The Early Word: Good sports news offsets bad health news
This is what Western wildfires did to the air in New York Wednesday. Imagine what it’s doing to us. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
Bad air joins our health worries, while politicians wrangle with health departments in Memphis and Nashville. But better sidewalks, AutoZone Park, the Milwaukee Bucks and even the TVA give us reason to smile.
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Andrew Smith is a digital producer and writer for The Daily Memphian. He has been writing a weekly newspaper column on comics and pop culture since 1992, which is syndicated nationally by the Tribune Content Agency, and can be found at captaincomics.ning.com.
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