I have a good friend who grew up in Buffalo, New York. Ricardo has always been a huge fan of the Buffalo Bills, which is why I reached out to him after the Bills’ incredible loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday. Another reason I did so was I had a pretty good idea how Ricardo was feeling — I had been in his shoes eight years earlier. After the Ray Allen Game in the 2013 NBA Finals, I was devastated. In my pre-Pounding the Rock blog, I wrote:
“Took a walk last night, looked at the stars, wondered why we care so much about a bunch of strangers 3,000 miles away playing a game that doesn’t affect our lives in the slightest.