HARD KNOCKS: TRAINING CAMP
HBO, 10:00 p.m. ET
SEASON FINALE: With the potential start of the potentially infected 2020 NFL pro football season just around the corner, HBO presents the season finale of its annual preseason sports documentary, Hard Knocks. It’s a season unlike any other, with the two Los Angeles teams, the Rams and the Chargers, struggling to cope with preparing for play while playing it safe from transmitting COVID-19. And last week, even those concerns were dwarfed by something else very significant that was sweeping the league, and both clubhouses: a growing urgency to take a stand to protest against systemic racism in general, and police shootings and abusive treatment of Blacks in particular. Last week’s edition was dramatic and illuminating. I expect the same of tonight’s real-life season finale.