Francesco Palumbo

Indianapolis | UMass MBA/MS | "Positivity is Key"

[Francesco Palumbo @FP426]

Vanessa Bryant receives Kobe Bryant’s Hall of Fame jacket and ring as he is honored at the 2020 @Hoophall of Fame awards ceremony with Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett on stage. 💜💛 #HallOfFame #ClassOf2020 #MambaForever

[Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team @ArrowMcLaren]

This just in... 📰‼️

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[Francesco Palumbo @FP426]

@MLB Same vibe

[Everything Ole Miss @EverythingRebs]

You will not see a better sports video today:

Kolby Branch hits a HR for Georgia in his last ever college AB. His brother, on the other team, gets to celebrate with him as he rounds the bases with parents in attendance

What a moment for this family

[Tim Cato @tim_cato]

y’all will not believe how quickly “not even allowed to write something wrong now in this perfect world” will enter my lexicon

[HausenKS 🌾 @HausenKS]

Getting the English team to sign The Declaration of Independence.

Classic 😎

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Brazil baptized their team plane before leaving for the World Cup

It just means more

[Big Ten Baseball @B1Gbaseball]

Four Big Ten teams will vie for the NCAA Baseball Championship starting Friday, led by No. 1 overall seed UCLA.

More ➡️ https://t.co/OaQlq0Nz4U

[James Purchin @JamesPurchin]

Mike Tirico told me his secret.

It wasn't talent.
It wasn't luck.
It was what he does on every flight home.

A few years ago, I met him at a restaurant bar in Indianapolis during the Big Ten tournament. One of the biggest voices in sports.

He didn't lead with his résumé. He introduced himself. He asked questions. He cared about every person in the room before anyone cared about him.

Eventually, I asked him what made him great.

He said after every game he calls, on the flight home, he pulls up the broadcast and watches it back.

Listens to his own voice. Hunts for the misses. The dead air. The calls he wishes he could have over.

Every game. Twenty-plus years in.

He wasn't born world-class. He worked his way there one flight at a time.

The best in any room are usually the ones still grading themselves the hardest.

World-class isn't a personality.

It's a habit.

[Indianapolis Motor Speedway @IMS]

Feelin’ 22 for the 110th #Indy500 presented by @GainbridgeLife 😏

@CaitlinClark22 will serve as the Grand Marshal for this year’s race!

@IndianaFever | @1001Sponsorship

[Andrew Marchand @AndrewMarchand]

This is good stuff from the Prime studio.

[John Fanta @John_Fanta]

Plenty.

Shapiro’s for a sandwich, The Eagle, Iozzo’s and Wiseguy for a beverage. Indianapolis = great town!

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.

Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.

He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.

Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"

I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."

The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.

Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.

But at game time, the tires were flat.

I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.

Now it was time to reset.

"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest

Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.

Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.

I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.

Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.

You can carry all of that through your front door.

Or you can shower well.

I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.

The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.

Either we win. Or we learn.

The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.

So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.

Tomorrow is a new at-bat.

What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

#MarchMadness Map 🗺

Each county is assigned to the closest team in the bracket!

(via @jloose128, @redditCBB)

[Bruce Straughan @bruce_straughan]

Heroes get remembered but Legends never die! May you rest in eternal peace with God forever Coach Lou! RIP Lou Holtz ☘️🙏�

[Francesco Palumbo @FP426]

@theblockspot March Madness
MLB Postseason
The Olympics

[Hofstra Men's Basketball @HofstraMBB]

A very special surprise for Silas ahead of tomorrow’s senior day celebration 🥺💙

#PrideOfLI

[arson🌂 @desi0re]

Been so worried about getting my life together I almost forgot I've achieved some of my childhood dreams