Dominic Cartellone

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@WoodOnTheRadio @Jbooty88 Or make the uprights either spin or sway lol 😂

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Nineteen dogs were scheduled to be euthanized.

Then a Buffalo Bills wide receiver showed up and opened the van door.

Khalil Shakir is one of the best slot receivers in the NFL. He is also, quietly, in the dog rescue business.

Here's how this one happened.

His family's foundation, the Shakir Family Foundation, held a big pet adoption event in Buffalo. Eight local rescue organizations took part. A bunch of Bills players showed up. So did a big chunk of the community.

Eighteen dogs from one rescue, Nickel City Canine Rescue, found homes that day.

And while he was there, somebody mentioned to Shakir that a transport was coming in the next day.

Clarke County Animal Shelter, like a lot of shelters, has to euthanize dogs when they run out of space. Nickel City's fosters had gone through the list and identified 19 dogs they could take.

A representative for the rescue described Shakir's reaction in one sentence: his eyes lit up, and he said he would love to come help again.

So the next day he showed up. Not with cameras and a PR team. With his mother, Mona, and two of his best friends.

ESPN's description of the moment is the whole thing: Shakir had his signature big, bright smile on his face as he opened the van door, and inside were 19 dogs waiting.

He helped them off the truck and helped them get used to their new surroundings while they waited for homes.

Nickel City's post about it said it perfectly.

19 dogs. 19 second chances.

Now here's the part that makes this more than a nice afternoon.

Clarke County is the exact same shelter where the Shakirs' own dog, Missy, was rescued from by Nickel City before the family adopted her.

He wasn't helping strangers. He was going back to the place his own dog came from.

And this wasn't his first one either. Shakir and his wife Sayler had helped with another transport a few months earlier that saved 26 dogs.

That's 45 dogs in a single year from two transports, plus a foundation adoption event that placed 18 more.

He's also partnered with Nickel City enough times that one of the dogs they rescued ended up in the Puppy Bowl.

There's a version of an NFL player's charity work that's a photo op and a check. And there's a version where a 25 year old brings his mom and his two best friends to a parking lot on a Sunday to meet a van.

Shakir does the second one.

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[Scott Dochterman @ScottDochterman]

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred at Field of Dreams in 2021:
"There's nothing more important to us as a business priority than delivering games to fans. That's what we're about. The blackout situation is a complicated one. It involves regional broadcasters, distributors, our individual clubs and us. And we are spending a tremendous amount of time in an effort to get to a better place in terms of where our games are distributed. It is the top priority for us right now."

I have the MLB app and I'm blacked out from watching all 6 teams on Iowa's border.

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@adittyMBSC @RealSDStrasser @tishagiraud @CollinRugg Did he really think he was the only one that thought of this issue?

[Stefan Moore ★ @2StefanMoore]

When I post about my Daughter, it's not to get sympathy. It’s to keep her memory alive. ❤️

Your Follow & Repost would mean so much to get our Voices heard in our #ChildhoodCancer community. 🙏🏻

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[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@DavePalet This post and picture will be the face of the lockout

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@The_ChrisMyers So a cap should be no problem

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@ChiTownSports Too bad your team just got good and there’s gonna be a two year lock out. Sucks for Sox fans.

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@ijonathangarza @ChiSox4Life1985 So are the other teams

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@JeffKahl78 @DionApollo Exactly!
Been watching home grown stars leave since the mid nineties with 0 chance of keeping them.

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@PhillySpecial Fans deserve better.
Worst part is watching your home grown talent leave every few years with no chance at to keep them!

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@jpooch21 Yes we know that

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@steve_par1489 @RyanGarciaESM That’s awesome they went all in almost twenty years ago
It proves baseball has no problem

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@Cardinals_Live_ @NjTank99 Great idea. We should let Cleveland win the WS. That would definitely show em!

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@Jacob_Corrigan Like how are they unable to find a right handed hitter

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@Tominpa5 @NickPedone12 Most of our team should be in Columbus

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@HasReber @andrade21 In exchange for a bag of balls and some chewing gum

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@TonyD0252 @Sports_Kings_ Cleveland fan here. We don’t need just a cap we need a floor too. Make the cheap owners spend!

[Dominic Cartellone @Dominiccartell]

@GuardsBurner_ They won one game that series right?