David Fleming

📚A Big Mess in Texas: Craziest Untold Story in NFL History | Meadowlark, ESPN, SI | ‘24 BASW; ‘25 Peabody nom, ‘26 Dan Jenkins Medal finalist | UGA & UNC Dad

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

A Big Mess in Texas! OUT TOMORROW! #NFL #History #BookTwitter #DallasCowboys #IndianapolisColts

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

There is no bottom.

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump is floating the possibility of keeping the UFC arena on the White House South Lawn — built for a series of fights on his birthday and Flag Day — permanently.

Read more: https://t.co/PdI3ZarEYr

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

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“I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

Many, many thanks to SMP & @DGandBTweets & the Big Mess support crew 👊🏻@pablofindsout @PabloTorre @MadDogUnleashed @SInow @rhettmiller @theavettbros @RossTuckerPod @DMagazine @mikelikessports @TexasStandard @CTM_Show @bykevinclark @thedumbzone @BloggingTheBoys @dallaslibrary

[St. Martin's Press @StMartinsPress]

Congratulations to David Fleming (@FlemFile) who's been nominated as a finalist for 2026 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting for Best Sports Book for A BIG MESS IN TEXAS!

[St. Martin's Press @StMartinsPress]

Congratulations to David Fleming (@FlemFile) who's been nominated as a finalist for 2026 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting for Best Sports Book for A BIG MESS IN TEXAS!

[John O'Connor @TarHeelFoodways]

Happy Mecklenburg Declaration day! On May 20, 1775, the residents of Mecklenburg County were the first to secede from Great Britain.

If you don’t believe the story (despite the preponderance of evidence) I recommend reading Who’s Your Founding Father by @FlemFile. #America250

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

What an honor (and what a nice bday surprise) to have A Big Mess in Texas selected by @UT_CSCM as a finalist for the Dan Jenkins Medal alongside these incredible authors.

[Dennis Goris | Cartoons @DennisGoris]

Have you been injured? #slushfund

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

The party of law and order.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Whether it’s Donald Trump stealing $1.7 billion from the treasury to share with his friends or Hillary Clinton using a private email server to share risotto recipes with her friends, there’s been plenty of inappropriate sharing on both sides.

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

“It’s gonna come down to one play.” Jfc PK

[SleeperNHL @SleeperNHL]

Someone painted an outline of Sidney Crosby’s Game 3 embellishment penalty at today’s Flyers paint the ice event 🎨😭

(📸: @phillycates)

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Trump had one of his worst mental health episodes yet last night, posting over 55 times in 3 hours. Here is the list:

10:15 PM - Accuses Obama of attempting a coup in 2016
10:15 PM - Says Obama worked with CIA to overthrow Trump
10:15 PM - Reposts tweet saying Obama is a “traitor” and that he should be arrested
10:22 PM - Attacks dominion voting systems for 2020 election saying they switched votes
10:22 PM - Says Fulton County, GA had their 2020 fraud exposed (there was none)
10:23 PM - Accuses Obama of personally making $120 million from Obamacare (wtf?)
10:23 PM - Cites quack lawyer Sidney Powell on the 2020 election
10:24 PM - Posts fake JFK Jr account that says Obama wiretapped Trump Tower
10:27 PM - Demands Senator Mark Kelly resign
10:29 PM - Claims neither Biden nor Harris were in charge of the Biden admin
10:29 PM - Attacks Fulton County, GA again
10:29 PM - Posts Fox News clip of Rep Ro Khanna
10:30 PM - Demands Jack Smith be arrested
10:30 PM - Accuses Obama, Clinton, and Comey of treason
10:39 PM - Reposts a tweet from a MAGA account saying they have secret intel proving Clinton and Obama committed crimes
10:39 PM - Reposts a MAGA tweet saying Hillary Clinton should be sent to Haiti
10:40 PM - Says the DOJ is “working hard” to arrest his enemies for treason
10:40 PM - Reposts a tweet attacking his own DOJ and Todd Blanche for no arrests of political enemies
10:40 PM - Posts a TikTok video of people stealing from a convenience store
10:41 PM - Posts a TikTok of someone taking a Door Dash order
10:41 PM - accuses Obama, John Brennan, and Clinton of sedition and treason again
10:42 PM - Posts a video of a man on CCTV footage knocking over food a waiter was carrying
10:47 PM - Calls Obama the “most DEMONIC FORCE” in American politics
10:47 PM - Posts a tweet from Mike Flynn saying 2020 election wasn’t fair
10:49 PM - Attacks Dominion again claiming they stole the 2020 election (it wasn’t)
10:51 PM - Reposts a fake Charlie Kirk account that claimed Obama blocked Hillary Clinton from being prosecuted
10:53 PM - Claims Obama was part of Hillary Clinton’s emails in some way
11:28 PM - Claims a senior Democrat just testified under oath that Senator Adam Schiff leaked classified information
1:13 AM - Attacks the New York Times for reporting on the reflecting pool

This man is clearly not well.

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

This. Is. Insane.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump is about to hit REM sleep on camera in the Oval

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

Uhhhhhh holy shit guys

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

PK Suban is so much smarter and insightful and clever about the game than the never ending dull, dim, cliche blabber he gets away with on ESPN.

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

Embellishment, hair pull and a spear - it’s a Penguin Hattrick!

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

Schrödinger's Net

[Jonny Lazarus @JLazzy23]

There are going to be some crazyyyyy conversations about this tomorrow across hockey media.

It’s easy to guess that it completely crossed the goal line, but there’s definitely no way you can tell for sure based on Jarry’s skate.

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

this your husband?

[David Fleming @FlemFile]

The human race made a monumental leap forward while we were all focused on the utterly meaningless NFL draft...

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Sabastian Sawe has made history as the FIRST HUMAN EVER to run a sub two-hour marathon in race conditions 🚨

That’s 4:33 minutes per mile ‼️😱

(h/t @BBCSport, @CitiusMag)

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible.