[I was initially trying to decide whether to focus my annual Year in Review series on heavy or light topics, but then I realized this was 2024—we had it all, from the serious to the surreal, the absurd to the awesome. So I’ll start with a couple tough subjects and move toward some happier ones. I’d love your end-of-year reflections as well!]
Christmas
came in June for the Railton household this year, as my sons and wife and I got
to watch together as our favorite shared sports team, the
Boston Celtics, clinched their 18th NBA Championship. I said
most of what I’d want to say about that team from an AmericanStudies perspective
in that hyperlinked post, but I did want to use this post to do three additional
things:
--Sharing this video of my
single favorite live sports moment of my lifetime, Payton Pritchard’s first-half-buzzer-beating
longer-than-half-court shot in Game 5, as captured from every camera angle
possible;
--Highlighting
the truly awesome public service and partnership work that Jaylen Brown is doing for the
Black community and all communities in Boston, as well as sharing his
delightful recent episode
of Hot Ones;
--And making
the broader case, through those various layers but also through a reminder of my recently completed first podcast
which I hope made this case at great length and which I can think of no better
Christmas present than y’all checking out and sharing widely, for all the ways
that sports can connect to our worst but also and especially our best.
Next 2024
reflection tomorrow,
Ben
PS. What
do you think? What stands out from this decades-long year?
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