Les Navarro

[Mötley Crüe @MotleyCrue]

Working with Dolly on “Home Sweet Home” was one of the true highlights of our career. We can still hear her voice saying, “Well, how about that, Dolly and Mötley at #1?”

Thank you for the music, the laughter, the kindness and the inspiration, Dolly.

Our deepest condolences to her family, friends, and fans around the world.

With love and respect,
Mötley Crüe

[Enes Kanter FREEDOM @EnesFreedom]

To my Oklahoma family;
this piece comes straight from the heart.

I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and feel what I felt.
Thank you for allowing me to be a small part of it.

I came to @okcthunder to play basketball. I left carrying 168 lives.

When I was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder, I was thinking about basketball, nothing more.

I didn’t know that before I ever stepped on the court, this place would show me something that would stay with me far longer than any game.

Like any player, my mind was on the game. A new team, a new city, a new opportunity. I expected the usual routine when I landed in Oklahoma City. Physicals, practices, meetings, and a jersey waiting in a locker.

But before any of that, Sam Presti pulled me aside and told me there was somewhere we needed to go.

He didn’t explain much, and I didn’t think to ask. I was focused on the next step in my career.

What I didn’t understand was that, before I could represent the place I was about to play for, I needed to understand it.

So instead of heading to the facility, he took me to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.

I walked in without knowing what I was about to see, and within minutes, everything slowed down.

There are 168 chairs at the memorial, each one representing a life lost on April 19, 1995. They are arranged in quiet rows, each engraved with a name, each standing where a person once stood in that building. Then you notice something that is impossible to process the first time you see it. Some of the chairs are smaller.

They belong to children.

There is no speech that prepares you for that, no headline that captures it. You simply stand there, and the silence carries a kind of weight that is hard to describe but impossible to ignore.

As you walk through the memorial, you pass between two gates marked 9:01 and 9:03. At first, they seem like simple numbers, but then you understand what they hold. One marks the last minute before the attack. The other marks the first minute after. And in between those two gates is 9:02, the moment when everything changed.

That minute does not feel like history when you are standing there. It feels present.

The reflecting pool stretches across what used to be a city street, its surface calm and still. When you look into it, you do not just see water. You see yourself standing in a place where unimaginable loss occurred, and for a moment, everything else in your life becomes quieter.

Nearby stands the Survivor Tree, an American elm that was damaged in the blast but endured. It is not untouched. Its scars are part of what it represents. But it is still standing, and in that, it carries a kind of strength that does not need to be explained.

We did not speak much while we were inside. It did not feel like a place for conversation. Some places ask for words. This one asks for reflection.

When we stepped outside, Sam Presti looked me in the eye and said, “This is what this state has been through.”

Then he said something I will never forget.

“Every time you step on that court, you are not just playing in front of fans. You are playing for a state that carries this with it. Give them everything you have. They deserve that.”

In that moment, basketball felt different.

Not smaller, but clearer.

Because what I had just seen was not only about what was lost. It was about what remained. A state that had experienced unimaginable pain and still chose to come together, to rebuild, and to move forward without losing its humanity.

From that day on, every time I stepped on the court, I carried that with me.

On the nights when I was tired, when I was hurt, when I was dealing with challenges that felt heavy in the moment, I would think about those chairs, about that minute, about the people behind those names. And I was reminded that what I was going through did not compare to what this state had endured.
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[Les Navarro @Les_R_Shaw]

@FiveToolOK @55Bshaw I think this pirate needs to visit Arkansas.

[Five Tool Oklahoma @FiveToolOK]

Oklahoma Drillers Bridges’ Cooper McCage collects his second hit of the day in style with a solo home run over the left field wall. #FiveToolPower

Byng (OK) 2024 #uncommitted

Profile: https://t.co/5BbRYv8GKZ

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Bills-Bengals has been temporarily suspended after Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin remained down on the field following a scary hit.

[Les Navarro @Les_R_Shaw]

@UAFSSports @55Bshaw ELE

[OKC THUNDER @okcthunder]

Shoutout to softball legends, @LChamberlain44 and @78jocelyn_alo for coming through tonight.

The home run queens showed off their cannons in the t-shirt toss 💪

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

I hold the “radical” view that it is women, not local politicians, who have the right to control their own bodies.

[Jordan Kutzer @JordanKutzer]

Bryce Harper was mentioned in the New York Times at the age of 13. The article was about unrealistic baseball dreams at too young an age.

He made his MLB debut at 19 years old and just sent his team to the World Series at 30 years old.

Be unrealistic.

[Wewoka Tigers @WewokaTigersTV]

Due to different reasons, our football team was not going to be able to play tonight due to lack of players. These two senior girls stepped up and played for us so we did not have to forfeit. This is what makes Wewoka special! Thank you Natalie Davis (9) and Callie Ramsey (5)! 🧡

[Five Tool Collegiate @FiveToolCollege]

.@WWTravelers’ Braden Shaw (@55Bshaw) scoots one down in RF passed the diving outfielder for the 3-run triple. #FiveToolHitting

@GoldenNorsemen

@DBatcl @AABCSMWS

[Five Tool Collegiate @FiveToolCollege]

No Doubt About It!

@WWTravelers’ Braden Shaw absolutely stomps on this baseball for the walk-off 2-run home run over the left field wall! #FiveToolPower

@GoldenNorsemen

@DBatcl @AABCSMWS

[Clifton Adcock 🏴‍☠️ @cliftonhowze]

Books included in AG O'Connors review under the state's obscenity law include:
* Of Mice and Men
* Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
* Brave New World
* I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
* Lord of the Flies
* The Bluest Eye
Full list here: https://t.co/dajPOHTGeJ

[Les Navarro @Les_R_Shaw]

@AdamSchefter Maybe OU and ND need to play for the slogan, OU should have time after the Nebraska game Saturday.

[Joseph Harroz, Jr. @OU_President]

.@UofOklahoma and @OU_Athletics will welcome the @Tulane family this weekend with open arms and heavy hearts. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those impacted by Hurricane Ida.

[Oklahoma Matters @OklahomaMatters]

Oklahoma BURNS while stitt hangs out with a High School football team... (What?)

[The Chickasaw Nation @ChickasawNation]

Did you know “lightsaber” can be spoken in Chickasaw?

Bashpo falaa' ashoppala' is our word for the iconic Star Wars weapon. May the force be with you as you speak and share our language!

#StarWarsDay #MayThe4th #ChickasawLanguage

[The Chickasaw Nation @ChickasawNation]

The Chickasaw Nation is now offering COVID-19 vaccines at no cost to all Oklahoma residents. There are no tribal citizenship or employee requirements. Schedule your appointment online at https://t.co/KimM6TST6B

[The Chickasaw Nation @ChickasawNation]

@BeckyMcCray @britter @maggiekb1 The Chickasaw Nation offers vaccines to all educators and their family members at no cost. Vaccines are available to teachers at any grade-level or education facility. Schedule an online appointment at https://t.co/KimM6TST6B.