Jordan Blake Banks

Some of my earliest memories are on a field. First tee ball, then softball. I grew up in a small town in the US. The same people that I stood beside playing tee ball were the same people standing beside me on our high school senior night fourteen years later. We were there for each other through the miserable summer workouts, sweat burning our eyes. We won together, we lost together, and then we graduated. While we still remain friends, that sense of community was gone. Most athletes don’t...

Coming from Finland, where the weather is cold and grey for many months out of the year, the country of Italy brings up thoughts such as...