2022 mileage: 4359.4
This afternoon I rode for a brisk hour, turning in 15.8 virtual miles. I had been planning to watch a Christmas movie ... but instead I listened to my favorite sports-talk radio station, with all the exultation over the Detroit Lions' win today.
After stumbling out to a 1-6 start to the season, they've flipped the script in the last 7 games, going 6-1 to climb back to a .500 record (7-7) and reach the point where they have a reasonable prospect of making the playoffs. There is a lot of national chatter about the Lions, in fact, being one of the most exciting teams in the NFL right now.
All this is rather amazing. The Lions last won the National Football League championship in the year of my birth, 1957, which was a decade before the Super Bowl even began. Their miserable history during my lifetime goes a long way toward explaining why I don't share the passion for NFL football that grips most American men. This is exciting, however, and is more than a little difficult to believe it is really happening for Detroit.
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