Sometimes the best way to be sad is to giggle, because remembering the past is all that's left

I wasn't sports writer Bryce Miller's bestie, more like an Olympic foxhole buddy. I'm reflecting on his life, because he's gone way too soon, with too many stories now left untold.

There are idiotic inside jokes that you share with family and friends, totally rooted in a “you had to be there” vibe. If you weren’t there, even if we tried to explain it to you, it would never make you giggle in the same …