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Yahoo Sports is reporting the Miami Dolphins are the front runners to land Deshaun Watson.  The Houston Texans QB  requested  a trade even before 22 women came forward alleging    sexual assault and misconduct resulting in civil suits.  My question is would you trade for Watson right now?  Is he a better QB than Tua Tagovailoa?  Yes, right now Watson is better no question.  Tua's upside is huge though.  That would be a big time gamble for the Dolphins if true!

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Charles Davis of CBS Sports makes his return to the podcast.  He is truly one of my favorites.  We talk about the preseason and how so many people get carried away with individual performances.  Charles talks about his opening game he'll be doing with Ian Eagle, Pittsburgh at Buffalo, and shares his stories of doing games in Green Bay.  It's a fun conversation with one of the best in the business.

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Buffalo Bills wide receivers  Isaiah McKenzie and Cole Beasley were fined by the NFL for violating the league's Covid-19 protocol.  McKenzie actually tweeted a copy of the letter the league sent him and wrote "They got me...@NFL you win".  So McKenzie who is unvaccinated  was seen without his mask on several times during the day on Wednesday.  Does he care about the other guys on the team, or is just about him?  Beasley also went to Twitter and said " Don't worry they got me too"  Do the players give a damn about the consequences of violating the league's poilicies?  McKenzie and Beasley sure don't seem to care!

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Who the hell is making the decisions at ESPN regarding discipline for talent?  Yesterday ESPN cancelled The Jump hosted by Rachel Nichols.  If you don't know the Nichols story by now you've been living on Mars.   What a joke ESPN has become.  Stephen A. Smith can disparage the Nigerian basketball team and mock Shohei Ohtani  because he uses an interpreter and nothing happens to Smith.  ESPN has to be publicly admonished by NBA Commissioner for the Nichols-Maria Taylor debacle and now in August 2021 Nichols is cancelled!  What a joke!!!

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Can't make this stuff up...Yesterday ESPN.com had a headline that read, Is Dodgers-Padres still MLB's best rivalry?  Like when has it ever been baseball's best rivalry?  What a bunch of nonsense.  It's not even the best rivalry in the division.  Giants-Dodgers is a far superior rivalry.  I'd like to meet the person who wrote that absurd headline!

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Episode 93 starts off with my take on former tennis star and current commentator Martina Navratilova celebrating the death of a radio talk show host in Nashville by the name of Phil Valentine.  I then  move on to discuss the rookie quarterbacks in the NFL including Trey Lance of the San Francisco 49ers.  Should he start over Jimmy Garoppolo? I say no.  I also debate the MVP leader of the American League.  Is it Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, or Vladimir Guerrero Jr of the Blue Jays?

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New England QB Cam Newton can't practice with the team until Thursday.  He went to a team approved  medical appointment outside of the acceptable area as stipulated by the NFL.  He has tested negative everyday for Covid,  but that's not good enough.  How about some common sense?  How ridiculous is this?  

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Amazing to me how so many San Francisco 49ers fans think Trey Lance should start week 1.  Lance is a dynamic talent no doubt....has a tremendous arm and is athletic, but he's not ready to start.  Don't be fooled by the preseason.  Jimmy Garoppolo is the team's best chance for winning early.  Look at the Miami Dolphins last season, or the Chargers.  There is no rush.  Relax would you please?  

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The Sacramento Kings won the Las Vegas Summer League.  If that excites you get a life.  What should excite you is how good Davion Mitchell played.  I don't know if he'll be an all star, but the 9th overall pick from Baylor sure won't be a bust like so many other draft picks over the years.  Bobby Jackson who coached the squad did an excellent job, but winning the SL means nothing.   Time to get ready for the real season!

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I cover many things in this episode.  I start off by talking about two new platforms I'll be on and how you can get involved.  Then I cover the Jack Morris story.  The Detroit Tigers announcer has been suspended by the team for mocking Shohei Ohtani of the Angels.  Ohtani has since come out and said he wasn't offended.  I also talk about apologies and how they seem to be meaningless in this country.  You could make the argument things go from bad to worse when a person apologizes.  Why is that?  I give you my thoughts on that plus the Trevor Bauer court ruling yesterday in Los Angeles.   Grant's Rant is on the Sacramento Kings winning Summer League.

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