AJ Pratt

Don’t know what’s cooler: the gift, or that Sawyer Robertson kept it in his old school wallet.

This story is now more than 25 years old and I have told it more times than I can count, but it hits very differently today. I was anchoring SportsCenter one afternoon and Lou Holtz was on the show. I was quite excited to talk with him, he had been an icon all of my life. He was very friendly, asking me all about myself as we walked toward the studio to record an interview. I told him: “Actually, Coach, it’s quite exciting, my wife and I are expecting our first child in the next few weeks.” He stopped dead in his tracks and put a finger up near my face. And I’ll never forget what he said. “Young man, the most important thing you can do for a child is make sure every day they know how much you love their mother.” And, just like that, he started walking again. Our daughter was born a month later, our son came two years after that. And I have thought about what Lou Holtz said to me that day about a million times since. RIP Coach, thanks for the best advice anyone ever gave me.

This is banana republic-level insanity: > in 41 states, you literally only have to "promise on penalty of perjury" that you're a citizen to register to vote > in 14, you don't even have to show any ID at the polling place > this is completely insane for the most powerful country on the planet If the Senate can't figure out how to nuke the zombie filibuster and pass the SAVE act, I'm not sure we can fix this in a few years Not a partisan issue, literally just a civilizational IQ test Electoral security has broad support and every ethical person wants our elections to be sacred and effective, with only citizens voting.