Beginning with a look at unhealthy intra-family competitiveness during quarantine--and Steve’s recounting of his near-drowning experience while playing pool basketball at Mike’s house in the early ‘80s--two high school classmates and writing partners take their feisty Cal-grad daughters on a rollicking trip down memory lane, while getting roasted along the way. From getting away with defamation in their earliest sports columns to getting humiliated at Dodger Stadium, Steve and Mike own their excesses. Meanwhile, Maddy and Natalie hold their own by revealing cringe-worthy sports dad moments and confronting the hyper-competitive overkill that runs in both families.
Highlights include Steve talking about getting mauled in pool basketball at Mike’s house and how it prepared him to face legendary Detroit Pistons enforcer Bill Laimbeer in the NBA; Mike’s story about Maddy’s infamous ping-pong tantrum while watching a Warriors playoff defeat in 2015; Steve’s recounting of 14-year-old Maddy making another player cry at a club volleyball tournament, followed by Natalie’s story about her high school field hockey team’s obscene chants; Steve’s recollection of his forgettable performance while playing in the L.A. City Baseball Championship at Dodger Stadium in 1982--and Mike’s absurd attempt to inspire the crowd; and Steve’s memories of the savage guest column he wrote for the Daily Cal, at Mike’s behest, before leading Arizona to a victory over the Golden Bears.
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