Multiple Republican candidates speak at the Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. Megan Hedwall returns to discuss the boos, vision and speedy speeches heard in Iowa.  Jews have died in America's armed conflicts since 1776, when Francis Salvador died in colonial South Carolina. Also, we've got a helpful two ingredient watermelon ice cream recipe.

Dabo Swinney and Mack Brown speak about their Clemson Tigers and North Carolina Tar Heels teams as ACC Kickoff concludes in Charlotte on Thursday. We have a musical tribute to The Eagles co-founder Randy Meisner, who died this week at age 77.  Also, a tasty history lesson on Eagle Brand condensed milk.

Hunter Biden doesn't have the best day in court this week. Jon Rawl shares his thoughts on the troubled son of President Joe Biden.  UVa coach Tony Elliott, FSU coach Mike Norvell, and Duke coach and reigning "ACC Coach of the Year" honoree Mike Elko speak about their respective teams at ACC Media Days, Day 2.  Plus, a breakdown of states hating other states in today's "Hashtag Hullabaloo."

Miami coach Mario Cristobal, Georgia Tech's Brent Key, and ACC commissioner Jim Phillips all speak in Charlotte on Day 1 of ACC Football Media Days 2023.  Virginia-born, East Carolina University-educated Sandra Bullock turns 59 today.  Also, CNBC has a helpful business story about just how the medical industry has privatized in the past 25 years. 

Jazz composer and singer Billy Taylor (1921-2010) was born on this day in Greenville, North Carolina.  Brian Harman, a Savannah-born pro golfer and UGA alum, captures the 151st Open Championship in England.  Jon Rawl relays Athlon's preseason Top 25 for college football's FCS. teams  Also, President Biden will create a new national monument for the commemoration of Emmett Till.

Lane Kiffin opens up about the "disaster" college football finds itself in after NIL and transfer portal dominate off-the-field.  The head coach at Mississippi spoke at the conclusion of SEC Media Days 2023.  We also hear from Tennessee coach Josh Heupel and South Carolina chief Shane Beamer.  Hear the entire "Try That In A Small Town" from Jason Aldean, the tune that was just banned at CMT.  Plus, Paul Hare recaps the week in money and finance.

Jason Nall, of College Tour X, previews the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool.  Alabama's Nick Saban, Kentucky's Mark Stoops, Arkansas's Sam Pittman, and Florida coach Billy Napier all speak at Day 3 of the SEC Media Days in Nashville.  Plus, CMT bans the "Try That In A Small Town" music video from Jason Aldean.

The term "coke" is preferred over "soda" and "pop" in Dixie.  Day 2 of SEC Media Days is a wrap, and we have audio clips from Auburn coach Hugh Freeze, Georgia coach Kirby Smart, Mississippi State's top dog Zach Arnett, and Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea.  Also, a 1967 Piedmont Airlines crash near Asheville, North Carolina, is memorialized.

U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) flirts with a 2024 presidential run.  "Toccopola Storyteller" Jerry Short and host Jon Rawl examine how serious this political interest is.  Texas A&M's Jimbo Fisher and Missouri's Eliah Drinkwitz are among the head coaches speaking at Day 1 of the 2023 SEC Media Days in Nashville. Also, Dalton, Georgia, native Johnny Joey Jones, of Fox News Channel fame, pens a NYT best-selling book: "Unbroken Bonds Of Battle."

Detroit, Lansing, and even the U.P. – sounds like we are headed to the Great Lakes State, eh?  Nope. Jon Rawl has fun trying to convince Megan Hedwall to have her own Michigan vacation right here in the South.  Day One of SEC Media Days in Nashville begins. Also, learn about the 1863 Battery Wagner battle near Charleston, South Carolina – a Confederate victory that included two of Rawl's forefathers fighting for the South.