Michael Moynihan: Where exactly are modern sportsmen getting those immaculate fades?

Tidying a lockdown beard is more difficult than it looks, which got me wondering. Where exactly are modern sportsmen getting those immaculate fades, those well-maintained side-creases?

TORONTO, ON - MAY 12: Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) watches from the corner as Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) squats down and sticks out his tongue waiting for the ball to drop for Raptors to win. Embiid missed the recent All-Star game as his barber tested positive for Covid-19. Picture: Rick Madonik

A confession: the beard is gone.

Some necessary repairs last week went a little too far, and the result was scorched earth rather than tidy borders. And when I say scorched, that is very much the operative term: turns out skin is far more sensitive than I remember.