Amid the Horrors of 9/11, Sports Became the Cultural Force That Brought Us Together
Posted Sep 11, 2026
The paradox of sports—all that levity, all that gravity—was thrown into vivid relief in the drama of 9/11, the national tragedy that played out 25 years ago. It started as a conventional Tuesday morning in the early innings of fall. Warm weather. A bright blue, cloudless sky. A few miles from lower Manhattan, the U.S. Open had concluded two days before.
(Sports Illustrated)
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