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Today’s word of the day is ‘Game 1’ as in NBA Finals as in the Boston Celtics as in the Dallas Mavericks as in blowout city. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis were just too much for Luka and company. Adam Silver met with the media yesterday for the first time before the NBA Finals to be questioned on myriad of topics: Caitlin Clark, NBA TV rights, TNT, and more! Here’s what he said. Let’s talk about the MLB London Series. Mets vs Phillies. Everyone wants to play overseas. Why? What’s wrong with Juan Soto’s forearm? How bad is it? Is this the end for the Yankees? Review: American Nightmare. We are at a scary place with social media. Fake news. Misinformation. A.I. posts. How do we know what’s real or not? NPPOD. The Timberwovles sale is still happening. Or is it still happening?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Game 1
7:10 – Silver speaks
17:20 – MLB London
25:30 – Soto imaging
31:03 – Review: American Nightmare
34:10 – Social Media
40:00 – NPPOD
44:00 – Wolves sale

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Today’s word of the day is ‘finally’ as in the Finals as in the NBA Finals as in The Boston Celtics as in the Dallas Mavericks. Who do you have? Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown or Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving? Jason Kidd could be joining an exclusive group with a win. Joe Mazzulla would be in a league of his own with a win. NPPOD. Jordan Montgomery was booed off the field by Diamondbacks fans. He’s been bad. Boras Four. STINK! Review: A League of Their Own. There’s been quite the update on Jontay Porter. Remember he was ban for life from the NBA for gambling on basketball. This update is wild. Kansas wants the Kansas City Chiefs. The Kansas City Chiefs are in Kansas City, Missouri… not Kansas City, Kansas. Dan Hurley is now the favorite for the Lakers head coach? What?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – NBA Finals
9:20 – NPPOD
19:00 – Montgomery booed
27:06 – Review: A League of Their Own
31:20 – Porter update
38:10 – Kansas wants Chiefs
46:00 – Hurley to LA?
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Today’s word of the day is ‘lifetime’ as in lifetime ban as in Marcano as in Padres as in Pirates as in MLB as in MiLB as in gambling. It’s the first lifetime ban in a century for an MLB player. MLB came out and dropped the hammer. Ippei Mizuhara pleaded guilty yesterday and Shohei Ohtani has been cleared by baseball. Ohtani is good to go. JJ Redick is the favorite for the Lakers head coach. Rich Paul said LeBron has nothing to do with the search. LeBron James has a podcast with JJ Redick. No dots to connect there! Review: Review: The Anti-Social Network. The Marlins had to DFA Avisail Garcia. And they owe him a big chunk of change. Congrats, Jeter! NPPOD. It’s time to talk about catchers. The positioning they have near the batter’s box is not right. MLB is going to fix it. The Mavericks gave a contract extension to the GM the eve of the NBA Finals. Why?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Lifetime ban
11:00 – Ohtani cleared
17:08 – Lakers coach
26:00 – Review: The Anti-Social Network
29:50 – Garcia DFA’d
37:15 – NPPOD
38:40 – Catchers
44:40 – Mavericks extension
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Today’s word of the day is ‘existential crisis’ as in baseball as in MLB as gambling as in injuries as in Tommy John as in problems. We have a player facing a lifetime ban for the first time since gambling has become what it has. Tucupita Marcano of the Padres reportedly bet on baseball last year as a member of the Pirates. Woof. More and more and more injuries happening to starting pitching. Elbow and elbows and elbows. The Carolina Panthers want public money for stadium upgrades. It never ends. You might think it will, but it doesn’t. Justin Jefferson is getting big money. WR are now the offensive money makers. Sorry RB, you aint coming back. Review: Spacey Unmasked. Sports media and hot take culture is at a boiling point. Where is the line? Where is the integrity? This Caitlin Clark conversation has become everything it shouldn’t. NPPOD. I made a mistake about Top 100 players.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Lifetime ban
12:34 – INJURIES
19:00 – Panther money
25:00 – NFL money
30:22 – Review: Spacey Unmasked
34:25 – Hot take culture
43:00 – NPPOD
45:20 – Mistakes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘35.1 or 37.6’ as in how much of the MLB season is already over. Can you believe it? Let’s recap the biggest storylines from May. I’ll review my May predictions. And then we’ll look ahead to June. It all starts with the Yankees. What were some of the biggest surprises in May? Let’s review my May predictions. Here are my predictions for June! So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the WNBA and Caitlin Clark. Hard fouls. Dirty fouls. Social media comments. Why do players dislike Clark so much? Review: The Fall Guy. Stanley Cup Final is here! Panthers vs Oilers! Tommy Pham may not be in baseball much longer. NPPOD.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Yankees
9:13 – May surprises
14:34 – May Predictions reviewed
16:19 – June predictions
20:50 – Caitlin vs WNBA
33:30 – Review: The Fall Guy
36:00 – Stanley Cup
39:09 – Pham
45:00 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ‘road wins’ as in the Florida Panthers as in the Dallas Mavericks as in playoffs! Let’s start with the Panthers taking a series lead against the Rangers. I was at the game. How are road teams so successful now? Donald Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony charges against him. First president ever convicted of a crime. Wow. The Dallas Mavericks are headed to the NBA Finals! Luka and Kyrie! Did you see Mark Cuban wasn’t the one who got the trophy? NPPOD. Review: A Man in Full. The Tampa Bay Rays released new renderings for its new stadium in St. Pete. There’s still no deal. The project is massive. Will it get done? The NBA media rights deals are not done yet. Is Warner Bros. Discovery out? Is TNT really going to lose the NBA?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Panthers win
8:00 – Trump conviction
21:10 – Mavs to Finals
29:50 – NPPOD
30:55 – Review: A Man in Full
33:50 – Rays renderings
43:30 – WBD NBA

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Today’s word of the day is ‘dumpster fire’ as in the Mets as in Steve Cohen as in Edwin Diaz as in Pete Alonso as in Jorge Lopez. What a day for the Mets yesterday. I cannot remember a day like this for a team. IL trips. Injuries. A player ejected, making a scene, then getting DFA’d. Well things actually are worse for the Mets. Steve Cohen has hit a real roadblock when it comes to his casino of dreams. A NY senator does not want what Cohen wants. White Sox manager Pedro Grifol came out in defense of owner Jerry Reinsdorf. This is why. Review: In the Name of the Father. NPPOD. Scottie Scheffler had all charges dropped against him. Breaking news: a new women’s basketball league is coming.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Mets mess
13:30 – Cohen plan
25:50 – Grifol on Reinsdorf
34:30 – Review: In The Name of the Father
37:30 – NPPOD
40:20 – Scheffler update
47:30 – Breaking women’s basketball

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Today’s word of the day is ‘13/39’ as in Luka Doncic as in Kyrie Irving as in Mavericks as in Timberwolves as in NBA playoffs. The Mavericks shot terribly. The Timberwolves found late life. The Panthers tied things up with an OT winner vs the Rangers. The 3rd straight overtime game! How can you not love playoff hockey!? So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the Toronto Blue Jays and what’s gone wrong there. Did the Jays miss their window? MLB announced that the Negro League stats will now be in the MLB history books. That means that all MLB stats have changed. Should they have? Review: Atlas. What’s the latest on the Athletics and Las Vegas? Blake Snell said something that needs to be discussed. Is MLB finally done with Scott Boras? Charter flight talk.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – NBA Playoffs
9:13 – Playoff Hockey
12:56 – SYWTTS
25:06 – MLB and Negro Leagues
35:00 – Review: Atlas
37:17 – Athletics update
43:20 – Snell comments
48:02 – Charter Flights

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Today’s word of the day is ‘touched by an angel’ as in Angel Hernandez as in umpire as in see ya! The worst umpire in baseball, the worst umpire in my career is finally gone. Retired. Ronald Acuña tore his ACL. Sad for him. Sad for the Braves. It’s his 2nd one in 3 seasons. The Dodgers and Mets start a 3-game series today. Let’s take a look at both of these teams, expectations, moves, who needs this series more. Review: Challengers. We need to talk about the life of Bill Walton. The Boston Celtics are headed to the NBA Finals. 2nd time in 3 years. The Pacers had chances and blew it. NPPOD

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Bye, Angel
12:10 – Acuña out
20:35 – Dodgers/Mets
33:16 – Review: Challengers
36:30 – Ode to Bill Walton
39:50 – Celtics Finals
44:44 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ’owners meetings’ as in Rob Manfred as in MLB as in umpires as in jerseys as in Athletics as in Nike as in Sacramento as in robots as in Bally’s. These latest owners meetings were packed with great quotes from the commissioner. Let’s talk about Ticketmaster. The Department of Justice has sued Live Nation Entertainment. What happens now? No more crazy fees? Review: Survivor 46. The Boston Celtics are running away with the Eastern Conference. Big win on Thursday. Pacers are hurt. NPPOD. The NCAA has agreed to let schools pay players. Welcome to the new world of college athletics. What is going to be the end of this?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – MLB meetings
17:20 – Down with Ticketmaster
26:05 – Review: Survivor 46
30:10 – Celtics lead
35:46 – NPPOD
39:40 – NCAA pay

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Today’s word of the day is ’Hader Rules’ as in Josh Hader as in rules to pitching as in the Brewers as in the Padres as in the Astros as in arbitration. What were the Hader Rules and could any other MLB player use them? The Boston Celtics stole Game 1 vs the Pacers in OT. A thriller! NPPOD. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Is the NFL finally entering the modern world? Is it time we finally retire the chain gang? Is it happening!? Aaron Rodgers is back. So his quotes are back. It’s NIL talk again. We have our first giant lawsuit. Yay!

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Hader Rules
17:05 – Celtics Game 1
24:01 – NPPOD
28:28 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
32:31 – Goodbye, chains!?
40:45 – Rodgers back
43:20 – NIL

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