Sports in 2020, like life, was all about resilience
Kyle Parker / theScore Jimmy Butler slumped over the ad board behind the baseline, depleted. A thousand miles outside the NBA bubble, Mike Smith understood what he felt. Smith starts at point guard for Michigan and is a close friend and protege of Butler's. For several months this spring, he worked out with the Miami Heat star in the long wait for the NBA season to resume. They rose daily by 5 a.m., lifted and shot, and twice a week, wherever they were - San Diego or Miami - they went out to run miles uphill or on sand. Fatigue wasn't just inescapable; it was the invited goal. When Smith flag...