It's been a few days now, but the Blob would be remiss if it didn't recognize a fresh addition to that ever-expanding collection, People Who Are Tougher Than The Blob.
(Or you, too, for that matter.)
Come on down, Elena Delle Donne!
Who, in case you missed it, is the reigning MVP in the WNBA, and who finally got the Washington Mystics over the hump to claim the league championship with an 89-78 victory over the Connecticut Sun last week in the decisive Game 5 of the WNBA finals.
"What's so tough about that, if she's the best player in the league and all?" you're saying now.
("No, we're not. We're trying to sleep," you're actually saying.)
Well ... what's tough about that is Delle Donne played the last three games of the finals with not one, not two, but three herniated disks in her back. And yet in the deciding Game 5, she played 37 minutes and came one rebound away from a double-double, going for 21 points and nine boards.
You know how hard it is just to find a comfortable position in bed with a messed-up back, let alone run up and down a hardwood floor for 37 minutes and nearly put up a double-double in the finals of a professional basketball playoff? And do it in not one but three games?
Well, it's hard, lemme tell you. Or at least I imagine it is.
I mean, it's not like I've ever done it. Or you. Or ever could.
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