So yeah. That 🐈⬛’s out of the bag. 😂 Just 6 months after my unceremonious exit from radio — and 3 months after getting my first taste of TV — I’ve snagged my first full time TV job and I’m looking forward to getting started.
7 years ago, Indiana declined an opportunity to host an NIT Game in Bloomington because they didn’t want to “Devalue” the court.
The head coach of those Hoosiers: Tom Crean.
“I think about what it takes for a Black person to love America. That is a deep love for this country that has — for far too long — never been recognized.”
My 77-year-old mother just called me and said “I don’t think I’ve ever heard a White politician say something like that.”
Grant Wahl had become so well known and respected for his soccer ⚽️ work, it should be noted that he was an A+ basketball writer 🏀, including writing the piece that was behind one of
@SInow
’s most iconic covers 20 years ago of a 17 year old
@KingJames
.
BREAKING: Federal authorities say a man named Anthony Quinn Warner was responsible for the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville. Officials say Warner died in the blast.
This is what I was referring to earlier. Here’s Lisa Salters, a veteran sports journalist — and former athlete — fighting back tears describing the scene on the field.
It’s a level of humanity that news reporters should be afforded when covering tragedy
“Constant Context.” Good Lord.
That phrase and how
@TheRock
describes it here just blew my mind. Powerful stuff here, especially for those of us still on a journey.
“I fell into depression.”
@TheRock
overcame a broken NFL dream to become the world’s biggest movie star. 👊
Watch the Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw actor open up about his life. 👇
@HobbsAndShaw
#Breaking
: Miami
#Dolphins
players who protest on the field during the national anthem could be fined and suspended for up to four games under a team policy.
To add a little extra perspective to this picture: Future Hall of Famer James Worthy was a freshman at UNC in 1979. Michael Jordan was there 2 years later. This is what they were experiencing in college.
Randomly flipped through the 1979 UNC-Chapel Hill yearbook today just to kill some time, and found this photo on one of the fraternities' pages. Holy shit.
On the
@LeBatardShow
today, they said that the sound and smell of Fajitas coming to your table is the "Dad version of champagne bottles with sparklers coming toward you at the club" and I can't stop thinking about it.
#Michigan
has apparently legalized the marijuana and taken down gerrymandering. It’s on the same night a woman retakes the Governor’s office, a black man is Lt. Gov, and Black Trumpster goes down in flames.
My home state had itself a night.
#ElectionDay
This is one of the toughest yet most needed things to watch.
@MikeTyson
having this moment of honesty and clarity about this internal battle of being an aging warrior is something else, man.
Had a hotep in a bow tie on IG try the old “You coming for R. Kelly but do you have that sane energy for the white man” razzle dazzle 🙄
Look here: The reason I go after dudes like Kelly is because guys like him have preyed on Black women & girls for decades.
#SurvivingRKelly
All of you losers who love to say "Oh No. Not Detroit. Ewww!" Whenever Detroit gets something nice are more than welcome to not be welcome there when it happens.
Every major event that happens in the city has gone off w/out a hitch or problem & I'm really sick of the slander.
I quit drinking when I was 30 years old. When I have told people this, far too often, I get looked at like there’s something wrong with me.
Stop that shit.
It’s the
@Lions
, so we know the
@NFL
won’t do shit about the 🦓 in this case.
But let’s be real: If Trey Flowers were still wearing a
@Patriots
uniform, you know good and damn well those flags stay in that ref’s pocket.
@ChrisJr_NYYST
@ShellyStaples10
This just makes me sad. This young lady had her whole life in front of her. And she had IT on the floor. It was obvious too.
I opened my DM’s up about 6-months ago for anyone to send me direct messages even if I don’t follow them.
The racist garbage, threats, ignorance, and ugliness is going to make a fascinating book.
Names and faces and accounts.
Serious question, is
@WWEDanielBryan
’s
#Yes
chant the first pro wrestling related to chant to have truly morphed into a cultural phenomenon? It has literally become the go-to chant for anything positive and celebratory - from sports to politics to graduations, etc.
Voters in Ireland chant "yes" in Dublin Castle on Saturday while awaiting the results of the country's historic referendum on abortion. Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favor of overturning a 35-year-old ban on abortion. (Video:
@karadaniellefox
/CNN)
@DragonflyJonez
Paul Bunyan here claims he was “raised by a different generation of men.” He’s from Detroit like I am and younger than me. The generation of men who raised me in Detroit all used chainsaws or called someone else 😂
The
@NHL
has come to Seattle before the
@NBA
came back. Go figure.
Fun fact: Seattle has never had an official NHL team, yet the city was home to the first American team to win the
#StanleyCup
. The 1917 Seattle Metropolitans won the Cup, beating
@CanadiensMTL
in 4 games.
BTW: I see a lot of people referencing Michigan’s protests. Y’all. Michigan and Minnesota are 2 different places. At least use an actual picture from Minneapolis like this:
“Understand your worth. You can not allow one person to tell you who you are and who you can not become…”
Pels assistant Teresa Weatherspoon tells an amazing story how she got the last laugh on a coach 🙏
(via
@pelicansnba
,
@AshleyAmoss
)
“We pulled your column because what you wrote could be offensive to supporters of Mr. Trump.”
What I was told by an editor in Nov. 2016 after writing a column outlining why POC, Immigrants, and the LGBT were upset after the election.
We Warned You!
Shad Gaspard and Naya Rivera.
Twice this summer we’ve seen the the best of humanity in the worst of moments. Giving your life to save your child is...wow.