Jim Naveau

Writer The Lima News. Covered Ohio State football since 1992. Biographies fill my book shelves. Moderna. Moderna. Booster. Booster. Booster.

[Jim Naveau @Lima_Naveau]

@jpspence1856 @ESPNRadio Barry Alvarez playing tennis might be interesting.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Today in 1979, Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park goes off the rails when fans storm the field as local DJ Steve Dahl detonates records in the outfield. Chicago police arrest 39 and the White Sox forfeit the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Tigers.

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@marcushartman He did not spew inane stats. He asked Larkin good questions. He stayed out the way and let Larkin deliver his observations for as long as he wanted without interrupting. And while I was watching did not refer to him even once as "Lark."

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I thought Barry Larkin was the best I've heard him on a #Reds# game working with Tommy Thrall instead of Sadak.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1973, the greatest horse race in history was run.

Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths to become the Triple Crown winner and set a world record time that has never been beaten!

🎥: CBS Broadcast

[Ersin @Ersin0X]

She didn't just throw it... she delivered it. 🙄

[Jim Naveau @Lima_Naveau]

@jaysongeiser @GarrettSearight I read Gatsby on my own. Didn't hate it. Heard the movie sucked.

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Sadak trying hard to find a bright spot in tonight's #Reds game but even Lewis and Clark couldn't find one.

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

Last night, I made a simple request on X. I asked if anybody visiting Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day would stop by Alan’s grave and leave a photo for our family.

What happened next honestly caught me off guard.

By this afternoon, dozens of Americans from all walks of life had made the walk to Section 60 to visit SSG Alan W. Shaw. Veterans. Families. Complete strangers. People who had never met Alan, but chose to honor him anyway.

For one day on social media, people put aside the constant noise and negativity and came together for something bigger than themselves. My notifications filled with photos, kind messages, prayers, and stories from people honoring not just Alan, but so many of our fallen heroes.

I don’t think people fully understand what moments like this mean to Gold Star families. The fear is never just losing them. It’s losing them slowly over time as the world moves on and fewer people remember their name.

But today showed me that Alan will never be forgotten.

After years of watching social media reward some of the worst parts of humanity, today gave me a reminder that the good is still out there too.

Thank you to every single person who stopped by to visit Alan today, said his name, shared his story, or took a moment to honor the fallen.

This right here is the America Alan knew and loved enough to fight and die for.

And today, y’all showed us all that it’s still here and it’s still worth fighting for. 🇺🇸

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

This is probably a long shot, but if anybody happens to be in DC this weekend and plans on visiting Arlington, I would love to see a fresh photo of my husband’s grave in Section 60.

SSG Alan W. Shaw
Section 60, Grave 8451
B Co 1/12 Cav, 1st Cavalry Division
November 10, 1975 - February 9, 2007

There’s just something about knowing people still stop by, still say his name, still remember. 🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

“Fifty-four years ago, in 1971, my grandmother Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, risked everything to stand up to a corrupt president. That president sought to destroy her newspaper’s autonomy. Today, faced with another such president, Jeff Bezos, the paper’s new owner, is tearing down the very newspaper she defended.”

[Jim Naveau @Lima_Naveau]

What is the record for most innings pitched by a catcher in a season? #Reds #Trevino

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@Vitus_osst I know parishes where it would only endear him to the parishioners.

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@TonyPBuffalo John Vukovich.

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Cincinnati Reds 3rd baseman Ke'Bryan Hayes is 3 for 51 this season. The last time a Reds 3rd baseman was hitting that badly Pete Rose became a third baseman and George Foster became the leftfielder.

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@mawagner20 Yes.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

If you hate Pope Leo because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

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Cameron Elwer runner-up to Marcus Johnson for Ohio Mr. Basketball for a second year in a row.

[Dave Meyer @DaveMeyerMU]

What’s it like when your basketball team wins a game in the NCAA Tournament?

Well, you wake up to multiple media requests wanting to talk to your swim team.

What a crazy year!

[Indy Sports Partizan @sportspartizan]

Imagine making it to the afterlife and having to explain to Bob Knight that Indiana has lost 7 in a row and 8 of its last 9 against Northwestern.