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The celebration a few moments after a 1st quarter touchdown by the home team (Oak Park and River Forest Huskies) on Friday evening.
OPRF went on to defeat Rich Township, 39-8.
Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Mark Fidrych becoming a national cultural phenomenon....my brother Andy revisits that special moment--and unearths new insights into this late, great American folk hero.
My column:
open.substack.com/pub/theins…
What we have here, folks, is a failure to box out. That comeback by the Knicks was one for the ages...and a reminder that too many players regard boxing out as optional.
Read my breakdown of the Spurs' defensive breakdown:
open.substack.com/pub/theins…
#NBAFinals #Knicks #Spurs
I saw Bruce Springsteen last week.
Three hours. 28 songs. Still going strong at 76.
The next day, I spent an hour with someone whose survival might be even more improbable. One is a legend. The other is my brother.
My column:
open.substack.com/pub/theins…
I saw Bruce Springsteen in Chicago in 1988---and thought he was OLD. After seeing him this week? Not so much.
But the more humbling calendar realization came the next day, sitting with my bro on his 60th b-day, a milestone that once felt impossible.
open.substack.com/pub/theins…
In 1987, I was a young newspaper reporter interviewing a hockey player I'd grown up with & who'd just been drafted in the NHL.
“Hopefully," he said, "I’ll make it."
That kid, Mike Sullivan, guided Team USA to a gold medal in men's hockey. My column:
theinsideedge.substack.com/p…
"Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" works so well because it consistently knows when to end, one scene after another. My column:
open.substack.com/pub/theins…
As my son Zach graduates today from Indiana University, reflections on my first meaningful time on this beautiful campus nearly a quarter-century:
theinsideedge.substack.com/p…
#IUBGrad25
Congratulations, Zach Baron and your Sigma Nu brothers on your successful journey to graduation! We're very proud of you!!
#IUBGrad25
Remembering MLK 57 years later...and reflecting on the present-day lesson contained in one flawed lyric in U2's “Pride (In the Name of Love)”:
open.substack.com/pub/theins…
