Has there ever been anyone quite like Paul Pierce ? No.
Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.
You always hear that tragedies put sports in perspective, that they prove we shouldn't care this much about the successes and failures of a bunch of wealthy strangers. I'm going the other way - sometimes, sports put everything else in perspective.
But that's the thing about basketball: you don't play games on paper.
Coffee is the highlight of my day. After coffee everything is downhill.
Anytime someone calls you and identifies themselves with their full name, odds are it isn't someone you want to talk to under any circumstances.