Austin Vitelli

Dr. Ali provides his perspective on being re-deployed to treat the COVID-19 pandemic and the many ways that the virus is putting a stress on people’s mental health.

The ritual was simple. Most days after high school football practice, Pierce Ripanti and Troy Glenn would throw off their sweaty equipment, hop in the car, and put one of their phones in the center console of the vehicle. The car would change, but the process remained the same. Sometimes it was Ripanti’s 2004 Honda Accord. Other times it was Glenn’s 2002 Dodge Intrepid, sporting a broken mirror.

What’s the best way to respond to a controversial game-tying goal on the road? If you said score the game-winner 62 seconds later, celebrate by shushing the crowd, and then quote Rasheed Wallace after the game, the Union agree with you. That’s what happened Wednesday night in Columbus as Crew SC were credited with scoring a second-half equalizer even though it looked like the ball may have been cleared off the line before it crossed (where’s goal-line technology when you really need it?).