Most patriotic moment in MLB history was when Sammy Sosa ran out to right field with an American flag during the first game after 9/11 and then went on to hit a home run and rounded the bases with Old Glory in his hand. Happy Birthday, America! 🇺🇸
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🚨#BREAKING: A 28-year-old confirms he has spent the last 10 YEARS of his life interviewing World War II combat veterans to keep their stories alive...
...in fact, for the last 10 years, he has interviewed World War 2 veterans EVERY SINGLE DAY
He started as a teenager, ditching school to ride his BIKE to the local retirement home, walking up to the front desk and asking to, "meet some World War II heroes."
His name is Rishi Sharma.
He's crossed all 50 states and half the world.
He's slept in his car and lived on gas-station food to afford it.
He asks these men for hours of their memories, and then he hands the entire recording to their families...
...FOR FREE
So that 200 years from now, a great-great-grandchild will know not just their hero's name, but how he laughed, how he cried, and what he sacrificed.
Rishi has no military family, his parents immigrated here from India.
He does it out of pure gratitude.
In his words:
"My parents were given the opportunity to immigrate and raise a family because of veterans like these. It's a debt of love I'll spend my entire life trying to repay..."
As one 100-year-old Marine who stormed Iwo Jima told him, remembering the flag going up:
"The hair on my arms still stands up when I think about how beautiful it was."
THAT is America.
250 years of ordinary people doing extraordinary things...
God bless our veterans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
In 1982, Robin Williams did a routine as the American Flag for the Norman Lear produced tv special "I Love Liberty" created to bridge political divides - and it's one of the greatest pieces you'll see 🇺🇸
Something was lost when sportswriters stopped writing lines like this, so I’m bringing them back in the spirit of Dan Jenkins, Jim Murray and Rick Reilly.
“Folks the 11th green is smaller than some Manhattan apartments, and just as expensive to maintain. You could maybe host a dinner party here, but only if you removed the leaf in your table.”
Overheard two foids talking at a coffee shop in Chicago saying “@bigballsbulla is actually not that good of a guy”. Had to correct them, that actually, he is a really good guy
@mjfree Dude I think he just loves UFC. Gave them their start in taj mahal. I’m all for thinking he’ll abuse office, but think the ufc event is the least of the worries