MUST SEE: Matthew Stafford showed up for Clayton Kershaw's final regular season start at Dodger Stadium
The two are lifelong friends and have supported each other every step of the way during their illustrious careers 🥹
More than 17 years ago, I went to Mobile, Alabama, to meet a 20-year-old everyone said was going to be the next great pitcher. His name was Clayton Kershaw.
I had no idea what he would be, because none of us has any idea what a pitcher will be. But I really liked him. He was a kid, but he had a maturity about him. That rare mixture of confidence tempered by humility.
What he became was astounding. Three Cy Youngs. Two World Series rings. One MVP. Inner-circle Hall of Famer. Forever Dodger. He is one of the defining pitchers of his generation and an all-time great.
I re-read that story today after Kershaw announced his retirement. There are far better things that have been written about Kershaw — do yourself a favor and read @ByMcCullough’s brilliant “The Last of His Kind” — but it made me a little wistful looking back on a career in its infancy when we know it turned into a supernova.
If you’re interested in reading it, my old pals at Yahoo Sports still have it up: https://t.co/NsaHGWqC9F
This is what’s left of the Ukrainian city of Vovchansk by now.
Not that long ago, this was a blooming cozy Ukrainian city at the Russian border.
Population in 2025: 0.
How is this different from the effects of the use of nuclear weapons against a European democracy?
In Kyiv, people bring flowers to a makeshift memorial in memory of the children whose lives were taken by Russia today.
Russian missiles killed 18 people, including 4 children.
📷 State Emergency Service
🕯🇺🇦 Kyiv bids farewell to journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who was killed in Russian captivity.
Went missing in 2023, tortured and killed by Russians in 2024. Russia returned her body in 2025… RIP, hero We will never forgive and forget #StopRussia#StandWithUkraine
In Kyiv, people are bidding farewell to journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who was tortured to death in russian captivity in 2024.
Her coffin is closed, with a loaf of bread placed on top.
Photo: Viktoria Kolomiiets / hromadske