Finally beat my son at basketball
He's 13 now and has been destroying me for the last year. Today we played one on one and I actually won. One game. He says I got lucky and we're playing again tomorrow but I don't
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He's 13 now and has been destroying me for the last year. Today we played one on one and I actually won. One game. He says I got lucky and we're playing again tomorrow but I don't
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