Ryan DeBoard

DeBoXtremo; Sports: ‘Dores, Braves, Grizzlies, Preds, Nashville SC

[Joe Tipton @JoeTipton]

NEWS: 2027 Top-20 overall recruit Gabe Nesmith has committed to Vanderbilt, he tells @Rivals.

The 6-5 small forward becomes the Commodores’ highest-ranked commitment in nearly a decade.

https://t.co/7mkK6e1AJD

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[tyler tanner @tyler_tanner5]

thank you Lord🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

@twentysidesmatt

[CJ Olson @CJOlsonFB]

To get max bounce at the LA (18.9) + EV (108), it would have needed to only go 292 feet (87 ft off) and would've only bounced 6.63 feet.

The fences are ~7 ft – that LA and EV could not result in a ground rule double.

Note: not super confident on the math, so you've been warned

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

Told my son before the game tonight, @tyler_tanner5 ’s shot would be played in One Shining Moment when Vandross hits the “Win or Lose” line…they always show the most heartbreaking moment. Confirmed.

Next year - can’t wait to watch @VandyMBB in the finale instead - go get it!!!

[Vanderbilt Baseball @VandyBoys]

ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

Walk-off slam for the sweep!

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

Vander-belt with the grand slam walk offs- Sweeping UT with heartbreaking walk offs salvages a LOT of the season so far. Let’s ride the momentum and keep competing!!!

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

@AuricGoldfnger Vander-bunt!!!!

[Vanderbilt Men's Basketball @VandyMBB]

Just getting started 👏

📰: https://t.co/OHPGgHw6fW

#AnchorDown⚓️⬇️

[Vanderbilt Women's Tennis @VandyWTennis]

THE COMMODORE STATE 📍

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Sources: Vanderbilt is endeavoring to sign Mark Byington to a long-term contract extension after back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Nothing has been signed yet, but the Commodores' administration began working well prior to the coaching carousel to lock up Byington.

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

@joey_dwy So many different things to point at where they could have won, but the effort was there, it was high intensity.
It’s a deep level of despair to be on the wrong end of one of the greatest games.

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

So much pain

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

Come on DORES - GO TAKE IT

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

@VandyTracker VU LET’S GO

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

@hcksqtjimduggan

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

I don’t know how we’re only down by 3, this is a winnable game…go take it!!!!!

[Ryan DeBoard @ryandeboard]

@DanWolken That was SO blatant