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Rest in Peace – Demaryius Thomas

I’d like to think he got a small taste of the appreciation on that November afternoon a few months later, when he returned to Denver as a member of the Texans. The Broncos draped a massive banner on the side of the stadium reading, “Thank You D.T.” When he walked to the bus after the game, Manning’s kids ran up to him in little Thomas No. 87 Texans jerseys. I don’t even know how Manning was able to get them made in a matter of days. The children hugged Thomas like a favorite uncle they hadn’t seen in years. Just as he’d been during Manning’s retirement ceremony, Thomas was basically an honorary member of the family.

There wasn’t a person in that stadium who didn’t want a picture with DT. Or just to shake his hand and tell him they missed him. He’d been gone less than a week.

Demaryius Thomas was uniquely talented on the football field — and truly special in life
James Palmer

Bowler Picks up 7-10 split

18 year old professional bowler becomes the 4th bowler EVER to pick up the 7-10 split on TV from nextfuckinglevel

Major League Baseball 1903 – 1953

Cities that hosted MLB teams from 1903 to 1953; cities that hosted one team are in red, cities that hosted two teams are in black. New York/Brooklyn, with three teams, is in orange. No major league baseball teams moved or were added between 1903 and 1953.

…The expansion of MLB coincided with an increase in the ease of travel by commercial jets, making it easier for players to fly across the continent. This is important given that when Walter O’Malley moved his Dodgers to Los Angeles, the closest team, other than the San Francisco Giants, was in St. Louis.
The expansion of baseball is also accompanied by the increase in popularity of television. Baseball expanded, in large part, because interest in the sport grew leading up to and during the 1950s and 1960s. In home televisions allowed for this increase in popularity and helped make New York’s pastime, America’s pastime.

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Sports Wisdom

The best ability is availability.
Proverbial

Take it one game at a time.
Proverbial

Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton
Wellington

The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh, Title of book by

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
Mike Tyson

“You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.”
Wayne Gretzky

Situational Awareness

Cody Zeller Misses the Free Throw and Steals the Ball from Giannis, Who Forgot It was a Live Ball, for an Easy Dunk from sports