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Oh, so you want a fairy tale? OK fine. Once there was a basketball team that played a game in a rickety, humid, high school-level gym in Miami Gardens, Florida. The year was 1988, it was the end of November, and that team—Florida Atlantic University—had just made the hour-long drive south to St. Thomas University. They lost, 99-83, for the second time in three days. Maaaaaaaaaaan, was their head coach Lonnie Williams pissed off by the end of the game. So that basketball team waits until the fina…
about 2 years ago
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The fourth hole at Galloping Hill Golf Course’s “Learning Nine” is a quirky, amalgamated par-4. Straight away, the green makes a little left-hand turn—nothing the casual weekend duffer can’t handle. It’s just 272 yards, which is the golf equivalent of lowering the basketball hoop to eight feet so you can dunk the hell out of it. It’s wedged in the back corner of the property, away from most of play. A perfect place for a quiet moment.Which is exactly why the fourth hole at Galloping Hill Golf Co…
almost 2 years ago