Advisor@ CH Douglas and Gray/ WNBA Basketball Coach, D1 Basketball Coach, World Champion, FIBA, ABL, WNBA, Texas Longhorns Hall of Honor
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Vicki Hall retweeted
If Jeff Pagliocca was a GM in any other sport/league, he would’ve been in the soup line after trading away a player who won DPOY and carried the defense of a Finals-bound team the very next season
But this is the WNBA, where too many folks (men mostly) are allowed to fail upwards year after year after year after year
Being a former player that earned peanuts.
The majority of players are complaining about the racist fans especially in Indy. it’s horrible- BUT, these people that are supporting Clark ARE PAYING you bigger salaries! Be right or be Rich? Our Country has made ok to be racist. Vote!
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Welp… I think they miss Wilson… for the Clark lovers.. she wasn’t even in the game the last 3 minutes- please stop
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Vicki Hall retweeted
Some people put their ideas out in the world and hope they catch on. Not Gloria Steinem.
Through her writing, her speeches, and her organizing, she demanded that the world pay attention to all the ways that women had been — and in some cases, still are — treated unfairly. And she helped awaken us to problems like domestic violence, the lack of affordable child care, and unfair hiring practices that had too often been ignored or overlooked.
Gloria really was larger than life. Today, generations of women are walking a little taller and aiming a little higher because of what she fought for and achieved. Michelle and I are thinking of her family today, and everyone — women and men — who were inspired by her towering example.
Vicki Hall retweeted
When Dolly Parton received her first substantial royalty payments in Nashville, she didn’t spend them on fame or luxury. Instead, she used the money to give her parents something they had never truly known: comfort.
Her rise through hit records and regular appearances on The Porter Wagoner Show finally brought financial stability. Growing up, Dolly had watched her parents, Robert and Avie Lee Parton, struggle to raise 12 children in a tiny cabin tucked into the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. The home had no electricity, no indoor plumbing, and little protection from the harsh winter cold.
Once success arrived, Parton bought her parents a sturdy brick house on level ground, far from the hardships of the old cabin. For the first time, they had modern conveniences—indoor heating, running water, and a proper bathroom. She also fulfilled a promise she had carried since childhood by buying her father a brand-new truck, replacing years of getting by without reliable transportation.
For her mother, the change was especially emotional. Avie Lee had spent years washing clothes for a large family in cold river water and preparing meals over a wood-burning stove. Standing in her new kitchen, she was overwhelmed when she turned on a faucet and hot water flowed instantly from the tap. It was a simple moment, but one that represented a lifetime of struggle finally coming to an end.
The gift meant more than a new house. It eased the burden Robert had long carried from years of poverty and sacrifice. Through her early television contracts and music success, Dolly Parton didn’t just transform her own future—she changed the future of the family that helped shape her.
Vicki Hall retweeted
If Dolly Parton can gift 20million books a year to children, why can’t Amazon, Apple and Microsoft do something like this??
Vicki Hall retweeted
The feeling of losing my Aunt Dolly is beyond what feels right to share. Our most sacred moments were private and they’ll stay there behind the stage, beneath the glamour & between our hearts.
What I KNOW is Dolly would want me to feel it, write a song about it, and then continue on and be strong. I have an angel by my side. I always have. One of our last conversations was about music and metamorphosis. 🦋
I will always love her and want to make her proud. My heart breaks for the world, her family and friends who will miss her deeply. We’re in this loss together and we will see her in all of the most beautiful things. 💖 @dollyparton
Vicki Hall retweeted
The doctor who delivered Dolly Parton in a one-room Tennessee cabin in 1946 was paid with a sack of cornmeal. Her father farmed other people's land and could not read or write. Eighty years later, the reading program she built in his name has mailed more than 300 million books.
She wrote "I Will Always Love You" on the same afternoon she wrote "Jolene," as a goodbye to Porter Wagoner, and released it in 1974. Elvis wanted it. The night before the session, Colonel Tom Parker called and said Presley would only record it if they got half the publishing, meaning half of everything the song ever earned. She had been in Nashville ten years by then. She said no, and cried all night. Whitney Houston cut her version in 1992, held number one for fourteen weeks, and Forbes later put Parton's royalties from it near $10 million. She put some of that money into an office complex in Nashville and called the place the house that Whitney built.
Dollywood opened in Pigeon Forge in 1986 because she wanted paychecks in the county she came from. Around 4,000 people work there now. Three million visitors come every year. The University of Tennessee put its economic impact at $1.8 billion, and it is the largest employer in Sevier County. Since 2022 the company has paid tuition, fees, and books in full for every worker from their first day, seasonal hires included.
Wildfires tore through those mountains in November 2016, killing fourteen people and destroying more than 2,400 buildings. Her foundation was handing out money within 48 hours. Every family that lost a home got $1,000 a month for six months, regardless of income. The final check was $5,000. Total delivered: $8.9 million.
In April 2020 she sent $1 million to Vanderbilt for coronavirus research. When Moderna's vaccine results ran in the New England Journal of Medicine that November, her fund appeared in the footnotes.
Carl Dean, her husband of nearly sixty years, died in March 2025. The note she wrote to fans afterward ended with the same five words she wrote for Porter Wagoner back in 1974. She died in Nashville today. Her family asked that instead of flowers, people give to the Imagination Library, which still mails 3.4 million books a month to children who will never get to meet her.
I wasn’t able to be there for the unveiling of WNBA Cleveland team name… The SIRENS! But the Sirens and Cavs organization has been so thoughtful to include me! They also sent a care package after my surgery! That’s FAMILY.. so glad to be a part! @cavs @clevelandsirens @RushiaB
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🚨🗣️New: Lionel Messi on why he started crying after receiving the silver medal despite the World Cup final defeat to Spain:
“I wasn’t just thinking about losing a final. I was thinking about everything that brought me here… every sacrifice, every difficult moment, every time people doubted us, and every time this shirt gave me the strength to continue.
“When I heard the Argentina fans chanting my name after the defeat, that was the moment that broke me. We had just lost the biggest game, but they didn’t turn their backs on us. They didn’t see a silver medal… they saw the journey. They saw the heart, the fight, and the pride we gave them.
“I looked into the stands and I saw families who travelled thousands of miles, people who dreamed with us, people who cried with us. That love is bigger than any trophy. Football gives you many victories, but moments like that remind you why you play.
“I cried because I felt the weight of the shirt, the love of my country, and the responsibility of wearing this badge. A medal can be silver, but the memories, the connection with the people, and the pride of representing Argentina… those things are priceless.
“Sometimes football gives you the perfect ending, and sometimes it gives you a painful chapter. But I learned that greatness is not only measured by lifting trophies. It is also measured by how you stand when your heart is broken.
“And hearing Argentina sing my name after losing a World Cup final… that was a victory of another kind. I will carry that moment with me forever.”
—🎙️Mixed Zone
Vicki Hall retweeted
Lamine Yamal on Lionel Messi after Spain’s FIFA World Cup triumph over Argentina.
🗣️ Lamine Yamal: “Tonight I lifted the World Cup for Spain, but I also experienced something I’ll tell my children one day. The man who once held me as a baby was standing on the other side of the pitch, fighting for the same dream. Football has a beautiful way of bringing stories full circle.”
“When I looked at Messi after the final whistle, I didn’t just see an opponent. I saw the player who made millions of kids, including me, believe football could be art. I saw the man whose videos I watched over and over, trying to copy things that nobody else could do.”
“I know this defeat will hurt him. You don’t play with that much passion, carry your country again and again, and lose a World Cup final without feeling pain. Even in defeat, he kept demanding the ball, creating chances and refusing to stop believing. That’s what champions do.”
“People will talk about Spain winning this World Cup, and they should. But they’ll also remember that, at an age when most legends have already retired, Messi was still making the world’s best defenders panic every time he touched the ball. That’s extraordinary.”
“The photo of Messi bathing me became one of football’s most iconic images. Today we took another picture together, but this time I could thank him face to face. Without players like him, kids like me wouldn’t dare dream this big.”
“One day another generation will replace mine too. That’s football. But there will never be another Lionel Messi. Records can be broken and trophies can be won, but inspiring an entire generation to fall in love with the game is something only a few people in history will ever achieve.”
“Tonight belongs to Spain. Tomorrow, the debates will continue. But my respect for Lionel Messi will never change. He didn’t need to win this final to prove who he is. For me, he’ll always be one of the greatest players football has ever seen, and sharing the pitch with him was a privilege I’ll carry for the rest of my life.”
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Vicki Hall retweeted
It was 8:14 p.m. when the shelter's "most dangerous dog" finally touched another human being.
The man sitting on the kennel floor didn't say a word.
He simply lowered his head and quietly wiped tears into the sleeve of his sweatshirt.
Because everyone watching understood what had just happened.
A dog the world had given up on had decided, for the first time in years, that maybe a human wasn't going to hurt him.
Nobody wanted Kennel 32.
You could hear the barking long before you reached that wing of the shelter.
Excited barking.
You could hear the barking long before you reached that wing of the shelter…..
But from that moment on, his life changed thanks to the brave volunteer who gave him a new chance.
Vicki Hall retweeted
Magic Johnson says buying the LA Sparks for a few million turned into a $300,000,000 WNBA franchise
“We were losing money. We thought that someday it would change. We weren't losing a lot of money, but we're comfortable with the loss. We didn't know it was going to turn around like this”
“Now the team is worth like $300 million and growing. We only paid a few million for the team and now it's where it is”
“But give a lot of the players credit. Women's college basketball took off and that fan base came into the WNBA and started watching that as well. We're still blown away by the growth and where it's going”