They're festive first days of major events; holidays of sorts that people wait for each year in those cities.
In Annapolis, it's the Summer League. That got under way last night at the Truxtun Park basketball courts.
Unlike those other events, the start of Summer League play involves no beer drinking, no nudity and no hedonism. Just basketball.
It's a celebration that has been going on each summer for more than 30 years. Young men from every corner of Annapolis and beyond engage friends and neighbors, classmates and players from other...
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