⚾ Believer in Jesus Christ/ Booker T. Washington c/o'14/ Neosho alum/ Washburn retired baseball player. ⚾️
Tulsa, OK
Joined May 2011
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Everybody wanna be an athlete. They only see the glamour, they don't see the grind and the struggle.
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The NFL: we’re gonna use turf to save money
The rest of the world: we have grass elevators
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Shane Beamer and the South Carolina football team serenaded his wife with some Rod Wave after beating Texas A&M
Who says chivalry is dead
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Quentin Lake calls the Packers, Bears and Lions “fluky,” sparking a heated NFL debate with Amon-Ra St. Brown over which teams are actually legitimate contenders
Lake questioned the strength of several NFC teams, arguing that the Packers, Bears and Lions have shown signs of inconsistency. He also pointed to the Rams’ recent defensive performances, insisting his team was getting back to where it needed to be.
Amon-Ra immediately challenged him, asking what that made the Rams if those teams were supposedly fluky.
The debate got even more heated when they turned to the Vikings. Lake defended Minnesota’s talent, pointing to Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, Kyler Murray and Aaron Jones, but Amon-Ra questioned whether their offense could sustain its production throughout the season.
Amon-Ra also fired back at the Rams’ strength of schedule, reminding Lake that they had beaten the Chargers and Giants, while Lake brought up wins over the Eagles, Raiders and other opponents.
Neither side was backing down as the NFL rivals went back and forth over which teams were truly built to compete.
Quentin Lake reveals the Rams locker room went silent after Sean McVay announced Jared Verse had been traded for Myles Garrett, admitting he was heartbroken to lose his close friend
Lake recalls arriving at the facility that day and having no idea the trade was actually going to happen. Verse was in good spirits, joking around, talking trash and lifting weights like he normally did.
Then came an emergency team meeting. Lake says those meetings usually meant something serious had happened, and when McVay walked in, he went straight to the point.
The announcement left the entire room stunned. Lake says you could hear a pin drop, especially because Verse was actually sitting in the meeting.
Lake, who shared a locker with Verse, admits he was hurt by the news. He had been hoping the rumours were just speculation, and the thought of seeing his close friend leave for Cleveland made the moment even harder to take.
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"In all the years I've been around football, maybe the greatest moment I've had."
Jason Witten's offense put up 351 yards against Florida and physically dominated for most of the night.
Awesome to hear from Witten postgame with his thoughts on the night #BoomerSooner @NEWS9
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Three HS teams in Oklahoma were locked in a tiebreaker and went to a Catfish restaurant to flip coins at midnight to decide which two teams head to the playoffs
High School Football is amazing
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Lou Williams says the Clippers GM called asking “Who the fuck is Jack Harlow?” after their Magic City photo went viral
“I met Jack in 2017. My business partner is part of Jack's team. So Jack would come around us and I got familiar with him. We were cool, spent some time with him. Fast forward to 2020, 2021, WHATS POPPIN blows up. Jack is one of the biggest stars in the world”
“He walks in Magic City with my business partner. I'm like, ‘Oh shit, Jack, congrats on everything. Much love my brother. We got to take a shot.’ We take a shot. Jack asks me, ‘Is it cool we take a picture?’ I'm like, ‘Yeah. I don't see why not. We both got our mask on’”
“We take the picture. That's it. My food comes out. I leave. He leave. Next morning, my GM call me. First question he says, ‘Hey, man, who fuck is Jack Harlow?’ I said, ‘He's a rapper. Why?’ ‘Nothing. I call you back.’ Hangs up on me”
“My agent calls me. He said, ‘Stay by your phone, we might have a problem. Go to Twitter.’ Check my Twitter. Jack has went viral because he posted the picture. The problem was he said, ‘Y'all chill. This was an old picture.’ But I had the mask on from the bubble. He tried to cover for me once he realized what was going on. It took a life of his own. And it became, to this day, Lemon Pepper Lou”
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Klay Thompson on what it was like guarding Steph Curry:
“It was fun. It was really fun. Steph’s super crafty still to this day, and felt good to block his shot. He made a great up and under on me. He had an incredible night, and you know what Steph’s doing. I mean, I might not have appreciated it as much as his teammate, ‘cause I got to see it every night, so it became normal. But to see it as an opponent, it’s incredible. Especially that he’s nearing 40 and he moves like a young man, like a young athlete. It’s just all the respect in the world for him. He deserves all the accolades, the adulation, the money, and he’s just one of one, and the game’s going to miss him when he does hang it up.”
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Full video of the fan throwing the ball at the ref and getting ejected. Luka Doncic was upset. 👀🍿
Thoughts?
(via @JomboyMedia)
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HILARIOUS: The #Titans social media admin went around their locker room asking players if they could borrow their car keys to run some errands.
“If I ain’t got no gas, you gotta put some gas in there.”
“Could you take it to get washed for me too?”
“I’ve got a Tesla, so I can assign you as a driver.”
“I’m a dawg, I can trust my dawg, man.”
“What a loser.”
😭😭😭
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Dude the degree of difficulty on so many of these Klay buckets last night…..
HOOPING
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Josh Okogie says having an entourage in the NBA is needed and thinks people misunderstand why so many NBA players have their friends live with them because they can be on the road for weeks at a time, their schedules are public, so people can literally know their house is empty and when to rob them
“I had my homies living with me. They had the dogs, they packed the house up, and they were people I had there that helped me out with that type of stuff. You need that, though.”
“There are so many things. In the NFL, it’s easier to have a normal life because you don’t leave the house that often. Whatever city you’re in, you live there. If I was on the Atlanta Falcons, I’m only leaving the house maybe Wednesday for a Thursday night game, Sunday for a Monday night game, or Saturday for a Sunday game. Then after the game, I’m flying back home. If I have two home games in a row, I’m probably home for three weeks without leaving.”
“But in the NBA, we’ll leave for two weeks, come back, leave again. And just from a safety perspective, the thing people don’t understand is our schedules are public. People know when you’re not home. People can rob your house and see, ‘Oh, I don’t know when he comes back home. I see him on TV.’ They’ll rob your house while they’re watching you on TV.”
“So people don’t understand that you need that support. Like I said, I have dogs. You still need the dogs walked, and you don’t want to give your dogs to boarding companies because you don’t know what they’re doing with your dogs.”
“And if I’m doing something at my house but I’m not home, they can help me out and facilitate everything. Also, after a long game, because we play a lot of games, sometimes you just need somebody to talk to. You need to go grab some wine. Your homies are right there the whole season.”
“Some of them will fly home and come through. Parents will fly in. If you’re playing on a championship team, you’re in your market from September to June. That’s nine months. So you need somebody to be able to chop it up with through the ups and downs of every season and kind of help you navigate the season as well.”
