Duke and Yale sending each other a message: "Hi, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn."
Chris Connelly
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Chris Connelly
@ChrisConnelly
Correspondent, ESPN, ABC News.
Joined October 2012
- Mini-golf with Steph & Ayesha Curry? It's all part of Ashley's #MyWish .. Sunday on @SportsCenter @MakeAWish
- To stay with Duke, Yale needs to focus on its strengths: compelling personal essays and recommendations from former government officials.
- Replying to @AdamSchefterSad news. Saw him playing for Syracuse in 1965 at Shea Stadium, when they beat Pitt; Larry Csonka and Tom Coughlin were also on that team. And in his first feature film, Chadwick Boseman portrayed Floyd Little in 2008’s The Express. RIP
- He must be Jackie Bradley Senior by now
- Replying to @AdamSchefterThis is sad news. Back in 2005, Jen Chafitz [@swilcan22] and I did a story on him — and all the ex-@Raiders who pitched in to help fund treatments for their gritty fullback: Marcus Allen, Bo Jackson, Charles Woodson, Tim Brown & more. RIP.
- Jon Stewart interviewed wounded soldiers taking part in the Warrior Games. Their stories will stay with you. espn.go.com/video/clip?id=…
- In the 60s we always ate at Chock Full O'Nuts, because my mother loved Jackie Robinson & he was a VP there. (h/t UMass.edu)
- First interview I did during the pandemic was with the candid & courageous @valkilmer — & now, his movie is up for Best Picture. If you enjoyed seeing him in Top Gun Maverick, check out Val’s memoir.
- Excited to be joining @Grantland33 as interim editor-in-chief. Hoping to continue the great work of Bill Simmons and this superb staff.
- rating: IV.IV comment: “Caesar est omnis divisa in partes tres."
- Happiest I’ve ever been on a film set: When the Sneakers cast & crew gathered to honor Sidney Poitier on his 65th birthday. There was a cake, lyrics printed up & as he arrived, everyone …including, you know, Robert Redford … started singing To Sir with Love. He was delighted.COMING UP ON @GMA: Tributes pour in as Hollywood mourns the loss of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar-winning actor who brought a quiet dignity to his characters on screen and helped break down the color barrier in television. His lifelong achievements and more, ahead.
- Coming up on @GMA — plenty of laughter with the cast of @OnlyMurdersHulu to rev you up for Season 2 .. and thoughtful words from @selenagomez on how shooting Season 1 and those “intellectual conversations” on the set changed her life.
