In spite of our better judgment, we often find ourselves reading the vitriol known as internet comments. They tend to be bad enough that we question whether there’s any good left in humanity. Once in a while though, we get a comment that’s wildly entertaining.
Pete Sampson, Notre Dame’s beat reporter for The Athletic, was looking through the comments for a story he did about [autotag]Riley Leonard[/autotag]. What he found was someone recalling a firsthand encounter with Leonard during his days at Duke, and it occurred in the most humiliating way possible. Sampson decided to share the comment on social media:
Sometimes the comments section can be a dark place. Or sometimes you get a Duke student recounting a pickup hoops game with Riley Leonard … without knowing who Leonard was. Whoops.https://t.co/dsKuQFdM6l pic.twitter.com/G276GLPLcF
— Pete Sampson (@PeteSampson_) August 16, 2024
This is a reminder that athletes who compete at a high level often are able to excel at multiple sports, not only the one they focus on. Heck, there are multiple examples throughout history of athletes turning professional in more than one sport.
Leonard probably won’t be switching to basketball, but we now have an idea of how he would do. At least we know how we would do against random pickup players.
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