Today’s word of the day is ‘13/350’ as in 13 years and $350M as in that’s the offer that Juan Soto was offered by the Washington Nationals. That’s a lot of money… to turn down! Soto acknowledged he was offered this. Scott Boras would never let him sign this. Let’s explain why he would do this and what it means for the next 3 seasons he’s under contract for the Nationals. What is a Super 2? (16:55) MLB Lockout update! Get your MLB lockout update here! We have a meeting today at 1pm ET and the pla...
Feb 17, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘opioids’ as in the trial against Eric Kay in the death of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Kay was an employee for the Angels and he reportedly supplied opioids to a handful of players on the team, and the pills that took Skaggs life. Let’s have an honest conversation about drug use in the clubhouse. (27:30) Review: Lunana - A Yak in the Classroom. (32:45) Kamila Valieva is allowed to skate for Russia in the Olympics. Valieva is the favorite for gold. Valieva teste...
Feb 16, 2022•50 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘150’ as in a buck fifty as in last night a report came out that MLB was looking to cut “hundreds of paying jobs to Minor League players” — this was reported with no real context, why this would happen, and why it should happen. Let’s talk about this proposal. (12:00) Why is this being leaked now? Well, MLB presented the players the latest proposal on Saturday and we haven’t heard much since. 130 pages long. Players aren’t too impressed. What were the big moves? (27:30...
Feb 15, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘Super Bowl’ as in the Los Angeles Rams have done it as in Cooper Kupp, Matthew Stafford, Odell Beckham (!), Sean McVay, Aaron Donald. And they got to do it in their home stadium. McVay may now retire. The ratings are here so everyone can forget about the horrible week that Roger Goodell had. Odell Beckham Jr gets vindication and then looks like he tore his ACL. And the biggest story of the night — the Rams went all in for Matthew Stafford, and it worked. (19:00) The S...
Feb 14, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘blockbuster’ as in not the former movie rental chain that didn’t think Netflix would work it’s as in a big trade. The NBA trade deadline came and went, and it was a big one. James Harden to the 76ers! Ben Simmons to the Nets! Russell Westbrook to the bench! Let’s talk about what went wrong in both Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Kyrie and Harden didn’t like one another. Kevin Durant passed on Harden in the All Star Draft. Joel Embiid let the world know his thoughts on Ben ...
Feb 11, 2022•50 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘music’ as in face the music as in Roger Goodell had his presser during Super Bowl week. Wonder what people wanted to hear him speak about? Goodell spoke about Brian Flores, diversity, and integrity. (14:35) Roger Goodell wants Daniel Snyder to just stop it. Snyder announced he’s hiring an investigative team to look into comments made in front of congress by one of his former employees. Goodell came out and said, no, absolutely not. The NFL will now be running the inve...
Feb 10, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘quarterly’ as in 25 percent as in MLB quarterly meetings are here and happening in Orlando. Do you think the owners and Rob Manfred are scaling Space Mountain at Disney right now? Probably not. Maybe the tea cups. I wonder what they’re talking about. Let’s discuss. (17:55) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Trevor Bauer and his future with the Los Angeles Dodgers. No criminal charges will be filed against Bauer. Now baseball can act. (28:00) The tria...
Feb 09, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘streaming’ as in turning on your smart TV as in Netflix as in Hulu as in P Plus as in the Chicago Cubs are looking to start at direct-to-consumer streaming package for its games. This doesn’t sound like big news, right? WRONG! It’s a huge deal and MLB has to be FURIOUS right now. (18:15) Lovie Smith is the new coach of the Texans. We told you why this was going to happen. What does this mean for Brian Flores? He didn’t get a job. (27:30) Review: Oscar Nominations (31:...
Feb 08, 2022•48 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘crap’ as in crappy or craps as in a lot happened this weekend. There were so many events in Las Vegas this weekend. The Pro Bowl. The NHL All-Star Game. The Keith Thurman fight. Events on events on events. The Pro Bowl was an embarasssment. No tackling. Two-hand touching. JOKE! What else was happening? Alvin Kamara allegedly battered someone at a nightclub, played in the Pro Bowl, and then was promptly arrested postgame. VIVA LAS VEGAS! (11:00) The Lockout Update in M...
Feb 07, 2022•48 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘unequivocally’ as in a way that leaves no doubt as in Daniel Snyder is back in the news for all the reasons we knew he would be. No not the name change. No not that FedEx Field is a dumpster fire. It was because six women spoke before Congress about how horrible Daniel Snyder and his Washington football team was. These women spoke about the verbal abuse they went through. About how Snyder and other executives sexualized these women and put them in the most uncomfortab...
Feb 04, 2022•51 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘midnight’ as in the midnight hour as in right after midnight today Dolphins owner Stephen Ross released his statement on the Brian Flores allegations. Is he serious? The nerve to release this when the East Coast is sleeping. Let’s update the Flores class-action lawsuit and more details that came out yesterday. (23:20) If you want an owner to talk who do you call? Jerry Jones. Jones talked about the Rooney Rule and the league needing to do better. How do you think Roge...
Feb 03, 2022•50 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘class action’ as in class action lawsuit as in former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL AND the New York Giants. Flores took out a flame thrower and went scorched earth on Stephen Ross and the Dolphins, the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants, and the NFL. Let’s go statement by statement; team by team; and break it all down. (28:00) What is going on with Jim Harbaugh? We spoke about him likely going to Miami, not anymore. Now he’s headed to Minne...
Feb 02, 2022•50 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘tempus fugit’ as in time flies as in it’s been 365 days since my father died. I just want to speak for a little on what’s happened since then and how I’ve felt. (8:15) So what’s going on with the MLB lockout? Well, we have an update! The two sides will meet again on Tuesday. Wonder what they’re going to discuss… (20:35) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me the difference between Marlins Park and the Inter Miami deals. Interesting. Wonder why people are askin...
Feb 01, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘retiring’ as in Tom Brady has retired or has Tom Brady not retired? This was the biggest story of the weekend. News broke that Tom Brady was retiring and then his father and agent said whoa! What exactly is going on here? Who leaked this info? (13:05) What happened to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday? It all fell apart for Patrick Mahomes in the 2nd half. Joe Burrow and the tanking Cincinnati Bengals are headed to the Super Bowl. Let’s talk about how this turnaround h...
Jan 31, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘feasible’ as in Minor League housing as in drama is back! MLB owners announced they would take care of housing for some minor leaguers and now we have some more issues. The MLB lockout is only for Major League players on a roster… everyone else, sorry. So let’s dissect the latest issues and what MLB had to say about it. MiLB players also won’t be required to be vaccinated for this season. Staff, yes. Players, no. Why is this? LOCKOUT! (15:00) What’s going on with Mike...
Jan 28, 2022•48 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘continuity’ as in keeping the flow as in when you’re an exec in sports you need to know it. Teams crave this at every level; Front office; coaching; and players. The lack of it almost always leads to losing. Having it leads to championships. Let’s talk about John Mara and the New York Football Giants. He spoke about Daniel Jones and Deshaun Watson with new GM Joe Schoen. (12:55) Antonio Brown media tour is continuing. Let’s talk about what Brown has been saying about ...
Jan 27, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘controversy’ as in people are going crazy as in that could be about everything, but today it’s about the Baseball Hall of Fame. David Ortiz is in. Barry bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling… see ya. Alex Rodriguez only got about 30% of the vote. Let’s discuss the voting and the Hall. Danger danger danger. (23:10) We have another lockout update! Can you believe it!? Back to back days of MLB owners meeting with MLBPA. Let’s discuss what they talked about this time. (36:...
Jan 26, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘volley’ as in back and forth as in you go then I go then you go then I go as in MLB owners and player’s union met again to negotiate a new CBA deal. People are getting nervous. Are you? The owners offered an economic proposal last week. The players countered yesterday. So where do the talks stand now? (22:45) The Baseball Hall of Fame class will be inducted today! Will anyone make it? Barry Bonds? Roger Clemens? Curt Schilling? Alex Rodriguez? What about David Ortiz? ...
Jan 25, 2022•48 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘defibrillator’ as in the NFL Divisional Round was out of control as in one of the best weekends of football ever… unless your team lost! (2:35) Let’s talk about how amazing Patrick Mahomes vs Josh Allen was! 13 seconds! But it was almost ruined because of the NFL overtime rules. How can only one team get the ball in OT? Ridiculous. (17:35) Aaron Rodgers is going home. The Packers fell apart at home. Lost to a team that didn’t score an offensive touchdown. Let’s discus...
Jan 24, 2022•50 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘rejected’ as in shut down as in turned down as in the Tampa Bay Rays will not be the half-Tampa, half-Montreal Ex-Rays. WE TOLD YOU THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN! Rays owner Stu Sternberg knew this would never happen, but he kept pushing and pushing nonsense to fans. Sternberg was spewing BS about this sister-city plan and we told you what it was. HORSE HOCKEY! (20:35) Are the Athletics going to move from Oakland? Probably not! (21:45) RIP Meat Loaf. (25:55) Review: ...
Jan 21, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘knock’ as a little love tap as a little smack on the helmet as in Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was fined $50K for smacking one of his players in the helmet. Arians said he was trying to get his player away from an Eagles player so he didn’t do something dumb. It wasn’t the best optics, but it wasn’t the worst either. With everything that’s happened with Antonio Brown this isn’t great. Will the NFL fine stick for “conduct unbecoming of an NFL coach”? (8:45) So Yo...
Jan 20, 2022•48 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘Groundhog Day’ as in here we go again as in Carlos Correa has fired his agents WME/Endeavor and hired Scott Boras. This comes a day after we talk about the WME/Endeavor was threatened by the MLBPA with decertification because of its deal with Minor League Baseball. Boras Corp lands the big fish left on the board. Endeavor will lose out on millions now. (13:35) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Dan Prescott and the postgame comments he made against t...
Jan 19, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘confident’ as in the Dallas Cowboys were eliminated from the NFL playoffs and it seems as if Jerry Jones and Co think it was a confidence issue. Stephen Jones, Jerry’s son, had some very strange quotes on Monday. The Jones family likes to control the news, they like to be the faces of the organization, so it was a Monday radio tour to talk about what went wrong. (10:20) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about what the Brooklyn Nets should do now that Kevi...
Jan 18, 2022•48 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘father of the bride’ as in my daughter got married yesterday. First child, oldest child, my daughter. We drank. We danced. We laughed. Let’s talk about this night. A little personal. (18:45) What in the world happened in the Raiders-Bengals game? How did the NFL allow the refs in that game to mess up so badly? Then after the game we had to hear the refs explain how they made the right call… Well, those refs are out for the rest of the playoffs, but the NFL has stayed ...
Jan 17, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘sugar ray’ as in all around the world, statues crumble for me. Who knows how long I’ve loved you. I just wanna fly. Put your arms around me, baby! The Houston Texans have fired David Culley after just one season. Culley was the oldest first year head coach ever. He’ll leave with about $25M for one season. What’s going on in Houston? GM Nick Caserio wants to do things the Patriot Way. Deshaun Watson was out all year for you know what. CEO Cal McNair doesn’t have a clue...
Jan 14, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘mazel tov’ as in congratulations as in MLB plans to meet with the Union to discuss its economic proposal. What exactly is going to happen during this meeting? Minimum salary? CHECK. Universal DH? CHECK. Expanded playoffs? CHECK! And a whole list of other items. (9:50) It finally happened. Joe Judge was fired by the New York Giants. It happened after two separate meetings. Really? You needed those meetings to see what a failure this regime was? (19:55) The Denver Bronc...
Jan 12, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ’Black Monday’ as in the worst day in the NFL to be a head coach or general manager. What happens on that day? It’s the first day after the final day of the regular season. The Denver Broncos fired Vic Fangio. The Miami Dolphins fired Brian Flores. The Minnesota Vikings fired its GM and head coach Mike Zimmer. The Chicago Bears fired its GM and head coach Matt Nagy. (6:00) What about the New York Giants and Joe Judge and Dave Gettleman? (14:30) Was firing Brian Flores ...
Jan 11, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ’tie’ as in one of the wildest endings to a NFL regular season in the history of the game. The Jacksonville Jaguars eliminated the Indianapolis Colts. The Pittsburgh Steelers were in by beating the Baltimore Ravens. The Los Angles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders are both in with a tie! And the Raiders win it on a field goal with 3 seconds left in overtime! We almost had the tie! (14:40) The College Football Championship is here! Alabama vs Georgia! The SEC title game re...
Jan 10, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ’rebuttal’ as in Antonio Brown is back in the news like he never left. Bruce Arians has responded to AB. Antonio Brown tried exposing people on Twitter and Instagram. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released him. There’s money rumors leaking about why Brown was so mad. Woof. (16:55) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about the Denver Broncos. There is a fight like no other about the control of that team. Will it be sold? How much will it go for? The Mayor wants a ...
Jan 07, 2022•49 min
Today’s word of the day is ‘365 days’ as in one year as in the one-year anniversary of the storming of the US Capitol building. Let’s discuss what happened that day, the details of that day, and what’s been found out since then. (19:25) Review: 4 hours at the capitol. (25:55) Antonio Brown has accused the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of some serious things. Brown alleges that the Bucs shot him up with drugs and forced him to play in the game against the Jets. He says that Bruce Arians told him he was do...
Jan 06, 2022•50 min
