LOOKING BACK

of the stands or stroll across a basketball court to strike up a conversation with someone they saw just at games and events. They acted as though we’d been classmates for years.

Another memory? The Frederick High School basketball team that walked over to press row in appreciation of the interest in the then-Warriors as they advanced to the final four in 2022 .. a first for the program since 1956.

One of Golden High School’s senior classes took some of their extra money and bought a coaches’ jacket, complete with school colors and some dude’s name on the right breast pocket. That was 28 years ago, and the coat still fits.

Bradley Weinmaster of Riverdale Ridge High School, who wasn’t expecting to be in a playoff for a golf championship, then learned he was in, then won the state title on the first playoff hole, then broke down in joy as he recounted his efforts.

The pleasure of meeting so many people who did and are doing something on behalf of young men and women. All shared a little part of their lives, an enriching part of this career. All are friends, including other reporters. (If you think people in the press don’t get to know one another, think again). Their collective knowledge was something they were only too happy to pass along to an old-timer. The numbers and names are too many and too frequent to name and recall. But thank you for your kindness and for sharing your knowledge and experiences.

Those are some of the things that come off the desk, out of the wadded-up lunch wrappers and stained coffee cups and into whatever the new chapter brings.

And you know what? It’s OK to say goodbye.

Really.

My older brother and I reached a point where it’s time to clean out our family home. It’s a process involving a lot of stuff - 66 years’ worth, plus things that belonged to our late younger brother — and a lot of time. Mom’s knitting machines (she had three), Dad’s hand-written tax forms and professional magazines (pictures of the tax forms!) and silverware and emergency evacuation packs that belonged to my late younger brother, Brian, need new homes. (His Wile E. Coyote coffee cup made the trip back to Denver after the holidays.)

As a rule, a final house cleaning and a Zoom call aren’t compatible. It requires hands-on attention.

Nothing finer

The job for 35 years has been to chronicle events. The kids did the work - they competed, sank the baskets, scored the touchdowns, made the saves, ran circles around their opponents on the track, pinned their wrestling opponents. Credit to all their coaches, friends and families, too, for their collective encouragement. The “job” (it really wasn’t one .. honest) was to watch and tell you what they did, how well they did and what they learned about their sport and themselves. For an ardent sports dude, there has been nothing finer.

There was so much to see in the nastiest of weather, the warmest of weather, the smelliest of air masses and in the nastiest of public health crises through live streaming. Nothing need be changed. It was a grand and glorious ride through two areas of Denver that were as different as left and right.

Fort Lupton’s Scotty Sanders, a former wrestler and football player with eyes on major-league baseball, said how sorry he was that the end of the professional line was near for someone who really enjoyed what he was doing. What came to mind was a thought from the late Vin Scully upon his retirement as the announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was a paraphrase at the time, but the quote reads, “Don’t be sad that it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

That concept is worth a lot of repeats these days and in the future — even with what a 64-year-old, soon-to-be-saggier and wrinklier face will allow — because it happened.

Mom and Dad always said to find that perfect job so you never think you work a day in your life. And you know what? They were right. As usual. These last 30-some years have been pretty close to perfect.

We had a lot of fun together for a long time and became friends along the way. For that - and so many other memories and kindnesses -- thank you deeply from the bottom of my heart. It’s been a joy to participate in and learn something from a profession I truly love.

And that’s -30-.

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