Billy Goggin

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[Matthew Tkachuk @TKACHUKycheese_]

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Is that good?

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[St Louis CITY SC @stlCITYsc]

Edu on his faith, the STL community and finding ways to remain joyful.

[Beardson 28 @BeardsonBeardly]

The moral of this story is that America is the main character and everybody wants to be us

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

imagine loading the bases in the tenth then sitting through a rain delay for three hours only to have cb bucknor do this to you

[United Soccer America @reformussoccer]

The Ipswich metro only has 179k people.

Their small town dream was realized today because every community in England is connected to the Premier League through promotion and relegation.

The USA has 250 metro areas bigger than Ipswich. #ProRelForUSA

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

Game was delayed for three hours and it ends like this on the very first batter after they resumed play

[Codify @CodifyBaseball]

Stolen bases allowed since MLB went to 30 teams in 1998:

St. Louis Cardinals 1,473 😮
Minnesota Twins 2,013
Arizona Diamondbacks 2,092
Texas Rangers 2,112
Kansas City Royals 2,139
Cincinnati Reds 2,170
Seattle Mariners 2,172
Houston Astros 2,200
Philadelphia Phillies 2,226
Detroit Tigers 2,229
Tampa Bay Rays 2,270
Miami Marlins 2,332
Oakland Athletics 2,335
Baltimore Orioles 2,366
San Francisco Giants 2,370
Washington Nationals 2,372
Colorado Rockies 2,439
Los Angeles Dodgers 2,448
New York Yankees 2,475
Cleveland Guardians 2,481
Atlanta Braves 2,496
Pittsburgh Pirates 2,500
Milwaukee Brewers 2,509
Los Angeles Angels 2,551
Toronto Blue Jays 2,587
Chicago Cubs 2,662
Chicago White Sox 2,678
New York Mets 2,694
San Diego Padres 2,706
Boston Red Sox 2,900

[Wei Wu 吴伟 @WuWei113]

Hello @mcuban . I get 5,000 sign, you make me Maverick player. You like DEI. I give you Max DEI for Maverick. No need most payment. $15 million i accept. I start in February. My experience?

1. Very good dribble ball left hand. But cannot lay up ball left hand
2. Play basketball in Chinese high school. Training most intense.
3. 5'4. Wear shoe, maybe 5'5
4. Very light. Not obesity. Easy fall over. Make other team many foul. Gain advantage.
5. Big Chinese market. Make Maevrick much revenue. I speak chinese. Good interview skill for marketing.

Please see link for evidence. Please agree terms.

https://t.co/Rk1Z2k3aLl

[Rule3O3 @Rule3O3]

Emergency mini 🧵on an insane drama unfolding in St. Louis. Heard this from a pal who teaches at Wash U: 1/10

Yesterday, out of the blue, the health director (smiling below) staged a public policy putsch by imposing a mask mandate on the city. Evidently she did this without…

[Got CTE from playing Peek-a-Boo @doulbedoink]

Dak: Ay Coach, we only got 15 seconds on the playclock! Its out last play, we need the play!

Mike McCarthy internal monologue: Whopper whopper whopper whopper junior double triple whopper flame grilled taste with perfect toppers I rule this day! at BEEEEKAAYYY

[Players' Tribune Football @TPTFootball]

Gio Reyna: "One of these days I really need to say thank you to Sergio Agüero.

For a long time I have been like, I need to play against this guy, just so that I can talk to him. Not just because my grandfather is Argentine, or because Sergio is one of my family’s favorite players, or because at the World Cup two years ago we all sat in front of the TV rooting for Argentina.

Nah. I have a story to tell him. Many years ago Sergio scored a goal that gave me one of the happiest moments of my life.

To understand why, you need to know about my older brother, Jack.

Jack was my hero when I was a kid. Some people think that my dad, Claudio, made me a good player, since he was a pro himself. Sure, he gave me great advice and some pretty good genes. But when I was growing up in Manchester, where Dad was playing for Manchester City, the one who always played with me in the backyard was Jack.

We had the old Samba goals, you know? One-on-one, nowhere to hide. I was four years old and Jack was three years older, so he would sometimes let me win by letting a few shots slip under his foot. Most of the time, though, Jack would make sure I lost. And I’d get angry. I’d kick him, bite him, fight him. Then I’d cry and run to my mum, Danielle. Those games made me grow up a lot, and Dad will tell you the same thing. My competitiveness, my feistiness, all that came from trying to beat Jack.

He was the perfect brother. I was always a shy kid, so he would include me in whatever he was doing with his friends, which meant that I got used to playing against kids who were several years older. That gave me confidence. When I wasn’t around, he’d say nice things about me. When he realized that I was going to be better than he was, he pushed me to become the best I could possibly be. And if I had played a good game, he would be the first person to call me to tell how well I had played.

In 2007, our family moved to New York, where Dad played for the New York Red Bulls. In the summer of 2010, Jack was diagnosed with brain cancer. He was 11 years old. At one point it looked like he was going to make it, but in December 2011, the doctors discovered that the tumor had come back. Shortly after that, when we went on a vacation to Mexico, Jack started to get sick and put on pounds because of the chemotherapy. He could still walk and swim, but he got tired very quickly. That was when I figured out that this could end in a very bad way.

Over the next few months I did everything I could to help him. I had to grow up fast. He couldn’t pull himself up. There was a point where he had to wear diapers. I learned how to microwave food, I did the dishes, stuff like that. I also hung out a lot with my younger brother, Joah-Mikel, and my younger sister, Carolina, who were having a tough time, too. I just wanted to make my family happy, and to make Jack happy, of course. All of us did, especially when we knew that he only had a few months left to live. Every night at the dinner table we would tell each other stories and laugh. Every night. Somehow, even in such a devastating situation, we managed to have some fun.

One day in May 2012, when Jack was 13, we gathered in the living room to watch the final day of the Premier League. I think even my grandparents were there. We are all big City fans, because Dad played there, and on that particular day City could win its first league title in 44 years by beating Queens Park Rangers at home. If City didn’t win, we had to hope that Manchester United, which was behind City only on goal differential, didn’t win either.

We were all pretty positive that City was going to beat QPR, one of the smaller teams in the league. When City scored in the first half, the win, and the title, seemed like a formality.

But QPR turned the game around and took the lead in the second half. Since United was winning, City needed two goals. In our living room nobody was smiling anymore. I felt bad for Jack. He was so sick at that time that he couldn’t walk or talk. Now he wasn’t going to see City win the league either.

Two minutes into stoppage time Edin Džeko equalized. That gave us some hope, even though the game was almost over. Two minutes later Agüero scored the winner.

You’ve seen the goal. You’ve heard the commentary.

“AGÜEROOOOOOO!!”

We went crazy in the living room. We were jumping around, shouting and celebrating and hugging each other. A first league title in 44 years! Won in the most incredible manner. We looked at each other in disbelief.

Suddenly we heard someone gasping for air. It was Jack. He was rolling around on the floor, which came out of nowhere because he barely had any energy left in his body. We got very concerned. For 20 seconds it looked like he couldn’t breathe.

Then, slowly, Jack broke into a smile and began to laugh. We realized that he was celebrating the goal. He was just as happy as we were.

I’ll never forget that moment. It was so amazing, so funny, so crazy.

A bit more than nine weeks later, on July 19, Jack passed away."

[Gary Sheffield Jr. @GarysheffieldJr]

Watching the Dodgers run out of starting pitching after releasing an ace-level starting pitcher over false accusations is really something.

[Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) @BauerOutage]

2 years later and I can finally talk about this ⬇️

[Billy Goggin @BGoggin12]

@lukemacdonald you grossly undervalue steve martin

[Billy Goggin @BGoggin12]

@Prestoitsmagic @TheSportsletter SUPER relevant https://t.co/8HOKAOGho4

[MADRINAS @MADRINAS]

This Black Friday is for the broys! Show us how insane you are for this reveal - 200 RT’s & we will release ALL details at 5pm CST TONIGHT!

[Billy Goggin @BGoggin12]

@travisteelpage HAHAHAHA @CamSlauter DID YOU SEE THIS SO FUNNY OMGLOL

[Randalltime @RandallTime]

If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2018 NBA finals I’ll buy everyone who retweet’s this a jersey...

[Billy Goggin @BGoggin12]

Patient when I’m the worst. Always ready to celebrate the good. Burdened for the lost in her… https://t.co/FXGWo45Yhx