From The Archives: "Love of the Game"
Happy Labor Day! Hopefully you have the day off, but if not, here’s a piece about working on holidays…
"Love of the Game"
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In the US, you know a holiday is a big deal when it gets a sport. The Fourth of July has baseball; Thanksgiving has the NFL; Christmas Day has the NBA. Of course, the original, and most obvious, example is New Year’s Day, which has been associated with college football since the Rose Parade added the Rose Bowl Game in 1916.
(Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about The A-Rod Chronicles. We’ve got a big episode coming this week..)