On tonight’s show: Washington Commanders are officially sold, and Dan Snyder has to pay a $60 million fine for the sexual harassment investigation that concluded.

Saquan Barkley may sit out the 2023-24 season, but this could be LeVeon Bell part 2 if you remember what he did in 2018.

A Jacksonville Jaguar coach came out as gay. Good for him for having the guts to do this, but hopefully we can get to the point where it won’t matter who is gay or straight.

The Phillies recommend that Andrew Painter gets Tommy John surgery, or as Joe sees it, a rite of passage. If he does, he’ll be back in 2025 probably.

Aaron Judge is progressing in his recovery, and also says that records are made to be broken. If Ohtani breaks the record, it would be awesome.

The Reds say Johnny Bench’s anti-Semitic comments don’t reflect team values. What’s troubling is that it took the Reds four days to respond.

Baltimore traded for a pitcher with a very high ERA, but is that ERA a product of a historically bad Oakland Athletics team?

You can buy stock on the Atlanta Braves. Not like the Green Bay Packers stock, but in this case, stock that is traded on NASDAQ. Joe is thinking about it.

A boxer who is also on OnlyFans got kicked out of a boxing tourney for flashing the crowd and camera after being announced a winner in a boxing match.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic won’t be the last Breeders’ Cup race this year. Thanks Big Ten and NBC. Can’t start the game at 8?

Joe spitballed on Tuesday that Santa Rosa would be the center of a new Northern California circuit. Apparently, plans are in place to have Cal Expo in Sacramento be the main hub starting in 2024 after Golden Gate closes its doors.

Finally, Joe gives his thoughts on Saturday’s Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Joe’s torn right now, but he did make a chalky pick.

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It’s another Tuesday night, and it’s another No Filter Show for Joe and the Philly Guy Speaks Pod. Joe begins with some Northwestern updates. Lawsuits are starting to fly, and things aren’t looking good. Northwestern is a bit of a woke school, because if you remember, the student athletes tried to unionize but failed. Joe gets the feeling we’re just seeing the tip of the iceberg here.

Then Joe discusses the curious case of Joel Embiid and the Sixers. Embiid stated on a podcast that he wants to win here (in Philly) or elsewhere. This seems like clickbait to Joe, but understands what the MVP is saying. He’ll do what he can to win. Then Daryl Morey was on 97.5 The Fanatic and said that he is doing what he can to meet James Harden’s request for a trade but expects to get a return that will keep the Sixers a contender. Joe says good luck with that.

Johnny Bench (kinda) got himself into trouble with an anti-Semitic comment at a Reds Hall of Fame ceremony. The daughter of one of the inducted Hall of Famers never heard the comment, but Bench apologized anyway. Joe thinks what Bench said was locker room type speech, but you have to be careful in all public settings. But Joe doesn’t think one statement makes someone a racist or anti-Semitic. Even if you say something years ago on Twitter, Joe thinks because you said something 15 years ago doesn’t mean you are still that person. Joe thinks this was a one-time thing that occurred over the weekend, and once again, a bit of click bait.

MLB took over the Arizona Diamondbacks TV coverage today, as the team and Diamond Sports could not reach a legal agreement on their contract. Joe detailed what DBack fans can expect, especially since some Arizona viewers were in chat tonight.

Golden Gate Fields in Northern California is closing by the end of the year. Joe is bummed, but knows this is the way of business. Joe doesn’t think that all the horseman at GGF will consolidate to Santa Anita and Southern California and mentions an instance where he didn’t consolidate with a former employer 25 years ago. Joe also speculates other options that the California Horse Racing Board could have with the GGF horsemen, though he considers it a long shot.

Finally, Mage is running Saturday at Monmouth Park in the Haskell. Joe thinks as a gambler that dabbles with Parx, Mage could go from Monmouth to Saratoga for the Travers then to Parx for the Pennsylvania Derby. Let’s say he wins both races, the owner and trainer get extra bonus money each for the horse running in mid-September.

Also, Joe noted last week that the Jim Dandy is this weekend. He corrected his statement from last Thursday as the Travers prep is NEXT Saturday.

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On the Friday night show:
•Juan Soto: what if he becomes a Phillie?
•Interesting quirk to the 2024 MLB season
•Northwestern athletics fallout

Thursday was the anniversary of Saratoga and the opening day for Saratoga Race Course, but it was just another Thursday with Joe Quills, and it was a slow day since there were almost no sports. It was so slow that while Joe was working, he was watching NBA Summer League action.

But Joe begins with the release of the 2024 MLB schedules. It is Joe, or are the schedules released earlier and earlier each season? Joe gives initial thoughts of the schedule in general and shows how the Seattle Mariners announced their home schedule on Twitter. But, no NBA schedule as it appears the in season tournament may be causing problems with releasing their schedule.

Joe didn’t watch the ESPYs, but Lebron make a scene there as he announced he’s returning next year. Damar Hamlin gave an award to the Cincinnati hospital staff that saved his life. Dan Patrick stated about Lebron that it was all “needy”. DP knows the ESPYs from 20 years ago from the time where if you showed up, you got an award.

Flopping in the NBA next season will result in a technical foul. What will El BJ do now?

Oakland’s mayor Sheng Thao met with Rob Manfred this week, giving him 30 copies of timelines from their negotiations with the Athletics owner about the new stadium. Did the Athletics’ owner get caught in a lie? Will MLB still allow the move to Las Vegas? Be interesting to see.

Sean Casey thinks his job at MLB Network helped him become a hitting coach. Joe can see that because he’s watching vidoes. But how will be be accepted in the locker room? Casey did notice that this year’s Yankees, at least since Aaron Judge is out has not been going to the plate like the Yankees of the last 20 years or so.

Then Joe rambled about the lost episode from last Thursday, his thoughts on why numbers aren’t that important to him and why he promotes everyone no matter if it’s a Bleacher Brothers show, a No Filter show that isn’t Bleacher Brothers related, or on another site. If you’re a good person, you get promoted.

I ended with a question about Aaron Judge’s toe and I updated the Andrew Painter elbow issue with the Phillies.

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On the show tonight, Joe begins as only we can do here at Bleacher Brothers and No Filter, playing “Stairway to 7-Eleven”, a parody of the iconic Led Zeppelin song for 7/11 day. Yeah, that gets Joe kicked off of Twitch or Kick or whatever streaming site, but not here on No Filter!

Joe begins with the All-Star Game. Joe’s giving updates throughout the game, so it will REALLY Joe is ADD/ADHD tonight! Joe mentions the recent history as there were questions and comments about the long AL winning streak over the last 10 years. Then Joe talks about the AL/NL uniforms. Joe prefers the traditional uniforms over the ASG one, but could be talked into a happy medium of the ASG tops with the typical jersey pants and hat.

Pat Fitzgerald was fired from Northwestern, and rightfully so. He’s the head coach, and he takes the fall whether he knows what’s going on with his team or not. But notes from the story gives clues that he knew what was going on with the hazing and possibly sexual assaults.

Bob Huggins: did he resign or not? He says no, West Virginia says yes. He wants his job back after caught driving drunk. WVU says we’re not taking you back. It’s an interesting case, but Joe thinks get the money and run before they fire with cause after the anti-gay slurs he mentioned back in May.

Hope you enjoyed Victor Wembanyama’s two games in the NBA Summer League, because he’s done for the summer. The Spurs pulled him after a good performance on Sunday and will get him ready for the season. It sucks, but Joe understands it’s about October and not July.

Then Joe promised a friend his thoughts on the NBA’s in-season tournament. Joe mistakenly thought in season tourney as in the FA Cup and US Open Cup when Adam Silver said based on European soccer. It didn’t dawn to him that Silver meant the UEFA Champions League. Joe’s going from “don’t like it” to “let’s see how this plays out” for an opinion. Joe may still not like it, but he thinks we could get a really goofy matchup for the championship in Las Vegas in December.

Alvin Kamara pled no contest in Vegas. Though he won’t go to jail, he’ll pay $100k for the hospital bills and do community service. Kamara is still subject to discipline from the league, as Joe relates to him getting into trouble wearing his employer’s shirt. But the difference is that Kamara is more well known as an athlete and doesn’t have that opportunity to blend with the public like I can.

The MLBPA wants to soften the pitch clock rules. Rob Manfred said that is probably unlikely. Joe says no games have been decided yet in the regular season (thankfully) and players are used to the clock by now. J

oe shows everyone the ultimate CFL bad beat. If you had Edmonton on the money line last week, I gave you one of those. Apparently an Elks kick returner forgot about rouges in the CFL. Rouges? Just listen, because Joe explained it the best he could as an American football fan.

And then Joe gives two soccer picks (yes, soccer) and tells you to also parlay them in a 2-team parlay!

On tonight’s show:
•Why there was no Thursday night pod
•Phillies are the Road Warriors of MLB tying franchise record for consecutive road wins
•Bryce Harper is the anti-Jimmy Rollins (and that’s a good thing)
•Andrew Painter shut down because of recurring elbow issue
•Victor Wembanyama’s security won’t be charged
•Bob Baffert suspended another year by Churchill Downs
•NBA in-season tourney Final Four in Vegas in December

On the Friday night show:
•Canadian wildfires still effecting US
•ESPN layoffs
•NBA free agency begins
•Phillies lay an egg after Cubs sweep

On tonight’s show, Joe begins the show with a spoof Mets “now hiring” video from about 12 years ago. Joe’s enjoying the Mets disappointing season, and thought that would be a good way to start the show.

To the big news, four players were suspended for gambling in the NFL, three indefinitely. Joe reviewed the six main points and said there’s no excuse for getting caught violating the rules.

Joe reviews the guidelines about gambling from the different sports leagues and organizations in North America. But some interesting facts that have occurred since sportsbook gambling restrictions were struck down by the Supreme Court in 2018.

Joe begins with colleges, and basically if it’s a sponsored sport, it can’t be wagered on at any level. In MLB, just can’t bet on baseball.

Donn_Wann mentioned that USC should get their wins back, but Joe noted that Les Miles had 39 wins vacated because of violations to the LSU program. It hit Les Miles hard as it made him ineligible for the Hall of Fame since his win percentage is under 60%.

Joe also corrected a point that was mentioned on Tuesday that Las Vegas did not have a 100-degree day for 293 consecutive days, but the heat is coming starting on Friday, breaking 100 degrees and quickly into the 110s this weekend.

Joe finished those tangents and reviews the gambling rules for MLB, NBA and NHL. All basically the same rules that you can’t bet on your own sport. But there are some interesting notes.

James Hardin opted into his contract for next season, but that’s the equivalent of a sign and trade deal. Joe mentions that the Sixers don’t necessarily have to trade him, but Joe thinks Daryl Morey will help Hardin out since they’ve spent 10 seasons together and that he will grant his trade wish.

Travis Kelce had an interesting interview with Vanity Fair. He thinks about how much more money he could have made, but he likes the situation he’s in and loves winning. Joe would rather have someone with that mentality opposed to getting top dollar.

Joe saw that Tennessee State University will be the first HBCU to have an ice hockey program. They’ll start on the club level before going to NCAA D-1, but this is a product of the NHL expanding into these southern markets. Yes, we all might have questioned going to Dallas, Vegas, Florida, and other southern locations, but TSU hockey doesn’t not happen without NHL expansion.

In a weird story, Wesley Ward was suspended for 15 days for a positive test on one of his horses having naproxen in his system, but it was also noted that the horse also had trace amounts of metformin, which is a diabetes drug that I take. Who knew this would be on a horse. Apparently, it helps female horses lose weight, but the horse Insantiy it Seems is a gelding, so maybe there was an accidental contamination like Ward claims?

Joe showed those watching the stream an embarrassing situation at Parx on Wednesday. For some reason, the track dried out after heavy rains on Tuesday, except for one part of the track along the rail by the 1/8 pole. Horses were avoiding the huge puddle. Joe wondered if maybe there was a drainage issue that caused that giant puddle or an issue with their irrigation system. Joe couldn’t find the cause on it, but Joe never saw anything like that ever in the many years of watching horse racing.

I was requested to show the “Grandparents Race” from Emerald Downs by Donn_Wann, and Donn said, no truth to the report that the two that fell were euthanized.

Finally Donn_Wann knocked and showed me a video that I plan on using in the future. Thanks again for creating it, but for those listening on the podcast, there was no sound for some reason.

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On the show tonight, Joe admits that he’s a little out of sorts tonight. He couldn’t find his headphones, he didn’t finish dinner, and everything unraveled behind the scenes leading to the start of the show. It was just one of those days.

But Joe got down to the business. Joe started with some Phillies talk. Phillies are in Chicago, but he did see that the Chicagoland area is being affected by the Canadian wildfires. Don’t be surprised if there’s a “smoke out” as Joe calls it, but the decision to postpone, if it happens, is up to the MLB Commissioner and the players union.

Joe thinks he will need to submit a drug test, as he sides with Justin Verlander of the New York Mets who thinks some discretion should have been given when the Mets catcher may have gotten to the plate late for the next half inning. Joe thinks sometimes umpire discretion should be used over letter of the law in a situation like this.

Alek Manoah made his first appearance in the Florida Complex League (formerly the Florida Rookie League), and it was not good. He gave up 11 earned runs on 2 2/3 innings. Joe thinks if there’s a pattern, then Blue Jays should be worried, but I wouldn’t get worried about one game, as Joe wonders if maybe the Yankee rookies were amped up because they might have known who Alek Manoah was.

Then Joe reviewed the race that he gave a pick out on last Thursday’s show, which was the Ohio Derby at Thistledown. Joe had a good day overall, but did not give out the winner as Kentucky Derby runnerup won the race easily on Saturday, but unfortunately, Two Phil’s ended up with an injured ankle and will be out at least for this year, and Joe thinks his career on the race track is over too. If the ankle needs surgery, let’s worry about quality of life and into the breeding shed. Joe also mentioned that Two Phil’s jockey Jareth Loveberry was not riding Saturday, because he was injured earlier in the week in a race at Canterbury Park.

The NHL season may have just ended, but Joe mentioned next season’s schedule is out, and pointed out some of the main points of the schedule, like VGK’s home opener, the outdoor games, and some international games, including preseason games in Australia, and regular season games in Sweden. If you’re an NBA fan, Joe thinks that schedule will be out soon, because we start to get an idea when some arenas will be available for NBA teams in those arenas that have both an NHL and NBA team.

There was a Deion Sanders update, as Joe mentioned that Coach Prime had surgery to fix blood clot issues in his leg.

A strange but interesting track and field story from Poland caught Joe’s eye. Joe doesn’t know how the track and field league works, but it appears there is promotion and relegation. Belgium had to use a shot putter to run a 100 meter hurdles race to get the points to keep the Belgium track team from being DQed and removed from Division 1.

Finally, Joe went on a controlled rant to end the show. Joe got blocked by someone who went into his DMs on Twitter, didn’t like that he retweeted something this person shared on Twitter. Joe thought the message was very odd, because it wasn’t like there was a conversation over the months as there was one message from January, and the previous was from way back in 2016. Joe understands content creation and social media, and what this guy did was the equivalent of a bum looking for a handout with his YouTube page. Joe mentions that a retweet is an endorsement, and unlike this guy who appears to be a full-time content creator, there are much more important things in life that this guy doesn’t quite understand. There much more important things to worry about than someone following you on YouTube, which is why Joe is never worried about his numbers.

On this episode:
•Why Friday's show never happened
•Phillies win 2 of 3 from Mets; London series official
•ESPN layoffs coming
•NHL warmup jersey ban
•Travis Kelce calls out Ja’Marr Chase
•Phriday Phade on a Sunday night
•Final thoughts with mental health and my experience

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