Melbourne’s main focus at training was pretty clear: transition,... defensive shape and finding overlap run behind the footy. Almost every drill came back to it, with Gawn and Viney especially vocal. Disco had his left knee heavily strapped and lasted only a few light agility drills. Lever didn’t train, while Jefferson was restricted to very slow laps. I’d be very surprised if he got up for Saturday. Viney looked sharp and provided plenty of leadership. He has to be right in the selection conversation. Aidan Johnson was back with the forwards, although he and Kentfield trained like they were well outside the likely side. I asked Melksham whether there was one last ride in him: “I hope so.” Latrell Pickett was the last player out there, staying behind for goal-kicking work with Matthew Whelan. #DemonSpirit #AFLDeesBlues The DeeBriefshow more

The vet had been honest with the Hollands. Baxter... didn't have much time left, and the kindest thing they could do now was make whatever he had left count. So on a warm Saturday in June , instead of a normal quiet day at home, they loaded the old Bernese into the back of the van and drove him two hours to the coast. Baxter had never seen the ocean. He was 13, and his whole life had been the backyard and the same worn spot on the living room rug. The kids wanted him to see something big before he went. He moved slow getting out of the van. His back legs weren't what they used to be, and the boys had to help him down onto the sand. For a second he just stood there at the top of the beach, nose up, taking in all that salt air and open water like he couldn't quite believe it. Then something in him shifted. He started down toward the surf on his own, stiff and determined, the way he used to trot to the door when the kids came home from school. When the first cold wave washed over his paws, his whole face lit up. He didn't run, he couldn't, but he waded in up to his chest and stood in the shallow water with the sun going down behind him, and the whole family just watched. Nobody said much. They didn't need to. They stayed until the light was almost gone, taking pictures, letting Baxter rest against their legs, giving him one perfect afternoon to hold onto. The vet was right about the time. Baxter left them a few weeks later, at home, surrounded by the people who loved him. But he saw the ocean first. And every one of them is glad they gave him that.show more

I was the victim of a hit and run... in Prospect Park. This cyclist, Kevin, crashed hard into me from behind on the hill in Prospect Park. I asked for his info multiple times. His friends he was racing with told him to leave and then he did while I was trying to file a police reportshow more

If the roles were reversed in Hungary and Lando... had qualified ahead of Oscar, and he was on tyres that were 14 laps fresher at the end and made that move with locking up like that, Lando would be called a bottler. (like in Belgium) But when it’s Oscar, suddenly the team fucked him up with strategy and favored Lando 😃😃 And I would like to remind you that the team also asked Oscar, around lap 10, if he wanted to consider a one stop like his competitors. So the one stop strategy was not a surprise to him.show more

This man was driving in stop and go traffic... with wet road conditions. The people in front hit their brakes but he doesn’t hit his at first, he speeds up a little and swerves into the left shoulder lane and the truck with a trailer behind him smashes into the car in front of him causing a chain reaction accident of cars. Some say he might be to blame because he didn’t brake because he was going to fast himself and it didn’t give the truck behind him enough time to stop. Others say no way, he had great defensive driving skills being aware of what was happening behind him. I am constantly looking in my rearview mirror and have swerved many times to avoid being hit from behind. Do you think his defensive driving skills were top notch or do you think he was partly to blame for that accident? Do you constantly watch your review mirrors? Been rear ended before.show more

Back at my mom’s house I was sitting in... the living room playing video games in my my underwear, I was around 12 years old and ever body was working until about 5pm so I still had a few hours before anybody was there. I usually kept the doors locked but the front door wasn’t locked, I just didn’t know that yet. I walked into the kitchen to grab a snack and a drink. I didn’t know that a family of three people just walked into the house. I came back holding a bag of chips and a drink and I saw two people standing there and another one just sitting on the couch like they were supposed to be there. My 12 year old brain couldn’t comprehend what was happening and I ran out of the house and to the neighbors house. I finally calmed down and told her what was happening, she grabbed her husband and went over there, I’m surprised they didn’t call the police first. The people in the house told the neighbor that they were friends of my dad and they were visiting from Pittsburgh. My neighbor called my dad at the restaurant and confirmed he knew them. He ended up leaving the restaurant and coming back early. His friends confused what days he was off from work and decided to come by and visit unannounced. He also told them it wasn’t a good idea to just walk in and that even though they were friends they should always knock on the door. I had never met these people before so I thought it was some kind of home invasion, it scared me. But from that point on I always made sure the doors were locked and that I was dressed decently just in case of unexpected visitors.show more

Jensen Ackles was spotted at a restaurant in Toronto... yesterday. He was kind and took his time to interact with fans and take pictures. ❤️ "Halfway through my birthday dinner with friends... suddenly my friend said there was a really handsome guy behind me... I turned around and there he was, my idol!! When this superstar I've been secretly following on Instagram suddenly appeared behind me, it felt like a dream. Jensen himself was incredibly nice... I told him I especially loved watching him in *The Boys*... and he replied, "Yes, we shot it here." He patiently chatted with us in a very gentle, deep voice… I was so happy… Meeting my childhood idol was a dream come true! He even quickly agreed to take a photo with us. This evening was perfect..." Sourses:show more

Alex Collins was so special man. Amazing teammate and... a guy everyone was down to kick it with. This man invited me and wifey out one time in Baltimore and I will never forget it. We show up to the spot and AC is no where to be found. We are looking around for him for 20 min and finally I feel a little nudge on my shoulder. I turnaround and AC is walking behind me, drops his shades to his nose and signals with his eyes to follow him. It was so funny and smooth, we forgot he was 20 min late. AC told us he had to be discreet because he couldn’t have everyone knowing he was there. The rest of the night, we found out why. Everywhere AC went that night everyone knew him. Everyone was excited to see him, laughing when he came around and showing him love. You see everyone loved this man and his energy was contagious. To end the night, he hit this dance with all the fans watching him on the dance floor. WHAT A NIGHT and WHAT A GUY AC WAS. Shared more laughs than people know and I’m blessed to have been your teammate my brother. Rest In Peace.show more

On the day that the Cincinnati Bengals announce their... blockbuster deal with Ja’Marr Chase, I got a story … In 2021, Chase hit a rough patch in camp with drops. It was a big story at the time, the kind that blow up in the summer. Anyway, I came thru for an early August practice, and hung out with coaches on the field for about a half-hour after the session ended. I turned around, and there was Ja’MarrChase, out there on the Juggs, having kept one teammate behind to help him. Five minutes later, he was by himself, with an equipment man shooting the balls at him. At the end of my camp trip, I showed my football-obsessed first-grader (now a fourth-grader) how this player picked fifth overall was responding in the face of adversity early in his career. Almost all the rest of the players and coaches were inside. It wasn’t a show. It was a guy consumed with being the best. Which is why I think the Bengals will sleep well writing him those checks.show more

"When I adopted Ash, they warned me he might... never really come out of his shell. He was a retired racing greyhound, just four years old, and he flinched at everything. A slammed door, footsteps behind him, even my hand if I reached too quickly. For weeks he spent most of his time standing quietly in the corner of my kitchen with his tail tucked, watching me like he was waiting for the moment I'd give up on him too. I live alone, and I'll admit there were nights when I wondered if I'd taken on more than I could handle. How do you convince a dog that the bad part of his life is finally over? I never tried to rush him. I'd sit on the floor, talk softly, and let him decide when he was ready. After about a month he stopped hiding in the corner and started sleeping on the dog bed. A few weeks later he'd lean against my leg while I made coffee, just for a second before walking away again. The moment I'll never forget happened at my brother's farm. I had Ash on a long lead in the middle of an empty hay field, letting him explore at his own pace. Then the lead dropped away. Ash froze for a long second. He simply stood there, staring across the open field as if he couldn't remember what freedom was supposed to feel like. Then something changed. He exploded into a run. Not away from me, but around me, tearing across the field in huge looping circles with his ears pinned back and that long skinny body stretched out exactly the way greyhounds were born to move. He looked like a dog rediscovering a part of himself that had been buried for years. I just stood there laughing while he kept circling me, faster and faster, kicking up dry hay with every stride. For the first time since I'd brought him home, he looked completely fearless. It felt like I was watching him become himself again. By the time he slowed down, his tongue was hanging out and his chest was rising and falling. He trotted straight back, leaned against my legs, and looked up at me with the calmest expression I'd ever seen on his face. I knew right then that he trusted me. Ash is still the shy dog at the park, and strangers can still make him nervous. But give him an open field, and for a few beautiful minutes, he remembers exactly who he was always meant to be. Have you ever watched a rescue dog finally remember what it feels like to be free?show more

In 1944, a 14-year-old Black boy named George Stinney... was arrested in South Carolina. He was falsely accused of killing two white girls without a single piece of solid evidence, simply because he was the last person seen with them. He wasn't allowed to see his family, was interrogated without a lawyer, and "confessed" under pressure and fear. His trial lasted only a few hours with an all-white jury. Just 81 days after his arrest, he was executed in the electric chair. He was so small that his feet didn't reach the floor, so they had to place a Bible under him to make the straps fit. The most shocking part: he was innocent. In 2014, seventy years later, a court officially overturned the conviction and declared him innocent. But George never came back. His story became a symbol of racial injustice and the failures of the legal system—a child executed in the name of justice, but justice came far too late.show more

A witness's memoir. The first days of a full-scale... war. Massacre on the Zhytomyr highway, Kyiv region. Every Ukrainian killed by Russian soldiers is not a number. It is a person, people. Read this memoir. We were driving in the opposite lane. Almost as soon as we entered the stretch [of the Zhytomyr highway towards Kyiv - ed.] we heard shots. We stopped, the car was not moving. Maksym jumped out and started waving: "There are children here! Children!" It was all in front of me. He fell down. Ksenia started to rattle. Once, twice. Hordii said: "Why is mom rattling?" I turned around and took Hordii. I put him [in the driver's seat] and covered him [with myself]. I got a bullet (points to his right forearm - ed.). They were shooting for a long time. And then there was silence. I opened the door and there were Buryats with machine guns... I realized that they were Russians. I said immediately: "There are children here, don't shoot, please, there are children here." And they: "The child first". Hordii went out, but I couldn't go out... I got out and saw Maksym's legs. I wanted to approach him, but [the Russian] did not let me pass. He said: "That's it! That's it!" I started saying, "Ksenia is here! Mom is behind!" He looked: "Cover the child's eyes". I covered Hordii's eyes, I had a shawl. And he took us in that direction (to the area behind the gas station - ed.). There was a pit there. I asked him [the Russian who brought us]: "Are you serious now? Don't do that." And he said: "I'm sorry. My child is also six years old. I'm sorry." I thought they were going to shoot us. But a Russian officer appeared behind the pit and shouted: "Who opened fire? Who shot? Who brought her here?" I started to tell him: "We were on our way, we evacuated, they are shooting... we have children...", "You had no identification marks". I said: "We had white ones... and [the inscription] 'children' both in front and behind". Someone behind me said: "What are you going to do with them?" He looked me in the eye for so long, and then said: "Let them go." They took us out through the gas station and we left with Hordii. Another Buryat took Hordii in his arms and asked, "What's your name?" "'Hordii'. "I'm sorry, I know you won't forgive me, but I'm sorry." I think he was the one who shot and killed my parents. Mass murder on the Zhytomyr highway: map, chronology and investigation of the Russian crime:show more

JKIA Touchdown! Kelvin Kiarie Ruhiu, the legend who won... Kenya a Gold and a Silver medal at the International Skating Championship in Benin, has landed back in Kenya! Congratulations once again! I hope he will be recognized and honored by the Government for his outstanding achievement. Last year, he participated in an even bigger international competition in Singapore,,,,,, The Inline Freestyle World Championship Singapore 2025, but emerged 4th. He didn’t have proper gear, which was quite embarrassing. He didn’t even have a coach and had to ask the Benin coach to sit beside him (at his corner) He recently got one sponsor who provided him with proper gear, and that’s why he was able to compete successfully in Benin.show more

Winston had been returned to the shelter three times... before the Abbotts came for him. He was an old shar-pei, all wrinkles and gray whiskers, about 11 years old. Every family that took him home brought him back within a month. He was too old, too slow, and too set in his ways for most people. One family even said he was depressing to have around. By the time the Abbotts saw his photo online, the shelter staff had almost given up hope that anyone would choose him. Ray and Carol Abbott were in their late 60s and had just lost their own dog after 14 years together. Friends told them to get a puppy. Something young. Something with plenty of years ahead. Instead, they drove an hour to meet the old shar-pei nobody wanted. Carol says she knew the moment she saw him sitting quietly in the back of his kennel. That first night, Winston couldn't settle. He kept getting up to make sure Ray and Carol were still there. He'd walk to the bedroom, look at them sleeping, lie back down, then twenty minutes later he'd do it all again, as if he was waiting for someone to tell him it was over. Finally, Carol patted the foot of the bed. "Come on up, Winston. You're home now." He stood there for a long moment, almost like he couldn't believe she was talking to him. Then he climbed up slowly, turned around twice, and eased himself down against Ray's legs with a long groan that sounded more like relief than exhaustion. For the first time in months, Winston slept through the entire night. The Abbotts say he isn't going anywhere this time. And after being returned three times, Winston finally seems to believe them. Have you ever seen a dog realize it was finally home?show more

my girlfriend cheated and denied dating me😭💔 she blamed... it on the fact that i wanted a private relationship. I actually met this girl some months back and in the long run she asked me out , I decided to give the love a try after staying single for long and I regret ever meeting her. some days ago I met a friend of mine at a lounge and we got talking, things led to another and he mentioned my babe's name and i was like she's my gf. he was surprised and asked me for proof which ofc I showed him chats and all , he went on telling me how this girl had claimed I was just her friend. funny how this girl talked about this guy wanting them to talk and all but I overlooked it considering the fact that he was someone i knew ( although he didn't know I was dating her ), she had claimed to be single and started professing love for him. that night she told me she was going to sleep early cos it she was going to church the next day , but as at 12am my friend sent me a ss of their call. they were on call and he had my girlfriend's picture on his Whatsapp ( she gave him same picture of hers that I was using on wallpaper and dp having to find out I confronted her and ended everything, she went ahead to call him not knowing i was with him , she denied having anything to do with me and claimed she never loved me. for 7 minutes I was standing and listening to my girlfriend denying me , she never knew i was with the guy ... not until he told her someone wanted to speak with her and I could only say " are u being frr " and I ended the call. she blew up my phone with calls and messages, and I was wondering why she was calling me " what exactly do you want to explain ". she immediately started with the emotional card and gaslighting but I stood my ground that I was done with the relationship. idk why most girls do this frrr 💔💔show more

Comedian Samay Raina was going to a restaurant when... he suddenly saw paparazzi and media people there and started running away very fast so that the media could not take his photos or videos. Samay Raina tries to show that he stays away from paparazzi and cameras, that he is a very ordinary person in his personal life and does not like the celebrity lifestyle. That is why, after seeing the media and paparazzi, he started acting as if he was running away from them. But if you look carefully at the same video, you can see that two people from his own team were walking behind him with cameras, recording and taking photos of him every moment. They even followed him inside the restaurant with the cameras still recording. So while Samay Raina was pretending to run away from the paparazzi and avoid getting photographed, his own team was filming him at the same time. This is the reality of celebrities like Samay Raina. They show themselves as something different in front of the media, while behind the scenes, things can be completely different.show more

Michael Porter Jr. said the plan was to rotate... out on Sarr when he pops. “So I rotated to Sarr and I think there was no one on the backside to rotate.” He then said he wasn’t sure if someone was supposed to rotate behind him.show more

Yesterday My Friend Got the Best Massage Ever in... His Life — Got Full Satisfaction Service Yesterday, my friend went to a salon to get a massage, and after coming back, he was completely impressed by the service. He said the massage was so amazing that he had never experienced anything like it before. The massage therapist provided such relaxing and professional service that he felt completely satisfied and refreshed. My friend was so impressed with the quality of the service that he became a genuine fan of the salon. He appreciated the effort and attention given to him throughout the session. In the end, he was so happy with the experience that he even gave an extra ₹1,000 tip to show his appreciation. According to him, it was truly a next-level massage experience and worth every penny.show more

Taehyung spotted one of the palace’s 16 sixteen cats... and immediately went to look for it in the bushes. This is why he was left behind and the members kept looking back at him 🥺show more

Trump praised Erdoğan, Xi, and Putin for allegedly staying... out of the conflict in Iran. “Erdogan's a great leader, very strong person, great military, and I asked him to stay out and he did, and so did President Xi, and frankly, so did Putin, if you really look. But you could say that Vladimir has some other things to focus on. But they all stayed out. I mean, it was pretty, pretty amazing. People were surprised”show more