Nothing Personal with David Samson

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Today’s word of the day is ‘diminished’ as in quality as in performance as in the Colorado Rockies as in Denver as in lawsuits. How can those all be connected? The Rockies are off to the worst start by a Major League Baseball team in over 100 years. A full century! And now the team is being sued by a fan for being bad! (13:30) We have another lawsuit! This time a former player is suing the Cincinn...

Today’s word of the day is ‘deflated’ as in heartbreaking as in PTSD as in choke job as in the Knicks as in the Pacers. What a disaster. What a performance. Haliuburton and Nesmith and Reggie Miller. I was there. I saw it live. It was remarkable for both teams. (15:30) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won MVP last night. His first. It’s the 7th straight international winner of the award! Wow. And now SGA c...

Today’s word of the day is ‘rolling thunder’ as in Oklahoma City as in SGA as in NBA Playoffs as in basketball. The Thunder crushed the Timberwolves in Game with a huge 2nd half. Stop shooting so many 3s! The Timberwolves were ice cold. SGA was red hot. Not a great recipe! (9:30) The Florida Panthers are GOOD. Road warriors. The Carolina Hurricanes have been so bad in the Conference Finals. (14:00...

Today’s word of the day is ‘caveat emptor’ as in buyer beware as in Juan Soto as in the Mets as in hustle as in the media. Let’s talk about Juan Soto and what we’ve seen through 48 games so far in his Mets career. The hustle? Not quite there. The private plane to games? Horse hockey. The expectations? You signed that contract! (16:45) Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese conversation is in a gross place....

Today’s word of the day is ‘nerves’ as in nervous as in collapse as in performance as in sweat. What am I talking about? Well, this weekend was full of nerves. Game 7s, PGA Championship final round. And we heard from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who could be the MVP, go out and be his best self and then after the game talked about how nervous he was. Nikola Jokic on the other hand was honest about his...

Today’s word of the day is ‘brilliant’ as in basketball IQ as in Nikola Jokic as in the Denver Nuggets as in the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Nuggets got it done at home on Thursday night and it’s all thanks to Nikola Jokic and his play. The game had so many fouls. So many runs of missed and made baskets. And now we’re off to OKC on Sunday. MVP vs MVP. (12:00) NPPOD. (20:08) Juan Soto is returning t...

Today’s word of the day is ‘resilience’ as in Celtics as in White as in Brown as in Mazzulla as in Kornet as in the Boston Celtics. They did it without Tatum. So many great shots made. Jalen Brunson picked up 5 fouls in one quarter! And now we go onto Game 6 back in MSG. Could the Celtics really do it? (8:30) The Warriors are done. Playoff Jimmy did not show up. Steph Curry was hurt. And now Antho...

Today’s word of the day is ‘deterrent’ as in Pete Rose as in Shoeless Joe Jackson as in Rob Manfred as in MLB as in Hall of Fame. That’s right, Pete Rose is banned no longer. Why was this done? What does it mean? Are all these reinstated players getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame? (16:40) Roki Sasaki is now on the IL. The Dodgers have a serious pitching problem. So many arm injuries. What happ...

Today’s word of the day is ‘NICO’ as in Nico Harrison as in the Dallas Mavericks as in Cooper Flagg as in Luka Doncic as in the NBA Draft Lottery. What a night. Was it all rigged? Did Adam Silver do this? Fans are furious. Never moved up in the lottery before. Never won the draft lottery. 4th lowest chances ever. It’s crazy! (10:40) Is Giannis on the move? Could he be going to the Spurs? They have...

Today’s word of the day is ‘unacceptable’ as in the Rockies as in Colorado as in Bud Black as in Dick Monfort as in historic. The Rockies have been so bad this year that this move surprised absolutely nobody. Could they break the record for most losses all-time that was just set last year by the White Sox? This Rockies team lost 21-0 on Saturday! (15:00) The Boston Red Sox ownership group flew to...

Today’s word of the day is ‘bleeds’ as in blood as in Pirates blood as in Pittsburgh as in what a week as in what a month as in what a season. The Pirates fired Derek Shelton after 28 games into his 6 seasons. Whose fault is this? Shelton? The front office? The players? (12:20) Rafael Devers is furious with the Red Sox. They moved him to DH after signing Alex Bregman, and now they asked him to pla...

Today’s word of the day is ‘yogi berra’ as in deja vu as in it happened again as in the Knicks as in the Celtics as in comeback. How did it happen again? The Celtics blew a 20-point 3rd quarter lead again. So many missed threes. Why are the Celtics still doing this? The Knicks just never give up. (13:45) The Thunder smoked the Nuggets. Wasn’t close. More records set. (18:00) Chris Finch and Steve...

Today’s word of the day is ‘energy’ as in Pacers as Tyrese Haliburton as in the Cavaliers as in the road team as in comeback. The Pacers with another historic comeback. How are they doing it? The Pacers went on an 8-0 run in the final minute to win it on a Haliburton 3! (10:22) The Warriors held off the Timberwolves yesterday. But Steph Curry is hurt, and that is bad for the Warriors. Very bad. (1...

Today’s word of the day is ‘45’ as in the Celtics as in the Knicks as in 3-point shooting as in NBA playoffs. What a game. The Knicks came back from 20 points down to win Game 1 of the Second Round. At what point do the Celtics stop shooting like that? Never? Will they ever miss that many again? (10:20) The Denver Nuggets came back to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on the back of Nikola Jokic agai...

Today’s word of the day is ‘2.2 seconds’ as in Winnipeg Jets as in NHL as in hockey as in Game 7 as in madness. What did we just see? The Jets came back from a 2-goal deficit with 1:55 left. Wow. And then win it in 2OT!? Sorry, St. Louis. What could have been! (7:30) Another Game 7 happened but in the NBA. The Warriors did it on the road. Wow. Steph Curry had a huge 4th quarter. Buddy Hield had th...

Today’s word of the day is ‘cheers’ as in everybody knows your name as in Jalen Brunson as in the Knicks as in clutch. Brunson stepped up and hit a HUGE three for the win against the Pistons. And now they have to play the Boston Celtics. Are they ready for that? (6:50) John Haliburton has been ban from attending Pacers games moving forward. Welp. (13:20) The Texas Rangers are down bad right now. A...

We start things off today with what happened at PNC ballpark yesterday in Pittsburgh. A fan fell from the right field wall onto to the field. It was an ugly scene. The fan is reportedly in critical condition. Just a nightmare scenario. Today’s word of the day is ‘First A’ as in the first A of the baseball season is over with as in April ball is done as in the good as in the bad as in the other. We...

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Today’s word of the day is ‘Huey lewis’ as in Miami Heat as in Heat Culture as in it’s over as in it’s done. It’s time for Pat Riley to make changes. Erik Spoelstra has to make changes. The Cleveland Cavaliers finished them in a way we’ve never seen before. Embarrassing. (15:00) The Milwaukee Bucks are next up on the chopping block. One game away from being finished by the Pacers. Damian Lillard i...

Today’s word of the day is ‘free fall’ as in NFL Draft as in Shedeur Sanders as in prank calls as in collusion as in crazy. Shedeur Sanders was a top QB prospect and he fell to the 5th round. People lost their minds. Experts lost their minds. Analysts lost their minds. Why? Another part of the Sanders story was a prank call he received… from the son of the Falcons defensive coordinator! (18:50) De...

Today’s word of the day is ‘tomorrow’ as in NFL Draft as in first round as in Shedeur Sanders as in not selected. That’s right, Shedeur dropped out of the first round. Wow. The Jaguars traded up for Travis Hunter and gave the Browns a massive trade haul. The Browns need to rebuild. (14:00) The Knicks got to escape with the win over the Pistons in Game 3. They take a 2-1 series lead and regain the...

Today’s word of the day is ‘amazin’ as in Mets as in Pete Alonso as in Francisco Lindor as in Juan Soto as in Steve Cohen as in best record in baseball. Can you believe how hot the Mets have been? Soto has struggled at the plate. But Lindor and Alonso are on fire! And let’s talk about this pitching! (19:20) Blake Snell had a setback. Uh oh. But the Dodgers say they are NOT worried about it. (31:00...

Today’s word of the day is ‘commissioner’ as in Rob Manfred as in Adam Silver as in MLB as in NBA. Let’s start with baseball and what Rob had to say. He brought up expansion and salary caps and softball. What does it all mean? (15:50) Adam Silver then took the stage and he had some things to say: expansion, NBA Europe. (34:07) Review: Number One on the Call Sheet. (39:10) NBA playoffs are in full...

Today’s word of the day is ‘flop’ as in flail as in faking as in Knicks as in Pistons as in Jalen Brunson as in Mikel Bridges as in Karl-Anthony Towns. The Knicks lost a close one last night to the Pistons at The Garden. The internet is all over Brunson for flopping. Bridges and Towns were bad. The Pistons got its first playoff win since 2008! (12:45) Kawhi Leonard is healthy and the Clippers have...