Ben Ross

Play-by-play broadcaster, sports host/anchor, writer

[Kyle, a Madson @KyleAMadson]

Dylan Harper been in the league 6 years you can’t convince me otherwise

[MrBuckBuck @MrBuckBuckNBA]

Victor Wembanyama blocks Josh Hart and hits a 3-pointer at the other end (with a replay)

[Matt Gelb @MattGelb]

Cristopher Sánchez's scoreless streak ends at 50 2/3 innings and what followed has to be the longest ovation ever for a Phillies pitcher who just allowed a run. More than a minute long.

[Sports Night Live @KRON4Sports]

What is your prediction for the NBA Finals?

Head to https://t.co/cTKcp8Nm2C and vote now!

Full results tonight at 11pm

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

TRUMP: Be quiet. You should be ashamed of yourself. You used to be a conservative from Alabama.

KAITLAN COLLINS: I'm still from Alabama.

[one dozen rats at a keyboard @PanasonicDX4500]

I know it’s become pretty cliche and cringey to talk about at this point but if you’re under like 25 I cannot stress enough how one time Obama wore a tan suit and people spent a week arguing over whether or not it was demeaning to the Oval Office and they were serious about it.

[KRON4 News @kron4news]

An arrest warrant is out for San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk for an incident that surfaced last December.

STORY: https://t.co/dZsO0alIK3

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

I don’t know who needs to hear this but skyscrapers are vertical and pools are flat

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump, sounding very tired, attacks a woman reporter for not smiling more

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

I'm pleased to invite @Wemby to our second Commission on Government Efficiency hearing on Wednesday June 10th 5-8pm, where we'll be asking the public for their thoughts on how government can run better. Would love to have you there for the whole time!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Rubio: I have never seen Trump fall asleep.

Lieu: I’m going to show you a video that shows you just lied to congress. Here is a video of him asleep while you are talking.

[Ben Mullin @BenMullin]

Scott Pelley just issued a statement on Bari's remarks this morning:

[KRON4 News @kron4news]

Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for counterterrorism post https://t.co/2hO2cw4mpC

[Ben Ross @BenRossTweets]

Welp

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

"60 Minutes" staffers past and present are outraged about Scott Pelley's firing.

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[Ben Ross @BenRossTweets]

.@49ers and @kron4news legend Dennis Brown at the @valkyries game tonight!

[Ben Ross @BenRossTweets]

@NBCSSharks @OldTakesExposed

[Kyle, a Madson @KyleAMadson]

Our. Canes.

[Max Steele @maxasteele]

"Proof of insurance?"

"Here you go, officer."

"Have you ever filed a claim with this?"

"No, haven't need to."

"Step out of the car and hands where I can see them, fraudster!"