'Sweep ya dorm room': The strange day Kevin Durant took his beef with me to Instagram — theguardian.com

Like many kids, I dreamed of becoming a professional athlete. I grew up envisioning myself scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl, the walk-off homer in the World Series or the clinching shot in the NBA finals. Since I was eight, I’ve had an affection for sports commentary. We didn’t have a television in our house back then, so we listened to big sporting events on the radio. I made up my mind that if I couldn’t make it as an athlete, I would do the next best thing: stay around the game as a journalist.

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