John R. Barnes

Christ Follower. Conservative. Husband to Becca. “We got dust on our Bibles, brand-new iPhones, no wonder why we feel this way”- Josiah Queen
John 2:5

[Bobby Goodlatte @rsg]

@GaryGrumbach

[Dean Norris @deanjnorris]

Nearly 20 years ago, I auditioned to play a DEA agent named Hank Schrader on a strange little show about a chemistry teacher cooking meth. I had no idea it would change my life.

Breaking Bad gave me the role of a lifetime and some of the best friends and memories a guy could ask for. That’s why I wanted to write DO WHAT YOU’RE GONNA DO: to tell the story of how this crazy show came together and the people who made it so special.

Now I’m hitting the road to talk about it with all of you. Tickets are on sale now at the link in my bio. Come say hi, ask me anything, and tell me to tread lightly.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

Stephen A. Smith begins First Take with a lengthy apology for his controversial comments on Lane Johnson.

"Here's the reality of the situation. I was wrong."

[NFL @NFL]

emotions were high 😅

(via locdinparis/IG)

[Bill Delaney @Tacachale]

My old man @DelaneyJohnA is great as always. I think he might be pretty good at this whole politics thing! https://t.co/RDS9ooawcL

[John R. Barnes @JohnBarnesFL]

@AGGancarski

[The Players @ThePlayers]

https://t.co/gIU56S6Ani

[Brent Martineau @BrentASJax]

HERE.WE.GO.
A new platform. Another platform.
Jaguars. Magic. Lightning. Gators. Dawgs. Seminoles. UNF. JU. EWU. More high school sports. Regional talk shows.

The channel flips on at 10am today.

[John R. Barnes @JohnBarnesFL]

@ActionNewsJax Let’s go!

[ActionNewsJax @ActionNewsJax]

24/7 sports for FREE! Action Sports Jax launches their own brand new channel, bringing you round-the-clock coverage on all things ‘sports!’ Action Sports Jax TV kicks off October 1st!

https://t.co/KHlZa4Wy24

[Jermaine Watkins @JermaineWatkins]

Mr. Belding: “Hey, hey, hey, hey. What is going on here?”

Rest in Peace, Dennis Haskins. 🕊️

Saved by the Bell

[Winnie the Pool Boy @D_Trumpocalypse]

Me biting into a chocolate chip cookie only to realize it's oatmeal raisin.

[Ben Becker @BenBeckernews]

Just In: Kevin Carrico will not seek reelection. He is currently under a State Attorney’s Office criminal investigation tied to his “big favor” text message when he attempted to replace a JEA board member with his former boss as the Boys & Girls Clubs. Carrico left BGC last week

[First Take @FirstTake]

“They’re back! … They are a legitimate College Football Playoff team.”

—@finebaum on the Florida Gators after their win over Ole Miss.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

With today’s victory over New England, Jaguars HC Liam Coen is now the fastest coach in franchise history to reach 15 wins. He also is the first NFL head coach to win 15 of his first 20 games since Packers HC Matt LaFleur (2019-20).

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Justin Verlander skipped a month of rehab to pitch one more game.

He hadn't started since March. He's 43, and a hip injury plus a torn-up hamstring had eaten nearly his entire season. A normal rehab timeline ends with the season over and the career finished on a training table. So he compressed it, got through one bullpen session Tuesday, and the Tigers gave him the ball Saturday.

The ending was engineered a year in advance. Verlander re-signed with Detroit last winter for exactly this. The Tigers drafted him #2 overall in 2004, he wore their uniform for 12 seasons before Houston and the two rings, and he came back at 43 so the last pitch of his career would come in the same uniform as the first one.

The Pirates shortstop he faced in the first inning is 20. He wasn't alive when Verlander made his debut in July 2005.

Five-plus innings, six strikeouts, career total 3,560, eighth in the history of the sport. Detroit walked it off 4-3 so he wouldn't take a loss.

And the exit was the one part nobody planned. When the manager came out to take the ball, Verlander's 7-year-old daughter sprinted onto the field to the mound. He said it blindsided him, that she'd never seen him cry like that. He walked off holding her hand while the whole park stood.

Most pitchers never get an ending. An elbow or a shoulder picks one for them, and the last start only becomes the last start in hindsight. Verlander spent 21 seasons watching that happen to everyone around him. He built his own ending, and the only moment he couldn't script is the one nobody will forget.

[Baseball Is Dead @baseballisdead_]

The perfect ending for Justin Verlander.

His daughter runs out to the mound and he walks off with his family.

Feels like a movie.

[Max Velocity @MaxVelocityWX]

If no hurricanes form in the Atlantic Basin by tomorrow morning, it'd be the first time in 112 YEARS that we've had no hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean through September 21st.

[John R. Barnes @JohnBarnesFL]

@BCBCouch lol 9:42 left good call!

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

marriage is not for lovers, its for...forgivers, communicators, sacrificers, servants, builders, protectors and those with patience