Poem: A Mate of Mine – Yet Another Rugby-Tragic – Was Surprised to Know I Even Cared About Basketball.

“I don’t get basketball at all”, he said. “It’s just

You score a point, then I will, then you, then me, then you, then me…”

He did his best to make that sound like it was a bad thing.

I let him score his point. Then went home to watch

a 35-year old replay of the game where Larry Bird scored

half of his points left-handed – and told people after

he was saving …