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...guess different people react to the disease in different ways; my father's method was to stake out one small corner of our estate as "The Bunker" (we even made him a sign for it, "enabling" his behavior as the textbooks would tell you family members might), a dimlylit dungeon in which he hoarded his emotions like a dragon might guard his treasure...
...mainly they kept returning because Celtics basketball is an organized religion, with 13 green-and-white icons hanging from the Garden roof and a list of saints, identified only by the kelly-green number that they once wore, dangling from the skylights. And in this dimlylit, age-crusted catacomb, the faithful wait for the NCAA to part with a titanic saviour, someone with arms long enough and stats big enough to rescue the team. After all, except for the last few years the Celtics have always been basketball's chosen people: you can forgive their fans for hoping...
Thursday, November 6--New Jersey state police stumble upon a suspicious couple in a Quality Inn near Princeton on Route One. Breaking into the dimlylit room they uncover a cache of chains, whips, and football tees. Discovered at the scene are Ron Beible, a senior quarterback for Princeton, and an unidentified female, rumored to be Princess Caroline of Monaco. No charges are filed, but Beible (rhymes with libel), a Baptist planning to attend Divinity School, calls a press conference and announces that under such circumstances he can't play...
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