NEW FEATURE: Kevin Harlan has navigated working for three major sports employers for decades. It's been a remarkable run – he averages 150,000 miles of travel per year – and I wanted to see how he and his employers pulled it off.
My profile of Harlan for @SBJ:
https://t.co/6dw4bT4kYE
A president should not put his name on another man's memorial. He should not hang a banner of himself on the Justice Department. And he should not put his face on a coin. This is un-American.
This story is now more than 25 years old and I have told it more times than I can count, but it hits very differently today.
I was anchoring SportsCenter one afternoon and Lou Holtz was on the show. I was quite excited to talk with him, he had been an icon all of my life.
He was very friendly, asking me all about myself as we walked toward the studio to record an interview. I told him: “Actually, Coach, it’s quite exciting, my wife and I are expecting our first child in the next few weeks.”
He stopped dead in his tracks and put a finger up near my face. And I’ll never forget what he said.
“Young man, the most important thing you can do for a child is make sure every day they know how much you love their mother.”
And, just like that, he started walking again.
Our daughter was born a month later, our son came two years after that. And I have thought about what Lou Holtz said to me that day about a million times since.
RIP Coach, thanks for the best advice anyone ever gave me.
There are only 22 high-major scholarship players who will celebrate Senior Night this week, having played at just one place. Mississippi State's Shawn Jones Jr. is the only SEC senior to finish where he started.
Dozens of coaching changes and the transfer portal have led to this
Hi @USAA@USAA_help. I
decided to tweet you to try to help a good friend get a response from your company. Then I saw that this is a common complaint with people online. In short; one of your clients totaled my friends truck on Oct 30 and there is still no resolution.
You have fought him at every step and now flat out won’t call him back. He’s been without a truck for work for 3 months. Can you please dm me and I will put you two in touch to resolve this. In the mean time, please try to do better by people.
Don’t know why this had to happen. And not going to lie it’s hurts. But all we can do now is Trust in God and attack every single day over and over again. Thank you Chiefs kingdom for always supporting me and for everyone who has reached out and sent prayers. I Will be back stronger than ever ⏰
I know most of the focus today is going to be on the excitement of Klein coming back, but man give Chris Klieman his flowers.
-Had the Herculean task of following Bill Snyder, actually managed to succeed in that and continue elevating the program.
-Brought us a Big 12 championship in 2022 that led to Arlington and NOLA trips that I’ll cherish forever.
-Always an outstanding ambassador for our program and university.
Thank you Chris
Wow... Warren Buffet says goodbye in his final annual letter today (full copy in the comments below).
As he signed off, the following were final words of advice:
"One perhaps self-serving observation. I’m happy to say I feel better about the second half of my life than the first. My advice: Don’t beat yourself up over past mistakes – learn at least a little from them and move on. It is never too late to improve. Get the right heroes and copy them. You can start with Tom Murphy; he was the best.
Remember Alfred Nobel, later of Nobel Prize fame, who – reportedly – read his own obituary that was mistakenly printed when his brother died and a newspaper got mixed up. He was horrified at what he read and realized he should change his behavior.
Don’t count on a newsroom mix-up: Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.
Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amounts of publicity or great power in government. When you help someone in any of thousands of ways, you help the world. Kindness is costless but also priceless. Whether you are religious or not, it’s hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior.
I write this as one who has been thoughtless countless times and made many mistakes but also became very lucky in learning from some wonderful friends how to behave better (still a long way from perfect, however). Keep in mind that the cleaning lady is as much a human being as the Chairman."
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