THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Using crutches for injuries, or injuries as a crutch
Mark Nelke
Team X lost a key player midway through the season, bowed out in the second round of the NCAA tournament to a much lower seed, then its fans complained their team would still be playing if said key player wasn’t hurt.
Team Y lost a key player — a second-team All-American, in fact — minutes into its first NCAA tournament game. Its fans groaned, but the rest of the team sucked it up and made it to the Sweet 16.
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