emptied out He didn’t realize how much time had passed until he saw his mom standing in front of him her hands on her hips Without a word she grabbed his laptop and shoved it into his backpack which was hanging off the back of his chair while Mac wheeled himself out the door In the car she’d pretended to be upset After all she told him she’d had a long day at the emergency room she’s a nurse and she’d been waiting in the car for twenty minutes With his dad and older sister out of town visiting colleges and with the baby being only eight months old she couldn’t afford to wait around But they both knew she liked how seriously he took his job He never wanted to submit a sports story unfinished And this story It’s definitely unfinished Which is why he’s been staring at it ever since they got home It’s now 11 34 p m and all the lights are turned off in the house but
here he is on the living room couch looking desperately at the glowing screen of his laptop Sure the game recap already includes most of the basics who won who played well a standard quote from Coach Miller And frankly that should be enough In fact it should be more than enough The Predators opponent wasn’t good enough to get even this much coverage All Mac really needs to write is Our team beat a lousy team The end If the diehards want more info they can check the box score Then again the Predators victory isn’t the real story The real story is the unnamed fan who kept disrupting the game He might be unnamed in Mac’s game summary but he most definitely has a name in real life Larry Borders renowned attorney-at-law
And Drew Borders father The reason Mac hasn’t included Larry’s name is well he isn’t exactly sure Mac’s a sportswriter for one thing not a gossip columnist It isn’t his job to report on stuff that happens outside the lines Plus he doesn’t want to embarrass Drew by publishing his dad’s behavior for all to read And his dad’s behavior was definitely embarrassing Follow through he yelled at his son over and over He also bellowed to Drew to Get your feet set and Keep your elbow out front The rest of the fans both parents and students had been sitting in the bleachers across the court But Drew’s dad had gotten so worked up he started pacing the sidelines When Drew tried to ignore him his dad said Are you listening to me Maybe this was a sports story It sure seemed to affect the game When his dad looked started hollering again Drew
downward toward the hardwood and nodded his head If you’re listening his dad said then why aren’t you doing it At the end of the first half Larry Borders approached his son and grabbed his shoulder He barked more shooting tips Drew finally shrugged him off and said I have to go listen to Coach’s halftime talk Come to think of it it wasn’t just Drew who was affected The whole team played stiffly right up until Coach finally confronted Mr Borders Without even realizing it Mac starts to type up the altercation Noah Crowder skipped a pass cross court and Borders found himself alone Usually Borders is deadly from there On the season he’s shooting over 45 percent from that very corner But this time after a game of loud clanks and even louder comments
