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Entire article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/08/18/als-high-school-basketball-coach/
Alone at his kitchen table, Patrick Behan opened the online meeting he had called the day before, short notice meant to limit gossip and worry. He stared into his laptop screen at faces he considered family.
Behan saw the players and parents of the boys’ basketball team at St. John’s College High, where he had been the coach for the past five seasons. As introduction, he detailed the start-of-school schedule. He informed incoming players their fall workouts would be taxing. Maybe the mundane would settle his nerves.
“The main reason I wanted to meet is to share some personal news about myself,” Behan told them. “I’ve known about this and, um, I hate to get emotional, but I figured that this would … Sorry.”
He leaned back and sipped from a red water bottle. He cleared his throat, trying to find the words.
“Late spring, early summer, um … ”
He blinked and rubbed his nose, his breath catching.
“I haven’t cried like this since Malik made the game-winning basket against Gonzaga.”
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