Modified Madness

Hardest jobs in the universe: 1. Brain surgeon 2. Aerospace engineer 3. Teaching someone how to play Euchre

Atlanta FD tillering onto I-75 North. 😎

@BarstoolUIowa Reminds me of when tornaders went through downtown IC

Sirens going off??

Nebraska running the 4 defenders on the floor play What a move!

Nice pre game amount. Now where’s the rest of it…

Congratulations @joeduvall91 winner @HumboldtSpdwy @USRAracing Photo from Danny Crane

Today doesn’t officially begin until you watch the “Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama” video

Kids today will never get to hear Bob Seger belt “Like a Rock” for a 90s Chevy truck commercial. Peak America culture

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

Paperboy 2 (1991)

As the old saying goes… “This is the time of year when the North hates the metro. The Metro hates the private schools. And everyone hates Edina.”

When the Toronto maple leafs 42 year old Zamboni driver came into the game for the Carolina Hurricanes as a ebug and beat the Toronto maple leafs. David ayres will be remembered.

@nypost Dusty Gozongas

Mayor accused of raping drunken 16-year-old at pool party ordered 'morning after' pill on DoorDash trib.al/8Gp2hOZ

Winter Olympics Introduces Exciting New Event 'Septuple Luge' buff.ly/ZLnwhYL

How do you find out you’re good at this? What’s the conversation look like

Bro took the crust off an Uncrustable I’ve never seen anything like this 🤦‍♂️

Still won though

@DJ_Ferguson343 @BradEbann @JCentifonti @TomDienhart1 stackathlete.com/3-things-every…

@MadnessModified @BradEbann @JCentifonti @TomDienhart1 I’ve never heard of a yearly scholarship but he was offered a full ride 247sports.com/college/purdue…

Barry Odom on kicker Spencer Porath transferring to Notre Dame. "He never entered the portal here. And it's amazing how that works."

@DJ_Ferguson343 @BradEbann @JCentifonti @TomDienhart1 Scholarships are yearly— was he officially on one for next year?

@BradEbann @JCentifonti @TomDienhart1 Are you guys serious? He was under scholarship at Purdue you can’t transfer without entering the portal