Championship
(1) Bono vs. (1) Dalai Lama
This one came down to the wire. Rested from exerting absolutely no energy in his semifinal game, the Dalai Lama jumped out to an early lead and went into halftime with a sizable cushion.
Bono, after an emotional halftime show—in which he was the only performer—came out inspired in the second half. He quickly erased the deficit and found himself with a three-point lead with 10 seconds remaining. As the Dalai Lama postured and pump-faked, trying to set-up a three-pointer, Bono fouled him with less than one second left, sending His Holiness to the line with a chance to only score two points, seemingly sealing the game.
The Dalai Lama swished the first shot. Before he let go of what should’ve been an inconsequential free throw, His Holiness walked over to Bono, gently grabbed the back of his neck, and kissed him on the forehead. He then removed Bono’s sunglasses, put them on his head, and sank the last shot.
But suddenly, the Dalai Lama was up by a point. Somehow, he’d hit the first and the only three-point free throw in the history of basketball. Bono inbounded the ball and fell to his knees as the clock expired.
Victorious, the Dalai Lama quietly walked out of the stadium, taking the trophy with him as he approached the exit, sunglasses still on. The entire stadium broke into uncontrollable tears of happiness as the door slammed shut. They tried to do the wave, but something, finally, told them not to.
“It was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen,” Bono said afterward.
Yes, yes it was.
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Here’s the full bracket:
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—All photos AP
You got some underwhelming seeds here: bill gates, lance donovan, argh! nothing against lance but andres iniesta is so much more a compelling player and person. a real hero on and off the field. and sure, bill gates has used his billions to do good but the guy is an utter asshole who used underhanded tactics to monopolize (and charge monopoly pricing for ) PC software.
Come on guys, you can do better than this!
We love you guys!! Who else would run a competition for Most Good Man??
So, your #1 good man is someone who is celibate, who renounces family and fatherhood, and who sustains a religious patriarchy? Is this a joke? This post runs counter to everything else I’ve read on this site.
I knew you wrote this Ryan since you had a soccer player in the final! Being a fellow aficianado, I love that of course, but a different player comes to mind for me: Tim Howard. His success despite dealing with Tourette’s Syndrome has been really inspirational for kids who are often bullied & ostracized for their disability.
Let the debating begin…
cornel west was robbed, not even in bracket! :/