Kirk Downs

5-Time War Room Around The World Champ. Mississippi State Grad #HailState - University of Memphis

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

ONE GOAL 🏆

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

CHAMPS 💪

#GoTigersGo | @American_Conf

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

It’s GAME DAY in Fort Worth 🤠

🆚 Wichita State
⏰ Noon
📍 Dickies Arena
📺 ESPN2
🏆 AAC Tournament

[Lipscomb Men's Basketball @LipscombMBB]

Champs has a nice 💍 to it

#IntoTheStorm ⛈️ | #HornsUp🤘

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

In the hunt 🐅

Haggerty is a top-5 finalist for the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year award!

📰 https://t.co/R8hIHGAm8c

@HaggertyPj | @hoophallu

[Kirk Downs @kirk_downs2]

This team is special.

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

THIS IS WHY YOU COME TO MEMPHIS Ⓜ️

[Lipscomb Men's Basketball @LipscombMBB]

ITS A GREAT NIGHT TO BE A BISON

#IntoTheStorm ⛈️ | #HornsUp 🤘

[Jacob Kurtz @JacobbMarley]

Man, Michael K. Williams’s performance in The Wire is legendary. What a role

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

Midseason check in with Hags 🫡

@woodenaward x @HaggertyPj

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[Kirk Downs @kirk_downs2]

Merry Christmas @150__KD 💙

We miss you my guy!

[Kendric Davis @150__KD]

Unbelievable 😭 I couldn’t believe it @Adelaide36ers words can’t imagine how grateful I was for you guys to do this ignore the tears 😭😂💜

[Kirk Downs @kirk_downs2]

@kyreb5150 @marcusdj813 @Lane_Kiffin You know this take from Jacob is not accurate, right?

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

Rest easy, Marlon.

A classy gesture from @ClemsonMBB today 💙🧡

[Dave Ommen @BracketguyDave]

If you like the Wins Above Bubble (WAB) metric, Memphis (+2.3) is currently one of only a handful of teams at +2.0/better. Only Auburn (+3.1) is higher. Memphis is tied with Alabama, ahead of Kansas and Marquette (+2.1) - per BartTovik. Memphis a likely No. 2 seed on Monday

[Kirk Downs @kirk_downs2]

@TigersAthletics @MemphisFB Campbell 24

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

Breakfast in Maui 😎

🆚 UCONN
📆 November 25
⏰ 1:30 p.m. CT/9:30a.m. HST
📺 ESPN2
📍 @MauiInv
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[The American @American_Conf]

2024 American Football Preseason Poll 🏈

[Memphis Football @MemphisFB]

Opportunity.

#ALLIN | #GoTigersGo

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[X Picks @XPicks25]

🏈 GIVEAWAY 🎮

In celebration of the launch of #CFB25 Tomorrow, we’re giving away copies of the game ALL DAY!

RT this post and make sure you’re following us to enter!

[John LeFevre @JohnLeFevre]

In a just world, this would be a New York Times feature story - the Dave Portnoy Effect.

I randomly came across a Portnoy pizza review and just so happened to be close by. So I made the trip to Ah-Beetz in Delray Beach, Florida. He had given it an 8.4, which is (apparently) an excellent score. 

I don't follow Dave Portnoy. I don't consume Barstool's content, or even relate to the demographic it cultivates. I don't eat much pizza, except with my kids. I don't bet on sports, and generally think adult men who devote excessive hours to watching professional sports are wasting their time.

But, as someone who follows the zeitgeist, I can objectively say Portnoy seems like a very good person:
-> Earned his success; the free market seldom lies
-> Took Cancel Culture head-on and won
-> Raised ~$40 million for small businesses during COVID
-> Called out fake news outlets like Business Insider long before Ackman buried them
-> Personally donated and raised millions for great causes - law enforcement, first responders, animal shelters, etc. - as opposed to having a building named after himself at Harvard.

The pizza at Ah-Beetz is excellent. Very much worth the trip. But more interesting is the Dave Portnoy effect. I asked the owner about the influence he's had on their business. 

When Portnoy's review aired, Ah-Beetz was a single, small shop in a less-than-desirable strip mall not far from I-95, really far from the beach or what is generally considered a nice part of Palm Beach County.

Overnight, there was a two-hour wait, a pop that has never receded (because the food is also great). And now, in less than a year, there are soon-to-be 4 locations and 70+ employees, an expansion that they attribute almost entirely to Portnoy.

Revenue has increased more than 10x, or millions of dollars that are also attributable to Portnoy, for which he has not received/sought any attention or credit. 

Portnoy has completely changed their lives. And this has probably happened countless times all over the country. 

(Also, they said he was exceptionally kind and humble, and 100% sincere.)

This is America.

[Kirk Downs @kirk_downs2]

.@zwall1104 went hard again with this one! The guy has killed it for us creatively all season long. Huge part of our team 👊

#ZaWa

[Memphis Basketball @Memphis_MBB]

𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁

@DeiviJones23 has been named a @Hoophall Julius Erving Award top 5⃣ finalist! The award recognizes the top small forward in college basketball.

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#GoTigersGo