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What a year it has been. We had the annoyances of Aaron Rodgers. We had the inspiration of Caitlin Clark.
We got Caitlin Clark at her best. We got Bayou Barbie at her worst.
The WNBA fashion tunnel got big. Jealousy of Caitlin Clark got even bigger.
Jay Williams said Caitlin Clark isn’t great. Jay Williams showed he isn’t great.
We saw Caeleb Dressel in tears after missing a Medal in the Olympics. We had Bobby Finke taking Gold in the 1,000-meter freestyle as his teammate Katie Ledecky cheered him on from the stands.
We got the shocking sensation of Vandy over Bama. We got the flattening feeling as Wake Forest went 4 and 8 in football for the second straight year.
Vandy students carried and dumped the goalpost into a river after the Bama upset. The goalpost should have been made into a black and gold statue in the center of the university’s main quadrangle.
College players made millions. Millions of people starved.
My new rap song got released. My new rap song didn’t go viral.
Women’s sports ascended. Men’s sports got less entertaining.
Rode my bike a lot this year. Felt leg soreness a lot this year.
You wanted Sportface to stop writing about swimming. You didn’t get your wish.
A non-famous long-range bomber from Oakland U., Jack Gohlke, and a non-famous left-handed shooter from Yale, John Poulakidas, lit up March Madness. UConn won it all and few people cared.
Got to work first, one day. Found out it was a holiday.
Lefty Driesell died. All my Maryland friends cried.
Saw “Loveseed” rock Rehoboth Beach. Felt old among the battalions of 20-year-olds.
Met Spoog for a beautiful brunch. Regret not being his friend my entire life.
The Joker won his third NBA MVP. The Antman closed him down.
Baby Joker wore his glasses, We haven’t heard from him since.
Sammy Sportface’s favorite spokesman was Bill Walton.
He died this year so we won’t get to hear him say stuff anymore.
Rudy blew off Booze Crooze. Dickie Wolf and Sportface declared their late-in-life bromance.
Idea Man had his best year. Told his coworkers I was crazy on the phone one day.
An Alabama professor gave the best commencement speech of the year. Not many people heard it.
The world’s smartest man released a new theory. Sportface couldn’t understand it.
A turkey was brought home for Thanksgiving. The turkey was alive for a while.
Got around to some dental hygiene this year. Dentist told me my mouth is a cesspool.
France hosted the Olympics and showed off its beauty and culture. France had swimmers suffer in the ultra-polluted Seine River.
Everybody talked about how they hadn’t done such and such in a minute. It took a minute to figure out they were behind by a minute everybody else who was saying it.
We had to endure Travis Kelsey. We got to enjoy Summer McIntosh.
Sportface made a bunch of predictions. Sportface’s predictions were predominantly incorrect.
The Chiefs kept winning. The White Sox lost more games in one season than any team in Major League Baseball history.
Went to Wyoming. Saw few people. Went to Idaho. Saw a few million potato farm acres.
Witnessed the grandeur of Yellowstone National Park. I discovered how impossible it is to see it all.
Introduced Sally Sportface. As fast as she appeared, we lost track of her.
Dalton Knecht showed he could shoot. Brian Kelly kept showing us why we should always root against him.
Met for breakfast Kenny Cassidy. Haven’t seen him since and wish I could find the time.
Wake won against Connecticut in football. I got lost on the way back to Mac’s house.
Virginia coach Tony Bennett retired from coaching. He did it because college basketball is a bat-crazy system he doesn’t want to be associated with.
ChatGPT got better at writing. Writers everywhere became more uneasy about their professional values.
Sportface kept texting people his blogs. The people told him to stop doing it.
There will be good and bad in 2025. I will still love all of you as much as I did in 2024 – probably more.
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