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Donnie Iris last performance. Still decked out in Black & Gold. RIP to a Pittsburgh original. A one of one dude. A rock n roll star. With no ego. Who was salt of the Earth. We lost an all-timer.
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Oh so sad, Donnie Iris has passed away at the age of 83. Rest in peace 🙏🏻
Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah!
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I’ve never seen a single Fast & Furious movie and I’m as committed to that streak as Cal Ripken was to his.
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Gone far too soon. Fought the good fight! Puck cancer 🖕🏻 RIP Ronny 🙏🏻
Today, the NHL Alumni family mourns the loss of Ron Duguay, a cherished member of our hockey family whose legacy reaches far beyond the game he loved so dearly.
Ron lived life with an extraordinary passion, an infectious smile, and a heart that was truly larger than life.
Above all else, his deepest and most sincere love was for his family. They were his greatest pride, his greatest joy, and always closest to his heart.
His dedication and passion for the game of hockey were unwavering. Hockey was more than a sport to Ron; it was a part of who he was, a lifelong love that he carried with pride and shared so generously with others.
But perhaps what made Ron most special was his humanity. His genuine compassion, kindness, and willingness to help others always extended far beyond himself. He cared deeply, gave generously of his heart, and had a remarkable way of making everyone around him feel valued and appreciated.
Ron greeted each day with the biggest smile, an incredible zest for life, and a positive outlook that shone through everything he saw, everything he did, and every life he touched.
He will be remembered not only for the player he was, but for the extraordinary person he was.
His warmth, his laughter, his kindness, and his beautiful spirit will forever remain in the hearts of his family, friends, teammates, and the entire NHL Alumni community.
Our deepest love and heartfelt condolences go out to Ron’s family and all those fortunate enough to have known and loved him.
Rest in peace, Ron. Your smile, your heart, and your love for life will never be forgotten. ❤️🏒
Forever a part of our NHL Alumni family.
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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.
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There's a famous photograph from the Inchon landing on September 15, 1950. A Marine officer is climbing a ladder over a seawall, rifle in hand, leading his men into the city.
That Marine is 1st Lt. Baldomero Lopez. Within minutes of that picture being taken, he was dead.
Lopez was from Tampa, Florida. He'd enlisted in World War II, then went on to the Naval Academy. At Inchon, he led a platoon of Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines onto Red Beach.
Once over the wall, his platoon was hit by North Korean bunkers firing from close range. Lopez moved forward to knock one out with a grenade.
He pulled the pin. As he raised his arm to throw, he was shot in the chest and shoulder. The grenade fell from his hand, right beside his men.
His wounded arm wouldn't work. He couldn't pick it up to throw it.
So he pulled the live grenade in under his body and took the blast himself.
The men around him lived. Baldomero Lopez was 25.
He received the Medal of Honor posthumously. The photo of him going over the seawall became one of the most iconic images of the Korean War.
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Need some relaxation? Well, pour your favorite beverage or grab your favorite smoke and take a trip with me and these sweet bastards to falsetto heaven.
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You can keep the giant video boards and high-volume audio assaults. Just give me a green field, a cold beer, and the sound of a catcher’s mitt popping.
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Everyone I knew when I was growing up, got their driver's license the day they turned 16, if the DMV was open that day.
When I was a teenager, I didn’t know a single person who waited past 16 to get their driver’s license.
It was a rite of passage. Your first taste of freedom. Being able to go wherever you wanted without asking your parents for a ride.
Now I regularly meet people in their early 20s who still don’t drive and have no plans to get a license.
Maybe I’m officially getting old, but what the hell is going on with kids these days?
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Say Their Names to Remember
The Battle of Mogadishu is remembered for downed Black Hawks, desperate fighting in the streets, and extraordinary acts of courage.
But behind the better-known stories were sixteen other Americans who also lost their lives during the battle.
They were pilots and crewmen. Rangers and special operations soldiers. Infantrymen and engineers. Some died when their helicopters went down. Others were killed fighting toward the crash sites, defending wounded men, or trying to bring their fellow soldiers out of the city.
Their names were:
SSG Daniel D. Busch
SFC Earl R. Fillmore Jr.
MSG Timothy L. Martin
CPL James M. Cavaco
SGT James C. Joyce
SPC Richard W. Kowalewski Jr.
SGT Dominick M. Pilla
SGT Lorenzo M. Ruiz
CPL James E. Smith
SSG William D. Cleveland Jr.
SGT Thomas J. Field
CW4 Raymond A. Frank
CW4 Clifton P. Wolcott
CW3 Donovan L. Briley
SGT Cornell L. Houston Sr.
PFC James H. Martin Jr.
They came from different units and had different jobs, but on October 3 and 4, 1993, their stories became part of the same battle.
History naturally remembers its most decorated names. Sometimes that means the others gradually become a number in a casualty total.
They were not a number.
They were sixteen men who did not come home.
Say their names to remember.
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42 years ago today, “Out Of Touch” by Daryl Hall & John Oates was released as a single.
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One of the last known photos of Delta Force sniper Randy Shughart, taken shortly before he was killed alongside Gary Gordon at the crash site of Super 64 during the Battle of Mogadishu, October 3, 1993.
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Gédéon Naudet makes a really interesting point here that I’ve never considered.
Without his and his brother Jules’ footage that day, many people would have thought that first responders catastrophically messed up - and that the death toll should have been much lower.
But Jules footage proves that they did everything right and within their control. FDNY put it all on the line that day.
Chief Pfeifer telling Jules to stick with him and continue filming in the north tower gave the average American a glimpse of the chaos and heroism of all first responders on 9/11