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I knew it was over. But I still had to know.
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I knew it was over. But I still had to know.
I am blessed to have played this game for 20 years. Now, it is time for me to go home.
One thing that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, especially today on Veterans Day, is what it means to have a platform.
I came from nowhere. I am here now. It’s unreal, but I am here.
Fifty-four years ago, I got away with a crime.
I haven’t told many people. I don’t talk about my feelings much — so this is uncomfortable.
Everyone knows where they were when they heard the news. It’s one of the things that has bonded the city together in the past few weeks. I was actually asleep.
It wasn’t until I blocked out all the outside noise and just focused on what was important to me that things became a lot clearer.
The result of the game is what captured people’s attention. But the process that led up to that — the way this program stayed together and how its fans never st
I was probably the worst possible person to have on base in a situation where you desperately needed a run to score from second.
My story so far is about setbacks. I’ve been down before. I came back better.
Sometime in the last decade, I think Texas lost that culture of accountability. We became more scared of losing than committed to winning.
Here’s my idea: Let’s open up a line of communication just between us, and be ready to respond with one voice as players.
If anyone asks you where Shawn Thornton learned to fight, tell ’em my nanny taught me.
Patterson Dental was a backup plan. And later that week, when I went to Vikings rookie camp, I would find out whether or not I needed it.
From the time I was 5 years old tearing around the little studio rink at Rye Playland, I dreamed about wearing a New York Rangers sweater with Shattenkirk on th
Nick Hischier on what it means to play for the New Jersey Devils: “What else can I say? I’m Nico. I love to hockey. And it’s an honor to be a Devil again.”
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If we’re able to accomplish what I think we can over these next few weeks, and bring the first World Series title to this great city of ours, that celebration i
We’ve already seen one miracle this year. And that was us just getting started. Believe me.
It’s not easy coming to a new place and having fans accept you. But in Toronto, I found a home right away.
You probably have some questions.
Quando você perde, é como se você estivesse faminto. Quando você ganha, é como se você ainda estivesse faminto, mas comeu um pouco de migalhas.
The roll call during the playoffs in the Bronx is different. It’s loud,it’s in your face,it’s all business. I hope I get to hear it over and over again this Oct