As I See It
Every season’s the wrong sports season
We’ve started a new season. Summer began in the northern hemisphere Friday night. As far as other seasons, like “sports seasons,” we might need a program to keep all the players straight.
It’s obviously baseball season, which really begins with spring training in February and ends with the World Series, which occasionally creeps into November. Not this year, though. The MLB bosses expect the World Series to end by Halloween, at the latest. It’s still Fall.
NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals just ended. In June. While the season began back in September. The traditional “winter” sport.
And the NBA just crowned a new champion Sunday, June the 22nd. I remember a time when basketball would be done before Mother’s Day. Then again, there was that weird COVID period when I recall visiting the Deer District in Milwaukee during the Finals, on July 17th.
For hoops fans, who may not be ready to take a break, the WNBA carries on throughout the summer, so Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Minnesota’s Paige Bueckers will be busy during the hot weather.
I suppose there’s nothing wrong with having pro sports in action year round, even if their beginnings and ends don’t happen in the season we think of them.
The NFL will be underway before we know it. The Packers host the Jets Aug. 9 to begin the preseason. And the Super Bowl happens Feb. 8, 2026.
So, while we can’t get our sports seasons to be in season, it is nice to have teams to cheer for from these warm summer nights to our bitter cold winters.
