BigBigMike

A sports/books/movie/television enthusiast/geek, former Marine, and lifelong Pearl Jam 10C member. GO DUCKS!

[BigBigMike @troubleduck7]

@MatthewBetley The Mist?

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“Mom, I fell off my bike and skinned my knee.”

“Well, let me unleash hell on earth then.”

[BigBigMike @troubleduck7]

@Emotion78687 Love her voice!

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@andymilonakis Check out “From.” Pretty interesting.

[Joon Lee @joonlee]

Karl Ravech worked at ESPN for nearly 35 years.

He deserved way more than to find out he was getting laid off by a call from a reporter and social media.

[BigBigMike @troubleduck7]

@jasonrmcintyre Disagree. Diving/flopping is disingenuous garbage cheating, and deserves to be penalized, at whatever stage of a sporting event.

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On June 6, 1944, a 56-year-old general with a secret walked onto Utah Beach under fire, armed with a cane and a pistol.

The secret: his heart was failing. He had hidden it from the army doctors so they wouldn't pull him from the mission.

His name was Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Son of the President. He had begged three separate times to lead the first wave ashore at Normandy before his commanders finally said yes.

When his landing craft drifted 2,000 yards off course, every instinct said redirect the following waves to the correct zone. Instead, Roosevelt walked the beach himself, alone, under artillery fire, cane in hand, reading the terrain.

His verdict: "We'll start the war from right here."

He then stood on that beach and personally greeted every regiment that landed after him, pointing them inland, cracking jokes under shellfire, steadying 18-year-olds who had never seen combat. He did this for hours.

Years later, Omar Bradley was asked to name the single most heroic act he had ever witnessed in combat.

His answer, without hesitation: "Ted Roosevelt on Utah Beach."

Roosevelt's son, Captain Quentin Roosevelt II, also landed at Normandy that same morning. He was named after his uncle, Quentin Roosevelt, who had been shot down as a fighter pilot over France in World War I.

Three generations. Three wars. One family.

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. died in his sleep 36 days later. Heart attack. The thing he had been hiding finally won. He never learned he had been awarded the Medal of Honor.

He was buried at the Normandy American Cemetery.

In 1955, his family had his brother Quentin, killed in WWI, exhumed from where he fell in France and reinterred right beside him. Quentin is the only World War I soldier buried there.

Two brothers. Two world wars. The same French soil.

Their father had once said: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Both of his sons did exactly that.

[Jack Carr @JackCarrUSA]

“Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!

You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well-trained, well-equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.”

- Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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@joepezz_ @mansasimba Man, if that’s true, that is some soft shit… Soft as hell.

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@softcorgamegirl I would say four as well!

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@RaptorsShaq If he is talking about all the flopping SGA does, he is correct… SGA is good enough to not do that theatrical crap.

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@JasonLaCanfora Absurd take… Clown shoes…

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@VinnysCorner1 Ichiro…

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@Mariners That was my first Mariners game… Such an awesome memory. GO M’S!!

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Damn. Played with his nephew in high school, Coleman came to practice a couple times. Biggest arms I had ever seen. Rest in peace, sir.

[Washington Commanders @Commanders]

We mourn the loss of one of the greatest to ever suit up in the Burgundy & Gold, Monte Coleman

Our heartfelt condolences are with his loved ones

[BigBigMike @troubleduck7]

@RealNickCole Missing those amazing green TMNT ones!!

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Performative insanity…

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

In Norway, a pro-Palestinian activist hung herself using hooks pierced into her own skin.

This is mental illness.

[BigBigMike @troubleduck7]

@antoniogm Both admirable endeavors .

[Raphousetv (RHTV) @raphousetv2]

Ye Really had 80,000 people singing “Heartless” with him at SoFi Stadium.
“That’s what 80,000 people sound like, ladies and gentlemen… they said I’d never be back in the States. Two sold-out shows.” Yr in a class of his own fr🤯🔥�