📚A Big Mess in Texas: Craziest Untold Story in NFL History | Meadowlark, ESPN, SI | ‘24 BASW; ‘25 Peabody nom, ‘26 Dan Jenkins Medal finalist | UGA & UNC Dad
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WAKE TF UP
DONALD TRUMP HAS FALLEN ASLEEP AT THE NBA FINALS IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
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“Mostly cheers … and I definitely stayed awake the entire game as well”
Jun 9
Q: What did you think of the reception you got from Knicks fans tonight?
TRUMP: I thought great. I thought it was amazing, actually. It was I think mostly cheers.
(Trump was loudly booed)
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was it by “drinking raw milk”
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“Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks” idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/n…
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Canes are f’ed
Bill Belichick, head coach of @UNCFootball, met the #StanleyCup! 🏆
Watch Game 2 of the #StanleyCup Final between the @GoldenKnights and @Canes TONIGHT at 8p ET on ABC, @Sportsnet, & @TVASports!
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There is no bottom.
President Trump is floating the possibility of keeping the UFC arena on the White House South Lawn — built for a series of fights on his birthday and Flag Day — permanently.
Read more: abcnews.link/4UcMnTQ
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I’m Kid Rock.”
“I’m Naomi Wolf.”
“I’m Kanye West.”
“I’m Matt Taibbi.”
“I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”
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Many, many thanks to SMP & @DGandBTweets & the Big Mess support crew 👊🏻@pablofindsout @PabloTorre @MadDogUnleashed @SInow @rhettmiller @theavettbros @RossTuckerPod @DMagazine @mikelikessports @TexasStandard @CTM_Show @bykevinclark @thedumbzone @BloggingTheBoys @dallaslibrary
Congratulations to David Fleming (@FlemFile) who's been nominated as a finalist for 2026 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting for Best Sports Book for A BIG MESS IN TEXAS!
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Congratulations to David Fleming (@FlemFile) who's been nominated as a finalist for 2026 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting for Best Sports Book for A BIG MESS IN TEXAS!
See the 2026 nominees for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. In addition to Best Sportswriting, we have created new awards for Student Sportwriting and Best Sports Book. jenkinsmedal.com
Mark your calendars for the awards dinner: September 17 in Austin.
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Happy Mecklenburg Declaration day! On May 20, 1775, the residents of Mecklenburg County were the first to secede from Great Britain.
If you don’t believe the story (despite the preponderance of evidence) I recommend reading Who’s Your Founding Father by @FlemFile. #America250
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What an honor (and what a nice bday surprise) to have A Big Mess in Texas selected by @UT_CSCM as a finalist for the Dan Jenkins Medal alongside these incredible authors.
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May 18
Whether it’s Donald Trump stealing $1.7 billion from the treasury to share with his friends or Hillary Clinton using a private email server to share risotto recipes with her friends, there’s been plenty of inappropriate sharing on both sides.
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David Fleming retweeted
May 16
Someone painted an outline of Sidney Crosby’s Game 3 embellishment penalty at today’s Flyers paint the ice event 🎨😭
(📸: @phillycates)
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