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The morning after is always the worst. Last night I convinced myself that I was happy to have just been there.  It was an amazing

This is for Rick Barry, the hometown hero and honorable veteran Tim James, and Darius Rice. This is for Johnny Hemsley, John Salmons, James Jones,

It was a tough hard-fought battle between two talented teams, but unfortunately in March Madness, only one can come out victorious. On Friday that was the Miami Hurricanes. The wise Pat Riley who made his bones in Los Angeles but now runs the show in Miami once famously said, “there’s winning and there’s misery.” That’s the binary opportunity that sports awards those who participate. It’s an emotional duality separated by a razor thin line. Winning is joyous. Losing is misery. In between is the competitiveness that makes sports stressful yet fun. When the clock read zero and the deep three launched by Drew Peterson ricocheted off the backboard, clanked off the rim, and felt harmlessly to the floor, the Miami Hurricanes bench celebrated victoriously while the Southern California Trojan bench were engulfed by the sudden onset of misery.