Alas for the English Premier League, usually so deft at promoting itself. Here we had the long-awaited (it’s been 100 days) return of EPL games to television. This was an emotional occasion, waybeyond its soccer importance — with all the players wearing “Black Lives Matter” wording on their shirts, standing in silence for coronavirus victims, then kneeling briefly before thekickoff.
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