Anthony Merida

My friends call me Tony

[brayden @braydenjarrett1]

my god. what a fucking call by the boys

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

May 15, 1864. The Shenandoah Valley.

A Union army marched south to burn the breadbasket of the Confederacy.

Standing in its way: John C. Breckinridge, former Vice President of the United States, the man who had run against Lincoln in 1860, with 4,500 men he didn't have.

Among them, 257 cadets from the Virginia Military Institute. The youngest was 15. They had marched 80 miles in four days to reach the field, sleeping in the rain, eating nothing but hardtack.

Breckinridge ordered them held in reserve. "I will not put those children in," he said.

By afternoon, his center was buckling. He turned to his aide, eyes wet.

"Put the boys in, and may God forgive me for the order."

They advanced through a rain-soaked wheat field. The Virginia mud was so deep it sucked the shoes from their feet. The locals would call it the Field of Lost Shoes forever after.

They didn't run. They didn't break. They charged a Union battery in the open, and took it. One cadet swung the captured gun around and fired it back at the retreating Federals.

10 boys died. 47 fell wounded. The youngest killed was 17.

162 years later this morning, VMI will call their names. A bugler will play. The Corps will stand silent in formation.

They have done this every May 15 without missing a year.

[Grease @Greeeeease]

Thank a goalie 🔊

[River Cracraft Fan Club @CracraftFan]

So far in these Olympics, US Men’s Hockey has:

- committed an act of war against Latvia
- taken Greenland from Denmark

Today?

WE TAKE BACK WESTERN GERMANY.

GET IT DONE BOYS 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅

[stepfanie tyler @stepfanie]

Good luck topping this, "Bad Bunny"

[Anthony Merida @MeridaAtm134]

Time to hang em up

[On3 @On3]

NEWS: Transfer QB TJ Finley has signed with Incarnate Word, @PeteNakos reports.

Finley has made stops at LSU, Auburn, Texas State, Tulane, WKU and GA State.

https://t.co/7ZF44eQgnW

[Anthony Merida @MeridaAtm134]

They don’t even fit the criteria to play in their conference championship.

[ACC Football @ACCFootball]

The Canes fit the criteria ✅

[Notre Dame Football @NDFootball]

Very, very extraordinary ☘️🫶

With that rushing touchdown @JeremiyahLove set a new single-season program record for touchdowns 🫶

#GoIrish☘️

[Anthony Merida @MeridaAtm134]

Notre Dame didn’t lose to two unranked teams in the middle of the season. Assuming SMU doesn’t make the CFP rankings this Tuesday.

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

What has Notre Dame done to be ranked four spots ahead of Miami, who has the same record and beat them head to head? Crazy to me.

[Aaron Torres @Aaron_Torres]

Just turned on the MLB Playoffs, and Sean McDonough is effortlessly crushing the call. All while:

* Being ESPN's lead hockey play-by-play guy
* No. 2 in college football
* Arguably their best college hoops guy

Most underrated talent in the history of sports media

[SF Giants on NBCS @NBCSGiants]

PATRICK BAILEY WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM 💥

[Virginia Military Institute @VMI1839]

VMI Board Appoints 16th Superintendent

In a vote this afternoon, the VMI Board of Visitors has appointed Lt. Gen. David Furness ���87 (USMC, retired) to the role of 16th superintendent of the Institute. A full news release and statement from BOV president Col. (Ret.) Jamie Inman ’86 are available at https://t.co/NsoUICnTte.

[Scott Hanson @ScottHanson]

Yep