My favorite Thanksgiving sports story does not have to do with watching any proffesional or college games on TV. In fact, it was a pick up football game from just a few years ago. As you probably already know, these games can get intense. It was a two hand touch football game with 4 downs and 8 players. These games start out innocently, with the quarterback passing to the little kids and everyone letting them run for touchdowns. Once the real game starts, it gets super competitive. My team consisted of a neighbor my age, aunt, 5 year old cousin, and me. The other team was my dad, grandpa, uncle, and my cousin's 4 year old friend.

The game was tied and we were at the point where the next touchdown was the winner. We had the ball and it was 4th and about 5 yards until the touchdown. I was the quarterback and had until 7 mississippi to throw. I dropped back, looked at my neighbor, and realized he was double covered. My aunt was also covered very well and there was no way she was going to catch the ball anyways. That left my cousin wide open in the corner of the end zone. Now, I had played catch with him before the game and he pretty much only caught the ball if you threw it underhand and right to him. This time, I threw it overhand and a little to his right. He moved over and miraculously caught the ball. We all celebrated and tackled him in victory. It was awesome.