Writer in the nonprofit and higher-ed racket. Love and respect for journos. Ex-Laramie Boomerang, AP (PDX & NYC), OC Register.

Orange County, CA
Joined December 2008
That absolutely cannot be the reason. Every youth sporting event is live-steamed now, by someone. It’s not even unusual.
So I seen someone post that the cops were actually called because his parents were livestreaming the game and one of the other parents didn't want their kid on live...if that's the case it's still weird to call the cops and I would've probably just pulled my kid from the game but I kinda understand a little more
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When my kid was like 9 she played in a co-ed basketball league for beginners. Really fun. Last game two brothers were on the other team and all they did was ball-hog and chuck 3s. Just dismal. But the parents didn’t go berserk. BECAUSE THEY’RE ALL CHILDREN
The police should have never been called. The end. Send tweet. None of this “but” business.
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The police should have never been called. The end. Send tweet. None of this “but” business.
The police should have NEVER been called, BUT soccer is a TEAM sport and this child is not playing as a team. If he’s too young to understand how team sports work, then this might not be the league for him. But I do believe his parents and coaches could easily teach him that. We wouldn’t allow this in basketball, or shouldn’t, and nor should we in soccer. His parents are likely behind this arrogant style of play which really has no place in a team sport.
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They wish the controversy lasted for days. It’s over. Republicans are going to lose a week from tomorrow, and there’s nothing they can do — not defending child rape, nor criticizing the most popular president in recent memory — to stop it.
Republicans spend years telling everyone, “Trump was just joking! Why can't you take a joke?” Then Obama makes one Cheesecake Factory joke, and they lose their minds for days.
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Johnny Manziel is a total idiot loser. So of course he’s a Trump guy. What else would he be?
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As a lifelong Browns fan, I simply note that former Browns’ quarterbacks Johnny Manziel and Colt McCoy were failures.
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Until I see the black family make a video saying they called the police I’m calling bullshit We don’t call the police in the first place so why would we call the police on one of our own children?!!
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News: Trump is bringing three football stars — Johnny Manziel, Colt McCoy and Danny Amendola — onto the campaign trail in Texas tomorrow The play: Turn football fans into midterm voters — especially the young men who helped Trump win in '24 axios.com/2026/10/26/trump-s…
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“Scrambling some operations”? What the fuck are you talking about? Murders are happening and going unsolved because the mayor is playing basketball?
New: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of his friends have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup basketball — scrambling some operations at the facility. w/ @GrahamRayman & @joeanuta politico.com/news/2026/10/26…
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Huh. The league said nobody was asked to leave.
UPDATE: police Body cam video of the amazing 3 year old Winter Park, Florida soccer kid’s family being asked to leave by police, who were called by the youth sports league instagram.com/reel/De-P4oOB8…
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The cops heard “it’s not really an emergency” and “hurry because the Black family is about to leave” and sped the fuck over there.
The 911 call is out. The i9 Sports director who called police on the parents of 3 year old soccer star Nevada told the dispatcher it was “not really an emergency,” called Nevada’s mom “unruly,” described her as Black and wearing pink, then begged for officers to “rush” because the family was about to leave in ten minutes. Police say the family was cooperative, was already leaving, and nobody was trespassed or forced off the property. Nevada’s mom says the real issue was other parents complaining about her son’s playing time. balleralert.com/es27
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If that happens they’ll never win the White House again. It would be glorious.
The quickest route to getting rid of the Electoral College is flipping Texas blue. Republicans do not have a pathway to winning enough electoral votes without Texas, they will be begging to switch to a popular vote.
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Keep ya chin up, youngsta. This happened to me at every open mic I hit back in the day.
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Lot of assumptions going on here. But I’m glad my kid is in volleyball and not soccer. Sounds pure nuts.
Find a tougher league for him. Maybe, have him play with 8 year-olds. What happens in these instances is parents start to argue about it and the arguments warrant a police response. Not necessarily, calling directly on the child. But, the controversy that surrounds him. Trust , I’m a soccer mom- my daughter was soccer captain so I know how heated these games can get. Either that, or she can tell the child to score his first few goalies and then allow the other kids to get involved. So, you can get your rocks off for 15 minutes and then afterwards share the ball. Parents will argue if they’re paying a $200 registration fee and their kids are unable to participate.
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I wonder if the cops know they can just decline to send an officer to settle a dumb dispute that should not involve them.
A Florida police department is pushing back on claims that officers were called on a 3-year-old soccer player for being “too good” at the game. Winter Park police say a league official called them over a dispute with the boy’s parents, who were reportedly upset about his playing time. The boy’s mother, Martasia Griffin, says her son was targeted throughout the season because of his talent and was left thinking he had done something wrong. Police say no one was arrested, trespassed or forced to leave the park, while i9 Sports has launched a review of the incident. via WFVTV
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Companies could be using AI to study cancer or predict earthquakes or help farmers grow crops more efficiently. Instead they think people want this.
I really try to honestly evaluate my skepticism of AI because I understand it can be a useful tool and every new tech has naysayers but any time I hear people talk about using AI as a stand-in for parenting I go right back to full luddite
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His defeat will bring immense joy.
Q: "Do you regret the ad?" Vivek Ramaswamy: "We're standing for truth. Irony is they are lying about an ad that was about her lying. The fact of the matter is I am running against somebody who is crazy, unstable, and dishonest."
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The person who dropped dime being Black doesn’t change the equation at all.
The Breakfast Club confirmed, the director who called the police on that talented 3yr old soccer player was black. All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk and he should be shunned in that community. What type of pathetic ass shit was that to do?!
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Look at this adorable kid.
A three-year-old soccer player named Nevada went viral after police were reportedly called during an i9 Sports game in Winter Park, Florida, following complaints about his dominance on the field. His family says opposing parents complained that he was holding onto the ball too much while playing against children around five years old, and that police escorted them away after the league issued a trespass notice In a statement, i9 Sports said it takes the concerns seriously and is working to understand the circumstances, adding that it would not speculate or share unverified information. 📷 IG
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Cops tired of the rules and complexity that come with using Flock cameras to hunt down their exes:
Purdue University's IDEAS Lab built an autonomous drone that tracks runners through dense forests completely without GPS or cloud networks. By running 3D LiDAR mapping and obstacle-avoidance AI entirely on-chip, it can weave under tree canopies and predict target movement through blind spots in real time. Massive implications for next-gen search & rescue and edge AI.
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