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[Michael Stribling @voltattoo]

Translation: used to be just us wahhhh

[Trey Wallace @TreyWallace]

Nick Saban:

"Now you have schools that have $40 million rosters. So, if we continue to do that we're going to lose college sports, we're gonna lose scholarships. Basically you're going to have football and basketball succeed, and we'll have club sports for everything else."

[Michael Stribling @voltattoo]

Thanks for 100% transparency here Coach

[Trey Wallace @TreyWallace]

Nick Saban, discussing collectives, outlines what Alabama was working with

Says he had $2.7 million in his first year of NIL, then $7 million, and then $10 million.

After he retired, he said it jumped to $17 million, then $24 million.

“Now you have schools at $40 million”

[John Schindler @20committee]

Bass, in addition to being an awful mayor, is -- or at least was -- a witting agent of Cuban intelligence (DI) for years, perhaps decades....and, basically, nobody cares.

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

WATCH: A massive explosion rocked a fireworks factory in Magħtab, near Naxxar, Malta.

[Michael Stribling @voltattoo]

Nobody does it better. Cue the Wayne.

[FlemLo Raps @FlemLoRaps]

The year is 2018, and former NFL All-Pro Aldon Smith has had a really long day. So the 6'5", 280-pound man climbs under a car and falls asleep.

A few years prior, he became the fastest player in league history to get 30 quarterback sacks.

At this point, getting double-digit sacks was all but expected, but double-digit arrests…not so much.

But when he steps onto that field, he casually records 11 tackles and a sack. This was after an alcohol filled five year hiatus.

Aldon Smith has always been legitimately great on a football field. He's just never seemed to believe he was worth much off it.

But he’s always believed the lie that he wasn’t worth much off it.

[Jeremy Carl @realJeremyCarl]

For Memorial Day, do yourself a favor and take three minutes of your time to listen to this Civil War letter from Maj. Sullivan Ballou to his wife.

I just started re-watching the Ken Burns series, which debuted in 1990 to a record-breaking audience of 40 million, for the first time since it originally aired.

While I had forgotten all of the specifics of the show over the years, I NEVER forgot this letter or this moment, which closed the first episode.

Burns kept a copy of the letter in his wallet for 25 years.

[Jon Palmieri @speed_visions]

Kyle Busch is the reason we've written so many rules. Him being the exception to the rule and being inducted into the NASCAR Hall Of Fame this year would be the ultimate fitting and loving tribute.

It's not emotional. It's what's right.

[Kelly Crandall @KellyCrandall]

Joe Gibbs comes to the media center to share stories and thoughts on Kyle Busch.

“He walked 10 yards to me and he went, ‘Your cars suck.’”

[Steven Taranto @STaranto92]

The Cup Series media bullpen is open. Multiple drivers are paying tribute to Kyle Busch

Ryan Blaney is wearing a Kyle Busch hat. Daniel Suarez is wearing a Kyle Busch T-Shirt and hat.

Chase Elliott is wearing a Brexton Busch shirt. William Byron, who drove for Kyle Busch Motorsports, is wearing a KBM shirt and a Kyle Busch hat

[Steven Taranto @STaranto92]

There is a lot going on right now. Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, and Joey Logano have all been through the Media Center to remember Kyle Busch

The media bullpen for the rest of the field will open in about 10 minutes

[Michael Stribling @voltattoo]

@TheCathyBrown https://t.co/LJ5TBwQXE3

[Michael Stribling @voltattoo]

@DamnItdale88 I was in shock over the loss of Dale. I hurt for his family, and in a more immediate sense his fellow drivers due to safety issues, and health of the sport. Now I'm in shock about Kyle, hurt for his family, but not worried about fellow drivers or the sport in the same sense.

[Justin Nguyen 🏈🏁 @ZappaOMatic]

"[Dale Earnhardt's PR guy] said they were out working around the barn one day and Dale told him, 'Look, if I get killed in a race car I don't want anybody crying and moping around.' He'd want us all to go out there Sunday and race 400 miles as hard as we could."
– Sterling Marlin

[mario 🕊️ @LostSchemes]

give them hell, @corey_day_

[Michael Stribling @voltattoo]

Beautiful. I'm definitely not crying

[Justin Marks @JustinMarksTH]

The Legacy

When I die give what is left of me to children

If you need to cry, cry for your brothers walking beside you.

Put your arms around anyone and give them what you need to give me.

I want to leave you with something… something better than words or sounds.

Look for me in the people I have known and loved.

And if you cannot live without me, then let me live on in your eyes, your mind and your acts of kindness.

Love does not die, people do.
So when all that is left of me is love
GIVE ME AWAY….

[Austin Konenski @AustinKonenski]

Even though Austin Hill will be driving the No. 33 instead of the No. 8 in the 2026 Coca-Cola 600…

This might be the most overwhelming race of Hill’s NASCAR career by replacing Kyle Busch. That is a lot of pressure, like Kevin Harvick in 2001.

Wishing Hill the best on Sunday.

[RCR @RCRracing]

Richard Childress Racing has elected to suspend use of the No. 8 and will run the No. 33 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and beyond. Kyle Busch was instrumental in the design of RCR’s stylized No. 8 and it has become synonymous with Kyle and an important symbol for his fans and the NASCAR industry. No one can carry it forward to the level that he did. The No. 8 is reserved and ready for Brexton Busch when he is ready to go NASCAR racing.

[Austin Konenski @AustinKonenski]

Austin Dillon’s letter to Kyle Busch.

This one is emotional to read, but beautifully written.

[Claire B Lang @ClaireBLang]

Well put Denny. Cannot comprehend. So well put. At a loss for words.

[Formula 1 @F1]

A true competitor and champion

Our condolences to Kyle's family, friends, and the entire NASCAR community