All of the English people loudly criticizing the World Cup in the U.S.A but are quiet when their own @premierleague has been corrupted by City and Chelsea for 22 years. Now proven by the way.

Leland Melvin was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 1986. He never played a regular season NFL game. He went to space twice instead. Melvin grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia. He went to the University of Richmond on a football scholarship and finished as the school's career leader in catches and receiving yards. He also earned a degree in chemistry. The Lions took him in the 11th round. In training camp, he pulled a hamstring. Detroit cut him. He landed with the Dallas Cowboys. And at night, while his teammates went out, he stayed in and watched videotaped graduate school lectures in engineering. Then one day at practice, Danny White called an audible to impress Tom Landry. Melvin took off, and the hamstring went again. That was the end of football. Years later, he put it this way. "I thank Danny White for helping me get to space." He finished his master's in materials science engineering. In 1989 he went to work as an engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center. In 1998, NASA picked him to be an astronaut. In April 2001, he was training for a spacewalk in NASA's giant training pool. His suit was missing a small pad that lets astronauts equalize the pressure in their ears. "I felt this river of blood rolling down the side of my face. I was completely deaf." Doctors told him he would never fly in space. After three weeks, the hearing came back in his right ear. His left ear never fully recovered. He moved over to robotics and education work. Then in February 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart on its way home. One of the seven astronauts killed was his friend, David Brown. Melvin kept showing up anyway. NASA's chief flight surgeon, Rich Williams, watched him clear his ears on training flights. He gave Melvin a waiver. In February 2008, Leland Melvin launched on Space Shuttle Atlantis. In November 2009, he did it again. More than 565 hours in space. He later ran NASA's education office and wrote a book called Chasing Space. And if his face looks familiar, it might be because of his official NASA portrait. He did not pose alone. He brought his two rescue dogs, Jake and Scout. The photo went viral. His favorite part, he says, is that the three of them look like they are holding hands. Cut by the Lions. Hurt again in Dallas. Told by doctors he would never fly. He says football is what got him ready. All those years of having to make the catch when it mattered most. That training, he said, "set me up for getting ready for space." For more stories like this, follow us on any platform @thesportsontap

The Flash premiered on CBS on this day in 1990. The Flash is an American television series developed by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo that aired on CBS from September 20, 1990 to May 18, 1991. It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash, a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds. The Flash starred John Wesley Shipp as Allen, along with Amanda Pays and Alex Désert. (Wikipedia) I liked this series of The Flash.

"Avoid going 0-2 or become Jamaican" Justin Herbert:

39 years ago today Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! was released on Nintendo consoles. Maybe the best sports video game ever! In your humble opinion what is the greatest sports video game of all time?

When I say "God” I am speaking of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who died for my sins, was laid in the grave, rose on the third day, and reigns forever. That is who I mean when I say God.

Happy birthday, Cassandra Peterson, better know as Elvira! Ageless. The beehive. The laugh. Late night movies that had no business being that fun. The greatest Hostess.

The pearl clutching over an AI video is proof why women were never wanted or needed in men’s sports. Female “sports journalists” are absolutely useless. Most of them use it to get fucked by athletes and be around millionaires.

SEGA Genesis

Underrated as hell and we all know it.

Was this your childhood?

How it started vs why it ended

📺DEBUT: ‘He-Man and the Masters of the Universe’ premiered 43 years ago, September 5, 1983

Andrea Berta got 600k+ a week in wages off the books and made 100+ million in sales this summer. Don’t get the whining by #Arsenal fans.

Mohammed is a false prophet. Allah is a false god. The Quran is a false text. Islam is a false religion.

28 August 1993: Ian Wright’s single, “Do the Wright Thing” entered the charts! @IanWright0 @Arsenal

If 9/11 happened today, liberals would 100% be holding vigils for the terrorists

Zero men would show up to cheer for a man who killed all three of his kids.

The Alvarez saga is worse than the Vini Jr saga because Vini was worth 150 million and Alvarez is worth less than half of that. #Arsenal

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