Husband to Ashley | Father to Braxton & Tyce | Cancer Survivor | Co-Founder, Athletx Sports Group | UofL MBA | BOD, Louisville Baseball Club | L1C4 | Life Lover
Successful surgery yesterday to remove my colon cancer! 👍🏼 Day 1 in the books and now on the road to recovery. Thanks for all of the prayers and support! 🙌🏽 REMINDER: Get tested early so you can beat it like I am about to do! 👊🏼
#cancerwarrior
#coloncancerawareness
Got to RING THE 🔔 yesterday at Norton Cancer Institute at
@NortonHospital
as I took my final round of IV Chemo! Such a great feeling!!! Thanks to my medical team and the constant support of my family/friends. And most importantly, THANKS BE TO GOD! 🙏🏼
#coloncancersurvivor
4 weeks ago today! Surgery, aka Battle
#1
, against Stage 3A colon cancer. Smoked it & healed up like a champ!🙌🏽 Chemo, aka Battle
#2
, begins tomorrow…84 total days, 4 cycles of 21 total days - IV infusion on day 1, pills on days 1-14, then 7 days off. Game on. I got this!💪🏽🙏🏼
Successful surgery yesterday to remove my colon cancer! 👍🏼 Day 1 in the books and now on the road to recovery. Thanks for all of the prayers and support! 🙌🏽 REMINDER: Get tested early so you can beat it like I am about to do! 👊🏼
#cancerwarrior
#coloncancerawareness
Took Round 3 of 4 of IV Chemo on Monday. ✅ 75% done with that & over 50% done with Chemo pills! Round 3 & its side effects much tougher than first 2 rounds, but holding up pretty good overall. Appreciate the positive vibes, love & support!
#coloncancerwarrior
@CCAlliance
💙
Wednesday, Dec. 22 my life took a different path, one we 💯 didn’t see coming. Unfortunately, I have colon cancer. Fortunately, caught it early and in 72 hours my amazing Norton Healthcare Team is gonna eradicate this crap from my body!
#coloncancer
#beatcancer
#cancerfighter
Honored to have our family name on the new Flaker Family Pro Locker Room. Lots of greatness has come out of this program Coach Mac built. Love ⚾️ at all levels but def love us some Cards Baseball!! 👊🏼
This guy is down to my final 24 hours and only 10 more chemo pills and then completely done with my treatment!!!!! Can’t wait to be in the other side and be cancer free! 🙌🏽💙
#GodIsGood
#coloncancerawareness
#cancersurvivor
This guy is THE BEST coach, role model, human being and friend! Was honored to deliver this unique gift to Head Coach Dan McDonnell on behalf of the Tampa Bay Alumni Club on opening weekend in Florida! L’s 🆙
@LouisvilleBSB
@GoCards
🔴⚫️
1.5+ years and still winning this health war against colon cancer! Just got confirmation of “ALL CLEAR” on this morning’s CT scan from my oncologist! 🙌🕺💪 Over 45? Get screened ASAP if you haven’t already (earlier with family history)!
#coloncancerawareness
#coloncancersurvivor
Those suites aren’t cheap & I ain’t damn HUMANA, KFC or FORD or any other big ass company. South end, blue collar kid who worked hard & enjoyed some success along the way. But this is 3 yrs of spending a shit ton of money for little to zero in return in terms of entertainment!!!
Awesome pub for Louisville to be ranked
#12
by Max Preps for Top High School Baseball Cities! Says a lot about the player development that is happening in the Ville in both travelball and players respective schools. Kudos to all making a difference! 👊
Proud to say I am☝️of the 1.5 million and am still here celebrate this amazing day! Approx,✌️years ago, I finished beating Stage 3 Colon Cancer! Blessed! 🙌
#NationalCancerSurvivorsDay
Today, June 2nd, is National Cancer Survivors Day! Today we celebrate the more than 1.5 million colorectal cancer survivors in the U.S.
Tell us who you're celebrating in the comments.
#NationalCancerSurvivorsDay
Been the toughest secret to keep! But, now the 🐅 is out of the bag! St. X Baseball is one of only 16 HS teams in the U.S. invited by USA Baseball to play in the 2023 NHSI! First team ever invited from KY! Yup, we headed to Cary, NC! ⚾️💪
#WeAreStX
@StXTigerSports
@StXTigersBSB
16 teams have been invited. Only one will leave with the hardware 🏆
The National High School Invitational is ready to crown the best in high school baseball 👑
#NHSI23
is set for March 29 - April 1
@NTCCary
:
Me finishing my last round of IV CHEMO and
@jacobbennett_14
hitting a walk off 2-Run NUKE 💣 against top 5 nationally ranked Brother Rice = ONE HAPPY MAN TONIGHT! Let’s goooo! 💪🏽
I’d like to give a big shout out & THANK YOU to the “fans” who were heckling me from the stands 2night bout my job description & pant selection. You’ve given me great motivation…especially to just get through these next six days of chemo pills! 🙌🏽 👊🏽
#priorities
#cancersurvivor
As a Louisvillian and BOD member this one makes me proud, excited and so much more. Great things can happen when you get all of the right people “in the room” and “on the same page.” Been a long time coming and will be huge for our city and for youth and HS travel ⚾️ players!
Was an honor for Ashley Flaker and me to host the reunion and to have so many former Cardinal greats and current/former minor and major leaguers in one room last night! Lots of talented DUDES!
#L1C4
This guy 👉
@JakeMunroe15
gonna excite the
@LouisvilleBSB
fan base in 2025! 💪 Due to being a fall commit from juco, lots of Cards fans either forgot about or didn’t hear about this star 3B headed our way! 🔴⚫️⚾️
@sluggernation
@NCStateBaseball
Uhhh hell nah. 🤔 Cause ya’ll in “Louisville” as in the city of the namesake of the damn Slugger brand. So no we not having that type of energy! Am I missing something here?
Poor. Taste.
Bad. Look.
Shame on you Slugger.
Let’s sweep ’em
@LouisvilleBSB
‼️🧹
Louisville has landed a commitment from OF Parker Knoll (
@PJKnoll1217
), a D3 transfer from Lawrence University. He was named a first team All-American after putting up ridiculous numbers, slashing .393/.488/.762 with 16 HR, 54 RBI, and 21 SB. Covers a lot of ground defensively.
A true blessing for The Flaker Fam to spend a week in July 2023 on a cruise in Alaska w/
@tobykeith
, his wife and friends. After several fun nights together, the last night TK called me over by the bar and said, “your damn boys made my f’ing trip!” Enough said. RIP Tobes! 🙏😢
Would like to wish this GREAT TEAM, the players, coaches and families good luck tonight as they are competing for the US Championship in Branson, MO @ the Cal Ripken 12u World Series!!! They were 4–0 in pool play and now 2–0 in bracket play. Let’s go Strike! Kick some butt!⚾️💪🏽
@sluggernation
@NCStateBaseball
Uhhh hell nah. 🤔 Cause ya’ll in “Louisville” as in the city of the namesake of the damn Slugger brand. So no we not having that type of energy! Am I missing something here?
Poor. Taste.
Bad. Look.
Shame on you Slugger.
Let’s sweep ’em
@LouisvilleBSB
‼️🧹
Gotta love good college 🏀 atmospheres! Can’t till we get the
@kfc_yumcenter
bouncin’ again! Just a matter of time. All these bad days of Cards hoops gonna make the comeback even better! We were spoiled for 50 years. Now we are HUMBLED & HUNGRY! Hang in there Card Nation! 👊
“I love this state. I love the passion that people have for basketball in this state” 🏀🐗
🎥
@RazorbackMBB
Associate head coach Kenny Payne talks about his love for Razorback basketball and more on Hogs+
Excited to announce my commitment to Louisville! A big thank you to Coach Rob and Toledo for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to play. With that being said excited for my next chapter. Go Cardinals!
Teaching the skills of this game and playing winning baseball is one thing, but teaching these St. X young men about respect, honor, commitment to community and other paths to succeed in life are far greater in importance.
IMPORTANT! Please get tested people (i.e. Cologuard test, colonoscopy)…don’t put it off! Likely, saved my life! Now, go save yours or someone you love!
#cancerawareness
#coloncancer
A whole lot of fans paid a whole lot of money for tickets and the university certainly paid Kenny Payne full price for a season we all believe actually counted.
Attaboy
@flaker_tyce
!!!! 👊 🙌
Congrats to you son and your partner Carson Knopf for advancing on to KHSAA State in two weeks!!! Fun day and proud to be your “boat captain!” Let’s ride! Go Tigers! 🐅 🎣 🟢🟡
What a week/weekend to be a Cards fan! Lots of dubs across sports, massive coaching hire, tons of Cardinal legends on and around campus, key coaching extension and more! L’s⬆️ !!! 🔴⚫️
I use this picture because it’s a good metaphor for my son Britt’s year! He has been carrying a load (actually the size of a football) of cancer all year long! We just got back the results from his pathology report and he is cancer free! I want to thank everyone for there prayers
My guy
@c_dominguez15
doesn’t just get his 1st WIN as Head Coach, but he and the
@BUKnightsBSB
go 3-0 by sweeping 🧹 New Mexico State on Opening Weekend of college baseball! 👏👏⚔️⚾️
Congratulations to Tyce Flaker and Alex Craddock on a successful practice trip to Green this past weekend. Five St. X boats in action this coming Saturday! Go Tigers!!!
Picture from the Tyce Flaker and Cam Sherman boat. These guys fished well and ended up in 20th place. They had a nice smallmouth that didn't quite measure, or they might have been top 10. Way to go!!
What a hire! Kudos to Scott Wiegandt, the Bellarmine AD for the best choice he could have ever made. Mingo is PURE GOLD!! Amazing human and person even beyond his high level baseball acumen and accolades! So happy for you
@c_dominguez15
!!!
And that’s good for a 2nd PLACE finish for Flaker/Craddock in their first tourney together. 100+ boats there today…not bad boys! 😂💪🥈
Proud of our son, Tyce, for following his heart and passion and his new goals and dreams. Already paying off for him! You go boy! 👊
That’s my guy
@flaker_tyce
👇!!!
Loving his new athletic adventure on the St. Xavier Bass Fishing Team🐅🎣!!
We practiced this weekend for his 1st tourney next weekend @ Lake Cumberland!
The road to 1,000 wins was paved by Cardinal greats who have been cheered on by the best fans in the country. Relive the journey. 🎬
#GoCards
x
#ForTheVille
Congrats to my alma mater, Male on a BIG W! Makes me so proud to see two of my fav players I have ever coached,
@dash_egan
and
@djgrinter2
in the starting lineup and contributing tonight on the big stage! Coached these 2024 Dawgs on
@LouisvilleSTING
🐝 since they were 6u! 🐾👊🏽
Every piece of blue has been eliminated from my wardrobe. The Revival has begun. The ReviVILLE has begun. The passion in the minds & hearts of Card Nation is like no other.
“The revolution commenced before the war began. It was in the minds and hearts of the people.” -John Adams
Love that the high baseball season is here upon us! Nothing better than this game. Best of luck to all of the players, coaches and teams across the state of KY! Should be a fun season, full of quality baseball. Let’s ride!
If you LOVE BASEBALL on any level…youth, travel, high school, college, pro…THIS is the “place to be” tonight!✌🏼rival high schools, 18-20 college commits on the same field, pro and college scouts aplenty, tons of passionate fans & high quality baseball. GO TIGERS! 🐅⚾️🔥
I hear ya
@Ty_starke8
! I’m so happy that what “I hoped for and wanted”equals what “you hoped for and wanted”. You deserve this P5 opportunity and can’t wait to see you shine the rest of this season, your senior season
@StXTigersBSB
and eventually
@LouisvilleBSB
! 🔴⚫️
Finally something as a Cards fan to FEEL GOOD ABOUT! Out of nowhere and rising from the ashes and in at
#25
! Now, practice what you have been preaching and FINISH fellas!!!!! 🔴⚫️
🧀 or🔥or⛽️ - call it what you want folks!
@JakeGregor20
is a dude! Ready for for March to get here and some
@StXTigersBSB
!!! Can’t get here fast enough. 💯 gonna be some much needed food for my soul this year! ⚾️🙌🏽
We going BANANAS!!! 🍌🍌⚾️
Excited about our company new big venture and partnership with the
@TheSavBananas
! We present you with YOUTH BANANA BALL!
#BananaBall
🚨 Introducing the FIRST EVER - Youth Banana Ball Tournament!
Hold on to your hats, folks! Join the Savannah Bananas and be apart of the craziest, zaniest, most fun youth baseball tournament EVER!
Check out the website for more information! 🔗 -
Super proud of
@chase_cham23
…a longtime STING 🐝 and Vipers 🐍 player staying local and headed to D1 Bellarmine ⚔️⬆️ to play ⚾️ for my guy
@c_dominguez15
! 🙌💪
Successful week overall at the NYBC at Baseball Heaven! 4-2-1 record for our Louisville STING 12u, wins over elite teams from TX, NY and NJ and silver bracket champs!
#NYBC19
#STINGNation
🐝⚾️💪🏽
Today was the last day of March, which is also the end of “Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month!” Got asked to appear on WKYT, CBS affiliate in Lexington to help spread the word. 💙
🚨📣🗣 Listen to your doc. Get screened. Save your own life! 👊🏽
Card Nation gonna miss you Coach Crum!! 😢 Blessed to have spent several of my college years both in Freedom Hall and traveling across the country w/the G.O.A.T., Denny Crum, and his high flyin’ Cards! That man was so good to this guy. Great memories that I will cherish forever!
Love me some Him & Her! Best place in The Ville to get a ‘fit!’
@rossdwallace88
and the gang will get u right!!!
And for you Mr.
@PeypeySiva3
! Always lookin’ FLY! 🔴⚫️