyone about nearly anything - okay, so modern pentathlon is a bridge too far - but as myself and podcast colleague Jason Hoyte gathered to prep for today’s show (see below), there was a quiver in his voice when he talked about what happened at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

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We’re parents, we send our kids off to school every day in the expectation they’ll be kept safe. It’s beyond extraordinary that in America, a country that has done so much good in the world and which even in troubled times remains a beacon for optimism, refuses to enact simple measures that would help keep their children and wider population safer.

But, hey, this is a sports newsletter and I want to keep that spirit alive, so here’s Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors coach and a man who lost his own father in a terrorist attack, saying what everybody needs to hear.

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Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
11:43 PM ∙ May 24, 2022
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There simply has to be change! HAS TO BE!! 😔😔😔😔🥺🥺🥺🥺.. Praying to the heavens above to all with kids these days in schools. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
8:47 PM ∙ May 24, 2022
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