Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) stands among his fellow graduates during graduation at UCLA on June 15, 1969. (Curt Gunther/SI)
GALLERY: Athletes at Graduation
You do you, Kareem. No one knows our struggle.
The Fellowship of the Colors
via Kurt White
Prayer before bed
If I ever take for granted the moment when the media relations interns push away the sliding glass windows, opening up my view to a beautiful panorama of Turner Field (plus the very top of the Atlanta skyline) and letting all the humming, whirring ballpark sounds flow into the press box at once, go ahead and push me towards graduate school, and don’t be gentle about it.
Today we remember those countless brave men and women who gave their lives so we could live in freedom. Let’s hold all our fallen heroes in our hearts today and everyday.
Photo of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Richard Paige
Josh Turnbull, son of Chelsea’s reserve goalkeeper, Ross Turnbull, scores the most adorable goal you’ll see today.
(Source: ktgrvs, via comovivere)
A musician playing the guitar on Maxwell Street in 1970, Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by James Newberry.
Come on BlackBerry, you can do better than that
The cutest video of the day: Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu playing catch with a young fan.
Let’s bump this up to cutest video of the month.
Recurring Developments - An interactive visualization of running jokes in Arrested Development episodes
