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 Broncos are going to sell now. Let’s update on the court ruling that will allow this to happen. (31:40) Review: Dash & Lily Season 1. (34:20) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about incentive hunting. Chris Jones needed one sack for $1M bonus; didn’t get it. Rob Gronkowski needed 7 receptions and 85 yards for $1M bonus; he got it thanks to Tom Brady. (42:20) NPPOD. 

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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 and retaining Chris Grier the right move? (20:50) What about the Carolina Panthers? They’re keeping Matt Rhule and he’s fired almost all of his assistant coaches. Good! (24:15) Review: The Lost Leonardo. (30:55) The New York Yankees have made a historic hire. The Yankees hired Rachel Balkovec to be the first female manager of a minor league baseball team. (38:00) NPPOD. (41:20) Wait to see: Will Jim Harbaugh be the next head coach of the Miami Dolphins? Stephen Ross said he wouldn’t take Harbaugh away from Michigan, but what if Harbaugh wants to leave?

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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 rematch! But the big story is what Nick Saban said during a press conference. He spoke about NIL and the future of college football. (24:00) A roofing company wanted its money back after sponsoring the Jacksonville Jaguars home game against the Colts. Fans dressed up as clowns. Fan chanted about firing the GM. And the Jaguars went on to upset the Colts! (34:00) Review: Nine Days. (42:00) The Golden Globes took place last night. Did you see them? No, because it was just tweets. (43:15) Wait to see update (46:45) NPPOD.

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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 sale, but how much sway do they have? (26:00) Review: The Lost Daughter. (31:00) Former Mets GM Zack Scott has been acquitted of DWI. He was fired by the New York Mets after his arrest. Now what? (36:00) Becky Hammon will be the new head coach and GM of the Las Vegas Aces. (41:55) NPPOD.

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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 done in Tampa on the sidelines which let to his outburst. Oh boy. (36:35) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about MPV voters and if it should be voted on by writers and should they consider off-field issues. This comes on the heels of a writer saying he wouldn’t vote for Aaron Rodgers because of his vaccine stance. Rodgers fired back. (44:40) Australia has denied Novak Djokovic from entering the country for the Australian Open. This has become a major legal battle. Will he be let in or turned away after not being vaccinated?

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Today’s word of the day is ‘part time lover’ as in Stevie Wonder as in Kyrie Irving is back in the news with his return to court coming tonight in Indiana. Why is his first start on the road? Irving is unvaccinated so he cannot play any games in his home arena because of New York City rules against unvaccinated people. Kyrie has missed the team’s first 35 games, but he’s back. (11:35) NPPOD. (12:45) Let’s followup on the conversation again about Joe Jude, the Mara family, and the New York Giants. Is Judge safe? What will happen with Dave Gettleman? The Giants have been so bad in recent years something needs to change. (20:00) Jalen Hurt penned a letter to the Washington Football Team after what took place at FedEx Field. Never seen anything like it. (31:55) Review: The Comey Rule. (36:45) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me a question about the scenario the NFL has found itself in. There’s a way that the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders can tie and both make the playoffs. How does this happen? How does the NFL let something like this happen? TV deals. Why don’t these games start at the same time to avoid nonsense like this? (44:55) Fantatics bought Topps. Here’s why that’s important. 

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Today’s word of the day is ‘proxy’ as in doing someone else’s bidding as in Max Scherzer continues to be the mouthpiece for Scott Boras. The lockout is still locking in MLB and Scherzer spoke to the LA Times to give an update on what’s been going on. (18:30) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about the Washington Football Team and the railing collapse at FedEx Field. This team just can’t help but stay in the news. But hey, it will announce its new team name on February 2nd. (32:55) Review: C’mon C’mon. (36:40) MLB Network decided to fire Ken Rosenthal because of his coverage of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. MLB Network is owned by MLB. Let’s explain this situation. (43:40) NPPOD. Big Ben says goodbye. Baker Mayfield may optout of the final game of the season for surgery.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘streaking’ as in we’re going streaking through the quad and into the gymnasium as in Antonio Brown had a meltdown to remember during the Bucs-Jets game. Bruce Arians asked Brown to go back into the game and he refused… in the most Antonio Brown way. He ripped his jersey off and pads off and gloves off and he’s shirtless running in the end zone. What? (14:20) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me to followup on my 2021 New Year’s resolutions and what my 2022 ones are. (29:15) Review: Death of 2021, Squid Game. (35:40) Let’s take some time to remember John Madden and the impact he had on the NFL. (41:30) NPPOD. (44:10) Joe Judge career as head coach of the New York Giants is over. He is bad. The team is bad. Not coached well. Judge says things that are just outrageous. 

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Today’s word of the day is ‘mutual’ as in reciprocal as in connected as in bilateral as in Carlos Correa and the Chicago Cubs reportedly have mutual interest. So the Cubs didn’t want to re-sign Bryant or Baez or Rizzo, but they want to pay $300M+ for Correa. Okay, sure. (8:20) Cody Bellinger and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a one-year, $17M deal. How was it announced after December 1st in a lockout? Hmmmm. (14:20) Former MLB columnist Michael Hunt has not voted for a baseball player to the Hall of Fame for the 2nd consecutive year in a row. Two years ago he only voted for Derek Jeter. Is this fair? (25:15) The Gator Bowl will go on. Rutgers has accepted the bid to play against Wake Forest. (29:45) Review: Belfast. (33:45) NPPOD. (39:20) Peloton, Chris Noth, Sex in the City update. (45:55) So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about handling and dealing with insomnia. Let’s get personal to end the year.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘worry’ as in panic as in anxiety as in NFLPA president JC Tretter said the union was worried about NFL games being cancelled due to COVID. He said the union pushed for postponements, the NFL nearly cancelled 3 games, and that would have been bad news bears. (10:30) Joe Burrow is the starting QB for the Cincinnati Bengals. Joe Burrow said there’s nothing to do in Cincinnati. (22:00) Review: Clickbait. (27:30) NPPOD. (29:15) The College Football Playoff has announced new covid rules. Forfeits everywhere! (34:30) The Gator Bowl is in jeopardy right now. Texas A&M had a covid outbreak and can’t play. Wake Forest can play. The bowl is scrambling to replace Texas A&M. (39:50) The NBA is in trouble. There are now 50 players playing on 10-day contracts. What!?

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