John📍

Ex-Blockbuster employee here. And I mean it with 100% sincerity that the world would be a better place if we shut down all streaming services, re-opened Blockbusters and video stores worldwide, and shoved people back out into the world to find and enjoy their entertainment.

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.”

You’re never gonna convince me that this was a sympathy win, this was a true recognition from his peers

Dude used PTO for the WBC and pitched 5 shutty before going back to work next Monday. That’s so fucking sick

Remember when Kobe ran through pau gasols chest in the Olympic Games, when USA played against Spain, And they were teammates? In a battle like this no need to be friendly. When they go back to Seattle they will be cool.

Absolutely incredible 👏 In his final game with the Czechia National Team, Ondřej Satoria, an electrian by trade, shutout Samurai Japan, the best team in the world, in his 4.2 IP. This is the World Baseball Classic. This is Baseball. ❤️

The camera is SHAKING….FOR A WALK! Don’t let anyone convince you the WBC is pointless

Greatest reaction ever to a HBP

you’ll inhale air in this environment and it’ll add years to your life

It’s really time to just find your person and stay home cause outside looks extremely stupid.

LeBron James walked over to a group of YNs at the game and told them to take their hoodies off to look more presentable 😭

DOWN BUT NEVER OUT TEAM USA WINS GOLD AND CRUSHES CANADA’S SOUL IN THE PROCESS

i can still hear the talk my mama gave me when she spent $84 on this

🔥🚨DEVELOPING: This clip displaying the difference between a man’s reality and a woman’s is going viral.

Lonely man with autism calls 911 asking for someone to wish him a happy birthday, and these police officers surprised him at his door

When mom’s away the boys will play… how’s their precision?!

Been Looking For This All My Life😂😂😂

Men can work till 2 am, wake up at 5am , be in debt, broke, alone, and still have faith that one day, everything will work out.

No joke, leaving your house and returning home safely every day is something to give God thanks for.