Jerid Blackburn

Ball Python Breeder. Business Management Major. T-mobile Store Manager

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

We’re witnessing something special.

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

This throw by Caleb Williams on 4th down is absurd.

[Isaiah Walker @walkeri141]

BREAKING: The Chicago #Cubs are finalizing a deal that will send Jed Hoyer to federal prison. No word on return yet

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

WHAT A THROW FROM RONALD ACUÑA JR.!

@goodyear #MLBNShowcase | @Braves

[ESPN @espn]

GAGE WOOD HAS DONE IT!

THE FIRST MCWS NO-HITTER SINCE 1960 🔥

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

HEARTWARMING: When #Eagles QB Jalen Hurts spent time with a young kid who went viral for being bullied.

Jalen told the kid that he forever had a friend in him and the entire Oklahoma football program.

🥹🥹🥹

SO HAPPY FOR JALEN. A SUPER BOWL CHAMPION.

[Jerid Blackburn @JCurley1498]

@obvious_shirts 24-10 Texans

[Big Boss @LordBalvin]

BRO MAX HOLLOWAY CALLED GAETHJE FOR A STAND AND BANG IN THE LAST 10 SECONDS AND FUCKING FOLDED HIM

THEY BOTH POPPED THEIR ULTS AND JUST STARTED SWINGING THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIOLENCE IVE EVER SEEN https://t.co/SmhZrVGkWs

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

Chris Bassitt attributed the recent slew of pitcher injuries to an excessive obsession with velocity

[Cubs Zone @CubsZone]

CUBS FANS CHANTING CODY & HE ANSWERS WITH A 425 FOOT HOME RUN OFF THE SCOREBOARD 🤯

(📸: @WatchMarquee)

[Jerid Blackburn @JCurley1498]

@JonFreier @TMobile Im recognizing 596G team. Since opening we have finished #1 in the Nation, #18 and #2 currently. Everyone is working together and willing to get out in the community. I couldn't ask for a better group around me. A team that cares about the team and not just themselves!

[Bleacher Nation @BleacherNation]

She is pretty incredible.

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

Nick Saban got fired up.

It was December 2014. A reporter asked about defensive lineman D.J. Pettway: “How gratifying is it to you to see him make the most of his second chance?”

Saban launched into a speech every human needs to hear.

(Pettway, who was dismissed from Alabama a year prior, returned to the program and earned his degree.)

Here’s Saban on Second Chances:

“There’s always a lot of criticism out there when somebody does something wrong. Everybody wants to know, how are you gonna punish the guy?

“But there’s not enough, for 19 and 20 year old kids, people out there saying, why don’t you give them another chance.

“Guy makes a mistake. Where do you want him to be? Want him to be in the street? Or do you want him to be here graduating?

“Muhsin Muhammad played for me at Michigan State. Everybody in the school, every newspaper guy, everybody was killing the guy because he got in trouble and said there’s no way he should be on our team. I didn’t kick him off the team. I suspended him, I made him do stuff.

“He graduated from Michigan State. He played 15 years in the league. He’s the president of a company now. He has 7 children, and his oldest daughter goes to Princeton. So, who was right?

“I feel strong about this now. About all the criticism out there of every guy that’s 19 years old that makes a mistake and you all kill him. And then some people won’t stand up for him.

“So my question to you is, where do you want him to be?

“You want to condemn him to a life sentence? Or do you want the guy to have his children going to Princeton?”

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It’s an important message in a world filled with hate.

My takeaways:

1. Everyone makes mistakes. We just forget our own.

2. We tend to judge others who mess up. The better response is compassion.

3. Mistakes are teaching moments, first and foremost. Don’t waste that opportunity.

4. One mistake doesn’t (necessarily) make someone a bad person. Most people have the potential to learn, move on and do better.

5. That said, mistakes require accountability and carry consequences. You have to own them.

6. Second chances don’t guarantee third chances.

7. If you want to feel self-righteous, condemn someone. If you want to actually make a difference, love them.

8. The world needs more loving discipline.

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Hope this is helpful. Follow me @TMitrosilis for more writing.

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[Rock Island Baseball @RIRocksBaseball]

Rocks (31-8) win their 23rd in a row to bring home our first Sectional title since 1999 and break the school wins record.

Back in action Monday with Super Sectionals at Geneseo vs. Sycamore - 6pm first pitch.

Be Good, Not Cool!

[FanDuel Sports @FanDuelSports]

True or False ✍️

The Nuggets are beating whoever comes out of the East.

[Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) @shannonsharpeee]

LMAO ANKLES GONE 💀💀💀

[Pittsburgh Maulers @UFLMaulers]

Will Miles with the sack! 😤

🎥: @nbc | @peacock

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Dylan Cease, 98mph Fastball and 81mph Knuckle Curve (home plate views).

Hitting is hard.

[Grant Cardone @GrantCardone]

If you want to succeed, you will.