Ohio State Buckeyes 2017: Overcoming the durability of defeat — Bill Livingston (photos)

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Victory might have a hundred fathers, while defeat is an orphan, but defeat often has a longer, if unhappier, life. Vince Lombardi said winning was the only thing, but that would mean defeat is nothing, which misses the point. Defeat ruins the lives of some coaches, who hate losing more than they enjoy winning. Al Pacino in the movie “Any Given Sunday” said the inches gained by sheer effort made the difference between winning and losing, between living and dying. No wonder half the coaches on any given Sunday can look like zombies, although, to be honest, it’s hard to tell the difference with Bill Belichick. The “The’s” The relatively new “The’s” from the Cleveland Cavaliers’ NBA championship in 2016 – “The Swat,” “The Shot,” “The Stop” – should outlive “The Shot” by Michael Jordan, “The Foot” of Jim Chones, and “The Decision” by LeBron James. The…

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