Hey friends, it's Anne.

And I know the election is the first thing on your mind right now.

And so this episode of to the best of our knowledge is just what you want.

It's all about sports. Games where you can set out to crush your opponents, but still have a drink with them at the end of the day.

You're welcome, America.

Stay tuned.

Wisconsin Public Radio

It's to the best of our knowledge.

I'm And Strange Hamps.

What do you do when the headlines are freaking you out and the news is making you tense?

A lot of people find sports takes their mind off things.

It's like this one worry-free, politics-free zone right up until it isn't.

One of the beauties of the pandemic, one of the things that my son and I grabbed onto early on was the ritual of us going out running. This is Kurt Streeter, a sports writer and a dad.

Just about every night we'd go for a mile or two, maybe three mile jog, and my son's a little nine-year-old, just getting used to running and he just loves it.

And it was our time really to bond during this terrible time starting in March.

Right around that time, I heard of the terrible shooting of Ahmaud Arbery down in Georgia.

Shot and killed white male. Outforce down in Georgia. Shot and killed. White, my own.

Out for his daily job.

Mostly white neighborhood.

Uh, killing of a black jogger by a pair of white men.

Chase down and kill.

Hotted down like an animal.

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