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Life & Love: When Basketball is More Than a Game
Six years ago, I sat in stunned silence on the edge of my living-room sofa with my hands covering the…
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More Than a Game
On Jan. 17, 1988, I sobbed on the living room floor while my mom yelled at me for crying.
“It’s…
The Secrets We Uncover
One minute I was standing on a hilltop in the Ohio countryside, scanning miles of farmland in every direction.
The…
The Saddest Place in the World
If the pursuit of happiness is our most-important Earthly mission, my neighbors and I are doing it wrong.
According to…
So This is Christmas
Christmas is less than two days away.
The most-beloved holiday on the Christian calendar. It’s so popular, most of the…
How to Swear: Welcome to O-#%!*ing-hio
Because the folks at Mashable took their sweet-ass time reporting this awesome story, many people didn’t learn until yesterday that…
The In-Laws
The losses in divorce are great.
There’s a huge pile of them. And a lot of collateral damage.
With the…
The Giving Tree
It just stands there.
Quiet, steady and stoic.
The ultimate wallflower.
I rarely notice it. It looks just like thousands…
The Phantom Pain
It was a typical winter day in Ohio.
Around 9 a.m.
Co-workers were milling around, getting coffee and chatting.
I…
How to Succeed at Anything
It’s not easy.
But it is simple.
If you want to succeed—in anything, whether it be love, or work, or…