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Today’s word of the day is ‘final third’ as in August as in MLB as in making a playoff push as in deadline is over as in baseball! Let’s take a look at July and the biggest stories and my predictions. Then we turn the page to August predictions. Let’s get to the NFL. Are refs in danger of losing jobs? Technology is on its way! Review: Aftersun. NPPOD. More Olympics coverage by us! The U.S. Army is suing The Rock over a failed marketing campaign. Oh boy.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – July predictions
3:40 – Top Stories
19:15 – August predictions
23:45 – NFL updates
31:33 – Review: Aftersun
34:44 – NPPOD
37:00. Olympic Update
43:20 – Army v. The Rock

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Today’s word of the day is ‘30’ as in 30 trades as in MLB trade deadline as in excitement as in yes! MLB finally won the news cycle! I couldn’t believe it! Which teams were able to accomplish their goals? Which teams failed to make moves? Which teams do I think handled the deadline the best? Let’s take a deep look at the Marlins and Rays, and what those teams did. Which teams did not accomplish their goals? The Yankees needed starters and didn’t get one. The White Sox are just a confused team. The Giants kept Snell and couldn’t get under the luxury tax. Let’s fly through some wait to sees. Review: Horizon. Mike Trout could be done for the season. Horrible. Jackson Holliday is back for the Orioles! Olympic update time! NPPOD

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – MLB Trade Deadline
12:40 – Great deadline
20:40 – Deadline ‘losers’
31:00 – Wait to see
33:50 – Review: Horizon
36:10 – Other MLB news
40:30 – Olympic Update
45:40 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ‘10 hours’ as in the trade deadline as in moves are being made still as in late night trades last night as in who is still buying and selling and renting! 3-team trades! Players to be named later! NPPOD. Comcast and Diamond have a deal! RSNs are back! Here’s what that means! Review: Family Affair. Go Olympics go! Patrick Mahomes is cool with everyone else getting paid. He said he’s not underpaid. Even if he is! let’s talk about Joe Biden calling for reform of the Supreme Court. What’s happening here?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – MLB trade
19:15 – NPPOD
22:55 – Comcast deal
27:20 – Review: Family Affair
30:03 – Olympics
39:20 – Mahomes deal
44:50 – Biden on Supreme Court

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Today’s word of the day is ‘34 hours’ as in the MLB trade deadline is 34 hours away. Trades are happening. Players are moving. Teams are buying. Teams are selling. Teams are trying to buy or sell! The Marlins traded Jazz Chisolm to the Yankees! The Cubs and Rays made trades! NPPOD. QB money is crazy. Tua gets $50 million a year. Jordan Love gets $50 million a year. Is Dak Prescott up next? Review: Thelma. Warner Bros. Discovery have sued the NBA. The fight is here. How will it end? So Charles Barkley isn’t retiring? Have you been watching the Olympics?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Trades!
19:50 – NPPOD
21:30 – QB Money
29:30 – Review: Thelma
32:09 – WBD sues NBA
38:00 – Barkley back
42:15 – Olympics

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Today’s word of the day is ‘106 hours’ as in MLB trade deadline as in trades have begun as in we have 4 nights to go as in turn the heat up and get to cooking! Randy Arozerana traded! AJ Punk traded! Garrett Crochet… not traded! So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Mason Miller broke his pinky slamming his fist on a table! And now he’s out before the trade deadline! WOW! Garrett Crochet of the White Sox is out of his mind! NPPOD. The Oilers hired Stan Bowman. The same Stan Bowman who was kicked out of hockey for mishandling a sexual assault allegation against a coach of his staff. What a shame. Review: Presumed Innocent. Boneless wings can have bones in them. That’s what the courts in Ohio say. HUH!? Let’s update what’s happening with Warner Bros. Discovery.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – TRADE
12:57 – Mason Miller
19:00 – Garret Crochet
22:30 – NPPOD
25:24 – Oilers hire
30:55 – Review: Presumed Innocent
35:10 – Chicken wing gate
44:00 – WBD update

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Today’s word of the day is ‘grossly misinterpreted’ as in Warner Bros. Discovery as in NBA as in Amazon as Disney as in NBC. The new announcement for the NBA TV rights deals came out and WBD was kicked to the curb. See ya! We finally have all the details on the NBA. We have the details on the WNBA. We have a new deal between MLB and the MLBPA. They are changing the CBA to make a new distribution system for CBT payouts. The Boston Red Sox have signed Alex Cora to a new extension. Big money, but not Counsell money. Review: The Fisher King. Let’s talk the Olympics! What a nightmare so far! NPPOD. Christian Yelich career is in jeopardy. His back is all messed up. Bad backs do not go away.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – NBA TV
12:30 – CBT announcement
20:40 – Cora announcement
29:50 – Review: The Fisher King
34:00 – Olympics!
43:00 – NPPOD
45:04 – Yelich back
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Today’s word of the day is ‘lone star’ as in the lone star state as in lone star left as in the Dallas Cowboys have some problems. CeeDee Lamb wants a new deal so he isn’t showing up to training camp. Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy have one year left on their deals. And Jerry Jones is battling things away in court. Go cowboys go! Is the NFL moving to 18 games? Yes. Of course, the more games the merrier for the NFL. We are less than a week away from the MLB trade deadline. What are teams doing right now? Who is buying? Who is selling? Who is doing nothing? NPPOD. Review: Land of Bad. What is happening in Chicago? More development plans! More words about private financing! SURE! Let’s talk some Olympics! The Bears are letting Jonathan Owens to leave training camp to go see his wife Simone Biles perform. Fair? Hmm.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Cowboys problems
14:00 – NFL to 18?
20:35 – MLB trades
30:30 – NPPOD
32:15 – Review: Land of Bad
35:00 – Chicago
41:10 – Olympics!
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Today’s word of the day is ‘match game’ as in matching rights as in the NBA as in TV Rights as in WBD as in TNT as ESPN as in NBC as in Amazon. Warner Bros. Discovery is trying to Match the Amazon deal. Will the NBA accept these terms? Will Amazon fight? Will WBD fight? Brent Musburger and his family have bought back VSiN from Draftkings. Did the Cubs wave the white flag? Is the season over? Sell, sell, sell! That’s what Jed Hoyer wants you to know. What is the Red Sox plan for the trade deadline? Buyers or sellers? Review: The Yards. NPPOD. Jordan Love is holding out. He wants a new deal. The Packers want to get him a deal. But still there’s no deal. Let’s give a wait to see and update some wait to sees.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – NBA Rights
16:00 – DK and VSiN
22:01 – Cubs President
27:50 – Red Sox plans
33:20 – Review: The Yards
37:10 – NPPOD
38:55 – Jordan Love
44:00 – Wait to see

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Today’s word of the day is ‘dropped out’ as in Joe Biden as in Kamala Harris as in Donald Trump as in 2024 elections. Joe Biden officially dropped out of the race. Pressure had been mounting for weeks. The Democratic Party has been pushing for this. Now what? Now where are we? Sorry, St. Louis. 2nd time my show was canceled. This one definitely wasn’t my fault. Outages worldwide. Flights canceled. Hospitals down. Banks down. Over a simple software update? NPPOD. Review: Bonnie & Clyde. It’s time to talk 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. All eyes on Ichiro. So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the Oakland Athletics firing 50% its non-baseball staff. We have the start to the Copa America lawsuits.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Biden out
13:55 – Sorry, St. Louis
23:00 – NPPOD
32:09 – Review: Bonnie & Clyde
35:30 – Baseball HOF
40:30 – SYWTTS
46:30 – Copa lawsuit

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Today’s word of the day is ‘PAB’ as in Post All-Star Break as in 2nd part of MLB season as in playoff race as in trade deadline as World Series. Let’s take a look at what interests me. The AL East, the AL West, NL Wild Card, Paul Skenes! TRADE DEADLINE! NPPOD. Let’s break down everything that happened during the Las Vegas Stadium Authority got the Athletics plans. The development plans were made public so here we are. Review: Faye. Let’s discuss the Rays new ballpark. It’s not in Nashville. It’s not in Montreal. They are staying in St. Pete. Congrats to the Rays! Last night was the RNC. Reports are out that Biden could drop out before the DNC. What is happening with the political climate in this country?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Post All-Star
15:08 – NPPOD
17:15 – Athletics plans
33:55 – Review: Faye
35:45 – Rays stadium
42:02 – Politics

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Today’s word of the day is ‘value’ as in what is the value as in WNBA as in media right as in $2.2 billion as in NBA value. Let’s discuss what the WNBA is getting from the NBA and beyond. What are the players going to do? What are the networks going to do? What are the leagues going to do? Angel City FC is now under new management. Willow Bay and Bob Iger takeover. What does the valuation mean for the league? The MLB All-Star Game was a ratings success again. Rob Manfred had more to say from the ASG. What did he have to say? Olympics and gambling. Review: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Let’s get to some MLB trade talk. Deadline is 2 weeks away and we have some candidates. What should these teams do? Caleb Williams was trying to do something the NFL had never seen with his rookie deal. He wanted clauses in his contract that were hilarious, and immediately turned down.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – WNBA TV deal
15:50 – Angel City
23:20 – Manfred Updates
33:08 – Review: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
36:30 – MLB Deal or No Deal
45:07 – Caleb Williams deal

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Today’s word of the day is ‘hey now’ as in hey now you’re an All-Star as in the MLB All-Star Game as in American League as in Ohtani as in throwing gas. Rob Manfred spoke at All-Star weekend. What did he have to say? The future of baseball – robot umps, jerseys, streaming. Review: Dancer in the Dark. We have an update on the Athletics. John Fisher has spoken. And he made me LAUGH! So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Looks like James Dolan is back to fighting with the NBA again. This time it’s over the new NBA TV deal. Why is he so mad?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – All-Star Game
18:10 – Manfred speaks
32:28 – Review: Dancer in the Dark
37:03 – Athletics update
43:08 – SYWTTS

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