Sports and entertainment reporter | Host of the Jack Vita Show | I talk too much about sports, reality TV and Jesus | John 3:30 | Bring in the dancing lobsters
The Denver Broncos gave up:
• 9th overall pick 2022 (Charles Cross)
• 40th overall pick 2022 (Boye Mafe)
• Drew Lock
• Shelby Harris
• Noah Fant
• 2023 1st round pick (7th)
• 2023 2nd round pick (39th)
• 5 years, $245 million
for Russell Wilson (25th in QBR), and are 2-4.
During the weather delay, the Cleveland Guardians players have been playing catch with a football with New York Yankees fans at Yankee Stadium! This is the best thing I’ve seen all day! Credit to
@LaurenShehadi
for the scoop!
Did
@CBS
seriously NOT televise the national anthem of the Steelers and Bills game, with Survivor legend Coach Ben Wade the Dragon Slayer playing the national anthem on his trumpet? I truly waited all week for this moment and am sorely disappointed.
#Survivor
@CBSSports
“I don’t think Joe Burrow is the best quarterback in the 2020 NFL Draft. NFL star? I don’t see it. He’s not a franchise-changer. I think he’s more in the Sam Darnold category. I don’t know what he does great.”
LA Chargers kicker Dustin Hopkins could barely stand and he kicked the game-winning FG for a Chargers 19-16 win over the Broncos. Lisa Salters asked him about it:
“Before I directly answer that, I just want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
@Sports_Spectrum
@JasonRomano
THURSDAY 1/11 at 9 AM CT — don’t miss my exclusive, 70-minute conversation with Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon on the Jack Vita Show! Anthony opens up and talks baseball, life and faith.
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Braves’ shortstop Dansby Swanson: “The Good Lord has blessed me so much. I wouldn’t be here without Him. The peace that He gives me is just remarkable. You can never go wrong trusting in that.”
UPDATE: My sister left tonight's game without a baseball. Almora tried twice to get her a ball and she didn't get it either time.
Thank you
@albertalmora
for trying! Class act
@Reds
@Cubs
This was a fun and cool celebration after a big moment of a MNF game, and one of the biggest moments of Cassius Marsh’s career. It should NOT have drawn a flag. Let players have fun and talk smack. They’re not soft. And this is coming from a Steelers fan.
I had the GREAT JOY of speaking with Big Brother legends Janelle Pierzina (
@JanellePierzina
) and Rachel Reilly (
@RachelEReilly
) to discuss their time on BB, Amazing Race & their new show,
#SnakeInTheGrass
.
Find out why BOTH turned down The Challenge: USA
On June 2, the New York Mets had a 10.5 game-lead over the NL East's next closest team, the Atlanta Braves.
Since then, the Mets have gone 50-33.
The Braves are 61-24 over the same stretch.
The Mets haven't choked. The Braves have simply just been better.
In the last World Series game played at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia prior to tonight - November 2, 2009 - Chase Utley hit two home runs and tied Reggie Jackson's record for homers in a single World Series, as the Phillies beat the Yankees 8-6.
Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon did not expect Shohei Ohtani to re-sign with the club, he tells the Jack Vita Show. Rendon did not think Ohtani would be returning for 2024 and beyond.
Catch the full, 70-minute, exclusive interview:
#Angels
NEVER FORGET when Norm MacDonald trolled the Roast of Bob Saget with anti-jokes, and Bob Saget laughed till he about cried. Hard to believe we lost both these legends over the past few months. Rest in peace Bob and Norm.
#RestInPeaceBobSaget
The San Diego Padres finally slayed the dragon, ending the season of the Los Angeles Dodgers with their 5-3 game 4 win at Petco Park Saturday night, and advancing to the NLCS to play the Philadelphia Phillies
This is the second story in three hours that I've written about a grown man stealing a baseball from a young woman. I really hope I don't have to write anymore of these stories
Los Angels Angels' Anthony Rendon visits the Jack Vita Show to talk:
⚾
#Angels
Shohei Ohtani's departure, Ron Washington hire
⚾What made the 2019 Washington Nationals different from other Nats teams?
⚾ Life off the field, Christian faith
#Angels
“God’s always got a plan, and if I’ve learned one thing it’s that having faith in that plan will never fail you.”
-Dansby Swanson, as the
#Braves
are just win away from their first World Series championship since 1995.
#IAmSecond
#AO1
It's hard not to be romantic about baseball.
St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols hits career home run number 695 - a game-winning, pinch-hit home run in the final at bat against the Chicago Cubs of his career.
Kris Bryant has played 42 games this year and is back on the DL.
Javy Baez was Jon Heyman's "Least Valuable Player" of first half.
Anthony Rizzo turned down $70 mil with
#Cubs
to take $32 mil with Yankees.
Craig Kimbrel has a 4.25 ERA.
Kyle Schwarber is hitting .204/.306.
THIS is unnecessary roughness??? Makes the difference between a fourth and 8 and a first and 10. This is weak sauce. 2021
@NFL
rules and officiating, everybody.
#Bengals
How much sleep do houseguests get in the
#BigBrother
house?
"When I played in my 20s, I would absolutely do marathon-sleeping. I'm talking like 18 hours/day." -
@JanellePierzina
"You have to stay up until 4am (every night)." -
@RachelEReilly
More:
#BB24
Longtime Valparaiso men's basketball assistant coach Luke Gore is joining Paul Mills' coaching staff at Wichita State, he tells
@TVBOren
on The Victory Bell: The Podcast.
Coach Gore served under Homer Drew, Scott Drew, Bryce Drew and Matt Lottich, coaching at Valpo for 21 years.
I've seen several comments here saying, "Well, at least the grown man gave the ball to a kid." Nope. The gentleman he gave the ball to was OLDER than my sister. He was not a kid.
I asked Team USA manager Mark DeRosa what it was like to “put the uniform back on.” He told me he spoke with Coach K before Wednesday’s exhibition game. Coach K told him to tell his players, “You’re not playing for the United States. You are the United States.”
While the faithfuls sleep, the traitors are up late. Is fatigue a tell of a traitor?
"Cirie messed me up a little bit because she always came in looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and I'm like, 'I'm pretty sure she's a traitor, but damn, she looks good!"
-Stephenie LaGrossa
LA Angels beat reporter
@RhettBollinger
visits the Jack Vita Show to talk:
⚾ Potential for a Shohei Ohtani trade before the deadline
⚾ Could Ohtani re-sign with Angels?
⚾ How to stop tanking in pro sports
⚾ Phil Nevin's impact on Angels and much more!
"I think TRUTH is good for kids. We're so busy lying, we don't even recognize the truth no more, in society. We want everybody to feel good. That's not the way life is."
-Coach Prime
This world is a messed-up place, as evidenced by what happened in Waukesha today.
It’s my faith in Jesus Christ that gives me hope on nights like tonight. My trust is in Him.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
-John 1:5
To anyone that is feeling lonely or sad this time of year: Keep in mind that there was a baby that was born in a manger 2021 years ago, who came to the world, lived a perfect life, and died on the cross for you, because HE loves you. You are loved, wanted and valued❤️
The Chicago Cubs honored Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina before their final game at Wrigley Field Thursday, giving each player a number from the Wrigley manual scoreboard, and making a contribution to the Pujols Family Foundation and Foundation 4
Have you ever wondered how YOU could get on
#Survivor
,
#BigBrother
, The Amazing Race, or another reality show? Longtime casting producer Jodi Wincheski (
@jodiwincheski
) is here to help!
Jodi talks casting, behind the scenes stories from Survivor and more!
Somebody took my Dunkin' order on my way to work and I ended up with theirs. So now I'm drinking an iced coffee with two caramel swirls, four shots of raspberry, and oat milk - in case you were wondering what the worst coffee order known to mankind is
The videos of the attack on the Waukesha Christmas parade brought tears to my eyes. It was evil.
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
-Romans 12:21
Join me in praying for the victims + Waukesha community, because even in times like these, God is working🙏
Remember when people wanted them to sell at the trade deadline in July? The Atlanta Braves have defied the odds and are going to the World Series! First NL pennant since 1999.
Loyola Chicago basketball hero and NCAA Tournament legend Sister Jean threw out the first pitch at Tuesday night's Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field, at the age of 103:
Jesus forever changed my life when I realized I WAS NOT ENOUGH. I couldn't do it all on my own. I had been trying for far too long.
He created me, died in my place and saved me. He gives me strength to keep going in tough times.
I am not enough. His grace is enough.
One more thing:
No, I was not at the game with my sister, so I couldn’t have said or done anything. I’m a baseball writer and I was working, so I did the best thing I could: tweet the video and write a story about it. My sister was at the game with her friends — all young women
Hey
@MLB
,
I’ll happily play baseball for $700k this year. For as long as I can remember, I always dreamed of being a pro ballplayer. 5’10 third baseman with little pop that pulls everything down the line. Hit .520 in 7th grade. Should I grab a bat?
I don't care if you're conservative, liberal or neither.
I don't care if you're vaccinated or not.
I only care that you're kind and treat others — you agree and disagree with — with respect. If you're a kind person, we'll be friends. Your politics don't define your character.
I don't know how it took me 27 years to watch It's a Wonderful Life, but I sure am glad I finally did. Wonderful movie, and a wonderful message to all that this world is better with you in it.
The Atlanta Braves were America’s team in the 90s. For the next 10 days, they will have the whole country (outside of Houston) behind them
#WorldSeries
St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado won his first division title of his 10-year career Tuesday night, as the Cardinals clinched their second National League Central division title in four years with their 6-2 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
-Romans 12:2
St. Louis Cardinals great Albert Pujols just hit his 702nd home run of his career, tying Babe Ruth for second on the all-time RBI list.
All-time RBI leaders:
Hank Aaron: 2,297
Babe Ruth: 2,214
Albert Pujols: 2,214
Can we stop talking about him like he’s Jesus Christ? Of course he can get COVID, just like the rest of us human beings can. There’s only one King who is immune and conquered death.
Not even the King is immune to COVID-19. LeBron James has been placed into the NBA’s health and safety protocols after testing positive for the virus, according to numerous reports
@JulianG922
I’ve been binging
@RachelEReilly
’s seasons of Big Brother. It’s the equivalent of watching Larry Bird’s hardwood classics on NBA TV: all-time great player, showman and trash-talker that I didn’t get to watch live, but the game was FAR better when they played than it is today.
I had the GREAT pleasure of having
#Survivor
legends Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick AND Cirie Fields (
@Ciriesurvivor12
) on the Jack Vita Show, to look back on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains and preview their latest adventure on USA Network's
#SnakeInTheGrass
!
"Twitter has more influence over how the show is edited now. I don't think we'll ever see a
#BigBrother
season like when Janelle played"
-
@RachelEReilly
"Yeah when you could get in someone's face and tell them they're a POS"
-
@JanellePierzina
😂😂
More:
I don't care how short of a spring it was for pitchers or what the advanced analytics say: pulling a generational talent, baseball icon and first ballot Hall of Famer six outs away from a perfect game, at 80 pitches, is the kind of stuff that is terrible for the game of baseball.
One thing I'm incredibly thankful for this year: the people God has placed in my life, through writing and podcasting. I've formed great friendships with guests + listeners/readers alike from different parts of the US. Can't wait to see who we make friends with this year!
St. Louis Cardinals' Albert Pujols crushed his 694th home run tonight in Cincinnati.
After tonight, he'll have 33 games to hit 6 home runs.
He'll need to hit one home run every 5.5 games in order to reach 700 in the final year of his career
Lauren Shehadi (
@LaurenShehadi
) has one of the most underrated great laughs on television. So contagious. When she laughs, you can't help but laugh along.
#MLBCentral
@MLBNetwork
Jose Ramirez just made one of the best defensive plays I’ve ever seen, in any sport.
If he doesn’t make this play, the Rays take the lead over the Guardians in the 12th inning.