Tyson Crist

[Taylor Twellman @TaylorTwellman]

L. F. G. 🔥🔥🔥

[Tyson Crist @tcrist1]

@chamath @theallinpod Love this, thank you for sharing. Much Respect!

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.

I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.

He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.

My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.

I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.

I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.

I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…

I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.

I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.

There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.

To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.

We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.

This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.

Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.

You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.

So what is in your control?

Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.

I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.

You should too.

I love you and thank you. ❤️

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Tyson Crist @tcrist1]

Thank you to the beautiful game! https://t.co/cCaf4MbxtW

[Braylon Breeze @Braylon_Breeze]

Fox's final sign-off for its FIFA World Cup coverage. An emotional farewell from Rebecca Lowe and company (video via @FoxSports):

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

NFL players are asking for the same commitment made by team owners and FIFA for the World Cup fields to be made in prioritizing NFL players’ preference to play on natural grass.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

This.

[Stu Holden @stuholden]

So by suspending the “red card” they are admitting without admitting, that the decision was absolutely wrong (which we knew). But to do this 24 hours before the game is quite a thing and will create a stir in Belgium no doubt. Right outcome, wrong process.

Crazy turn of events.

[Jackson Felts @JacksonOnRadio]

FIFA would do well today to put out a brief and simple statement saying, the USA-B&H officials did not abide by the proper VAR protocols and wrongly awarded Balogun a red card, and thus the one match suspension has been voided. Will they do it? No. But they'd be right to.

[‏ْ @marklfcx]

Folarin Balogun on his controversial red card against Bosnia, questioning the referee and VAR:

🗣️ “I cannot accept that decision. I've watched the replay over and over, and I know in my heart there was never any intention to hurt anyone. It was a football action, nothing more. To send me off for that is one of the harshest decisions I've experienced in my career.”

“What's frustrating isn't just the red card it's the inconsistency. Week after week, challenge after challenge, we've all seen similar incidents judged differently. Sometimes VAR says it's football, sometimes it becomes a straight red. How are players supposed to understand the rules when the standard changes every game?”

“The referee had one look. VAR had every angle, slow motion, every replay imaginable, and they still chose the harshest possible outcome. That's the part I cannot understand. Technology was introduced to remove obvious mistakes, not to create even bigger controversies.”

“This decision didn't just punish me. It punished my teammates, my coaches, every supporter wearing a USA shirt and everyone who travelled to support us. One whistle changed an entire World Cup night, and that's something impossible to forget.”

“If football wants players and fans to respect VAR, then VAR has to start respecting football. Consistency isn't optional it's the foundation of fairness. Right now, too many careers, tournaments and dreams are being decided by officials instead of the football itself.”

“I'll accept responsibility when I'm wrong. But I will never stay silent when I believe the game has been let down. Players deserve clarity, supporters deserve honesty, and this tournament deserves officiating that applies the same standard to everyone not different standards depending on the badge you wear.”

[Ben Stevens @BenScottStevens]

1. Win your country’s FIRST EVER knockout game in the World Cup

2. Lead all your supporters in the Viking Row

Incredibly cool.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Very cool. Point for college baseball.

[America'sBestRacing @ABRLive]

For the first time in 152 years — HISTORY IS MADE!!!

Trainer Cherie DeVaux watches Golden Tempo and Jose Ortiz get up at the wire to win the Kentucky Derby at odds of 23-1.

🎥: Reaction footage owned by America’s Best Racing.

@reredevaux | @jose93_ortiz | @PhippsStableFan

[Tyson Crist @tcrist1]

@DRFWelsch @Steve_Byk Mike, thank you for all your great work!

[Midwest Millennial @MillennialVerse]

Former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Garry McCarthy hits the nail on the head about Democrats fueling chaos against ICE and ignoring U.S. immigration laws.

“All the things that we’re complaining about could be handled by very simply enforcing detainers—they’re in custody, keep them in custody.”

End the Democrats' lawlessness—Vote Republican November 3rd, 2026. 🇺🇸

[Jon Gruden @BarstoolGruden]

That's how you sing the national anthem!

[Royce White 🇺🇸 @Highway_30]

Show this to an ICE protestor or Democrat. Watch them jump through 1000 hoops to square the circle. MAGA Pelosi in 2005 throwing down on The Bush Junta. This is a great 2 for 1, Pelosi’s 180 today and Bush’s neocon controlled opposition. God I love the internet, hate the fake and marvel at the audacity of these people.

Again, we will not hear a peep from Democrats on this video because their political worldview collapses under the weight of its own contradiction. Send this everywhere, repost, wait for the silence and then stake your flag deeper in the ground. We will have a country, with a border and citizenship. Not for our own grandeur, but because without those fundamental pillars, you have eliminated the prerequisites for rights and freedom.

Royce White for U.S. Senate MN 2026
America 1st, Just Right™️

[Tyson Crist @tcrist1]

@PHTonline Great interview!

[Pontiac Holiday Tournament @PHTonline]

Broadcaster Jake Green talks with former Benet Redwing and current Illini basketball player Blake Fagbemi! Listen to their conversation about life, basketball, and more during halftime of Game 14: Peoria Manual vs. Benet Academy.

https://t.co/uLG8DCag9o