Texas Tech Softball Begins NCAA Tournament Action, Most Texan Thing You’ve Done This Week, Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Bruce Bochy Milestone, “Win” A Trip To The Super Bowl, Doves Crying, Friday Tacos And One Sweet West Texas Trophy

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Happy Friday, Y’all !

The Road To OKC begins this afternoon for Texas Tech Softball when make history by hosting their first NCAA Tournament game against Brown. After that Washington and Mississippi State battle for the right to get the winner of game one. Rocky Johnson is sold-out and the atmosphere should be electric. The weather is perfect today so it’s about as good as it gets.

We’ll recap that game with y’all tonight on The Daily Broadcast. We’ll also look at Texas Tech Baseball’s 13-4 loss at BYU Thursday night. At least the setting is nice if you’re gonna get blown out…

All of that and much more comes your way LIVE on X, YouTube and Facebook at 6:30 Central. If you missed our Thursday night show, here ya go:

Daily Broadcast: Texas Tech Baseball At BYU Define Success This Weekend, Over, Under, Rated Right – The Best And Worst All-Time TV Series Finales, NFL Putting More Big Games On Streaming, Do You Care???

Most Texan Thing

Friday’s are simple.

You tell us what The Most Texan Thing was that you did this week.

Big or small, the world needs to see more acts of Texanness out of all of us. Post yours in the comments and we’ll discuss more on TDB tonight at 6:30.

Raiderland Hot Links

Each morning we serve ’em up, Fresh and Hot. The best links from Raiderland and Beyond!

Good morning! pic.twitter.com/N6DYDsHVXP
— Dane Dewbre 🌵 (@MarlandDane) May 16, 2025

Time to have some fun pic.twitter.com/Kr8Spdx7sb
— Texas Tech Softball (@TexasTechSB) May 15, 2025

Women’s hammer throw 🥇

Shelby takes the win! She throws a new PB and MR of 70.37m (230-10) – first throw, No. 3 in NCAA this season 👏

She also becomes the first Tech woman to win the event ‼️ pic.twitter.com/Q0xLfNDX7N
— Texas Tech Track & Field (@TexasTechTF) May 15, 2025

Fresh practice turf coming 🔜 pic.twitter.com/HOzjv8SZ31
— Texas Tech Football (@TexasTechFB) May 15, 2025

NiJaree Canady brought Mississippi State's season to an end last year. They got a dose of revenge earlier this season, but the Bulldogs want to return the favor in the Lubbock Regional. https://t.co/8kjGsIe7Yi
— Nathan Giese (@NathanGiese) May 16, 2025

2025 Post-Spring Big 12 Football Power Rankings: Who’s Rising and Falling?https://t.co/o8nPupGksB
— Heartland College Sports (@Heartland_CS) May 16, 2025

Amazing behind-the-scenes look at Bruce Bochy addressing the team in the clubhouse following his milestone 2195th win.
pic.twitter.com/DwJqKQqkfs
— Jared Sandler (@JaredSandler) May 16, 2025

By the age of 23, Stan Musial led the NL in:

OBP 2x
BA 1x
SLG 2x
OPS 2x
OPS+ 2x
Total bases 1x
Doubles 2x
Triples 1x
Hits 2x
and won an MVP award …..

And then he turned 24-years-old and joined the Navy.

When his hitch was up, he won another MVP his first season back.… pic.twitter.com/1SFTTKCe7p
— Augie Nash (@AugieNash) May 16, 2025

Bob Gibson, circa 1964 @Cardinals pic.twitter.com/VMhB0ZXleW
— Vintage Jerseys & Hats (@PolyesterUnis) May 16, 2025

Super Bowl sweepstakes promo (1995) pic.twitter.com/kJqQ3X8zV1
— Vintage NFL (@NFL_vintage) May 15, 2025

On May 15, 1978, Milton Bradley introduced the electronic game, Simon pic.twitter.com/E5uZDw2fz8
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) May 16, 2025

"When Doves Cry" by Prince was released today in 1984 as the lead single from his album "Purple Rain". It was a worldwide hit, and his first American #1 single, topping the charts for five weeks. #80s pic.twitter.com/nzZLEjGTtA
— LandOfThe80s (@landofthe80s) May 16, 2025

On this date in 1986 "Top Gun" was released in theatres. The film stars Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, and Tom Skerritt. #80s pic.twitter.com/gTtc6bjTwQ
— LandOfThe80s (@landofthe80s) May 16, 2025

Sammy Davis Jr. & Ella Fitzgerald 🎩🪄 S'Wonderful "1964"

Remembering the legend, Sammy Davis Jr. on the date he left us.

May 16th, 1990 #RIP #SammyDavisJr pic.twitter.com/Pv9AhtPodp
— Music Jim 🎩🪄 (@MusicJim2) May 16, 2025

Great Scott!https://t.co/SsKLAbru4R pic.twitter.com/J9oLEEVazt
— Bring a Trailer (@Bringatrailer) May 16, 2025

TFI FRIDAY BABY BABY ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/YvBpcIXaNk
— Taco King 𝕏 (@tacokingX) May 16, 2025

The Alamo's first-ever digital archive is live! 🤩

The Alamo's Collections Team will be releasing these high-resolution images in phases, starting with rarely-seen documents and eventually showcasing the Alamo's entire artifact collection. Explore here: https://t.co/k8VrEV54As pic.twitter.com/PtmXFR4nak
— The Alamo (@OfficialAlamo) May 15, 2025

https://t.co/ziHu6c9DT4

Such a great scene starring Joe Don Baker as "The Whammer," Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs, and Robert Duvall as the sportswriter Max Mercy aka the umpire in this scene. In real life, Joe Don Baker was a pretty good athlete and I'll bet he would have taken…
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) May 16, 2025

Drew Knowles, a modern-day steward of the historic XIT Ranch, a 3-million-acre legacy tied to the construction of Texas’ State Capitol. Drew shares the ranch’s storied past, from its 1885 founding to its revival under his and his wife Abby’s leadership. https://t.co/LbafokR0us
— XIT Ranch (@XITRanch) May 16, 2025

The city of Garland, where Willie Nelson first recorded his iconic record, is celebrating the album's 50th anniversary: https://t.co/iTqmiZzpI7 pic.twitter.com/oUpffmqGx2
— Texas Highways Magazine (@TexasHighways) May 15, 2025

Beautiful day in the Rolling Plains. White River Lake 6NW and 6666 Ranch mesonet stations. pic.twitter.com/4UsuGfJZA9
— West Texas Mesonet (@WTMesonet) May 16, 2025

@SiriusXMFC El Dustico in West Texas tops them all.@LubbockMatadors @westtexasfc pic.twitter.com/vX6LBsiLv1
— MozosLBK (@MozosLbk) May 16, 2025

https://twitter.com/LaurenMatter/status/1923161529018392674

To start your Friday off right, check out some off this morning's headlines with KAMC's @jenphillipsnews pic.twitter.com/Frkzm57Z6b
— KAMC News (@KAMCNews) May 16, 2025

Texas Tech Softball Begins NCAA Tournament Action, Most Texan Thing You’ve Done This Week, Raiderland Hot Links Featuring Bruce Bochy Milestone, “Win” A Trip To The Super Bowl, Doves Crying, Friday Tacos And One Sweet West Texas Trophy

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