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Takes and narratives like this one are part of the reason why U.S. soccer hasn’t progressed the last fifteen years like we thought it would.

Soccer playing/coaching answer: Hottest: 2010 Bluegrass Games. Heat index at 110 and games carried on. Sweat so much I couldn’t see to coach. Coldest: 30 degrees in October game at Heath in 2000. Ball felt like a rock. Wettest: 2002 game vs Mayfield. Whole field was a puddle.

Nebraska State Boys Soccer Championship drawing over 7500 fans is what y'all swear is bad for kids... and our club soccer system is what is good. Got it.

If that were the case then every school would have an activity bus driver.

Former Kansas star forward Flory Bidunga, who committed to Louisville April 12 but has been going through the NBA draft process, has now signed with Louisville, @chris_hummer and I have learned

THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS DO NOT ACT LIKE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER IS TO MAKE SURE THE ADULTS DO NOT ACT LIKE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER.

Adulting is realizing; 1. You will die, and most people won’t care after a while. 2. People use you until you’re no longer useful. 3. Most people secretly want you to fail. 4. One day you’ll wish you started today. 5. Most people fake happiness while dying inside. 6. No one is coming to save you. 7. You’ll be judged no matter what you do. 8. Your health is your greatest wealth. 9. Happiness is temporary—discipline is permanent. 10. Success takes longer than you think. 11. No one respects weakness, even if they sympathize. 12. Complaining changes nothing. 13. Not everyone you love will love you back. 14. Money won’t solve all your problems—but it solves most. 15. Social media lies to you every day. 16. You’re replaceable at your job. 17. Life is unfair—get used to it. 18. One day, you’ll run out of days. 19. Regret hurts more than failure. 20. Nobody cares about your excuses. Work harder The earlier you understand this, the better and easier your life gets.

NEWS: 5⭐️ Obinna Ekezie Jr. has committed to Louisville and will reclassify to 2026 to play for the Cardinals this upcoming season, he tells @Rivals. The 7-foot center was the No. 2 overall player in the 2027 class and the No. 1-ranked center. on3.com/rivals/news/5-…

BREAKING: Obinna Ekezie Jr., a five-star prospect and the top-ranked center in the Class of 2027, has committed to #Louisville. He will reclassify to the current 2026 cycle, and join the Cardinals for the upcoming 2026-27 season. si.com/college/louisv…

THINGS TEACHERS OBSERVE IN CLASSROOMS THAT PARENTS NEVER HEAR: 1. The child who never raises their hand often understands more than the one who always does. 2. A student's Monday morning energy tells teachers everything about what that weekend looked like at home. 3. Bullying almost never happens where adults are watching,it lives in transitions, hallways, and lunch lines. 4. Children who were praised too much for being "smart" give up faster when things get difficult. 5. A sudden drop in a student's performance is almost always emotional, rarely academic. 6. Teachers can identify which children aren't being talked to enough at home within the first week. 7. The "difficult" child in class is almost never the problem,they are carrying someone else's problem. 8. Kids who don't eat breakfast learn almost nothing before 11am regardless of how good the teaching is. 9. A child's handwriting and drawing pressure reveals anxiety levels more accurately than most think. 10. Teachers grieve students they couldn't reach long after those students have moved on. 11. The classroom's real social hierarchy is completely invisible to adults and entirely obvious to every child in the room. 12. The moment a child feels genuinely seen by a teacher, their academic performance shifts sometimes within days.

All these UK fans didn’t have an issue with Matt Jones when he was stirring up drama and sitting on stories during UL’s scandals. Ps the only reason Barnhart hurried up and hired Pope was to cover up the swimming scandal that mysteriously disappeared once Pope was hired.

NEWS: 7-foot-5 USC transfer center Gabe Dynes has committed to Louisville, his agent Adam Papas told @On3. The junior big man is a native of Independence, Kentucky. on3.com/college/louisv…

A statement from Gov. Beshear.

Maybe the governor will dismantle the board of trustees and fire everyone to set the program back years…. Or is that only a Louisville thing??

No they just dismantle the Board of Regents