Beth Collier LDN

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Beth Collier LDN

Beth Collier LDN

@BethwritesLDN

Writes about business, leadership and women's issues. Weaves in The Fast and the Furious references wherever possible.

London, England Katılım Ağustos 2015
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Scott Van Pelt
Scott Van Pelt@notthefakeSVP·
Been at ESPN a long time - this one was an all timer. Before social media, it was as viral as a story can be. I watched it on a tape in the news room. I couldn’t stop watching his teammates.
Dr. Lemma@DoctorLemma

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.”

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Meidas_Charise Lee
Meidas_Charise Lee@charise_lee·
This was genuinely the sweetest moment of the olympics‼️
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Beth Collier LDN@BethwritesLDN·
@dieworkwear Thank you for this. I love how you bring in history and culture to the information you share. I find your posts so fascinating (and I mean that sincerely!).
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derek guy
derek guy@dieworkwear·
So, to answer the original question: our fashion judgements are shaped by the semiotics of dress, which are in turn shaped by historical culture. This culture casts a long shadow, but can change depending on how cool people today dress.
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derek guy@dieworkwear·
Since my tweet about Jeff Bezos, I've been getting a lot of replies such as these. "Where do these dress rules come from?" "When do they change?" These are very good questions, so let me answer them. 🧵
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Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers@Pacers·
frame it 🖼️
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Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers@Pacers·
Less than 24 hours until the NBA Finals begin. Indiana, this is our time. Narrated by Mark Boyle.
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Indiana Pacers
Indiana Pacers@Pacers·
"That's what I love so much about this team, we don't care who scores, we just want to win the game...Another night it's going to be somebody else, that's what makes us special." Pascal Siakam with Allie LaForce after dropping a playoff career-high 39 points in our Game 2 win in New York 💪
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United Airlines
United Airlines@united·
My bag watching me follow it around the carousel
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Lydia Kauppi@lydiakauppi·
Literally a gold metal performance
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NBA UK
NBA UK@NBAUK·
There's a lot to see at the new NBA Store London 👀 Located at 267 Oxford St, W1C 2DG 📍
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This Week
This Week@ThisWeekABC·
“There were very few women who had a voice in this.” Award-winning journalist Melissa Ludtke sits down with @jonkarl to discuss her new memoir, “Locker Room Talk,” which details her historic 1978 legal case that broke barriers for women covering sports.
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Beth Collier LDN@BethwritesLDN·
Things can get heated in a competition. But music brings us together.
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MCU Film News
MCU Film News@MCUFilmNews·
Nick Pauley shared his audition experience for the opening scene of 'DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE' and his role as Ryan Reynolds' dance double.
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Alys
Alys@alys216·
look at the USA men’s gymnastics team as Stephen Nedoroscik performed the USA’s final routine of the team competition! i’m so happy they got their medal🥹 #Paris2024 #Olympics
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🌲 Tim Gerber 🌈
🌲 Tim Gerber 🌈@ZurrieSkate·
Stephen Nedoroscik's FULL routine and team reaction. They know they've won the medal as soon as he was done, I'm so happy for him, many people were saying he shouldn't be on the team. He does the very last routine of the day and slays.
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