The Life and Death of Sherbo the Cat
The summer of 1996 is best remembered by the Olympic games in Atlanta. What I’ve always loved most about both summer and winter Olympics is the ability they have to utterly transfix us on the most obscure of events. Curling comes to mind for the winter Olympics. At no other time can we imagine watching teams slide rocks and sweep ice. While the summer Olympics may not have as absurd an equivalent, we still end up riveted by sports that we would otherwise click right past. Men’s gymnastics is
