Sporting Life

On Valentine’s Day, a love letter to sport

Love is discovery between the lines. What you can do, how far you can go, how much you can endure, what you are becoming. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PEXELS
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A swept court, a still pool. The smell of grass, the taste of sweat. The ring of a boxing bell, the final whistle. The feel of a familiar grip, the fit of a new shoe. The mist on the first fairway, the heart like a drum solo.

Love in sport is the small things. Always.

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