C. Stuart Mauney

Lawyer. Mediator. Furman football and b-ball fan. Golfer. Mental health advocate. @GWBLawFirm

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

That is some wild, unhinged stuff from the President.

Welker is a good person and honest journalist and didn’t deserve that but more importantly we have a president who constantly pushes conspiracy theories with zero evidence and can’t respond when politely challenged on that.

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

@cstegmaier I did not, but I did have a Minnesota Vikings lunchbox. Damn proud of it. Vintage early 70's

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@PackTimPeeler Lost balls.....

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

@PackTimPeeler I'm certain Steadman and I set some sort of record for both play balls AND 3-putts!

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@Super70sSports Wofford player went granny style mid way during season a few years back. He MAY have gotten to 50% but I respected his efforts

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

Already excited for this season!

[Furman Basketball @FurmanMBB]

Sustained Success 📈

#BetterTogether // #ALLDIN

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

A good player on some bad teams. He deserved better.

[MLB @MLB]

We are saddened by the passing of former Braves third baseman Bob Horner.

The first overall pick in the 1978 MLB Draft, Horner made the jump straight to the Majors without playing a single day in the Minors.

Just ten days after being drafted, Horner made his MLB debut and homered off future Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven. Horner went on to blast 23 home runs in just 89 games and won NL Rookie of the Year honors.

He went on to top the 30-homer mark three times in the next four years and was a National League All-Star in 1982, when he helped lead the Atlanta Braves to a division title.

Horner spent 9 of his 10 Major League seasons with the Braves. He made history on July 6, 1986 when he slugged a record-tying 4 home runs in one game. It was the only four-homer game of the 1980s.

Horner completed his college career at Arizona State with the most home runs in NCAA history, a mark since broken. He was named MVP of the 1977 College World Series and was the very first winner of the prestigious Golden Spikes Award in 1978.

He was 68 years old.

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

Cool story

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

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.

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

The only pro golfer to compete in 100 or more consecutive major championships is Jack Nicklaus, who made a 36-year run of 146 consecutive starts. Think about that. Adam Scott is playing his 99th straight major at this week's #PGA

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

First Jim Colbert, and now Lou Graham.

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Lou Graham, who counted the 1975 U.S. Open among six PGA TOUR titles, died Monday at 88.

Graham grew up in Nashville and took up golf at 7, shooting 113 in his first 18-hole tournament before steadily progressing toward a college career at Memphis State (now the University of Memphis) before being drafted into the military. He served in Company E of the Third Infantry Regiment, which guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

Graham debuted as a PGA TOUR rookie in 1965 and played 23 seasons overall, highlighted by his victory at the 1975 U.S. Open at Medinah, where he rallied from an 11-stroke deficit through 36 holes to defeat John Mahaffey in an 18-hole playoff. That week’s leaderboard was filled with future Hall of Famers – players to finish within three strokes of Graham’s 72-hole total included Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson, Hale Irwin and Ben Crenshaw – but it was Graham who prevailed to take a forever place as a major champion.

Although his U.S. Open win was his defining moment, Graham was no flash in the pan. He was a member of three winning U.S. Ryder Cup Teams (1973, 1975 and 1977), and he teamed with Johnny Miller to win the 1975 World Cup. Known for his accuracy off the tee and well-struck irons, Graham delivered his final three TOUR wins in a 71-day span in 1979 (also finishing T10 at the PGA Championship in that stretch, his last of seven top 10s in majors).

In all, Graham made 623 career PGA TOUR starts, and he added 239 PGA TOUR Champions appearances after turning 50.

“I’m out here still doing it and I have a smile on my face,” he said a decade into his PGA TOUR Champions career.

That’s the way to live.

Rest in peace, Lou Graham.

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

You can "curate" your menu all you want, but it doesn't make me want to eat there. By the way, taking it from "farm to table" doesn't do the trick either. #restaurants

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

One of my favorites from back in the day.

[Golfweek @golfweek]

Jim Colbert, 8-time PGA Tour winner and entrepreneur, dies at 85 https://t.co/abdttOcgtN

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@matt_kimberly9 I hope you are right!

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Making himself vulnerable in sharing his own personal story of recovery from #depression

[Braden Appelhans @AppelhansBraden]

Those of you who follow New Mexico basketball may have noticed I haven’t been playing or anyone who knows me may have noticed I have been so distant from everyone and there is a good reason for that. 

I have struggled with depression off and on since high school. I was diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety in 4th grade. I was put on medication to help with school and only took it during school (summers and weekends off) I was told my medication had a slight antidepressant in it. Since my depression wasn’t constant and would come and go my parents just helped me through it, thinking my medication would help.

Last spring, after taking a medical redshirt, trying to recover from surgery, and learning how to balance school with a tough travel schedule my depression showed up in a big, bad, scary way!  I went home after school got out, got into my doctor, and started on an antidepressant.  

I returned to UNM for summer and fall and killed it in practice.  Was earning playing time and showing signs of having a great season.  However, in late September I started spiraling into a dark place again. My coaches noticed a dramatic change.  I would call me several times a day to my mom in just a complete meltdown. I couldn’t make it through a practice without breaking down in tears.  I couldn’t function, stopped doing homework, lost interest in basketball, and was going down a dark path to the point where I was questioning if I should even be here.  My coaches called my mom and said she needed to come and be with me.  She was on a plane the next day and spent 4 days in Albuquerque.  I went to see the team doctor and learned my ADHD medication and depression medication were canceling each other out.  For about 6 months I wasn’t getting any medication.  I got on a new medication that worked with my ADHD meds and got in with the sports therapist.  Slowly but surely I started to feel like myself again.  Then the start of the semester came and anxiety attacks kicked in. They would hit me out of the blue.  They were almost crippling and exhausting.  So back to the doctor I went and decided it was time to stop the ADHD meds - too much stimulation.  Now I am about 2 months ADHD meds free.  Grades are still good and I feel like myself again. I still take an antidepressant every day but I am in such a better place!

Through all of this, I missed practices and games.  My coaches, teammates and everyone involved in Lobo basketball put me in a protective cocoon and took great care of me and I couldn’t be more thankful for them. My coaches decided to limit me to make sure I was mentally healthy.  I've handled it the best way possible and I understand their decision because I know what a dark scary place I was in.

You change from here.

I am so grateful that I reached out for help. I knew I could call my parents, coaches, and teammates at any time.  Most people (young kids and young adults especially) don’t have that. Most don’t dare to reach out and ask for help. I hope someone reading this will see that it can happen to anyone, even kids who are living out their dreams.  Everyone needs help at some point. 

So there it is. That is the big story and mystery as to why I haven’t been on the floor and why I have been so distant from everyone. I have accepted that I have an invisible injury that I am fixing and is well on the mend!   I will be back in a Lobo jersey next year! 

-BA1

[C. Stuart Mauney @stuartmauney]

@SethDavisHoops Thank you for sharing! It's so important to put a face on what can be an invisible mental illness.

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Congratulations to my partner Johnston Cox who has just been elected President of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA). Johnston has tried countless cases to verdict over the years. It's exciting to see him recognized for his work with ADTA!

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@BruceHaynesDC Why mess with success? All this does is make it harder for the mid-majors. P5 conference team that finish in the bottom half of their league will get a bid. Horrible idea

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Words to live by...

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@matt_kimberly9 @CBBNation247 Perry was at Wofford two full seasons, won a Southern Conference championship and an appearance in the NCAA tournament. Not bad for a bunch of middle school girls. And as a Furman grad, I'm no Wofford fan.