Mark Smith @markps400

Might legit be the best throw I’ve ever seen from any baseball player ever. Hell it might be the best throw in ANY sport that involves throwing.

a thing of beauty.

15 years ago today, August 6, 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying an American quick reaction force (QRF) was struck by a Taliban RPG in the Tangi Valley of Wardak Province, Afghanistan. All 38 men aboard were killed. 17 Navy SEALs, the majority from DEVGRU's Gold Squadron, 5 Naval Special Warfare support personnel, 3 Air Force Special Tactics airmen, the Army helicopter crew, and 7 Afghan commandos plus an interpreter and military working dog. It remains the single deadliest day in the history of American special operations and the greatest loss the Navy SEAL community has ever endured. The mission itself was almost ordinary. The team was flying in as reinforcements for Army Rangers already in contact nearby, which was familiar work these men had performed countless times. There was nothing unusual about the call that night. That's part of what makes the loss so difficult to absorb: a routine task, one unlucky shot, and in a moment an entire generation of hard won experience was gone. 15 years later the loss still moves through the community, through the men who lived only because they were not on that helicopter, through the families of the ones who were, and through every Gold Star wife and child who marks this date each year. We speak their names and remember what a single night can take from an entire brotherhood. Never forgotten 🔱

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PCA clubs two home runs and the @Cubs hold on to sweep the Dodgers!

This photo almost makes it seem like they’re having a conversation. And perhaps they are.

𝕃𝕚𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝 ℙ 🪖 @TheLtColUSMC

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I also can’t stop thinking about the escort who brought SSgt Michael Swinton home. Long after the cameras leave, one service member remains beside a fallen brother, ensuring he is never alone on his final journey home. One of the military’s most sacred duties.🙏🏼

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The best rendition of a Glen Hansard not sung by him himself…. From his great friend Eddi Vedder at his funeral. Beautiful! ❤️

Ha mort Glen Hansard. La seva interpretació de "A fairytale of New York" al funeral de Shane McGowan a Nenagh acompanyant a The Pogues és un dels moments musicals més emotius que recordo. Pell de gallina. Gràcies per tant, Glen. #DEP #GlenHansard

A fan held up a sign. Bruce Springsteen worked out the chords onstage, taught the band the song—and turned it into pure joy. 🎬 You Never Can Tell — Leipzig, 2013 🎤 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band #BruceSpringsteen #YouNeverCanTell #LiveMusic

Chicago #Bears icon Walter Payton — "Sweetness" — runnin' the offseason hill in his 'Roos The NFL's "King of Hearts"

Bruce Springsteen opening a show in Australia with a Bee Gees classic—and somehow making it sound completely his own. 🎬 Stayin’ Alive — Brisbane, 2014 🎤 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band #BruceSpringsteen #StayinAlive #LiveMusic

On This Day in 2009: Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game.

This footage shows just how quickly an emergency can unfold mid Air. From a stable flight to a catastrophic spin in just moments.

For nearly 40 minutes before a man was killed on a Lincoln Park bar strip Sunday, 911 callers reported suspicious activity, a huge fight, and a man with a gun. But police dispatchers had no cops available to assign, according to CPD radio transmissions. cwbchicago.com/2026/07/before…

A Scottish Highland cow born just two hours ago 🤍 🩶

Thank you thank you. Goodnight, Chicago. July 11, 2026

Carol Bennett came back from the pump and found a brown stray sitting in the passenger seat of her old Buick. For a second, she didn’t move. The door was still open, the gas hose was still in the tank, and the dog sat there like he had been waiting to see if she would send him away. Carol had seen him for weeks at the little gas station outside Tupelo. He usually stayed near the far edge of the lot, close to the ditch behind the air machine. People left food sometimes, but he wouldn’t come close while anyone was watching. She noticed him because she had started stopping there more often after her husband, Tom, passed. The house felt too quiet in the evenings, so Carol would take the long way into town, buy a coffee she didn’t need, and sit in the car for a few minutes before going home. The passenger seat had been Tom’s spot for 42 years. That was where he kept the road map, where he opened peanut packs on long drives, where he complained that Carol’s coffee was always too hot and then asked for a sip anyway. The first time the dog came near the Buick, Carol thought it was only because of the food smell. Then he came back the next week. And the week after that. He never jumped, never begged, never tried to follow her inside. He just stood near the passenger side and watched. That evening, Carol must have left the door open while she went to pay. When she turned around, he was already in the seat. The dog looked at her with his head low, unsure what came next. Carol walked over slowly, keeping her voice soft. “I’ve seen you here every week,” she told him. “Come on, honey. You’re coming home with me.” No one at the station knew where he belonged. A vet found no chip, and nobody answered the notices Carol put up around town. She named him Rusty. Now when Carol drives into town, Rusty rides in Tom’s old seat with his nose pointed at the window. And when she pulls back into the driveway, the house doesn’t feel quite so empty anymore. Have you ever had an animal come into your life when you didn’t know how badly you needed one?

The Cubs just drafted Myles Bailey. He missed most of the 2026 with an injury and slid in the draft. Multiple people on the broadcast claimed he has the best raw power in the draft. Here’s a 118 mph, 468 ft home run of his:

Be right back. Crying. Cubs fans are the absolute best

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Today in 1984, the best second baseman in baseball took the best closer in baseball deep in consecutive innings on national television. I hope Ryno and Bruce Sutter are hanging out today in heaven having more fun than any of us sharing stories.

Happy Anniversary to The Ryne Sandberg Game. 42 years ago today. Love you, Ryno. Ryne Sandberg Forever. #FO23VER