With so much attention on the bad these days, let’s take a few minutes to talk about some of the fun and sweet things that have happened in the world of sports this week.
What a week. As Whitney stated in this week’s Buzz Bulletin, there were three retirement announcements made this week, all before Wednesday. Nikki Bella, Connor McGreggor, and of course, Rob Gronkowski.
While rumors of Gronk retiring have been swirling since…well…last season…Rob Gronkowski’s announcement came as a surprise too many and almost immediately after that post was published, support and praise started pouring in for Gronk. Twitter was covered in tweets from fans all over the country thanking Gronk for nine great seasons, declaring him the TE GOAT, and more. As a Pat’s fan, I was really hoping that he’d play one more season. Just one. I think all of Pats Nation was hoping for one more season. But deep down, I think we all knew that wasn’t going to happen. That didn’t make the announcement any less painful, though.
Oh, and by the way, I share the sentiment noted by many on twitter this week —if I’m this upset by Gronk’s retirement, how am I going to handle Brady’s?
Tom wrote a great piece on Gronk shortly after the announcement that you should definitely read if you haven’t already.
New England is certainly going to miss Gronk. I mean, there are other amazing tight ends in the league today and many more will come in the future, but there will never, ever be another tight end just as entertaining off of the field as he is on. Case in point (and there are many more where this came from):
In other news
Giannis Antetokounmpo is simply the best.
He’s pretty good on the court, too 😉. Although, he’s been dealing with an ankle injury the last few days. This is making the Bucks a little nervous, I would say given that the playoffs are quickly approaching. They’ll be playing it safe with him over the next week.
I know this is old news by now, but for those who may have missed it, for the first time since 2005, we will not be seeing LeBron James in this year’s playoffs. A 13 year streak has officially come to an end. I can imagine for LeBron that this is a hard pill to swallow. Although—and the reason that I really wanted to mention here so late after this was truly news—I have to say, King James handled it well:
At least he did in public. I mean, I’m pretty sure that if I just ended a 13 year streak of something as important as the playoffs, I might have kept my cool in public, but once alone…well…