Matt Shaw has said he can one day picture himself on the big screen as a comedic actor, that he is always watching movies and reciting lines from them.
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Brett Wallace can’t remember the last time expectations didn’t sit atop his shoulders on a baseball field. Maybe in T-ball, when coaches and teammates and parents probably thought his hits should one-hop the schoolyard fence instead of flying over it.
At his lowest point, his gut still churning from what could have been and from all the empty possessions, his mind still watching the flight of a half-court shot that would have changed his and the lives of his players forever, Butler coach Brad Stevens spoke for college basketball fans everywhere.
It would have been the greatest shot in college basketball history. Maybe basketball history.
Brad Stevens is familiar with the story. He knows the future king of Israel struck the Philistine with a stone and cut off the warrior’s head. He understands the tale’s motivational significance in moments like this.
The father picked up his small son and placed him on his shoulders. The boy touched a strand of net. A camera flashed.
Maybe this is what that whole thing about divorce being like an amputation is about, the idea that it is something you survive but that there is less of you in the end.
Interesting month, March. You don’t need as many blankets on the bed but feel purchasing that third box of Thin Mints from your neighbor’s daughter a necessity.
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