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[Cincinnati Baseball @GoBearcatsBASE]

THE HUMAN HIGHLIGHT REEL IS INEVITABLE!

@iamdp3_ is making a bid for yet another @SportsCenter appearance! #SCTop10

#Bearcats | #TenGames

[Luke Falk @coachlukefalk]

Every training camp I had at Washington State University, Coach Leach would share the same story.
The story of two kids. The rich kid and the poor kid.

The rich kid has two choices. He can become spoiled, entitled, lazy, and expect everything to be handed to him because he has been given more. Or he can take every advantage of what he has been given—resources, coaching, opportunities—and use it to become even better.

The poor kid has two choices too. He can say, “I never had a chance. Nobody gave me anything. The world is against me.” He can feel sorry for himself and use it as an excuse. Or he can say, “I may not have what they have, but I am going to outwork everybody.” He can become tougher, more driven, and more relentless than everybody else.

It was a powerful message in a locker room full of people from different backgrounds, different families, and different life experiences. Some guys came from wealth. Some came from almost nothing. Some had every opportunity. Others had to fight for every inch.

But despite all of those differences, everybody still had the same choice.

You can take ownership and use what you have as fuel.

Or you can become victim-minded. You can look for excuses, blame your circumstances, become entitled, and convince yourself that because of what you have—or because of what you do not have—you cannot become what you want to be.

It is not about how you start. It is about what you choose to do with how you start.

The rich kid can waste what he has been given or use it to build something greater. The poor kid can use his circumstances as an excuse or as fuel.

In the end, greatness does not come from starting with more or less. It comes from which person inside of you that you choose to feed.

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[Kevin Crutcher @crutchkn]

Where could UC put a softball field on campus? We need a softball team.

[HSE Royal Football @HSEFootball]

Great opportunity to catch up with former 24 HSE graduate Styles Prescod at Notre Dame spring ball practice.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

I was flying Southwest from Dallas to New York. Three rows ahead of me, there was a young soldier in uniform. He looked barely 18. He was staring straight ahead, gripping the armrests. He looked nervous. When the drink cart came around, the flight attendant asked him what he wanted. 'Coke, please,' he said. 'Heading home?' she asked kindly. 'No, ma'am,' he said. 'Deploying. First time.' The whole row went quiet. The flight attendant didn't say a word. she handed him his Coke. Then, she got on the PA system. 'Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special guest in Row 8 today. Private Miller is on his first deployment to serve our country. Since I can't buy him a drink, I’m going to ask a favor. If you want to write him a note of encouragement, pass it forward.' I grabbed a napkin. I wrote: 'You got this. Stay safe. - A dad from Row 12.' I watched as napkins traveled up the aisle. Napkins, receipts, pages torn from books. By the time we landed, the soldier had a pile of paper on his tray table three inches high. He stood up to get his bag, and he was wiping his eyes. He carefully packed every single scrap of paper into his rucksack. 'Thank you,' he told the flight attendant. 'No,' she said. 'Thank you.' We all walked off that plane a little quieter, reminded that freedom is just a word until you meet the kid who is defending it.

Credit: Margie Lee

[Lance Ertel @LanceErtel]

💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[AJ Grezenko @Coach_Grezenko]

@HSEFootball stacking another week! 😤

[HSE Royal Football @HSEFootball]

Excited to have 10 players from the 2025 team sign to play football at the next level. Looking forward to seeing what the future holds for these young men.

[Lance Ertel @LanceErtel]

Go prove them all wrong!!

[Hank Timon @HankTimon]

Every rep, every setback, every win all led here. Beyond excited to announce my commitment to join #BBN & play for @UKFootball! Grateful to @Coach_PaulRod @CutterLeftwich @CoachPerry_UK and my teammates, coaches and family.

@TrainBSP @HoosierELITE @BlockersO_Line @EastCentralFB @Mr_Meiners @IndianaPreps @PrepRedzoneIN @IndyWeOutHere @sixstarfootball @_STDUB

[Hank Timon @HankTimon]

Every rep, every setback, every win all led here. Beyond excited to announce my commitment to join #BBN & play for @UKFootball! Grateful to @Coach_PaulRod @CutterLeftwich @CoachPerry_UK and my teammates, coaches and family.

@TrainBSP @HoosierELITE @BlockersO_Line @EastCentralFB @Mr_Meiners @IndianaPreps @PrepRedzoneIN @IndyWeOutHere @sixstarfootball @_STDUB

[Lance Ertel @LanceErtel]

More grown-ups need to hear this!!

[Inky Johnson @inkyjohnson]

Control what you can control.

[Sage Steele @sagesteele]

Charlie Kirk’s memorial service was one of the most incredible, faith-filled experiences of my life.

Surreal to feel so much sadness…while also being so hopeful & excited for our future because of what Charlie built, and what @TPUSA will continue to grow to amazing levels.

Congratulations to the Turning Point staff and leadership for somehow pulling off such a massive event in the midst of their unspeakable grief.

Ps. If you didn’t get to see Erika Kirk’s speech, please take a moment to do so. It just might change your life, as it has mine.

❤️🤍💙

[Ian Jaeger @IanJaeger29]

Tim Walz says that Jimmy Kimmel’s firing is “North Korea style-stuff.”

Here’s Tim Walz deploying the National Guard to prevent families from leaving their homes during the COVID lockdowns.

Hey, Tim this is “North Korea style-stuff.”

[Brandon Tatum @TheOfficerTatum]

I knew Charlie Kirk personally. Worked with him for nearly 10 years. He doesn't have a racist bone in his body. These low life negros just mad cause a white man out here saying what they don't have the courage to. Charlie was a man of God. Preaching the gospel more than them all.

[Olivia Krolczyk ✞ @oliviakrolczyk_]

Re-open mental asylums. @FBI

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

Before tonight's game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk.

Kirk founded the youth activist group “Turning Point USA” and had become a fixture on college campuses. Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old.

[Lance Ertel @LanceErtel]

RT @TimTebow: I’m shocked and devastated to learn about the passing of Charlie Kirk. 

Above all else, Charlie was a follower of Jesus, a h…

[Kyle Neddenriep @KyleNeddenriep]

Walker to Pennybaker. Wow. Touchdown with 45.9 seconds in half.

HSE 14, Avon 7

[Body-N-Motion @BodyNMotion1]

Fun way to work on leg drive 😊
@arichmond2026 @Emme_Ertel2029 @ChelseaFerrill

[HSE Royal Football @HSEFootball]

Episode 1 of the We the Ones documentary — The Kickoff — is dropping soon on YouTube.

This will be the first installment of a weekly series with the purpose of telling the story of our football team’s 2025-2026 season.