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[Malika Andrews @malika_andrews]

Victor Wembanyama desperately wanted to learn to do a backflip with the monks at the Shaolin temple.

At 7-foot-5, that didn’t happen. But what unfolded was the most formative summers of his short career that has fueled this postseason run. My exclusive conversation w/ Wemby:

[MLB @MLB]

All THREE of Jo Adell's home run robberies from tonight ...

Yes, you read that right 😮

[Lemma the Optimist @DoctorLemma]

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points.

Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children.

He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself.

On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in.

His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted.

He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders.

His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.”

McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up.

When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

To find a good person, look for the one who generously holds doors open for others

[Parker @steppapep]

@heygurisingh Free

[Parker @steppapep]

@kyhighs How long has he been in 8th grade?

[Mikel Brown Jr @MikelBrownJr1]

#NewProfilePic

[ᴋᴇᴠɪɴ ᴡʀɪɢʜᴛ @KLW0408]

I love you Pat Kelsey

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

"If Kirk Herbstreit can throw that football through those uprights, we'll give you $300,000." —@PatMcAfeeShow

@KirkHerbstreit just helped this Alabama student secure the bag 😱🔥

[Jonathan Wall @jonathanrwall]

Five days later and I still can’t get this one out of my head. Full sicko mode.

[Parker @steppapep]

@ZachBal155 You must not know who Ryan Gerard is #cuda

[Emily Nyman @EmSheDoesIt]

Everyone on their feet and not an open seat in the house

[Parker @steppapep]

Cuts rock.

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Playing on a major medical exemption, Will Gordon needed to make the cut this week to retain his PGA TOUR membership.

He went birdie-birdie in his last 2 holes to finish on the number and keep his TOUR card.

[SLAM @SLAMonline]

SLAM Rapid Fire from the 2025 Draft Suite: National Champion Walter Clayton Jr of Florida. @NBAonNBC

[Parker @steppapep]

@Mike_kim714 122

[Iona Golf @IonaGolf]

Boys finish with the second highest team GPA in the entire Iona Athletic department!

#GaelNation | #IonaGolf

[Louis Metzinger @LouisMetzinger]

Pat Kelsey leading the CARDS cheer

[U.S. Open @usopengolf]

This is what Golf's Longest Day is all about!

6x @PGATOUR winner Max Homa out here grinding 36 holes with his own bag on his back in an effort to play in his sixth-consecutive U.S. Open.

[iPacers.com @iPacersblog]

Incredible from Pat McAfee