Perry King

✍🏾⚡️ author, collaborator, Black Jay

[Perry King @kngprry]

FOLKS! I have a special announcement. 📚 Rebound was only the beginning.

[Perry King @kngprry]

You best believe these stories keep right on coming...

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.

[David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS]

This the quintessential story of how sports reflects the state of the world. Thousands of fans have waited for Game 3 their whole lives and now they’re priced out of entering the game and can’t even celebrate outside because one billionaire gets to attend the game for free.

[Perry King @kngprry]

COYS

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 OFFICIAL: Andy Robertson, confirmed as new Tottenham player on a free from Liverpool.

Up next: Marcos Senesi. 🇦🇷

[Perry King @kngprry]

May the Madden Curse not befall this young man

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The #Madden27 Cover:

[Perry King @kngprry]

Livestream it now!

[OISEUofT @OISEUofT]

Happy Convocation Month, OISE! Congratulations to our many graduates across our community. You did it! Enjoy this milestone moment with your loved ones. Access our Convocation Hub, for your stories, a note from OISE leadership, and messages from alumni.

https://t.co/ZuQVfpRWlI

[Perry King @kngprry]

Our future is bright!

[OISEUofT @OISEUofT]

Happy Convocation Day to our Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Master of Arts, Master of Education, and Certificate in Leadership in Higher Education graduates! We celebrate you and acknowledge those who have supported you along the way.

#OISEGrad26 #UofTGrad26

[Perry King @kngprry]

YESSIR

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🇨🇦 OFFICIAL: Alphonso Davies recovers in time and makes it into Canada squad for the World Cup.

[Toronto Blue Jays @BlueJays]

A night they’ll remember forever 👏

⭐️ First @MLB HR for Charles McAdoo

⭐️ First @MLB start for Adam Macko 🇨🇦

⭐️ First @MLB save for Braydon Fisher

[OISEUofT @OISEUofT]

During this challenging time, drop-in spaces are available for the U of T community, offering quiet reflection, and refreshments.

📆 Date: May 21 to 22, 12 p.m. –1:00 p.m.
📍Location: 3rd Floor Lounge, U of T Multi-Faith Centre

🔗Resources & Supports: https://t.co/CePkjEGNCF

[OISEUofT @OISEUofT]

⛳ Only 1 week left to save $200 with Early Bird pricing (ends May 30)!

Join us Oct. 2 at Angus Glen for the JICS Centennial Golf Championship supporting the JICS Endowment Fund.
🏌️ Golf, food, open bar + reception.
👥 All skill levels welcome!

🔗: https://t.co/pJej3DYijR

[OISEUofT @OISEUofT]

Join the OISE Centre for Media Culture and Education (CMCE) for an in-person lunchtime event:
Hope and Despair: How Emotions Motivate Journalists and Social Movement Activists

June 5, 2026
12:00–1:30 PM
RSVP for lunch: https://t.co/LbKwqbryEQ

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Roberto De Zerbi: “We have no time to go on holiday. We have to learn from our mistakes we have done this season”.

“I don’t wanna hear: Now we are happy because we stay up and we forget the past… No, no. Stupid people forget the past!”.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Pep Guardiola has informed Manchester City that he will leave the club this summer.

Decision confirmed and official statement to follow as Pep will say goodbye to Man City fans very soon.

Only one name to replace Pep: Enzo Maresca.

[Perry King @kngprry]

YESSSSSS

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

BREAKING: Lisa Leslie announced the Los Angeles Sparks will honor her with a statue outside https://t.co/9HC5Qx28o0 arena 👏

The statue will be unveiled on September 20, ahead of Sparks vs. Fire.

[Perry King @kngprry]

Genuinely, I don’t know why Yasiel’s signing for us is not a bigger story across the board…

[Bet105 @bet_105]

Yasiel Puig is currently playing for Toronto Maple Leafs of the Canadian Baseball League

[Pablo Torre Finds Out @pablofindsout]

.@mcuban

— PTFO Staff

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

Joel Embiid’s basketball journey isn’t one you hear every day: “My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn’t know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.

He dunked the ball off my head, for real. But I didn’t even tell you the worst part. The worst part was that the entire Kansas women’s hoops team was sitting in the bleachers watching the scrimmage. The whole gym was laughing at me. It was crazy. Seriously, it was like a WORLDSTAR situation.

So I went straight to Bill Self’s office afterward and I said, ‘I can’t do this. You have to redshirt me. I can’t play with these guys.’

And Bill was like, ‘What? Are you serious? In two years, you’re going to be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.’

The thing was, I had been told that all these college coaches lie. So I really thought he was trying to be slick with me. In my head, I was like, Alright, I’m just going to keep showing up and at least I’ll get a degree out of this. That will make my mom happy.

The only thing that kept me going was the way that I was raised by my parents. They always told us to keep working, no matter what. I had this DVD that my coach in Cameroon had mailed to me when I first came to America. It was an hour-long tape of Hakeem Olajuwon and some other legendary big men. I probably watched that DVD every single day for three years. I would study the way Hakeem moved, and I would go out and try to imitate him.

I did it in high school, and I did it at Kansas.

I was basically just imagining that I was a good basketball player. The power of the mind is kind of amazing. I mean, I sucked. But somehow, I convinced myself that I was Hakeem. And I started getting better and better. And then I sort of started killing it.

I pretended my way to the NBA. I seriously got to the league by watching YouTube and living in the gym. There’s no other way to explain it. Remember when KG won the title with the Celtics, and he was acting all crazy, screaming out, ‘ANYTHING IS POSSIBLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!!!!!!!!!!’

That speaks to me. That’s my life. It happened so fast that it doesn’t even make sense.” https://t.co/w3th8PeL5j

@JoelEmbiid | @sixers | @KUHoops

[Perry King @kngprry]

@PabloTorre PABLOOOOO

[Ayako Oikawa/ 及川彩子 @AyakoOikawa]

Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher and now a member of the Baltimore Orioles, Chris Bassitt shared a story about his children adjusting to the change.

He said his two children are still confused by the new bird logo and tell him, “That’s not the Blue Jays." They loved Ace.

[Pablo Torre Finds Out @pablofindsout]

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