Rory Cooper

Usually @Teneo or a Little League field. Raised in Michigan, schooled in NOLA, now a Virginian. Probably tweeting about Detroit sports more than you like.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

So many political grievances that both Democrats and Republicans have would be solved if we simply followed Article 1 of the Constitution, putting power back in Congress where it belongs.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

@EmileDeBecque Same

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Ending the FCPS school year on another early release Wednesday is 😘. One last “we don’t want to be here” before summer.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Ok who’s this Messi guy

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Fighting with AI over my daughter's birthday card. A lot of "you're right, I wasn't solving your problem". We still have time people.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Yes, fear shouldn't be a discharge petition. The fear is a group of members, let's call them a squad, being able to do the same math that the Freedom Caucus has for years and controlling the floor. Pelosi avoided it. We'll see if Jeffries can.

[Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu12]

NEW - House Democrats are betting that a future Speaker Hakeem Jeffries wouldn’t struggle with the type of aisle-crossing rebellion that’s often vexed current Speaker Mike Johnson.

Why Dems don't think they need to fear discharge petitions next year:

https://t.co/7dc6HNEwLL

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Time for the greatest trophy presentation in sports. Congrats Carolina

[John C. Wharton IV 🇺🇲 @johnnywharton]

June 13th. One of my least favorite days of the year. On this day, two men that I was really close to lost their careers and almost their lives. Didn't seem fair in 1997 and it still doesn't today.

Much has been said about how we celebrated the responsible way. Yeah, we drank. A lot. But we didn't drive. We took limos everywhere that week. Yet tragedy still struck Vladdy and Sergei and it struck our entire team.

I still live near the crash site. Even though lightning would cruelly strike and destroy the tree less than a month after they hit it, I know exactly where it was, the exact median on Woodward, and the location, down to the foot. I drive past it almost daily and still it fixates my glare.

Not far away, Beaumont Hospital, where Vladdy and Sergei would spend months, and I would stop by daily...hoping for a miracle that never came.

Sure, elite medical care, rehabilitation and Vladdy's sheer will to live is why he is still with us 29 years later, but the miracle of he and Sergei Mnatsakanov having even a remotely normal life missed them.

And for that, I will always be angry. I will always wish they never got in that limo or even came to the golf course that day. Neither one of them played even one hole, they weren't golfers... they came to be with their teammates. To celebrate one last time before we all went our separate ways.

Unfair. Cruel.

So I choose to celebrate those men. Sergei has passed but he will never be forgotten. Such an amazing family man, masseur and friend. He never got the credit he deserved for helping that 97 team play at it's best. He was a blessing to me and all the players.

Vladdy? Man, what a warrior. What a great human being and hockey player. Easily the toughest player I had the privilege of working with. He would play through anything... and he did.

I think about him often...wish life was better to and for him. But I do not pity him. Vladdy wouldn't allow it. I love and appreciate him, and I know his fans do too.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

The survey did not have an option for eliminating the countless “teacher workdays” or “school planning days.” Public schools were once able to routinely have 5 day weeks and, shockingly, had better results.

[Nick Minock @NickMinock]

🚨New: Fairfax County Public Schools is asking parents if they’re ok with eliminating Christmas in the school calendar, and other religious and cultural observances like Diwali, Eid al-Fitr, and Rosh Hashanah.

FCPS has been under pressure recently to incorporate more five day school weeks.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Hero

[Igor Bobic @igorbobic]

Gotta love a nerd mathing his way out of a speeding ticket. Only in DC https://t.co/XII7gxwQ5S

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

@scottlincicome This is a @jmart assignment

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Can’t wait for Freddy to hit New Orleans

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

The vibes are insane. Driving through the great state of Louisiana on our way to New Orleans. It’s crazy how diverse this country is, every day the scenery looks different.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

@scottlincicome That would do the trick but I’m thinking 25 cent martinis at Commanders followed by a brass band and boil.

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

The most surreal thing of our trip so far. Currently driving towards Louisiana and the radio station we were listening to started talking about our trip and played Ella Langley especially for us😭😭😭

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

Ok my daughters are on team Freddy

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

The best discovery of our road trip has been a musician called Ella Langley. We had never heard of her before, but after hearing her on pretty much every country radio station, we’ve become big fans. She’s basically the soundtrack of our trip.

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

His name sounds like the Tigers actually acquired a lake in Wisconsin

[Cody Stavenhagen @CodyStavenhagen]

Tigers have acquired RHP Jacob Waguespack from the Brewers in exchange for cash or a player to be named later.

Waguespack currently has a 1.66 ERA and 13.7 K/9 in Triple-A.

The 32-year-old has a 5.11 ERA in 105.2 career MLB innings, most recently with 2024 Rays

[MLB @MLB]

Paul Skenes was driving by a Little League field and decided to stop by 🥹

He played catch and talked with the kids for over two hours the night before he pitches against the Dodgers at PNC Park 👏

via: @FSBigBob

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

@RobGeorge @CitizensUnionNY Congrats!

[Rory Cooper @rorycooper]

@AmeliaHammy @Sportsnet @FriedgeHNIC I saw. Unbelievable. You can have him!