If you hate KAT, I suggest you reconsider...
"I feel like other than losing a child there's nothing worse you could go through and it builds you up and it strengthens you beyond measure. That's why I got Philippians 4:13 and the date tattooed on my neck. I could do all things through Christ who strengthens me but I was strengthened on April 13 when I lost my mother. That's been my favorite Bible verse my whole entire life since I was little. I didn't know the significance it would have in my life when I became an adult. But what I do know is that I truly can do anything when I walk in faith, when I walk with the angels beside me. I feel anything's possible, I feel nothing's impossible...
I'm just grateful to be in this position because I know a lot of friends in mind that are not here to see this moment. I know a lot of people I love tremendously that aren't here to give me that hug or to give me that text message. I'm doing this for them. I do this for them, I do it for my mother's country, I do it for everybody in Dominican Republic, I do it for everyone in the city that welcomed my mother when she immigrated over. I do it for all my family in New Jersey that allowed me to be raised and allowed me to love this game of basketball and allowed me to be a kid with my mother and enjoy those times. It takes a tribe to get here and it takes a village and I'm so blessed that I've had the village I've had in my life to get to this point"
I love how genuinely surprised and honored he looked. He played his ass off for this team and carried this offense to the playoffs in 2024. Braves legend.
Remember it well, but I don't. I posted his other double already (in the link), but here's Guthrie pinch running during a rally against the Marlins.
https://t.co/ewqExt09he
Josh Hart: "I'm never a huge analytics guy. At a certain point, they are a lamp posts to a drunk person. You can lean on them but it won't get you home."
Kat: "Hold up, we not moving on from that" 🤣
Hart: "That's a great quote."
How is Ron Washington, time and time again, able to help his infielders make significant strides on defense?
A few weeks ago, I worked with Wash to find out.
And yeah, it was incredibly hard.
Story: https://t.co/yoYWcSuPbr
Video: https://t.co/1X7LAVwKYr
On this date in 2003, 18-year-old LeBron James signed with Nike for 7 years, $87 million.
Listen to him talk about pressure and his definition of success…
Lightyears ahead. 👑
LeBron leads the then largest comeback in NBA Playoff history (26) while both Kyrie and Love are benched. He drops 41-13-12. 👑😤
This doesn’t get talked about enough.
Wehiwa Aloy (@Orioles) belts his THIRD HOMER OF THE DAY 🚀🚀🚀
The 2025 No. 31 overall Draft pick has seven homers in his past 10 games for the High-A @FrederickKeys.
Remember this dude?
Melvin Mora 3B/SS/OF
New York Mets 1999-2000
Baltimore Orioles 2000-2009
Colorado Rockies 2010
Arizona Diamondback 2011
#Birdland#Orioles
LeBron James says he isn't a billionaire. Forbes has him at $1.4 billion. He's right.
He went on Complex this week, held up a $405,040 Richard Mille, and said the watch was free. He said his bank account holds a couple thousand. He said his kids have all the money now.
Every line is accurate.
The Lakers paid him $48.7 million this season. His off-court income runs around $80 million annually from Nike, PepsiCo, Beats, and a dozen other brands. None of that sits in a checking account at age 41. It moves into investment vehicles the same week it clears.
The Richard Mille is the RM 65-01 LeBron edition, limited to 150 pieces globally. He didn't buy it. He co-designed it. Richard Mille gave him 001/150 because every paparazzi photo of his wrist sells the next 20 to oil magnates and tech founders. The watch is technically free in the same way the MacBook Tim Cook holds at a keynote is technically free. The brand pays the principal to wear the product.
The 2011 Fenway Sports Group deal is the textbook version of the trade. LeBron got Liverpool FC equity for marketing services, zero cash out of pocket. Liverpool was valued around $300 million at the time. The club sits above $5 billion today. He converted that stake into a broader FSG position in 2021, which now also includes the Red Sox and Pittsburgh Penguins. FSG itself runs north of $12 billion. He paid nothing for any of it.
SpringHill is the bigger one. RedBird Capital led a 2021 round at a $725 million valuation, with Nike and FSG also putting capital in. LeBron remained the largest single shareholder. The company just merged with Fulwell 73, which extends the slate without diluting his control. None of that equity is liquid. It compounds inside a holding structure that does not show up on a bank statement.
Now the kids. "They got all the money now. They take care of dad." Read that as an estate plan said out loud. Move appreciating assets into trusts in your heirs' names while the assets are still small. Pay gift tax on the original valuation. The S&P doubles, the trust doubles, the IRS already saw its slice. The Walton family ran this on Walmart in the 1980s. The Mars family ran it on candy.
The Complex headline is "LeBron reveals he's not a billionaire."
$1.4 billion is the entity. Couple thousand is the man.
Just wanted to highlight how ridiculous the 1st inning of Kerry Wood’s 20K masterpiece was:
- 100mph to the umps face to start the game
- What HoFer Craig Biggio called his most embarrassing swing of his career
- Strikes out NL batting leader Derek Bell on possibly the nastiest, definition of fall-off-the-table, curveball you’ve ever seen
- Strikes out HoFer and one of the greatest fastball hitters…on three fastballs.
-Just absolutely disgusting stuff
- Kerry Wood Forever