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Sorrentine shook his head. He decided that he wanted the ball in his hands. The shot was his to take. And with the clock winding down, he seized his chance at greatness. His arching shot from well behind the three-point line flew true, propelling the Catamounts to victory, sending the state of Vermont into chaos, and breaking the hearts of Syracuse fans everywhere—not to mention likely causing a rather significant amount of money to change hands, given the amount of betting that takes place during March Madness...
...that is why we obsess over sports. It’s why kids across the country spend hours in their driveways, pretending to be Larry Bird or Michael Jordan or LeBron James, counting down the clock and firing buzzer-beater after buzzer-beater until their mothers demand that they come in for dinner. Sports provide us something that we lack in most other realms of our lives—situations in which normal human beings have a chance to become immortal...
...after a gritty first-frame effort, the Crimson (21-9-3, 15-5-2) surrendered two second-period goals in quick succession, giving the Big Red (26-4-3, 18-2-2) a lead it would hold until the clock wound down, the buzzer sounded, and the Whitelaw Trophy was wheeled out onto...
...minutes, remained a battle of the netminders—was suddenly transformed by a high-speed, edge-of-your-seat offensive display that saw Harvard take the lead, the Raiders answer, Harvard take another lead, and then the Raiders answer again—all as the clock ticked down on the last 3:59 of regulation...
Harvard could now look to the scoreboard and see its own advantage, right next to the clock that crept towards zero...