Kirby

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@FreddyLA7 Cuero, TX!! Hit up a few of the local stores on Main St, visit the Chisholm Trail Museum, and take a looksy in the historic Dewitt County Courthouse. We’d love to see you here in the Turkey Capital of the World! Home of the Fightin’ Gobblers 🦃

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@lady_valor_07 Willoughby

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@clayspiegel @adamtirapelle We had this in our little league this year and, of our six years playing, it was our best experience yet. Collegiate softball player mom + very talented daughter…everyone improved and gained more knowledge of the game.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@DocStaples @samponder This is what I’ve been saying. Quit with the “chasing rings” at tournaments. If you must abandon rec leagues, just play other local “elite” teams. Even just practices then scrimmages or week night games. No need for all the travel.

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

‘Travel sports,’ a term that has come to encompass all sorts of private teams, leagues, and clubs, used to be for the truly exceptional young athlete. Now, they’re for anyone willing to pay — an expensive, exhausting commitment that has become popular not necessarily because millions of parents want them for their children but because it can feel like there’s no other choice. Rec programs are underfunded and struggle to compete with for-profit leagues for prime field, rink, and court times. And the level of play is diluted, often very early, as travel teams are incentivized to enroll children at young ages.

Around 5 million children in the U.S. now compete on travel teams. Parents find themselves trapped. They know the benefits of sports and want that for their children, yet giving it to them often means buying into a sports ecosystem that’s inherently flawed. As the pay-to-play model increasingly takes hold, so does the idea that kids should start competing at younger and younger ages, risking their sense of self along with their shoulders and ACLs.

“I never want my kids to look back and say I didn’t do everything I could to help them live their dreams,” a mother of three soccer players said. She’s hired professional photographers to take action shots for her 12- and 13-year-olds’ Instagram accounts — the platform has become a recruiting tool — and they’ve both asked her to pay for personal trainers.

“I think the word isn’t ‘specialize’; you are ‘professionalizing’ your kid early. You are exposing them to everything professionals have to deal with — I’m talking injury, time, schedule, everything,” said John Van Benschoten, a former MLB player and travel-baseball coach.

It makes one ask: All this for what? And for whom? Read Caitlin Moscatello’s cover story on how travel leagues have made youth sports more expensive, hypercompetitive, and all-consuming — and the investors who are making a killing: https://t.co/zHcKsPYfeC

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@DubClub_8 @SirRobertBuford Let me get this straight. He was out-of-his-mind happy when they won the west then thought his team had what it took to beat nyc & win it all? Turns out, they lost. He recognized where they needed to improve, even complimented Brunson. But somehow he needs to humbled? Come on.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@the_jefferymead Hey now. This might be your first absolutely stupid take.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@AndyOstroy @NBA “People college gotten hurt.” Um hello…it’s not taking a Wemby dirty foul for your fans to go nuts and hurt each other. Don’t put their trash behavior on him.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@CKeffalos @AndyOstroy @NBA This. Thank you for saying this. His movements can be reckless, yes. The foul on Brunson looked bad. But this guy isn’t a “dirty” player. People who have watched him in an unbiased way for more than 4 games can see that.

[luna @rluna_777]

Spurs in 7

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@SpursReporter “And sister, you are so good at that,” IYKYK

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@Okie_KJ @ESPNRadio @DavidDTSS Lol ok. And we’re done here. You’re so delusional.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@Okie_KJ @ESPNRadio @DavidDTSS You’ll give a shit when OKC plays against a team that flops as hard as they do

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@Okie_KJ @ESPNRadio @DavidDTSS lol a lakers fan? I guess you assume the LA in my name stands for Los Angeles? Wrong, but nice deflection attempt.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@NFisher61180 @LegionHoops My goodness. Do yourself a favor, unburden yourself. You don’t HAVE to defend every single thing about OKC. Huge spurs fan and we cringed, laughed, and admitted when Manu flopped. It’s alright…SGA does it too. Worse than anyone else even.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@enbanes1122 @LegionHoops It’s not undisciplined defense, it unethical offense. And you know it. It’s ok to say he does it and the refs reward it. Put it on the refs if you have to, but acknowledge he does it.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@NFisher61180 @LegionHoops So we’re all supposed to champion him bc he’s a husband and dad? Great, glad his life off the court is healthy. No one is trying to “crush his spirit.” That’s dramatic. Every other fan base is just annoyed he flops and plays insincere basketball.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@bigdawggtjj @ColdTakeSports_ Oh yeah, it’s that the OKC fan base is just smarter than everyone else lol please.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@JesseCrittenden There’s a whole study and article circulating about how SGA flops the most of NBA stars. That seems like analytical evidence to me.

[Kirby @kirby_la_]

@Okie_KJ @ESPNRadio @DavidDTSS Here…let me break it down for you. This is about OKC’s flopping. Can’t make it any simpler than that.