Dads: You play a direct role in shaping how your daughter sees herself, carries herself, performs in school, the relationships she builds. 90% of her self-esteem comes before age 12. By being present and involved in her life, you teach her she can be ANYTHING.
Be her hero.
Former Bucs RB Michael Pittman is asking for prayers right now. With his blessing, I am posting that a family member of his contracted the coronavirus, has been in the hospital since last Thursday and is now in a coma and in critical condition. He said they need a miracle.
I asked Mike Evans if watching the Damar Hamlin collision gave him pause or fear about playing. His response wasn’t something I expected. He said it made him “want to go that much harder” because “you never know when it’s gonna be your last time.”
Bucs running back Giovani Bernard didn’t want to talk to the media about what happened on the botched fake punt. Here’s that interaction.
Note: As reporters, it is our job to seek clarity on what happened, especially on the most pivotal play of a game.
Tom Brady said he encourages everyone to be compassionate towards Antonio Brown. He also said he wasn't aware of what was happening while it was happening. He said he found out what happened after the game.
Love this sweet message Chris Godwin’s wife Mariah posted to him in her Instagram stories. “If your younger self could see you, he would be in awe. You did it.”
Suni Lee’s father, up front, John, who built her a balance beam when they couldn’t afford one, was paralyzed falling from a ladder in 2019. She lost two relatives to COVID-19. Can only begin to imagine what this family has endured.
Their daughter is an Olympic champion today.
Just a reminder: Please be responsible about what you tweet and retweet regarding Kobe Bryant. Even if a person has a blue check, that doesn't mean that person is a reporter who is ON the story. And if you are reporting, please do NOT speculate. This is jarring news for people.
More than 70% of NFL players fall into an at-risk category for COVID-19, including having a high body-mass index and/or being African American. If you’re angry at a player for choosing to protect himself and his family, you need to reassess your life’s priorities.
Jameis Winston is donating $30,000 to help eight struggling small restaurants in the Tampa community that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19, and will provide meals for over 1,000 families in need each week for four weeks.
One year ago today, news broke that Tom Brady would sign with the Bucs. He has since entered the wrong 🏠, forgotten 4th down, won his seventh 💍, thrown the Lombardi off a 🛥, gotten obliterated by 🥑 tequila and given out his📱number. We are all witnesses to this man��s undoing.
So
@AdamSchefter
's daughter Dylan came to Pro Bowl practice today with a three-ring binder filled with very detailed notes. I begged her not to take my job in 15 years. She goes, "I can't make any promises." 😩😂 In all seriousness, I can't wait to see what she does.
Teammates don’t do this for just anybody. Fans don’t give ovations like that for just anybody. A former (now opposing) coach doesn’t do this for just anybody. It’s infuriating even more so today that anyone would EVER question if Dak Prescott is a leader
All three players scoring touchdowns tonight for the Bucs -- Rob Gronkowski, Antonio Brown and Leonard Fournette -- were players Tom Brady personally recruited to join him in Tampa Bay.
Alex Cappa seriously tried to play with a broken leg against Washington in the wild-card game in 2020. Like he legit tried to play on a BROKEN LEG. Unreal toughness. An instant upgrade for the Bengals’ offensive line.
Congratulations to Bucs longtime captain Lavonte David for graduating with his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice this weekend from Nebraska. Zoom in and you can see a beautiful tribute to his mother Lynette David, who passed away in 2016.
I know she’s BEAMING right now.
The Bucs are actively having conversations with Ndamukong Suh and representatives for Leonard Fournette, Ryan Succop and Antonio Brown, per sources. They aren’t finished.
A lot of people have wondered why Tom Brady has not only befriended Antonio Brown but gone to bat for him and others like him, who have troubled pasts and baggage. So I asked Brady how he navigates those relationships.
I think this answers a lot of questions.
I rarely speak on this stuff but today, I’m making an exception...
It is NEVER OK to come up behind a female reporter (or any woman), brush her on the head and say, “Hey sexy.” A fan (didn’t see his face) did this while I was kneeling on the sideline about 20 minutes ago...
Bruce Arians: "I was very, very pissed that Byron [Leftwich] didn't at least get an interview this year for the job that he's done. I get way too much credit and so does Tom Brady for the job that Byron has done."
Leonard Fournette said he needed to excuse himself from the locker room celebration to call his parents. He said he started to cry. "When things didn't go my way, Mom kept saying, 'God's gonna make a way for you.' That way ended up being at the end of the season, in the playoffs"
I’ve talked with multiple friends about Kobe and how to address “the other stuff,” when looking back on his life. It’s OK to have complicated feelings about someone. We can glorify moments of their lives and chastise them for others. Characters aren’t supposed to be static.
Tom Brady is among the members of the Players Coalition requesting today that the FBI and Department of Justice immediately investigate the death of Ahmaud Arbery on Feb. 23. Two suspects — Gregory and Travis McMichael — were arrested and charged with murder yesterday.
Since this has become an issue...HIPAA only applies to HIPAA-covered entities — healthcare providers, health plans, their business associates. It doesn’t apply to an employer asking proof of vaccine status and the EEOC determined that asking isn’t a violation of federal law
This is my brother-in-law, Josh. One of the side effects of the chemotherapy that saved his life included scarring of the lungs. I encourage you to think of him, those in your own families and others who are tweeting
#HighRiskCovid19
when you say, “This virus doesn’t affect me.”
Many thanks to
@Eagles
coach Nick Sirianni and the Eagles’ PR staff for taking the time to talk to Tampa Bay media today. Talking to opposing team’s media is no longer a requirement and few teams have done it this year, but it is so helpful for us.
I still can't get over this...Tom Brady's family has given him TWELVE days all to himself at the house to prepare for Super Bowl LV. They're out of town. This is the most time he's had to himself to prepare for a Super Bowl. He said, "The more film I watch the more I understand.”
Stop using women as shields to deflect criticism. Stop using women as props in public relations ploys and to assuage whatever guilt you may or may not have.
To finish their media availability, Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam said they involved their daughters in the decision-making with Kevin Stefanski, Andrew Berry and Paul DePodesta. Jimmy said he got (and took) advice to give Dee and his daughters veto power over the trade.
.
@TonyRomo
is a FORTUNE TELLER. He said in Week 12, when the Bucs lost two straight and dropped to 7-5 entering the bye week, that they’d meet the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. How he knew this? I don’t know. Because they’d only had one signature win up until that point: Green Bay.
...So if you believe in prayer, please join me in praying for Michael Pittman and his family, while also respecting his and his family’s privacy. They need all the healing vibes they can get. He also wanted me to post this to increase awareness about the dangers of coronavirus.
Mike Evans rocked an
@TheJudge44
jersey after he broke Roger Maris’ record. So Aaron Judge is returning the favor tonight wearing a
@MikeEvans13_
jersey.
Don't become a reporter if your goal is to be famous and on TV. The work isn't about you. It is NEVER about you. It's about THEM. It's about truth, honesty and impact. No person is ever obligated to share his or her story with you. That is a privilege and you must earn it.
People ask why I post some of the nasty tweets I receive, like the ones this week, for reporting on AB. They tell me, “Just ignore.” How does ignoring solve a problem of female reporters being frequent targets of attacks and threats on social platforms? It doesn’t.
Gronk said after the game that he was on a route and then Brady checked him into blocking, then checked him into blocking and releasing. “I was like oh man, he just sees it all on the field, it’s impressive. He’s been playing for like 80 years...”
Bucs team captain Lavonte David played eight seasons without ever sniffing the playoffs. He's been overlooked on countless Pro Bowls and All-Pro designations. In his first trip to the postseason, he's going all the way to the Super Bowl.
The last time I went to a Bucs’ Super Bowl parade, my parents pulled me out of school and I made this sign on the way there (don’t get it twisted though...it was strictly about football).
18 years later, I covered that parade. Different route, different names, same love for it.
Confirming reports that Tom Brady called GM Jason Licht today to tell him he hasn’t made a decision on retirement. That’s in addition to Bruce Arians telling me Brady said he “wasn’t close.”
Keep in mind though: athletes like to be in control of their stories and their narrative
Ava Louise, the woman claiming Antonio Brown smuggled her into the team hotel, posted this on IG. Ironically, she started an internet challenge by licking an airplane toilet seat in 2020 calling it the “Coronavirus Challenge.” She posts, “Buccaneers, test your team!”
Tom Brady said he didn’t even get to sleep in his own bed last night. He slept in his daughter’s bed because he had five nieces and nephews in his bed last night. “That was pretty unique,” he said.
I asked Bruce Arians if he brought in a specialist to talk to players about the vaccine like coach Ron Rivera did in Washington.
“I’M THE SPECIALIST,” Arians said.
He told players, “If you want to go back to normal, get vaccinated.”
The Bucs have now scored at least 45 points five times in 21 games with Tom Brady. The Bucs scored 45 points five times in 44 seasons before Brady arrived.
Bucs general manager Jason Licht and Baker Mayfield shared a long hug outside the locker room. Mayfield said he would love to be back in Tampa next year. “I can’t say enough about this organization and the opportunity they gave me this year. Just thankful,” Mayfield said.
Lots of folks on here expressing surprise over Tom Brady's vaccination status...FWIW, his sister Nancy was a Pfizer Global Health Fellow in Uganda and has spent 20 years working in healthcare. His sister Maureen is also a nurse.
Tom Brady may have to say goodbye to the modeling career for a bit. He’s currently letting childhood cancer survivors color his hair for the Bucs’ annual Cut and Color for a Cure.
Just watch the entire stadium at Allianz Arena singing to John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (very popular with the Oktoberfest crowd, I have learned) in the final two minutes
Baker Mayfield: “Coach Bowles said no one was gonna give us a chance. … We weren’t supposed to be here by anybody’s opinion. But we believed in each other and we got here. We fought, we scratched and clawed and somehow got here. … This group can be proud of a lot this year.”
Great. He can have a locker next to Harvard economics grad Cameron Brate and Penn finance grad Justin Watson. Ryan Fitzpatrick (Harvard, economics) is two lockers over...
I have no words. I’m in complete shock. I needed to pull over while driving. This is crushing in every possible way. Vincent Jackson was a cherished member of the Buccaneers and our community.
An update on this, as many of you responded to it and shared it...Former Bucs running back Michael Pittman’s uncle, Sherman Pittman, has passed away from COVID-19. He was 61. He had been in the hospital for three weeks. Mike wanted to extend a heartfelt “thank you” to you all.
Former Bucs RB Michael Pittman is asking for prayers right now. With his blessing, I am posting that a family member of his contracted the coronavirus, has been in the hospital since last Thursday and is now in a coma and in critical condition. He said they need a miracle.
Tom Brady may have won six Super Bowls, but like the rest of us, he’s just trying to find a place to work out. Tampa mayor
@JaneCastor
said in today’s briefing that a
@tampaparksrec
employee approached a man working out downtown and told him the park was closed. It was
@TomBrady
.
Heard somebody say football was “getting too feminine” with all these female reporters. I didn’t think it was feminine enough. How’s Barbie pink for ya? 😂😂😂