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[Polymarket FC @PolymarketFC]

🇨🇮 Yan Diomandé’s letter to his sister through @PlayersTribune:

“Dear Roxane,

Remember when someone bought me a fake United shirt, and I wrote “Ronaldo 7” on the back with a black Sharpie? We didn’t know what rich or poor was. We only knew happiness.

Remember the 25 people sleeping in just one house back in Abidjan? Mom wanted to watch her soap operas. Everyone wanted to watch movies. Remember how I’d always pretend I was asleep and then sneak to the TV room after midnight? I’d turn the TV way down low. Like, just two volume bars. I’d watch soccer in the dark and dream.

Remember when the grown-ups saw me playing soccer on the dirt and gave me the nickname “Roberto Carlos” because of how hard I kicked? And remember how I secretly got so mad about it, because CR7 was my idol?

Remember when I went to play so far from home? I was 9 years old. Inter Foot Sud Comoé, way out near the border with Ghana. Just a little boy all alone. I don’t know if I ever told you this story, but me and the other kids used to go to the village and steal potatoes because we were so hungry. We called it a “bank heist.” Two kids would distract the shop owner, and the other 18 would run off with two potatoes. They weren’t even good. But they tasted amazing. Hahahah. Even today, it’s my favorite thing to eat. Boiled potatoes with a little oil. It takes me back to those times.

Remember when I got my first real pair of cleats, and I slept with them? Growing up, I always played in those white plastic sandals. Even when I go back home now, I still play in them. It’s our tradition.

Remember when I’d come back home, and you’d tell my neighborhood friends: “Why’d you stop training? Yan’s not gonna buy you cars. You gotta keep working.” You were 10 years old, and you were already my agent.

Remember how we’d sit and dream about moving to France? How we’d go shopping, have our own apartment, and I’d be a rich soccer player, with cars and a big house, and you wouldn’t have to worry about anything. You were the one who always believed I could be the next Cristiano, when everyone else was laughing.

Remember when I moved to the United States for high school, at 15 years old, and I missed home so much? For months, I couldn’t understand what anyone was saying. They sat me next to a French boy, and he’d try to translate everything the teacher said. Remember when I called you and said: “You won’t believe it, the kids here argue with the teachers.” Back home, you know, we wouldn’t even dare blink at our elders.

Remember when I couldn’t believe the boys smoked after school? You used to say it felt like I was in an American TV show.

Remember when they took me for trials at Bournemouth? At Chelsea, Rangers, Olympiacos, Crystal Palace? Eze and Olise came up to me after a training session and said: “Hey, kid, you’re really good.”… but even then, they didn’t sign me.

Even the MLS B teams didn’t want me. I didn’t even know why. They never gave me a reason. The adults handled everything. They just kept taking me all over Europe, and everyone kept saying no.

My visa expired. My dream was over. They sent me back to Africa, and we cried together. You were the only one who never stopped believing. A few weeks later, I signed with Leganés, and we cried different tears.

That was back when I still had emotions. Now, I don’t feel anything. It’s like I’m not even human. Since you died, I’m just empty.”

[Lewis Hamilton @LewisHamilton]

Thank you Team LH, love you all

[ESPN F1 @ESPNF1]

LEWIS HAMILTON WINS HIS FIRST GRAND PRIX WITH FERRARI IN BARCELONA 🏆🇪🇸

[Ezzy @EzzyMUFC]

That refcam replay of balogun’s goal made it look like it was one of those FIFA career mode banger goals😭😭

https://t.co/cy7pVVle6E

[NextMex @NextMexOficial]

🇲🇽🇺🇸Me yesterday, me today 👀

[Serg @menecio9]

viva mexico 🇲🇽🌮🌯🫔

[VERSUS @vsrsus]

This one means more.

[B/R Walk-Off @BRWalkoff]

WHITE SOX NO. 2 PROSPECT BRADEN MONTGOMERY WALK-OFF HOMER IN HIS MLB DEBUT 😱

CINEMA.

(via @MLB)

[🕷️ @stevezilly]

nvrmnd, fuck this guy lol

[Underdog NFL @UnderdogNFL]

Garafolo: AJ Brown stopped by Eagles facility to say goodbye and signed his picture on the wall with:

"The best to ever play here. Always open."

[USMNT Only @usmntonly]

ANTONEE ROBINSON WITH AN ABSOLUTE BANGER AGAINST GERMANY.

ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!?!?!

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

LOVELY NIGHT FOR A WALK(OFF).

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

Jordan Mailata says he and the Eagles are ready to move on after the A.J. Brown trade.

[Underdog MLB @UnderdogMLB]

PCA crushes a homer 444 feet while Cardinals fans chant "overrated"

[🕷️ @stevezilly]

@midsmoker34 before and after being told big dog

[104.3 The Score @thescorechicago]

#Cubs have called up Kevin Alcantara to the big leagues 👀🐆

[Dale Earnhardt Jr. @DaleJr]

Kyle and I had a really challenging existence for many years. But we luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. I was super eager for us to get on better terms. But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible. We did some media together also to laugh through some of the things we put each other through many years ago. Most recently we had even been discussing him running my Late Model at Wilkesboro this summer. He seemed extremely happy and we had planned to meet up next Thursday to get his seat to the shop. He laughed over the idea of his fans and JRM fans having to cheer in unison during that race.

Kyle was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. No one can deny that. But he was also a father, a husband, brother, son, and a friend to many. My heart is broken for the Busch family. I will never be able to make sense of this loss but I am thankful that we had found a way to become friends.