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“I feel sad, I’m sad. If you want to know the truth, I’m sad… I’m going to steal a quote from Kelvin Sampson: ‘I may not be as big a part of their life, but they are my life.’” An emotional Brad Underwood after their loss to UConn.

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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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This pitcher from Czechia, Ondřej Satoria, is a full-time electrician, received a standing ovation after throwing 4.2 shutout innings

Most people think the damage from sugar happens when you eat it. Glucose Goddess Jessie Inchauspé says what you do after matters just as much... Move your body within about 90 minutes of eating. Even small movements like calf raises or a short walk help muscles pull glucose out of the bloodstream. This is the part most people miss:

Conan O'Brien on comedians going after President Trump: "I think you've now put down your best weapon, which is being funny, and you've exchanged it for anger… If you're a comedian, you always need to be funny."

“Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.” — General Norman Schwarzkopf

A 7-foot college basketball player thought he was walking into a routine film session but ended up seeing his mother for the first time in five years. Norbertas Giga left Lithuania to play in the United States and had not been home since 2013. His coaches at Jacksonville State secretly flew his mother to Indiana right before a major tournament. They lured the senior center into a room and joked about needing his mom to discipline him before she finally walked through the door. He was so shocked that he briefly ran away in disbelief before breaking down in tears and embracing her.