Alice and I watched from the office window. Instead of enjoying the training break, the whole team was punished for Buzz and The Russian’s in-house fighting—probably because it wasn’t the first time and Johan was trying to establish it would be the last. I could see from afar that Doc and the phy...
A dozen or so of the key players were in attendance—it was compulsory—along with several television camera crew, and staff from the two newspapers and radio stations with their microphones set up at the front of the room. The players were in their uniform too—a navy suit, white shirt and club tie...
I thought I would dread it but opening the door to my little student unit in Long Beach was kind of like going home to visit your parents and staying in your old bedroom with your childhood music posters all over the wall. In its smallness it felt protective. The silver lining—my college pad was ...