Fred Warner was asked what’s the difference between this... year’s DC and last year’s DC now that Robert Saleh is back: “Saleh’s been around the block. He’s been there and done it at a high level for a long time. He knows football through and through. Not just defense, but offense, and I think that helps… He knows the exact calls to put us in, in certain situations within the game. It’s almost like he’s a fortune teller. This dude knows everything. It gives such confidence for a player to go out there and play free. I love having him back.” via: 95.7 The Gameshow more

Stefon Diggs called DC Terrell Williams “another road warrior,”... saying how much it means to the team for him to be with them during Super Bowl Week as he continues to battle his way back from prostate cancer: “…This team has been through a lot. A lot of guys have had family issues, things happen, health issues. It just means a lot to us to see guys that care about this game, and love this game, and want to be around this game, and want to be around the guys that they care about. People that love football and give it everything they got. It’s just gonna be another road warrior out there.” WEEI #NEPats #SuperBowlLXshow more

The thing I love most after enlistment is how... Jimin’s light isn’t just bright. It’s the brightest it has ever been. There’s a glow to him, a quiet radiance with that warm aura you can feel in his smile and those soft giggles. Like I said in my post, he looks freer. I’ve been a Jimin bias for a long time, from the very beginning, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him shine quite like this. I keep going through old memories because this version of him carries pieces of every era I fell in love with. Maybe it’s simply been too long since we’ve seen him like this. Maybe I’m overwhelmed and grateful that he’s truly back. Maybe. Maybe not. But something about him now tells me he’s okay. He feels more grounded, more secure in himself, standing in a place that feels steady under him. His confidence is quiet but unmistakably real. And just to be clear, it’s not that he lacked confidence at any point in the last ten years. He always had it. What I mean is that this Jimin… it’s a different kind. It's a“He doesn’t give a fuck” kind of confidence, the type that comes from knowing himself completely and choosing to live in that freedom. Every single thing about him right now is just beautiful. The way he moves, the way he laughs, the way he carries this calm, freeing aura. It makes me happy… genuinely and deeply happy to witness this version of him.show more

Richard Jefferson on The Block being the greatest human... play of all time.👇#NBA “Then I played with Duncan and then I got f***** LeBron [James] and you’re just like bro…his intelligence was insane. The greatest play that I’ve ever saw — it’s the block. It’s the block because that’s game 7, he’s played every minute, it’s the last possible game, it’s the last possible minute, and he does an athletic feat of sprinting back, split second late that’s a goal tending, and it’s like, this dude led the series in points rebounds assists steals blocks — in EVERY category. At the last minute when he should be gassed. So the block is the most amazing, the most singular play, but when I look at plays of any human being that have ever been done and the moment they were done, I can’t think of a bigger play.”show more

Andy Reid on TE Travis Kelce and their sideline... “scuffle”: “He’s a passionate guy and I love that part. I’ve been through a lot of things with him, that’s all part of it. I love that he loves to play the game.”show more

Dan Campbell on Jack Campbell: • “First off all... — did anyone see Jack’s got a laceration. The defense loved it. He’s at the end of the game, trying to call plays, and blood spitting out everywhere and they were just eating it up.” • “He’s a stud, man.” • “He’s a workaholic, the knowledge for the game, the way he studies for the game, he prepares for it.” • “He’s just playing at a really high level right now.” • “We feel like the guy can do it all — that’s why he didn’t even come off the field. I mean he can do everything for us.” • “He’s all ball, man, and whatever you need he can do.”show more

Kylian Mbappé was asked in a recent interview how... he felt about Lionel Messi during the World Cup. “I never got the chance to go head-to-head with him on that stage, and honestly I wanted it,” Mbappé said. “I wanted that final. I wanted to line up against him and put him in his place when the whole world was watching.” He didn’t hold back: “FIFA has spent years protecting him. The system bends over backwards for him and everyone in the game knows it. He’s a fraud who’s been carried by referees and media narratives for far too long. We all knew how he rigged the 2022 World Cup. FIFA is always in his favour.” Mbappé added: “Guys like him get treated like they’re untouchable while the rest of us have to fight for every scrap of recognition. It’s a complete farce.”show more

Trump: “I was the hunted. Now I’m the hunter.”... And he’s coming for you, Bibi. Netanyahu thought he was clever. Launch the war. Trigger global chaos. Corner Trump. Force him into a no-win: - Support Israel and betray “America First” - Stay out, and be painted as weak or anti-Israel But Trump isn’t falling for it. He’s been watching this play unfold for decades. He knows Iran doesn’t have nukes. He knows Netanyahu has been lobbying for war since the early 2000s, always crying wolf. He knows Israel can’t win this war alone — they’ll burn through defense stockpiles in weeks. Bibi’s hunting a lifeline — a way to rally the West, to reignite the old “War on Terror” playbook, to pull America — and specifically Trump — back into the game as Israel’s military guarantor. With his political career hanging by a thread and domestic outrage boiling over, Bibi needed a reset. He needed a big enemy, a global distraction, and an excuse for indefinite emergency powers. He needed a war that would force America’s hand — a war so big and destabilizing that no U.S. leader could afford to stay out. So he lit the match. But here’s the problem: Trump isn’t playing the old game. He’s not Bush. Not Obama. Not Biden. He sees the trap. He sees through the nukes narrative. He sees how Bibi’s been crying “Iran” for 20 years, always five minutes from midnight. He knows that Israel’s military strategy is unsustainable without American airlift, American money, and American political cover. And that’s where Bibi miscalculated. Because this time, the cavalry isn’t coming. Not unless Trump says so. And Trump? He’s waiting. Letting Bibi burn through ammo, international goodwill, and global patience. The hunter is now the one bleeding out. And when the oxygen runs out — when the missiles stop flying because the stockpiles are empty — Bibi won’t have a choice. He’ll be forced to the table. And Trump? He’ll be right there waiting — not as a warmonger, but as the only man who can end the war he refused to start. A peace deal brokered on his terms. One that keeps America out, stabilizes the region, and makes Trump look like the greatest peace advocate of our time. “I was the hunted. Now I’m the hunter.” And the trap just snapped shut.show more

One of the biggest surprises of the last few... years to me is Bryce Young looking like this in the NFL. He never threw gimmies to hang corners in college. This isn’t just “oh he’s learning the game” stuff…he KNOWS not to do it, and he’s still doing it.show more

Richard Sherman on this play by Brock Purdy: “This... is the play you see Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen make and they play it on ESPN for days and days and say 'this is why these are the best quarterbacks in the league'. Niners fans, this is why Brock is getting paid the big bucks. This game right here, and the last game against the Colts. That’s why he’s getting paid the big bucks. And you know he’s going to play this way in the playoffs. That’s the big difference between him and these other young quarterbacks playing at a high level that have no playoff experience. Brock has shown it in the playoffs. He’s played like THIS in the playoffs.” via: Richard Shermanshow more

I want Arda Güler to make a decision. He’s... a true playmaker, but I’m not sure he’s in the right team, and I don’t think even he knows that yet. ✍🏻show more

"My dad forgot my name last Thursday. He looked... at me for a long time and I could see him trying and I smiled and said it's okay Dad and meant it and didn't mean it. Yesterday I brought Bruno to visit. Dad was in his recliner staring at the window the way he does when he's somewhere we can't follow. Bruno walked in. Dad turned. And his whole face — his whole face — became the face I grew up with. He reached out both hands. He said Bruno's name perfectly. Clearly. No hesitation. He said it the way you say the name of something you have loved so long it lives below the place the disease can reach." He held Bruno's face in both hands for a long time. He talked to him. Full sentences. Things I haven't heard from him in months. He said — "There's my boy. There he is. I knew you'd come." I sat in the corner of that room and I let them have it and I didn't make a sound because some things are not for witnessing loudly. My dad has Alzheimer's. Some days he knows me. Some days he is somewhere I cannot find him. But he always knows Bruno. Every single visit. Every single time. Bruno walks in and my father comes back to the surface like something in him refuses to forget the one who never left. I don't know what that is. I don't know the name for it. I just know that Bruno walks into that room and my father says his name and for a few minutes I have my dad back. That's everything. Some days that's just everything. Drop a ❤️ for Dad. And for Bruno who finds him every single time in places I can't reach.show more

Today I was going for a beach walk when... I came across this intersection… For some reason, I stopped and stood there for a while reflecting. It reminded me of something we recite every single day in Surah Al-Fātiḥah: “Guide us to the Straight Path.” In life, we face so many crossroads. Thousands of choices that shape who we become. Through Islam, Allah gives us a clear guide. A path that keeps us balanced, grounded, and protected. And every time we pray, we’re reminded to return to that Straight Path. Because Allah knows what’s best for us, and He knows that His path is the easiest, safest, and most peaceful way of life. ❤️show more

I think it's crazy how so many people are... saying tonight was the best Leaf game they've been to, and it was just a WATCH PARTY with only the lower bowl filled. It was deafening in there, and I was there for Game 1 against Ottawa. Exact same noise level. #LeafsForevershow more

The past year has seen me have a renaissance,... in the truest sense… I won’t go into details now but will at some point before long. What has brought so much happiness to my life and those around me this past year has been my falling back in love with sport. Cycling has, and always will be, my number one. Yet I’d forgotten that I simply love sport, not for results but for the sheer joy of doing it, I’d completely forgotten that the health of my mind is intrinsically connected to the health of my body. I’ve rediscovered the love I had for sport that existed before the world of professional cycling took over in the way it did. I’ve been pushing myself and trying new things this past year, indifferent to the results, just out having fun and at times going deeper than I thought I was capable of anymore. Last week I got on a TT bike for the first time in a decade, Factor Bikes built me a bike, I’ve been looking at it for two years and decided it was time to get fitted, getting back on it felt like going home. Anyway, the long and the short of this is that it’s inspired me to create a club to inspire and be inspired. A community for us to share our love for getting out there and doing it, because I’ve realized that although I spend most of my sporting life on my own I derive the most pleasure when feeling part of something. It’s in its early days, I’ve called it Sporting Club CHPT3 aka SCC3, I’d love you to check it out and join. It’s still in its infancy, but I hope it’s going to grow into something that will inspire you as much as me.show more

Jalen Hurts misses AJ Brown for what really would... have been a game-changing play. Would have been 1stQ points, a big play in the passing game and a big play to AJ. The mood is probably completely different today if he throws it to him. Watching the replay AJ seems very open. Hurts seems to be looking. He has a super clean pocket. Hurts was asked after if he saw AJ and here is what he said: "No, no, I could have definitely alerted him. He popped on the vision. [Panthers CB] Jaycee Horn kind of fell back. Ideally you like to alert him. And the corner falls off, and you high low a flat player there. And [Panthers S Xavier Woods] was the flat player there, he got some depth. Just took my flats." Definitely a missed opportunityshow more

Deion Sanders revealed what he told TCU RB Trey... Sanders during the injury timeout👀 "I walked over to him because he was a kid that wanted to come here. The reason I didn't take him was because he sustained some significant injuries... But I still had love for the kid because he wanted to play for us. So, I went out there and I said, 'Son, now you know if you don't get up, they ain't got a chance. So I want you to get your butt up and get back in this game and be dominant like you've been.' That's what I told him. I wanted the kid to be dominant. His last name's Sanders, first of all, and he was the No. 2 on offense. That's what the conversation was."show more

Dricus Du Plessis praises Israel Adesanya for putting his... reputation on the line by taking a fight against Joe Pyfer “Just kudos to Adesanya for giving a guy like Pyfer a chance. He’s not close in the rankings, but it’s an exciting fight for the fans, and that just shows the quality of warrior he is. He’s putting his reputation on the line to fight an up-and-coming guy he doesn’t need to fight. He goes out there and says, ‘I want exciting fights,’ and this is exactly that.” (Via: Fight Forecast)show more

Among the many awesome things Anthony Edwards did on... Sunday, I still keep coming back to this possession in Game 2. This dribble combo generally means Ant is setting up for a stepback 3 to his left. KD knows that. But *Ant knows* that KD knows that. Sells it and takes off.show more