James Gandolfini’s genius in The Sopranos (1999–2007) comes from how instantly Tony Soprano can switch emotional registers. Charming, pathetic, terrifying, funny, depressed. Sometimes all within the same conversation.
NEW: Philadelphia crossing guard scarfs down an ice cream cone as he recounts how he rescued a child after a stolen truck crashed into a playground.
"Thank you, Jesus!" the crossing guard, Jamele Ransom, was heard shouting during an interview.
Ransom says he was "bobbing and weaving" during the incident.
"I grab a kid out, because he’s stuck, frantican, pull him out. Ain’t nobody in there. Guy’s in there. He’s trapped in there. Then I run out and get myself together because my heart is boom, boom, boom, boom."
No children were hurt.
I’m retarded, but I win at life by just being insanely lucky. I increase my luck surface area by just doing random shit constantly. You need to be random maxxing. You need to be doing robotics, then public speaking, then crypto, then agriculture, never let them know your next move.
The devil can’t hit a moving target.
March 10, 2011: The Kemba Walker Shot like you've never seen.
Fifteen years ago today I was courtside for the afternoon tip at MSG between UConn-Pitt and took this video from press row.