![]() ![]() On a Friday night in October, Mark meets Ted. Mark played Kerri Strug so much that the couch cushion became discolored and limp on one side. Sometimes Sheena would play the national anthem on her recorder while Mark removed his pants, received his “medal” (a CD attached to some twine), and placed a hand to his chest. Sometimes he would take the flowers from his mother’s nightstand and announce his gold-medal win. “I just love that she was like, ‘No,’ ” Mark says, “ ‘I’m not putting pants on over my broken-ass ankle.’ ”Īfter Mark explains the cultural relevance, he describes what became his favorite game to play: “Kerri Strug,” which consisted of Mark running to the long side of the L-shaped couch in his parents’ bedroom, doing a front handspring over the length of it, partially landing on his feet, and making his older sister Sheena carry him away. ![]()
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