Step 1: mass shooting
Step 2: casualties
Step 3: sadness
Step 4: anger
Step 5: both sides make political arguments
Step 6: both sides say other side is "politicizing a tragedy"
Step 7: Nothing ever changes
Step 8: Wait for next mass shooting
This is insane.
A bride taking wedding photos as the explosion happens in Beirut.
And she’s one of the lucky ones, fortunate to survive.
(video by Mahmoud Nakib)
Micah Parsons says that Dak Prescott came to the team and said “hey, everybody throw $500 in,” to give to practice squad players, because they don’t get the same check for playoff games. Parsons says that’s the kind of leader Prescott is.
What a moment in the courtroom, just now. Botham Jean's brother Brandt took the opportunity to forgive Amber Guyger, tell her to devote her life to Christ, and then asked the judge if he could give Guyger a hug.
The judge, wiping tears from her eyes, allowed the moment to happen
Shedeur Sanders taking in the moment after he just lit the college football world on fire with a 510-yard, four touchdown performance in his debut with Colorado
This is a legitimate moment in sports history. An entire team electing as a unit to not play a playoff game, to affect change.
The Milwaukee Bucks, from 40 miles north of Kenosha, WI, have decided to boycott Game 5 vs. the Magic, in protest against the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Dak Prescott chases down Cooper Rush and envelopes him in a bear hug, after a dramatic win in Minnesota, and Rush’s game-winning touchdown pass to Amari Cooper.
Dak Prescott, after his touchdown run against the Falcons: “I just had to reestablish my identity. I feel like people forgot that I’m a big mother——er, you know what I’m saying?!?”
#Rangers
DH Hunter Pence could be disappointed that his injury will keep him out of the All-Star Game, after he was named a starter last week.
Instead, listen to him spit some wisdom...
NFL Leaders in Yards Per Attempt:
1. Dak Prescott ................. 10.9
2. Pat Mahomes ............... 10.7
3. Lamar Jackson ............. 10.5
4. Tom Brady .................... 9.5
5. Russell Wilson .............. 9.0
TCU linebacker Johnny Hodges: "I guess you could say it's a wakeup call. I don't know how losing in the national championship by 60 isn't a wakeup call... but right now we're definitely the laughingstock of college football."
According to a source close to the situation, Kyler Murray’s number is $15M.
He wants big time money to stick with baseball, otherwise he will enter the NFL draft tomorrow.
The A’s are doing everything they can, sending their top brass, led by Billy Beane, to meet with him.
Senator Lois Kolkhorst (a TCU alum): "What's your athletic budget?"
UT President Jay Hartzell: "Probably $220-225."
...Kolkhorst: "And that's without a winning football team... 3-7 against the Horned Frogs."
Travis Jankowski on his game-tying home run: “Guys, that’s my one for the year, I’m back to hitting singles…. I finally can count on more than two hands how many career homers I have, so that’s nice.”
New
#Cowboys
CB Trevon Diggs is the younger brother of wide receiver Stefon Diggs.
Prior to the
#NFLDraft
, Stefon wrote this letter to Trevon, welcoming him to the NFL.
It is very worth your time.
#Cowboys
great Troy Aikman made a $100k donation today to Mi Escuelita preschool in Dallas
He mandated that $25K be spent on Christmas gifts so every child has something under the tree
Now staff are dealing with a GREAT problem — scrambling to spend $25K to buy & wrap presents
After practice today, a fan laid his hands on Ezekiel Elliott and asked to bless him.
"Father God, bless this man this year, and let him have the best year ever. In Jesus name, Amen."
Rangers first base coach Corey Ragsdale's daughter Riley dressed up as Bruce Bochy for Halloween, so of course she had to get a pic with Boch himself.
(pic via Texas Rangers)
I asked
@Luka7Doncic
if this is 'the most substantial bit of adversity' the Mavs have faced in these playoffs?
Luka: "Can you... normal English for me? I don't understand those two words." 😂😂😂
Point taken, Luka. I'll keep it straightforward in the future! 😂
A little nugget that Marcus Semien mentioned in an interview with Emily Jones today that I love - he said the Rangers players have been talking amongst themselves about potentially getting together every 10 years to celebrate the 2023 championship together, and make sure they…
#Clippers
coach Doc Rivers called timeout, grabbed the mic, and showed his immense respect for Dirk Nowitzki by imploring the LA crowd to show their love for
@swish41
in his final game at Staples Center.
#Mavs
Dak Prescott’s hand no longer has any stitches in it. That got taken care of today.
He was showing off his bare hand with Lisa Salters. Then he realized all the Dallas cameras were rolling at that moment, and playfully turned away from the cameras.
Dak Prescott was asked today what he wants his legacy to be, as a player and a person.
Prescott got emotional in saying that as a person he wants to be remembered “as a man my mom would be proud of.”
Blame whoever you want. But don’t blame Dak. That was a remarkable performance, on the road, with a patchwork offensive line, and a non-existent run game... and he damn-near willed Dallas to overtime against a Seahawks team that just might be the top team in the NFC right now.
The Dallas Cowboys have a chance to be good for a while.
@bookies
put together some research to determine the youngest teams left in the playoffs:
Average Age
1. Cowboys ……………. 25yrs, 9 months
2. Jaguars ……………… 25yrs, 11 months
3. Chiefs ………………… 26yrs, 1 month
Farleigh Dickinson, by any measure you look at, is objectively one of the worst teams in the country.
They are ranked 301st by the NET Rating, 299th by Ken Pomeroy's Ratings, 307th by the Sagarin Ratings, & 285th by the RPI
And they just became the second
#16
seed to upset a
#1
Travis Frederick is getting closer. He says he’s 90-95% already, and he hopes to be ready in time for the first offseason work the Cowboys do, come mid-April.
But he’s also just a dad.
Full story, tonight at 10:35 on Sports Special.
All you need to know about the warrior Dak Prescott is... he has what is later diagnosed as a compound fracture of his ankle.
...and he slams his foot on the ground, trying to knock it back into place.
The man has absolutely zero quit in him. Full stop.
CeeDee Lamb since his “give me the ball and see what happens” comment in late October:
vs. LAR: 12rec, 158 y, 2 TD
at PHI: 11rec, 191 y
vs. NYG: 11rec, 151 y, TD
at CAR: 6rec, 38 y, TD
vs. WAS: 4rec, 53 y, TD
vs. SEA: 12rec, 116 y, TD
TOTAL (6 games): 56rec, 707 yds, 6 TD
Just saw the Thom Brennaman clip.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a hot mic, a muted mic, or 8,000 yards from a mic, there’s no excuse for that phrase or that word.
It’s just blatantly unacceptable.
I caught up with Kris Richard at The Star the other day and asked him how the interviews had gone. He was polite, and said they went well.
I asked if he had a favorite.
Without missing a beat he said “Yeah, I do. It’s this team right here,” as he pointed toward the locker room.
Roger Goodell: "A team selects a player, position, out of a school."
ESPN: "Congratulations to the player. He's a really good player. Now let us tell you about the worst thing that ever happened to this human."