@DanWetzel I was half expecting a “People’s Court” or Dan to cite some article from The Mirror about an emotional support pig on a plane. It was still a fun listen.
In 1999, several Avalanche players, including Claude Lemieux, plus GM Pierre Lacroix, lived in the Columbine High area and/or attended the nearby Catholic church. Columbine students were in the team's informal babysitter pool. In the wake of the 13 murders and others wounded on April 20, church parishioner Claude Lemieux asked the family of one hospitalized student if there was anything he could do. The family members, Lemieux's fellow parishioners, mused that, well, they hadn't been home much. Lemieux hired a cleaning service and sent it over to the family's home.
I suspect that Lemieux made other gestures, too, in the aftermath of the shootings, but that's the one I know about.
RIP, Pepe.
"All the Empty Rooms" has won the #Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film.
The documentary follows CBS News’ @SteveHartmanCBS and photographer Lou Bopp as they meet the parents of school shooting victims, who open their doors and share what it’s like to live alongside their children’s bedrooms, left just as they were. Directed by @JSeftel, the short film was originally featured on CBS Sunday Morning in November 2024.
“When we were first invited to Milan for the Olympics, we said no. It felt like more than we could handle. But we kept thinking about what John and Matty would say if they knew we turned it down. We knew the answer. John loved representing his country. From the time he was little, he dreamed of competing at the Olympics. In that final summer, he was working harder than ever, pushing himself with everything he had to earn a spot on that roster. He was going to be there. Sitting with that knowledge while watching these Games was not easy — but being present for them, surrounded by people who truly cared about John and Matty, made it something we will always treasure. Every person we encountered took the time to ask about the boys — who they were, what they meant to us, the kind of people they were away from the ice. What struck us most was realizing that John and Matty's impact reaches so much further than we sometimes see in our own grief. They are carried by so many people — in locker rooms, in conversations, in quiet moments we will never even know about. That means everything to us. And then Team USA won gold. When Zach, Auston, and Matthew carried John's jersey around that ice, we were overwhelmed — they made sure he was there. And then to see Noa and Johnny — on Johnny's second birthday — carried out onto the ice to be part of that gold medal photo — there are no words for what that felt like. John and Matty should have been there, and in that moment, they were. Thank you to every member of that team for loving John & Matty - and for making sure they were part of something historic. And thank you to everyone at @NBCOlympics and @usahockey for your kindness, your generosity, and for bringing our family to Milan to witness it. You gave us a gift we didn't know we needed.
With love and gratitude,
The Gaudreau Family"
With his melodic voice and easygoing style, Ernie Harwell became a Detroit institution and earned the admiration of two generations of @tigers fans.
The 1981 Ford C. Frick Award winner was born #OTD in 1918.
Times change. This choice – this harder choice – does not.
Those who make it do so not because it was easy. Not because they wanted praise. But because that’s who they are.
Today, the 126th Army-Navy Game honors all who have made that choice.
With Hockey Fights Cancer Night tomorrow, I wanted to post a moment our broadcast family shared, a moment honoring two extraordinary people.
Earlier this year, Willy lost his incredible wife, Erin, after a brave and inspiring battle with cancer. Erin lived with a radiant brightness, pouring Light, Love, and Positivity into everyone she met. She truly was an angel among us. We miss her every day, and her spirit continues to shine through all who knew her.
To honor her legacy, we presented Willy with “The Big E Belt of Light, Love, & Positivity.”
I called her “The Big E” because her energy, her heart, and her love for others were simply bigger than any name could hold. Her light lives on
in Willy, Evy, Mahoney, and in all of us. 🙏♥️ @WillyD1025@Skillsy75@KaraHammer@LyndsayRowley@MaxHerzTalks@starsnash #Smashville
🏆 Back-to-Back! 🏆
The Walled Lake Marching Band hit all the high notes taking home its 2nd-straight MCBA Flight 1 State Championship with a score of 92.200! They also swept all four caption awards: Outstanding Music, Visual, General Effect and Auxiliary💙 #WEareWLCSD
📸 MCBA
We’ve already reached the Pfister hotel is haunted stage of the series. Teoscar’s wife won’t stay there. Says others are saying the lights are going off and on and there are footsteps. 😳