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Christian, KY Wesleyan Alumna, SEC Sports fan, Univ of KY men's & women's BB fan. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”-MLK

[Masai Russell OLY ✨ @masai_russell]

Your new WORLD RECORD holder 🙊🙏🏽

[WNBA @WNBA]

🚨 HISTORY MADE 🚨

Angel Reese has recorded her 29th double-double this year, setting a new WNBA record for the most in a single season!

#WNBASeason30

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Challenge Accepted! Jason of Dallas,Georgia as stepped up to make a difference and accepting our 50 yard challenge , committing to mow 50 free yards for those in need in his community. This is what it’s all about. Welcome to the family, Jason !

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

This lawn mower may not look like much to some people, but to me, it represents faith, kindness, and the beginning of a journey I could have never imagined.

When I started mowing lawns for FREE in 2015 for the elderly, disabled, single parents , and veterans, I didn’t even own a mower. I would ask the people I was helping if they had one I could use. As more people began reaching out, I knew I needed a mower of my own, but I was in college and didn’t have the money to buy one. I found this mower on Craigslist for $100 and messaged the gentleman asking what was the lowest he would take. Instead of giving me a price, he asked me one simple question: “Do you need a mower?” I explained what I was doing and why I needed it. His response was, “You can have it for free.” When I picked it up, he told me several other people had contacted him wanting to buy it, but for some reason, he chose to respond to me. I don’t believe that was a coincidence. I believe God was already making a way before I could even see where this journey was going.

That one act of kindness helped me continue serving people, one lawn at a time. Years later, what started with a young college student, a borrowed mower, and a desire to help others has grown into Raising Men & Women Lawn Care Service and a movement that has inspired thousands of kids to serve their own communities. I may not remember that gentleman’s name, but I will never forget what he did for me. His kindness became part of this story. If you’re reading this, sir, thank you. You didn’t just give me a lawn mower—you helped give this mission a chance to grow. Never underestimate the power of helping someone when you have the opportunity. Your one act of kindness could become the beginning of something far greater than you ever imagined. 🙏🏾💚

[NFL @NFL]

Could this be the greatest defensive duo of all time?

[Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report]

BREAKING: Aaron Donald tells me he’s coming out of retirement and returning to play for the #Rams.

Donald, in part, tells me: “I’ve been working the last 12-13 weeks to train my body and get it to a point where I felt like I could still play the game at a high level and be durable. I am now ready to come back to try and do something special with this group of guys. We back.”

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

UNC tight end Jelani Thurman is wearing No. 45 to honor his late mother, Kara Braxton 🫶

Braxton was an All-Star and 2x champion in the WNBA with the Detroit Shock. She was tragically killed in a car accident this past February.

[DraftKings Sports @DKSports]

WNBA players to record 30+ PTS & 10+ AST in a single game:

Caitlin Clark --------------- 6
Rest of WNBA history ----- 4

Clark has done it 5 TIMES this season 🤯

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Warrick Dunn was 18 years old when his mother was shot and killed.

She was a Baton Rouge police officer, working a second job as a security guard to support six kids as a single mom, when she was killed in a botched robbery in 1993.

Her lifelong dream was to own a home. She never got there.

Dunn used her life insurance money to buy a house for his five younger siblings, so they could stay together.

Four years later, he was a first round pick for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

His head coach, Tony Dungy, challenged all his rookies to give back to the community. Most guys did an appearance or handed out turkeys at Thanksgiving.

Dunn thought about his mom instead.

He started a program called Homes for the Holidays. Every year, he picks single parent families who are working hard but can't get over the down payment hump, and buys them a house.

Not just the down payment either. Furniture in every room. A stocked pantry. Beds already made.

The first year, in 1997, he did it for three families.

He never stopped.

As of the most recent count, Warrick Dunn Charities has helped over 220 single parent families become first time homeowners.

One of those families, back in 2006, moved a teenager named Deshaun Watson into his own bedroom for the first time in his life.

"I felt grown to have my own room," Watson said years later. "Not really worrying about someone sneaking up on me. It was a special moment."

That kid grew up to be an NFL starting quarterback.

Most of the families Dunn helps never end up on a football field or in the news. That's kind of the point.

He's been doing this for almost 30 years, mostly out of the spotlight, funded by donations and his own money, one house at a time.

"I wanted to do something that was a little bit more impactful," Dunn said. "Not just handing out turkeys."

His mom never got the house she wanted.

So her son decided nobody in his path would go without one if he could help it.

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[Action Network @ActionNetworkHQ]

Caitlin Clark tonight: 34 PTS | 12 AST | 6 3PM 🎯🔥

• 1st player in WNBA history with back-to-back 30P/10A games
• 5th 30P/10A game this season (more than rest of WNBA history COMBINED)
• Only player in WNBA history with 800 PTS & 300 AST in a single season

UNREAL 🐐🤯

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

Six kids. Different backgrounds. Different states. One mission, to serve their communities and make a difference. Each of these young people accepted our 50 Yard Challenge and completed 50 FREE lawns for the elderly, people with disabilities, single parents, veterans, first responders, and active-duty service members. The black shirts they’re wearing weren’t given to them, they earned them through commitment, hard work, and a heart for serving others. And after completing all 50 lawns, each of them also earned brand-new lawn equipment: a mower, weed eater, and blower.

Now the question is… will the child in your life be next? The 50 Yard Challenge gives kids an opportunity to step up, serve others, build character, and become part of something bigger than themselves. Talk to your kids today about accepting the challenge and earning their black shirt. Sign them up here:

Learn more and sign them up : https://t.co/Z4xjuWhHvg

[Real App @realapp]

Kelsey Mitchell is the first guard in WNBA history to score 1,000+ points in a single season.

[Kentucky Athletics @UKAthletics]

FASTEST IN THE WORLD 👏

Kentucky track alumna and Olympic gold medalist @masai_russell breaks the four-year-old world record in the 100m hurdles in a time of 12.09 🌎 🚨

#HurdleU #WorldRecordU

[Rodney Smith Jr @iamrodneysmith]

One of the greatest things happening through The 50 Yard Challenge has nothing to do with grass. It’s the relationships being built along the way. Our kids are stepping outside of their normal circles and meeting people in their communities they may have never had the opportunity to know otherwise—veterans, senior citizens, people with disabilities, single parents, first responders, and neighbors from all walks of life. They’re hearing their stories, shaking their hands, sharing conversations, and learning firsthand that a community becomes stronger when we take the time to care about one another.

Every lawn these kids mow is leaving an impression far beyond the yard. Their neighbors are seeing young people who are willing to work hard, serve others, and give without expecting anything in return. At the same time, these kids are learning compassion, responsibility, respect, and what it truly means to be a good neighbor. One day they’ll grow up, start families, build careers, and become leaders in their own communities—but the lessons they’re learning right now will stay with them. We may have started with a simple idea of kids mowing lawns, but it has grown into something much bigger: young people creating connections, changing lives, and becoming the kind of neighbors every community needs.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Dolly Parton @DollyParton]

A message from the family of Dolly Parton.

[Real App @realapp]

Kelsey Mitchell is on pace to be the first guard in WNBA history to score 1,000+ PTS in a season.

[Indiana Fever @IndianaFever]

Kelsey Mitchell currently holds the best three-point percentage in the WNBA at 45.5 3P% 🎯

[the Sports ON Tap @thesportsontap]

Junior Bridgeman made about $2.95 million in his entire twelve year NBA career.

Never more than $350,000 in a single season.

He died worth $1.4 billion.

And the way he did it started with him working a drive-thru window while he was still an active player.

Here's the whole thing.

Bridgeman went 8th overall in the 1975 draft, then got traded to Milwaukee in the deal that sent Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the Lakers.

He was never a star. He was a sixth man, one of the best in the league at it, long before there was an award for the job. Twelve seasons, 13.6 points a game, zero All-Star appearances.

Solid pro. Nothing that makes you rich.

So in the late 1970s, during the offseason, Bridgeman got a job at a Wendy's in Milwaukee.

Not as an owner. Not as an investor.

As a cashier. Working the window, taking orders, handling complaints, watching how the kitchen timed tickets during a lunch rush.

He didn't need the money.

He needed to know how the business actually worked.

Then in 1988, a few years after he retired, a woman walked up to the counter at a Wendy's in South Milwaukee and a tall man handed her a tray.

She recognized him as an NBA player.

Later that week she called a local radio station to complain about it. Bridgeman was driving to his downtown office when he heard her on the air saying it was a shame that a former NBA player had to work fast food.

He owned the restaurant. And several others in the city.

His first attempt at it had actually failed. He and teammate Paul Silas opened a Wendy's in Brooklyn together and it went under.

He started over in Milwaukee with a handful of locations and just kept buying.

At its peak his company owned more than 450 restaurants across the country. Wendy's, Chili's, Fazoli's, Golden Corral. At one point he was the second largest Wendy's franchisee in America.

In 2016 he sold most of it for a reported $250 million.

Then he did the thing that made him a billionaire.

He took that money and bought Coca-Cola bottling territory. Heartland Coca-Cola, covering Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, and later a stake in Coke's entire Canadian bottling operation.

Bottling is unglamorous, protected, and enormously profitable. Heartland grew toward a billion dollars in annual revenue.

In 2020 he bought Ebony and Jet magazines, two of the most important publications in Black American history, for a reported $14 million, after they'd gone through bankruptcy.

And in September 2024, Junior Bridgeman bought a 10 percent stake in the Milwaukee Bucks at a $4 billion valuation.

The team that traded for him in 1975. He went from a bench player on that roster to an owner of it.

In February 2025, Forbes put his net worth at $1.4 billion.

Only four men who ever played in the NBA have reached a billion dollars. Michael Jordan. Magic Johnson. LeBron James.

And Junior Bridgeman, who averaged 13.6 points a game.

He is the only one of the four who wasn't a superstar. The other three built on fame. He built on knowing how a kitchen runs.

On March 11, 2025, Bridgeman was in Louisville doing a television interview when he said he thought he was having a heart attack. He died at the hospital that day. He was 71.

The Bucks retired his number 2.

A sixth man who never made $350,000 in a season spent his summers learning to run a drive-thru window.

Fifty years later he owned a piece of the franchise.

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