World Cup Travelogue #4 I think I ruined sports for myself
We found our section, and our row: the very front of the upper deck in the corner of the oblong bowl of Arrowhead.
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The room is the basement fellowship hall of a small church.
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Abraham Bryan’s fence.
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There are people who want to spend every second of their beach vacation on the beach.
You and God and the Canopy
It’s 2017.