In early 2006 I was a student journalist, and I convinced The Daily Texan sports staff to do a Jimi Hendrix-themed Texas baseball preview. The result was 👌🏼
I once heard a great Ichiro story from his first Spring Training in the states. He kept getting jammed and flaring balls the other way. Pinella was loudly voicing his opinion that Ichiro couldn’t hit the fastball in the dugout, assuming he didn’t understand English. Next at bat, Ichiro launches a homer to RF and comes back to the dugout and says in crystal clear English, “Can I go back to getting ready for the season now?” What a legend. Congrats on the HOF
I once interviewed a former college head coach who told me the only running backs he ever saw that could have gone straight from high school to the NFL were Earl Campbell and Adrian Peterson.
RIP to USMC Cpl. John Kinsel Sr. He passed away at the age of 107. He was one of the last 3 remaining Navajo Code Talkers and served with the 9th Marine Regiment & 3rd Marine Division during the taking of Iwo Jima. Enjoy your rest Marine 🇺🇸 🫡
A reminder that Gonzo's delivery of the single greatest line in film history is made infinitely better once you realise it is an EXACT rendering of Charles Dickens' own emphasis in the original story.
“I am so glad that Jesus was born in a stable. Because my soul is so much like a stable. It is so poor and in unsatisfactory condition —yet I believe if Jesus can be born in a stable, maybe he can also be born in me.”
— Dorothy Day