Sarah Christine Leys

Mother, friend, daughter, and Housing & Program Manager for City of Rockford. Opinions are my own.

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Coach Thomas Hammock is a real man and REAL MEN CRY. He has worked so hard to get Northern Illinois to this point. You can feel all that hard work pouring out of him throughout his post game interview after knocking off #5 Notre Dame IN THEIR HOUSE. It’s worth 2 min of your time.

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Notre Dame paid Northern Illinois $1.4 million to play in South Bend today.

The Huskies just beat the #5 Fighting Irish 16-14—the biggest upset in NIU HISTORY.

[Dylan Jardon 🌈 @DylanJardon]

"Perfection is impossible.

In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches.

But what percentage of points did I win?

54%

In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half the points they play.

When you lose ever second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.

You teach yourself to think:
'Okay, I double faulted...it's only a point.'
'Okay, I came to the net and I got passed again...it's only a point.'

Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's top 10 playlist – that too is just a point.

Here's why I'm telling you this.

When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is.

But when it's behind you, it's behind you.

This mindset is crucial – because it frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus."

–@rogerfederer

[Sarah Christine Leys @sarahcbrinkmann]

@mzedman Happy St Cloumas! :) Congrats to Reese

[NAACP @NAACP]

On behalf of Black America (and the Exonerated Five), we beg to differ.

This wouldn’t be the first time Trump equated Blackness with criminality. 😒

Let’s be clear: We have nothing in common.

[Sarah Christine Leys @sarahcbrinkmann]

Watch til the end. So glad Jon is back (although I miss Trevor, too)

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

Thank you, Tucker Carlson, for giving Jon Stewart this masterclass in journalism.

[Ryan Shead @RyanShead]

No lies detected. 👀🤷🏻‍♂️🙏🏼

[City of Rockford @CityofRockford]

NATIONAL APPOINTMENT: Sarah Leys, Housing and Program Manager for the City of Rockford, has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2024 Community and Economic Development Federal Advocacy Committee.

[Chris Witherspoon @WitherspoonC]

Okay America needed this moment!
THEE Tracy Chapman performing Fast Car with Luke Combs #GRAMMYs

[Guilford High School @GVikeAthletics]

Big win for the G-Vikes tonight.

[Sporty @Sporty6644]

@michaelsobrien Proviso West Bracket Released today

[Eric Idle @EricIdle]

Mass school shootings....?

[Sarah Christine Leys @sarahcbrinkmann]

This is so amazing!

[Kevin Haas @KevinMHaas]

Pritzker says passenger rail returns here in 2027 with stops in Belvidere and Huntley. It’s the first time passenger rail has been in Rockford since 1981

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Three years ago unemployment was 11%, a post-war high. Today it's 3.7%, near a post-war low.

Three years ago real GDP per capita (=average inflation-adjusted income) was $52,400. Today it's $60,600.

[Secretary Marcia L. Fudge @SecFudge]

Housing is important to nearly every aspect of our lives.

That’s why HUD works so hard to make sure everyone in this country can access housing that is safe, healthy, and resilient.

[Sarah Christine Leys @sarahcbrinkmann]

This is so cool!

[U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @USWNT]

𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄!

We asked a few friends to help with this year’s World Cup roster announcement 🤩

Visit https://t.co/sLCJ8RhiOx for full details 🇺🇸

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

They won't call it a ban. Yet not only has my book been moved, but now elementary schoolers must request a copy from a specialist at its new site AND then also PROVE their reading level before seeing a copy. All these hurdles for a young reader just to access a poem in history written for them. @MDCPS , history is not ours to hoard from children. History has always been theirs to make. And the more they're empowered to know our yesterdays, the more prepared they will be to lead us into tomorrow.

[Ryan Busse @ryandbusse]

I demand that Jon Stewart host the next Trump town hall.

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

We've basically accepted that a bunch of innocent people will regularly get massacred so that, in the incredibly unlikely event of America becoming a dictatorship, people will be able to shoot soldiers.