8A Donald ~ Independent Reading Fantasy League by Mike Lupica #1

A boy loved football, He takes football very serious, He watches a game of football and studies it like he's looking for a clue to be much better in football. His friend Anna loves football as much as he did. His name was Charlie Gains, Him and his mom lived in culver city, California. His parents got divorced a long time ago, His friend Anna has a team, The team name was L.A Bulldogs

Charlie and everyone is going to grade 7 , his friends call him brain ,wizard , freak and genius because of his talent, his father left a few months before charlie’s fourth birthday and never came back ,they used to bond a lot.

His dad was a football player, while he watched a preseason football game, people in the team got hurt, especially quarterback. It's why he kept paying attention because there could be information you could see and more advantages when you play real football.

Charlie and Anna loved watching football together, He had a choice to watch the football game, either go to Anna's house to watch her team or invite a friend to watch, but he knew if he had invited a friend it would be too noisy, so it was better when he watched with Anna.

Anna’s grandfather made a team for him, the team was half-full, Charlie had to review them one by one to make sure everyone is pro ,Anna’s grandfather name is Joe warren he is the owner of the team and her uncle Matt is the team’s general manager

His mom took him to a location to shoot a new action film, starring Vin diesel about him being a cop and stopping bad cops from the city, While they were shooting He saw Jack Sutton a football player, He said that he was the best linebacker, He made many fouls which made him suspended, He wrecked his knee which made him intercept from playing.

Anna's Family was never rich, Her parents used to work at sony studios, the same as charlie's mom. Last year Anna's gramps went to sell tickets for game, but none ever sold, Her gramps later then died, so then anna's uncle took over.

The score was 16-0 THe bears were leading, Anna and Charlie was arguing about their teammate Gilmore, Anna wants him out but charlie has knows he has opportunities, gilmore being open and did not pass, Anna said we need bigger bodies not wide receiver, Then after the half quarter the score was 22-0, Anna turned the microphone away because she was getting annoyed to the announcers voice that they were losing.

"Los angeles bulldogs is going to have another long season." Then Charlie quickly knew what the announcer meant, They will have to face a long season because they are the same old L.A bulldogs, The L.A bulldogs was always the same since Anna's gramps died.

Since anna's gramps died, Uncle Matt took over the team, uncle matt played football in college at usc, him and gramps were always together and they bought a sports radio station and they were going to run it together, and that’s how uncle matt got in the team.

L.A bulldogs has a new coach, Coach Dayley he takes the whole team really serious, He was a great coach. Kevin, their fastest runner in the team was the fastest team on the club him and coach dayley got along really well.

Charlie used to be in culver city cardinals, he loved his old team he was a lineback, he was playing along his old friends. Charlie was still a bench warmer, Which means he only plays on the first game. Charlie still does the same thing when watching a game, he observes a game and look for any clues and plans, He planned a time out, then he had a plan for a game but the coach didn't approve he didn't think it would work but his idea was good but it wont work.

L.A bulldogs used to be famous, celebrities used to come to their game. Some were real fans and some were just at the game to just watch. Her gramps made the team famous but until then when he passed away no one really cared about the team anymore.

There reporters came in the show and reported, Joe warren the owner of the team bulldogs were smiling and politely and hoping not to lose his temper. Bulldogs record, they were making them angry and Joe Warren was smiling and hoping he won't lose his temper, Anna and Charlie said “let's go save him” They went there and charlie saw the bulldogs numbers of spectators.

Bulldogs vs St. Louis Rams in the next saturday night. The following game the L.A Bulldogs are doing great they are ahead by 14-7. A Guest, white haired man wearing a black suit came to the game. It was Anna's gramps, She was imagining that he was there and watching the game, and she was happy and sad that he's gone now.

Joe Warren the owner of the team finally released Charlie and became a non-bench warmer anymore, he was finally part of the team, He was really nervous playing the real game, He keeps thinking about what to do in a game, As usual he starts out watching the game and looks for clues.