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It’s been 51 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank into Lake Superior. Today, we honor the 29 brave souls we lost on that tragic day. May their memory live on.
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Scoop: First-term Sen. Eric Schmitt has grown close to VP Vance and is seen as a top prospect to become a potential 2028 running mate. axios.com/2026/09/29/eric-sc…
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Just caught up on #BB28 classy exit by Kamu, love to see people play hard and respect the game, even when it doesn’t work out in their favor.
Im not sure anyone in life is better at anything than @DanGheesling was at big brother
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Nick Groover retweeted
When I started running, I asked my coach how to get better.
He said: show up to every practice
I got better. I asked again:
"Run on the weekends when we don't practice"
I got better
Showing up consistently is step 1 in any pursuit
Don't overcomplicate it when getting going
Nick Groover retweeted
He called his shot! And backed it up.
Said he wanted one of the hardest world records on the books, that's stood for 27 years.
Josh Kerr 3:42.66, new mile world record. In front of the home crowd. Pushing it from 600 out.
What a performance! Incredible.
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If your brain is broken by politics so much that you aren’t happy Balogun is playing, and you’re an American citizen, you should be deported
Nick Groover retweeted
The roster cut email has been completely overblown. If I was a player that didn’t make it, I wouldn’t want a phone call —- the moment is awful however it’s delivered, but what can a coach tell me in that moment that will soften the blow? Nothing.
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To the few people I’ve read with comments similar to “follow the rules”, etc
Let me be clear, if you are ok with what happened, I believe YOU are bad for the sport and part of why it doesn’t grow mainstream
Just to be clear:
1. The kid was NOT given an official warning earlier when he yelled in excitement (not toward anybody) after breaking a 20 year old state record. Source: The Athletic, his HS track coach. There's a protocol to this. More than likely, it's the official saying this to cover his ass because the stupid call blew up and looks ridiculous.
He put up 5 fingers to signify 5th championship. The same kind of gesture so many others did when they put a #1 up in the air signifying they won...
2. No one in there right mind would DQ anyone for raising their hand in the air at the line, whether it's both hands, a 1 in the air, or whatever. It's literally done all the time. Both hands in the air at the line is literally the default celebration crossing the tape...
3. Go look through the pics and videos of the same meet and their are literally dozens of kids doing the same kind of celebration or more. None DQd. Expand to every state meet or HS national championship...and if we applied the same rule, a large majority of records would be wiped out...
Which is the point... The rule is vague on purpose to give officials leeway. But too often in track, you have some volunteer official who lets the power go to their head and inserts themselves into the
The point of comparing to other sports. Even crappy calls by officials result in a loss of the play. You score a TD, that play is negated. Not the entire game, quarter, or drive. In track, it's all or nothing. Which is insane. Imagine an entire game wiped out because of a touchdown celebration in a college football game. People would be like WTF...you get a penalty, but it's not catastrophic.
So sure, if you want to be stuck int he 1950s and scream "Rules are rules!" without understanding that the rule on taunting is vague on purpose and see how it's incredibly inconsistently applies...then you do you, live in the 1950s.
But to the rest of us living in the real world, it makes zero sense to erase an entire race because some kid raised his arms in the last 5 meters of a race that was over.
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Mallard Creek’s Nyan Brown said this, in a statement on social media.
“While I am disappointed in the final decision, I believe this moment creates an opportunity for a larger conversation within track and field about allowing young athletes to celebrate major accomplishments.”
Nick Groover retweeted
Mallard Creek won their fifth state track championship in the last five years. Then an official at the NCHSAA got offended. My column explains why they should let the coaches handle the teachable moments while the officials shut up and click the stopwatch nsjonline.com/article/2026/0…
Nick Groover retweeted
Just to be clear:
1. The kid was NOT given an official warning earlier when he yelled in excitement (not toward anybody) after breaking a 20 year old state record. Source: The Athletic, his HS track coach. There's a protocol to this. More than likely, it's the official saying this to cover his ass because the stupid call blew up and looks ridiculous.
He put up 5 fingers to signify 5th championship. The same kind of gesture so many others did when they put a #1 up in the air signifying they won...
2. No one in there right mind would DQ anyone for raising their hand in the air at the line, whether it's both hands, a 1 in the air, or whatever. It's literally done all the time. Both hands in the air at the line is literally the default celebration crossing the tape...
3. Go look through the pics and videos of the same meet and their are literally dozens of kids doing the same kind of celebration or more. None DQd. Expand to every state meet or HS national championship...and if we applied the same rule, a large majority of records would be wiped out...
Which is the point... The rule is vague on purpose to give officials leeway. But too often in track, you have some volunteer official who lets the power go to their head and inserts themselves into the
The point of comparing to other sports. Even crappy calls by officials result in a loss of the play. You score a TD, that play is negated. Not the entire game, quarter, or drive. In track, it's all or nothing. Which is insane. Imagine an entire game wiped out because of a touchdown celebration in a college football game. People would be like WTF...you get a penalty, but it's not catastrophic.
So sure, if you want to be stuck int he 1950s and scream "Rules are rules!" without understanding that the rule on taunting is vague on purpose and see how it's incredibly inconsistently applies...then you do you, live in the 1950s.
But to the rest of us living in the real world, it makes zero sense to erase an entire race because some kid raised his arms in the last 5 meters of a race that was over.
Nick Groover retweeted
The track official that determined this should never be allowed on a track again. Feel bad for this kid and his teammates.
Adults ruining a good thing, once again.
Mallard Creek boys track and field was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct after winning the 4x400 relay in the final event of the day. Had the result stayed, the Mavericks would have won the team state championship. Instead, they remained in second place.
You can read the full story on the NCHSAA 8A Track and Field State Championships at highschoolot.com/story/live-…
Nick Groover retweeted
THIS is over-officiating and I'll die on that hill.
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THE
WRONG
CALL
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Mallard Creek boys track and field was disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct after winning the 4x400 relay in the final event of the day. Had the result stayed, the Mavericks would have won the team state championship. Instead, they remained in second place.
You can read the full story on the NCHSAA 8A Track and Field State Championships at highschoolot.com/story/live-…