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Saw this on FB. Hope to get a little awareness here.
Steelers fans. Get this man his hat back. That’s not what we do. We’re better than that.
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Judy, a purebred pointer, was the mascot of several ships in the Pacific, and was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp. There she met Aircraftsman Frank Williams, who shared his small portion of rice with her.
Judy raised morale in the POW camp, and also barked when poisonous snakes, crocodiles or even tigers approached the prisoners. When the prisoners were shipped back to Singapore, she was smuggled out in a rice sack, never whimpering or betraying her presence to the guards.
The next day, that ship was torpedoed. Williams pushed Judy out of a porthole in an attempt to save her life, even though there was a 15-foot drop to the sea. He made his own escape from the ship, but was then recaptured and sent to a new POW camp. He didn't know if Judy had survived, but soon he began hearing stories about a dog helping drowning men reach pieces of debris after the shipwreck.
And when Williams arrived at the new camp, he said: "I couldn’t believe my eyes! As I walked through the gate, a scraggly dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I’d never been so glad to see the old girl!" They spent a year together at that camp in Sumatra. "Judy saved my life in so many ways," said Williams. "But the greatest of all was giving me a reason to live. All I had to do was look into those weary, bloodshot eyes and ask myself: 'What would happen to her if I died?' I had to keep going." Once hostilities ceased, Judy was then smuggled aboard a troopship heading back to Liverpool.
In England, she was awarded the Dickin Medal (the "Victoria Cross" for animals) in May 1946. Her citation reads: "For magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, which helped to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners, and also for saving many lives through her intelligence and watchfulness". At the same time, Frank Williams was awarded the PDSA's White Cross of St. Giles for his devotion to Judy. Frank and Judy spent a year after the war visiting the relatives of English POWs who had not survived, and Frank said that Judy "always provided a comforting presence to the families."
When Judy finally died at the age of 13, Frank spent two months building a granite and marble memorial in her memory, which included a plaque describing her life story.
He’s a warrior.
The league gave Alex Singleton a random drug test last year. The kind they use to catch people cheating.
It came back with something in him that was not supposed to be there. It was not a drug.
It was cancer.
Last week, in overtime in Seattle, he was the best player on the field against the team that cut him when he was nobody.
Here is the whole thing.
The test showed an elevated hormone. He knew immediately it was not something he had taken, because he is careful about that, so he and his wife and his agent sent him to a urologist instead of arguing with anybody.
The urologist found signs of a tumor. Denver's team doctor put him under an ultrasound that same day and confirmed it.
Now here is the part that tells you who he is.
He had already been scheduled to play that week. So he played. All sixty defensive snaps of it.
He had the surgery the next day.
He missed exactly one game.
Here is what he said when he told people about it, and the reason he told them at all.
"Thankfully, we believe the cancer was caught early with a great prognosis for me and my family."
"If it helps one person decide to pay closer attention to their body, then it is well worth it."
"Early detection and regular screenings save lives and can save loved ones from a lot of grief."
Now go back to the start.
He came out of Montana State and nobody drafted him. Seattle signed him and then cut him, and cut him again, and he spent his first year as a professional getting released over and over by people who had no use for him.
So he went to Canada and played three years in the CFL. Here is how he describes those years.
"Three amazing years and I learned how to become a pro there."
He came back, made a roster in Philadelphia, led that team in tackles, and they would not guarantee him a dollar. He signed with Denver for the minimum.
One more thing about him. His older sister Ashley has Down syndrome. She swims and she bowls, and he gave her the football from the first touchdown he ever scored in the National Football League.
"I think she's the greatest person in the world."
Now the honest part. He is paid well now and he was not in any danger by the time most people heard about it, so this is not a story about a man fighting for his life. Plenty of players have come back from worse. And one linebacker's tackle total does not decide a football game.
But a drug test built to catch liars found his cancer instead.
He played a full game knowing, had it cut out the next morning, and lost one Sunday.
And last week he stood in overtime in Seattle's building and had thirteen tackles.
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The league gave Alex Singleton a random drug test last year. The kind they use to catch people cheating.
It came back with something in him that was not supposed to be there. It was not a drug.
It was cancer.
Last week, in overtime in Seattle, he was the best player on the field against the team that cut him when he was nobody.
Here is the whole thing.
The test showed an elevated hormone. He knew immediately it was not something he had taken, because he is careful about that, so he and his wife and his agent sent him to a urologist instead of arguing with anybody.
The urologist found signs of a tumor. Denver's team doctor put him under an ultrasound that same day and confirmed it.
Now here is the part that tells you who he is.
He had already been scheduled to play that week. So he played. All sixty defensive snaps of it.
He had the surgery the next day.
He missed exactly one game.
Here is what he said when he told people about it, and the reason he told them at all.
"Thankfully, we believe the cancer was caught early with a great prognosis for me and my family."
"If it helps one person decide to pay closer attention to their body, then it is well worth it."
"Early detection and regular screenings save lives and can save loved ones from a lot of grief."
Now go back to the start.
He came out of Montana State and nobody drafted him. Seattle signed him and then cut him, and cut him again, and he spent his first year as a professional getting released over and over by people who had no use for him.
So he went to Canada and played three years in the CFL. Here is how he describes those years.
"Three amazing years and I learned how to become a pro there."
He came back, made a roster in Philadelphia, led that team in tackles, and they would not guarantee him a dollar. He signed with Denver for the minimum.
One more thing about him. His older sister Ashley has Down syndrome. She swims and she bowls, and he gave her the football from the first touchdown he ever scored in the National Football League.
"I think she's the greatest person in the world."
Now the honest part. He is paid well now and he was not in any danger by the time most people heard about it, so this is not a story about a man fighting for his life. Plenty of players have come back from worse. And one linebacker's tackle total does not decide a football game.
But a drug test built to catch liars found his cancer instead.
He played a full game knowing, had it cut out the next morning, and lost one Sunday.
And last week he stood in overtime in Seattle's building and had thirteen tackles.
A little magic never hurt.
A ‘Proactive’ idea to helping #BoNix and the @Broncos offense find their rhythm courtesy of a little @Disney MAGIC 🪄
#BroncosCountry
Autograph football cards for Halloween instead of candy? Brilliant!
Troy Aikman says he forgot Halloween candy and handed out autographed cards instead, then remembered the candy the next year and somehow disappointed the kids
Aikman: “One year for Halloween, I got home from practice. I was single, was at the house, totally forgot it was Halloween. And all of a sudden, I had kids coming to my door. I had no candy.”
“And I was like, ‘Oh man,’ I felt like an absolute loser. So these card companies would send me my football cards, and it’s all I could think of. So I pull out these cards and I just signed them for the kids as they came to the door, sign a card and hand it to them.”
Dale: “They’re kids and that’s normally who wants those.”
Aikman: “Yeah. And so then the next year I got smart and I was prepared and I had candy. And then I had more kids that came to my door than I had the year before, and I’m handing them out candy, and they’re like, ‘Oh man, we want the autographed football card.”
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Having 4pm NFL games ending in the dark now (East Coast viewers) and then hearing the ticking of the "60 Minutes" stopwatch makes me feel that I have Algebra and American History homework to do tonight, even though I'm in my 50s now.
Spiderman!
Travis Hunter had a touchdown and then an interception on back-to-back drives. 😏
HOUvsJAX on NFL Network
Stream on @NFLPlus
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Really enjoyed catching up with former #Broncos TE Julius Thomas. He made a difference on the field, but it pales to his impact off it.
Dr. Julius Thomas, former #Broncos star tight end, is helping people perform their best, manage mental health: denverpost.com/2026/10/17/br…
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🚨 NFL HISTORY
Denver had 12 different players record a QB hit against the Seahawks.
That's the MOST players with a QB hit in a single NFL game since the stat began being tracked under its current definition in 2006
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BREAKING
I've spoken to a source close to the team who will attempt to get Bo Nix to wear eye black again
That MacGyver Defense saved the game!
17 Hits on QB
14 pts allowed
9 passes defended
5 Sacks
2 INTs &
A partridge in a pear tree
#SEAvsDEN on Prime Video
Stream on @NFLPlus #BroncosCountry
“MacGyver” Strikes Again
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Say it with me FREAKIN “MacGyver!”
@JoJoradio @AnthonyRod33 @AllbrightNFL @redwardsradio @KOAColorado
#BroncosCountry
“Wet That Blanket”
17 Hits on QB
14 pts allowed
9 passes defended
5 Sacks
2 INTs &
A partridge in a pear tree
#SEAvsDEN on Prime Video
Stream on @NFLPlus #BroncosCountry
“MacGyver” Strikes Again
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Stop, just stop. Enough already.
Apparently winning isn’t enough anymore.
Bo Nix and the @Broncos weren’t perfect but they still won the game.
Winning in the NFL is hard. Enjoy it.
#BroncosCountry
Listen up!👂
17 Hits on QB
14 pts allowed
9 passes defended
5 Sacks
2 INTs &
A partridge in a pear tree
#SEAvsDEN on Prime Video
Stream on @NFLPlus #BroncosCountry
“MacGyver” Strikes Again