Spikes and Cleats

A blog about track, soccer, and all things awesome

[spikesandcleats]

Full-time adult. Part-time athlete. Fandom wanderer. Writer of things. .

Consolidating my online presence a bit... Follow me here if you want to keep following me!

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Reactions to Cristiano’s historic goal…. maybe im crying and screaming

[spikesandcleats]

This weekend was not fun.... so let’s go back to this!

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Cristiano Ronaldo during the  International Friendly match between Portugal v Netherlands.

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Isco Alarcón & Sergio Ramos vs. Argentina | 27.03.2018

[spikesandcleats]

I marched yesterday

Those of you who have followed my blog long enough have probably figured out my secret identity: I am a high school teacher and coach.

I walked out beside my students and athletes on March 14th, and I marched in support of them at one of many March for Our Lives sister marches yesterday because something has to change. Something should have changed a long time ago.

I don’t know how many lockdown drills I’ve done in my career, but I remember the one our administrators actually managed to keep secret from the students- and how panicked they looked, how white their faces got, how shakily they asked me if this one was real. I remember sitting in class with a group of students this past fall who said they could all die and nothing would change- Sandy Hook had taught them that, they told me- and later that day my athletes all said the same thing. They deserve better than believing they are valued so little. My parents, who already worried about their son getting shot in a war zone, deserve better than worrying about their daughter getting shot in a classroom. My country, which I love, deserves better than mass shooting after mass shooting.

And, if- God forbid- a gunman ever did come into my school, no “good guy with a gun” would be enough to stop the trauma; there was a good guy in Maryland- a police officer, who did an incredibly brave thing- and a girl still died. 

The only thing that will stop a gunman is him not having a gun. 

And, yes, we can make that happen without tearing up the second amendment; there’s data and evidence from all over the world to back that statement up. And if you’re thinking, “Yeah, but, Katie, we need to get to the root cause of the violence. Stop focusing on the weapon,” I say, yeah, we do need to get to the root cause. We need strong mental health services, and familial supports, and looooong and frequent conversations about toxic masculinity, and serious cultural change.

Meantime, though, let’s do something about the guns? I want better odds of living long enough to see that change.

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[la-roja-baila]

🛫 to Düsseldorf | 22.03.2018

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Alignment charts don’t work with sports teams because every team is fundamentally chaotic evil

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Cris has been on 🔥 lately! It feels so good to see him like this ❤

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Sergio Ramos receives a red card vs Barcelona | April 2, 2016

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WHY HE STARING LIKE HES ON THE OFFICE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID PUTO

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Tierney Time: Veteran’s last-gasp free kick earns Revs dramatic win in home opener

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Standing over a 93rd-minute free kick with the game on his foot, his New England Revolution locked in a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids in the home opener at Gillette Stadium, Chris Tierney had just one thought on his mind. “I just figured, knowing it was the last kick of

Chris Tierney is a New England treasure.

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players on ur fav team(s) are like siblings. you are allowed to make fun of them all you want but the second a non-fan makes fun of them it’s straight into murder mode.

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Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88

Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, dies at the age of 88.

Legendary.