Amy Venuto

Builds fan engagement for sports franchises. Loves reading, traveling, and our country. Mother of the best daughter ever. Took the road less traveled by.

[Jay Wright @CoachJayWright]

No one wants to go home ! @knicks !!!

[Sidelines Villanova @SSN_Nova]

GOOSEBUMPS

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Every Major Leaguer were once a kid having fun playing baseball.

Paul Skenes was driving by Little League baseball fields last night and saw the lights on and decided to stop and throw the ball

He was there over 2 hours signing, chatting and playing

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

In a world torn apart by wars and divisions, in a society that is increasingly fragmented and individualistic, we wish to be witnesses and prophets of unity, welcome, harmony, and peace, even at the cost of sacrifice and renunciation. We wish to offer our “yes,” ready if necessary to die to ourselves, to lose ourselves in order to find ourselves again, to renounce the superfluous in order to build upon what is essential and lasts forever (Mt 16:24–26). #ApostolicJourney

[James L. Edwards III @JLEdwardsIII]

Josh Hart: “I wish the ticket prices weren't as crazy as they are. The people who've been waiting for this can't get in.”

[College Baseball News @CollegeBSBNews]

Bat flipping a walk and chirping the pitcher while you’re up 5 on St. John’s, you’re really cool bro 🤯

This kind of stuff needs to leave baseball.

[InsideCarolina @InsideCarolina]

24 hours after falling one loss from elimination, North Carolina handed the ball to Jason DeCaro.

The ace responded with 27 outs, two hits allowed and one unforgettable performance.

Story: https://t.co/lfnJkGwwLF

[Kendall Rogers @KendallRogers]

Looks like Jake Agnos will be promoted to pitching coach at @ECUBaseball

[ECU Baseball @ECUBaseball]

Now they seent it Seven 🤟🏴‍☠️

[Stephen Igoe @StephenIgoe]

Four-year-old ECU baseball fan Slater Igoe is very excited about this news.

[Amy Venuto @amyvenuto]

This West Virginia fan base is showing how a baseball game can be really engaging without all of the extra schtick! #respectthegame

[ECU Baseball @ECUBaseball]

Loyal & Bold 🤟🏴‍☠️

[Ben Bizier @TheTruthFromBen]

In a world where the portal is the way to walk, there is the must-be told story of Carter Cunningham

Already a Major League level human, Carter starred for me as a freshman & signed w/ ECU w/ 3 years of eligibility

It went south

Carter got benched, money taken at seasons end

He bet on himself and it didn’t work out. He was left with two choices. Jump in the portal like everyone does in this situation… or fix what went wrong

Carter, one of the most thoughtful young men I’ve ever encountered made the most intelligent decision he could have and so few rarely do after such a failure. He doubled down and bet on himself AGAIN

He committed to having fun playing ball, went to Charlottesville and played in the Valley League and had what he described as the funnest time he ever had playing baseball

He went back to ECU with no scholarship

2024 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, drafted by the Blue Jays in the 10th round. I got a chance to watch him live 2 months back here in Ft Myers in a big league spring training game. I beam with pride

Carter took the L but not the defeat

He refused defeat

Some situations the player has to leave… in many they don’t!

Players can you accept that you might not be good enough now but you might be in 6 months if you take the constructive criticism properly and get tf after it?!?!?!

Carter Cunningham: a guy who will make mistakes and will lose at times, but will always remain undefeated

[NBA Courtside @NBA__Courtside]

Jay Willams says Jalen Brunson is the antithesis of what fanbases think about the NBA right now:

“He’s the antithesis. Well, guys are overpaid, he’s not overpaid. You think about other things teams are tanking, they didn’t tank they built it the right way, they built the right culture around that. Load management, when is he load managing? “Oh I hurt my pinky toe I can’t play.” This dude hurts his knee, he hurts his ankle, he comes back in and he closes a game down the stretch. You tell me this guy at 6’1, 6’2 isn’t the most likable player in the NBA right now, how do you root against a guy like that.”

[T.E. Jentzen @Faithful2Pray]

St.Monica
"No child
is ever too lost to be found by a mother's prayer."

Patroness of mothers who refuse to give up hope.

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

series 1-0.

[Joseph Webb @j_webb2004]

It was truly a dream come true to wear the purple and gold. The lessons learned, memories made, and relationships built in Greenville will always be close to my heart. I love this place and I couldn’t be more thankful to be a Pirate🤟🏼🏴‍☠️

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

"We picked up the ashes & kept going"

When Josh Hart was in high school

The family house burned down

Thankfully no one got hurt

But they lost their dog

And most belongings

No family in the area

And no insurance

Mom a waitress

Dad a cook

Three kids

Two bedrooms

They started over.

Josh got a scholarship

To a private school in DC

1 hour & 2 buses away

He was late too often

And got mostly D's

Got kicked out

But then

Something happened

Other families in the school

Rallied around Josh & his family

They launched a Facebook page

They called it"Let Josh Stay"

Spammed the headmaster

Demanding Josh

Get 2nd chance

He got one.

To make it easier

Josh spent some nights

At the house of a teammate

His name was Matthew Hillman

Yes Roommates Show Matt

Soon Matt & his family

Became part of Josh's

Josh did better

Played better

Villanova next

And a title.

Fast forward to today

Josh on the Knicks plane

Flying out to the NBA Finals

And Matthew's mom Pamela

Reposts video of Draft Night

The night that he knew

His mom would be OK

His dad would be OK.

Josh's dad Moses has said

"He learned how to play hard

Before he knew he was good

Playing hard's the only thing he knows."

The heart of Hart has always stood out

"He had it from Day One"

Said Josh's 8U coach

That's 8 years old.

Coaches saw it

Teammates

Families

In a school

He just got to

They noticed too

They rallied around him

Got him a 2nd chance

He kept going

He's here now

[Kinzie Hansen @kinziehansen]

Only a couple weeks apart with our first babies. Time flies! ♥️

[Stephen Schoch @bigdonkey47]

5000 people singing Country Roads after advancing to Supers. Chills