Chad Ware

Thank you @PrepRedzoneWV for the recognition! Thank you to my team mates, my line, and my coaches as well. Can’t do it alone. #wvprepfb @ChadWare1972 @iamzneff @coach_hott2

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.”

Chris Webber was asked about the timeout. His response was perfect 💯 Full interview: youtu.be/uw-3_KKICuw

Put your phone down.

Tell me #23 ain't the realest. He was rebounding and screening like Dennis Rodman to get my man the greatest moment of his hoops life 🤞🏿

Happy birthday to the Doctor- thank you for revolutionizing the game 🏀 Dr. J highlights in order from most rare to most iconic! 🔥🔥 Julius Erving ⛹🏾‍♂️ x Marvin Gaye 🎶

𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅. 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔

MIKE TIRICO’S ALL-TIME GREAT OLYMPICS SIGN-OFF: “All the young people out there, those dreams are formed now. Go chase them, our country loves sports, it brings us together unlike anything else. And if you didn’t know that: you saw it in Team USA Hockey”

“I hope I've demonstrated that you can face anything, you can face the end of your days, you can face hell with dignity. Fight, girls, and hold your heads high. Billie and Georgia, you are my heart, you are my everything. Goodnight. I love you. Eric Dane leaves his daughters — and the world — with one final message in Famous Last Words.

Sidney Poitier was born on this day in 1927. It still blows my mind that Sidney directed the Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor prison comedy Stir Crazy. That's right: they're bad.

Any Napoleon Dynamite Fans? Letterman- Top Ten Signs You're Not The Most Popular Guy in Your High School. Which one is your favorite?🤣

The legendary Michael Jordan turns 63 years old today. Happy birthday, MJ. 🐐

Hilarious 😂

This is the face you make when you see one of the best young men I’ve ever been around @1kpg_sam4

Billy Tubbs was a one of a kind coach and this moment will forever live on in OU lore. 🏀🔥

This is awesome: Rams star QB Matthew Stafford’s four young daughters left him a beautiful video to inform him that he was the MVP of this season. Matthew was extremely emotional watching 🥹❤️

20 Years Ago Tonight The #SuperBowl MVPs Ceremony prior to Super Bowl XL in Detroit February 5, 2006

LEGENDARY: Peyton Manning had one of the greatest Super Bowl Parties ever in 2017 for the #Patriots - #Falcons. 😭😭😭 This was gold.

38 years ago today. @Pitt_MBB

This is literally my dream gym 😧