Maurice Patton
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Nashville area sports media presence ... '21 TSWA HoF … '21 NSMA Tenn Sports Writer of the Year ... #BON22 …. Tweets re: sports content, others as warranted ...
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Thanks to
@NSMASportsMedia
for the recognition and for a great weekend … It’s truly an honor …
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@BekyBran
@privilegelog
Yes. Too many times I left leave time on the table for the team. The team gave not one damn when I got ‘laid off’ after 24.5 years. Take ALL your time off.
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My dad — my 77-year-old, Franklin, Tenn., born-and-raised, African-American dad — comes rushing in the room. “Put the TV on 50!” ... What’s on? ... “The Preds!” ... WTH?
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For me, as a journalist, if you’re not speaking *to* me, what you’re saying isn’t for me to report. Apparently not everyone shares that approach.
Braves players, Atlanta media defend Orlando Arcia’s comments, scold reporter: ‘The clubhouse is a sanctuary’
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@salesses
She should go in tomorrow and say “My dad said he never got your e-mail. Here’s his address.”
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Booger McFarland is doing a fantastic job in this situation, humanizing NFL players as only a former player could.
@ESPNBooger
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Throw another log on the 'unemployed sports journalists courtesy of Gannett' fire. Effective immediately, I am no longer sports editor at The Daily Herald. Thanks to the athletes/coaches/admins of the programs I've been able to cover in and around MauryCo for the past 3.5 years.
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@kenvljr
@thefootballgirl
I guess. Meanwhile, get caught up in the ‘what’ and ignore or intentionally misconstrue the ‘why’.
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State duals pic of the day, courtesy of the Tullahoma girls coaching staff and
@MainStreetPreps
photog Phil Stauder …
@tssaa
@FirstTakedown
@SeWrestle
@JQuick_THSPride
@TullahomaTough
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Shameless self-promotion? Most likely. But if I don't, who will?
@NSMASportsMedia
@MainStreetPreps
@MainStreetMaury
@MS_SportsToday
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Short chapter.
Time for the next chapter in the Greatest Tradition in the History of College Basketball.
March is Kentucky time.
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How much more disrespectful could an organization be than to name a women’s basketball coach of the year award after a guy? I won’t even speak to the specific guy, or to the woman who should have been the obvious choice. But this is patently shortsighted and disrespectful.
NEWS: The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has announced its annual award for Women’s National Coach of the Year will now be named after Hall of Famer and UConn head coach Geno Auriemma.
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If you can't root for ETSU after this, I can't help you ...
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#Titans
are three minutes away from going 4-0 against a stretch of the schedule that everyone *hoped* they could go 2-2 against ...
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Interesting that Michigan is the poster child for diversity, when Vanderbilt has an equal amount of minority players on its roster (seven each) ... Maybe since they're from the South, they don't fit the narrative ...
The Wolverines aren’t just representing the Big Ten, they’re trying to represent the diversity of kids playing baseball across America
@UCFDeVosSBM
@InstituteSSJ
@powerofsport
@BeyondSport
@TheUndefeated
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If you can cover high school sports, you can cover any level. Said it for 30 years. Here's why.
When I was stringing high school football games I’d have to keep my own stats and interview players in parking lots. Tonight I covered the Super Bowl and have been handed about 100 pages of notes, quotes and stats. Don’t let anyone ever tell you dreams don’t come true.
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@CBSSportsHQ
Take away all 755 of Hank Aaron’s home runs and he STILL has more than 3,000 hits.
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Damn. John Madden is gone. An entire generation only knows him as the inspiration for and title of a video game, or as one of football’s most insightful and entertaining color analysts. And that’s unfortunate. Because he was one hell of a coach before that. Rest In Peace, Coach.
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No one would have ever convinced me that Kumar Rocker would be on the board at 10. I'm not sure what the guy was supposed to have done that he didn't do.
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Well, hell ... I guess it's official ...
Main Street Media of Tennessee, a publisher of local newspapers, websites and other digital content, is launching a weekly newspaper in Maury County.
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My hometown.
SPOTTED JUST NOW: Racists heading towards FRANKLIN’s
#juneteenth2022
celebration
@CityOfFranklin
Be careful y’all. Keep it calm.
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It means nothing. And it means a lot.
It’s the little things that matter. Watch
@VandyBoys
push in their chairs at the conclusion of their postgame press conference. No detail is too small.
@NCAACWS
#CWS
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29 years, two schools, 515 wins, three state tourneys, two MLB all-stars -- one heck of a career ... Columbia Central's
@coachpick4
retires ...
@CHSLionNation
@TBCAorg
@MainStreetPreps
@MainStreetMaury
@MS_SportsToday
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@melodyMcooper
@ClintSmithIII
@MzEntropy
Be sure and send that to your sixth-grade teacher. I failed typing my senior year. Five years later I was working at my hometown newspaper -- typing. Know that had to grate at her on the regular.
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Instead of renaming pancake syrups and getting rid of chants and apologizing for trivial occurrences — can we arrest Breonna Taylor’s killers and focus on police reform?
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@sir_charles64
@ajmorreale11
No salt, dude. Do you. But I've seen you athletically. Journalism is likely a better option.
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I'm crushed. First and biggest boyhood hero.
American hero, icon of sports and Civil Rights, home run king, and the greatest Brave.
R.I.P., Henry Louis Aaron.
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Lot of “Vanderbilt” in the comments. Same Vanderbilt that’s playing later 2day for *another* ⚾️ conference championship. Same Vanderbilt that’s won two ⚾️ national championships in the last 9 yrs. Same Vanderbilt with the most consecutive NCAA tourney berths. Pretty shortsighted.
Wow,
@joelklatt
says we are close to conferences kicking schools out that aren't pulling their weight.
I remember the Big East did this with Temple in the 2000s but this would be a new level of cut-throat conference realignment. (via
@Heartland_CS
)
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Whatever credit Tannehill is getting isn’t enough. That throw to a 2x-covered Brown is as good as you’ll ever see.
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@MissBleuFour
@PrestonMitchum
I'm not sure there's ever a 'mind you' without a 'come to find out' ...
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TSU coach Eddie George and UT coach Josh Heupel play “rock/paper/scissors” for who speaks first during Tuesday’s meet-and-greet for area coaches at the Crow’s Nest in Green Hills ...
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Dude took a lot of heat from this fan base, and not necessarily undeservedly, but a stand-up guy regardless. Wish him the best wherever he winds up.
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Listening to Kiley McDaniel on this Vanderbilt/Missouri game. The thought that five players could possibly be drafted ahead of Kumar Rocker should disqualify anyone from being a 'draft analyst'.
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“You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain …”
Wow, whoever thought that Vanderbilt would be turned into the bad guys. Haters gonna hate. We have been and always will be a class act.
@TimCorbin
will carry us with the utmost dignity and humility
@VandyBoys
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@CGProgram
The fact they can’t be bothered to figure how to correctly pronounce his name says more about them than anything or anyone else.
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Loretto HS hosts inaugural “First Pitch Banquet”, honors its nine former players that have signed MLB contracts … More to come at …
@Lorettobaseball
@TBCAorg
@MainStreetPreps
@MainStreetMaury
@MS_SportsToday
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Pretty cool when you can look up at a TV in the bar and see
@mookiebetts
and
@tonykemp
in the same camera shot ...
#615Made
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This guy didn't have the plastic toy growing up with the different size/shape blocks that go in different size/shape holes and you have to twist and turn them to get them to fit ... And it shows ...
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Four days in Murfreesboro ... Made it to Slick Pig on one, to Kleer-Vu on one, and covered the best high school baseball game I've seen on one ... Guess it's been a successful
#SpringFlingXXV
...
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He’s cool with his helmet, right?
Falcons prepared to make Julio Jones the highest-paid wide receiver
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Surely this can't be acceptable ...
CASTLEBERRY HIGH, FORT WORTH TX: “Do you want to talk to her? Because she’s black and she’s pissing me off.”
White student SLAPS her black teacher then calls her mom.
The restraint expected of black folks/underpaid teachers is other-worldly. 😳
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If Corbin/Byrd/Meyer/Temple is your MtRushmore of Nashville coaches, that’s fine. I’d just hate to have to explain why John Merritt isn’t on there — or decide who to omit for him. Also, may wanna look up Jim Foster and Ken Dugan.
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Here's the thing: LSU, the defending national champion, the No. 3 seed, with 29 wins, at home, didn't really need a lot of help. But the officials chose to give it to them.
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Got to hang out with former Braves outfielder and Falcons safety Brian Jordan
@TwoSportman
at the 85th annual Nashville Old Timers Association banquet … Currently a member of the Braves broadcast team on Bally Sports, Jordan was the guest speaker for the event …
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I’m watching a high school baseball coach coaching an 8U team in practice. And I’m hoping these kids and parents realize and appreciate this experience.
@PLamm36
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@Flash__Films
@beelze_BUBBLES
Tell me you've never seen an NFL game-worn jersey without telling me you've never seen an NFL game-worn jersey ...
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Call me crazy, but -- I don't think Mixon is the focal point any more. He served the punishment handed down. This is squarely on Oklahoma.
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One of these kids just became a basketball player.
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There is no reason, other than inept officiating, for that to not be a goal.
@NHL
#Preds
#StanleyCup
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How about Scott Blade and Independence getting some love on the Jaguars/Titans telecast? Going for their 25th straight tomorrow night ...
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State duals pic of the day, courtesy of the Tullahoma girls coaching staff and
@MainStreetPreps
photog Phil Stauder …
@tssaa
@FirstTakedown
@SeWrestle
@JQuick_THSPride
@TullahomaTough
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Someone told me earlier “I follow you
#onhere
because you check so many boxes for me.” Confirms what I’ve long known: I’m not everybody’s cup of tea, but I’m somebody’s shot of bourbon. For those in the latter category, thanks.
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Somebody’s mouth wrote a check their derrière couldn’t cash. “Get in the f’in dugout!”
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Just saw
@festus
Ezeli on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives ... Reminded me what a good dude he was at Vanderbilt ...
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Truly hate to hear this. Donovan was a statewide authority on Tennessee high school football, but that was exceeded by the quality person he was. Condolences to his family.
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Dumbfounded. To think of where this team was, and where it’s going — beyond words.
#BattleATL
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Not sure what’s worse: the officiating, or the way Nantz and Romo are supporting it ...
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Former Marshall County HS,
@MT_Baseball
standout
@Jason_Maxwell9
to coach
@USABaseball
national 15U team in World Cup competition this summer ...
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In honor of my cousin, John Willie Woods Jr. (2/20/47-10/30/66), and numerous others who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country, we observe
#MemorialDay
...
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History in Huntsville:
@MT_WBB
73, UT 62 — Final … First win for Lady Raiders in 17 tries in the series …
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Never realized how much I put pens in my mouth during a football game until I couldn’t ...
#OnlyGameInTown
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Pretty amazing to watch a local channel spend 3-4 minutes of its sports discussing UT’s spring football situation and no mention of Vanderbilt — whose spring game was supposed to have been tomorrow.
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Time for a reminder of what I think it the greatest stat trivia piece in sports: Take away all of Hank Aaron's 755 home runs, and he'd still have more than 3,000 hits (3,771 total). Amazing.
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Unreal. Three walkoff kicks and overtime. Gotta be the best divisional playoff weekend ever.
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Year 32 of covering football at some level, for somebody, officially starts tonight ... Hillwood at Columbia Central ... Stay tuned ...
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Send Memphis to the Gator and send Rutgers home …
Hawai'i announces it has withdrawn from playing Memphis in the Hawai'i Bowl because of a recent increase in COVID-19 cases as well as injuries and transfers. Game is scheduled for Friday and Memphis is already on the island. Brutal.
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@NylaTheMusical
@GeorgeFoster72
I’m with you re: the penmanship, but — we’re just gonna ignore this 1/3 cup of peanut butter?
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Anybody that grew up playing baseball in the ‘70s that didn’t windmill their bat at least once — lefty or righty — we could never be friends.
Willie Stargell windmills his bat before blasting a three-run HR in the top of the 11th inning to give the Pittsburgh
#Pirates
a 5-2 lead over the Cincinnati
#Reds
in Game 1 of the 1979 NLCS!
#Pops
#MLB
#FamaleeForever
#LetsGoBucs
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Do you feel like he does?
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Congrats to Al Wilson, being recognized today at UT for his upcoming induction into the College Football Hall of Fame … Much deserved honor for one of the best to ever wear the orange …
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.
@Desi_Ammons
has been announced as the fifth
@CHARGERS1451
coach by
@CStateSports
AD Katie Willingham,
@ColumbiaState
prez Janet Smith and VP Cissy Holt … Coverage to come at …
@coachk_dub
@cisholt
@MainStreetMaury
@MS_SportsToday
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@solomonmissouri
Always good when the quiet part gets said out loud. Coaches don’t mind taking more money the opportunity presents itself, but how dare a player do the same?
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PSA: Please stop abbreviating graduation classes with the apostrophe after the number (24’). The apostrophe is for whatever is being replaced — ‘24, instead of 2024.
#thanks
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Small-town kid named nation’s best: Loretto’s Weathers earns Gatorade Player of the Year award ...
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