Liverpool are champions of England, and why the return of sports could kill people

It has been an awful couple of months for nearly all of our planets 7 billion inhabitants. COVID-19 has torn through our world and racked up a body count of around half a million — and that is only the recorded deaths we can confirm were due to the virus. Millions of others have had their lives permanently affected by the virus, whether it is because they have to deal with the longterm health effects of the virus, their lives ruined by a destroyed economy, or just dealing with the general trauma of having so many people in our communities suddenly taken away from us.

The tragedy of the world’s current situation has made it weird to feel bad about other things. My 23rd birthday and even college graduation took place in the midst of the pandemic lockdowns. These are major life events, but there was always this small bit of guilt in my mind for celebrating them. With millions of lives ruined, it felt evil to be celebrating personal accomplishments.

I felt even more guilty caring about the fate of my favorite soccer team.

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Liverpool FC entered the 2019–2020 season having not won the English title in 30 years. While they have the second most overall titles in England, they never had won the current and most popular iteration of the league, the English Premier League.

Things finally started coming together for Liverpool in 2015, though. They hired Jurgen Klopp as…