George Brightman

[Rob Woodfork @RobWoodfork]

The Washington Homestead Grays were one of baseball's great dynasties. So why, as MLB honors Black baseball every Juneteenth, has DC nearly paved over their memory? Thanks to @thomloverro and Sean Gibson for their insights in this column @wtop https://t.co/z9q6aXJkJd

[George Brightman @BrightmanGeorge]

@Aestheticsn1 1881

[Classic Rock In Pics @crockpics]

Janis Joplin astride a custom chopper in Columbus, Ohio, June 1970. A great color portrait captured by her road manager and photographer John Byrne Cooke during her final summer tour with the Full Tilt Boogie Band. What is your favorite Janis Joplin song?

[Cumberland Cigar @CumberlandCigar]

What a great smoke from @Fratellocigars

[thom loverro @thomloverro]

In 16 #NBA playoff games in 1970, Willis Reed averaged 25.9 points and 15.9 rebounds for #NYKnicks against Wes Unseld, Lew Alcindor (before the name change to Kareem Abdul Jabbar) and Wilt Chamberlain. He had 36 points and 36 rebounds in one game against Unseld. Lessons.

[TheInjuredBear @BearInjured]

@reredevaux Cherie, your reactions in the last spurt brought me to tears.

“My daughter thinks you’re a hero”.

You are. You are an inspiration to not only women, but to all trainers hoping to take on the crowns. Congratulations to you and Jose, and of course the legend himself!!

[Cherie DeVaux @reredevaux]

Lower the volume

[Dovi Safier @safier]

“It was one of the most monumentally unselfish things one group of people did for another.”

-#DDay veteran Andy Rooney on the young 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy 82 years ago.

Required watching for every young person today!

[thom loverro @thomloverro]

Remembering the great Bobby Mitchell on his birthday.

[Evan @thesmokinggreek]

@ToastTab how is it that a completely inefficient update to future orders is met with “that’s the way it is moving forward” After many years seems time to start looking for an alternative. A shame you don’t take your customers serious enough to listen to the effect an update has

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

A Night in Tunisia

Art Blakey — drums
Lee Morgan — trumpet
Wayne Shorter — tenor sax
Bobby Timmons — piano
Jymie Merritt — bass

Tokyo [1961]

[Classic Rock In Pics @crockpics]

The Beach Boys posing for Capitol Records photographer Ken Veeder in Southern California, July 1962. Fun fact about this shoot: Dennis was actually the only member of the group who genuinely knew how to surf, and the board they are holding was just a prop rented for the afternoon. What is your favorite Beach Boy song?

[thom loverro @thomloverro]

Remembering the great Joe Louis on his birthday #boxing

[Vincent Alexander @NonsenseIsland]

I always find it silly when people put down one of the old Looney Tunes directors to build up one of the others. Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Tex Avery and Friz Freleng were all geniuses who made so many masterpieces. Their different approaches are what make their cartoons so good.

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

"The Garden roof was going off"

A hobbled Willis Reed emerges from the tunnel to start Game 7

Hits 2 quick shots to propel the Knicks

Especially Walt Frazier:
🏀36 points
🏀19 assists
🏀7 rebounds
🏀5 steals

Knicks win first title

On this day in 1970

[thom loverro @thomloverro]

Today’s so-called visionaries could take a page from #TedTurner, who changed the world of sports and beyond, so audacious he started his own Olympics. The Goodwill Games and my shot put run in the American trials. My column. https://t.co/pGQvJnBroG

[McClellan's Retreat @McCRetreat]

The McClellalorian Menu drops today, #Maythe4th! https://t.co/UduPMR2Cp2
Also, in celebration of #StarWarsDay:
• Free tastings + surprise drink rounds from Patrón Tequila & Planteray Rum!
• Patrón 100 featured all night
• Costume Contest 8 PM | Best look wins a Dewback Set!

[NYRA (🗽) @TheNYRA]

“We’re going to take a chance in the Kentucky Derby.”

Earlier this week, Cherie DeVaux said GOLDEN TEMPO had another step forward in him. Today, he delivered, earning her a place in history as the first female trainer to win the #KentuckyDerby. 🌹

Credit: Churchill Downs

[thom loverro @thomloverro]

Remembering the greatest fighter of all time on his birthday — Sugar Ray Robinson #boxing

[thom loverro @thomloverro]

No Jimmy Webb?