Feel Good Friday
“On the third day of the 2022 draft, Brock Purdy’s mom brought home cake and balloons as he waited to be picked. He immediately gave her his version of a dirty look, which is just a slightly raised eyebrow. ‘Mom, I told you I don’t want a party,’ he said. ‘I might not even get picked.’ ‘I know, I know,’ Carrie Purdy said. ‘This is just for us to celebrate a little after it’s over. But if you do get picked…’ ‘You already told everybody in town to come over, didn’t you?’ Brock asked. Carrie smiled. He knows her too well. She told about 100 friends and neighbors in Maricopa County, Arizona, to hustle over if they saw Brock’s name get called. ‘I’ll pop all the balloons and eat the cake myself if you don’t get picked, OK?’ she said. Brock laughed and nodded in agreement. He could live with that.” ESPN: How Mr. Irrelevant became the most beloved underdog in sports.
+ “‘We were playing nine ball, and I’d won the first two games for 30 bucks,’ recalled Harris. ‘Russ had only 10 bucks left, so he told me he’d play the last game for a kidney.’
The laughs continued until the next morning, when the men had a flat tire on their way to the hospital.” WaPo (Gift Article): They were bitter rivals. Then one of them needed a kidney.
+ President Joe Biden announced another batch of student loan forgiveness Friday for 277,000 borrowers. The canceled debt adds up to $7.4 billion.
+ ‘Rosie the Riveters’ awarded Congressional Gold Medal years after World War II.
+ “If that service had marked the end of her connection to the school system, it would have been a powerful closing scene to her story: her life honored in the place where she had spent much of it. But in recent days, those who knew Orlich as “Miss O” have learned that, even in death, she will continue to play an important role in the school system’s community.” WaPo (Gift Article): She gave 67 years to working in schools. Then she gave $1 million.
+ “An effective ultrasound technology is now using FDA-approved artificial intelligence to help detect types of breast cancer faster — and for some patients, more effectively.”
