In advancing through the press boxes of life, we find ourselves cheering (quietly of course) first for the players older than we are. Later it becomes the coaches older than we are. I'm already starting to miss Kansas State's Bill Snyder.
The opposite of all this is to be around the Mavericks and the Stars in the 2018-19 season. One team is led by Luka Doncic, a 19-year-old European superstar figuratively setting the basketball world on fire with nightly 25-point games and highlight-worthy assists. And the All-Star on the other team is younger than Luka.
In fact, Miro Heiskanen, the Finnish defenseman who has tied the Stars' club rookie record for game-winning goals by a D-man held by John Klingberg, is nearly five months younger than Doncic.