to PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. As a longtime Kansas City Chiefs fan, watching Kansas City’s 38-35 comeback victory over Philadelphia Sunday night at State Farm Stadium in Super Bowl LVII on television was obviously emotionally rewarding. It was mentally rewarding, too – as was monitoring some of the media coverage leading up to it. I harvested some valuable lessons from my mental and emotional toil in the soybean field that was this year’s Super Bowl (with planting season around the corner, it seems fitting to use farming imagery). I share some of them here: • It’s good to wait when asking an elite quarterback to be your pickleball partner: As you’ll recall, I shared my desire to have Chiefs signal-caller Patrick Mahomes II as my pickleball partner. As you’ll also recall, I opted to wait until after the Super Bowl to determine how I should approach him…