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Basketball Fairy

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The basketball players of Durham's Wilson Street had been scraping by with a banged-up, oval-shaped hoop. It had fallen down a few times and taken more than few pavement shots to the rim, turning many a pretty 3-pointer into a disappointing clanger.

But this morning, the hoopsters of the Watts-Hillandale neighborhood woke to find someone had delivered a new goal overnight. No explanation. Just a brand-new hoop. So they're chalking it up to good fairies, or maybe some magic dust that wafted over from Duke.

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About the blogger

Josh Shaffer feels drawn to life's smaller stories – the tiny triumphs of ordinary people, the curiosities you see out the window of your car. He plays the trombone. He can juggle a little. His hero is this guy from Baltimore who lost his paycheck when it blew off his dashboard, and who responded by stopping his car to do a little dance on the shoulder and say, "Oh, well. I'll get another one next week."

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