Great storytelling, reminding us all that sports are games - and can be both fun and inspiring if allowed to remain so.

Columns should provide the reader with some personal insight they might ordinarily lack. Kennard does a good job in this regard.

The story is solidly written.

Some on the longer side but wouldn't have it any other way. Reader immediately feels the emotion from the shooting lead and the championship story. Impressed with the use of different tones for different sensitivities.