{"id":1040,"date":"2013-01-19T08:24:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T13:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2013-01-21T10:24:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:24:05","slug":"1040","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1040","title":{"rendered":"The world of sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Come on teammates, let&#8217;s go play<br \/>\n<\/em><em>We got a team to beat<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Our pumped up spirits help us win<br \/>\n<\/em><em>We know how to compete<br \/>\nWe all contribute to the team<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Skill and inspiration<br \/>\n<\/em><em>And even though we work real hard<br \/>\n<\/em><em>For us it&#8217;s recreation!<br \/>\n<\/em><em>(to the tune of Yankee Doodle)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?attachment_id=1041\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1041\" alt=\"IMG_3610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_3610-211x300.jpg\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_3610-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_3610-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/IMG_3610.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aidan sang this song he learned at school this morning.\u00c2\u00a0 It was the\u00c2\u00a0 morning after a swim team meet- a true sign of sportsmanship and what is right about competitive sports.\u00c2\u00a0 No scores are kept and kids cheer until the last swimmer touches the wall.\u00c2\u00a0 More importantly parents cheer for the last kid too.<\/p>\n<p>Such a juxtaposition with all the other sports stories in the news this week- Lance finally admitting to doping, the Notre Dame football player who may or may not be lying about a fake girlfriend, the NHL getting back to playing after the lockout and the Francona book excerpts that reveal the meltdown that ended his time in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>If only all those athletes could remember what it was like to be 7 and have fun with your friends doing something you love on a Friday night.\u00c2\u00a0 Everyone cheering for everyone else.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope my kids never loose sight of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come on teammates, let&#8217;s go play We got a team to beat Our pumped up spirits help us win We know how to compete We all contribute to the team Skill and inspiration And even though we work real hard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1040\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1040"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}