Every person has a tragedy that happens in their life. It’s how you respond to that tragedy that determines who you are. You can choose to be a victim of what’s happened to you, or you can choose to grow and become a better person because of it.
Update: last month former Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart referred to anyone critiquing his generous emertius package, which includes $950K/year and 10 tickets to all games, as “knuckleheads”. The Governor has joined the ranks of the knuckleheads in asking questions.
> Pope Leo XIV
> born chicago 1955
> nobody special. just a catholic kid from the suburbs
> played "mass" with his brothers at home as a kid
> studied math at uni. not even theology. math
> graduated then walked straight into a monastery same year
> ordained priest at 26
> rome called him
> flew over. got a full doctorate in canon law
> could've stayed in rome living comfortable
> went to peru instead
> first mission: chulucanas. semi-arid desert at the foot of the andes
> spent his first year doing disaster relief after el niño floods hit the regio
> went back to chicago briefly to finish his thesis
> then went straight back to peru
> settled in trujillo. stayed there for nearly a decade
> this was during peru's civil war
> witnessed car bombs & military crackdowns (he stayed)
> learned spanish. founded a parish. trained future priests
> travelled by horse on difficult roads to reach isolated communities in the mountain valleys
> spoke out publicly against fujimori's government (when other bishops stayed quiet)
> went back to chicago in 1999
> won election as head of the augustinian province on reputation alone
> 2001: elected to lead the entire worldwide augustinian order
> ran it for 12 years. based in rome. travelled every continent
> never gave interviews. never chased headlines
> 2023: francis called him to rome
> made him the man who decides who becomes a bishop anywhere on earth
> made cardinal september 2023
> two years later, francis died
> second day of the conclave. fourth ballot
> walked out onto the balcony of st peter's basilica
> spoke for 10 minutes in flawless italian
> speaks 5 languages. holds 2 passports
> first american pope in 2,000 years of church history
> first augustinian pope ever
> two years earlier he was one of 5,400 bishops with zero global visibility
Every vatican insider said an american pope was impossible...
That technical foul on Mo Dioubate is the worst technical foul that I've EVER seen.
EVER.
Doug Shows should never be allowed to officiate another game after that. Horrendous.
Charles Barkley’s ability to do zero prep and watch zero film yet completely understand a team’s strengths and weaknesses after like 10 minutes in the booth is incredible