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Byline: Greg Cote
MIAMI _ Sports have been our comfort zone in part because they give us clear answers. You win or lose. There are ratings, statistics and standings to help separate good from bad.
It isn't as simple when our sports veer off the field.
When right and wrong are in play, and it isn't a game anymore.
When matters of ethics and even morality challenge, and nobody in a striped shirt is there to make the call for us.
Sports have been to this place a lot lately, visiting an arena in which one's own internal compass is the only referee.
Isn't it strange how the nebulous middle ground we call a "gray area" can inspire reactions so vivid and full of passion?