John Riordan on Kyrie Irving: Where does selfishness end and the burden of influence begin?

When a number of NBA stars express reluctance about the Covid vaccine and cite inane excuses for holding back, they lend powerful validation to a widening fault line in American society

SPHERE OF INFLUENCE: Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets is a believer in the concept of a flat earth. He is one of a number of NBA players who remain vaccine hesitant. Picutre: Getty

The NBA’s pre-season gets going Sunday and we really shouldn’t care about a few exhibition games.

For once, the NBA bosses on Fifth Avenue really wish we didn’t.