DK — #NahWeCousins

Y’all. My Baby Boy is a college graduate! B.S., Computer Science, With Distinction, Harvey Mudd College. Claremont, CA. I am so very proud. 👨🏾‍🎓

@queenie4rmnola @groove_sdc I briefly worked with her sister. The Civil Rights era is not at all in America’s distant past, as some would like to believe.

Claudette Colvin, the first to refuse to give up her seat and protest segregation on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, has passed away. May she rest in power.

Random Thought: I really think we need legislation passed that you’re not allowed to be a sports journalist if you don’t know who George “Iceman” Gervin. This has been a public service announcement. Thank you.

@TheCinesthetic Good call. It’s great. Looking forward to S2.

We really don’t talk enough about Beef (2023). A show that starts with road rage and ends up peeling back everything ugly and human underneath.

You are looking at the greatest player the English Premier League has ever seen. And yes he’s an Egyptian. Deal with it.

Roger Federer: "Effortless is a myth. I worked very hard to make it look easy." "I left school at age 16 to play tennis full-time. So I never went to college. But I did graduate recently. I graduated tennis. I know the word is 'retire', but retired sounds awful. Like you, I finished one big thing and I'm moving on to the next. Like you, I'm figuring out what that is." Lesson 1: Effortless is a myth. "People would say my play was 'effortless.' Most of the time, they meant it as a compliment. But it frustrated me when they'd say, 'He barely broke a sweat' or 'Is he even trying?' The truth is, I had to work very hard to make it look easy." Roger shares the wake-up call: "An opponent at the Italian Open publicly questioned my mental discipline. He said, 'Roger will be the favorite for the first two hours. Then I'll be the favorite after that.' Everyone can play well the first two hours you're fit, you're fast, you're clear. After two hours, your legs get wobbly, your mind starts wandering, your discipline starts to fade. My parents, my coaches, even my rivals were calling me out. So I started to train harder. A lot harder." He explains the paradox: "I got the reputation for being 'effortless' because my warmups at tournaments were so casual that people didn't think I'd been training hard. But I had been working hard before the tournament when nobody was watching." Roger redefines talent: "Yes, talent matters. But talent has a broad definition. Most of the time, it's not about having a gift, it's about having grit. A great forehand can be called a talent. But discipline is also a talent. Patience is a talent. Trusting yourself is a talent. Embracing the process, loving the process, these are talents too. Some people are born with them. Everybody has to work at them." Lesson 2: It's only a point. "You can work harder than you thought possible and still lose. I have many times. Tennis is brutal. Every tournament ends the same way: one player gets a trophy. Every other player gets back on a plane, stares out the window, and thinks, 'How the hell did I miss that shot?'" Roger shares the statistic that changed his mindset: "In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. But what percentage of points do you think I won? Only 54%. Even top-ranked tennis players win barely more than half of the points they play." He explains what this teaches: "When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot. You teach yourself to think: 'Okay, I double-faulted. It's only a point.' 'I came to the net and got passed again. It's only a point.' Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's Top 10, that too is just a point." Roger shares the key mindset: "When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is. But when it's behind you, it's behind you. This frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus." He reflects on losing Wimbledon 2008: "Some call it the greatest match of all time. Okay, all respect to Rafa, but I think it would've been way better if I had won. Looking back, I feel like I lost at the very first point. I looked across the net and saw a guy who just a few weeks earlier crushed me in straight sets at the French Open. And I thought, 'This guy is maybe hungrier than I am.' It took me until the third set to remember 'Hey buddy, you're the five-time defending champion. You're on grass. You know how to do this.' But it came too late." Roger shares what champions understand: "The best in the world are not the best because they win every point. It's because they know they'll lose again and again, and have learned how to deal with it. You accept it. Cry it out if you need to. Then force a smile. Move on. Be relentless. Adapt and grow. Work harder, work smarter." Lesson 3: Life is bigger than the court. "A tennis court is 2,106 square feet. That's where singles matches happen. Not much bigger than a dorm room. I worked a lot, learned a lot, and ran a lot of miles in that small space. But the world is a whole lot bigger than that." Roger explains his philosophy: "Even when I was just starting out, I knew that tennis could show me the world, but tennis could never be the world. I knew that if I was lucky, I could play competitively until my late 30s, maybe even 41. But even when I was in the top five, it was important to me to have a life, a rewarding life full of travel, culture, friendships, and especially family. These are the reasons I never burned out." He shares what matters most: "Tennis has given me so many memories. But my off-court experiences are the ones I carry forward just as much. The places I've travelled, the platform that lets me give back, and most of all the people I've met along the way." Roger concludes: "Tennis, like life, is a team sport. Yes, you stand alone on your side of the net. But your success depends on your team, your coaches, your teammates, even your rivals. All these influences help make you who you are." His final words: "Whatever game you choose, give it your best. Go for your shots. Play free. Try everything. And most of all, be kind to one another, and have fun out there."

This is one of my favorite videos of all time.

“I’ll say it… I am pretty clueless about sports history” is an amazing thing to put out into the world lol

This dude sees an eagle eyeing the fish he's just caught and does this

People don't seem to understand how impossible it is to have an attacker operating at 0.87 GI/game, and for NINE yrs! That's a guaranteed g/a every fucking game he plays! No player ever done it before, not Rush, Dalglish, Gerrard.. not Ronaldo (PL), not Roonie, not Henry. NO ONE!

@ItsJalitza 🙏🏾

If I’m not on social for a little bit, my uncle, has passed. who is the whole reason I was able to come out and live as a queer girl around my Hispanic family. He always supported me and my journey as an actress and filmmaker. te amo tío. 🤍

Showcased our depth in Collegiate A Figures. 4⃣ Cardinal placing among the top 6 spots! #GoStanford

results posted. win secured! 😤 #GoStanford

@1a2apatriotmom @MikeBales 877-KARS-4-Kids

@1a2apatriotmom @MikeBales 777-9311

I don't know anyone's phone number. If I got arrested, the only people I could call would be JG Wentworth, Stanley Steemer, and Empire Today…oh, and Jenny.

There was a woman who sold rice and stew outside my office building on Broad Street. Every day for 4 years. Big pot. Blue plastic chairs. She knew everyone's order before they reached her table. Her name was Mama Chidi. Mine was the last plate before she packed up. 1:45pm. Every day without fail she'd see me coming and start dishing before I even sat down. Extra meat. Never charged me for it. I asked her once why. She said I looked like someone who skipped breakfast. She was right every time. 2019 she stopped showing up. No warning. Just gone. I asked around. Nobody knew anything. I switched to a restaurant down the road. More expensive. Smaller portions. Spent 4 years just quietly missing a plate of rice I never properly appreciated. Last month my colleague forwarded a Twitter post into our work group. A young guy. Maybe 25. Saying his mother used to sell food on Broad Street before she had a stroke in 2019 that took her left side. That she was recovering but kept asking about her regulars. That she cried one day saying she never got to say goodbye to any of them. I DM'd him immediately. He called me 10 minutes later. She was sitting right next to him. I heard her voice through the phone. Slower than I remembered. But she laughed when he told her who it was. She said she always saved my plate last because quiet people need someone looking out for them. I visited her in Mushin on Saturday. She can't stand long anymore. But she sat up straight in that chair and watched me eat everything she'd made. Didn't let me leave without packing food for the road. Some people just decide to take care of you. Before you even know you need it.

@mistergeezy Me too. 👍🏾

I do.

Winning the national championship at home >>>>>> Back-to-back national titles and 11 in program history! #GoStanford

@roryisconfused Not probably. It’s the single best season of scripted television ever produced. 👍🏾

Season 4 of The Wire’s probably the best season of any TV show and the last episodes are possibly the saddest thing you’ll ever see on a screen, Christ

BACK-TO-BACK 🏆 @StanfordArtSwim repeats as National Champions in front of the home crowd!