Nothing Personal with David Samson

Everyone go wish David a Happy Birthday on Thursday! We won't be back until next Tuesday! David is going to run a marathon in Japan! How cool!?

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WE WILL BE BACK NEXT TUESDAY!

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Could the MVP of the NBA not actually be the MVP of the NBA? It could happen. The 65-game rule has come under a microscope and it is interesting. SGA? Wemby? Jokic? Luka? Here enters Cade Cunningham! (10:40) WNBA update again! The WNBA has given a deadline. (24:20) The Lakers are raising season ticket prices. How fun. (32:05) Follow up on the Angels story from yesterday! (37:20) A follow up on the Phillies! (45:31) The franchise tag is here in the NFL. George Pickens looks like a likely target for the Cowboys.

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It’s time for the preseason hotseat! Jayson Stark wrote about it for The Athletic. Who is getting fired by May? (17:43) Are the Chicago Bears now the Indiana Bears? Are they moving to Iowa? Are they staying in Chicago? (25:49) Mat Ishbia has sounded off on NBA tanking. The NBA is pissed about tanking. Changes are coming. (41:00) Still no WNBA deal. Still fighting. Still think a work stoppage is coming.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘toothless’ as in Jack Hughes as in Team USA as in gold medal as in Olympics as in Canada. The USA won Olympic gold in dramatic fashion in overtime to win its first gold medal since 1980! And Team USA’s women did the same thing, against the same team, with the same score! Wow! (18:40) The Angels dont care about winning or maybe the fans dont care about winning? That’s what owner Arte Moreno said! He did a survey! But he won’t show you the survey. (29:45) Jazz Chisholm is confident. I’ll give him that. But, Jazz, cmon. (41:08) Review: Hamnet. (44:09) NPPOD. (45:30) Rondale Moore took his own life. An NFL player. A college football playing great. So young. So much more life ahead of him.

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Matthew Coca joins me again for another Coca Thursday! This week we discuss more on the CBA negotiations in MLB, the sale of the Seahawks, his favorite show on TV, the Olympics... and his award!

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Today’s word of the day is ‘interim’ as in MLBPA as in executive director as in Bruce Meyer as in Tony Clark as in a new day. Bruce Meyer, who was the No. 2 in the union, got elected unanimously to lead this next round of negotiations. What changes? Who has the advantage at the table? (23:45) MLB teams are getting more honest. Well, some of them are. You are hearing from Cleveland Guardians GM Mike Chernoff about why his team cannot spend big money like other teams can. Uh oh. (33:40) Review: Die My Love. (36:10) The UFC has a problem. A Sean Strickland problem. If Dana White wants to be taken serious, now is the time. (44:27) NPPOD.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘peace’ as in labor peace as in Major League Baseball as in Tony Clark as in MLBPA as in negotiations as in resignation. Wow. A shocking scandal has rocked the players’ union. What does it all mean? Is this bad for the union? Are the owners giddy? (21:30) The fight over revenue in baseball is real. A lot of that is going to come from a new national television package. And MLB commissioner Rob Manfred gave us an inside look into what that may be. (31:20) Review: Anemone. (34:30) Mark Cuban says the NBA should embrace tanking. He says all teams tank. He tanked. He paid for it. His concern is with the in-arena experience being too expensive. (45:00) NPPOD. (47:10) The Minnesota Twins have some problems. So much money to players who can’t play. The team looks bad. The team will likely be bad.

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