Austin Metcalf is dead.
Let’s stop dancing around the obvious.
Austin Metcalf received the death penalty.
Karmelo Anthony received 35 years.
One of them lives.
One of them gets a gravestone.
Save the faux outrage.
The real victim in this case is NOT the convicted killer.
The real victim is the young man who will never come home again and the family that will spend the rest of their lives grieving a loss that can never be undone.
This was a track meet.
A place for competition, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
NOT violence.
NOT murder.
And spare us the racial narratives.
Murder is wrong regardless of the race of the victim or the perpetrator. Any decent society should be able to agree on that.
Austin Metcalf lost everything.
His family got a life sentence of grief.
And while some are busy turning this tragedy into a racial debate, the Metcalf family is looking at the empty chair at the dinner table and remembering who actually paid the highest price.
Austin Metcalf got the death penalty.
Never forget that.
The cases differ on facts and evidence.
Kyle Rittenhouse was chased, hit with a skateboard, and had a gun pointed at him while fleeing. Multiple videos showed clear imminent deadly threats. Jury acquitted on self-defense.
Karmelo Anthony entered a rival team's tent, was asked to leave repeatedly, said "touch me and see what happens," then stabbed Austin Metcalf in the chest after a shove. Jury rejected self-defense, convicted of murder.
Distinguishing them requires no soul-searching—just facts over race narratives.
Wanted to share this video I got at Atlanta earlier this year after Kyle won the truck race. I loved seeing this happen in the moment and it means more now.
I'm old enough to remember when Tebow first blew up at Florida. Always thought he had to have been hiding some big secret bc there's just no way anybody is really that good of a person.
20 years later he is the only guy I can think of who was built up by the media to be a saint and has actually lived up to it. Also has a higher playoff passer rating than Tom Brady.
Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable. Despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges.
LeBron James records entering Year 23:
1st in PTS
1st in MP
1st in All-Star selections
1st in All-NBA selections
1st in First-Team All-NBA selections
1st in seasons played (soon)
1st in 30-point games
1st in 20-point games
1st in 10-point games
1st in playoff PTS
1st in playoff W
1st in playoff MP
1st in playoff GP
1st in playoff FGM
1st in playoff STL
1st in playoff FTM
1st in playoff DREB
1st in Finals triple-doubles
Only player with 50K combined PTS
Only player with 40K PTS
Only player with 10K REB & 10K AST
Only player with 8K playoff PTS
Only player with 7K playoff PTS
Only player with 6K playoff PTS
Only player with 25 PPG in 20 seasons
Only player with a 40-PT game vs. every team
Only player to win FMVP with 3 franchises
Only player to avg. a triple-double in Finals
Only player to lead both teams in PTS, REB, AST, STL, BLK in a playoff series
Youngest No. 1 overall pick
Youngest to win ROY
Youngest to score 40 PTS in a game
Youngest to score 30 PTS in a game
Youngest to average 30 PPG
Youngest to average 25 PPG
Youngest to average 20 PPG
Youngest to earn All-NBA
Youngest to earn All-NBA First Team
Youngest to hit every milestone 1K-40K PTS
Oldest to average 30 PPG
Oldest to average 25 PPG
Oldest to average 20 PPG
Oldest to score 40 PTS in a game
Oldest to record a 30-point triple-double
Oldest to earn All-NBA