#458 The Rifleman- Craig Davidson
There’s a certain type of father that gets banned from
attending his son’s little league athletics. Usually it’s one of two things: an
over-bearing loud attitude that puts too much pressure on the kid, or public
intoxication. Hank Mikan was guilty of both. He wanted his son Jason to be the
next great basketball shooter, a rifleman. He would drill him until late at
night when the neighbors began complaining about the noise.
Now as Jason is about to get college offers, Hank is barely
a part of his life, and not by choice. He is one step away from being a
homeless drunk. He is an embarrassment for Jason who wants nothing to do with
him. He has made him hate the thing he is best at. The only thing his son has
in common with him is basketball. When you get rid of that, what happens?
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