A "Jeopardy!" contestant shared a memory on the show last week about the time he crashed the wedding rehearsal of his idol at the time -- Pat Sajak, host of "Wheel of Fortune," according to the U.S. Sun.
It might have been a tad creepy and stalkerish if he hadn't explained that he was 6 years old at the time.
"Jeopardy!" co-host Mayim Bialik was aware of the incident and prompted David Ford of Pasadena, Maryland, to talk about it during introductions at the start of the show.
"From a very young age, you loved game shows," she began, "and something very special happened when you were six."
So excited to watch David Ford on Jeopardy tonight! The Pasadena resident and Annapolis native prepared for months for the show.https://t.co/xgksLZEQXu
— dana munro (@danamunro2) June 8, 2023
"That's correct," he agreed. "I crashed Pat Sajak's wedding rehearsal."
He paused to crack a joke about stalking. "Aaand here comes the restraining order in 3, 2, 1," he said.
Ford went on to explain that as a child, he attended the school and church where Sajak got married -- St. Mary's in Annapolis, Maryland.
(This likely would have been in 1989, when, according to People, Sajak married Lesly Brown. The two are still married, the news outlet said.)
"The pastor and my kindergarten teacher knew I was a massive fan, so they said, 'Look, just have your dad bring you at the end of the service, and then sneak on back and you can say hi to him,'" Ford recalled.
Unfortunately, the excitement was too much for the young fan and he ended up missing his chance to meet his TV game-show hero.
"So it finally got to that point and I froze," he said.
"I froze, I couldn't do it, I was just -- he was an idol for me back then."
"That's really funny," replied Bialik, who has shared hosting duties on the show with Ken Jennings since longtime host Alex Trebek died in 2020.
https://youtu.be/3OdB0jlcPzg?t=15
"Jeopardy!" debuted in 1964. Its current version has been on the air since 1984.
"Wheel of Fortune" has been on the air since 1975 and has been hosted by Sajak since 1981.
Sajak recently announced that 2024 will be his last year of hosting "Wheel."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
A Colorado youngster is making a recovery after a dangerous encounter with a rattlesnake.
Ethan Vogel, 11, was bitten by the venomous reptile after falling on a bike ride through North Table Mountain in the city of Golden, according to the Denver Gazette.
Ethan's dad, Zach Vogel, said the snake that bit his son on June 6 was nearly three feet long.
Father and son realized the encounter had left Ethan with the telltale twin red marks of a snake bite on his upper right chest.
The Vogels shared their story of the snake bite with KUSA-TV after Ethan was cleared to leave the hospital.
Both father and son quickly realized the seriousness of the situation.
"I was just scared, really," Ethan said of the bite. "I didn't want to go. I didn't want to kick the bucket."
Vogel described the scenario as one any father would dread.
"Laying in my arms and saying he's not ready to die ... as a dad, it's the last thing you want to hear," he said.
WARNING: The following video contains graphic imagery that some viewers may find disturbing.
In a written account of events he provided to the Gazette, Vogel indicated the symptoms of the rattlesnake bite set in quickly.
"The snake's venom was already doing its work and lips went numb, white spots on cheeks, pain setting in, hard time breathing, heart rate increasing," he said.
"Ethan's body began purging bile and face [was] completely numb. Extending to fingers and toes."
The Fairmount Fire Protection District's rescue squad arrived a short distance away from the trail within 20 minutes of an emergency call.
Vogel described the scene as his son was treated at Anschutz Children's Hospital.
"Ethan's mother, Heather, met them at the hospital and helped keep the fatigued 11-year-old 'focused and stay conscious,' Vogel wrote," the Gazette reported.
“Ethan's heart rate reached 165 beats per minute and his blood pressure had 'tanked.'"
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“Ten vials of antivenin were given the boy over 90 minutes and he was transferred to intensive care unit at Anschutz Children's Hospital in Aurora at 8:45 p.m.," the Gazette reported. "His vital signs ‘looked much better,’ Vogel wrote, and the boy slept through the night.
“On Wednesday morning, Ethan was given six more doses of antivenin, his father wrote, with two more rounds of antivenin given Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning.”
The 11-year-old was discharged from the hospital days after the bite, with a prognosis of a full recovery within 14 to 20 days.
A friend of the Vogel family has started a GoFundMe fundraiser for Ethan's health care expenses, with members of the community contributing more than $14,400 toward a goal of $15,000 as of Wednesday morning.
Rattlesnake bites cause between 10 and 15 deaths in the U.S. every year, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is going through a nasty, public divorce with all manner of dirty laundry being aired after the fact -- and it's got nothing to do with whatever marital problems she might have.
No, this divorce is with the streaming titan Spotify -- and the last couple of days haven't been too kind to the duchess.
On Friday, Bill Simmons, a Spotify senior executive and founder of The Ringer, tore into Prince Harry and Meghan as "f***ing grifters" in a tirade that quickly captured headlines.
“I wish I had been involved in the Meghan and Harry-leaves-Spotify negotiations,” Simmons said on the Friday episode of his eponymous podcast. "The f***ing grifters. That’s the podcast we should’ve launched with them.”
WARNING: The following audio clip contains vulgar language that some viewers may find offensive.
Bill Simmons absolutely HATES Prince Harry
We need to know what Harry said to Bill on that Zoom pic.twitter.com/lsxNoSPaCU
— The r/BillSimmons Podcast (@rBillSimmonsPod) June 16, 2023
It was a searing and savage "goodbye" from a top figure at Spotify.
Now, just a few days later, a new report from PodNews is further piling on the "grifter" claim launched by Simmons.
"Podnews has heard from multiple sources that some interviews on the show were done by other staffers, with her questions edited-in afterwards," the outlet reported Monday.
The show in question was Meghan's podcast "Archetypes," which proved to be a failure for Spotify, as evinced by the fact that the group axed a $20 million deal with Harry and Meghan, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
"Archetypes" managed to put out a dozen episodes in its first and only season on the service.
The format of the failed show was the typical conversational podcast, covering a swathe of topics pertaining to Meghan.
One would presume that part of the appeal of that format is hearing organic, genuine conversations between the host and her guests.
If the PodNews report is correct, those podcasts were anything but organic and genuine.
Rather, they would be scripted and rehearsed -- a fraudulent facsimile of an actual discussion.
While the report provided no evidence for these claims, there is ample evidence of Meghan having no problem with deceitful manipulations.
Back in December, when she and Harry were promoting their new Netflix documentary, many viewers noticed some peculiar issues with the trailer promoting it:
Within that dramatized trailer, there are numerous cuts and clips of the British royals being accosted by the paparazzi and media.
The only issue was that much of the imagery showed people who were decidedly neither Harry nor Meghan being harassed by the media.
One of the shots was of disgraced former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
Pic one Netflix trailer. Pic two the clip on Gettys. It’s the same event. I think the clip may be a different camera. But still the same thing. You can see the same people, clothes, background. pic.twitter.com/9tpFkhbe0L
— Gert's Royals (@Gertsroyals) December 5, 2022
Whatever it is one may think of Cohen, he is not Harry and Meghan.
And whatever it is one may think of Harry and Meghan, they appear to be taking the worst of this Spotify fallout.
Neither of them has publicly responded to Simmons or PodNews or otherwise addressed their Spotify deal outside of prepared statements.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
The tragic downward spiral of former child star and actress Amanda Bynes allegedly continued this weekend.
TMZ is reporting that Bynes, 37, was seen being taken into police custody Saturday morning.
Amanda Bynes Detained for Mental Health Evaluation Amid Ongoing Struggles https://t.co/IxFq9ikTaR
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 17, 2023
Police showed up to pick up Bynes after a call came in "for a woman who was in distress."
After being picked up by police, Bynes was then taken to a police station, where a medical professional was able to evaluate if she needed further treatment.
Eyewitnesses told TMZ that Bynes "was calm" but that she also "looked defeated" while police escorted her.
That is about the extent of what is currently known.
TMZ noted that it's unclear if Bynes was picked up from her home, or if she was found elsewhere. The outlet also doesn't know if she was placed in a "full-blown 5150 hold, or if she was released by LAPD."
For the unaware, 5150 is the number of the section of the Welfare and Institutions Code, that allows an adult experiencing a mental health crisis to be placed in involuntary holding for 72 hours.
A 5150 is generally reserved for people considered to be a danger to either themselves or others.
While the exact outcome of Bynes' Saturday morning ordeal is unknown, it does continue a greater trend in recent months.
In March, Bynes actually was hospitalized on a psychiatric hold after an episode where she was found walking naked through downtown Los Angeles.
Bynes had reportedly waved a car down and told the driver that she was having a psychotic episode, then proceeded to call 911.
Video then began circulating depicting Bynes days before the Los Angeles incident, wherein she appeared unwell and despondent.
She was ultimately released in April, but not without the caveat that she would undergo outpatient treatment.
Fans on social media commiserated for Bynes.
Feel so bad for Amanda 🙁 she’s an angel
— Pluto (@PlutooDelRey) June 18, 2023
So sad
— Kathy 😊💙🔥 🎨♻️ (@crlulukat) June 17, 2023
Sad, just sad, I’m glad to hear she’s safe and in appropriate facilities to care for her.
— Silvernails (@ViperSilverR) June 17, 2023
Bynes first burst onto the scene as a recurring actor in the beloved Nickelodeon sketch comedy show, "All That," which debuted in 1996.
Since then, she's had a number of successful projects and films to her name, including "She's the Man" and "What a Girl Wants."
Her last listed credit on the movie database site IMDb is the 2010 film "Easy A."
TMZ does note that Bynes' "on-again-off-again fiance" claims that the two had split about a week before the Los Angeles incident, and have not appeared to have gotten back together since.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
A thriving social life is good for a dog’s health, according to a new study.
The study, from Arizona State University, found that although household income -- which correlates to a greater ability to afford veterinary care -- was a factor in how well and how long dogs live, it was not the biggest factor.
“We saw that the effect of social support was about five times stronger than the effect of finances,” Layla Brassington, a graduate student and one author of the study, said, according to the Arizona Daily Star.
“Meaning our dogs, like us, benefit greatly from social bonds and social connectedness.”
The dogs in the study were part of the Dog Aging Project, which attempts to understand how genes, the environment and lifestyle affect aging and disease.
The study surveyed over 21,000 dog owners. according to the New York Post. Questions ranged from diet and environment to medication.
Five factors went into the study: neighborhood stability, total household income, social time with children, social time with animals, and owner age.
“There were a few twists though: Dogs who lived in homes with children fared worse than those who lived with adults only, likely because owners spend more time with kids than pets, the researchers speculated," the Daily Star reported.
“We found that time with children actually had a detrimental effect on dog health,” Brassington said, according to SciTechDaily. "The more children or time that owners dedicate to their children likely leads to less time with their furry children.”
Graduate student Bri McCoy, who worked on the study, said the team’s interpretation was that it came down to “a resource allocation issue, rather than kids being bad for dogs.”
Play time, particularly with other dogs that want to run about with them, was important, the study found.
“This does show that, like many social animals, including humans, having more social companions can be really important for the dog’s health,” McCoy said, according to the Post.
Jamie Whittenburg, veterinarian director at Senior Tail Waggers, a group that gives advice on older pets, said the study reinforced what she has seen, according to the Daily Star.
“As both a veterinarian and lifelong pet owner, I was anecdotally aware that animals that had more positive social interactions received a health benefit, and it is great to see science backing this up,” said Whittenburg, director of Kingsgate Animal Hospital in Lubbock, Texas.
The study “reinforces what most of us know intuitively, which is that social connectedness has a positive effect on health in dogs,” she said.
However, she said, not every dog needs a playmate in the house.
“Owners should evaluate their individual dog and strive to provide the desired level of social interaction,” Whittenburg said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
More than one person has fantasized about showing up at his or her own funeral -- not as the occupant of a casket or urn but as a fly on the wall, so to speak, eager to hear and see what people say and do at the event.
David Baerten of Liege, Belgium, did just that last weekend in a stunt he shared on his TikTok account.
Baerten, 45, known on the social media platform as "Ragnar le Fou" (which can be translated "Ragnar the fool" or "madman," according to Google), hoped to give his family some food for thought with the stunt, The Times of London reported Tuesday.
"What I see in my family often hurts me,” he said. “I never get invited to anything. Nobody sees me. We all grew apart.
"That’s why I wanted to give them a life lesson, and show them that you shouldn’t wait until someone is dead to meet up with them.”
The Belgian "TikTokeur," or TikTok content producer, hired a helicopter to help him make a grand entrance at the event, startling the friends and family members who were waiting for the funeral to begin, according to The Times.
@el.tiktokeur2 Tu nous as eu on t aime mon ami on est content que tu es parmis nous ❤️❤️#pourtoii #fyp #fypシ @Ragnar_le_fou ♬ son original - Thomas faut
Some were surprised, but Baerten's wife and kids were in on the secret.
One of his daughters announced the news on social media with a message about his "passing."
“Rest in peace Daddy. I will never stop thinking about you,” she wrote. “Why is life so unfair? Why you? You were going to be a grandfather, and you still had your whole life ahead of you. I love you! We love you! We will never forget you.”
Baerten told a French talk show he thought up the idea because he felt "unappreciated" by some family members, the U.K.'s Independent reported.
Family, friends and TikTok users had varying reactions to finding out that the reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated.
"The prank did not sit well with viewers and many people [criticized] Baerten for being 'cruel' to his family," the Independent reported.
"That's just wrong," one TikTok user complained.
"The ego on this guy must be tremendous," another remarked.
"Now we know why people didn't like him," yet another said.
Psychopathe 🤬🤬🤬
— KaYla (@KaylaCandyDolls) June 13, 2023
Baerten insisted that the end result of the stunt was positive, The Times reported. Some of his relatives responded to his rather heavy hint and contacted him.
“That proves who really cares about me,” he said “Those who didn’t come [to the funeral] did contact me to meet up. So in a way I did win.”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Actor Johnny Depp has finally received payment from his former wife, Amber Heard, following last year’s highly public defamation trial, TMZ reported Tuesday.
According to the report, which cited "sources with direct knowledge," Depp has received $1 million -- all of which he intends to give to various charities.
TMZ reported the 59-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star will distribute the cash equally among five different causes he cares about.
The Make A Film Foundation, The Painted Turtle, Red Feather, the Tetiaroa Society and the Amazonia Fund Alliance will be cut checks for $200,000 apiece, the report said.
The Make A Film Foundation says it “grants film wishes to children with serious or life-threatening medical conditions, helping them to create short film legacies by teaming them with noted actors, directors, and writers.”
The Painted Turtle hosts a camp for children with serious medical issues.
Red Feather, meanwhile, offers housing assistance for Native Americans. Depp has speculated he is part Cherokee or Creek.
The Tetiaroa Society works to maintain delicate coastal ecosystems, while the Amazonia Fund Alliance says it seeks to preserve the Amazon Rainforest.
Depp has worked with charities throughout his career.
He has on occasion dressed up as his “Pirates” character, Captain Jack Sparrow, for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
The actor sued Heard over an opinion piece she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018 in which she said she was the victim of physical abuse by a man her former husband believed was strongly implied to have been him.
A jury in Virginia sided with Depp and ruled in June 2022 that Heard had no basis to make the claims.
The "Aquaman" actress was ordered to pay him more than $10 million, but the pair later reached a settlement.
Heard had argued the case was about her freedom of speech, but jurors found she defamed her famous husband with “actual malice.”
“I’m sad I lost this case,” Heard said after the lengthy trial, NBC News reported. “But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American — to speak freely and openly.”
Depp said at the time he did not feel like a winner due to the nature of the accusations made against him.
“What did [the trial] do to me? What effect did it have on me? I’ll put it to you this way: No matter the outcome of this trial, the second the allegations were made against me … once that happened, I lost then,” he said.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
A wake for a "dead" woman in Ecuador was upended on Friday when she woke up and began banging on the inside of her own coffin.
Those who were in attendance for the final sendoff were shocked while the woman’s son called her awakening a “miracle."
According to The New York Post, which cited local media reports, 76-year-old Bella Montoya was believed to have died last Friday at a hospital in the city of Babahoyo.
Doctors declared that Montoya had died from cardiorespiratory arrest. The death diagnosis was official enough that a death certificate was issued by government officials.
Within hours, her final arrangements were made.
Four hours after she was declared dead, Montoya was being remembered by friends and family at a wake.
Then, something unthinkable happened. Montoya started banging on the inside of her coffin.
A video of the event showed people rushing to assist the woman:
WARNING: Some viewers might find the following video disturbing.
BREAKING: According to local authorities and her relatives, a 76-year-old woman who was confirmed dead at a hospital pounded on her coffin at a wake in Ecuador. She was transported in critical condition back to the hospital.
— EvoCentral (@evocentralnews) June 12, 2023
Montoya was carefully removed from the coffin and put on a stretcher. The video showed she was breathing, and she appeared to be somewhat alert.
Montoya's son, Gilbert Balberán, said his mother’s survival is a “miracle from God.”
Understandably, after the rollercoaster of emotions he experienced, he also said he is still “coming to grips with what has happened.”
As for how a woman who was very much alive ended up with a death certificate and inside a coffin, there is an initial explanation for that.
Montoya is believed to have experienced a condition called catalepsy, which causes people to become rigid and experience slowed bodily functions such as breathing. Catalepsy can also cause people experiencing it to be less likely to react to physical pain.
The condition, along with a lack of diligence from the hospital, led to the rush for a death certificate.
The woman is currently on the mend in the same hospital that declared her dead last week.
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Balberán said she is recovering and her prognosis is positive.
"My mother is on oxygen. Her heart is stable," he said. "The doctor squeezed her hand, and she reacted. They tell me this is a good sign because it means she is reacting little by little."
Ecuador's Ministry of Health is currently investigating the incident.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Most drivers, if they spotted a tornado ahead of them, would turn around and flee the other way.
It's a pretty safe bet that Tanner Charles would drive straight at it.
Charles is a storm chaser -- someone who monitors conditions to find the biggest, baddest weather events so he can take photos and videos to post on social media.
Sometimes, he gets lucky -- if you want to call it that -- and pinpoints the location of a big tornado as it touches down.
But on days such as that, his gain often is someone else's loss.
That was the case March 31, when he crossed paths with an EF4 tornado near the rural farm community of Hedrick, Iowa.
An EF4 has wind speeds of 166 to 200 mph.
Charles posted a video to YouTube, where it has over 2 million views.
At the beginning of the clip, he stopped his car on a country road and geeked out over the sight of a weather cell evolving into a tornado over the farm fields dotted with groves of trees and the occasional farm structure.
"Oh my gosh! Wow!" he exclaimed, pointing out the telltale signs of weather trouble brewing for his audience.
"Look at that inflow tail, going right into the storm, right here," he said, indicating the right side of a huge, dark, billowing mass.
"Rapid rotating wall cloud right here," he said, pointing to the center. "The whole thing's rotating."
Then he became aware of the speed of the storm and realized he needed to start driving again.
"Wow, I need to get ahead of this thing. This thing's booking!" he said.
Not long afterward, the camera caught a funnel cloud poking out of the sky.
"A tornado on the ground!" Charles exulted. "Beautiful tornado!" Then he gave a war whoop, exclaiming, "Wow!"
He continued driving and filming as the tornado rapidly gained in size.
"Gotta be very careful as we come up here on this thing," he said as he drove closer to the edge of the whirlwind.
"Oh, my gosh!" he yelled, more than once, sounding almost gleeful.
At one point, he cried out to heaven on camera as he saw the storm approaching a town: "God, please spare this town, God."
While following close behind the storm -- so close that debris was still flying across the road not far in front of him -- he came upon a pickup truck stopped in his lane, facing the wrong way, toward his car.
A man stepped out of the truck and approached Charles' car.
"You OK?" Charles shouted, over the wind.
The man nodded and gave a thumbs-up signal, but as he approached, he yelled, "That's my parents' house."
Charles offered a ride, and the man, later identified as Wayne Sanders, went back to his truck to get his wife and dog. As Sanders opened his truck door, the video showed the truck's air bags had deployed.
Charles told The Epoch Times that it wasn't until later that he realized the tornado had slammed into the vehicle.
"They were trying to get to their parents’ house before the tornado hit," Charles told the outlet. "They didn’t realize how fast the tornado was moving."
The passengers directed Charles toward the parents' home.
When he saw the damage, the storm chaser sounded frightened.
"Oh my gosh!" he prayed aloud. "Lord, please, in the name of Jesus, I pray that they be OK, that they be all right.
"In the name of Jesus, Amen."
As they drove closer to the wreckage of a house, he repeated the plea to God several more times as he saw bowing walls with siding ripped off. The home's roof was gone.
Wayne Sanders jumped out of the car and ran inside.
Charles followed and found Wayne's parents, Clarence and Nancy Sanders, were in surprisingly good shape. They had taken shelter in a bathroom in the center of the house as the storm demolished the structure around them, according to The Epoch Times.
“They said they barely got to the bathroom before it hit,” Charles told the outlet.
“Every other room I looked at, the roof had caved in. There were wood beams on the ground … even in the living room there was stuff scattered throughout, it was just the bathroom that was fine. They’re really blessed.”
He invited the now-homeless couple to take shelter in his car.
"Oh thank you God," Charles prayed, telling the couple, "I'm just glad you guys are OK."
Charles titled the YouTube video his "Most Emotional Storm Chase Ever."
"The tornado was rated an EF4 (170 mph) and was on the ground for 50 minutes," he posted. "In total the storm system caused 90+ tornadoes across 10 different states, with 130 people injured and 32 fatalities."
In an update a few days later, he said the couple was "doing fine but a bit shaken."
A GoFundMe has been started to help them with living expenses and rebuilding.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Oklahoma softball capped off a historic, record-breaking season on Thursday night, and the players gave all the glory to God on national television.
In a 3-1 victory, the Sooners swept Florida State in a best-of-three series to win the their third straight national title live on ESPN.
𝐃𝐀𝐖𝐆PILE 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/hkhNXGEIf1
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) June 9, 2023
𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐓 🏆🏆🏆#ChampionshipMindset pic.twitter.com/4AMu6guKUs
— Oklahoma Softball (@OU_Softball) June 9, 2023
Oklahoma ended its one-loss season on a 53-game win streak, which is good enough for the winningest season in NCAA history.
The team has won six championships in the last 10 seasons while head coach Patty Gasso has won seven titles in total at the helm of the program since the year 2000.
But there was something extra special about this year’s team, which went 61-1 and took a lot of flak from critics for its attitude.
The ladies spent the season celebrating walks with the same enthusiasm as home runs -- of which there were plenty. Given their on-field dominance, those celebrations from this Sooners team always felt justified.
But after Oklahoma beat up its conference rivals in the regular season and run-ruled others out of the park in the 2023 WCWS, the players always ended each game with a humble prayer.
On the biggest stage on ESPN Thursday and after its grittiest victory to date, the team didn’t flinch in regard to showing where its priorities were.
The Sooners and the Seminoles came together for a prayer that ESPN cameras caught some of:
Sophomore pitcher Jordy Bahl was asked later about being named this year’s WCWS most outstanding player after the game.
Bahl passed on taking a personal victory lap and instead credited God.
“It doesn’t matter how it really ends because all of the efforts and the glory is given to the Lord all the same,” she said. “I’m speaking on behalf of our entire team. We all feel that same exact way.”
Later, catcher Kinzie Hansen was asked how she is able to constantly deliver, given the sky-high expectations of her and the rest of the team.
“I know I have Jesus on my side,” she said. “All of us do.”
Gasso, a vocal Christian, has put together an amazing program with a talented roster that is made up of women who put Christ first and let everything else fall into place where it may.
Just look at how three Oklahoma players addressed the media earlier this week when they were asked about facing a talented team in Florida State:
This is what happens when the joy of the Lord is your strength. #BoomerSooner #WCWS pic.twitter.com/bCye4GHqef
— Virgil Walker (@VirgilWalkerOMA) June 7, 2023
Shortstop Grace Lyons was asked by ESPN on June 6 how the team remained joyful and anxiety-free with a target on its back.
Lyons responded, “The only way that you can have a joy that doesn’t fade away is from the Lord. Any other type of joy is actually happiness that comes from circumstances and outcomes.”
These ladies aren’t just winners on the field, nor can they be defined simply by their penchant for breaking records or for being fun to watch.
This historic Sooners team is made up of extraordinary young women who each witness for Christ at every opportunity.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
