Little Brother Finally Defeats Elder
by Eric Mills, Our Town Staff
For the past twelve years, Mark Tedesco has lived in the shadow of his older brother Steve, enduring various humiliations during their weekly driveway basketball match. Steve is three years Mark's senior and, up until now, has always been his athletic superior. But all that changed on a quiet Chesterfield Ridge day.
Last Sunday afternoon, with Steve leading 18-10 in a game up to 21, Mark Tedesco began what many are calling a miraculous comeback, the likes of which have never been seen in human competition. In Mark's words: "As usual, I was losing pretty bad and Steve was really letting me know it, saying things like, 'You'll never beat me, fagboy' and all that. Then, I dunno, I just started concentrating and playing better. I hit a couple of two-pointers, and then made a few lay-ups, and next thing I knew, the game was tied at 18."
With his honor on the line, Steve increased his already high level of intensity, but to no avail. Mark would go on to make two consecutive 1-point bank-shots, with the second of the two teetering perilously on the edge of the rim for a moment before dropping in.
Steve was dumbfounded. "All my life I've been beating Mark at everything: XBox, sports, school, physical strength, mental and cardiovascular health, science, inventing stuff, making it with girls...everything. When Mark took the lead, that was the first time that'd ever happened. I was so angry with myself and I let that get in the way."
The boys' father Chester, a recent widower who was watching the game listlissly from the living room window, was just as shocked as Steve was. "I just...I dunno," he said during a recent interview with the police.
With one point to go, Mark took a final stab at manhood, dribbling past the emasculated Steve effortlessly and tossing up a left-handed lay-up to win the game.
With the lifelong goal finally achieved, Mark dropped to his knees and raised his hands skyward; however his exuberance was short-lived. "At first I was really happy, but then I looked over at Steve and he looked real upset, like he was going to cry or something. Then he got a real angry look and came over like he was going to punch me in the arm or try to give me a Charlie Horse, but I just raised my first at him and he sorta flinched and ran away."
Mark took a sip of brandy, a drink he's recently taken a liking to and added "I don't think he'll be teasing me for a long time."
Steve says he considered running away from home, but decided against it because "where would [he] go?"
Since Mark's victory last week, he has beaten Steve in various video and computer games not to mention a cardiovascular stress test. He also won the Stanley Tucci Elementary Science Fair with his entry on clouds. And how does big brother Steve feel about his relinquished position at the top of the food chain? Says Steve: "Nothing's been the same since Mom died. It's been hard for all of us."
by Eric Mills, Our Town Staff
For the past twelve years, Mark Tedesco has lived in the shadow of his older brother Steve, enduring various humiliations during their weekly driveway basketball match. Steve is three years Mark's senior and, up until now, has always been his athletic superior. But all that changed on a quiet Chesterfield Ridge day.
Last Sunday afternoon, with Steve leading 18-10 in a game up to 21, Mark Tedesco began what many are calling a miraculous comeback, the likes of which have never been seen in human competition. In Mark's words: "As usual, I was losing pretty bad and Steve was really letting me know it, saying things like, 'You'll never beat me, fagboy' and all that. Then, I dunno, I just started concentrating and playing better. I hit a couple of two-pointers, and then made a few lay-ups, and next thing I knew, the game was tied at 18."
With his honor on the line, Steve increased his already high level of intensity, but to no avail. Mark would go on to make two consecutive 1-point bank-shots, with the second of the two teetering perilously on the edge of the rim for a moment before dropping in.
Steve was dumbfounded. "All my life I've been beating Mark at everything: XBox, sports, school, physical strength, mental and cardiovascular health, science, inventing stuff, making it with girls...everything. When Mark took the lead, that was the first time that'd ever happened. I was so angry with myself and I let that get in the way."
The boys' father Chester, a recent widower who was watching the game listlissly from the living room window, was just as shocked as Steve was. "I just...I dunno," he said during a recent interview with the police.
With one point to go, Mark took a final stab at manhood, dribbling past the emasculated Steve effortlessly and tossing up a left-handed lay-up to win the game.
With the lifelong goal finally achieved, Mark dropped to his knees and raised his hands skyward; however his exuberance was short-lived. "At first I was really happy, but then I looked over at Steve and he looked real upset, like he was going to cry or something. Then he got a real angry look and came over like he was going to punch me in the arm or try to give me a Charlie Horse, but I just raised my first at him and he sorta flinched and ran away."
Mark took a sip of brandy, a drink he's recently taken a liking to and added "I don't think he'll be teasing me for a long time."
Steve says he considered running away from home, but decided against it because "where would [he] go?"
Since Mark's victory last week, he has beaten Steve in various video and computer games not to mention a cardiovascular stress test. He also won the Stanley Tucci Elementary Science Fair with his entry on clouds. And how does big brother Steve feel about his relinquished position at the top of the food chain? Says Steve: "Nothing's been the same since Mom died. It's been hard for all of us."
