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“I almost felt compelled to tell the young lad, ‘don’t buy the van.’”

{This column was written in a sprinter van, parked in an obscure location by a flowing river, mountains in the background, after a long bike ride … just like the author had always imagined} I’ve wondered, though not as often as I used to — mainly because I have children and wife (and, if you’reContinue reading ““I almost felt compelled to tell the young lad, ‘don’t buy the van.’””

Motherhood embodies many salient sports themes. For example, one cornerstone characteristic of moms — in addition to bringing a life into the world, which we’ll get to — is doing stuff which has to get done even when no one wants to do them. No story better exemplifies this than my mom’s tale of herContinue reading “Skieologians: being a mom means doing the things no one wants to do, but have to anyway”