In this world of pompous athletes, overbearing coaches, money-grubbing owners and a win-at-all-costs mindset, it’s easy to become jaded.
And then – in the parlance of another era – a brief story rolled across The Associated Press sports wire Friday morning.
”2 Pennsylvania kids win National Marbles Tournament,” the headline said.
I was intrigued.
Kids still play marbles?
Thankfully, they do.
The 94th annual National Marbles Tournament crowned its newest champions this week along the Jersey shore. They both hailed from the marbles hotbed of Allegheny County, in and around Pittsburgh, where the throwback game still thrives largely due to the efforts of one family.