Hamilton Porter (Ham)

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[Minnesota Twins @Twins]

22 years ago today, Joe Mauer made his MLB debut!

To celebrate his Hall of Fame career, we're giving away a signed Mauer replica statue!

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[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Madden Orlovsky had a heartfelt message for his family and friends in honor of World Autism Awareness Day 🥹

This was a special moment for all of us at ESPN. Thanks, Madden and @danorlovsky7 ❤️

[Hamilton Porter (Ham) @FlatenConnor]

The Starving Rooster in Minot ND is the best place in North Dakota hands down. I said what I said and no regrets 🤟🔥

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Every day at 7PM, taps is played over the loudspeakers at Dallas National Cemetery, just beyond the outfield wall at DBU

During every gameday at 7, they pause to honor the fallen troops buried just beyond the wall

One of the best traditions in sports

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USA DEFEATS CANADA TO WIN THEIR FIRST MEN'S HOCKEY GOLD MEDAL SINCE 1980 🚨🇺🇸

[Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News🥜 @unhealthytruth]

🚨 BREAKING: Olympic crowd goes absolutely BALLISTIC when US women’s hockey team scores a goal in overtime, BEATING Canada and winning the Olympic gold medal, 2-1

This is one of the BIGGEST rivalries in international sports.

CONGRATS, Team USA! 🇺🇸🥇 https://t.co/ni62Q4sO5e

[Restoring Your Faith in Humanity @HumanityChad]

I would " like " this 10000000 times if I could.

[Dom Izzo @DomIzzoWDAY]

Jalen Sundell and Grey Zabel will be starting for the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl LX in two weeks against the New England Patriots.

#NDSU will be represented at the Super Bowl for the fourth time in the last six years.

[PFF @PFF]

Grey Zabel over the past two games:

🛡️ 92.6 PFF grade (1st among OL)
🛡️ 49 pass-blocking snaps
🛡️ 1 pressure allowed
🛡️ 0 sacks allowed

[DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 @1Nicdar]

130 schools said no.
He led the losingest program in college football history to a national championship anyway.
Fernando Mendoza was a 2-star recruit from Miami.

He tried to walk on at his hometown school. They passed.
So did FIU.
So did FAU.
So did everyone else.

At 17, he was sitting in his bedroom, crying over a silent recruiting inbox—after driving to 18 camps with his dad and sending highlights to more than 100 programs.
Not one FBS offer.
His only option? Yale. No scholarship. No NFL path.

Everyone told him to be “realistic.”
“Know your place.”
“Be grateful.”
He didn’t listen.
Because Mendoza understood something most people miss:
The worst outcome isn’t failing.
It’s never getting the chance to try.

Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang.
Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools.
He took it.
He arrived as the third-string quarterback.
Spent a year on the scout team.
Lost his first four starts.
Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line.

Still got up. Every time.
Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him.
So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes.
He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history.

People laughed.
“Career suicide.”
“Graveyard program.”
“Nobody wins there.”
One coach told him something different:
“I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.”
That was enough.
Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football.
His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years.

Before every snap, he thought of her.
“My mother is my why.”
Indiana went 16–0.
Beat six Top-10 teams.
Won their first Big Ten title since 1945.
Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns.
Won the Heisman—first in school history.
First Cuban-American to ever do it.

Then came the title game.
Miami. Near his hometown.
Fourth-and-4. Season on the line.
Quarterback draw.
The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone.

Game over.
Indiana—national champions.
The losingest program became the best team in America.
All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end.

Rankings don’t decide your ceiling.
Gatekeepers don’t write your ending.
Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point.

Sometimes all you need is one shot…
and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will.
Don’t quit.

Credit: Barclay Mullins

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

A storybook ending to a title tale for the ages 👏

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

This group of friends is going viral for playing hide & seek on TikTok Live 😭😭

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

This will be the best thing you see all day 🥹

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The updated NFC North standings after Week 14 of NFL action! 🧀

[Green Bay Packers @packers]

RT to #ProBowlVote

Javon Bullard
Edgerrin Cooper
Rashan Gary
Isaiah McDuffie
Xavier McKinney
Keisean Nixon
Micah Parsons
Carrington Valentine
Quay Walker
Evan Williams
Colby Wooden
Devonte Wyatt

[B/R Gridiron @brgridiron]

RT if your team got the W this week 🎉🎉

[Sunday Night Football on NBC @SNFonNBC]

Tucker Kraft shouts out the hometown bar.

[Hamilton Porter (Ham) @FlatenConnor]

Skattebo out for the season fuckkk “, he made watching the giants fun…

[Grey Zabel @GreyZabel]

At least the little brothers have cold beer! #ROLLLLLHERD #washedup #RTDB