Nothing Personal with David Samson

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The NBA is getting over $12 billion for an expansion team. Are you kidding me? The Las Vegas franchise has to pay a huge sum of money for a team. I cannot believe it. Three finalists for the team. It’s crazy! (10:02) We continue to monitor the situation in Portland. What is happening with the Trail Blazers? (18:35) The Milwaukee Bucks are back without Giannis. But there could be a bigger issue at hand. (23:00) Update on the Protect College Sports Act! (29:00) Let’s talk Kalshi. (38:30) The Athletics have a little update on the stadium. (47:00) Have you been annoyed about ads while watching sports?

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Today’s word of the day is ‘mutiny’ as in Wild Card as in the Red Sox as in the Yankees as in Sonny Gray as in Wilson Contreras as in Chad Tracy. The Yankees swept the Red Sox and it wasn’t really close. No Aaron Judge? No problem! After the game, the Red Sox had some choice words for the front office. (22:40) The Phillies stormed back to beat the Braves after being down 2 runs. What a game. What a moment for Bryce Harper. (31:00) More Wild Card fun! Cubs couldn’t hit. (32:30) NPPOD. (40:20) Review: The Christophers. (43:40) The Minnesota Twins did not make the playoffs. But the front office still has to face the media.

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We’ve got a lawsuit! Athletics outfielder Zack Gelof is suing the Detroit Tigers over an injury he sustained in a game in July. He crashed into a fence and there was no padding. Uh oh. David Stearns says the darnest things. What an end-of-season presser from him. What is happening with the Seattle Mariners? Fired the manager but before they did they sent him out to publicly fire his staff? MLB wants to play a game at a national park? Man City is in trouble. The blatant cheating going on at the club was staggering.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘marathon’ as in what I did in Germany as in life as in the MLB season.The Wild Card is here! Let’s talk about why game times are decided, how they’re decided, and why teams are so mad. The New York Yankees got the best of the Boston Red Sox. Cam Schlittler pitched lights out. Ben Rice put on a show at the plate. The San Diego Padres were Slam Diego again! The Chicago Cubs couldn’t get a hit until the 7th and at that point it was too late! The Atlanta Braves stormed back to beat the Philadelphia Phillies. Austin Riley had the moment of the playoffs so far in the first game of the Wild Card. The Chicago White Sox have the pope on their side. Is this fate? Huge win against the Houston Astros in Game 1. Review: One Night Only. NPPOD.

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The Protect College Sports Act is getting closer to the Senate. (0:30) Buying at the trade deadline isn't all it's cracked up to be. (11:10) The Connecticut Sun are on the move and they aren't staying in the northeast. (20:30) Mark Messier has some strong words on Mike Babcock and the Oilers. (30:00) Albert Pujols wants to own an MLB franchise. (41:00) Finally, a federal judge has halted the Paramount-Warner Bros merger due to anti-trust issues. (45:00)
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