Sam Premak 🪐🌏

University of Iowa alum | COYG |

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

Pete Crow-Armstrong now holds the franchise record for homers by a left-handed hitter in a season.

[The Iowa Hawkeyes @TheIowaHawkeyes]

I-O-W-A

[Tipping Pitches @tipping_pitches]

In retrospect this is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen a billionaire sports owner do. He is twice as rich as any other owner in sports and still somehow felt the need to tell this sob story while knowing he did all of this. Actually incredible

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Arrived as a boy. Left as a champion.

N5 will always be your home, Gabi ❤️

[Brendan Miller @brendan_cubs]

Pete Crow-Armstrong bat flip and spin

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Gabriel Martinelli in 2022: “I thank God that I came to Arsenal in 2019. I really believe that things happen for a reason, and I’m so happy here. It’s funny to look back now, because I could so easily have ended up somewhere else.

You see, I used to be part of this project at Manchester United. I was actually there for several trials. I even met many of the senior players. When I was 17, I had my last session there, so I went back to Brazil waiting for news.

One day my dad called me into the living room. He had spoken to my agent and … well, United had said no.

Not just, ’No, for this year.’

But, ‘No, we don’t want him. At all.’

To be honest, I was shaken. They had seen me play several times, and I was sure they were going to sign me, you know?

A few weeks later I got another trial, at Barcelona. I spent 15 days there. They didn’t want me either. That was easier to accept, because it was just one trial. Still….

I remember sitting down with my dad and saying, ‘What are we going to do?’

You cannot really understand my story without knowing about my dad, João. He is as invested in my career as I am. When I was a toddler, he decided to take me to a trial at Corinthians when I turned six years old. Just to make sure you get this, that is one of the biggest clubs in Brazil. Who does that? He had wanted to turn pro but it hadn’t worked out, and now he wanted me to make it. Dads are supposed to read their sons bedtime stories. My dad kept saying, ‘When you turn six, I’ll take you….’

Hahaha. He didn’t even know whether I would be good enough. All we had done was play on a worn-down court near our home in Guarulhos, São Paulo. The goals didn’t even have nets. I’d jump on my dad’s back, we’d walk down to the court and when we got there I’d say, ‘Dad, let’s dribble! Let’s play!’

He would be like, ‘No, no. We’re gonna train your left foot.’

Left foot!!! I had not even turned six! He was serious. He was the goalie, he threw the ball out and I would shoot and shoot and shoot and shoot.

Ten shots … a hundred shots … a thousand shots….

Man, I’d always complain about it. ‘Come on, Dad….” What a pain!’“ https://t.co/Fz3ktjvpNf

@gabimartinelli | @Arsenal

[Charles Watts @charles_watts]

Morning all.

The champions are back tonight!

2026/27. It's go time.

[Whitney Webb @_whitneywebb]

If you dont want to live in the world this ghoul and his friends are making, you have to start living as much of your life as possible off of screens ASAP.

Related - my next investigation (w/ @markgoodw_in ) drops next week and covers OpenAI & the global expansion of its Stargate project.

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Eight years ago today, with a crucial 2-2 game tied in the 96th minute, Wayne Rooney made the tackle and assist of his life 🤯

(via @MLS)

[Big Ten Conference @bigten]

The winningest coach in Big Ten football history.

@HawkeyeFootball x @TheIowaHawkeyes

[Bleacher Nation @BleacherNation]

Wrigley Field Designated a Certified Autism Center, the First Such MLB Ballpark
https://t.co/APOUuAFcHu

[David Ornside @David_Ornside]

🚨🗣 Egypt's Coach Hossam Hassan couldn't control himself after full-time:

"I will say what's on my mind regardless of the consequence, this was clearly a rigged match and the whole world saw it"

"And I want to say one more thing, if they want them [Argentina] to win so bad, why call everyone to come and participate?"

[Bob Waszak @nilwxreports]

Wow! The Thornton Quarry which is one of the main reservoirs for the city of Chicago is the fullest it's ever been at 94% capacity right now holding 7.3 billion gallons of water. The district has over 13 billion gallons of water in its system right now ready to be treated and cleaned and released back into area rivers and streams. #ilwx

Pic credit to NBC Chicago

[Emily @emilypitek]

I went to the World Cup game yesterday in atlanta.

We bought
- 2 slices of pepperoni pizza
- thing of popcorn
- powerade
- bottled water

Grand total: $15.25

Every single concession stand in this country should be like this w/ what ticket prices are for fans

[Neil Clark @NeilClark66]

I saw it. You saw it. Millions if not billions around the world saw it. Iran were hindered from progressing in this World Cup because the powers-that-be didn’t want them to progress. But we’re all meant to shrug our shoulders, and say ‘they were just unlucky’ and move on as if what we saw with our own eyes never happened.

[FOX Soccer @FOXSoccer]

SCENES IN ATLANTA

LOOK WHAT IT MEANS TO DR CONGO AND THEIR FANS 🇨🇩

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

“I wrote this because I can’t speak about it.

I wrote this because I want you to know that I will make sure that you live on.”

@RBLeipzig and @equipenatciv winger Yan Diomande on the life of his sister, Roxane. https://t.co/6wQmpdWTSi

[K.C. Johnson @KCJHoop]

Stacey was one of a kind because his passion was authentic and his ability to connect with so many was genuine. His knowledge of the game sometimes got overshadowed by his catch phrases. But man, he knew ball. He welcomed me to broadcast side and made me better RIP to an original

[NBA @NBA]

The NBA family mourns the passing of Stacey King, a three-time NBA champion and longtime Chicago Bulls television analyst. Stacey made his mark on the game as a player, coach and commentator. For more than 20 years on Bulls broadcasts, his passion, knowledge and unmistakable energy resonated with generations of fans. We extend our deepest condolences to Stacey’s family and friends and the Bulls organization.