Chain Net Memories

Bob Lazzari — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:01:24 +0000

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the memorable “snow wars” we’d enjoy as kids during the 70′s–backyard football games played on the most wintery of days. Thinking back, we’d adjust our sports competitions/”pick-up” games in those days to jive with the pros’ schedule; once the Super Bowl was completed, it was time to put pigskin thoughts away and turn our attention to hoops. Our venue would then change from my neighbor Tom’s backyard to the driveway in front of his house; the “court”–very much like our “stadium”–was anything but flat. In fact, it was an act of bravery every time someone put up a shot without having a rebounder underneath the rim in order to prevent a missed attempt from rolling down into Mr. Morris’ yard across the street. On those days when we all had our own basketballs while practicing, no one was immune from having to do some major retrieving down on the Morris property. To this day, I believe it made us concentrate more and become better shooters.

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