When the stars ain’t shinin’ bright
You feel like you’ve lost your way
When the candlelight of home
Burns so very far away
Well, you got to let your soul shine
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Everyone experiences sports differently. But for me, experiencing a painful loss in the playoffs always compares closely with being dumped by a significant other. You’ve put the time in, you’ve worked hard to keep up with each other. And then, right when you can sense things getting a little tense, heartache.
I suppose, then, that this wasn’t the most gut-wrenching, out-of-nowhere breakup one could ever go through.