Nothing Personal with David Samson

Today’s word of the day is ‘independence’ as in the Dodgers are claiming they aren’t doing anything because the Trevor Bauer decision is in MLB’s hand as Sunday is Independence Day, the Fourth of July, when Trevor Bauer is scheduled to make his next start. Should he? (14:30) The NFL has fined the Washington Football Team $10M over an unsafe workplace. It’ll all be donated to charity. Owner Daniel Snyder named his wife the CEO and he’ll step away from day-to-day operations. Cool. EYE WASH! (27:52) Review: Fatherhood. (31:28) Hal Steinbrenner has finally spoken. He had some interesting things to say about the Yankees that their fans probably hated to hear. (37:10) NPPOD. (41:20) Reggie Bush wants his Heisman back. After the NCAA is allowing college athletes to make money off their NIL — Should he get the trophy back? Should his records be reinstated into the official books?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘consent’ as in more details have emerged in the Trevor Bauer assault case and they get more and more disturbing. Photos were released. Text messages were released. It’s all bad. So now what do the Los Angeles Dodgers do? (9:15) Former Mets GM Jared Porter has been suspended through the 2022 season. MLB says Porter violated league policies. He was fired by the Mets and won’t be back in baseball. (14:10) Bill Cosby was released from prison. Let’s discuss in legal terms why this happened. (23:10) Review: The Ice Road. (26:00) NIL is here for college athletes. Student-athletes are now allowed to make money off their name, image, and likeness. (33:00) NPPOD. (35:25) Bobby Bonilla Day is here!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘investigated’ as in Trevor Bauer is being investigated for assault. Bauer has denied all allegations against him through a release from his attorney. Let’s discuss what the Dodgers have to do, what MLB has to do, and what happens next. (8:10) The Chauncey Billups press conference was an utter disaster. A question was asked to Billups about his 1997 sexual assault case and a PR member shut the question down. This is not how you handle this situation. (15:05) Tyler Skaggs family is suing the Los Angeles Angels and two employees. Remember Skaggs was the pitcher who died from an accidental overdose from drugs he acquired through a team employee. (27:05) Review: Dirty John. (30:20) NPPOD. (33:30) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked if I were in Brian Cashman’s shoes what would I do to snap the New York Yankees out of a funk. (40:40) Let’s discuss Hector Santiago’s suspension and some of the confusion surrounding what happened.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘bitter’ as in bourbon as in feeling wronged even if you weren’t as in Scottie Pippen has gone scorched earth on everyone and everything. It started with shots at Kevin Durant and now he’s had enough with Phil Jackson. Let’s discuss what’s happening. (11:25) Dan Snyder, owner of the Washington Football Team, has named his wife Tanya the team’s co-CEO. Why did he do this? Let’s talk about Dan and what he’s trying to fool you into with this move. (19:40) Damian Lillard may want out of Portland because of the backlash of the Trailblazers coaching search. Chauncey Billups will reportedly be the next coach and fans weren’t happy. (28:22) Review: Blackbird (35:10) Kyle Schwarber has been on an absolute tear. 15 home runs in 17 games. He cannot be stopped. So why did no one want him before the season? (42:20) NPPOD: Phillies have major bullpen issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘no contest’ as in pack your bags up you’re not playing as in NC State was eliminated from the College World Series after a COVID outbreak in the semifinals. Vanderbilt advances to the World Series. NC State goes home. Let’s discuss why the NCAA made this decision and if it could have been avoided. (8:20) The first MLB ejection over foreign-substances has happened. Hector Santiago was ejected after umpires determined that he was using foreign-substances on his glove during the game. Santiago said it was just rosin… an agent MLB said you couldn’t use. What are we doing? (18:00) The Yankees have a problem. A Gerrit Cole problem. A pitching problem. The same old problems. (25:20) Review: Mystify. (34:00) Florida requiring a survey for all students and faculty of public universities outlining their political beliefs. What? (39:35) NPPOD. (41:20) Will Max Scherzer be traded before the MLB trade deadline? That’s the $210M question.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘emergency’ as in state of emergency. A high-rise apartment complex in Miami collapse on Thursday morning with people in it. People are missing, a search is ongoing, it’s a catastrophic nightmare. Let me explain to you the role that local professional teams play during these times. What can they do? What can they offer? (15:15) Rick Carlisle is set to be the coach of the Indiana Pacers. From Dallas to Indianapolis. That wasn’t the most interesting part of the Carlisle hiring — he openly campaigned for Jason Kidd to get the Mavericks job. Just the type of guy Mark Cuban should NOT want in Dallas. (21:02) Kevin Durant vs Scottie Pippen got into a little beef. Pippen called out Durant in a GQ. Durant went back at Pippen on Twitter. (30:45) Review: Hunger. (35:42) MLB is doing All-Star uniforms this year. Players will not wear their home and away jersey. MLB made jerseys for this year’s game and fans hate them. Why does MLB continuously drop the ball? (40:45) NPPOD. (44:40) Max Scherzer’s next start is coming on Sunday. It’ll be must watch. Sorry Marlins.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘optics’ as in make people see things in a certain way as in Rob Manfred gave an interview to The Athletic and it was a disaster. Let’s talk about what MLB’s commissioner had to say about the foreign-substance dilemma and the way it has been handled. (9:45) Mike Rizzo is the GM and president of the Washington Nationals and he has a problem with Phillies manager Joe Girardi. After the Max Scherzer debacle Rizzo called Girardi a con artist. Uh oh. (16:15) Manfred was asked about MLB plan against foreign-substances and implementation during the season it didn’t go well again. (20:05) Review: Life Itself. (25:00) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about team’s signing players who are talented but oft injured — they wanted to know if front offices want health or to trade the player to avoid risk. (36:00) NPPOD. (40:00) NFL hires Goldman Sachs to find a company to buy its NFL media. What does this mean? Let us explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘clean up in aisle 5’ as in baseball is a mess as in the foreign-substance checks have turned the baseball world upside down. Max Scherzer was not happy about getting checked pitching against the Phillies and then the unthinkable happened… Phillies manager Joe Girardi asked for the umps to check Scherzer again and he lost it. Girardi challenged him to a fight. Girardi was tossed. Sergio Romo of the Athletics was checked and pulled down his pants right on the field. MADNESS! (14:00) UEFA released a statement on the Munich stadium controversy during EURO 2020. The Mayor of Munich wanted to light the stadium rainbow colors… UEFA said nope, that’s a political stance against the government of Hungary… excuse me? (21:23) Businesses are back into the political contribution game. Boeing said they wouldn’t make anymore political donations. Liar, liar, pants on fire! (28:45) Review: Dream Horse (32:00) Review: NPPOD. (37:00) Daryl Morey meets the media after the Sixers were eliminated at home by the Hawks. Did he enlighten us on his plan to fix the team? Trade Simmons? Fire Doc? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘concurring’ as in Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh writes concurring opinion in NCAA lawsuit. So what does it mean? You see the NCAA was dunked on 9-0, but will this change college athletics forever? Are players getting paid? What happens next. (22:45) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if I’d ever hire a female manager. Becky Hammon is a finalist for the Portland Trailblazers head coaching job. Here’s what needs to be done to pave the way for women to get these roles. (35:40) Review: Wrath of Man. (38:50) NPPOD. Jacob deGrom becomes first player checked for foreign-substances. It is absurd. (40:45) Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay. As part of his announcement he will be donating $100K to the Trevor Project. The NFL and NFLPA both released statements.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s word of the day is ‘process’ as in Trust The Process as in the process is over as in the Philadelphia 76ers were booed off their home court in a Game 7 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Woof. Joel Embiid is not happy. Ben Simmons may need to go into hiding. Doc Rivers may get fired. Daryl Morey has a lot of work to do this offseason. (17:45) Is the NBA losing its mind over the teams left in the playoffs? No LeBron, no Nets, no Celtics, no Sixers… who is left!? Where is the star power!? (27:15) Review: Pink: All I Know So Far. (32:15) The Tampa Bay Rays are bringing up their top prospect Wander Franco. I wonder why this is happening. HMMMMM. (37:30) NPPOD. (42:00) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Cole Beasley and his comments on the COVID-19 vaccine. What a guy he is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices