B Wattenmaker

I'll keep it short and sweet: Family, religion, friendship... These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business!

@nytimes @TheAthletic

From @TheAthletic: For 40 years, Duke has been college basketball’s most polarizing team. People love to hate Duke. But has Duke basketball become less hateable? Perhaps, maybe, even likable? nyti.ms/47jRjJy

@MarcoRubioFan1 @5legparlay @jacobkornbluh

@5legparlay @benwattenmaker @jacobkornbluh be white and racist

Raul Rivera yelling again outside Mamdani’s presser. Mamdani: “I want that man to be able to afford to keep living in New York City, because the day that I don't hear him yelling at me, it means he got priced out of this place.”

Don’t take that job. No facilities, football and hockey are the only sports that BC cares about. No crowds even when they play North Carolina. There are 15 better jobs in the ACC. Take the interview and politely turn it down. That will help your resume.

"Obviously my ignorant friend hasn't heard of the food chain..." "Yeah! Lisa's a Grade-A moron." "When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University!"

@AdamZagoria Hear me out

North Carolina is looking for a ‘superstar’ to replace Hubert, per source close to the program Note here

The ball knocked over a fans beer and she was PISSED 😭

I’m going to say this despite what it will do to me politically - I think the Virginia redistricting is extremely anti-democratic and that it is a reactionary policy to Donald Trump that was created by DC consultants… In 2020, 66% of Virginians voted for bipartisan maps…the new maps slice up Arlington and take away the voice of everyone outside of northern Virginia… In every local democratic committee I’ve been in, when this issue comes up, nobody can defend it, it’s just “well this is what the party says is best.” NO. The Democratic Party loses because of reactionary maneuvers and because it doesn’t have a big bold vision for the future. They say it’s “temporary” but FOUR years of gerrymandering isn’t “temporary” and because I value our constitutional republic over all else… I’ll be voting NO and I encourage everyone else to, but I can’t hold my tongue any longer despite what this will do to me with the Dems in Virginia

I laughed pretty hard.

I think the High Point band has identified the proper amount of cowbell.

Matt Painter on accountability “Think about growing up with your parents and you got to do whatever the hell you wanted to do instead of them telling you things. Would you be sitting here? I know I wouldn’t. I’d be bowling on Tuesday in Muncie Indiana.”

The Universe Is Not Self-Existent The sovereignty of God is unlimited. It is the fundamental fact of all creation. The universe was not inevitable. The universe is not an accident. Neither is it self-existent. The universe is a work of creation— and therefore wholly subject to the will of the Creator. The Urantia Book 3:6.2

Afroman is the hero we all need right now.

This for reals just happened in the #Afroman trial. ☠️☠️☠️🤣🤣🤣☠️☠️☠️ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ObamaFoundation @BarackObama @MBK_Alliance

.@BarackObama's bracket is set. What do you think of his picks? Good luck to all of the athletes competing and the young men from @MBK_Alliance getting a peek into careers in sports.

Rand Paul: Do you realize that the man that beat Charles Sumner with a cane, he beat him till he was unconscious. That's what you're insinuating, is the precedent of the senate, and that's what you live by. That is a very, very dangerous sentiment.

RT @BulwarkOnline: Mullin: “What I was simply pointing out is some of the rules that still apply to this body, for instance, dueling with t…

@BulwarkOnline this is going to be good

Mullin: "I simply addressed that I said I could understand because of the behavior you were having that I can understand why the neighbor did what he did…I don't think anybody should be hit by suprise. I don't like that."

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.”