Chris Ingels

[FloRacing @FloRacing]

🏆 In one of the craziest races you will ever see, @joshjr11 comes out on top as a North/South 100 WINNER!!!

#LucasDirt

[James Purchin @JamesPurchin]

Ben McCollum won 4 national titles at Northwest Missouri State.

His biggest lesson came before any of them.

Day one, first practice, he walks in and thinks:

"This is what first place feels like."

Not on the scoreboard. In the room.

First-place people work hard — but it's more than that. There's an edge.

And there's energy.

The guys who didn't make it weren't bad kids. They were just moody. Flat. They took life out of the building.

Culture isn't built by talent.

It's built by people who bring work, edge, and energy every day.

First-place people don't just perform.

They raise the room.

[Bill Simmons @BillSimmons]

Since it’s a dead sports day—here’s Larry Bird hitting 11 straight threes, clinching the first-ever 3-point title mid-contest, then banking one in as an FU to everyone.

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

ONE SHINING MOMENT 🙌

#MarchMadness

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.

Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.

He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.

Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"

I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."

The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.

Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.

But at game time, the tires were flat.

I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.

Now it was time to reset.

"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest

Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.

Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.

I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.

Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.

You can carry all of that through your front door.

Or you can shower well.

I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.

The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.

Either we win. Or we learn.

The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.

So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.

Tomorrow is a new at-bat.

What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

[cobra. @cobrastats]

Purdue will play 4 games in 4 days for just the 2nd time ever.

Last time: 1919-1920
▪️12/31/1919 vs. Indps. Em-Roe's (sporting goods store)
▪️1/1/1920 vs. New Castle YMCA
▪️1/2/1920 vs. Kokomo Chamber of Commerce
▪️1/3/1920 vs. Ft. Wayne Knights of Columbus

[Big Ten Men's Basketball @B1GMBBall]

What a play by Braden Smith 🤯 @BoilerBall

📺: @BigTenNetwork

[Charlie Goldsmith @CharlieG__]

Jose Trevino is incredibly passionate about working with minor league catchers during spring training.

“I’m not going to play this game forever,” Trevino said

"If (guys) are going to be around me, it’s my job to help them as much as I can."

https://t.co/RF2bTuK2Fo

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Shane Battier shares a must-listen on what it really means to be a champion, how to be a great teammate, and how to make an impact.

"The sign says, 'Champions are made when no one is looking.' I sorta laugh at that sign because there is no better sign to sum up my career than that. I lived that literally."

Here's why:
"My last few years in the NBA, I was first or last, depending on how you look at it - in a stat called time per possession...I was the NBA's version of hot potato."

Then he did the math:
"I found out that 98% of the time I was on the court, I didn't touch the ball. Only 2% of the time I actually physically touched it."

"Most people watch the player with the ball or guarding the ball. So literally, when I say 'champions are made when no one's watching' - no one is watching me for 98% of the time."

"But yet I was an integral part of my team. I was an integral piece in my coach's sweat when I didn't play."

How did he do it?
"I always looked at ways to impact the game. Boxing out. Taking charges. Sexy plays like running back on defense. All of these made up my 98% of time spent away from the ball."

98% invisible, but 100% essential.

You don't have to score to make an impact on the game.

The best teammates own their role. They are willing to put the team first over individual glory.
(🎥 The Nantucket Project)

[Steve Collins @TeachHoopsBBall]

A great high school team is built on the smallest, most unglamorous habits: sprinting back on defense every time, making the extra pass without hesitation, boxing out like your job depends on it. Forget style—master substance. Championships are won in the details.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“When you do well we aren’t going to have a parade, and went you play bad we aren’t going to have a funeral”

Love Matt Painter

[Isaiah Taveras @IsaiahTaveras]

25:00 of Matt Painter’s best ATO sets & actions (2008–present). Film worth studying from one of the best coaches in college basketball.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Purdue currently up a million on Texas Tech

“I always write stuff on the board and I always say none of this matters if you don’t play hard." - Matt Painter

The harder playing team usually wins

(Via @AndrewPogar 🎥)

[Boilers In The Stands @BoilersInStands]

“Learn to play the game and move to the next play and not be emotional. That’s what a real player does. I didn’t think we did a good job of that. Since I’m the head coach, I got to do a better job of getting that message across to our guys.” - Matt Painter

[Matt Freeman @mattfreeman05_]

"You're going to have to struggle to win. That's the best way to describe Notre Dame. All the struggles and hard times they put you through and that you go through here, it's all for a better cause." - Notre Dame LB Jaylen Sneed

[MLB @MLB]

NOELVI MARTE BROUGHT IT BACK 😱

[Barstool Indy @barstoolindy]

INDIANA JONES BABY

[Indianapolis Colts @Colts]

w̶i̶n̶ won for Jim 💙

[Chris Ingels @CIGrizz13]

@bryce_spalding agree with this 100%, but I am interested in if you think Elly is the best defensive SS on the team, or would that be MM if he was playing there every day?

[Bryce Spalding @bryce_spalding]

The #Reds wouldn’t be anywhere near contention without Elly.

Elly is the Reds best player, he’s been a top 10 position player in MLB the last 2 seasons.

Elly has had an awful year defensively.

Elly has had an awful month of August when his team really needed him.

No, it isn’t all on Elly and he doesn’t suck.

All true, factual statements. They need more from 44. Give him an off day or something. You gotta mix it up.