Jalen Brunson. NBA Champion. Finals MVP. Hard work pays off 🏆

Mike Brown shares a simple but powerful definition of winning in life. "Even if you don't have the quote unquote ultimate success that you think you deserve - if you get knocked down in life and you're able to get back up and keep fighting - that's a fricking win." "Most of our guys have probably had to go through that. But I think most people in the world have to go through it." Success isn't always the result - sometimes it's just refusing to stay down. It's choosing to endure, get back up, and keep fighting. Successful people are relentless. (🎥SNY )

Texas Tech's actions in obtaining eligibility for Brendan Sorsby -- an athlete the NCAA declared permanently ineligible for extensive wagering on college sports, including games involving his own team -- have constituted a shameful chapter in the story of college football. If Texas Tech will not do the right thing, the Big 12 should. espn.com/college-football/st…

I'm calling on the Big12 to do the right thing and suspend an athlete who shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the field this season. Rules must apply to everyone. koco.com/article/oklahoma-ge…

Lineup vs RHP Lowder

Awfully fun when @corbin_carroll hits homers in the first

Soroka on how development of changeup and cutter have led to the success this season

Dbacks.tv back w ya today Day baseball from Cincy

As you might expect being off today was probably always the plan with Lawlar. Add to that the fact that he had rough travel getting here and even playing yesterday was a lot to ask. Trying to make sure that he stays healthy.

I’m going to say the part everybody keeps trying to smother with soft lighting and school-colored spin: This Texas Tech defense of Brendan Sorsby is not noble. It is not brave. It is not some deeply moving stand for second chances. It is a beautifully produced excuse factory with a quarterback depth chart attached. And I’m sorry, but some of us still remember when gambling was the one line sports absolutely, positively did not let you tap dance across. Baseball knew it. Basketball knew it. Football knew it. College athletics knew it. Every athlete who has ever sat through a compliance meeting knows it. You do not bet on games. You certainly do not bet on games connected to your own program. That is not complicated. That is not hidden in fine print. That is not some NCAA mystery written in invisible ink and stored behind a locked filing cabinet in Indianapolis. That is Day One stuff. That is “don’t touch the stove” stuff. That is “the bridge is out” stuff. And now Texas Tech wants everyone to gather around, dab our eyes, admire the production quality, and pretend this is really about compassion? No. Compassion is helping Brendan Sorsby get well. Compassion is making sure he has treatment, accountability, support, and people around him who care more about his soul than his stat line. Compassion is not pretending the rulebook suddenly caught a stomach virus because the quarterback room got uncomfortable. That’s not grace. That’s roster management wearing a halo. And that’s where this whole thing starts smelling like a booster-club candle called “Selective Accountability.” Because let’s be painfully honest. If this were a third-string offensive guard from a school ESPN only mentions during weather delays, there would be no emotional video. No moral campaign. No carefully scripted institutional defense. No dramatic music. No “we stand with our guy” tour. There would be a violation. There would be a consequence. There would be silence. But because it’s a quarterback who can help win games, suddenly the red line needs context, therapy lighting, and a legal team. Nope. Wrong. Try again. Sports cannot survive if gambling violations become public-relations projects. The integrity of the game cannot depend on how many boosters are nervous. Rules cannot only apply to the guys who are not talented enough to become inconvenient. And second chances do not have to include first-team reps. I hope Brendan Sorsby gets help. Truly. I hope he heals. I hope he grows. I hope five years from now this is a painful chapter in a much better story. But he does not need NCAA eligibility to become whole. He does not need a starting job to be supported. He does not need the rest of college football to pretend that a clear line was suddenly blurry just because Texas Tech found a camera crew and a sympathetic script. Sometimes love tells the truth. Sometimes support still says no. Sometimes consequences are not cruelty. And sometimes the most compassionate thing anyone can do is stop treating accountability like it’s a disease we need to cure. You crossed the line. Now the line has to matter. #BrendanSorsby #TexasTech #NCAA #CollegeFootball #SportsBetting #SportsIntegrity #AccountabilityMatters #PersonalResponsibility #CollegeFootballNews #NCAAFootball #CameronDole @espn @TexasTech @TexasTechFB @TechAthletics @Big12Conference

Family First 1️⃣ 🏈!

🧱 by 🧱 the DINS are getting better!! #LeaveNoDoubt #EliteIsTheStandard

New carpet June 22 in office. Time to clear out things empty drawers and cabinets. Finding copy of handwritten letter from PT42 to @ByTimLayden that he shared is awesome.

Former @ScottsdaleCCMBB coach @CoachBunker working his magic at @WNMU_MBB Doing it with a bunch of AzHS kids, stops by to share his story and vision with the Dean while in town for Section 7s! The Kevin McCabe show @AZSportsSat987

Perdomo to left, Blake Dunn drops the ball. Crowd booing. Moreno scores ( huge steal of 2nd). It’s 3-2 Dbacks. Lawlar shallow fly ball drops in and it’s 5-2 Huge game for Jordan

Torey Lovullo postgame

Nolan freakin’ Arenado

Lawlar on the catch on the McLain ball that had him hitting the wall

Nolan Arenado on his dazzling play to end the threat in the 8th

Groover RBI