Friday’s Hot Clicks: Teddy Bridgewater’s Toy Drive Ran Out of Toys, So He Handed Out Cash

He wasn’t going to send them home empty-handed after he ran out of toys to give away.

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Props to Teddy Bridgewater

Teddy Bridgewater comes from the famously rough Miami neighborhood of Liberty City, and he wants to share his success with the people he grew up with. He doesn’t want to make a big deal out of it, though.

Last summer, Bridgewater pulled up on a street in his old neighborhood with a U-Haul truck full of toys to give away to kids. We’re just finding out about it now, though, because Bridgewater didn’t say anything about it until he tweeted some photos this week.

As you can see, the street was just packed with kids getting brand new bikes, remote-controlled cars and other awesome toys from Bridgewater. But you can only pack so many toys on a truck, and so Bridgewater eventually ran out of toys.

Rather than send the kids away empty-handed and disappointed, Bridgewater whipped out his wallet and started handing out cash so the kids could go down to the corner store and at least stock up on candy.

Randy Moss would be proud.

Oh my god, he stopped a goal for his own team

Jets center Kevin Hayes was this close to scoring his second goal of the night against the Blues and giving Winnipeg a 3–0 lead in a pivotal Game 5.

Yep, Hayes stumbled and somehow managed to direct the puck away from the net.

The Jets ended up losing the game by one goal when St. Louis’s Jaden Schwartz scored the game-winner with just 15 seconds to play.

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Kyrie really brought an atlas to read on the plane

Everyone knows you can’t leave Ovechkin there

Aaron Judge covers so much ground

Another denial by @TheJudge44. pic.twitter.com/e6naUuWVjw

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The Columbus sweep turned the Lightning into nihilists

Andrei Vasilevskiy: “We’re all empty inside.” #Bolts

— Bryan Burns (@BBurnsNHL) April 18, 2019

Nolan Arenado remains a wizard

Too easy for Nolan. pic.twitter.com/8suCkKAKbQ

— MLB (@MLB) April 19, 2019

That sounds cool

The road we're headed down by encouraging bat flips is followed by pitchers fist pumping and acting a fool after every strikeout. Then we've got everyone jumping around like idiots in the 3rd inning. Who wants to see that???

— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) April 18, 2019

Not sports

Surprise, surprise. Samsung’s folding phones are breaking almost immediately. ... Scientists in Kenya dug some old fossils out of a drawer and discovered a new prehistoric species. ... Scientists were able to bring the brain cells of dead pigs back to life. ... The nation of Iceland won a trademark dispute with a British grocery chain called Iceland. ... A Japanese professor faces 10 years in jail for teaching students how to make MDMA.

This whole thread is truly absurd

The week I got a thing in my mailbox to join a social network @Nextdoor. People in my neighborhood can alert each other about crime and stuff like that. Great idea! But today someone posted the most ridiculous thing ever (1/?)

— Jack Jokinen (@JJFromTheBronx) April 18, 2019

(Click here to read the whole thing.)

Somebody doesn’t understand how X-ray machines work

Want to travel with a gun? I can assure you that wrapping it in aluminum foil and then concealing it inside a DVD player isn't the way to go about it. Queens man was arrested after @TSA officers at @JFKairport detected the artfully concealed weapon in his DVD player. C'mon man! pic.twitter.com/RKbtTv6LSg

— Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson (@TSA_Northeast) April 18, 2019

Good cover

An early look at next week’s cover, "Our Lady," by Bob Staake: https://t.co/hC2FuXqyNu pic.twitter.com/KOAYFufwNg

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 19, 2019

Mario song by a bluegrass band

Jason Momoa shaved his beard to raise awareness for recycling

A good song

Today is the 25th anniversary of Illmatic.

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