…Thus does Mr. Brees’ pass land where it was intended to land, as we all too often wish our own actions achieve what we saw in our proposals of them. … Sainthood is not, indeed never has been, easily granted; but granted still it must be to the rightly aimed and rightly caught pass, and once more that rare wheel of fortune will turn to the Good, to those few who know that the Good and the Fortunate are not so different after all.
I know that the Henry James Guide to Sports is kinda-sorta a joke, but seriously this prose is perhaps the best description of why we (or at least I) love Sport. It’s also a hell of a lot better than typical, shouty sports journalism.
(via bradleywarshauer)
