For the first time in @MountainWest history...
A 𝐋𝐨𝐛𝐨 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐏 of Conference Athlete of the Year honors!
🏃♂️ Habtom Samuel - Male Athlete of the Year
🏃♀️ Pamela Kosgei - Female Athlete of the Year
Last night’s catastrophic flooding across Central Kentucky has left many families facing a long road to recovery. As soon as we saw the severity of the situation, the Y’all Squad reached out to the Kentucky Emergency Management Office to begin coordinating relief efforts. Earlier today, we delivered 100 flood relief buckets to Madison County, and tomorrow we’ll be delivering additional buckets to the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center in Frankfort as we continue working with state and local officials to identify where help is needed most. Each bucket is packed with cleaning supplies, hygiene items, protective equipment, and other essentials to help families begin the difficult process of cleaning up after floodwaters recede. Our hearts are with everyone affected, and we’ll continue doing everything we can to support Kentucky communities throughout the recovery. If you’d like to help support flood relief efforts across Central Kentucky, please visit https://t.co/UdTNV1cRLE to make a tax-deductible donation today.
To all the fathers out there, from the entire Lobo family, Happy Father’s Day! Thank you for your strength, sacrifice, and unwavering support. Today, we celebrate you because you truly are the Real Ones! 🐺🖤
#RealOnes26#GoLobos
Lindy's has the New Mexico Lobos picked to win the conference for the first time in the publication's history. Let's go! Get your season tickets today!
Oregon finally WINS the national championship? Alabama LOSES a home playoff game? NEW MEXICO makes the playoff? Yes... at least that's what @cjogara thinks will happen in 2026.
* Hell yeah, welcome, NDSU
* If anyone can fix Jackson Arnold, it's Dan Mullen
* The suddenly awesome Lobos
* Who's your dark horse: Air Force or Hawaii?
2026 MOUNTAIN WEST PREVIEW: https://t.co/R2qThWapVz
I just had the craziest experience at the airport.
We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight.
Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.”
Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess.
The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.”
He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.”
Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate…
Start clapping.
I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message.
All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest.
It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time.
@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.
Day 15
How did you become friends with George Brett?
The timing of this question feels especially fitting since today is George’s birthday. Happy Birthday, George!
Back in 2018, I was living out a dream by working as a police officer in the Royals dugout. Before the game started, George’s son, Jackson, came down behind the dugout to say hello to my friend Sergeant Tommy Woods, who had graciously let me work alongside him that night. Tommy introduced us and mentioned that I had just been diagnosed with ALS.
Not long after, I jokingly told Jackson, “Tell your dad to come down here. I want to meet him.” Normally, I would never say something like that. But I knew how deeply ALS mattered to George. It’s even referenced on the inscription of his statue beyond the right field wall.
For more than 40 years, George has been committed to fighting ALS after losing his close friend Keith Worthington to the disease. He made Keith a promise that he would stay in the fight until there’s a cure.
A little while later, Jackson returned and said, “George is down there and wants to meet you.” Instantly, I was nervous. What do you even say to your childhood hero?
George greeted me with a hug and handed me a baseball he had signed. He asked how I was doing and made sure I had the support I needed. Before we finished talking, he asked what he could do for me. I remember laughing and saying, “Honestly, this is already pretty amazing.” But then I added, “Throwing out the first pitch with you would be awesome.”
George smiled and said, “Consider it done.”
Less than a month later, it happened.
Before we parted ways that night, George also promised me something else — that he would stand beside me throughout my battle with ALS. Over the years, he has kept that promise in every way possible.
A lot of people know George Brett as a Hall of Fame baseball player. I know him as a loyal friend, a man of his word, and someone who quietly shows up for people when they need it most. His friendship has been one of the greatest blessings of my ALS journey, and I will never stop being grateful for the kindness he’s shown me and so many others fighting this disease.
#ALS #ALSAwareness #SarahsSoldiers #FightLikeAGirl