Val Fowler

Sports nut - Stanford & Seahawks 🏈, cricket & rugby. Proud Foreign Service Officer for 29+years. Now growing wine grapes in Columbia River AVA & skiing Utah❄️.

[Jessica Berlin @berlin_bridge]

“You’re the savior of the people, you bring tears to my eyes.”
“No no, you saved Europe.”
“My hero.”
“No, you are our hero.”
“I pray for you.”

Heartbreaking between @ZelenskyyUa & a #DDay veteran, who knows the cost. He kisses his hand & won’t let go.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

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[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

@Andresvu 😂 No atheists in foxholes either.

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

@markgooding Congratulations on your first 20 - and here’s to the decades ahead! 🎉❤️

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Can’t stop watching.. 😅

[Tracy Chapman @tchapmanonline]

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

[Stanford WBB 🌲🏀 @StanfordWBB]

Someone came up to introduce themselves to Tara at dinner tonight like she didn't know who he was.

"Best trade the @49ers ever made. We chatted. Very nice young man 😊"

(And yes, she's still wearing her @Nike jacket.)

#GoStanford x @StanfordFball x @CMC_22

[Stanford WBB 🌲🏀 @StanfordWBB]

Tara loves the game of basketball and it loves her back 🫶🏀

#GoStanford

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

Tara is the 🐐. The greatest ever coach in basketball 🏀. The greatest ever coach in any sport at Stanford (including Bill Walsh in 🏈). Now she stands alone as the winningest coach in college 🏀 , topping Coach K (Duke). Brava! 🎉💯🐐

[Chiney Ogwumike @chiney]

This is for the greatest to ever do it… my Coach Tara. @SportsCenter

[Santa Ono @SantaJOno]

Congratulations to Sherrone Moore and team 144. I am very proud of you and how you came together as a team. #GoBlue 〽️

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

❤️ 💯

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

On this #VeteransDay, the CBS Evening News extends a heartfelt gratitude to all those who have selflessly served our nation.

We’re looking back at some of our profiles with @norahodonnell and #veterans on the @cbseveningnews.

[Christine Brennan @cbrennansports]

I’ve covered Katie since she won gold in the 800 as a little water bug at the 2012 London Olympics. Have never seen a superstar in any sport cheer harder for her teammates. Doesn’t like talking about herself. Would rather praise her opponents, even after tough Olympic races.

[Will Hurd @WillHurd]

Unfortunately, it has to be said – slavery wasn't a jobs program that taught beneficial skills. It was literally dehumanizing and subjugated people as property because they lacked any rights or freedoms.
https://t.co/4JjIgeDhKX

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

Go Cardinal! Once again, @Stanfordh2opolo adds 🏆 points!

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Stanford has won 2022-23 Learfield Directors’ Cup, edging Texas for best all-around athletics department. Texas had won last 2 years w/Stanford winning the previous 25 years before that

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

@Olympics Wilma Rudolph

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

This remarkable accomplishment won’t get the attention it merits, but what @MikaelaShiffrin has done in her career is phenomenal. She is an all-time great athlete, regardless of sport - and hopefully has years more on the ⛷️ slopes!

[U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team @usskiteam]

🚨🏆 THE MOST DECORATED SKIER OF ALL TIME 🏆🚨

@mikaelashiffrin breaks Ingemar Stenmark’s record for the most alpine World Cup wins by any skier in history. Absolutely incredible. 🤯

#stifelusalpineteam // @stifel

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Here’s a corker of a story: a new study has found that grapevines were domesticated on two occasions, in quick succession but in different parts of the world, about 11,000 years ago https://t.co/HE7qdHDfms

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

Spectacular photo by a U-2 pilot of the Chinese balloon over Missouri. Destined to be an iconic image of an inflection point in Chinese relations with 🇺🇸.
(Tweet author below corrected date In comments to 2023.)

[Bizjets of War @bizjetsofwar]

High-resolution photo released by the DoD. The caption of the photo details that the photo was taken on February 3, 2022.

https://t.co/a8myjK35Ud

[Val Fowler @VCFowler]

@maeubanks Thank you for your exceptional work & all the best ahead. It was the honor of a lifetime to serve as Honorary Captain for Stanford-Rice 🏈 in Sydney. What a tremendous experience for the student athletes & traveling team in Australia, our best friend, partner & ally.🌲🏈 ❤️ 🇺🇸&🇦🇺