In Texas they told me to stop at Buc-ee's for gas.
I have been to shrines. I have stood in temples that took two hundred years to build.
I was not prepared for the gas station.
There were one hundred and twenty fuel pumps.
I counted them because I did not believe them.
A man beside me was filling a truck the size of my first apartment, and he was not filling it because it was empty.
He was filling it because he was here, and here is where a man fills things.
Inside was a hall so vast I lost the horizon.
A wall of jerky. A wall of fudge I did not know the country produced.
A brisket sandwich handed to me by a man in a beaver costume.
And I want to be clear, the beaver is not a mascot.
The beaver is a saint.
The people speak of him the way my grandmother spoke of the mountain behind her house.
And the bathrooms.
I had been warned about the bathrooms and I had dismissed the warning as the pride of a loud people.
I was wrong to dismiss it.
The bathrooms are famous across the whole state and they have earned it.
I have slept in worse hotels. I nearly bowed upon entering.
A janitor was polishing the floor with the devotion of a man tending a garden he loved, and when I thanked him he said "welcome in," which I have since learned is what Texas says instead of hello, and also instead of I am glad you exist.
I went in for gas. I was inside for ninety minutes.
I came out with fudge, a shirt printed with a joke I do not fully understand, forty dollars of jerky, and a feeling I can only describe as having been to church.
I did not need any of it.
I needed all of it.
I have walked through the great cathedrals of the old world. I lit no candle there.
I lit no candle at Buc-ee's either.
But I did fill the truck.
And I understand now that in Texas, this is the same thing.
Meleek Thomas on not being drafted first round:
“I’m gonna forever feel some type of way about that. I just know my value and worth. I know the work I put in. I demand that respect.” 🔥
Meleek Thomas vs. Pistons:
30 PTS
4 REB
7 AST
4 STL
Dropped 20+ in each of the Cavs' first 2 Vegas games.
"This kid right here, people missed on him." - John Calipari
Jayson: “Deuce. Buddy, come here, Daddy has to tell you something”
Deuce: “what is it dad is it a ice cweam twip”
Jayson: “No buddy. I’m sorry. Uncle Jay.. Uncle Jaylen got traded for Paul George.”
Deuce: “Paul George?! Are you fucking kidding? Isn’t he like 40?!”
THE FAN SOURCES ARE BACK 👀👀👀
"My sources have told me that Dan Gilbert and LeBron have met privately in his home for over 2 hours in the last 7-10 days"
LEBRON WATCH IS HEATING UP!
Malik Beasley BEEN GAMBLING lmaooo.
Here he is going coast-to-coast with 5 seconds left like his life depended on it just to cut the lead from 9 to 7.
The spread was +8.5 😭
Cleveland Browns legend, Joe Haden says Cleveland has the most loyal fan base in the NFL.
"When I got to that city, they just embraced me, open arms... I was young, rich, and living my best life."
"We were still losing, but they were still supporting me. They would still show love, still be like, 'Man, don't worry about it, you're the best corner in the league.'"
"I'm walking around the city, and bus drivers are like, 'Joe, what's up, man, Love you.'"