20 years ago today, #TheWire Season 3 Ep12: “Mission Accomplished” premiered on HBO. (12/19/04)
“If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie.” -Slim Charles
The stats are in! We surveyed over 1,200 parents to see the real impact of basketball on their kids. What we learned? The game is changing lives in ways you wouldn’t expect.
Here are the key findings from our groundbreaking study! 🧵👇
“We arranged that he was the keeper of the chess metaphor all the way through. He speaks about the pawns and everything, and then, on the corner, we killed him with a chess move, the knight coming up from behind.” -David Simon
In a never-before-aired interview we did with Pete Rose recently, we asked what his opinion would be if MLB decided to put him in the Hall of Fame posthumously one day.
"To be honest with you, I wouldn't want to go into the Hall of Fame...my name is synonymous with the game of baseball. I have all the records," Rose said in July.
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Really nuanced discussion on First Take between SAS, Domonique Foxworth and Shannon Sharpe about Tyreek Hill’s detainment video. There are some parallels between how this issue is discussed and how we discuss women and sexual assault. The burden of de-escalation and safety is placed squarely on the people who are victimized. We’re teaching Black boys and men how to not be brutalized or have their life taken by the police, when we’ve seen so many cases of Black folks complying and still being subjected to cruelty (see: Philando Castile, Sonya Massey).
The unavoidable reality is that if a police officer decides to be a problem, there is very little that can be done. Same as with sexual assault. There is no perfect playbook a woman or girl can follow so as not to be assaulted. Yes, there are precautions, but so much of the conversation is focused on teaching girls and women how not to be raped/assaulted as opposed to shifting the conversation so as to not enable predators.
The burden of responsibility will only change with increased accountability on the people who commit these offenses.
Between 2023 playoffs, 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup & Leagues Cup, the Crew have gone 12-2-4 with a +16 goal differential.
Along the way they've beaten Tigres and Monterrey, last year's Shield winners (Cincy) and this year's leaders (Miami), and LAFC in 2 finals.