Shams Charania:
Just in: Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards has sustained a bone bruise and hyperextension in his left knee and is expected to miss multiple weeks, sources tell ESPN. Results showed Edwards avoided any ligament damage, but he will now miss time.
https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/48ae8d6c475bc
Unfortunate topic from the show yesterday.
Back on June 23rd my Dad didn't make it to our late Father's Day dinner.
It turned out that my missing Dad was hit by an Amtrak the night before.
I'll come back and listen to that segment later. I imagine it was pretty funny. I just couldn't do it right now, especially with my 11 year old sitting here with me.
The initial news and police report had us and the detective ruling out that my Dad was the person killed. After a couple days of searching for him, including many folks in our neighborhood, the detective called to confirm it was him after all.
Based on the investigation, it was an accident. No drugs or alcohol, not a suicide, not listening to headphones, etc.
I haven't and won't seek out the video.
I did get an email from the mayor who said he and his staff have concerns about how the signal arms operate. He didn't elaborate further.
The location of the tracks is outside of a university with a lot of trees and bushes lining the tracks around a bend. The Amtrak is also notorious for having "false alarms" where the signals go off but no train shows up. A few people who live by there have said the train is known for not always tooting its horn as it approaches crossings.
All of these things or none of these things could have been a factor.
When I first heard about it, my initial thought was that my dad - who is very intelligent and rode his bike everywhere for my entire life - wasn't "dumb enough" to get hit by a train. And yet, bam (Adebayo)
Anywho - I love the show and do want to go back and hear this conversation. My dad had a great sense of humor and would probably laugh through the segment too.
But I had to share my Tedtalk real quick since it hit so close to home.
Coincidentally, the day Kyra Sampson passed away was the same day we found our Dad was missing. I made the comment before here - I've been a wreck over my 74 year old Dad's passing. I can't begin to fathom the pain of losing a child.
The Pest is on sale on iTunes for only 4.99. 4% Rotten tomatoes
This is the worst thing thats ever happened to the show. My worst nightmare is hearing that jabroni sell me this LLM garbage.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Anyone else getting the chatgpt ads when listening to the podcast? Noticed it last week and thought it was weird.
I’ve tried swearing away using ai with day to day things, even manipulating the search engine to take it away from results, which was such a breath a fresh air. Hate that it’s becoming so ubiquitous in the show and now in the ads.
Then I saw this today https://awfulannouncing.com/ringer/audience-unhappy-bill-simmons-chatgpt-partnership-ai.html
Samson announced that the Kyra Fund has awarded its first grant into Glioblastoma Research
Roy been killing it as EP.
The show would have had a field day with this back in its heyday.
The polls discussions have been driving me crazy with everyone bringing up what Miami did last season and who they beat. None of these teams are the same. Miami lost key players across the offensive and defensive line and their QB polls are projections so who they beat last year has no bearing on this year's polls. Also complaining about being ranked 7th is crazy.