Not easy when competing against basketball, baseball and the NFL, but there is more: “We want to win. Thomas died in single vehicle accident on Saturday morningCeltics guard scores game-high 33-point day after his sister’s deathIsaiah Thomas played in shoes bearing his sister’s name on Sunday night. I remember one of the west coast newspapers called us commie midgets. US pro soccer's 50th anniversary: 'They called us communists and midgets' | Football | The Guardian.