My brother, Joel, loves the Minnesota Vikings and fantasy football—he’s been inviting me for years to join him at a game in the Twin Cities and to pick a team for a league. I’m a soccer player, of course, so have never engaged in this football fantasy.
Until now.
Joel was not able to join us at the big family reunion in Colorado in July, but he invited his brothers and cousins to participate in an ESPN league, and a bunch of us agreed. Tonight was our draft, and it was quite fun, in part because we gathered in Zoom to talk and joke and help each other learn the rules and strategies for selecting a team. I called my team Sugar Rush, and I have no idea how I’ll do week to week.
Oh, and right after Thanksgiving, I’ll be meeting Joel in Minneapolis to attend the Vikings game against the Arizona Cardinals. (In 2016, I ran past the Vikings stadium on a cold start to the Twin Cities Marathon.)
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