Adrienne Fox ⚜️

From the bayous of La. to the swamps of DC. NO-born⚜️ NI-raised🍓DMV-settled🏠 #Saints #LSU #DistrictofChampions #Nats #Caps #Mystics #Spirit

[Spencer Nusbaum @spencernusbaum_]

Also relevant: The Nats kept Miles Mikolas and Trevor Williams on the roster until they reached 10 years of service time.

[Washington Nationals @Nationals]

angel in the infield 🥹💖

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

Dolly Parton is one of the most amazing humans that has ever existed and on my old account I had a thread that showed it. So it’s time to gather the evidence again so y’all can see the scope for yourselves. 🧵

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Here’s a quietly wonderful thing I noticed:

If you talk to someone who was in choir or band at a majority Black HS, you’ll eventually discuss those annoying fundraisers for uniforms, instruments, etc. & a SURPRISING number will casually say:

“Oh, Dolly Parton paid for ours”

[Maria Palmer @PalmerRadio]

Tomorrow it will be especially difficult to tumble out of bed, stumble to the kitchen, and pour myself a cup of ambition

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Donna Brazile @donnabrazile]

Dolly Parton spent decades quietly funding band uniforms and instruments at Black high schools across the South - never once putting her name on it. No headlines, no fanfare — just help, given because it was needed.

Rhinestones on the outside, gold on the inside. 💛

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

The most successful female country artist of all time.

Rest well, Dolly Parton. ❤️

[MOTHERS. @francemothers]

Fun fact: Dolly Parton used the royalties from Whitney Houston’s rendition of “I Will Always Love You” to support a Black neighborhood, and support Black owned businesses.

"I bought my big office complex down in Nashville. So I thought, 'Well, this is a wonderful place to be,'" Parton said. "I bought a property down in what was the Black area of town, and it was mostly just Black families and people that lived around there. It was off the beaten path from 16th Avenue and I thought, 'Well, I am gonna buy this place — the whole strip mall.' And I thought, 'This is the perfect place for me to be,' considering it was Whitney. I thought this was great — I'm just gonna be down here with her people, who are my people as well," she continued. "So I just love the fact that I spent that money on a complex and I think, 'This is the house that Whitney built.' "

[Adrienne Fox ⚜️ @Adrienne_Fox]

@SECNetwork @realbenmcdonald @finebaum Crying—thank you Ben for sharing those stories. Coach was right about your broadcasting career. So glad you listened! Very sorry for your loss. Rest easy, Skip🙏

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

There’s nothing more perfect than a baseball field. Skip Bertman explains it better than anyone else will.

Rest in peace, coach

[Jacques Doucet @JacquesDoucet]

The legend, the goat, our beloved Stanley "Skip" Bertman passed away peacefully at 1:12 am surrounded by his daughters at Baton Rouge General Hospital. #LSU @LSUbaseball

Legendary LSU Coach and Athletic Director Skip Bertman dies at age 88 https://t.co/EH38YEiPJg @WAFB

[Adrienne Fox ⚜️ @Adrienne_Fox]

@Jomboy_ @TalkinBaseball_ “Thanks Jimmy, I’m so smart now bc of you”🤓

[Adrienne Fox ⚜️ @Adrienne_Fox]

@TalkinBaseball_ Let it be known that the Nats waited until he reached 10 years of service before DFA’ing him. Very classy!

[Adrienne Fox ⚜️ @Adrienne_Fox]

@wakeupbarstool @TBob53 I love you T-Bob and your passion! Manti Te’o agrees (and was calmer lol)

[Adrienne Fox ⚜️ @Adrienne_Fox]

@TalkinYanks Let’s go LUUUUUIIIIIII!!!

[Adrienne Fox ⚜️ @Adrienne_Fox]

@TheWayOfWade @TalkinBaseball_ Sweet swing! Butera should’ve let him swing