DeCalon Brooks

Philippians 4:13| FSU Alum🍢| 813 🌴| Notre Dame S&C

[Mr. Coles @D_Coles1906]

Let's celebrate student-athletes' graduation and earning a degree. @On3

[The Fighting Irish @FightingIrish]

A new home for Fighting Irish Football.

Welcome to Jack and Kathy Shields Family Hall.

#GoIrish☘️

[Coach Willie Simmons @HCWillieSimmons]

I am beyond elated to announce that history has again been made in the 305! @_kdfletcher has been hired as General Manager of FIU Football, officially becoming the first female GM in College Football history!!! #PawsUp #Trailblazers

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

THE NEW YORK KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🗽

FIRST TITLE IN 53 YEARS.

You just witnessed history.

[Russell Wilson @DangeRussWilson]

Thank You, Football.

Love, #3

[Rob Higgins @RHiggins_USF]

🤘🏻Regular Season Conference Title
🤘🏻Conference Tournament Title
🤘🏻44 wins incl two in the NCAA Tourney
🤘🏻NCAA Tourney & Regional Finals Appearance

A lot to be proud of & a lot to build from for @USFSoftball!

Thank you, Bulls Nation, for supporting this special team!🤘🏻😤📈

[The American @American_Conf]

🏆𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒🏆

South Florida clinches a share of the regular season championship! 🤘🥎

#BuiltToRise x #AmericanSB

[My Mixtapez @mymixtapez]

Happy birthday to Gianna Bryant—she would’ve turned 20 today 🙏🏻🎈🕊️

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

With deep sorrow, we say farewell to one of the final sentinels of the Tuskegee Airmen. George E. Hardy, who once danced across the skies of Europe in his Mustang has taken his final flight at the age of 100. Leaving behind a legacy forged in courage, resilience, and unwavering dignity.

It began in a quiet room in Philadelphia. A 16-year-old boy hunched over his homework as the radio crackled with the news of Pearl Harbor. In that instant, the world fractured, and George’s childhood evaporated. He didn't wait for history to call; he went to meet it.

Denied entry because of the color of his skin, he didn't retreat. He leaned into the wind. He joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, arriving at Tuskegee not just to learn the mechanics of flight, but to dismantle the mechanics of prejudice.

By 19, George was a "Red Tail," a guardian of the clouds. While the world below was segregated, the flak in the European theater was indifferent. He flew 21 combat missions over Nazi-occupied territory, a teenager in a cockpit proving that valor has no pedigree.

Most men would have seen enough of war. George was not most men.
- World War II: 21 combat missions in the P-51 Mustang.
- Korea: 45 combat missions, braving the dawn of the jet age.
- Vietnam: 70 combat missions, a veteran hand guiding a new generation.

For nearly thirty years, he wore the uniform of a country that didn't always love him back, yet he protected it with a devotion that shames the very idea of hate.

When he finally climbed out of the cockpit, he didn't stop serving. As a Lieutenant Colonel, he helped architect the military’s first global communication systems. He spent his sunset years ensuring that those who followed him would never be out of reach, never be truly alone in the dark.

"He rose above the clouds so we could finally see the light."

Today, we don't just salute a pilot. We salute a man who endured the sting of Jim Crow to earn the silver wings of a hero. He was the quiet defiance in the face of "no," the steady hand in the cockpit, and the humble heart in the room.

The "Red Tails" are thinning now, their formation heading into the eternal sunset. But as George E. Hardy crosses the ultimate horizon, he leaves behind a legacy etched not in ink, but in the very air we breathe.

Rest well, Colonel. The watch is ours. The sky is yours.

[South Florida Softball @USFSoftball]

DANIA BROOKS 🕸️💎

📺: @ESPNPlus

[DeCalon Brooks @DeCalonBrooks]

Lil bro💯🤝🏾

[South Florida Football @USFFootball]

Scholarship EARNED 👏

Congratulations, Victor Zidor!

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Highest-paid women's basketball coach ever.
Six-straight Final Fours.
Back again.

Dawn Staley will coach for a fourth national championship.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

🏆 12 seasons in Tampa Bay
🏆 One Super Bowl ring
🏆 One of 10 players in league history with 13,000 receiving yards and 100 receiving touchdowns

One of the greatest Buccaneers of all-time 🫡

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"We don't get to control the length of our adversity.
You get to control who you are in it.
The fastest way to get from a season of adversity to a season of prosperity is to ... figure out where you need to work and get better and then it will turn at some point."

[DeCalon Brooks @DeCalonBrooks]

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[ACC Network @accnetwork]

"Florida State doesn't need to worry about winning; they need to worry about how they play."

Jimbo Fisher on @FSUfootball establishing themselves this season.

[Logan B. Robinson @LogansTwitty]

Jimbo Fisher on FSU in 2026.

“Florida State doesn’t need to worry about winning, they need to worry about how they play. How physical they are, how violent they are, how they chase the ball on defense, how they establish the line of scrimmage…

You want the other team to be happy when the game is over.” (via @accnetwork)

[Trials To Triumph @T2TPod]

Derrick Brooks relives FSU's 1993 Championship season 🔥

[DeCalon Brooks @DeCalonBrooks]

Chopping it up dropping gems for the people! Appreciate you my boy, much love💯

[Trials To Triumph @T2TPod]

🚨New Episode with Derrick Brooks and DeCalon Brooks is out now 🚨

We talk the rise and current struggles of FSU, Tampa Bay Bucs, USF, Legacy and more 🔥

Watch now: https://t.co/4ZurzT9zmj

[Auburn Football @AuburnFootball]

Welcome 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄, @byrumbrown17!🦅

[DeCalon Brooks @DeCalonBrooks]

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[Terence Crawford @terencecrawford]

Walking away as a great with nothing else left to prove. #CrawfordERA

#1P4P #3xUndisputed #5DivisionChampion #4xLinealChampion #BWAAFighterOfTheYear #2xEspyAwardWinner

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