It’s usually a pretty beautiful moment when arts & culture and the world of sports collide.
Last night at ESPN’s ESPY awards, Chance the Rapper proved it again with the concluding moment: a tribute to Muhammad Ali.
Using a boxing-ring microphone was a special touch. (Video link)
Related ESPYs: ESPYs snub of Flip Saunders angers fans; network says he was part of tribute (Star Tribune)
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins