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@49ers One of the best USC players to ever wear the uniform

The 49ers mourn the passing of former TE Charle Young. Our organization sends its deepest condolences to the Young family and friends.

@BayAreaTrev Great example for the kids! Like it or not, they watch.

Bro 💀

@BabeLaufenberg I'm so sorry

Happy Heavenly 28th birthday to our Luke. His first birthday cake and his last. I cried all night on his 21st, knowing that could be his last. Exactly 2 months later, pronounced terminal. I know there is quite a party going on up there. Enjoy it, Luke. #LiveLikeluke

@resetbasis Great reflection....thanks for sharing

In 2004, I was a bartender at the Cask 'n Flagon next to Fenway Park. I'll never forget what this series was like in Boston. Down 3-0, everyone in Boston said, "The curse is real, maybe next year." Down 3-1, everyone said, "Well, we were bound to win one." Heading into game 6, the city started to feel different. The series was 3-2, and everyone knew no one had ever come back from a 3-0 hole. Especially not the cursed Red Sox. Still...maybe? There was no social media back then; everyone watched the same thing at the same time. It was one of a handful of truly shared social experiences I've been a part of. "Where are you watching the game?" When they won game 6, people started to believe it was destiny. Every single bar and restaurant was showing the game, and people came out of their homes to watch it in public spaces, hoping to be part of something historic. French restaurants, coffee shops, and any place with a TV became a packed sports bar. I was behind the bar for Game 7. The game was played at Yankee Stadium, but the bars next to Fenway were at capacity for hours before the game. I've never been in an environment like that since; the tension and the excitement, the "what if we actually do this?" People hung on every pitch. When they made the final out just after midnight, the place exploded. People celebrated, thousands came down to the Fenway area and ran through the streets. I watched the broadcast show people running through the streets as they ran past the bar's windows. No phones, no selfies, no Instagram, just people living in the moment. Everyone on that team has a special place in Boston sports history. Whenever I see this video, I'm reminded of how incredible sports can be sometimes.

@Mr_Husky1 What an example

Reporter: “Your wife’s sick. You gonna find a girlfriend?” Jay Leno: blinks “I got one. Her name’s Mavis. We’ve been married 45 years.” Most people saw “Jay Leno’s wife.” Wrong. Mavis Leno was a force. Feminist Majority Foundation. Fought for Afghan women under the Taliban when no one was watching. “So fierce they nominated her for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002,” a colleague said. Independent. Loud. Brilliant. 1976: Meets Jay. 1980: Marries him. He did comedy. She did justice. They did life. Then dementia walked in. January 2024: Doctors confirm it. Advanced. Memory, judgment, gone. April 2024: Jay files conservatorship. Headlines scream. Home gets quiet. Restaurants? Over. Travel? Done. Debates about politics? Gone. “Dementia doesn’t steal memories,” Jay said. “It steals today.” The cruelest part? For 3 years, Mavis wakes up believing her mom just died. New grief. Every morning. Fresh tears. “She wasn’t remembering,” Jay said. “She was hearing it for the first time. Every. Single. Day.” And every morning, he sits with her. Holds her. “I’m here,” he whispers. Next day? Repeat. “That was the toughest,” he said. “Watching her lose her mom 1,000 times.” His life now: No tours. No late shows. Home by dinner. Every night. He cooks. They watch animal shows. YouTube travel docs. “We can’t go,” he says. “But we can still see.” Hallway walk? She needs help. He picks her up. Sways. Slow dance. “Jay and Mavis at the prom,” he calls it. She laughs. Every time. “She thinks it’s funny,” he says. “So I do it. Every day.” What’s left? She still knows him. Walks in the room. She smiles. “I love you.” “I melt,” Jay says. “Every time.” “For better or worse,” they said in 1980. “Nobody thinks the ‘worse’ shows up,” Jay said. “It did.” Mavis can’t march anymore. But she still growls at the news when she sees injustice. “She’s still in there,” Jay says. “The fighter.” And he’s still here. Not for cameras. Not for applause. “I made a promise,” he said. “45 years ago. Still keeping it.” “Even the worse,” Jay says, “isn’t that bad. Not with her.” Millions do this. No interviews. No headlines. Spouses. Kids. Siblings. Hallways turned into dance floors. “Love isn’t a feeling,” a caregiver told me. “It’s showing up. Again. And again.” Jay Leno made the world laugh. Mavis made the world better. Dementia tried to take that. It failed. Because she still says “I love you.” Because he still calls it prom. Because “I already have one. I’m married.” That’s not a Hollywood ending. That’s a vow. Kept. Every. Single. Morning. Digital Artwork | AI Generated Image by Fresh Mind |

@JulioIsKing44 @NYYBD3 Two World Series titles in two years? The haters are all enjoying his “slump” (as he was named the NL Pitcher of the Month)

Imagine paying 700 million US dollars for Anthony Volpe I’m crying 😭

Born today in 1957: Lou Whitaker. Played his entire 19-year career with the Tigers. Is third in all-time games played for the club behind Ty Cobb and Al Kaline. The 1978 Rookie of the Year and 5-time All-Star. Helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series. He and Alan Trammell are the longest running double play combination in baseball history. #MLB #baseball #Tigers

@FinnHuckster a great reputation

@FunBaseballFact Seems like every player in the Expos documentary said he was a good manager and a better man.

A solid player and, by all accounts, a tremendous guy

@lindsayberra What a priceless photograph, Lindsay!

Happy Heavenly Birthday, Grampa! 🙏⚾️❤️

Born 101 years ago today: Yogi Berra. Elected to the Hall of Fame. A 3-time MVP, an All-Star 15 times, and helped the Yankees win 10 World Series, more than any MLB player. Served as manager of the #Mets and #Yankees. Was a WWII Navy gunner wounded on D-Day. #MLB @lindsayberra #baseball

@yu_1_linda99 He just seems to be a wonderful person

😀 ©tinyturnip

Hard to believe. And just as strange that the AL only has four teams with an above .500 record.

@BBGreatMoments Why do players not hustle right out of the box? I get it if it's a true bomb but if the ball is in doubt??? Ridiculous.

In 2022, Anthony Seigler bat flipped a ball off the wall and got thrown out at second to end the game 😅

@Padres_Burner69 You have got to be kidding with this question

It’s time to start a conversation

@stevepalec excellent point

Yankee’s Aaron Judge is indeed a large man but he completely disappears behind my double cheeseburger.

@SNY_Mets This is stunning

The Mets are once again in sole possession of the worst record in MLB

@ADubs12 @BlueJays So sorry. So difficult

I lost my mom to cancer in October 2020, she was only 59 years old. Here is a video of us at our last Jays game together! She was obsessed with this team, I miss her so much, this day is so hard for me. I hope our boys win today, for her and all the moms out there! 💙 @BlueJays

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