Brandon Marshall

Dakota and Brynn’s Dad. Rock Chalk!

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Black pilot, West Point graduate, and combat veteran Wesley Hunt delivered a masterclass response:

“Hey Jasmine… Black pilot here.

I graduated from West Point. I went through Army flight school. I learned to fly the AH-64 Apache. I deployed to combat and flew 55 combat missions over Baghdad.

Nobody handed me a cockpit because of my skin color. Nobody lowered the standards for me.

Suggesting that Black pilots, engineers, doctors, or leaders need special preferences to succeed is not empowering, it’s insulting.

I didn’t want a different standard. I wanted the same standard.”

He ended with a powerful line:

“Merit isn’t racist. Excellence isn’t discriminatory. And reducing every achievement to skin color says far more about your worldview than it does about mine.”

This is the kind of clarity and backbone America needs right now.

[Garrett Exner @Exner_Garrett]

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach

On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives:

The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work.

He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others.

After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach.

Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end.

He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha.

When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.”

Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

[NUCLR GOLF @NUCLRGOLF]

🚨🗣️⛳️ #LOST MOTIVATION — Former LIV Golfer Eugenio Chacarra gave insight into what he disliked about the league.

“Once you win out there (on LIV), as I did, your life doesn’t change that much….

“You don’t get into majors, you don’t get a chance to be in the Ryder Cup, you don’t get a chance to play a lot of events….

“That affected me as a player, and I lost motivation.”

(Via: exclusive w/ @TheTodaysGolfer)

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Fifty years ago today, Randall “Pink” Floyd stood up for reefer and Aerosmith. Never forget.

[Dinesh D'Souza @DineshDSouza]

The giveaway here is not Tucker’s denial he called Trump the Anti-Christ. It’s his response when he’s confronted with a video showing he did. At that point, a normal and decent person would say, “You got me,” or “Well, I guess I did.” Not Tucker!

[Brandon Marshall @BMarshformerpro]

He’s had a lot of dumb takes over the years, but this has to one of his worst.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

"If the PGA decides to punish these (LIV) golfers, we should stay in their ass like white on rice…the players didn't want to leave the PGA, they were forced to." – Stephen A. Smith

[Seth Walder @SethWalder]

At the time of pick No. 6, there was a 90% chance Mansoor Delane would make it to pick No. 9, per the Draft Day Predictor.

Even if that number is a little high, that's the hidden cost of trade-ups: there's a substantial chance the Chiefs gave up a 3 and a 5 for nothing!

[Brandon Marshall @BMarshformerpro]

@SSJWHB Could have nailed it at 9 and probably still got a starter at some point at 74 is the problem.

[Brandon Marshall @BMarshformerpro]

@mattderrick Gave up way too much.

[Brandon Marshall @BMarshformerpro]

Wow, feel like that’s a lot for moving up only three spots when players they need will still be there at 9.

[Field Yates @FieldYates]

Browns trade: Pick 6

Chiefs trade: Picks 9, 74, 148

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

"Most men die at 27; we just bury them at 72." - Mark Twain

[Brandon Marshall @BMarshformerpro]

I love this, Vinnie sounds like a true leader.

[Sam McDowell @SamMcDowell11]

Here's Vinnie Pasquantino on it: "You got a 36-year-old catcher who's preparing to DH today, and his world gets a little rocked that an hour and a half before the game, he's not going to be DH'ing. Give credit to Salvy today for being ready. First and foremost, I'm glad Carter's OK. I mean that was kind of the initial thought when you're trying to get a hold of his parents and everything like that — just make sure he's OK. But once you find out he's OK, all right, it's a growing moment. He's really young. There are some things that cannot happen, and that's one of them. So he's gonna have to wear it on the chin — same way anybody would have to. It can't happen, and hopefully it doesn't happen again. But it's one of those things that you just can't afford mistakes like that in this game. Just gotta move forward the best that he can. I know he feels really bad. I know it was not his favorite drive to the field this morning, but it wasn't our favorite morning either, trying to figure out what was going on. He'll learn from it, grow a little bit. We're here for him, though. It's not like anybody's mad at him. Things happen. But you gotta learn from mistakes like that — and maybe get another alarm clock or something."

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

A dominant return to the winner's circle 🏆

Gary Woodland captures his first title in 6 years, 9 months and 13 days @TCHouOpen.

[Lt Colonel Dan Rooney @LtColDanRooney]

Inheritance means so many things beyond monetary value. At Folds of Honor, we are dedicated to honoring the sacrifice of American heroes and educating their legacy. We're building the inheritance of the most selfless patriots through a priceless gift: education.
#SundayDevotional

[Kansas Men's Golf @KUMensGolf]

GW is in control 😤

54-hole leader heading into Sunday!

📸: @golfweek

[Brandon Marshall @BMarshformerpro]

Yeah, but look at the bigger story of who he’s trailing by four!

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Look who's cookin' 😏

Defending champ @MinWoo27Lee jumps 29 spots to solo second @TCHouOpen.

[Mark Townsend @MTownsendGolf]

Tom Watson with a persimmon 4-wood from 213 yards

At Augusta
Over water
Without any headwear
Nor any logos
Cracking polo shirt
Proper trousers
World-class footwear
With a yellow glove

[Brandon Marshall @BMarshformerpro]

Let’s go GW! @GaryWoodland

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Houston treats Gary well 🫡

Gary Woodland has picked up right where he left off after finishing T2 @TCHouOpen a year ago. He sits one stroke back of the lead after round 1.

[Brad Smith @CommishSmith]

I'm not going to dis AOC's B.A., but do you really think earning a bachelor's degree is a more impressive achievement than taking a small family business w/ 6 employees and turning it into a company with over 300 employees and $20 million in annual sales? If so, you're an idiot.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

There are HUNDREDS of guys in NBA history who could hang an 83 if they and their teammates were willing to make a complete mockery of basketball to do it. Washington should change their names to the Generals because all that was missing was buckets of confetti. Joke ass league.