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[Er. Mansoor @MANSOORNABI12]

Intelligent people are OBSERVANT. They read people quickly but pretend they didn’t notice. They let you talk, reveal yourself, cross lines, and expose your intentions. Then they act once they know exactly who you are.

[James Purchin @JamesPurchin]

Sean McVay just defined courage in one sentence:

"Doing what's right in spite of your fears. Even if it costs you something."

Won a Super Bowl at 36.

Courage isn't talent. It's a cost most people refuse to pay.

Someone out there is living the life you want.

Not smarter. Not more skilled. Not more resourceful.

They just paid the bill. You walked away.

What's the thing you're still avoiding because it might cost you something?

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

This is what happens when you don’t have veteran leadership in clubhouse.

Some people think it’s funny, I think it’s horse***t. If he was my teammate, he and I would have a major issue.

Kids come to these games and emulate us. That is a responsibility we must uphold to the highest standard.

This isn’t the WWE.

[James Purchin @JamesPurchin]

Mike Tirico told me his secret.

It wasn't talent.
It wasn't luck.
It was what he does on every flight home.

A few years ago, I met him at a restaurant bar in Indianapolis during the Big Ten tournament. One of the biggest voices in sports.

He didn't lead with his résumé. He introduced himself. He asked questions. He cared about every person in the room before anyone cared about him.

Eventually, I asked him what made him great.

He said after every game he calls, on the flight home, he pulls up the broadcast and watches it back.

Listens to his own voice. Hunts for the misses. The dead air. The calls he wishes he could have over.

Every game. Twenty-plus years in.

He wasn't born world-class. He worked his way there one flight at a time.

The best in any room are usually the ones still grading themselves the hardest.

World-class isn't a personality.

It's a habit.

[Bryan Hoch ⚾️ @BryanHoch]

Jazz Chisholm, Jr. on Cam Schlittler: "He has that F.U. attitude, like Carlos [Rodón] and Gerrit [Cole], that everybody loves and everybody adores when you’re playing behind him. I think it’s pretty cool to see him go out there and just do his thing, especially in his home city.”

[Greg Joyce @GJoyce9]

Jazz on Schlittler: "He has that F U attitude, like Carlos and Gerrit that everybody loves and everybody adores when you’re playing behind him. So I think it’s pretty cool to see him go out there and do his thing, especially in his home city.”

[Spotrac @spotrac]

As the #1 overall pick, QB Fernando Mendoza is expected to sign a 4 year, $57.2M contract with the #Raiders, fully guaranteed, including a $38.1M signing bonus.

At $14.3M per year, he'll slot in as the 20th highest average paid QB in football.

[Nick Walters @nickwalt]

Fernando Mendoza already classy:

“I’m at the bottom of the totem pole right now. I got to first earn the respect of my teammates, earn that equity, and I have to immerse in it. I’m ready to do whatever the team needs and calls me to do to help them win.”

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

Cam Schlitter is going to jam it so far up the Red Sox ass tomorrow night and there’s nothing any of us can do about it. It is a scheduled colonoscopy at Fenway Park.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

You don't remember the teacher who gave you the easy A.

You remember the one who wouldn't let you quit.

Dan Hurley just described every great coach.
Discipline. Accountability. Commitment.

And a bond with players that the cameras never capture.🔥

[Gavin McHugh @gavinmchughh]

NRFI:

MIN/KC NRFI

even money NRFI.

whats the worst that could happen.

need it.

[Ashley Wenskoski @AshleyWenskTV]

Eric Devendorf on Gerry McNamara's shorter, high intensity practice style as head coach 🏀🍊

"I'm assuming he got that from Boeheim..that's how it was. 60-75 minutes, but it was intense..that's some NBA stuff right there. Get in, get our work in...I think the biggest word he said in the press conference was 'efficient.'"

[Gavin McHugh @gavinmchughh]

*the Monday after the opening weekend of March Madness..

[SleeperNFL @SleeperNFL]

Maxx Crosby was back in the Raiders facility at 6 AM this morning to resume rehab, per @AlbertBreer

Raiders brass reportedly got in touch with him immediately after the trade fell through yesterday.

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

The #Ravens have not said a word yet, and as a result the overall perception around the NFL is that Baltimore got cold feet on the Maxx Crosby deal, realized over the last few days that Trey Hendrickson had little market, and pivoted to Hendrickson — breaking what many view as a trust agreement teams have with each other.

Not a single NFL person has been able to explain Baltimore’s point of view yet. There are a lot of angry people.

[Warren Sharp @SharpFootball]

the Ravens had buyer's remorse over trading 2 first-round picks (something they've never done before) for Maxx Crosby plus his $65M in cap hits the next 2 years...

they saw Trey Hendrickson's asking price fall after he couldn't agree to a deal in the first 2 days of legal tampering...

of course Crosby wasn't 100%, but they knew that already and realized they could pay less, give up zero draft capital and still get EDGE Trey Hendrickson...so they used the opportunity to get out using a failed physical

a conspiracy theorist's dream

[Vincent Bonsignore @VinnyBonsignore]

As Maxx himself said the other: "God works in mysterious ways"

Indeed.

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

The issue teams around the NFL have with the #Ravens backing out is that everyone knew Maxx Crosby had a meniscus injury and underwent surgery. During the entire trade process, that was known and documented.

More information will come out, but there is disbelief and shockwaves across the NFL tonight.

[Albert Breer @AlbertBreer]

This puts the Raiders in an incredibly difficult situation. They lose the picks, they have a bunch of deals to be finalized tomorrow done under the assumption Maxx Crosby was gone, and now they may have to turn around and trade him again with the medical question hovering.

[Raiders Beat @RaidersBeat]

Interesting details on Maxx Crosby’s final days in Vegas.

He quietly requested a trade, didn’t want it advertised because he wanted the #Raiders to benefit from the deal…

https://t.co/Ty31HgDX7W