This is the first of five illustrations made for the Washington Post as visual interpretations of essays, written by Jerry Brewer, that focus on the intersection of sports and American division.

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 “𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥”. 𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵.

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