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Mark Purdy of the San Jose Mercury News says farewell after 33 years as a sports writer. Mark Purdy also wrote a series on his long and storied career, including this one where he describes his best and worst assignments. Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN tells the story of a small town in rural Texas where …

If we’re going to hold true to the lesson learned in middle school football that we’ll learn more from our losses than our wins, the Falcons will be the wisest men in history. Whether its the Falcons epic collapse/Patriots epic comeback (whichever side you’re on), from a great story comes great writing. Scroll down for some of …