Nothing Personal with David Samson

Today’s word of the day is ‘150’ as in a buck fifty as in last night a report came out that MLB was looking to cut “hundreds of paying jobs to Minor League players” — this was reported with no real context, why this would happen, and why it should happen. Let’s talk about this proposal. (12:00) Why is this being leaked now? Well, MLB presented the players the latest proposal on Saturday and we hav...

Today’s word of the day is ‘Super Bowl’ as in the Los Angeles Rams have done it as in Cooper Kupp, Matthew Stafford, Odell Beckham (!), Sean McVay, Aaron Donald. And they got to do it in their home stadium. McVay may now retire. The ratings are here so everyone can forget about the horrible week that Roger Goodell had. Odell Beckham Jr gets vindication and then looks like he tore his ACL. And the...

Today’s word of the day is ‘blockbuster’ as in not the former movie rental chain that didn’t think Netflix would work it’s as in a big trade. The NBA trade deadline came and went, and it was a big one. James Harden to the 76ers! Ben Simmons to the Nets! Russell Westbrook to the bench! Let’s talk about what went wrong in both Brooklyn and Philadelphia. Kyrie and Harden didn’t like one another. Kevi...

Today’s word of the day is ‘music’ as in face the music as in Roger Goodell had his presser during Super Bowl week. Wonder what people wanted to hear him speak about? Goodell spoke about Brian Flores, diversity, and integrity. (14:35) Roger Goodell wants Daniel Snyder to just stop it. Snyder announced he’s hiring an investigative team to look into comments made in front of congress by one of his f...

Today’s word of the day is ‘quarterly’ as in 25 percent as in MLB quarterly meetings are here and happening in Orlando. Do you think the owners and Rob Manfred are scaling Space Mountain at Disney right now? Probably not. Maybe the tea cups. I wonder what they’re talking about. Let’s discuss. (17:55) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Trevor Bauer and his future with the Los Ange...

Today’s word of the day is ‘streaming’ as in turning on your smart TV as in Netflix as in Hulu as in P Plus as in the Chicago Cubs are looking to start at direct-to-consumer streaming package for its games. This doesn’t sound like big news, right? WRONG! It’s a huge deal and MLB has to be FURIOUS right now. (18:15) Lovie Smith is the new coach of the Texans. We told you why this was going to happe...

Today’s word of the day is ‘crap’ as in crappy or craps as in a lot happened this weekend. There were so many events in Las Vegas this weekend. The Pro Bowl. The NHL All-Star Game. The Keith Thurman fight. Events on events on events. The Pro Bowl was an embarasssment. No tackling. Two-hand touching. JOKE! What else was happening? Alvin Kamara allegedly battered someone at a nightclub, played in th...

Today’s word of the day is ‘unequivocally’ as in a way that leaves no doubt as in Daniel Snyder is back in the news for all the reasons we knew he would be. No not the name change. No not that FedEx Field is a dumpster fire. It was because six women spoke before Congress about how horrible Daniel Snyder and his Washington football team was. These women spoke about the verbal abuse they went throug...

Today’s word of the day is ‘midnight’ as in the midnight hour as in right after midnight today Dolphins owner Stephen Ross released his statement on the Brian Flores allegations. Is he serious? The nerve to release this when the East Coast is sleeping. Let’s update the Flores class-action lawsuit and more details that came out yesterday. (23:20) If you want an owner to talk who do you call? Jerry...

Today’s word of the day is ‘class action’ as in class action lawsuit as in former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL AND the New York Giants. Flores took out a flame thrower and went scorched earth on Stephen Ross and the Dolphins, the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants, and the NFL. Let’s go statement by statement; team by team; and break it all down. (28:00) What is going o...

Today’s word of the day is ‘tempus fugit’ as in time flies as in it’s been 365 days since my father died. I just want to speak for a little on what’s happened since then and how I’ve felt. (8:15) So what’s going on with the MLB lockout? Well, we have an update! The two sides will meet again on Tuesday. Wonder what they’re going to discuss… (20:35) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me the...

Today’s word of the day is ‘retiring’ as in Tom Brady has retired or has Tom Brady not retired? This was the biggest story of the weekend. News broke that Tom Brady was retiring and then his father and agent said whoa! What exactly is going on here? Who leaked this info? (13:05) What happened to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday? It all fell apart for Patrick Mahomes in the 2nd half. Joe Burrow and...

Today’s word of the day is ‘feasible’ as in Minor League housing as in drama is back! MLB owners announced they would take care of housing for some minor leaguers and now we have some more issues. The MLB lockout is only for Major League players on a roster… everyone else, sorry. So let’s dissect the latest issues and what MLB had to say about it. MiLB players also won’t be required to be vaccinat...

Today’s word of the day is ‘continuity’ as in keeping the flow as in when you’re an exec in sports you need to know it. Teams crave this at every level; Front office; coaching; and players. The lack of it almost always leads to losing. Having it leads to championships. Let’s talk about John Mara and the New York Football Giants. He spoke about Daniel Jones and Deshaun Watson with new GM Joe Schoen...

Today’s word of the day is ‘controversy’ as in people are going crazy as in that could be about everything, but today it’s about the Baseball Hall of Fame. David Ortiz is in. Barry bonds, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling… see ya. Alex Rodriguez only got about 30% of the vote. Let’s discuss the voting and the Hall. Danger danger danger. (23:10) We have another lockout update! Can you believe it!? Back...

Today’s word of the day is ‘volley’ as in back and forth as in you go then I go then you go then I go as in MLB owners and player’s union met again to negotiate a new CBA deal. People are getting nervous. Are you? The owners offered an economic proposal last week. The players countered yesterday. So where do the talks stand now? (22:45) The Baseball Hall of Fame class will be inducted today! Will...

Today’s word of the day is ‘defibrillator’ as in the NFL Divisional Round was out of control as in one of the best weekends of football ever… unless your team lost! (2:35) Let’s talk about how amazing Patrick Mahomes vs Josh Allen was! 13 seconds! But it was almost ruined because of the NFL overtime rules. How can only one team get the ball in OT? Ridiculous. (17:35) Aaron Rodgers is going home. T...

Today’s word of the day is ‘rejected’ as in shut down as in turned down as in the Tampa Bay Rays will not be the half-Tampa, half-Montreal Ex-Rays. WE TOLD YOU THIS WAS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN! Rays owner Stu Sternberg knew this would never happen, but he kept pushing and pushing nonsense to fans. Sternberg was spewing BS about this sister-city plan and we told you what it was. HORSE HOCKEY! (20:35)...

Today’s word of the day is ‘knock’ as a little love tap as a little smack on the helmet as in Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was fined $50K for smacking one of his players in the helmet. Arians said he was trying to get his player away from an Eagles player so he didn’t do something dumb. It wasn’t the best optics, but it wasn’t the worst either. With everything that’s happened with Antonio Br...

Today’s word of the day is ‘Groundhog Day’ as in here we go again as in Carlos Correa has fired his agents WME/Endeavor and hired Scott Boras. This comes a day after we talk about the WME/Endeavor was threatened by the MLBPA with decertification because of its deal with Minor League Baseball. Boras Corp lands the big fish left on the board. Endeavor will lose out on millions now. (13:35) So You Wa...

Today’s word of the day is ‘confident’ as in the Dallas Cowboys were eliminated from the NFL playoffs and it seems as if Jerry Jones and Co think it was a confidence issue. Stephen Jones, Jerry’s son, had some very strange quotes on Monday. The Jones family likes to control the news, they like to be the faces of the organization, so it was a Monday radio tour to talk about what went wrong. (10:20)...

Today’s word of the day is ‘father of the bride’ as in my daughter got married yesterday. First child, oldest child, my daughter. We drank. We danced. We laughed. Let’s talk about this night. A little personal. (18:45) What in the world happened in the Raiders-Bengals game? How did the NFL allow the refs in that game to mess up so badly? Then after the game we had to hear the refs explain how they...

Today’s word of the day is ‘sugar ray’ as in all around the world, statues crumble for me. Who knows how long I’ve loved you. I just wanna fly. Put your arms around me, baby! The Houston Texans have fired David Culley after just one season. Culley was the oldest first year head coach ever. He’ll leave with about $25M for one season. What’s going on in Houston? GM Nick Caserio wants to do things th...

Today’s word of the day is ‘mazel tov’ as in congratulations as in MLB plans to meet with the Union to discuss its economic proposal. What exactly is going to happen during this meeting? Minimum salary? CHECK. Universal DH? CHECK. Expanded playoffs? CHECK! And a whole list of other items. (9:50) It finally happened. Joe Judge was fired by the New York Giants. It happened after two separate meeting...

Today’s word of the day is ’Black Monday’ as in the worst day in the NFL to be a head coach or general manager. What happens on that day? It’s the first day after the final day of the regular season. The Denver Broncos fired Vic Fangio. The Miami Dolphins fired Brian Flores. The Minnesota Vikings fired its GM and head coach Mike Zimmer. The Chicago Bears fired its GM and head coach Matt Nagy. (6:0...