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Andy is very upset about tonight's performance of the officiating and also with the Walleye as well and the Fish return to the Bank tank tonight in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals in the East Coast Hockey League playoffs and we got you covered on All Andy Alfred. Andy reflects on Game 3 and gives you the recap of the game and talks about the Walleye need to do to get in the right way to get back in the series. Also we go over the out of town scoreboard and preview the Eastern Conference Finals in the East Coast Hockey League. All this and more on this special Postgame edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred where you can watch the podcast after every Walleye Playoff Game this postseason.

We are back on the air and back on YouTube tonight on All Andy Alfred on the All Andy Alfred Network thru the Riverside podcast network. Andy recaps what is happening on the ice as the Toledo Walleye play in the western conference finals as the Walleye play the Kansas City Mavericks. We look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs picture. The Maple Leafs choke and we look ahead to the conference finals in the National Hockey League and look at the Calder Cup playoffs in the AHL. We hit the diamond and recap rivalry weekend and look at where the standings are at before Memorial Day. We hit the links and talk the PGA championship and why this tournament should be moved later into the summer. We recap the 150th Running of the Preakness and we hit the back pages all on this installment of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred All our golf coverage is presented by Scramble Stick for purchases visit: https://scramblestickgolf.com

Andy is back at full strength and better than ever ready for this postseason run with the Walleye and tonight Game One of the Western Conference Finals begins for our Fish and the we recap the victory for the Fish and we look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs picture and takes a look at the National Hockey League playoffs as well. We look around Major League Baseball and look around other sports and so much more on this special postgame edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred and join us every Walleye postseason game for a special postgame edition of All Andy Alfred.

Welcome to the Jungle rings out at the Mancave Studios this evening as the Fish win at the Bank Tank tonight and eliminate the Fort Wayne Komets 4 games to 2 in the best of Seven series. Andy is live on Facebook Live and on the All Andy Alfred Podcast Network bringing you the recap of tonight's series clinching game as the Walleye win 5-3 and Eliminated the Fort Wayne Komets from the Kelly Cup Playoffs. We go in detail about tonight's game and look ahead to the Walleyes next opponent and when we will see the Fish back on the Ice. We look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoff picture and the National Hockey League playoffs as well. We touch the bases with some baseball talk and more on this special postgame edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for the latest on what is happening and Every Walleye game after the game is done is a special Facebook Live broadcast recapping what we witnessed.

It's time for a Late Night edition of All Andy Alfred with the emphasis of the Postgame show as the Walleye win in Double Overtime and tie the series at 2 games a piece. Andy give his reaction to the huge win for the Fish tonight and recaps the game from the Colosseum. We hear the Game winner and talk about the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs and look into the National Hockey League playoffs as well. We look around the rest of the sports landscape including the MLB and what's happening in the NBA playoffs. All this and more on this special edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred and every Walleye playoff game we will have special Facebook Live coverage on the game.

We are Live tonight and full of fun. Programming note* Andy has been feeling under the weather this week so there might be some starts and stop to tonight's show due his illness but he said the Show must go on!! So Andy recaps the Walleye Woes as they get ready for Game 4 tomorrow night and we look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs and go into the National Hockey League playoffs as well. We hit the diamond and talk about the Tigers Guardians and Reds and a look at the standings in Major League Baseball. We recap the 151th Kentucky Derby and have some breaking news about the winning horse as well. We hit the links and talk about the backpages all on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates and Live shows. This is part 1 of the podcast part 2 Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/0T4dVQopXj7LYE6y46wMFs

We are Live tonight and full of fun. Programming note* Andy has been feeling under the weather this week so there might be some starts and stop to tonight's show due his illness but he said the Show must go on!! So Andy recaps the Walleye Woes as they get ready for Game 4 tomorrow night and we look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs and go into the National Hockey League playoffs as well. We hit the diamond and talk about the Tigers Guardians and Reds and a look at the standings in Major League Baseball. We recap the 151th Kentucky Derby and have some breaking news about the winning horse as well. We hit the links and talk about the backpages all on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates and Live shows. This is part 2of the podcast part 1 Link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2BX2CgP7o9sp0ravNwQxLD

Ouch this one hurts.. Walleye fell hard in Game 2 and Andy lets the team have it and goes over what happen in Game 2 and talk about what needs to happen in Game 3 and we look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoff picture and look around both the American and National Hockey League playoffs. We also look around other sports and recap the 151th running of the Kentucky Derby and talk about what's next for sovereignty in the race for the triple crown. All this and more on this special postgame edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred. Next show will be on Monday Night for another postgame edition for Game 3.

Well well well.. The fish are back on the ice and facing there toughest opponent yet in the playoffs this season and we break it all down after Game One of the Central Division Finals on the All Andy Alfred podcast network. Andy is Live on Facebook after every Walleye playoff game and we recap game 1 and talk about what we saw and how Andy felt after watch game one tonight. We also look ahead to Game Two tomorrow night and we look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoff games and look into the National Hockey League playoffs. We recap the 151th Running of the Kentucky Oaks on Friday we recap that race and go over the card for the 151th Running of the Kentucky Derby. All this and more on this postgame show on the All Andy Alfred Network. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred. All postgame show are taped Live on the Facebook page.

Well we now know who the walleye will be playing in round two of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs as it was a late night in the man cave studios and we got you covered right here on All Andy Alfred. We recap the Fort Wayne Iowa series and preview the Toledo Walleye playoff series going forward. We look around the National Hockey League playoffs and a Jacket gets pick as a finalist for the Norris. We recap the local teams in the NFL draft and find out the Hall of Fame game teams. Baseball is full swing and we look at the nights action and recap the standings. The weekend was filled with great golf action and we recap it all presented by ScarambleStick. All this and Andy's back pages on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for the latest. And subscribe to our show on all platforms and on YouTube.

Walleye sweep the fuel,the NHL Playoffs are underway, we are a few hour away for the 2025 NFL Draft, and WrestleMaina Saturday was better than WrestleMaina Sunday. We welcome you to another edition of All Andy Alfred on the All Andy Alfred Network with Riverside. Andy is on the air breaking down tonight's first round of the National Football League Draft. The Toledo Walleye sweep the Indy Fuel we break down the series and look around the East Coast Hockey League playoffs. The National Hockey League playoffs are underway we look around and look at some news in NHL. We look at the diamond for both the Detroit Tigers Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds. We also look on the course with the LPGA and PGA tournament as golf coverage is presented by Scramble Stick. We also hit the back pages and talk Wrestling. All this and more on this installment of All Andy Alfred. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates and show content. Golf coverage presented by ScrambleStick.com

The Walleye Post season run continues and the first edition of our playoff postgame show begin we recap Game 2 from the Bank Tank and preview Game 3+4 from Indy we also look around the East Coast Hockey League playoffs and we recap the end of the season for the Columbus Blue Jackets. We preview the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoff games and hear Andy predictions for those series. We go over what happen on the diamond and hear Andy predictions for WrestleMaina 41 in Vegas. All this and more on this installment of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred All postgame show will be live on Facebook Live and be available on the All Andy Alfred Network.

120 minutes has finish the Blue Jackets playoff picture and the season and Andy has had enough.. this is the rant you have been waiting for and honestly the best one yet. *Some language maybe be hard to hear for younger audiences so listen and viewer discretion is advised* . Andy recaps the Jackets woes and looks around the NHL including OVI breaking the record and look at the standings and playoff seeding. We hit the pond and talk Walleye Hockey and look around the East Coast Hockey League. We hit the diamond and talk Tigers, Reds and Guardians and the rest of MLB. We also recap the final four and preview the National Championship Monday night. We also talk a little golf and pro wrestling. All this and more on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred Master week coverage is presented by ScrambleStick

Terry talks to former Professional Hockey Player, 3-Time ECHL Champion, Pro Hockey Coach, and Cancer Suevivor, Scott Burt. TR and Scott Burt talk about junior hockey, coaching at the highest level, and recent cancer treatment. Scott is currently the head coach of the Rapid City Rush of the East Coast Hockey League. You can now watch episodes of Tales with TR on YouTube! Head over to https://www.youtube.com/@THPN to watch the latest episode. Welcome to Tales with TR: A Hockey Podcast presented by The Hockey Podcast Network. Join former Montreal Canadiens' first-round draft pick & Shoresy star Terry Ryan, as he talks about the sport of Hockey, brings on various guests, and shares tales of his life and professional hockey career. Host: Terry Ryan @terryryan20 Network: @hockeypodnet Editor: Isha Jahromi - "The City Life Project" on Youtube Sponsored by: Draft Kings - Use promo code THPN at sign-up for exclusive offers https://tinyurl.com/DRAFTKINGSPROMOTHPN

In episode #287, Head Coach of the Coachella Valley Firebirds Derek Laxdal stops by. His coaching career has seen him climb from the now defunct Western Professional Hockey League, to the Central Hockey League, the East Coast Hockey League, to the Western Hockey League, the American League and finally, to the show. During that time, he's successfully navigated the ebbs and flows of his coaching journey with his trademark optimism and enthusiam. Today, Laxdal is the Head Coach of the AHL affiliate to the Seattle Kraken. No different than any other team he's coached, he has the ‘Birds in contention as they make their way towards another playoff run.  Listen as he shares why the skill of defending is lacking in today's young player, how to change the narritive after a tough loss, and how to stay optimistic through the challenges of a coaching career.

Welcome to the final playoff postgame show as the Toledo Walleye were eliminated from the Kelly Cup Playoffs as they were beaten gutted and fried in Game 6 by the score of 7 to 1. We recap the game, go over the series briefly and Andy tells you why the Walleye lost and haven't won a championship in the city in over 30 years. We look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoff games, look into the American Hockey League Conference Championship games and look around the National Hockey League playoffs as well. We look at the action on the diamond and preview the games as well. We recap the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 and other sports on the final postgame show for the postseason. Follow the Show on X(formerly Twitter) @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates and show content.

Andy welcomes you to another edition of All Andy Alfred as this is a special edition of the podcast as we recap the Walleye postseason game. The Toledo Walleye stay alive as they win in Kansas City 3-1 as we recap the game and go over what was good about tonight game and preview 6 on Monday(Memorial Day). We look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs and dive into the American Hockey League playoffs and National Hockey League Playoffs as well. We take a trip around the bases and recap what happened to the Tigers,Guardians,Reds and Mud Hens. We look into the NBA playoffs and the latest on the PGA and Pro Wrestling. We hear a special message from Andy about what is happening to him and so much more on this special edition of the podcast. Follow Andy on formally Twitter now X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for the latest and to watch the podcast. We will be on the air on Monday night after Game 6 of the Walleye playoff game.

Welcome to another Live edition of All Andy Alfred as we provide postgame news and analysis on tonight Toledo Walleye postseason game. The Walleye disappointed tonight in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals and we recap the game as Andy was in the building for Game 2 and gives his thoughts on what he saw, what needs to be done, and predicts what could eventually happen in the coming games. We look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoff picture and dive in to the American and National Hockey League playoffs as well. The 149th Preakness took place today we will recap the race and look around the Golf tournaments in both the PGA and LPGA. We will briefly look on the diamond with the Tigers Guardians Reds and Mud Hens as well. All this and your comments and questions on this Live edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for show updates content and Live shows as well.

Welcome to a Special Edition of All Andy Alfred as we are Live after the Toledo Walleye postseason game. The Referee screwed Toledo tonight as Andy reflects on the game and was in the Bank Tank tonight with his wife and talks about what he saw and gives his reaction. We recap the game and go over a few keys for game 2 tomorrow night. We also look around the East Coast Hockey League playoff games, American Hockey playoffs picture and National Hockey League Playoffs as well. We go over the latest live on the diamond for the Tigers and Reds and celebrate wins for the Guardians Mud Hens and BGSU Baseball. We preview the Preakness and go over your comments on this live edition of the show. Follow us on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates,show info and Live shows. We are Live after every Walleye playoff game the rest of the way

In ihrem zweiten WM-Spiel in Prag trifft die Schweiz auf Österreich. In der Mannschaft des Aussenseiters wirkt ein Schweizer als Nationaltrainer. Roger Bader wechselte 2013 als Nachwuchstrainer in den Eishockeyverband. Mittlerweile betreut er nicht nur das A-Team, sondern wirkt auch als Nationalmannschafts-Direktor in Wien.Der 59-jährige Bader ist aber nicht der einzige Schweizer in seinem Trainerstab. Mit Arno Del Curto weiss er einen prominenten Landsmann und engen Freund an seiner Seite. Wie sich die beiden vor über dreissig Jahren kennenlernten, welche Rolle Del Curto bei den Österreichern einnimmt, erzählt Bader hier im Eisbrecher-Podcast.Und er spricht über seinen grossen Erfahrungsschatz als Trainer: Ob Spieler in der NLA, NLB und 1. Liga. Oder Nachwuchs auf U-15-, U-17- und U-20-Stufen – sowohl bei Nationalteams als auch bei Profi- wie auch Amateur-Clubs. Vom Hobbysportler bis zum NHL-Spieler: Bader hat schon alles und jeden trainiert.Und nicht zuletzt erzählt Bader von seiner Begegnung mit Marcel Koller – dieser war als Schweizer ebenfalls Nationaltrainer in Österreich, allerdings betreute er die Fussballer.

This episode explores the industrial sector's opportunities and upcoming challenges with David Murphy, Executive Vice President at CBRE.The Crexi Podcast explores various aspects of the commercial real estate industry in conversation with some of the top CRE professionals in the space. In each episode, we feature different guests to tap into their wealth of CRE expertise and explore the latest trends and updates from the world of commercial real estate. In this episode, host Jessica LaRusso sits with Murphy as he shares his journey from a real estate-enthusiast beginner to becoming an industrial logistics leader. He discusses the changing landscape of industrial real estate, driven by e-commerce and the shift from large, centralized warehouses to more localized, efficient spaces. Murphy also delves into the nuances of the CRE industry, highlighting the importance of hard work, resilience, and building relationships over merely relying on technology. He reflects on the misperceptions about the industry and concludes with insights into the future of industrial real estate, emphasizing growth in Florida and the ongoing need for development amidst rising construction costs.Meet David Murphy: A Real Estate LiferDavid's Journey: From Hockey to BrokerageThe Evolution of a Real Estate Career: Lessons and AchievementsMentorship and Hard Work: The Foundations of SuccessGiving Back: Coaching the Next Generation of CRE ProfessionalsThe Art of Building Relationships in CREWork Ethic and Strategy: Staying Ahead in CREDavid's Personal Routine and Family LifeA Day in the Life: Balancing Workouts, Family, and WorkMastering Time Management and ProductivityThe Evolution of the Industrial SectorNavigating the Challenges of Industrial DevelopmentInvestment Strategies and the Future of Industrial Real EstateRapid Fire Questions: Insights and AdviceClosing Thoughts and Social Media Musings About David Murphy:David Murphy is an Executive Vice President with CBRE. In 2021, David was recognized as CBRE's top overall producer in the State of Florida for the second consecutive year.David oversees a multi-disciplined industrial and logistics team whose market knowledge, creativity, and industry relationships provide winning solutions for his clients. Over his 23-year career at CBRE he has been named NAIOP of Central Florida Industrial Broker of the Year 18 times and is routinely recognized at the CBRE Recognition Summit as one of the top producing brokers in the firm.David began his real estate career in State College, PA during his freshman year at the Pennsylvania State University where he graduated with a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Real Estate. A member of the Penn State Men's Ice Hockey Team, David was inducted into the Penn State Hockey Hall of Fame and also played professionally in the East Coast Hockey League. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to our newsletter to receive the very next one delivered straight to your inbox. For show notes, past guests, and more CRE content, please check out Crexi's blog. Ready to find your next CRE property? Visit Crexi and immediately browse hundreds of thousands of available commercial properties. Follow Crexi:https://www.crexi.com/​ https://www.crexi.com/instagram​ https://www.crexi.com/facebook​ https://www.crexi.com/twitter​ https://www.crexi.com/linkedin​ https://www.youtube.com/crexi

Andy is back on the air for the best week in sports and we recap it all and talk about the weekend ahead on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Andy recaps the March Madness Championship game and looks around College Basketball in both Men's and Women's Game. We hit the Ice and talk about the Jackets as hit the end of the season for them, however we look around the National Hockey League and the playoff picture. We hit the pond and talk Walleye and look around the East Coast Hockey League and the playoff picture. We also look around the diamond and recap what is happening with the Tigers,Reds, Guardians and Mud Hens. We preview the Masters and look at the first round leaderboard, and why I love this tournament. We recap WrestleMaina week and the two event and finishing the story with an Andy Rants about Respect. ALL this and more on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow the show on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred.

In this episode - AJ talks to 'Diamond Hands' Daniel Amesbury about his most recent suspension and the recent release of the 2024 'Rumble in The Rink' Fantasy hockey enforcer brackets. The guys also talk the Fort Wayne Komets recent success and playoff push, trading card obsessions, Chris Simon and more! Check out behind the scenes at Brad Wingfield's Danbury Ring of Honor Induction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsfbRAmhJZ8&t=888s Check out the 2024 Rumble in The Rink Brackets Instagram: @coast_battles Check out Midwest Box Breaks: https://midwestboxbreaks.com/ Connect with Chef Ray Gennaro for Private in home dining in the CT/NY area! Instagram: @chefraygennaro Want to talk some trash? Email the guys at talkintrashpodcast1@gmail.com or DM them on instagram: @dbtrashers Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:01 - Episode 15: Catching Up and Shoutouts 00:07:58 - Appreciation for Fort Wayne and Sponsorship by Summit City Bullets 00:11:38 - Shout Outs and Boxing Update 00:15:36 - Falling on My Ass 00:19:40 - Emotions on the Ice 00:23:25 - Playoff Race in Division I 00:27:08 - Opening Hockey Card Packs 00:31:14 - Midwest Box Breaks and Card Obsession 00:35:36 - Rumble in the Rink Bracket Finals 00:39:33 - Fantasy Matchup: Diamond Hands vs. Darian Skeoch 00:43:48 - Boxing Drama and Remembering Chris Simon 00:47:48 - Message for Individuals Struggling with Mental Health 00:51:36 - Remembering Chris Simon and Stress Eating 00:55:40 - Shoutouts and Announcements 00:59:36 - Blue Bunny Ice Cream Review 01:03:24 - The Road to the Chip Produced by Creative Evolution Studios https://creativeevolutionstudios.com

Happy St.Patricks Day my friends and welcome back to All Andy Alfred on the All Andy Alfred network. Andy recaps where he has been these last two weeks and gives you an update on the shows to come. The Jackets are an embarrassment and we breakdown the game against Winnipeg and look ahead to the matchup this Tuesday in Detroit where Andy will be at. We look around the rest of the National Hockey League and look at the standings as well. We hit the pond as the Walleye travel South for the South coast trip and we recap there games and look around the East Coast Hockey League. The Brackets are set we look into the brackets for both the Men and Women in the NCAA. We look around the NFL trade and free agency and we look ahead to the college football season as well. Golf is in full swing and we recap The Players Championship and look ahead to the action in both the PGA and LPGA. We dive into some Pro Wrestling talk and an Andy rants of sorts. All this and St patty's fun on this edition of All Andy Alfred. Find us on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for more info. Join the All Andy Alfred Bracket Challenge: https://fantasy.espn.com/tc/sharer?challengeId=240&from=espn&context=GROUP_INVITE&edition=espn-en&groupId=c2162a8b-11c0-4a52-a754-b90f2f2767f7

It was announced that the Blue Jackets are going outdoors next year and we talk about it tonight on All Andy Alfred, on the All Andy Alfred Network. We talk about the announcement and go over what we are planning. The Blue Jackets finish the California road trip and took 4 out of 6 points and we recap the games and look around the National Hockey League with news and notes as well as a Standings update. We hit the pond and we talk Toledo Walleye and the game from this past weekend. We also look around the East Coast Hockey League and update the standings. The Battle of I75 continues with Bowling Green hosting the Toledo Rockets at the Stroh Centre. We look around College Basketball and recap what is happening on the golf course for both Men and Women. We preview Elimination Chamber and Andy gives you a rant about his alma mater and the athletic director. All this and more on another edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred.

Breaking News today as Jarmo is out as General Manager for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Andy breaks it down on this edition of All Andy Alfred. Andy goes Stop and Start on the press conference from this morning and goes over the team latest and the news notes and standings in the National Hockey League. We look into the pond and go over the latest with three Toledo Walleye and what is happening in the East Coast Hockey League. We recap Super Bowl 58 and give an Andy Rants about the booth and I am not talking about the broadcast. We look ahead in the Mid American Conference basketball season and what is happening on the golf course with Tiger Woods return. All this and the latest in Andys life on this installment of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred.

We have arrived to the biggest week in the National Football League..It's Super Bowl week and we got you covered right here on All Andy Alfred. Andy has all the coverage for you to get your ready for Super Bowl LVIII(58) between the Kansas City Chiefs and The San Francisco 49ers. We go over the stats,the facilities and how much will it cost you to go and watch it in Vegas. We also hit the ice and talk about the Columbus Blue Jackets and the news about the Stadium Series game coming to Columbus. We look around the National Hockey League and update the standings as well. Walleye played a tough opponent last weekend we'll recap the weekend,preview the series this weekend against Kalamazoo, and look around the East Coast Hockey League. We look at the latest leaderboard in the Waste Management Open and look around the Hard court in college basketball. We hit the ropes and talk AEW and WWE specifically the Cody Rock Roman storyline. All this plus, pass the soap and a news announcement on this crapshoot of a show tonight on the All Andy Alfred Network. Follow us on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates and info on the show. For Betting we recommend either the ESPN Bet app or joining us on the DraftKings Sportsbook. Use our link: https://sportsbook.draftkings.com/r/sb/AAlfre203/US-OH-SB

We are a few days away from Andys Birthday and he has a gift for you a new episode of All Andy Alfred. Andy recaps the weekend that was including the heartbreak lost for the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game. Also the lost to the Ravens and now having to deal with the #bimbointhebooth for this years Super Bowl. We look into the Figure Skating Road Trip for the Columbus Blue Jacket we recap the games and go over the latest in the National Hockey League. We preview this weekends All Star Game festivities in Toronto and look at the standings. We recap the great weekend for the Toledo Hockey Hall of Fame. We recap the Toledo Storm(Walleye) games this past weekend and preview game this weekend. We look around the rest of the East Coast Hockey League and news notes and Standings for the weekend ahead. We look around the Mid American Conference Men's and Women's Basketball; we look at the latest in the PGA and recap the Drive On in the LPGA. We recap the Royal Rumble and more on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates and info.

Dalhousie Tigers captain and QMJHL alumni, Derek Gentile joins the show! Derek had stints in Italy, the East Coast Hockey League, and of course, the Q! Gents talks about his trip to the UK, his thoughts on fighting leaving the Q, and his all carbs diet. Chris and Theo are back to bring you all of the news, scores, and trades around the Q. Chris also breaks down the trades that went down. Don't miss out! Follow us on our socials @qreview_pod Sign up for your favourite sports books at signupexpert.com/theq

Merry CHRISTmas my friends and welcome to our special CHRISTmas edition of All Andy Alfred on the All Andy Alfred network. Andy is in the decorated studio as we recap what is happening in the sports world including the Wishy Washy Columbus Blue Jackets in recent games. We look around the National Hockey League and look at the standings. The Toledo Walleye sweep in Iowa we recap the game look ahead to the big tilt in the Bank tank Saturday night. We also look around the East Coast Hockey League and look at the standings. Week 15 in the National Football League has come and gone, we look at the games especially the Lions big win; and Joe Cool win for Cleveland against Chicago. We preview and pick games in Week 16 in the NFL and look around the latest College Football Bowl games. You'll hear andy his Rant and special Holiday wish this season and more on this very special edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for more information on the show and updates. We Wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy,Healthy and prosperous 2024.

We are back on the air tonight on the All Andy Alfred network. Andy recaps the week that was in the National Football League and recaps the Lions woes against Chicago and the Browns catch old man magic in Joe. We recap week 14 and hear Andy's thought on some of the games. We preview and pick games in week 15. The Jackets continue to struggle and we recap the games and look around the National Hockey League and we hit the pond and talk Walleye Hockey and East Coast Hockey League as well. We look around College Football landscape and the Bowl Games and hear my predictions for all the Bowl games as well as for the College Football Playoff. We hear the latest news from NBA and we talk some golf and hear the announcement when the Dana Open comes back to Sylvania. All this and more on the show. Follow Andy and the show on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred.

After a Long hiatus, Andy is back on the air tonight on the All Andy Alfred Network. Andy recaps where he has been in over three months, gives an update on what has happened and gives flowers to his friends at the Toledo Rep. Andy recaps what happened in the college football season and the travesty done in the final college football rankings. We look into the Mid American Conference bowl games and other matchups as well. Week 13 in the National Football League has come and gone, and we look into the games and talk about the highs in the Lions and lows in the Cleveland Browns. The Jackets have really embarrassed themselves last night against Los Angeles, we recap and look around the rest of the National Hockey League. We Dive into the Toledo Walleye and have a look around the East Coast Hockey League. We break down what is happening in Other sports; and an Andy rants about Loyalty. All this and your questions and answers on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on X @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for Live video of the show.

Join us on today's riveting episode of 'The Adams Archive,' where host Austin Adams delves into a medley of current, hard-hitting topics. We begin with an extraordinary event in the political arena: Senator MarkWayne Mullins' open challenge to fist fight a Teamster boss during a Senate hearing. Austin provides a unique analysis of this rare display of raw emotion in politics, examining the intricate backstory of these two figures and the implications of their confrontation. Shifting gears, we explore Elon Musk's bold stance against the 'woke mind virus.' Austin breaks down Musk's recent comments and actions, discussing their broader impact on cultural and corporate landscapes. This segment promises to provide an insightful look into the intersection of technology, culture, and free speech. The episode then navigates the complexities of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Austin offers a nuanced perspective on the recent developments in this longstanding geopolitical struggle. Listen in as he dissects the intricacies of this conflict, including the global reactions and the profound consequences on regional stability. In addition to these thought-provoking discussions, Austin will share his personal experience of being confronted and harassed for his views, offering a candid reflection on the current state of public discourse. Don't miss this episode packed with deep dives into politics, technology, and international affairs. Subscribe now, leave a five-star review, and join Austin Adams on this journey through some of today's most pressing issues in 'The Adams Archive.' All the links: https://linktr.ee/theaustinjadams Substack: https://austinadams.substack.com ----more---- Full Transcription  Adam's Archive.   Hello, you beautiful people, and welcome to the Adam's Archive. My name is Austin Adams, and thank you so much for listening today. On today's episode, we have a lot to catch up on. There's been some wild stuff that's happened over the last week and a half or two weeks since our previous episode, and I'll catch you up on... All of it, at least all of it that I'm interested in. And the very first thing I'm interested in this week is going to be that there was a Senator, Senator Mark Wayne Mullins, who actually challenged a Teamster boss to a fist fight on a Senate hearing of the Senate floor during a hearing. Um, and personally, I think this should probably happen more often as it did.  A long time ago. Uh, so we'll dive into what actually happened in that exchange. The bad blood between this Senator and the Teamster boss, as well as diving into Markway Mullins previous history. Cause this man was actually a MMA fighter. Uh, so probably not the guy that.  You would want to mess with if you were some fat, bald, uh, bald old dude like this Teamster boss was. Uh, so, my money is on Senator Mullins. That's all I gotta say. So we'll dive into that. We'll actually break down some of his MMA fights, um, and dive deeper into the bad blood because it goes back months and months ago where this exchange originally happened that got brought to The Senate floor just a couple days ago,  after we address that, we will also jump into the next topic, which is going to be that there is a overwhelming well, and I guess, yeah, the next article after that, we'll have a few small quick ones. First of all, apparently some people think that white people that are generated by AI look more real than photographs. Uh, so there was a, basically this, um,  statistical study that showed that if people were generated, like if there was images generated by AI and they were white, according to white people, it was harder to decide who was real and who was AI. Which is interesting. So we'll talk about that and how they tried to spin this into somehow AI is now racist, I guess? Hmm. Anyways,  after that, we will dive into another article, which is all about, uh, the majority of Americans taking notice in the rise of tipflation across industries.  And it's all about when you go to every single place ever now, whether they give you service or not, or you're just. paying for gas. It seems like everybody's asking you for a tip, asking you for a handout. I don't think that's how this works. And it drives me nuts. So we'll talk about that. After that, we will go into the police arresting the ex  arresting the  hockey player. I believe this was in the  ECHL, not the East Coast Hockey League, but the European League, I believe we talked about it in the last podcast, but they actually arrested the guy who ended up having his Gate hit the guy's throat and ended up in the death of Adam Johnson.  So we will discuss that, and I still hold true to my thoughts on that. So, uh, I, I don't believe that that was rightful for them to do So. Uh, there was a California team who was suspended from school for wearing, uh, the black, uh, paint on his face during a football game, which everybody all knows what I'm talking about, right under your eyes.  was suspended from school for wearing that because the principal says he was wearing blackface.  After that, we will dive into some of the conversation that was had between Elon Musk and Lex Friedman, including his thoughts on the Israel and Hamas war, leading us into a conversation about a poll that was done around people's support or lack thereof of what is happening by Israel. Then we'll jump into a discussion of, uh, between Theo Vaughn and Dana White. So all of that and more. And at the very end, I have a little interesting tidbit about, uh, the interstellar movie that I thought was interesting. Let's jump into it. But first, go ahead and hit that subscribe button, leave a five star review. I appreciate you being here from the bottom of my heart. I love, love, love doing this for you guys. And I don't ask for much. I don't even give you advertisements.  I'm making nothing off of this conversation right now other than the joy of knowing that you're about to hit that subscribe button. You're about to leave a five star review. And I'll even tell you a story about how I was chased down, harassed after being noticed by some liberal in a bar recently last night, to be exact.  And we'll talk about that. So,  uh, all of that more hit the five star review button, subscribe. That's all I got. And let's jump into it.  The Adams archive.  All right. So the very first thing that we're going to talk about today is that there was a senator who challenged a teamster boss to a fist fight on the Senate floor, only to be stopped by the one and only Bernie Sanders, who would have thought that that man would be the voice of reason,  but let's go ahead and watch this clip. And then I will give my opinion on what happened because.  You probably know my stance. I think they should have thought it out.  First for you here, here is the article. Let's go ahead or the video actually. Let's go ahead and take a look and watch this. Clip together. Um,  and here we  go. So actually I'll read you a little bit about the article because Bernie Sanders is going off here in the background, but it says that a Congress, a congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between Senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Senator Markway Mullen of Oklahoma challenged Sean O'Brien, the president of the international brotherhood of Teamsters, otherwise known as unionized mob boss. Uh, To stand your butt up and settle ongoing differences right there  in the room.  Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, uh, the chairman of the Senate panel that was holding the hearing yielded at Mullen to sit down as he challenged O'Brien to a fight. Mullen had stood up from his seat at the dais and appeared to start taking his ring off.  Might be a good move to leave it on, actually, I'm, you know, cut him up a little bit. This is the time, this is the place, Moen told O'Brien, after reading a series of critical tweets O'Brien had sent out about him in the past. If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults and we can finish it right here.  And here is...  Video for you.  It's quite different, but after you left here, you got pretty excited about the keyboard. In fact, you  tweeted at me  one, two,  three, four.  Five times. And let me read what the last one said. Um, it said, greedy CEO who pretends like he's self made.  Sir, I wish you was in the truck with me when I was building my plumbing company myself and my wife was running the office because I sure remember working pretty hard and long hours.  Pretends like he's self made. What a clown. Fraud. Always has been, always will be.  Quit the tough guy act and these Senate hearings. You know where to find me. Anyplace, anytime, cowboy.  Sir this is a time, this is a place. If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here. Okay, that's fine. Perfect. You want to do it now? I'd love to do it right now. Well, stand your butt up then. You stand your butt up. Oh, hold on. Oh, stop it. Is that your solution every poll? No, no, sit down. You  know, you're a United States Senator. Actively. Okay, sit down, please. All right. Can I respond? Hold it. Hold it.  If we can't, no, I have the mic. I'm sorry. This is what he said. You'll have your time. Okay. Can I respond? Oh, no, you can't.  This is a hearing,  and God knows the American people have enough of contempt for Congress. Let's not make it worse. I don't like thugs and bullies. I don't like you, because you just described yourself.  Hold it.  You have the mic. You have time. Make your statement. And let's do this, because I did challenge you, and I accepted your challenge.  And you went quiet. No, I didn't go quiet. was... No, hold on. You challenged me to a cage match acting like a 12 year old schoolyard bully. Hold it. Hold it. No, excuse me. I will say, I will say exactly what you said. Senator Mullen, I have the mic.  You have questions on any economic issues, anything that's said, go for it. We're not here to talk about physical abuse. You brought him here. We're not talking about... Of course I did. And let me tell you, let me show you his hearing, because I want to, I want to expose this thug. To who he is and you're not pointing me. That's disrespectful. All right. I don't care about respecting you at all. I don't respect you at all So hold it. Hold it. No  You don't want to hold it the most all day. Please act it please. All right  This is a excuse me. Mm hmm. This is a hearing to discuss Economic issues. All right, if you have questions for mr. O'Brien or anybody else on what  He has said, go for it, but we're not here to talk about fights or anything else. I'm quoting exactly what he said and say what you want. This is, this is your, this is your witness. You brought it. Let me, I'm, I'm exposing him. You can talk anything you want. So in 2013,  in 2013, O'Brien was suspended by the Teamsters for intimidating your own members. In 2014,  uh, you were, um. Uh,  part of, what would you say, organizing the harassment and intimidation of the top shelf crew? Chef, not chef.  Oh, top, oh, top, top chef, okay. And then, uh, and I think in the reports it says sexual racist and homophobic slurs and death threats. Fourteen tires were sliced and five teamsters were arrested and you said, well, I had nothing to do with it. But however, in that same statement, you said, but if I get called to test file, plead the fifth. This is, this is what, this is a witness you brought in here.  In 2017, you were removed as lead negotiator by then president Hoffa for UPS for your actions. And then in 22, when this guy was elected, what he said after he got elected was he wanted to bring the mob mentality back to the teamsters. This is your guy. And you're obviously going to give him a chance to respond to your questions. Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Because this is my question. Because you called me out. I didn't call you out. You said any time, any place. That's that. Let's get the record straight. Miss, hold it. No, hold on. Senator Mullen. Do you have a question for the witness? Yeah. Okay, let's let's hear it. And there  you go. Absolutely hilarious  that that's what just went on. But honestly, I like it. I think that, I think that we should probably have more fist fights in the Senate. Just like, If you go back 100 years, 150 years ago, senators were literally dueling in the streets, killing each other. Go back and look at Andrew Jackson. How many duels did that man win? How many fistfights did he get in for arguing about politics, which is should be passionate like that, right? So if this mobs boss, this teamster boss wants to run his mouth on Twitter, and then all of a sudden hide behind Bernie Sanders, when this guy actually wants to do something about it face to face,  that's what we call a coward, right? You want to run your mouth until you're face to face with somebody. Maybe just don't run your mouth. Right? If you're not the big, tough guy that you think you are, maybe don't say anything to somebody who you know nothing about because what it turned out is that this man  was actually an ex MMA fighter. And you're really not an ex MMA fighter, you know, to me is like, you still can fight. Maybe you don't actively engage because the guy's probably like 45, 50, maybe, but he's an MMA fighter, right? You see a little bit collier on this end of there. Right? So, I think this is awesome. I think there should be more fistfights in Senate. I think that the reason that it's shaped like a circle is for everybody to watch as two Senators fistfight or a Senator and a Teamster mob boss who are talking shit on Twitter get together face to face and actually do something about it. Because imagine how much shit would be, how much less shit would be talked on Twitter if you had more people Like Senator Mullins out there willing to actually confront people when they're seeing them face to face.  So speaking of, I'll take a little sidetrack here. Speaking of seeing people face to face, I was at last night, I was at a, uh, business, uh, networking event. Um, I, I do have a life outside of this podcast guys. I do have a family and children to feed. So I do, I am in a professional environment and. In that professional environment, I have to go out and speak to people and promote my business and, uh, build the business and have connections with other people. Now I don't talk about my business very much here because I don't see much of a need to yet. But  in this case, I was walking around doing some networking at a nice bar, had a beer in my hand, and all of a sudden I have this guy out of nowhere go, Austin Adams, the far right. Podcaster didn't expect to see you here. Why are you here, Austin? This is a blue state. You don't belong here. You hate gay people. You hate transgenders. You, you don't agree with this and that, and just. heart straight up harassing me loudly belligerently drunk man who could barely string a sentence together, uh, let alone formulate a proper argument to back up his criticisms of my alleged positions, which he seemed to have wrong more than right, but he also seemed to have followed my stuff for a fairly long time, which is really interesting. Um, if you ever see me out and about, come say hi, uh, I'll shake your hand. I'd love to talk to people. I've had several, several, several people come up to me and notice me just walking around, whether it's an event or, you know, I had somebody come up to me and I talked to for a long time at Jordan Peterson. You know, it's, there's, there's some, I love interacting with you guys. So  if you want to get belligerent and you don't like me, that's fine too. Cause Guess what, bitch? Just like Senator Mullins, I ain't scared. Come up and say hi. Tell me what you disagree with. I'd love to have a conversation with you. So anyways, this guy comes up to me belligerently drunk, starts yelling across this bar at a nice, nice bar  at a nice,  well put together networking event. And, uh, And so this guy follows me around the bar because I just go are you here for business or are you here for politics? I'm confused and Just just tried to walk away from the guy and he follows me follows me follows me and start keeps Yelling belligerent shit at me And so finally I set my beer down and I just turn and face him because this guy wasn't going anywhere and I obviously wasn't in any physical danger with this belligerent  out of shape older man  So, I put my beard down, and I faced the guy, and I go, Okay, what do you want to talk about, man? What is it? What is it? What am I, what do you think about my positions, since you know them so well? First of all, he starts off with the fact that I hate gay people, and don't think gay people should get married. I don't agree with gay marriage. Which...  It is not my opinion. I think gay people should be able to do whatever they want. I think they should get married. I think that the marriage that we have today is essentially a tax write off. And they should be able to have just as much of a tax write off depending on their sexual orientation as anybody else. And honestly, the gays are the homies now.  You have the trans agenda that I think everybody, whether you're straight or gay, can agree with is the problem, not sexuality, right? And this is, you know,  you look at the,  uh, you go into animalistic, uh, Parallels, right? Animal kingdoms. And you look at, okay, there's absolutely, uh, homosexual tendencies within the animal kingdom. But I don't think you see anywhere a hippopotamus throwing on a tutu and putting lipstick on its face and calling itself a rhino.  I don't think that's directly comparable. Um, but essentially that's what it's doing, right? Um,  So, you know, to me, the, the, the gay agenda, the gay whatever, I don't care. Do what you want to do. I totally think that you should have every right that straight people have. I don't think there should be any, I don't know, I think basically, literally, everybody agrees with that, unless you're a super evangelical, you know. Very, very right conservative. Hyper old school conservative. I think basically everybody agrees that gay people should be able to do whatever they want, whenever they want, as long as it's not shoving your education about sexual tendencies down my child's throat in school, which you haven't done at all, so nobody's saying shit about that.  Then he goes into about the trans agenda. Right, he starts talking about, oh, you hate trans people, and again, how many times will I say this? I don't hate trans people. I, in fact, think there's probably a certain portion of trans people that I'm empathetic to. I think it's an obvious mental illness that I couldn't imagine dealing with, where you feel stuck in this body that isn't yours. And, and, Again, I think that's maybe a 30, 20 percent of, it probably gets smaller and smaller percentages the day, that actually have legitimate gender dysphoria, where they live in the wrong body according to them. And I can't imagine being stuck in that frame of mind. And I'm sure it's mental torture every day to wake up thinking that you should be this when you're that. I'm empathetic to that.  But I also think that they're being taken advantage of for medical pharmaceutical profits. I also think that, you know, we talk about the 20 percent of actually having gender dysphoria. I think there's about 80, 70, I don't know. I'm throwing fucking numbers out there for you guys. But I do think there's a, there's a larger percentage than not that is doing it for attention. That is doing it because That's the new thing. It makes them important. It gives them a reason to wake up every day and be better than you. That, that makes them feel special on the inside.  And that I have no empathy for you. I, I, I, I don't hate you. I don't have a reason to hate you, but I don't have empathy for you. And I, and then I think there's a smaller subsection of that. That's looking, both looking for attention and then also trying to peddle a pedophilia. Uh, agenda down the throat of children, which is, you know, maybe it's not the majority of that percentage, but who knows, you know, but we see it consistently every day. You see a new thing come out about that. So yeah, those are the people I don't like is the people who think that you should shove the trans agenda, hyper sexualization of children down the throats of, of young children  at a very early age. At really any age, you shouldn't talk to my child about sexual orientation, or gender binary, or this or that, or how to give a blowjob, at all. Because guess what? That makes you a pedophile creep.  And I don't like pedophile creeps. Whether you think you're a boy and you're a girl, or you think that you're a rhinoceros when you're a hippopotamus. I, I just, that's where I stand on the trans agenda, so let's be very clear on that.  And then next he gets into, you know, uh, all these other things that he just assumes my position on and I've said this before, I, I'm much more, more, uh, when it comes to political affiliation, probably more on the side of libertarian than I am on the side of, you know, extreme conservatism. And I think that the government is essentially bad at almost everything that it does. And the more that you give the government, the more that they're going to want to take and that. Most of the government shouldn't exist. That's my position. Um,  but with that comes not intervening in people's lives, including gay people, including, you know,  I just don't think the government should have their hand in things that aren't about  eliminating the golden, or, you know, uh, people from trespassing on other people's body and property. That's essentially where I stand. I, you know, everything else is inflated. There should be some social programs for people who are disabled. There should be some social programs for people who make a lower income, um, who are intellectually incapable of earning a better living. I think there's some of that to be had. Uh, but I don't think that the government is essentially very good at anything that it's ever done, almost ever as a whole. And I think it's comprised of traditionally. And and historically corrupt individuals who are very bad at what they do and only align their positions with where the money That funded them came from  so it's a flawed  system to begin with  so that doesn't really put me on the side of Extreme far right, you know like it's just not where I land and if you think that you'd probably just don't listen enough And you know if you think that are you know? And then this is the thing too because we've seen my opposing opinion several times irk people who think I am And this or I am that  And it's like, I am me. I have my own opinions on basically every topic. I don't align with a political affiliation in the way that I view most things as non political. I don't think trans is a political issue. It doesn't have to do with the government or politics. It's a social issue, and it's, it's a dangerous one, and it's a part of this woke mind virus that we'll listen to Elon Musk talk about in a little bit, and I don't think that's a political affiliation to have a problem with the, the, the mind virus that is Woke ideology, which is permeating across the entire consciousness of American culture, which is killing the once great nation that we were.  That's where I stand on that. So anyways, this guy follows me around and all of a sudden, you know, I'm, I'm, you know, not being hyper aggressive back and I just ask him, are you here for business or are you here for politics? Do you actually know my positions or are you assuming? Because I think... You're wrong on this. I don't think that. I do think this. I, I, you know, something that we talked about abortion and I said, yeah, absolutely. I don't think that the government, I think the government should because he, I said, I'm more libertarian than I am  traditional conservative and he goes, Oh, well, then you must think that, uh, you know, you probably voted this on that about abortion. And, uh, you know, I said, I think that the government should have a place in stopping the ending of human life. And I do believe that a baby in the womb is a baby and is of value and shouldn't be murdered senselessly for your own, statistically speaking, comfort. Or, uh,  lack of maturity.  Again, that's my position. So anyways, that was my, and by the end of this conversation, this drunk man standing next to me, thinking he was gonna come, I don't know what he was thinking he was gonna do, um,  demeaned me personally for having opinions and sharing them and people finding value in them.  Eventually was like, you know what? I actually kind of like you. I'm sorry that I came up to you and did this and that and you seem like a nice guy and you know,  Maybe you'll find that too if you come up to me whether you like me or not But always come up and say hi. I would love to talk to you guys if you ever see me out and about but anyways,  the next part of this topic on Senator  is that,  uh, this feud goes back several months. So let's see if we can find the video here because, um, this feud goes back all the way to, uh, a time where the original contact that they had together. And give me a second. Cause I'm, uh, delaying this because my  connection with my other screen wasn't working properly. Um, there we go. So. The the what essentially happened four months prior to this. There's a there was a video that came out But after this in engagement, so let's watch this one first and then we'll go back to that after this engagement the news crew Caught up to him and had some questions for him in which they asked him about this Engagement and what his thoughts were on it. So let's go ahead and take a look At this,  here's the video.  Well, you should probably ask him that. I mean, he's the one that kept tweeting at us. Uh, we didn't respond until the fifth tweet. And when he said, any place or any time, any place, and you know where to find me, cowboy, I thought, well, this is the time, this is the place, and you don't do that in Oklahoma. You don't run your mouth unless you're gonna answer the call. Well, that might be the question. Was that the place? Was the Senate hearing the right place to challenge someone to a physical confrontation? Well, I'd already challenged him to September 30th. He could have done it then for charity. Um, I said April. They're the, the, um... What's it called? The smoking guns charity for the firefighters and police force. We could have done it then. I've been happy to, but he said, stand up. And so I stood up. Yeah. But what about, I mean, just the idea that fighting as a way to solve a problem, is that  kind of, are you concerned the way the conversation is happening here on Capitol Hill? People's been fighting for a long time. I canings. It was legal to do duels. Um, if you have a difference, you have a difference. I didn't start it. I didn't tweet at him. I didn't go after him. I have no beef with a guy. I mean,  I don't even know the last time I've gotten a street fight. I used to get paid to fight. I'm not, I'm not looking. What do I have? What victory is it for me to beat up O'Brien? That would be a shock, right? Uh, but he said it and I just simply responded. If he wants to call it off and we just go have a cup of coffee, fine. Let's go have a cup of coffee. I have no hard feelings. It's not personal to me. He just challenged me, and I accepted the challenge. Do you regret it? Regret this moment at all? You should probably ask him. I mean, he's the one that said it. I don't regret asking him. You know, he said any time, any place, so. And has leadership talked to you at all about this? No. No, not at all. Have you done any outreach to him at all, or has he reached out to you? O'Brien, meaning, reached out to you afterwards. No, no, no. You know, I ended it and said, if you want to end it here, that's fine. If you want to sit down and have a cup of coffee, I'll sit down and have a cup of coffee. It's not personal, you guys. This is not personal. Nothing personal. It's just he made the challenge, and I accepted it. It's just that simple. What about just the general tension right now on Capitol Hill? Do you feel as though things are, there's more angst than there has been at other times? And is it preventing you from getting things done? I don't, you know, I can only speak for my time here, right? Uh, ever since I've been here, there's always been a little bit of tension. This is a total separate issue. You know, this doesn't have to do with that. This has nothing to do with policy. This doesn't have to do with politics. This had to do with a guy calling me out and I simply responded to it. Uh, that, that's, so I don't think the two are really  comparable. This has nothing to do with me against unions either. I have nothing against unions. I made that very clear at the end of the hearing. I have nothing against unions. A lot of good friends and family are, are union members. This has to do with just his thug mentality. I mean, look at his background, look at his history. The guy has a history of this constantly. Um, I mean, he was the one, after he got, became president, he was the one to bring back the mob mentality. What the heck is a mob mentality? And then you're gonna bring that mob mentality to me? Okay, well... You can't run your mouth against me. I'm just not that guy. If you want to run your mouth, then we can settle it a different way.  Literally, if you were to run your mouth to anybody in politics at all, this was the wrong guy to run your mouth to a former pro MMA fighter and Oklahoma state wrestler. Like. Literally the worst person you could have thrown a dart at the board and probably fought 90 percent of these old hacks sitting in on Capitol Hill, but you picked the absolute wrong Motherfucker to pick the only guy who is an ex professional MMA fighter  So what I want to do next is just watch a little bit of his one of his MMA fights because there actually is a couple of them that is up on, uh, that is up on YouTube that I found. So let's go ahead and I will pull this up for you.  But man, I totally agree. Bring it back. Bring back duels. I don't care if you really want to be tough. I'm pretty sure there would be no Democrats left if there was still duels or fistfights in politics.  They would probably just all be dead.  Um, but let's go ahead and see if we can pull this up again. Um,  And get this MMA fight pulled up for you because, um, I'm sure, uh, if he's from Oklahoma and he wrestled, I'm sure he's, uh, not, not a bad MMA fighter. Um, so here we  go.  Maybe not.  Here it is.  Director Rick.  I now recognize, uh, Mr. Pflueger, the gentleman from Texas and the chair. Is that what we're looking for?  There was an MMA fight posted from one of his...  Here we go from, uh, March, may,  and it's only three  minutes long.  Your fight Psych com trading cards  get noticed with these high quality, full color trading cars.  So let's see if we can get the order your background today and get noticed some of the moments here. These  high quality.  Notice.  Somebody just went for a takedown, bad shot, and immediately to the UTI. Oh my god.  Problems holding against him. He's a little bit too long. He looks like he's about to give up. Um, which is just not a good thing. He's a rapper. He's got a bad side of his shoulder. You know, he's a rapper. He's got a bad wrist. He's a rapper. You know, he can actually create a terrible spine fracture on his shoulders. Um, it gets on top of that. It gets on top of that. Um, Okay, I'm not sure which one's which, I guess it's supposed to be. I'm going to have to go back to the, uh, organization to figure out who. But I would assume the guy on top is probably the one on top. So keep, safe to assume. Uh,  they're up against the cage.  And,  looks like he's about to take his back. Oh no, he's in full mount.  And...  Still looking for what looks like that.  Kimura.  Transitions.  As the guy tries to get up to his back a little bit.  Arms stuck behind his hip. Flattens him out. Has his back. Has his arm trapped. You're pretty much done there. Because you can't even defend with one hand.  And man, that would have just been so refreshing to watch a fist fight in Senate. Where. Uh, you know, a Republican Senator just  demolishes a shit talking mobster, and he's on full mount now, just raining down  haymakers on this dude's face. Guy gives his back up, transitions to the back,  and that's probably all she wrote right there, huh?  We're just dominating. Dominating.  And, that's you.  Has his hooks in.  Yeah, that's it. I'm gonna tap. Took his back. Rear naked choke. Few shots thrown.  Uh, not sure if we can get a verification that this is actually the right guy here, but, uh,  we'll assume so. Um, but it looked like it, you know, looked like his wrestling was, was pretty decent and, uh, has the same exact name, so we'll assume.  Alright, moving on. Outside of this.  Let's talk about some other stuff, which is not nearly as interesting or exciting as watching a senator beat up a mob boss on the Senate floor. Uh, but hey, there's not too much that you can do to,  uh, get that. Um, looks like Markway Mullins is really enjoying this guy's ground game. Uh,  yeah, a lot of people have been seeing that. Um...  Let's see, it looks like Mark Wayne Mullins is really enjoying this guy's groggy. Uh, the big question is, nine months after this fight, who is going to get custody of the baby? What? I'm so confused.  Um,  Interesting. So it was him who, it looks like,  uh,  Yeah, he, he was actually the loser here. So his wrestling didn't look all that good for coming out of Oklahoma. If somebody takes your back so easily and you don't really have much of an answer to it. Um, but anyways, I digress.  Either way, he's still beating the shit out of that teamster boss. Um, all right, the very next article that we're going to discuss here is going to be  that the  If you didn't know, AI is now racist, according to some news articles who claim so after,  uh, white people seem to be able to get more confused by pictures of people who are AI thinking they're real more than they think.  Real white people are real. And where this gets, uh, pretty funny is that this was white on white racism, not even, you know.  They're saying by definition, because white people are confused by other white people, that the language learning models, the, the, the AI algorithms,  are biased because they're being fed more white people photos and they are being fed other races. Um, so let's read this article. It comes from, uh, popular science and it says, as technology evolves,  AI generated images of human faces are becoming increasingly indistinguishable from real photos.  But our ability to separate the real from the artificial may come down to a personal biases, both our own as well as that of AI's underlying algorithms. According to a new study recently published in the Journal of Psychological Science, certain humans may misidentify AI generated white faces as real more often than they can accurately identify actual photos of Caucasians.  More specifically, it's white people who can't distinguish between real and AI generated white faces.  In a series of trials conducted by researchers collaborating across universities in Australia, the Netherlands, and the UK, 124 white adults were tasked with classifying a series of faces as artificial or real,  then rating their confidence for each decision on a 100 point scale. The team decided to match white participants with Caucasian images. examples in an attempt to mitigate potential own racial or race recognition bias, the tendency for racial and cultural populations to more poorly remember unfamiliar faces from different demographics. And then remarkably white AI faces can convincingly pass as more real than human faces and people do not realize they are being fooled. Research is right. In their paper, this is a no slim margin. Either participants mistakenly classified a full 66 percent of AI images as photographed humans versus barely half as many as the real photos. Meanwhile, the same white participants ability to discern real from artificial people of color was roughly 50, 50 in a second experiment, 610 participants. You could also say, it's like, how do you take this and go, Oh, AI is racist. Because you could also say that white people are just bad at distinguishing. What's real and not real, in which case, now you're the racist one.  How's that for the UNO reverse card? Um, in a second experiment, 610 participants rated the same images using 14 attributes, contributing to what made them look human, without knowing some photos were fake.  Of those attributes, the faces proportionality,  familiarity, memorability, and the perception of lifelike eyes ranked highest for test subjects. They have a beautiful little... Graph here  has qualitative. Uh, it says the team dubbed this newly identified or identified tendency to overly misattribute artificially generated faces, specifically white faces as AI hyper realism. The starts to stark statistical differences are believed to stem from well documented algorithmic biases within AI development. AI systems are trained on far more white subjects than POCs. According to who?  Leading to a greater ability to both generate convincing white faces as well as accurately identify them using facial recognition techniques. This disparity ramifications can cripple through countless scientific, social, and psychological situations from identity theft to racial profiling to basic privacy concerns.  Our results explain why AI hyperrealism occurs and shows that not all AI faces appear equally realistic, with implications for proliferating social bias and for public misidentification of AI. The team writes in their paper adding that the AI hyperrealism phenomenon implies there must be some visual differences between AI and human faces, which people misinterpret.  It says, it's worth noting that the new studies test pool was both small and extremely limited. Oh, it's worth noting that everything that we just wrote about really has no scientific basis and extremely limited. And some research is undoubtedly necessary to further understand the extent and effects of such biases.  Hmm.  Interesting. So AI is racist because what? Because it's generating more real white faces according to white people.  Because there's no grading system other than this hundred or sixty whatever people that they just had take this survey But now all of a sudden AI is racist  who would have thought  although when working out is you know when working out is a sign of white nationalism and Eating healthy is now also classified as you being a racist or whatever  I guess it's no surprise.  Now, the next thing that we're going to talk about is that, uh, that's something that, you know, you probably heard about is they all look alike. Um, this comes from a foreign book, four vertical, it's called the other race effect, where, um, people who are white or people who are Indian or people who are black or Hispanic or whatever have a much easier time distinguishing the differentiation between somebody of their own race than other races. Um, so that's actually contradictory to what you would kind of expect here, where you would think that.  And I wonder if they did, how well will white people  rate other colors, other races, right? Um, and vice versa, right? Did they only do white with white people and black with black people and Hispanics with Hispanic people and Mexicans with Mexicans and Indians with, I don't know. They really gave us very little information to go off scientifically. Um, but I die. Grass.  All right. The very next article that we're going to discuss here is going to be about, Oh, you know what? Let's hold that thought right there because I appreciate you because I know earlier when I asked you that you hit that subscribe button. I also know that you probably left a five star review, but I also know that maybe there's one of you out there, one of you that unlike all of the other people who are listening to this, maybe didn't. Leave a five star review. Maybe you're the one person. Maybe you think I'm talking to you right now because I am. I'm talking directly at you because you still haven't left a five star review and it takes five seconds and all you have to do is click the button, press the five stars. If you're on Apple Podcasts, all you do is scroll down just a little bit.  Hit the fifth star and then type something nice. I don't know. Maybe act like that blurs and guide the bar and tell me what you hate about me, but just leave you as long as it's a five star review. It's cool. Right.  Anyways, um, go ahead, leave a five star review. Tell me what you liked about the episode. What you like about the podcast in general. Um, love feedback. So anything that I can do for you guys to improve, I would be happy to. All right. And.  Back to the thing. The next thing we're going to talk about is that majority of Americans are now taking notice to the rise of tipflation is what this is being coined across industries. It says around seven and 10 us adults say tipping is expected in more places today than it was five years ago. And I. Completely agree. If you are in a regular business establishment, if you are not actively serving me, nothing drives me crazier is when you flip around your little card reader and you go, Hey, could you just.  You know, just, just tap one of those buttons right there and it says, Hey, do I want to give you seven dollars for me? Swiping my own debit card and you doing your job and nothing more or nothing less, right? There's very little that you could do to make me want to tip some person that works at 7 eleven  I don't know the last time I was in a 7 Eleven, but, uh, I, it's just so wild to me  how confident people in restaurant industries, and this, it's really comes down to the point of sales. And you have to understand that the psychology around this is it's just a, it's just a sales technique. You know, it's like 90 percent of people, uh, don't even ask for the sale when it comes to sales. And that's why most people suck at selling stuff, but they just integrated into the point of sale systems, a way to say, Hey, do you want to give me more money? Then what, you know, inflation has already caused us to increase our prices for, right? Because who knows where this money is actually going? Is it actually being distributed amongst the, the, the staff at  a coffee place? Like when all they did was make the coffee when they're getting paid to. Make the coffee, right? Like I get if you're a bartender, I get if you're waiting on somebody, I get a few, you know, like I have a rule,  everybody basically gets 2025 percent unless you do something terrible or you never check in on me or my drinks completely empty the whole time and you get 40 percent or more. If you, wiping the table in front of me, getting the crumbs off the table, like taking it that extra step that you would expect when you go to a really nice restaurant, um, so it's like if you are going above and beyond, you deserve a tip if you're in a service industry and your wage depends on it, but you do not deserve a tip for literally Um, almost any industry you're getting paid for a service,  right? There's no reason that I should have to pay you above and beyond what that amount is. And even in the service industry, tipping should go away overnight and the restaurants should just start paying fair wages to their employees. Not working through this loophole to where you have to beg people to work. And again, I'm for commission. I'm for incentivizing people to do their job well. When you're selling and there's a transaction and I guess maybe that's kind of what it is. That'd be a counter argument or a devil's advocate to my position, which is that  you want to incentivize your weight staff to work. And be better at servicing people that are at your restaurant and the way to do that is to allow a capitalistic form of that, which is if you give good service, then you get more money.  But this probably doesn't work generally out that way. I just think that the restaurant should pay the people like everybody else in the entire world and just pay them what they should get paid for doing their job.  Would make more sense to me.  Anyways, nothing drives me crazier than going through a drive thru and then having them  turn around. their point of sale system and then look me dead in the eye like their puppy just died, hoping that I give them 3 off of, or for as a tip for my 3 coffee. Like, no, thank you. But this article says, and I'll just skim it for you. Cause we just talked about it for Probably too long as it is. Americans are realizing the tips for servers aren't just for restaurants and bars anymore. Pew Research surveyed 12, 000 adults almost in August 2023 using the center's nationally represented American Trends. Don't care. Um, they feel about the practice across a variety of different services from takeout to haircuts. That's another one. If you're giving me food, you charge me for the food, not for making it. That's inherently built into the price. A broad majority of Americans say they're being asked to tip service workers more frequently than in the past around seven and 10 us. Adults say tipping is expected in more places today than it was five years ago. Finding that tracks with anecdotal reporting has never been dubbed deflation and I guess. All that you're realizing is that the new point of sale systems have integrated this completely because why wouldn't you just ask for more money?  This appears to be true  across demographics and is partially due to changing technology as the adaptation of the point of sale tablets, apps, and digital kiosks have made it easier for businesses to provide customers with tip prompts and suggestions. Yeah,  exactly what I said. The report noted that even as Americans are increasingly asked for paid tips, relatively few have a great deal of confidence about what and how or when and how to do so. Only about a third say it's extremely or very easy to know whether or To know whether or how much to tip for different types of services. How about zero for all of them? Unless you're waiting on me and bringing me beer consistently. There's also not a consensus on whether tipping is a voluntary choice or an expected obligation. Around two in 10 Americans say it's more of a choice. While 30 percent say it's more of an obligation. Ew. The largest share of 50 percent says it depends on the situation, underscoring the lack of a single set of rules of expectations.  Okay. More Americans oppose than favor businesses suggesting tip amounts to their customers. For example, on the bill or on a checkout screen, another 32 percent neither favor nor oppose the practice.  Interesting. Who cares? Let's move on.  Anyways. Hmm.  It has some percentages as to which, you know, what people think about certain industries asking, which, you know,  who cares? Anyways, uh, the next thing that we're going to talk about here is going to be that what is this one? Um, yeah, so  we talked about this last week, but, um, the individual. Let me see if I can pull his name back up.  Police in England have arrested a suspect in connection with the death of former NHL player Adam Johnson, who tragically died last month when his neck was slashed by the skate of an opposing player. The South Yorkshire Police released a statement Tuesday confirming an arrest in their investigation into the death of 29 year old Johnson. The suspect, who was not identified by law enforcement, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.  Police said the suspect remains in custody. Teammate of ex player... NHL player calls tragic deaths the most traumatizing thing that I've seen in my entire life. Yeah, definitely. The former Pittsburgh Penguin forward was playing in the challenging or a challenge cup between the Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers on October 28th when, during the second period, he suffered a fatal neck wound. Matt Peckgrave  collided with another player causing a skate to go up in the air. Um, so basically they  Uh, the police said on Thursday that an autopsy revealed his official cause of death was the result of a fatal neck injury. Yeah, he bled to death on the ice, guys. That's, you're not finding anything new. And it's exactly what these like, witch hunt that we saw with all these conservative voices, including the people that I mentioned last time.  You know, the DC draino, the, uh, libs of TikTok, the, all of these, you know, gross attempts at trying to act like you actually know what was going on in the ice. But what you find is when you look at that footage a little bit slower, you'll see that the skate basically traveled up the, the stick of another player as this guy was in a weird, like, hip check position and his leg went up the, the skate or the stick and hit the guy's neck, which is like, again.  It's just, it's tragic what happened. But should this guy get, go to jail? No, he shouldn't go to jail. Like, if a cleat hit a guy's throat on accident, and again, I absolutely believe this was an accident. I don't think it was a... You know, in Dominic and Sue's situation where he jabbed his cleat into the guy's throat purposefully to try and hurt him. And then yeah, if that's the case, but there's just nothing that indicates intent here. There's nothing that indicates that this guy should go to jail for anything other than playing the sport that he loved and having inherent risks. Because where does this stop now? Because guys literally fist fight each other on the ice. Right? And granted, that doesn't generally end in death. I don't think there's been a single case of that that I can recall. Um...  Besides maybe one where the guy fell on his head in the ice like a long long time ago  But  to me, there's just there's there's no true reason that this guy should be arrested. I Completely disagree with this. I Absolutely believe that this was an accident But I just wanted to tie that loose end for you guys that that guy was arrested and is currently incarcerated for suspicion of manslaughter. Now, it'll be interesting to see this case go to trial and to actually listen and then see what's being said and what the argument is, because I just do not see an argument for this man going to jail for playing a sport that is inherently dangerous and having something happen. Like what happened, which again is tragic. Um,  just wanted to tie that loose end for you guys.  Now that leads us to the next sporting event, which is that there was a California teen who was suspended following a blackface allegation on the football field for literally wearing eye black.  You know, the thing that you've seen every football player almost ever have on their face  was suspended from school and told that he cannot return to his sport because he was wearing blackface.  This article coming from Toronto Sun says that an 8th grade student of Loyola  California has reportedly been suspended for allegedly wearing blackface to a local football game.  However, a national civil rights group called the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression claims the boy identified as J. A. was wearing black eye paint to reflect any glare as many football players do.  You should. According to the New York Post, the student was photographed on October 13th attending a high school football game between the Lowell High School and Morse High School, with dark face paint covering his cheeks and chin. We had a fun, great night without any trouble. This is literally a, what, a 13  year old  that wore eye black on his face to a football game?  And probably put a little bit too, it's not, it's so silly, I guess, kind of need to see a picture of it to make a real distinction, but it can't be worse than what Justin Trudeau did, you know, literally wearing the turban on his head and wore blackface acting like a, I don't know, a snake charmer or something, the most racist thing that you'll ever see if you want to talk about blackface, right? Go look at Justin Trudeau, not some 13 year old going to a football game wearing paint under his eyes.  Like, this is where we've gotten to where AI is racist and wearing eye black under your 13 year old's eyes is now blackface. Like, let's find real demons to slay here. I think that's where we've gone as a society now is like,  there's always been,  there's always been eyes in the bushes. Right? And our amygdala is constantly surveying our surroundings, looking for something to jump out and attack us. And obviously that's not the case with what we're talking about here. But I think that we've been so conditioned to find... Uh, to find problems with our surroundings that now there's, we're in such a cushy, soft environment where very little violence actually occurs, you know, unless you're on the Senate floor next to Bernie Sanders,  um, but  very little violence occurs, very little real confrontation occurs, and, and In a world where that happens, we seek it because we are biologically wired to engage in confrontation, to have real demons, the, the, the, the monsters that have been around for years and years and thousands of years, as we know it, the raping, the pillaging, the war, the, this, the, that, and obviously war is still going on, and we'll talk about that in our next subject, but in the day to day life, people are so removed from real violence. People are so removed from, from what it meant to be a human a hundred years ago.  Right? And so you have a principal going off of a social media picture, suspending a student for literally wearing  sport eye black under his eyes.  looking for to make a monster out of a child who literally just went to a football game.  This is the first amendment projects J. A. 's non disruptive expression of team spirit via style commonly used by athletes and fans notwithstanding your inaccurate description of it as blackface. Fire calls upon the school to remove the infraction from J. A. 's disciplinary record and lift the ban on his attendance at future athletic events.  Tear said J. A. 's appearance emulated the style of iBlackWarm by many athletes.  Noting that such use of eye black began as a way to reduce glare during games, which is different from blackface, as is dark makeup worn to mimic the appearance of a black person and especially to mock or ridicule black people.  Yeah, there's some horrific actual instances of that. Go look at Howard Stern's, uh, old, um, I don't know what you call it, bit. Where he did, uh, blackface,  pretending to be talking to Whoopi Goldberg, I think it was. And he said the actual N word, like, seven times, thinking he was being funny. And then,  what is it? The Prime Minister of Canada! Wearing blackface. I'm pretty sure like multiple times for Halloween. Um, all right now, speaking of war, let's go into this transition. Elon Musk was on Lex Friedman's podcast and during this conversation together,  uh, Elon Musk, um,  had a really interesting and similar opinion to what I have when it comes to the Israel Hamas situation, which is it. What I will play for here you hear in just a second But I would say something that I've noticed more recently is that Lex Friedman his podcast if you don't listen to this podcast It's it's it's one of my favorites. I definitely think there's  Is probably the best most tactful well done podcast that is out there today Above even Joe Rogan. You go listen to the podcast with Joe Rogan and Elon Musk. It's not half of as insightful and empathetic and interesting as the conversation that was had with Lex Friedman. Um, so just a side note, but let's listen to this conversation and see what he had to say about the Israel and Hamas war.  All right. And here it is. He wants to do that. So like I said, somehow controversial. You've been a proponent of peace. A little bit of technical difficulties here. I'm having a problem with my other screen is freezing every single time I go  to use the screen. So just give me one second here. But while that happens, I'll kind of give you the.  TLDR of what Elon Musk says, which is essentially that if he had to give advice to Israel in his position today, what would he say to the leadership there? How do you get out of this and have it,  uh, is there a winning side? Is there a possibility to even win this war? And  what, what would you say to Israel in order to  to, to  come out of this better than you went into it, right? Because they're quickly, as we'll find in the next, the next situation, they're quickly losing favor by the American people. Um, so when, when that's happening and you're, you're seeing it in real time, them start to have, you know,  coming out with propaganda campaigns just today saying that, Oh, look, we found these weapon caches and in this hospital that we just bombed and raided. It's like, uh, okay.  Because you could have just as easily planted those weapons to justify your war, which would be one of the least  bad things that has ever happened in war as a false flag. But anyways, I digress. Here is this clip, Lex Friedman and  Elon Musk.  Or maybe it's not, because my computer is freezing again. Um, so let's see, one last time here, and then  we'll move on to the next one if we can't get it here.  Uh, so  we will jump out. We will jump  back in and share that screen one last time.  The  path to peace could be, how do you hope the current war in Israel and Gaza comes to an end? Uh, what path do you see that can minimize human suffering in the longterm in that part of the world?  Well, I think that part of the world is definitely, like, if you look up the, there is no easy answer in the dictionary, it'll be that, like, the picture of, uh, the Middle East, um, and Israel especially. So there is no easy answer.  Um,  what my,  this is strictly my opinion of, uh, you know, uh, is that, uh,  the, the goal of Hamas was to provoke an overreaction from Israel.  Um, they obviously did not expect to, uh, you know, have a military victory. Um, but they, they expect, they really wanted to  commit the worst atrocities that they could in order to provoke the,  the most aggressive response possible from Israel. Um, and then leverage that, uh, aggressive response to Um, rally Muslims worldwide, uh, for the cause of, uh, Gaza and Palestine, which they have succeeded in doing.  Um, so the, the, the  counterintuitive thing here, I think that the, the thing that I think should be done, even though it is very difficult, uh, is that, um, I, I would recommend that Israel engage in the most conspicuous acts of kindness possible, every part, everything.  That is the actual thing that would towards the goal of the mosque.  So in some sense, the degree that makes sense in geopolitics, turn the other cheek, implemented. It's not exactly turn the other cheek, um, because I do think that there's, um,  you know, I think it is appropriate for Israel to  find the Hamas members and, you know, um,  either, either kill them or incarcerate them. Um, like that's something that's something has to be done because they're just going to keep, keep, keep coming otherwise. Um, but.  In addition to that, they need to. Do whatever they can. Um, there's some talk of...  So I do like what he said there. Conspicuous acts of kindness. Right? And then he gets into the philosophical reason as to why he believes that, you know, those conspicuous, you know, obvious acts of kindness that everybody sees should be happening as a way to  gain public, uh, uh, gain public,  I don't know if, um... What the right word would be there to gain public popularity, and I don't even know if it's popularity, but acceptance of this war and the acts that they're committing, right? And he's saying that because the way that people are viewing this right now, we're going to find, find out that almost 70 percent of people in the US today believe that Israel is going overboard in its reaction against Palestine in Hamas,  right? Bombing the, the Um, safe zones, like hitting ambulances with rockets and all of these things are, are war crimes. That's exactly what they are. They're war crimes. And as a established nation state that is, uh, uh, uh, a,  a agreed upon nation.  By all the other countries in the world, you don't get to commit acts of terrorism. And I see constantly, constantly people are arguing me saying that Israel is justified in committing acts of terrorism because they're dealing with terrorists. Well, guess what? You know what that makes you? A terrorist, regardless of your reasoning, because if you look to Hamas, they have their reasons too. But the way that they act is not within the confines of what's allowable in order for them to be an agreed upon nation, to be a part of the Geneva Convention, to be, uh, to be somebody that is recognized on a world stage, right? That makes you a terrorist organization, right? And so when everybody says, Oh, well, how are you supposed to deal with this? You deal with it with a scalpel. Not with Roman candles,  right? You didn't see the United States bombing hospitals. You didn't see them bombing ambulances. You didn't see them killing unbelievable amounts of women and children, which to be fair is not completely true. There was lots of women and children killed by the United States command during our war in Afghanistan and Iraq, which are, again, I totally disagree with, you know, and I have other people going, well, you know,  casualties have to be made in war. It's like, to what extent? Or are you just perpetuating sickness and, and, and, and murder and, and hate that is going to be generational now, because even if I knew that my grandparent was killed by Israel or whoever, fill in the blank, because they hated them or to, to, in response or revenge for whatever silly act, it's never about the reasoning. It's just about who did what to who, when, and if you're related to me and. or if you kill somebody who's related to me, I will spend my life coming after you,  right? I absolutely will dedicate my life to hunting you down  as any sane man in protector should.  So you mitigate that by  inconspicuous acts of kindness, which I like the way that he phrased that by, by showing compassion and showing empathy and showing love. For, for this, the civilians that are on the other side of this, that are truly the victims of both sides, whether it's Hamas or Palestine or Israel, the, the Palestinian civilians are, are literally the, the, the worst off of anybody,  right? Cause they're getting it from Hamas. They're getting it from Israel, and they have nothing to do with either side of it. They're just stuck in the middle.  And so,  he goes on to explain the philosophical reasons why, and I won't ruin it, because he will probably explain it maybe the high level better than me, and I might have a little bit to add to it. So establishing, for example, a mobile hospital. I'd recommend doing that, um,  just making sure that, uh, you know, there's food, water, uh, medical necessities,  um,  and, and just be over the top about it and be very transparent. So it's, it's, so that it can't, people can't claim it's a trick. Like just put a webcam on the thing,  you know, all 24 7.  Deploy acts of kindness.  Yeah, conspicuous acts of kindness  that, that with, that are unequivocal, meaning that can't be.  Somehow, because Hamas will then, their response will be, oh, it's a trick, therefore you have to counter how, how it's not a trick.  This ultimately fights the broader force of hatred in the, in the region. Yes, and I'm not sure who said it, it's an apocryphal saying, but an eye for an eye makes everyone blind.  Now that next to the words, they really  believe in the whole eye for an eye thing. Um,  but.  I mean, you really have,  if you're not going to just outright  commit genocide, like it against an entire people, which obviously would not be acceptable to, to, to really shouldn't be acceptable to anyone, um, then you're, you're going to leave basically a lot of people alive who subsequently, you know, hate Israel. So really the question is like,  how,  for every Hamas member that you kill, how many did you create?  And if you. Create more than you killed. You've not succeeded. That's the you know, the real situation there  and it's safe to say that if  you know  If you know if you kill somebody's child in Gaza  If you've made at least a few  Hamas members  who will die  just, just to kill an Israeli.  That's the situation. So,  but, but I mean, this is one of the most contentious subjects one could possibly discuss, but, but I think if, if the, if the goal ultimate is some sort of long term peace, one has to be, look at this from standpoint of over time, are there more or fewer, um, terrorists being created?  Which is the pe

Megérkeztek a látványtervek Mészáros gigabankjának három gigatornyához Telex     2023-11-02 15:45:09     Belföld A bank közleményében azt írta, hogy a székházként funkcionáló két torony már 2026 végére felépülhet. Egyszer már beletört a bicskája, most újra hazahozná külföldről a magyarokat a kormány G7     2023-11-02 13:19:50     Gazdaság Két év után 2021-ben újra meghaladta a kivándorlók száma a visszavándorlókét, ezért is érezhette szükségét a kormány a hazaváró irodák megnyitásának. Döntött az MNB: szabadon dolgozhatnak tovább a nyugdíjasok vámszedői 24.hu     2023-11-02 13:56:55     Gazdaság Nyugdíj MNB A lakásért életjáradék programokat folytató cégekkel szemben nem talált kifogást a felügyeleti szerv. Megfenyegette Európát a Hamász HírTV     2023-11-02 12:05:00     Külföld Izrael Terrortámadás Hamász Az iszlám terroristák figyelmeztettek: most Izraellel számolnak le, holnap azonban Európán a sor. Egy Hamász-vezető fegyverkezésre szólította fel a követőket. Beütött a nyugdíjkatasztrófa 2023-ban: több tízezer idős magyar kerülhet bajba, ha fizetni kell Pénzcentrum     2023-11-02 13:04:00     Belföld Nyugdíj Az egyedül élő 65 feletti magyarok több mint 40 százalékának okozna gondot egy hirtelen jött kiadás kifizetése. Ilyen például, ha valamelyik fontos háztartási gép hibásodik meg, és javításra vagy cserére van szükség, vagy a házban, lakásban keletkezik valami akut tennivaló - például egy csőtörés, beázás. Összességében a magyar lakosság bő harmada h Dúró Dóra: "L. Simon László nemhogy behúzná fülét-farkát, hanem még neki áll feljebb" 444.hu     2023-11-02 15:36:45     Belföld Orbán Viktor Fidesz Dúró Dóra Eddig is tudta, hogy a volt fideszes államtitkár "az aberrációhoz vonzódik". Na de Orbán Viktort már csak nem kellene feldühíteni! Gyöngyösi: Brüsszel ellen uszít a kormány az új nemzeti konzultációval SpiritFM     2023-11-02 10:20:24     Belföld Belgium Brüsszel Nemzeti Konzultáció Gyöngyösi Márton Gyöngyösi Márton szerint ördögi terven dolgozik a kormány: el akarják szigetelni Magyarországot, mondta a képviselő a Spirit FM Partvonal című műsorában. Ciszjordániában állnak bosszút a palesztinokon a szélsőséges izraeliek vg.hu     2023-11-02 12:50:14     Külföld Izrael Palesztina A területen számos, a nemzetközi jog szerint illegális telepet hoztak létre, ezek lakói pedig elűznék az arabokat. Veszélyben az Abu Dhabi Nagydíj? Reagált a Forma-1! F1világ     2023-11-02 14:25:00     Forma1 Nincs veszélyben a Forma-1-es Abu Dhabi Nagydíj megrendezése, habár az elmúlt napokban ezzel ellentétes pletykák kaptak szárnyra a Közel-Keleten zajló, egyre feszültebb helyzet miatt. 17 millió forint ment el Orbán Viktor Facebook-oldalának hirdetéseire egy hónap alatt Media1     2023-11-02 15:04:44     Média Orbán Viktor Fidesz Közösségi média Reklám A közösségi média oldal adatai szerint a reklámok után a kifizető fél maga a miniszterelnök volt és a finanszírozó a Fidesz. Betiltották egy veszélyes kutyafajta tenyésztését Nagy-Britanniában Magyar Mezőgazdaság     2023-11-02 14:03:18     Állatvilág USA Kutya Megtiltotta kedden ismertetett határozatában a brit kormány az amerikai bully kutyafajta XL változatának tenyésztését és forgalmazását, miután az elmúlt években több halálos áldozata volt ilyen kutyák emberek elleni támadásainak. "Senkit nem érdekelt, hogy magyar vagyok" – Garát Zsombor belekóstolt az NHL-es életbe Büntető.com     2023-11-02 10:42:14     Sport New York Jégkorong NHL Meglehetősen ritkán adatik meg magyar jégkorongozónak, hogy a világ legjobb bajnoksága, az NHL küszöbére álljon. A válogatott 26 éves hátvédjének, Garát Zsombornak ez mégis sikerült, amikor a New York Islanders edzőtábor-meghívót küldött neki, ahol aztán a krémek krémjével készülhetett együtt. A bekk azóta az ECHL-ben (East Coast Hockey League-ben) Már le is lépett a Ferencvárostól a nyáron igazolt játékos Eurosport     2023-11-02 12:18:19     Kézilabda FTC Montenegró Rail Cargo Hungaria Jelena Despotovic, az FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria montenegrói jobbátlövője elhagyta a magyar klubot és a WHC Buducnost Bemax csapatához igazolt - jelentette be közösségi oldalán a montenegrói együttes. Mozgalmas napok előtt állunk Kiderül     2023-11-02 13:20:04     Időjárás Csapadék Átmeneti mindössze a nyugodtabb idő, péntek hajnalban jelentős időjárás-változás érkezik több helyen számottevő csapadékkal. Szombat újabb pihenőnap, majd vasárnap ismét esőzésre számíthatunk.

Megérkeztek a látványtervek Mészáros gigabankjának három gigatornyához Telex     2023-11-02 15:45:09     Belföld A bank közleményében azt írta, hogy a székházként funkcionáló két torony már 2026 végére felépülhet. Egyszer már beletört a bicskája, most újra hazahozná külföldről a magyarokat a kormány G7     2023-11-02 13:19:50     Gazdaság Két év után 2021-ben újra meghaladta a kivándorlók száma a visszavándorlókét, ezért is érezhette szükségét a kormány a hazaváró irodák megnyitásának. Döntött az MNB: szabadon dolgozhatnak tovább a nyugdíjasok vámszedői 24.hu     2023-11-02 13:56:55     Gazdaság Nyugdíj MNB A lakásért életjáradék programokat folytató cégekkel szemben nem talált kifogást a felügyeleti szerv. Megfenyegette Európát a Hamász HírTV     2023-11-02 12:05:00     Külföld Izrael Terrortámadás Hamász Az iszlám terroristák figyelmeztettek: most Izraellel számolnak le, holnap azonban Európán a sor. Egy Hamász-vezető fegyverkezésre szólította fel a követőket. Beütött a nyugdíjkatasztrófa 2023-ban: több tízezer idős magyar kerülhet bajba, ha fizetni kell Pénzcentrum     2023-11-02 13:04:00     Belföld Nyugdíj Az egyedül élő 65 feletti magyarok több mint 40 százalékának okozna gondot egy hirtelen jött kiadás kifizetése. Ilyen például, ha valamelyik fontos háztartási gép hibásodik meg, és javításra vagy cserére van szükség, vagy a házban, lakásban keletkezik valami akut tennivaló - például egy csőtörés, beázás. Összességében a magyar lakosság bő harmada h Dúró Dóra: "L. Simon László nemhogy behúzná fülét-farkát, hanem még neki áll feljebb" 444.hu     2023-11-02 15:36:45     Belföld Orbán Viktor Fidesz Dúró Dóra Eddig is tudta, hogy a volt fideszes államtitkár "az aberrációhoz vonzódik". Na de Orbán Viktort már csak nem kellene feldühíteni! Gyöngyösi: Brüsszel ellen uszít a kormány az új nemzeti konzultációval SpiritFM     2023-11-02 10:20:24     Belföld Belgium Brüsszel Nemzeti Konzultáció Gyöngyösi Márton Gyöngyösi Márton szerint ördögi terven dolgozik a kormány: el akarják szigetelni Magyarországot, mondta a képviselő a Spirit FM Partvonal című műsorában. Ciszjordániában állnak bosszút a palesztinokon a szélsőséges izraeliek vg.hu     2023-11-02 12:50:14     Külföld Izrael Palesztina A területen számos, a nemzetközi jog szerint illegális telepet hoztak létre, ezek lakói pedig elűznék az arabokat. Veszélyben az Abu Dhabi Nagydíj? Reagált a Forma-1! F1világ     2023-11-02 14:25:00     Forma1 Nincs veszélyben a Forma-1-es Abu Dhabi Nagydíj megrendezése, habár az elmúlt napokban ezzel ellentétes pletykák kaptak szárnyra a Közel-Keleten zajló, egyre feszültebb helyzet miatt. 17 millió forint ment el Orbán Viktor Facebook-oldalának hirdetéseire egy hónap alatt Media1     2023-11-02 15:04:44     Média Orbán Viktor Fidesz Közösségi média Reklám A közösségi média oldal adatai szerint a reklámok után a kifizető fél maga a miniszterelnök volt és a finanszírozó a Fidesz. Betiltották egy veszélyes kutyafajta tenyésztését Nagy-Britanniában Magyar Mezőgazdaság     2023-11-02 14:03:18     Állatvilág USA Kutya Megtiltotta kedden ismertetett határozatában a brit kormány az amerikai bully kutyafajta XL változatának tenyésztését és forgalmazását, miután az elmúlt években több halálos áldozata volt ilyen kutyák emberek elleni támadásainak. "Senkit nem érdekelt, hogy magyar vagyok" – Garát Zsombor belekóstolt az NHL-es életbe Büntető.com     2023-11-02 10:42:14     Sport New York Jégkorong NHL Meglehetősen ritkán adatik meg magyar jégkorongozónak, hogy a világ legjobb bajnoksága, az NHL küszöbére álljon. A válogatott 26 éves hátvédjének, Garát Zsombornak ez mégis sikerült, amikor a New York Islanders edzőtábor-meghívót küldött neki, ahol aztán a krémek krémjével készülhetett együtt. A bekk azóta az ECHL-ben (East Coast Hockey League-ben) Már le is lépett a Ferencvárostól a nyáron igazolt játékos Eurosport     2023-11-02 12:18:19     Kézilabda FTC Montenegró Rail Cargo Hungaria Jelena Despotovic, az FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria montenegrói jobbátlövője elhagyta a magyar klubot és a WHC Buducnost Bemax csapatához igazolt - jelentette be közösségi oldalán a montenegrói együttes. Mozgalmas napok előtt állunk Kiderül     2023-11-02 13:20:04     Időjárás Csapadék Átmeneti mindössze a nyugodtabb idő, péntek hajnalban jelentős időjárás-változás érkezik több helyen számottevő csapadékkal. Szombat újabb pihenőnap, majd vasárnap ismét esőzésre számíthatunk.

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Today's guest was born and raised in Chatham, New Jersey. He played collegiate hockey at Cornell University before starting his pro career in the East Coast Hockey League where he played nearly 150 games over four seasons. In 2021 he packed his bags for Sweden and now currently finds himself in Japan playing for the Yokohama Grits. Please welcome Alex Rauter.

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, we are honored to be joined by Congressman Neal Dunn and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, both Republicans from Florida. Later in the program, sports journalist Ron Futrell calls in with his take on the A's proposed move to Las Vegas. -Dr. Neal Dunn grew up in an Army family and was stationed at over 20 places before college including in Vietnam during middle school. He was an Eagle Scout and National Merit Scholar before matriculating at Washington and Lee University. After medical school at George Washington, he joined the US Army as a surgeon completing his residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Surgical Fellowship at Duke University. He continued his surgical career in many stations around the world before settling in Bay County, Florida in 1990. It was during his service at WRAMC in Washington that he met and married his wife Leah, of over 30 years.Dr. Dunn was a surgeon in Panama City for 25 years and was the founding president of the Advanced Urology Institute, a 45-physician practice with over 400 employees. He also founded the Bay Regional Cancer Center and pursued a special interest in advanced Prostate Cancer. He sat on the Governor's Prostate Cancer Advisory Council and the Florida Blue Physician Advisory Board. Prior to being elected to Congress, Dr. Dunn served on the Board of Governors of the Florida Medical Association, and as President of his County Medical Society, Chief of Staff of Gulf Coast Hospital, and Director of the Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Joint Venture. He was recognized as a Healthcare Hero by the Florida Department of Health for his chairmanship of Bay Cares, a medical charity headquartered in Panama City that provided about $30 million of completely free medical care annually to the working poor in Bay and 8 surrounding counties.Dr. Dunn was also the founding Chairman of Summit Bank, a rapidly growing 5-star community bank headquartered in Panama City. He was honored to be named to the Board of Directors of Space Florida which operates the space launch complexes and numerous research, assembly, and support facilities on Cape Canaveral. He also served as a Director of Enterprise Florida, the state's economic development agency.Dr. Dunn lives in Panama City, Florida with his wife Leah. In his free time, he enjoys quail hunting and spending time on the water. They are the proud parents of 3 sons (Alexander, Patrick, and David) and 3 grandchildren.-Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart is currently fulfilling his 11th term in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Florida's 26th congressional district. Diaz-Balart is a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, and he is the Chairman of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Subcommittee, in addition to serving on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) and Defense Subcommittees.Diaz-Balart passionately serves his constituents, acting tirelessly in defense of individual rights and liberties, promoting economic prosperity, and supporting a robust national defense. He is well-known for his advocacy of human rights and democracy around the world, as well as for his staunch support of our global allies. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2002, making him the Dean of the Florida Delegation and Deputy Whip in Congress. Prior to his time in Congress, Diaz-Balart served in the Florida State Legislature in both the House and Senate chambers. He chaired several committees, including the Combined Appropriations/Ways and Means/Finance and Tax Committee.Diaz-Balart was born on September 25, 1961, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to Rafael and Hilda Diaz-Balart and is the youngest of four brothers (Rafael, Lincoln, and Jose). He studied Political Science at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Diaz-Balart currently resides in Miami, Florida, with his wife, Tia, and son, Cristian Rafael.-Ron Futrell is a longtime journalist who has worked at a number of local TV/radio stations throughout the western United States. He has covered sports in Las Vegas since 1984. Ron began his broadcasting career in the early '80s in Salt Lake City at KSXX radio and KTVX TV. From there, he covered sports and news at KNDO TV in Yakima, WA. Ron has covered Stanley Cup Finals, Super Bowls, World Series, NBA Finals and NCAA Championships. He has reported on virtually every major sporting event in Las Vegas over the past three decades, including major boxing and MMA events, NASCAR races, the rise and fall of UNLV basketball, the careers of local athletes like Greg Maddux, Andre Agassi, Randall Cunningham and Mike Tyson, along with many others. Ron is also well known for covering local high school and club sports in Las Vegas. Ron is perhaps best known in Las Vegas for his work covering UNLV basketball throughout its glory days. As host of the Jerry Tarkanian TV show for 10 years, Ron was able to get the inside story on one of most remarkable teams in college basketball history.Ron is also a journalism professor at University of Nevada Las Vegas and was the first to teach Sports Broadcasting classes at UNLV.Ron says some of his greatest moments covering sports have been sitting ringside at the Hagler/Hearns fight in 1985 at Caesars Palace, watching the UNLV Runnin' Rebels win the basketball National Championship in 1990 and witnessing the tremendous success of the inaugural season of the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017-18. -Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegrounds-TranscriptionSam Stone: [00:00:24] Welcome to another episode of Breaking Battlegrounds with your host, Sam Stone. My co-host Chuck Warren, is out and traveling today. But some big news in the country and we are very excited to have Congressman Neal Dunn of Florida's second Congressional District. Congressman Dunn grew up in an Army family, was stationed in over 20 different locations, including in Vietnam. During middle school, he was an Eagle Scout National Merit Scholar, then went to Washington and Lee University, went to medical school at George Washington, joined the US Army as a surgeon, completed his residency at Walter Reed Medical Center. Folks, I'm going on and on and on because this is the kind of resume, frankly, we need a lot more of in Congress. People who have real accomplishments. You're too kind. Well, you know what, Congressman? I mean, how many people in Congress right now have an actual medical background?Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:01:20] Well, there are 17 doctors.Sam Stone: [00:01:23] Honestly. Okay. I'm actually shocked. That's more than I thought. And there were only.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:01:27] Nine when I got here, but we're adding so.Sam Stone: [00:01:30] Good. Well, see, I mean, frankly, I think that's pretty valuable given how much of the medical industry comes under the purview of Congress these days.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:01:39] It's very important.Sam Stone: [00:01:41] So before we get into more of that and and I do want to talk a little bit about your background, but obviously the big conversation that's lighting up the country right now is the agreement over the debt ceiling. Yes, Speaker McCarthy put together an agreement and despite the best efforts of the national press to pretend that never happened, uh, negotiations did conclude very recently an agreement was signed. Now, you did vote for it. I did. And as Chuck and I have said here many times, we would also and tell folks why.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:02:17] Well, so this, you know, is certainly one of those tough calls that we face in Congress. It's it's why the job can be difficult. You know, this this first off, we should say this bill really does cut the spending. So President Biden had come forth with a budget and we went after that budget to say we got a this is way too much. It's it's the kind of budget that caused the inflation that we're suffering with. And so we managed to I say we, you know, and actually the credit should go to Speaker McCarthy and the negotiation team led by Garret Graves and they just did a brilliant job getting the getting that number down by 4.8 trillion with a T trillion dollars over the the ten year window. And so that that's a big savings. There's never been a cut on the president's budget, anything like that big in history.Sam Stone: [00:03:13] A trillion here, a trillion there. Pretty soon you're talking real money.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:03:17] Yeah and you know, we used to say a million and a million here. Now it's trillions. You're right. It's it's it is. It is real money. Now let's let's don't kid ourselves. This is just a first step because the debt is still going to glide somewhat higher over the next ten years. There's going to be increased. There's still we're still going to be borrowing money. We're still going to be facing, you know, the situation where we're spending more than we're bringing in. And we have to go after that, too. But we really got some good wins on this bill. One of the things that should appeal to everybody was we we kept the IRS from getting any more new agents this year or next. And then, of course, we'll have to fight that in the 20 in the 25 appropriations process again. But bearing in mind we only control one House, the House and.Sam Stone: [00:04:12] Senate control one House.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:04:13] Yeah, very with a narrow majority. This is really a remarkable bill given the the sort of weak hand that we had to play. And so I was actually, you know, you could always wish for more. My God, yes, you could wish for more. But we did manage to protect the the defense budget entirely. So we plussed it up from the president. And and we get we this is no time to cut on the military. We got too many threats around the world right now. And we also kept the veterans intact. But everybody else took a little bath.Sam Stone: [00:04:47] Well, as they had to. I mean, the run up in spending in the last few years has been extraordinary. It has. This is the first step in starting to rein that back in it. How important was it not to default? Because I think a lot of people out there were expecting you know, there's some folks in the Republican Party saying they expected more. They wanted a more, you know, more drastic.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:05:12] It's really irresponsible to default on on debt. Let let let me see if I can underline that. So the the importance of a strong dollar, the fact that the global economy is dollarized is as important as having a strong military. It's that important. So a strong US dollar is fundamental to the national security and frankly, to the stability of the world system.Sam Stone: [00:05:39] And so and and from what I understand and different economists have slightly different takes. But if the US were to lose our status, which is is clearly there are countries trying to take it away as the as the world reserve currency that would be something like an instant 15% tax increase on every single American.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:05:58] That's right. And you would be far less safe as well.Sam Stone: [00:06:03] Absolutely. And you have an interesting background. We got into it a little bit earlier. You know, obviously amazing background with the military surgical fellowship at Duke University. Um, but you also have a background in banking and in finance.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:06:21] Yeah, I do. So, you know, what happened is I got out of the military. I'd always been getting a paycheck all my life, and I'm in private practice, and all of a sudden I'm running a private practice. And I didn't really know how to run a business at all. So I approached it like a, you know, another school course. Okay, we got to study this thing and figure out how how businesses work and and how to report and how to account for the money. And I had a great deal of help, frankly, in my I moved into a town I live in Panama City, Florida. And my patience, I'm in a surgical specialty that tends to have these older guys as patients. And so they were a lot of businessmen and they mentored me all the way through this. And among my mentors was a banker. And he he graciously spent some years teaching me about banking. And and eventually I got the bug bit and we started a bank of our own. So and it did very well. I was very pleased with it. We kept it for about a dozen years.Sam Stone: [00:07:21] Well, and that's an amazing story too, because, you know, not only do you have the experience in the medical industry, but also the financial industry. So when you go to Congress, you're coming in with a great deal to contribute right off the top based on those experiences, right?Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:07:39] Yes. And I think, by the way, the business and the banking experience was very helpful. When we come up here and we start throwing around numbers like trillions of dollars, you know, that's a scary number to throw at a banker. You know, people start talking about defaulting on that and you go, boy. Put the gun down and back away. This is dangerous stuff you're talking about.Sam Stone: [00:08:01] Oh, absolutely. Now I'm laughing and joking about this a little bit, but this is really deadly serious stuff. It is.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:08:10] It's deadly serious.Sam Stone: [00:08:11] And the the consequences of the default would have been so dramatic that I want to say thank you to you and your colleagues who had the courage to see this process through.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:08:23] Well, thank you. And I'll tell you what, I hope that we get back together in a year and we find out that we've also fought the fought the the people want to spend all this money to have standstill yet again on the appropriations next year, too.Sam Stone: [00:08:36] So that's actually one of the things I was about to get to. And I'm glad you went there first, is this isn't the hill to die on. The the full faith and credit of the United States is not the hill to go out there and die on and say we're going to hold our ground no matter what.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:08:51] Yeah, this is not the place to throw a hissy fit. I mean, we we absolutely have to, you know, meet our debt. This is why the world depends on the United States. If we default on our debt, you know, all of a sudden we become a lot less important to everybody.Sam Stone: [00:09:09] Yeah, absolutely. But there is a place to do that, to have that fight. Right. And that's absolutely in the future here in the next couple of years with the various budget processes.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:09:21] There's a lot of places to have that fight. One of them would be in November at the ballot box. But, you know, if you really feel strongly about the debt, then don't elect a bunch of people and don't nominate a bunch of people who can't get elected to office that are that are going to be irresponsible with with the dollar. You know, this stuff really matters to our children and our grandchildren. I have grandchildren, so I tend to have a longer horizon. But, you know, it's important that we don't we don't hurt them.Sam Stone: [00:09:55] Yeah, you can. You can make mistakes. Now that will take away so much of the opportunities in their future. That's right.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:10:03] And there's another side to this. And I get this, too, when people say that, you know, well, we're we're swimming in debt. We are right now. The every man, woman and child in America has about $4 million in federal debt. $4 million.Sam Stone: [00:10:18] I don't have $4 million to give you, Congressman.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:10:21] Well, I was going to ask you for that later in the show.Sam Stone: [00:10:25] Well, I don't know. Maybe the ratings from this show will go through the roof. And, you know, next year you'll be able to collect. I don't know. But, you know, but in the meantime, one of the you made a great point there. I thought about not nominating people who can't get elected. Um, I always love the Reagan maxim. I want to nominate the most conservative person I can get elected. Right.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:10:51] That was, you know, that was really pretty simple truth that he that he used to say he had a lot of quick little aphorisms like that that really cut right down to the bottom line.Sam Stone: [00:11:01] He he was so good at that and so good at narrowing things down for the public in a way that they could understand and taking complex issues and making them accessible. Uh, I think great.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:11:15] Communicator.Sam Stone: [00:11:16] Yeah, we miss that too often. Um, so we only have about two minutes left in this segment. We're going to be coming back here with more from Congressman Neal Dunn of Florida's second Congressional District shortly. Um, we want to talk a little bit, too, about your Bacares medical charity there in Panama City, because I think I think a lot of times people don't, um, people think of Congress, members of Congress, only in that one role.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:11:46] Yeah, I think you're right. They do think he's a congressman. What did he do in real life? Yeah.Sam Stone: [00:11:51] Yeah. I think too often that's the case. And you've done a ton in real life. So I want to touch a little bit more about that. Also, when we come back here and we're going to have a little bit of discussion on what what we're going to be doing, what you're going to be doing in Congress going forward the next few months. I want to, you know, what should the American people be watching out for? Okay. So when breaking battlegrounds comes back in just a moment, we'll hit on more of that. Folks, thank you for tuning in. Be sure to download our podcast, go to breaking battlegrounds dot vote. You can get all of our past episodes. There we are on Substack, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. Anywhere you get your podcasts, breaking battlegrounds is there. We will be back with more from Congressman Dunn in just a moment. All right. Welcome back to Breaking Battlegrounds with your host, Sam Stone. Chuck Warren out of studio today. On the line with us, Congressman Neal Dunn of Florida's second Congressional District. We've been talking about the debt ceiling. We've been talking about some of his background, which is just amazing. But right now, we want to talk about what is coming up in Congress. What are the next issues that are going to be on your plate there?Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:13:33] Well, so we do tend to give everybody sort of subspecialized. And I sit on the Energy and Commerce Committee, which is also home to the big health care committee. So we do health care policy, but we also do energy and and all the foreign and domestic trade policy. So I don't have to tell you that energy's been a big, big subject lately. We want to reestablish energy independence. We know how to do this. We did it very nicely in the last administration, and we did in that same debt ceiling bill. We included a whole bunch of streamlining for energy projects, in fact, for all large building projects. So we took that environmental permitting process and capped it at two years and actually made the the regulatory agencies liable to be sued if they don't make those environmental statements and rulings within two years. And I offer as an example, the Atlanta airport where they just added a runway after nine years working on it. And the first seven of those nine years were just permitting, didn't move a shovel full of earth, and then they built it in two years. So we need to get that permitting process down a lot. It takes about 20 years to permit a mine for anything you want to mine in this country. And that's that's just an impossible obstacle to overcome in any kind of affordable way. Yeah.Sam Stone: [00:15:02] Well, we our broadcast studio is I think most people know is in Arizona. There has been a project here called the Rosemont Mine. I think the names have changed on it a few dozen times now. I know personally because I've been dealing with it, that process has gone on close to 20 years now. It could be one of the largest copper mines in the world. Copper is desperately needed for all of these electric vehicles, for the phones, for the computers and and the opposition to it. This this baffles me, Congressman, the opposition to it, we're told by the environmental movement and I agree with them in this, that we have one planet, that this.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:15:39] Is one same people who want everything to go electric will prevent you from mining or refining any of the things you need to make electricity and batteries and all this stuff. It's really it's it's almost childishly foolish.Sam Stone: [00:15:53] Well, I think it's worse than that, Congressman, because not only do they do all that here, but then they turn a blind eye to China to all these.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:16:01] Glad you said that, because all the.Sam Stone: [00:16:02] Countries around the world that do this with the worst environmental controls imaginable.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:16:07] Unbelievably bad. You're right. They have no environmental controls, whatever. China is another subject we're going to be spending a lot of time on. I sit on the China Select Committee. And so this is a select committee that looking at China as a as an adversary in terms of competing in everything, including militarily speaking. And we're peeling back the layers of of of how deep China is embedded into our economy and our lives. And let me tell you, it's awful. It's just awful. They have they have really stolen a lot of marches on us. They're making headway in South America. They're making headway across the Pacific, in Asia, in Africa. And and everybody is is very dependent on their production.Sam Stone: [00:16:51] Well, one of the one of our very recent guests was former Afghan Special Forces General Sami Sadat, who detailed how much China has moved into Afghanistan, taking over the mining and the industry there. As soon as we stepped out that there.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:17:08] It turns out that Afghanistan has a lot of rich mining of minerals in it and the Chinese aren't hesitant to go after it. They're also running Bagram Air Base, the one we we abandoned there the one night. No.Sam Stone: [00:17:21] It's it's every time I hear you more about what we did in Afghanistan on our way out the door, the more embarrassing that whole episode becomes. I mean, we really put ourselves in a difficult position internationally with that move.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:17:35] I can't say enough bad about that. I was on active duty when the Saigon fell. And and I have to tell you, I thought that was the most humiliating moment of my life for the military, for our country. And I didn't think it would ever happen again in Afghanistan actually was worse. I couldn't believe I was stunned. And of course, the really bad news here is Russia saw that, Putin saw that. And he said, oh, I know what they'll do if I invade Ukraine. Nothing. And so he was. Began massing troops on the border of Ukraine while we were still evacuating people out of that humiliating mess. And of course, China's looked at it and saw the same thing. He said, Ah, Taiwan is next. Honestly, I think if Putin had managed to roll up Ukraine the way he thought he was going to, JI would have been in Taiwan the next week. So you put it that way. You realize the Ukrainians are not just defending Eastern Europe, they're defending Taiwan, the whole Indo pack.Sam Stone: [00:18:37] Well, and and the rest of their region. Right. All those Baltic states are are at enormous risk. And Russia has said Putin has said they want to recreate the Iron Curtain. They want to rebuild the Soviet empire.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:18:51] They absolutely do. And you know this people think this is just like a one off aggression. This is the ninth invasion. Putin has stated started ninth. So this is just one in a long string. You know, you're going to fight this war in Ukraine or you're going to fight with Americans in Poland.Sam Stone: [00:19:08] Mhm. Yeah. And Poland certainly all, you know, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, all of those is.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:19:16] Probably even before Poland.Sam Stone: [00:19:17] Yeah. And those states are, are fantastic growing economies that are contributing to the world and Yeah. And hugely democratic, hugely capitalist and.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:19:28] They're Article five nations in NATO which means we're we are tied to them.Sam Stone: [00:19:32] Absolutely. We have just about two minutes before we have to go here. But I did want to touch on something else you've done, which is Bacares, a medical charity headquartered in Panama City. Um, tell us what what you've done there, because that's a really amazing story.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:19:48] You know, I was really gratified to do that. So Florida has a system where we call it's the we Care system where if doctors or hospitals, clinics, labs, whatever, will donate free medical care, they get sovereign immunity from the state. So they can't be sued. No liability. And and so we find that medical personnel are very much more willing to to deliver care for free if it's accompanied by sovereign immunity. And so I was able to recruit in my relatively small area. We had nine counties we were serving. But so it was probably a total population of 400,000, not not a giant city. We were able to get $30 million a year in free, utterly free medical care, just people willing to donate, doctors, you know, hospitals and and clinics of all types, diagnostic centers, pharmacies, $30 million a year in that little town.Sam Stone: [00:20:47] That's a huge amount of quality medical care that your residents are getting for free, because.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:20:52] I ran it for a number of years, but I had to give it up when I came to Congress. And it's still in good hands back in Panama City. So if anybody in Panama City or anywhere around Panama City is watching this, you can you can donate your services to Bacares.Sam Stone: [00:21:06] Fantastic. Congressman, before we wrap up here, how do folks follow you and your work and stay in touch with everything you're doing?Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:21:12] Thank you so much for letting me share that. So on Twitter, it's at Dr. Neal Dunn Fl2 and I spell Neal n e a l. Dr. Neal Dunn, Florida two. And on Facebook, it's Congressman Neal Dunn, MD.Sam Stone: [00:21:28] Perfect. Thank you so much, Congressman. We really appreciate having you on the program. We'll look forward to having you back on again in the future.Congressmen Neal Dunn: [00:21:35] Thanks so much. I hope we have as much good news. Next time.Sam Stone: [00:21:38] Cross your fingers, folks. Are you concerned with stock market volatility, especially with Joe Biden in office? If you are, go to investyrefy.com, you can earn up to a 10.25% fixed rate of return that's investyrefy.com or call them at 888Y, refi 24 and tell them Chuck and Sam sent you. Welcome back to Breaking battlegrounds with your host, Chuck Warren. I'm Sam Stone. Chuck Next up on the line with us right now, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart fulfilling his 11th term in the US House of Representatives, serving Florida's 26th Congressional District. He is a member a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, chairman of the State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee, and also serves on some other key committees Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Defense. So, Congressman, you are you are covering the spectrum on policy there in Washington right now. That's actually pretty darn impressive.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:22:46] Look, I'm a blessed person to be able to be in a situation, in a position to be able to fight for things that I think are important for our country. And obviously, whether it's defense, whether it's foreign policy, whether it's infrastructure, those are issues that I spend a lot of my time on. But as well as, you know, I, I was the main sponsor of the of the, you know, border security bill. So there are a lot of things that I've been able to because of first, the folks who sent me to D.C. and then the confidence in my colleagues I've been able to to get involved in a lot of different issues. You're absolutely right.Chuck Warren: [00:23:21] So you are a sponsor of H.R. two. Yes, And it has. So we tell us a little bit about the the details regarding border security on that and then take some time and tell us how does this help people bring in with work visas? One thing I think people misrepresent Republicans about is we still allow about 1.2 million people to come into the country legally every year. I mean, that's not a minor number.Sam Stone: [00:23:47] Right. And I've never met a Republican who wasn't willing to have a conversation about legal immigration.Chuck Warren: [00:23:52] And I've never met a Republican who says cut that number. Right. So first of all, tell us about the border security details of H.R., H.R. two, please, and then let's discuss the other items.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:24:02] Yeah, look, HR.2 first, you know, we before the elections, Kevin McCarthy, again, he wasn't speaker. He put together the Republicans and said, let's come up with a commitment to America. What is our agenda going to be? One of those was securing the border. And, you know, I was fortunate to be one of the people that helped draft that component of it. We won by a very slim margin, but we won the majority in the House, only in the House, unfortunately. And then we wanted to make sure that we deliver on the commitment, on the promise that we made to the American people. So H.R.1 dealt with energy energy independence. H.R.2 is border security. So there were a lot of Republican bills filed out there to deal with the bleeding that we are experiencing on the southern border. And I say bleeding. This administration has literally given the control, has totally just who decides now who comes across the southern border to the United States are the drug cartels and not to mention the fence and all that's coming across the southern border, the terrorists that we know are coming across the southern border. And then, by the way, a lot of victims that are being used by the cartels and are being brought across.Sam Stone: [00:25:07] Can I stop and ask for for some clarification? I'm certainly not asking you to throw your colleagues under the bus, but do a lot of the Democrats who have kind of resisted this border security, do they understand how much the control has been ceded to the cartels? And and what you just said that you do not cross that border without the permission of the cartels at this point?Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:25:28] Well, but I'll answer your question. But to your point, if anybody thinks that an individual can come from a country and, you know, somehow get us to the southern border and walk across, that's not possible. The cartels will kill you. The this is a monopoly controlled by these narco terrorist cartels. Different cartels have different part of the southern border. That's who determines who comes across 100%. And so and do my Democratic colleagues understand that? Some do You know, you have folks like Henry Cuellar who who has been one of the most outspoken people in telling the administration this has to stop. We have a problem here. But it seems that many are just okay with that or and the administration seems to be okay with that. The secretary of Homeland security continues to say that the southern border is secure, which is insanity, because he wants us to believe him and not our very own eyes.Chuck Warren: [00:26:21] So we have about 90s to a break. Congressman, why do you think they feel that way? That it's just okay? I mean, there has to be a reason you've talked to them enough. Is there have you ever heard a good justification or reasoning why they think this is just okay?Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:26:34] No, I haven't I haven't heard any good explanation from the administration or anybody else as to why this is okay. Why handing over to the cartels the southern border is okay. Why 300 Americans dying every single day? Because of of of of of a product that's coming across the southern border is okay. While you know why hundreds of 900 migrants dying just last year is humane, there is no good explanation. That's why I'm so proud of H.R. 2. And the colleagues, the Republican colleagues have put this together.Sam Stone: [00:27:03] Fantastic. Congressman, when we. Come back. We're going to have more from Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida. Congressman, before we we go there, I want to give folks your Twitter handle because I think it's very important they stay up with the work you're doing. Folks, you can follow him at at Mario DB on Twitter there. Great opportunity to stay in touch with his work. Breaking battlegrounds is going to be coming back with more from the congressman in just a moment. We want to get into some of the specific provisions that are in this bill, but also we want to touch on some of the other work you're doing, including the Parents Bill of Rights and the recent trip you made to the Dominican Republic. All that and more when breaking battlegrounds comes back. Welcome back to Breaking battlegrounds with your host, Chuck Moran. I'm Sam Stone. Folks, are you concerned with stock market volatility, especially with Joe Biden in office? What if you can invest in a portfolio with a high fixed rate of return that's not correlated to the stock market? You can make up to 10.25% fixed rate of return. And when you invest with a refi, you're actually helping people get their private student loans paid off sooner, helping them restore their credit. And you make a fantastic return on your money. This is the this is the definition of capitalism, folks. This is people helping people. So give them a call today at eight, eight, eight, 8524 or go online at investing. Com that's invest the letter Y then Syfy.com and let them know Chuck and Sam sent you. Okay. Coming back with more from Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart. When we went to break, we were talking about the immigration bill, H.R. two. Congressman, what are some of the specific provisions in there, both relating to border security and to legal immigration that people should be aware of?Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:29:05] Well, look, first, it secures the border. It finishes the construction of the wall. It provides more personnel and increases the salary of those heroes who are struggling to protect our border. So, again, a lot of common sense border security, things like that. But to your point, one of the things that should also be upsetting and, you know, you wonder why to your question before we we broke. Right. What are the Democrats say about this? Nothing good. But but if the others who are suffering, it's not only our national security interests, it's not only the rule of law, it's also those who are actually who potentially have legitimate asylum claims because they can't get their legitimate claims heard. So among the things that this bill also does is it it frankly modernizes it streamlines the actual real process for those who have legitimate asylum claims so that they can have their claims actually adjudicated. And it also even has a particular area there for folks who come, for example, from this hemisphere, from Venezuela or Cuba or Nicaragua that you would think have the likeliest chance of having legitimate claims. Well, they can't get their claims heard because of the disaster created by the Biden administration. So this deals with that as well. It's not only border security that's the main issue. It's the secure the border, but it also makes the legal system a little bit better. Does it solve every problem? No, it secures the border. It stops this horrific situation that is inhumane, that is a threat to our national security and also provides some avenues for those who have legitimate claims, for example, legitimate asylum claims.Chuck Warren: [00:30:41] Where the congressman, Mario Diaz-Balart, if you're in the Miami area, you can catch this interview on Newsradio 6:10 a.m. So you live in Miami Dade and it's it's a it's a county, Sam, and I've been to many times it's full of immigrants. What do they think your Venezuelan Colombians, your Cubans, what do they think about the border crisis? What are your constituents tell you about this?Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:31:04] You know, they understand that one of the reasons that one of the reasons that immigrants have always come to this country, I don't care if you get you came here, you know, five generations ago or if you're coming now, it's because of the rule of law. The rule of law is what makes everything else possible and that you have to adhere to the rule of law. And so immigrants who are in this country and I represent a heck of a lot of of of, you know, Americans who are, again, first generations or or foreign born Americans. They understand that you have to adhere to the rule of law. That is the reason that everybody wants to come to the United States. That's the reason this is the country of opportunity. It's the rule of law. It's the free market system. But you can't have a free market system or you can't have anything. You can't have security without adhering to the rule of law. And that's why, again, this bill is very strong on that adhering bringing back the rule of law to the southern border and to those communities in the southern border that are struggling because of the policies of the Biden administration.Sam Stone: [00:32:10] Congressman, here in Arizona, I've found in talking to first generation immigrants and a lot of people in that, you know, obviously predominantly Mexican American community here, they have a much better understanding than a lot of folks out there of how the cartels, you know, really abuse the people that are coming across the predations that they inflict upon them. Do you do you get that? And, you know, I my experience in Florida is you get that plus people who have maybe a little bit better understanding of communism than we often do here. Does the Republican Party need to do a better job of emphasizing those voices?Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:32:46] I mean, I think we can always do better. I know that in Florida, by the way, and, you know, look at look at the election and the re-election of Governor Ron DeSantis. Right. Remember, Ron DeSantis got a group of immigrants who got here across the southern border and he sent them to a sanctuary community. That publicly expressed that they are a sanctuary place and that they have they want, you know, folks, even if they're here unlawfully, to to go to Martha's Vineyard. So this governor sent people over there not to be punitive, but to actually say, look, if you've got opportunities for them, you want them there. Here we go. And then what happened that immediately. Martha's Vineyard, by the way, put them on buses and they put them in a military base. So the sanctuary committee there in New York is another sanctuary, right, city. They're sanctuary cities until anybody shows up and then they immediately want them out of there.Sam Stone: [00:33:40] They're fine. Sticking them on border towns in Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, all the way into Florida. They just don't want them in their community no matter what they say. Talk is.Chuck Warren: [00:33:50] Cheap.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:33:51] Yeah, look, it's. It's like socialist. Socialist or socialist for everybody else, not for me. Right. And and, you know, you want everybody to drive bicycles, but want to be able to have my car. Right. That's socialism 101.Sam Stone: [00:34:02] They. They all envision themselves like the Soviet leadership driving down their exclusive lane on the middle of Nevsky Prospekt.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:34:10] Correct. That's exactly right. Socialism. Socialism is really good for everybody else, but not for them. Right. And and, you know, government control is they want to be able to impose their views on everybody else but don't not on them. Right. And and which is why, again, look, this country is based on individual freedom, on the rule of law, on opportunity. And the reason this country has been and continues to be the wealthiest, the most generous, the greatest country in the history of humanity is because of individual freedom and opportunity and the rule of law. And, you know, you mentioned folks who have come here by choice. They get that. They understand that. And one sympathizes with these victims, by the way, that the cartels are using and abusing. But the reality is that you have to adhere to the law and the rule of law. Otherwise, nothing else is.Chuck Warren: [00:35:00] Possible with Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart. He's in Miami Dade County. You can catch him on Twitter at Mario DB. All right. We're going to give you the softball question. You're introducing a new bill here in two weeks. Tell our audience a little bit about it.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:35:14] Yeah, well, I chair the subcommittee. I'm my privilege that my colleagues have put me to chair the subcommittee, that the House subcommittee of Appropriations Subcommittee that funds everything have to do with foreign policy. That includes, by the way, funding for the UN. That includes funding for our allies like Israel, that includes funding for the State Department and so much more. And so a couple of things. Number one is we're going to be spending a heck of a lot less money than the Democrats have been spending because they've been wasting money and we're going to be responsible. So we're going to be spending a hell of a lot less money, number one. Number two is, to me, it's very simple. If you're an ally of the United States and if you're helping our national security interests, I think this bill will recognize that in a positive way. But if you're in cahoots with our enemies, if you are targeting our allies, this bill is also going to recognize that in a way that they're not going to like. Foreign policy has to be dictated on one thing and one thing alone. The national security interests of the United States.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:36:09] After that, you have a lot of things that are important, human rights, etcetera. But it's all based on one thing the national security interest of the United States. So we're going back to some pretty basic things that the Democrats have totally forgotten about. Democrats love to, you know, fund things that have nothing to do with our national security interests. We're cutting all that. They like to fund folks and entities that are frankly not helping us are not on our side. I'm not willing to look the other way. I'm not willing to look the other way. If you have international organizations that are targeting Israel or that are targeting the United States, I'm not willing to look the other way. It's going to be a there's going to be all sorts of criticism when I drop that bill, when I file that bill. But I will tell you, I'm very proud because we're going back to basics. If you're pro-American, then we're going to be trying to help you. And if you're in cahoots with our adversaries, you're going to suffer the consequences in my bill.Sam Stone: [00:37:00] I love that, Congressman Chuck, because frankly, what other country on earth does their government not work to protect their own people? We there's there's this push on the left that seems like our job in our government is to protect everybody but Americans.Chuck Warren: [00:37:13] So you are the dean of the Florida delegation. You've been around the block a couple times now.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:37:18] You're calling me old. Yeah.Chuck Warren: [00:37:19] I'm calling it. I'm old, Sam. We're all his old people are old guys. Rule. Okay. My question is, what keeps you up at night? I mean, what is the one thing that you know, because you see very sensitive documents that we don't have access to. What keeps you up that you fret about? I mean, obviously, you know, a lot of things seem to work themselves out. I always feel America will end up doing the right thing long term. But what keeps you up at night? Like, holy moly, this is bad.Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:37:46] Yeah. You know, I don't know if I've been asked that question, but I think I can answer it relatively simply. Number one is obviously our fiscal situation, our debt, and that we waste so much money on things that we shouldn't be doing. And then and then the other thing that keeps me. Is China, which is the existential threat, and they're both tied together. We waste money on things that frankly do nothing or actually do us harm. And then we don't spend enough resources, enough money on, frankly, confronting the existential threat today, tomorrow, and for the decades in the future. And that's China. We have to have the strongest defense. We're not doing enough there. And we have to have a strong economy, which means we have to stop misspending money.Sam Stone: [00:38:30] That is one thing. Chuck, I was a little dismayed about in this budget that is being discussed in the debt ceiling deal is a reduction again in the number of naval vessels that are under the US flag. I mean, we.Chuck Warren: [00:38:42] Should be at 350. That's that's what our strategy is, 350 ships and we're at what, 280?Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:38:47] Yeah. And China is building them. You know, like by the time we finish this podcast, they probably have built already another ship, right? So China is is a real danger. Look, we we have to confront we have this issue of our debt and that's because we are mis spending so much money and we need to be much better stewards of the people's money. And obviously, the Democrats have been on the spending spree. But it's not only the Democrats in the past. Let's be very clear. We have to do a better job. But on the other hand, we cannot deal with defense as a number. Ronald Reagan used it, to paraphrase him, used to say defense is not a budgetary issue. We have to avoid war at all costs. The way to do that is to have the toughest, the strongest military in the entire planet. China is a real threat. So we can we spend more on defense while still dealing with our debt. Yes, we can, because defense is still something that we have to do. We have to, by the way, reform the programs that are causing the debt. A lot of that. For example, Social Security and Medicare, we have to defend and protect those, but we also have to reform them, reform them to make sure that we have those for future generations so we can do both things, spend more and spend more wisely on defense to confront China while we deal with the other big threat, which is our escalating national debt.Chuck Warren: [00:40:07] Congressman, do you feel there's a danger within the Republican Party of this strident, isolationist wing that they just seem to want to ignore the world and don't realize when we ignore it, the world is in trouble, which means we're in trouble?Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:40:21] Well, look, you know, I don't want to be critical of I try to adhere to the again, once again talking about Ronald Reagan. Right. He talked about the 11th commandment. Right. Which is not to ever say negative things about other Republicans. And so I won't do that. And I wish all Republicans had that same attitude because there's a lot of things that we need to talk about that the Democrats are doing wrong and they're helping to destroy this country. Right. So but but I will tell you that we have to treat defense not as a number. We have to look at defenses. What do we need to confront China? Whatever it costs, then we have to deal with everything else. Because if we do not get defense right, nothing else will matter. And the way to avoid war is to which is really obviously the number one goal. Number one goal is to have the toughest, the strongest, the most agile, the most lethal defense in the planet so that China and others do not dare confront the United States. Are we there now? No, we are not. We can do better, but we also have to deal with the debt. Those are not mutually exclusive if we're smart about how we spend our money.Sam Stone: [00:41:25] Yeah, absolutely. Great point. Before we go, Congressman, we have just about one minute left here on the program, and we thank you very much for joining us. We look forward to having you on again. Folks, if you want to follow him on Twitter, it's at Mario. Db Fantastic opportunity to stay up with one of the folks who's helping lead our foreign policy engagement in a really smart and intelligent way. So, Congressman, thank you so much for joining us here. I'm going to throw kind of a softball at you. How much do we need to focus on stripping back the the barriers that are preventing us from building things the way we did 50 years ago in this country?Mario Diaz-Balart: [00:42:06] Oh, it's nuts. It's nuts. And most of that is government regulation. You know, we went from being energy independent, which was a dream. We actually became energy independent just two years ago to now, in essence, depending mostly on Chinese goods, Chinese solar panels. It's insanity. These are government created problems if you just unleash the American people. It's amazing what they have done and what they will continue to do. A lot of times the problem well, the problem is the federal government.Sam Stone: [00:42:36] That's the last word right there. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, thank you so much for joining us. Folks. Be sure to tune in again next week and download our podcast segment. We have a very full podcast segment for you this week, breaking battlegrounds back on the air one week from today. All right, Welcome to the podcast. Only segment of breaking battlegrounds. Packed show today. But one thing Chuck and I always love is sports. And there's a lot going on in one particular town in this country. Las Vegas, been in the news for a lot of sporting reasons.Chuck Warren: [00:43:13] Viva! Viva Las Vegas!Sam Stone: [00:43:14] Viva! Viva! Viva! Everything. Las Vegas. Viva is.Chuck Warren: [00:43:18] Right. Viva as Ron Years ago.Sam Stone: [00:43:20] But we didn't actually introduce him, so we got to introduce Ron Futrell, a longtime journalist. He's worked in a number of local TV and radio stations throughout the western United States, and he's covered sports in Las Vegas since 1984. Began his broadcasting career in the 80s in Salt Lake City. And from there, he's covered sports and news pretty much all across the western United States. Ron, welcome to the program.Ron Futrell: [00:43:44] It's a long time. I've been here almost 40 years.Chuck Warren: [00:43:46] Yeah, It doesn't show, though. It doesn't show. That's amazing.Sam Stone: [00:43:50] We don't actually admit to those things on this podcast. Ron, it was yesterday. You arrived yesterday?Ron Futrell: [00:43:56] Yeah, yesterday. I will say this and this sort of remarkable. The first the first event I covered in Las Vegas was April 5th, 1984, at the Thomas and Mack Center. The Utah Jazz were playing a split schedule then because not a whole lot of fans were going to the Salt Palace. And Sam Battistone, the owner, wanted to see if Vegas could be a market for them. And he was thinking about moving the team here. And it just so happened that the night that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set the all time NBA scoring record should have been in Salt Lake at the Salt Palace, But it was in Las Vegas at the new Thomas and Mack Center. And I was three days on the job and I'm covering that. And, of course, it's been significant lately because Lobos broke that record. That's a record that stood for almost 40 years. And and so that and I think what it did also is.Sam Stone: [00:44:49] Wait a minute.Ron Futrell: [00:44:51] If we don't start showing up to games. They were getting 8000 a game there in Salt Lake at the time and fans reacted showed up and and the rest is history. Now the Utah Jazz have a permanent home there in Salt Lake and.Chuck Warren: [00:45:04] And beloved up there a matter of fact I think the Utah Jazz is a good Segway. So the Utah Jazz are a unifying force in Utah. No one would disagree. Democrat, Republican, non LDS, LDS. You and I talked a decade ago when we were working on a project together and we were talking about what a difference a professional sports team would mean to Las Vegas and Nevada. It would be a unifying force. Have you has that come to fruition now that you have this great hockey team? You have the Raiders and you have the A's possibly coming, which we'll talk about here in a minute. How do you see that in the community?Ron Futrell: [00:45:35] Yes, it certainly has with the Knights. I mean, you had it years ago. I covered Unlv basketball in the glory days, and it's been now 33 years since they won the national championship against Duke. A lot of people remember that Unlv, Duke Matchups and the 1990 national championship team that won it all. And I was at both of those Final Fours and covered them extensively. But but that that did unite Las Vegas, certainly that everybody in town were rebel fans and out of town. Either you hated or you loved the rebels, but they always elicited a response, which I think the NCAA loved. And it's the Golden Knights did that, especially the first year. Now we're talking six years ago when they went to the when they went to the the Stanley Cup final lost to Washington at that time. But it was the same feeling here in town. I've always been jealous going to San Diego to Petco Park and seeing the Padres and the Gaslamp district, and I see a bunch of locals there hanging out and it seems like everybody knows everybody else and it's family and friends getting together and and hanging out and having a good time. And I've been jealous that Vegas didn't have that. Well, we do now with the Knights. We do with the aviators, which is a ballpark minor league team for the A's up in Summerland. And you can go there and you can hang out, have a it's a beautiful ballpark. I would suggest you go check it out at some point, but you now have that. As for the Raiders, I don't know. I mean, I'll say I'll say you can get the same thing. But there's the NFL is much more tribal in in that you're a Raiders fan or you're not or you hate the Raiders or you don't you know so so it doesn't do that in the same in the same sense because of the nature of the Raiders and the nature nature of the NFL.Sam Stone: [00:47:25] Do you think, Ron, I kind of got to two questions, maybe related sort of. One is I think the Knights really, really benefited from that early run of success that establishes them in the community, you know, rather than, for instance, an expansion team having a very long build up period. They're losing a ton of games for a decade, but two with the Raiders. I really thought and I think this of the A's too, they should not keep their name. They should have adopted a Vegas specific name for that team and rebranded it.Ron Futrell: [00:47:58] The okay know that. Well, they have tried to rebrand it in one sense. The NFL didn't want the Raiders to have that. You know, the areas with all with all the crazy black hole the black hole area. Right. They just they sort of disbanded that in the sense now the club still exists, but they put all those people in, spread them out all over the stadium so they didn't have a specific black hole area. And I think the NFL I know the NFL did not like the Raiders bad boy image and branding and that they wanted to try to do away with that coming to Vegas. And I think it was best to do that, quite frankly. You know, they still kept part of it. You can't totally get rid of the ice cube feel of Southern California at that time when the Raiders adopted that that that feel. But it's yeah the image I don't know about changing the name I mean the Raiders brand is still it I mean it's still the brand I don't I don't think the athletics changed their name if they come here. No because they've they've moved four times. This would be their fourth move and they've kept that for over 100, 120 years. They've had that.Sam Stone: [00:49:09] I agree. But I also don't feel like they've ever been fully embraced in their community the way some of the other teams, like the Giants, are clearly a much more embraced team in that community than than the A's were in theirs.Ron Futrell: [00:49:22] I think if they start winning, they will. I think that does make a difference. And that's what happened with the Knights. Now, the Knights success in that first season was phenomenal, was unprecedented For an expansion team to go to the final in that first year was nuts and it also what it did now it yeah it it bound the community to the team, but it also spoiled a lot of people in the community and that, oh no, they thought that this just is the way it happened. And I'm sitting there, I grew up in LA, so I'm a Kings fan from way back in 1967, and it was until 2012 when the Kings won their first cup and then won again in 2014. Then they missed the playoffs for five years in a row and ask a Blackhawks fan or a Detroit Red Wings fan about how easy it is to to make the playoffs and succeed. It ain't easy in the NHL and I think the fans here absolutely are spoiled. I guess it's a good thing. The alternative is have a miserable team, but they got to put that in perspective and go, You know what? It doesn't it doesn't just happen automatically.Chuck Warren: [00:50:29] No, it doesn't happen automatically. But so I have a friend who knows the ownership of of the Knights, Golden Knights. And they were telling him before they played their first game that they said, look, we got 2 or 3 years to become part of the consciousness of Vegas or we're going to get killed when another team like the Raiders comes in. I mean, they just knew they had to start out sprinting. So Las Vegas and Nevada have been lucky with their success, but but that has to be a good ownership group, right? What have they done different? I mean, they just they seem to really be in the psyche of Las Vegas residents. Every time you go down there, I hear someone talk about the Golden Knights.Ron Futrell: [00:51:04] No, they are on the pulse of the community. And that's nice. And it started out with and you can't separate what happened. They call it the 1st October shooting, the shooting at Mandalay Bay right into the into the country concert That happened on 1st October 2017. There was a I was at an exhibition game that night on the Strip when that took place. The game had ended by then, but we were all down there and covering it. The team was down there and there were a lot of a lot of players are talking about going to the concert. It was a pretty big deal, the Route 91 festival, and decided fortunately against it, but 58 now I believe there's another one at 59 people were killed in that shooting when a mad man from the Mandalay Bay shot down on that. Concert goers still, still. We haven't gotten an explanation for that. And that's still it's still weird to me. And now it's six years later. But that event, the way the Knights handled that, the grief, they began their season. Okay. Like I said, an exhibition game was happening that night. Their regular season was was seven days later after that. And they held the memorial and they did. Derek England gave a rousing who was a local who had played here for the Wranglers in the East Coast Hockey League. So he knew Las Vegas. So he gave this speech before the game. And, you know, it just it it helped. If that tragedy helped bring the community together. In that sense, the Knights helped the community deal with that tragedy. And I think that that's something that will not be forgotten and shouldn't be. Right.Sam Stone: [00:52:46] Yeah. So, Ron, in terms of the A's coming in here now, what is that going to happen? I think it appears to be a foregone conclusion to most people. Is it seen that way in the Las Vegas area?Ron Futrell: [00:53:01] It does seem that way. It's getting pretty political. Monday, Monday night, I had a crazy Monday night, so I'm watching sitting there at home with my laptop and I'm watching five hours of the Nevada legislature debate. Senate Bill 599, which is the bill that would create a special use district on the strip, not increased taxes overall to the community, but just this one special area that if you go into it, you're going to pay a higher tax rate to be a.Sam Stone: [00:53:28] Lot of a lot of downtowns have that type of business district overlay that that has higher taxes on that area. Yeah.Ron Futrell: [00:53:35] And it's not it's not unusual. Not uncommon. So anyway, I'm watching the Knights against Dallas at 5:00 and this session started at 4:00 and went for five hours. So I'm trying to do double duty there. At the same time, sitting in the living room. It was amazing that here's a political part of it. First of all, what a lot of people don't know, John Fisher is a pretty conservative dude and lives in the Bay Area. So there you go for he's a unicorn up there, very rich. He's the owner of the A's worth $2.2 billion, give or take, depending on where the market is on any given day. And he his father started the Gap clothing store. So that's where he made his money.Sam Stone: [00:54:16] Okay. Okay.Ron Futrell: [00:54:17] So he buys the Oakland A's in 2016. And, you know, when people where I'm going with this is when people gave their they had public comment. And the public comment against Fisher was largely, well, first of all, Battle born Progress, a big leftist group in Nevada, was the first to go up there and say and oppose it and say, we don't want a billionaire. And they everybody used the word billionaire as a pejorative. And that's, to me, a little frightening. Well, yeah.Chuck Warren: [00:54:49] I mean, who else owns these teams, right? They continue. Yes.Ron Futrell: [00:54:52] A billionaire. We don't want to give a billionaire our tax dollars. Well, then. And my answer is always then, then don't go to the games. Don't go to that area where the Tropicana Hotel currently is, where the stadium is planned on being built. I look at it from the other point of view is that here's a guy that's worth 2.2 bees and wants to put 1.1 into a property on the Las Vegas strip, and it's not going to raise taxes in the general public. Joe Lombardo, who is the current governor of Nevada, Republican, has said he wouldn't do it if it raised taxes on the public well, which this is not.Sam Stone: [00:55:28] And one of the things I think I really love the idea of having this stadium right there on the Strip, because I think one of the things that Vegas struggles with the most is finding things for people to do who don't want to be spending all their time in the casinos. Right? Like it's, you know, other than you can go play golf during the day, there's some things, but you need more entertainment that's not inside a casino.Ron Futrell: [00:55:52] Oh, no. And that's it's another thing that would help unite, unite the community. One thing John Fisher said that was interesting, he's up in Carson City. He and Dave Kaval, the team president, are up there right now lobbying, lobbying some of the legislators to try to get this thing passed. There's no word on when they're going to vote on it, but the session does end June 5th. So they got until Monday at midnight to be able to make something happen or they'd have to do a special session. Back to your point there, Sam, is that he said he said that he's considering Fisher did some 4 p.m. starts in Las Vegas for games for that very reason. And also the casinos would love that because they don't like losing people at night. Right? They don't mind people going golfing during the day. Right. But they don't like pulling people out of casinos at night because that's their heavy gambling time. And you've got the MGM is the big winner in this one. Certainly if it happens because you've got seven MGM casinos within walking distance, parking distance of the stadium, that's going to take advantage of that. Allegiant Stadium is the same thing. It's right there in that same area off the strip, but close to it where you've got these those MGM properties can all take advantage of being there.Chuck Warren: [00:57:09] That's fantastic. With Ron Futrell, he is a sports journalist out of Vegas, been there for decades. Ron, by the way, does Billy Beane still own part of the A's?Ron Futrell: [00:57:22] Yes.Chuck Warren: [00:57:22] Oh, yeah. So he still does. He still.Ron Futrell: [00:57:24] Is. I interviewed him probably a season ago. Probably last season. He was here in Vegas because the triple-A affiliate. Right. For the A's is in Las Vegas. They play in Summerlin.Chuck Warren: [00:57:35] So as we wrap up here, this this portion of our show, I want to ask you this question. You've interviewed a lot of athletes from Andre Agassi and Mike Tyson to Greg Maddux, who has been your favorite a

For the final time this season we are Live on Facebook Live with a special edition of All Andy Alfred on the All Andy Alfred Network. Andy recaps Game 5 and goes over the final thoughts on the Kelly Cup playoffs. We also go over the Walleye season as a whole and give you some breaking news as well. We hear for the final time this playoff series Wes Carr and he gives his final thoughts on the playoff run and what he saw tonight at the Huntington Centre. We go over the rest of the East Coast Hockey League playoffs and the National Hockey League playoffs as well. Give the latest action on the diamond and the hard court. As go over some of the action on the fairways, it's all this and a special reflection on the 14th season of this program on this final episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred. We begin season 15 in a few weeks right here on the All Andy Alfred network.

Welcome to another special edition of the program as we are Live on Facebook Live. Andy recaps and gives his thoughts on what we witnessed tonight as the Toledo Walleye fall to the Idaho Steelheads in game 4 of the Western Conference Finals 4-3. We go over the stats and hear from Wes Carr on what he saw in the arena tonight at the Huntington Centre. We also recap the other East Coast Hockey League playoff series and look around the ice hockey world. We recap the action on the diamond for the night and talk a little golf. All this and more on this special edition of All Andy Alfred the Postgame Show right here on the All Andy Alfred network. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred.

Host Andy Alfred welcomes you to a special edition of All Andy Alfred as we are in the postgame show of the Toledo Walleye playoff series and Andy has the recap for you. As Game 3 commence from the Huntington Centre this evening and the Walleye comeback from a large deficit to win the game and cut the series 2 games to 1. We recap the game, give you thoughts on what he saw and we also hear from our guest Wes Carr on what he saw in the rink and share his thoughts on tonight's game and preview Fridays matchup. We look at other playoff series in the East Coast Hockey League and look into the National Hockey League playoff series. We also look around other sports including baseball and basketball playoffs. We also do some housekeeping and talk a little golf as we are 50 day away from the Dana Open here in Northwest Ohio. All this and more on the Facebook Live edition of All Andy Alfred on the All Andy Alfred network. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred.

We are Live tonight to recap games 1 and 2 of the western conference finals in the East Coast Hockey League right here on the All Andy Alfred network. Andy goes on a rant tonight on what he saw in the game and recaps the two games we witnessed in Idaho. We recap the rest of the ECHL playoff games as well as a look around the NHL playoffs. We look and recap the PGA championship and a brief look at the NBA playoffs. We also hear from Wes Carr about what he saw in the playoff games and what was happening at the Watch party at 5/3 Field. All this and more on this live edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for more information on the latest news and updates on the show.

Welcome to a special postgame edition of All Andy Alfred tonight on the All Andy Alfred network. The Toledo Walleye sweep the Cincinnati Cyclones tonight at the Bank Tank and we recap the game for you right here tonight. We also look at the full recap of this series and look around the East Coast Hockey League playoffs. We look around the sports world including the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association playoffs games. We look around the diamond and get the latest in MudVille. We also hear from Wes Carr about what he saw tonight in Game 4 at the Huntington Centre, and we look ahead of for the fish. All this and more on this Facebook Live edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow me on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred for updates and when we are back on the air.

We are Live tonight on Facebook Live with a special postgame edition of All Andy Alfred right here on the All Andy Alfred network. Andy recaps Game 3 from the Bank Tank as the Toledo Walleye played the Cincinnati Cyclones, and go over some game notes he took throughout the game. We also hear from our Walleye analyst Wes Carr on what he saw tonight from the seats he was at. We look around the rest of East Coast Hockey League playoff games and look into the National Hockey League playoffs as well. Andy is pissed off about the Draft Lottery that took place this past Monday and Andy share his thoughts on why Chicago does not deserves the First pick. We look into other sports and more on this postgame edition of All Andy Alfred. After every post season Walleye playoff game All Andy Alfred is the place to be with Postgame Analysis,recaps and previews to get you ready for the next game or even series, it's All here on the All Andy Alfred Network. Follow the Show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred.

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It the conclusion to a great NFL season as Super Bowl 57 has arrived in Glendale Arizona; and Andy has you covered on All Andy Alfred. We recap the conference championship games and preview the matchup for this Sunday Super Bowl contest. We hear Andys thoughts on Tom Brady's retirement and thoughts on the officals in the NFL. We hear the latest Jackets Report and hear the news and notes around the National Hockey League. We go over the NHL all star game and more. We hit the Pond for the latest installment of the Walleye Roundup and hear the news in the East Coast Hockey League. We also go over the news in College Basketball, the PGA tour, WWE Royal Rumble and a Rant that is down to earth on this episode of All Andy Alfred right here on the Anchor Network. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred; Sports Lines are provided by the Barstool SportsBook and remember to Gamble responsibly. Link to the Barstool SportsBook: https://barstoolsportsbook.com/friend?userId=BLYytJ9ZGNKiUni64VWtee&userName=Andrew

We are dancing our way thru another episode of All Andy Alfred right here on Spotify. Andy gives us some housekeeping to start the show and then we begin the dance. We dive into the March Madness Tournament and recap to today's sweet 16 games. We recap the Toledo Women's run in the tournament and preview tonight super sweet 16 game for Bowling Green. We hear the latest Jackets Report and news around the National Hockey League. We dive on in to the pond for the latest in the Walleye Roundup and go into the news and standings in the East Coast Hockey League. We look into other sports as well as the PGA and LPGA Tour continues and look into the world of professional wrestling with a preview of WrestleMania and a recap on AEW from last night. All this plus and Andy Rants about respect all on this episode of All Andy Alfred on the Spotify Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred. All sports line are provided by the Barstool Sportsbook. Gambling problem call 1-800-Gambler for help, and Bet responsible

Andy welcomes you to another edition of All Andy Alfred right here on the Anchor Network. Andy recaps the National Football League's Divisional Championship Games this past weekend and looks ahead to this weekend big contest for the AFC and NFC Championship games. We hear the latest Jackets report as well as other news and notes around the National Hockey League. Six Points for the Walleye in Iowa this past weekend we recap the games; look around the East Coast Hockey League and preview the Walleye Schedule ahead. We get you set for Part 3 of the Battle of I-75 in Men's Basketball and other College Basketball games in both Men's and Women's Basketball. Recap the latest in the PGA and big win in the LPGA with Brooke. We preview the Royal Rumble and so much more on this weeks episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred To join the Barstool Sportsbook here is the link: https://barstoolsportsbook.com/friend?userId=BLYytJ9ZGNKiUni64VWtee&userName=Andrew

All Andy Alfred is on the air tonight right here on the Anchor Network. Andy recaps some of the bowl games happening including and full recap of Bowling Green's Bowl game against New Mexico State. We hear from the players and from Coach Loeffler. We preview the college football playoff games and hear the predictions for the remainder of the games. The Browns are eliminated from the playoffs and we recap their lost and looks at the Lions loss to the Panthers. We recap Week 16 in the NFL and hear Andy predictions for Week 17 in The National Football League. We hear the latest Jackets report and news and notes around the National Hockey League. The Fish are playing…okay and we hear the latest Walleye Roundup and notes around the East Coast Hockey League. We also hear a privacy version of Andy Rants and more on the last edition of 2022 edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred. We apologize for the coughing throughout the show, Andy is still Recovering from the Cold he has been suffering from.

After a health scare, the holidays and the lack of energy Andy is back on the air on the Anchor Network. Andy recaps the college football regular season finales and championships games and looks at the college football playoffs teams. We also go over the bowl games and hear Andys predictions for all the bowl games and hear from coach Loeffler ahead of Bowling Greens first bowl game since 2015. We recap the success of the Lions and the failures of the Cleveland Browns. We recap Week 14 in the National Football League and preview Week 15 in the NFL. We hear the latest Jackets report including the embarrassing loss the Jackets took against Buffalo. Look around the National Hockey League and updated standings. The Latest Walleye report and Andy calls out the Walleye on there +/- and look around the East Coast Hockey League. We look around College Basketball, we also look at the Finals of the World Cup and other sports, and a Andy Rants about the Holidays. All of these things and more on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow Him on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred. *We apologize for the coughing thru the show as Andy is recovering from his illness.*

BOWLING GREEN WINS THE BATTLE OF I75 and we have the recap right here on All Andy Alfred. You'll hear the full in-depth recap of The Game between the Toledo Rockets and the Bowling Green State University Falcons. You'll hear from both coaches and hear the game winning call. We recap recap the rest of week 11 in College Football including Andys trip to the Horseshoe to see THE Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan route over corn and Notre beating the Mid Shipmen. The Lions are on a two game winning streak and we recap the game and the Browns struggle. We look at Week 10 in the National Football League and plow thru into Week 11 and hear Andys picks as well. The Latest Jackets report fills us with wins and injuries, and chalked full of NHL news and notes. The Walleye Roundup gives us the latest in the pond with the Toledo Walleye and news from around the East Coast Hockey League. We hear the latest from the LPGA, some wrestling talk and a touching Andy Rants; all on this full installment of All Andy Alfred right here on the Anchor Network. Follow Us on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred

Matt Carkner joins The Drive to talk about taking over as GM and head coach of the Orlando Solar Bears, and how life in the East Coast Hockey League has changed

Happy GilmoreWelcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences. **READ APPLE REVIEWS/Fan Mail**Mention Twitter DM group - like pinned tweet @The_GuysReviewRead emails theguysreviewpod@gmail.comTwitter PollHappy GilmoreWritten, Tim Herlihy, Adam SandlerDirected: Dennis Dugan Starring:  Adam SandlerChristopher McDonaldJulie BowenFrances BayCarl Weathers Released: Feb, 18 1996 Budget: $12,000,000M (estimated) ($21,699,120.46M in 2021) Box Office: Opening weekend US & Canada $8,514,125M ($15,395,752.00 in 2022)Worldwide: 41,205,099M ($74,509,533.89M in 2022) Ratings:   IMDb 7.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes 61% Metacritic 31% Google Users 91%  As requirement for mi Lord Tucker the Wanker second Earl of Wessex here are thine awards Sire Kids' Choice Awards, USA 1997NomineeBlimp AwardFavorite Movie MTV Movie + TV Awards 1996WinnerMTV Movie AwardBest FightAdam SandlerBob Barker NomineeMTV Movie AwardBest Comedic PerformanceAdam Sandler Razzie Awards 1997NomineeRazzie AwardWorst ActorAdam SandlerFor Bulletproof The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards 1996NomineeStinker AwardWorst ActorAdam Sandler First time you saw the movie? Plot:  Top Five Trivia of the movie: Top 5 Trivia When Bob Barker was later asked to come on board with the project, he agreed to do so with two stipulations — that writers would re-work the scene to allow Barker to beat Gilmore in a fight … and that the “Price is Right” star could shoot his own fight scenes rather than have a body double. Barker had been training with his neighbor, Chuck Norris, and wanted to show off his skills.Although Christopher McDonald has become synonymous with Shooter McGavin, he was not the first choice for the role. Producers were hoping that Kevin Costner would play the part but he was interested in making “Tin Cup.” McDonald almost turned down the role of McGavin as well because he was trying to break of the stereotype of playing villains. After meeting Adam Sandler and realizing how funny the film would be, he agreed to the role. McDonald has since said it was one of the very best moves of his career.Happy was loosely based on a childhood friend of Sandler's named Kyle McDonough. They grew up in Manchester, New Hampshire, and would sometimes play golf—but Sandler could never outdrive his buddy, which he attributed to McDonough's extensive background playing hockey. McDonough went on to play in the East Coast Hockey League, the British Hockey League, and a league in Norway. He remains friends with Sandler to this day.He's hard to recognize under all of that hair, but Otto the homeless caddy was none other than Allen Covert, Sandler's longtime friend and Happy Madison Productions collaborator who played the title role in the cult comedy Grandma's Boy ten years later. Covert's IMDb page is full of Sandler projects, starting with 1989's Going Overboard, followed by Airheads, Happy Gilmore, Bulletproof, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Never Been Kissed, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds, and on, and on...The Happy Gilmore score was composed by the frontman for new wave art rockers Devo, who had huge hits in the early days of MTV with "Whip It" and their cover of The Rolling Stones "Satisfaction." Like Oingo Boingo's Danny Elfman, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh has found tremendous success as a composer, working on kid TV shows like Rugrats, the famous "Get a Mac" commercials, several Wes Anderson films, and more recently, 21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie, and one of our favorite scores, Thor: Ragnarok. Almost 20 years after Happy Gilmore, Mothersbaugh composed the music for Adam Sandler's Hotel Transylvania, at the urging of his then young kids. **TRIPLE LINDY AWARD** **REVIEW AND RATING** TOP 5Stephen:1 Breakfast club2 T23 Sandlot4 Back to the Future5 Mail order brides Chris:1. sandlots2. T23. trick r treat4. rocky horror picture show5. hubie halloween Trey:1) Boondocks Saints2) Mail Order Brides3) Tombstone4) John Wick5) She out of my league  Tucker:1. T22: Tombstone3: Gross Pointe Blank4: My Cousin Vinny5: John Wick WHAT ARE WE DOING NEXT WEEK? Web: https://theguysreview.simplecast.com/EM: theguysreviewpod@gmail.comIG: @TheGuysReviewPodTW: @The_GuysReviewFB: https://facebook.com/TheGuysReviewPod/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKXJhq9LbQ2VfR4K33kT9Q Please, Subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts from!! Thank you,-The Guys

In episode #171 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we're joined by Brad Ralph, Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations for the Florida Everblades of the East Coast Hockey League. Ralph is currently in his sixth season with the Everblades, quietly helping them develop into one of the top programs in the ECHL. During his tenure, Florida has captured four South Division titles and advanced to two conference championships. In the 2017-2018 season, he helped the club set a record for most wins (53) and points (112) in a season. The Blades also advanced to the Kelly Cup final and he was awarded the Jack Brophy Award as ECHL Coach of the Year. His 45 career wins in the Kelly Cup playoffs currently ranks him fifth all time in the ECHL. Ralph got his coaching career start at just 30-years-old in Augusta, Georgia, with the Augusta RiverHawks of the Southern Professional Leagues. After being handed the keys to an expansion franchise with no coaching experience on his resume, he led the team to the league final and was recognized as Coach of the Year. After three season with the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads, he made a brief stop in the Western Hockey League as Head Coach of the Kelowna Rockets, during which he led the team to a 48-20-4 record and an appearance in the Western Conference Championship. Find out his strategies for managing the grind of an ECHL season, why preparation is key to developing relationships with his players, and why he believes every player has the potential to achieve their dream of playing the NHL.

Andy is back after a week off and we have a lot to go over right here on All Andy Alfred on the Anchor Network. Andy recaps why we weren't on the air and we recap probably one of the greatest Super Bowls we have seen in a while. We recap the latest news and note around the National Football League. We go over what happened in Madison Wisconsin between Michigan and the Badgers. We look at the rankings and standings in the Big Ten Mid-American as well as Top 25. The Latest Jackets report and go over the latest in the NHL. We hear the latest Walleye Roundup and news and standings around the East Coast Hockey League. We recap the Olympics and final metal standings and thoughts on the games as well as the latest in MLB lockout. And a Andy Rants all on this episode on All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred .

Here we'll dipped our toes into the first 3 years of my professional hockey career, where I was exposed to extreme travel conditions that I never experienced before, and had an Olympic run that turned out to be the most challenging winter season I ever had. I scored my first professional goal, got my first tooth knocked out, got married, and now find myself going into training camp with the Hershey Bears back in the fall of 1993, after being a healthy scratch for over 3 months at the end of the previous season, thinking I'm heading down to the league below the AHL, the East Coast Hockey League, and that's where we begin today.

*This will be a long episode so be prepared* Andy is back on the air tonight on the Anchor Network. Andy recaps the announcement of the newest member of the Baseball Hall of fame and goes over who is off the ballot now. We recap the divisional championship games in the National Football League and we hear the matchups for the weekend ahead in the conference championship games. We hear the latest Jackets report and news and notes from around the National Hockey League. We hear what is happening on the pond with the Toledo Walleye and East Coast Hockey League. We recap other sports including a huge nice in the Mid-American Conference Mens Basketball and go over my thoughts on Monday Night Raw that took place in Toledo last night. You'll hear my thoughts on the Royal Rumble. And you will hear Andy rants this evening on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred . We will have a Facebook Live shows the week of the Super Bowl and have a little something special for those who listen to the program.

This week, the guys discuss the awkwardness in Edmonton between Leon Draisaitl and a reporter who accused the superstar of being "Pissy" toward him. They talk a little about last week's guest, Mark Messier. They address the racism accusations over the weekend during a game in the East Coast Hockey League involving P.K. Subban's brother Jordan, a teammate of Russ's son Laughton. In fact, Laughton was on the ice when it happened. They get into the future of Evander Kane as the NHL looks into his contract situation and his COVID-19 protocol violation. Is it a good idea for someone to sign Kane or more trouble than it's worth? Russ had encounters this week involving actor Adam Sander and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. And they talk about the most exciting weekend of NFL football anyone's seen in a very long time.

We are back on this Thursday again right here on All Andy Alfred on the Anchor Network. Andy reflects on why another Thursday show and goes over the latest in the sports world. We recap the wild card weekend in the NFL and go over the Divisional playoff matchups this weekend and gives you his predictions for the games this weekend. Andy gives you the Jackets report as the Hot and Cold Jackets continue there season and Andy recaps the other news and notes around the National Hockey League. The East Coast Hockey League all star break is taking place this week and we recap the Walleye action from last weekend and look ahead the the game this weekend as well as other games that took place in the ECHL. We go over the standings and the all star game itself on this episode. The Battle of I75 took place at BGSU we recap the game and look into other college basketball games. The LPGA begins there season this weekend we look at round 1 coverage from Orlando and other golf news. Someone is upset over ketchup on Andy rants and more on this episode of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred We will be back on Tuesday for a new episode of the program.

Has been hockey players (Gage Ausmus and Trevor Olson) talking the latest college hockey and helping normal civilians survive life. In this episode, Gage and Trevor are joined by Neal Goff, a former Western Michigan hockey player, to discuss: - Jack Lafontaine signing mid season - Kodak Black at the Florida Panthers Game - UND swept by Cornell - Did Trevor actually put Neal on his wallet? - What it's like playing hockey at Western Michigan - Sneaking out of the hotel - The Lawson Lunatics - Mike McKee & Alex Iafallo stories - Why does Western Michigan always hate #4 on opposing teams? - East Coast Hockey League stories - Why fighting is important to hockey - Neal Bin Laden story - and much more!

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the first show of All Andy Alfred in 2022 right here on the Anchor Network. Andy reflects on this New Years and talk about sports right here. The Jackets Stink we recap their pathetic losses to Carolina and the defending champions Tampa Bay tonight and look at the rest of the National Hockey League as well as the updated standings and news too. Toledo Walleye Winterfest has come to a end we reflect on the events and dive into the Toledo Hockey Hall of Fame and here Andys thoughts on who should be in as soon as next year. We recap the Walleye game on the news Years Eve and look ahead to the schedule and update the standings around the East Coast Hockey League. We recap the college football playoff games and New Years bowl games including the shootout in the Rose Bowl for Ohio State and Utah. Week 17 of the National Football League has come and gone we recap the Detroit Lions lost in the 12th man and the browns eliminated from the playoffs. As well as other games and playoff seeding going into week 18. You'll hear my predictions for week 18 and as good Andy rants tonight on this first New Years edition of All Andy Alfred. Follow Andy on Twitter @AllAndyAlfred and on Facebook.com/AllAndyAlfred

We start the show announcing our new merchandise site https://naspod.creator-spring.com/we also announce a contest giving away an official Not Another Sports Podcast T-Shirt listen closely to see how you can win a shirt. We then transition into this day in sports. From there we go into the 1st period we continue in our talk about minor league sports. This week we lead off talking about the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). The ECHL is the professional hockey equivalent to AA level baseball in professional baseball. We talk about the fact that even though both players in baseball and hockey at this level are paid the same amount, the hockey players have health care, travel, and lodging covered where as that's not always the case in minor league baseball. We touch upon the fact that a now defunct ECHL Team has ties to the classic sports film Slap Shot. In the 2nd period we get into the world of professional lacrosse, specifically the National Lacrosse League (NLL). We get into the history of the league, their current TV rights deal with ESPN, and their former deals with ESPN as well as a video game deal they had with Acclaim. The league has flirted with the mainstream sports world and maybe one day the NLL will do more than flirt with it. In the 3rd period we looked back on the Arena Football League (AFL) which lasted from 1987-2019. We were both fans of the AFL. We talk about why we loved the concept of Arena Football from the play to the presentation. We talk a little about how Arena Football was first conceived and when the first test game took place. Also we speculate if market saturation played a role in the downfall of the league itself. Now the concept of Arena Football is still around in the form of the Indoor Football League (IFL) and many other regional leagues. All this and much more! https://linktr.ee/Naspod --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/not-another-sports-pod/message

David Urquhart was appointed full-time head coach of the McGill University men's hockey team in May, 2021. A 2018 inductee to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame, Urquhart spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach of the San Diego Gulls, an American Hockey League affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks. During that span, he helped guide the team to a 92-60-17 record in regular season play and three playoff berths. The 36-year-old native of Thorold, Ont., is the 30th bench boss in team history and the 13th former McGill player to take the helm of the historic 144-year-old program, which played its first game on Jan. 31, 1877. He replaced Liam Heelis, who was serving as interim bench boss. Urquhart played for McGill and served four years as a full-time assistant coach (2014-2018) under the direction of Kelly Nobes. He also was head coach of the Serbian national team at the 2018 IIHF Div. 2 world hockey championship. A graduate of McGill's Desautels school of management in 2008, Urquhart majored in finance and entrepreneurship. In 2019, he completed a master's degree in sports psychology at McGill. For his thesis, he interviewed six of the most successful coaches in U SPORTS and the NCAA to discuss their coaching vision and learn how they built cultures of excellence to win multiple national championships for their respective programs. Urquhart was recruited to McGill in 2004 out of the GHJHL, where he skated for the Welland Cougars (2001-2004) and Thorold Blackhawks (2000-2002). During his McGill playing career, Urquhart was a three-time OUA all-star from 2004 to 2008. He also merited All-Canadian honours -- earning a berth on the second team in 2006-07 -- and concluded a brilliant university career with 23 goals and 107 points, along with 330 penalty minutes, in 147 games overall. More than a dozen years after his last varsity contest, he remains tied with Mike Babcock as the ninth-highest overall point-scoring defenceman in McGill history. He trails Marc-André Dorion (192 points), Dominic Talbot-Tassi (190), Gilles Hudon (152), Martin Routhier (135), Ryan McKiernan (117), David Bahl (110), Bryan Larkin (109) and Luc Latulippe (109). Named to the OUA all-rookie squad during his freshman year, Urquhart won the Bobby Bell Trophy as Team MVP in his third collegiate season and in his senior year, he captained McGill to the Ontario University Athletics conference championship in 2008. It marked McGill's first Queen's Cup league title since 1946. Fluent in three languages -- including French and Italian -- Urquhart also speaks some German. He was a two-time OUA conference nominee for the Randy Gregg trophy, awarded nationally for combining hockey ability with academics and citizenship. He made the Principal's Student-athlete Honour Roll, merited Academic All-Canadian honours, won the Richard Pound Trophy for athletics leadership over his McGill career and received the University's prestigious Gretta Chambers Award for student leadership. Urquhart went on to a solid professional career, including stints in the AHL with Hartford (2008-10) and Hamilton (2010-11), where the six-foot, 195-pound rearguard played 130 regular season games, scoring six goals and 23 points to go along with 78 penalty minutes. He also had stints in the East Coast Hockey League with Charlotte and Wheeling. He then headed overseas to play for three years in Italy, where he patrolled the blueline for teams in Valpellice (2011-12) and Pontebba (2012-13) before guiding Ritten-Renon to a league championship in 2014. Source: https://mcgillathletics.ca/sports/mens-ice-hockey/roster/coaches/david-urquhart/1176

The second episode of “Next Up To The Mic” features Mike Folta, Director of Broadcasting and Communications for the Atlanta Gladiators in the East Coast Hockey League. Folta graduated from Purdue University, where he began as an engineering student before diving all-in on broadcasting. At Purdue, he did extensive work with the Big Ten Network Student U program and has called everything from Purdue Men's Basketball to the Purdue Grand Prix. On the podcast, Folta discusses his first few days on the job in Atlanta, why he eschewed engineering for play-by-play and dives into his broadcasting philosophy, while describing exactly what watching him broadcast might look like. "Next Up To The Mic" is hosted and produced by Max Kelton and Sam Brief.

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview.Gilbert Dionne. Dionne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League from 1990–96. Dionne played Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Drummondville.Dionne was drafted 81st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1990.He joined the Canadians in the 1991-92 season scoring 21 goals and 34 points in only 39 games, and another 7 points in 11 playoff games he would end up being named on the NHL All-Rookie Team.In his second season Dionne appeared in 75 games for Montreal scoring 48 points. Additionally, he contributed in the play-offs with 12 points in 20 games as the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup.In the 94-95 season he started quietly so he was part of a trade package to the Philadelphia Flyers for Mark Recchi. He then moved on to the Florida Panthers minor league affiliate the Carolina Monarchs Overall, he played 223 career NHL games, scoring 61 goals and 79 assists for 140 points.After several more years in the AHL as a star, Dionne ended up his career in Germany for two years.His jersey number (21) was retired by the Cincinnati Cyclones of the East Coast Hockey League on December 2, 2006, in recognition of "Gilbert Dionne Day".We will talk with Gilbert about playing since he was young, being the brother of an NHL legend Marcel Dionne and what it was like winning a Stanley Cup early on his career.  We will find out exactly what sets the ECHL apart from the NHL and the difference between playing hockey for a canadian team apart from an American team. For our “We Just Gotta Know” segment we will have Gilbert share some of the top goalies he faced in his career at any level.   You can find Gilbert On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gilbert.dionne.94 =========================== CONNECT WITH US =========================== Check out our websites, apps and much more: https://www.originalsportspodcast.com/ Like our Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/OSPwithMMJoin the conversation on Twitter https://twitter.com/OSPwithMMFollow us on Instagram pics https://www.instagram.com/originalsportspodcast                        Reach out to us on Snapchat at: OSPwithMMWatch our Tik Tok at: OriginalSportsPodcastSubscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZuudj681oIAbnscyHBa0g?view_as=subscriber=========================== Feel free to let us know if you have any comments or questionsBy emailing us at: OriginalSportsPodcast@gmail.comAudio Engineer: Shawn AntkowiakVideo Engineer: Angela AntkowiakVoice intro: Matt NobleIntro and outro music provided by Ryan Benton and Preston HarperSocial Media Manager: William FranciscusWebMaster : Terri MaradeiJoin us each week to Experience the “O” on the Original Sports Podcast!!!

Episode 50 of Adversity University featuring our guest, Former ECHL and Robert Morris Hockey Captain, Robb Mann. Co-Host's Sean Giles and Garrett Metcalf take some time to break down Rob's path to his hockey career and the adversity that comes with it. Rob played 4 years of NCAA D1 Hockey at Robert Morris and 3 full professional seasons in the East Coast Hockey League. Executive Producer Sam Thrutchley.

It was a ton of fun on the Top Cheddar podcast as Shaun Peet joined Lolly and Mooner to chat about his hockey journey from the BCHL to the Calder Cup and how that journey led to his new career in Nascar Racing! Shaun Peet played in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with his hometown Nanaimo Clippers and the Penticton Panthers. From there, he secured a scholarship to Dartmouth College and played four years. After he graduated from Dartmouth, Peet played 7 years of professional hockey. He played in the Western Professional Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, Central Hockey League, Southern Professional Hockey League and the American Hockey League. That included a run to the Calder Cup (AHL Championship) with the Wilkes-Barre Penguins in 2000-01. While on a hockey suspension, a chance meeting led to an opportunity to tour the inner workings of Nascar. Well, one thing led to another and soon a new career path was on tap for Shaun. That work also led to being in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby In addition to coaching in NASCAR, Peet is also an author, motivational speaker, and business consultant with DECK Leadership, who inspires the modern workplace through pit crew strategies. Here is more on his book, 12 second culture https://www.12secondculturebook.com/ Big thanks to the awesome team at Troubled Monk Brewery. We're thrilled that they've joined us a sponsor of the Top Cheddar podcast. An amazing Alberta entrepreneurship story. Be sure to check them out and pick up some tasty beverages today! https://troubledmonk.com Top Cheddar is hosted by Cam Moon (Mooner) & Rob LeLacheur (Lolly) who chat with those who have excelled in hockey and the world of business. The entertainment is plenty as we get to hear some terrific hockey stories from all of the different hockey leagues and some Stanley Cup tales for good measure. In addition to the great hockey stories, we chat about the career(s) they've enjoyed since leaving the ice and we get to learn how hockey has helped them through their time in business and entrepreneurship. The Top Cheddar podcast is produced by Road 55, a content creation marketing firm located in downtown Edmonton, Alberta. Learn more at: https://road55.ca

Lots of laughs with our friend ‘Noodles'! Jamie McLennan joined Lolly and Mooner on the Top Cheddar podcast. Great memories, great stories that we're sure you'll be howling at! Jamie McLennan enjoyed a 17-year professional hockey career. He played in the National Hockey League with the New York Islanders, St. Louis Blues, Minnesota Wild, Calgary Flames, New York Rangers and Florida Panthers. He also spent time in the American Hockey League, International Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, as well as in England, Russia and Japan. He won the NHL's 1997-98 Bill Masterton Trophy for sportsmanship, perseverance, and dedication to hockey. McLennan is a Western Hockey League graduate, playing with the Spokane Chiefs and Lethbridge Hurricanes, winning the Del Wilson Goaltender of the Year Award in 1990-91. After finishing his playing career, McLennan joined the coaching staff of the Calgary Flames. Then he got into broadcasting, working for TSN television and radio. He co-hosts Overdrive, is also on multiple different shows, and provides colour commentary on Ottawa Senators television broadcasts. Top Cheddar is hosted by Cam Moon (Mooner) & Rob LeLacheur (Lolly) who chat with those who have excelled in hockey and the world of business. The entertainment is plenty as we get to hear some terrific hockey stories from all of the different hockey leagues and some Stanley Cup tales for good measure. In addition to the great hockey stories, we chat about the career(s) they've enjoyed since leaving the ice and we get to learn how hockey has helped them through their time in business and entrepreneurship. The Top Cheddar podcast is produced by Road 55, a content creation marketing firm located in downtown Edmonton, Alberta. Learn more at: https://road55.ca

Ryan Cruthers is the special guest of the week. He is someone that we have been waiting to have on the show. He has been such an important part of our lives. He has not only impacted us in a positive way but he has impacted millions in a positive way. In his youth career he played for New York Apple Core. Then in college he played at West Point. After two years of playing there he transferred to Robert Morris University where he was the captain. After receiving his diploma he jumped into playing professional hockey. He played in both the American Hockey League and the East Coast Hockey League. The majority of his time was spent playing for the Reading Royals. His coaching resumes is just as impressive as his playing resume. He has coached in the ECHL, the USPHL, the NAHL, the USHL, and NCAA. Now he is coaching his two sons and helping out with the Charlotte Rush.  Tyler Dill has always looked up to Ryan Cruthers as a mentor. For this reason Tyler takes full charge of this interview. Listen to Cruthers talk about his professional career, answer questions from his previous players, and what his aspirations are for his career. 

The guest for this episode is Dan Milan. Dan grew up playing hockey in Michigan. After playing Major Juniors he was signed by Tampa. He played for the Syracuse Crunch then he jumped around in the East Coast Hockey League. Listen to him talk about his hockey career, retirement, life after hockey, and his fashion.

In this episode, Todd and Mike are joined by Riley Fitzgerald, a Sport Psychology Service Coordinator at Boston University since May 2020. Over the past six years, Fitzgerald has worked with numerous teams and organizations helping athletes develop their mental game in order to compete and perform at their best on a consistent basis. He has provided mental performance services to competitive athletes in the collegiate setting and beyond, including those at BU, Tufts, Endicott, and in the East Coast Hockey League. Riley discusses his journey to working with athletes at the collegiate level, the challenges of blazing the trail in his field, and how his services impact the athletes and clients he sees everyday. Resources: https://appliedsportpsych.org/To contact Riley directly, you can reach him at rileyfitzgeraldspc@gmail.com

WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! If you wouldn't mind please go leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Thanks! Welcome back to Episode 105 of On the Spot Sports and in today's episode we have a very special guest, former pro ECHL & CHL hockey player, Topher Scott! Topher and I talk about his college hockey experience at Cornell University along with his pro career in the East Coast Hockey League and the old Central Hockey League. We also talk about being a director for Youth Hockey and how Youth hockey has changed during the pandemic. Topher also touches on his NCAA coaching career and The Hockey Think Tank and so much more! We hope you guys enjoy this episode!! Thank you Topher for coming on the show! I had a blast! Follow us on Instagram @on_the_spot_sports and take a listen on YouTube, Spotify and Apple/Google Podcasts @ On The Spot Sports Get $25 off our guy Jamie Phillips Nutrition book for Hockey Players with the discount code "ONTHESPOT" on victoremnutrition.com Living Sisu link: https://livingsisu.com/app/devenirmem​... *BECOME A MEMBER TODAY*

If you build it they will come…said Trent and his dad as they built Cottonwood Golf Course from scratch! We had a great chat with Trent and learned about his hockey journey, some fun stories involving his NHL jersey number being retired and a visit to the Gretzky household and his interaction with the Conn Smythe trophy and more. Listen in! Trent Kaese played in the Western Hockey League from 1983 to 1987 with Lethbridge, Swift Current and Calgary. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 8th round of the National Hockey League Draft by Buffalo Sabres. Trent went on to an 8-year professional career, including a game in the NHL with Buffalo. After time in the American Hockey League, International Hockey League and the East Coast Hockey League, Trent went to England and played in the British Hockey League. Upon completion of his playing career, Trent and his family built Cottonwood Golf Course in his hometown of Nanaimo, BC. Starting as a 9-hole course in 1996, it has grown to an 18-hole course with complete facilities to host weddings, tournaments and banquets. Please support our sponsor Twig and Barrys. They are a Canadian company, they've got all kinds of apparel including mens underwear. Essentials for the modern day caveman. No judgement, no shaming, no fancy words. Just real men! So go check them out TwigandBarrys.ca Use the code: TOPCHEDDAR and get 15% off your entire order. Top Cheddar is hosted by Cam Moon (Mooner) & Rob LeLacheur (Lolly) who chat with those who have excelled in hockey and the world of business. The entertainment is plenty as we get to hear some terrific hockey stories from all of the different hockey leagues and some Stanley Cup tales for good measure. In addition to the great hockey stories, we chat about the career(s) they've enjoyed since leaving the ice and we get to learn how hockey has helped them through their time in business and entrepreneurship. The Top Cheddar podcast is produced by Road 55, a content creation marketing firm located in downtown Edmonton, Alberta. Learn more at: https://road55.ca

Colin Mulvey is a retired hockey player that is now taking on the fashion world. Mulvey played college at Norwich University and then played a year in the Central Hockey League and three years in the East Coast Hockey League. In between his years in the ECHL he played in Germany for the Erding Gladiators. He is a particular man when it comes to his clothes and his style. He is now working to create a clothing line that fits perfectly on an athletic build. Along with being charismatic and highly driven he is also very intelligent. Listen to us talk about his professional career, starting his new company, and traveling the world. 

Exuberant is a word to describe someone that has energy exploding from their seams, and that is the perfect description of Malcom Hayes. Malcom was able to take that forward motioned energy and plow a path for himself straight from Cushing Academy to University of Maine. After some difficulties in his last season at U Maine Malcom readjusted his route to success. Hayes took a stepping stone year at University Alaska Anchorage to help develop his skills and land him a spot in the Southern Professional Hockey League. He started the 2019-2020 season in the SPHL for the Marksmen and he ended his season playing in the East Coast Hockey League for the Mavericks. For this upcoming season you can keep an eye out for him on the Atlanta Gladiators. Tune into episode 29 of Tour de Force to listen to Malcom Hayes talk about all the ups, downs, ins, and outs of his hockey life.

#Victoria #BCHL #NCAA #AHL #ECHL #VHL This episode was a very special one as we welcomed one of nicest guys in pro hockey! Brandon Wong has a great life in the game of hockey and he shared his story with us. Brandon worked very hard as a young player and improved yearly and ended up playing more than 400 games of professional hockey over 9 seasons in 8 different countries around the world. As a young guy he went to the Canucks rookie camp and he played with Jordie Benn, Michael Grabner and many others and they shot pucks on Cory Schneider. He played in the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators organizations. He has played with Wade Redden, Cam Talbot, Thomas Tatar, Justin Abdelkader, Matt Zuccarello, Brad May, Dale Wiese, Jacob Kindle to just name a few. He was coached by Mike Keenan, played in the John Tortorella system in New York. Played under Jim Nill the GM of the Dallas Stars, Neil Smith former GM of New York Rangers when they beat the Canucks in 1994 and won the Stanley Cup. He also played for Jim Schoenfeld who played in the NHL for Buffalo, Detroit and Boston and was an NHL head coach with Buffalo, New Jersey, Washington and Phoenix. His life story is enjoyable to listen to and find out about the many steps, twists and turns he took on his adventurous journey. He played locally here in BC growing up and started to become increasingly skilled. We discussed those early years and lots of the players and people he encountered as he embarked on a junior career in the VIJHL and then BCHL. His success led to a full ride four year scholarship at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut where he ended up with a business management degree. He was twice a finalist for the Hobey Baker award as the best player in the nation in University hockey. He called those four years "the best time of my life "which he said was surprising looking back. He wanted to play in the NHL so much that he thought that was where he was going to have the time of his life. He played in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League as he worked on finishing university. After three full seasons there he took his talents to Europe and played in Sweden and had a great year there. He took an opportunity to finish the year in Denmark and made that move. Another opportunity in the US came calling and he suited up for another three seasons for four different teams there. He went back to Europe and this time played in Germany and had a great year. The KHL made an offer to him that he seized and played there for his final seasons. He looked very fondly on that experience and really enjoyed the free travel all over Russia and China. He is now running a hockey program in Victoria, BC Canada where he grew up. He is coaching, mentoring and trying to help pave the way for young kids to follow the same incredible journey that he went on. Good luck to Brandon and to his kids that he is helping fulfill their dreams of becoming pro hockey players and having it enrich their lives! Enjoy, Take Care, Love yah, Bye for now.

Welcome to another week, kids! Today on the show, Anthony tells you about a pro hockey team he discovered and the history of their mascot, Senator Ted Cruz’s favourite movie of all time and the middle finger that movie’s cast is giving him, a $25,000 shopping mistake that an Australian woman made and the woeful […]

WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! If you wouldn't mind please go leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Thanks! Welcome back to Episode 67 of On the Spot Sports and in today's episode we have current professional goaltender most recently played in the Souther Professional Hockey League (SPHL) for the Knoxville Ice Bears, Cody Porter! Cody played last season for the Knoxville Ice Bears, Quad City Storm, Macon Mayhem and started out with the Florida Everglades of the East Coast Hockey League! We talk to Cody about his experiences playing in Juniors especially playing in the Western Hockey League and then going pro and starting out in the Federal Hockey League and then getting the call to the SPHL, and the ECHL! He also talks about how he overcame his shoulder injury and how he spent the past month and a half training in Florida. We hope you guys enjoy this episode! We also want to thank Cody for coming on to the show! We had a blast! Follow us on Instagram @on_the_spot_sports and take a listen on YouTube, Spotify and Apple/Google Podcasts @ On The Spot Sports Get $25 off our guy Jamie Phillips Nutrition book for Hockey Players with the discount code "ONTHESPOT" on victoremnutrition.com

WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU! If you wouldn't mind please go leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Thanks! Welcome back to another episode of On The Spot Sports and in today's episode I am joined by current goalie coach at St. Lawrence University and former pro goalie Carmine Guerriero. Carmine played in the East Coast Hockey League and overseas in France. We talk about Carmine's career and the many challenges he faced on the way to playing professional hockey and what got him to where he is today as a goalie coach. Hope you guys enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @on_the_spot_sports and take a listen on YouTube, Spotify and Apple/Google Podcasts @ On The Spot Sports Get $25 off our guy Jamie Phillips Nutrition book for Hockey Players with the discount code "ONTHESPOT" on victoremnutrition.com

We take a rare dip into the minors this week with the intriguing story of hockey’s Columbus Chill – the 1990s sensation that took the East Coast Hockey League and the Ohio capital’s sports scene by storm, and helped set the table for Columbus’s ascension into top-tier “major league” status by the dawn of the 2000s. Historically overshadowed by the scale, prowess and outsized culture of its hometown Ohio State University Buckeyes athletics programs, Columbus’ pro sports landscape in 1991 largely consisted of AAA baseball’s sleepily long-standing Yankees affiliate Clippers – and not much else.  Professional hockey, specifically, had been absent from the market for 14 years, after a largely lamentable run of thinly supported International Hockey League franchises (Checkers, Golden Seals, Owls) during the late 60s and 1970s. But though cheeky marketing campaigns and promotion-laden game-day experiences – targeted at both the growing city’s young professional set and fun-seeking OSU students looking for off-campus entertainment alternatives – the Chill quickly made an impact and suddenly becoming the hottest ticket in town.  Sellouts in the ancient 5,600-seat Ohio State Fairgrounds Expo Coliseum (opened in 1918) became the norm, and national media lauded the club as the vanguard of minor league sports. After a dubious scheduling snafu by Fairgrounds management amidst the Chill’s second season, fans and local community leaders galvanized around a longer-term plan to solidify the newly popular team’s future and independence – leading to the eventual commitment to construct a top-flight downtown (now, Nationwide) arena – and, ultimately, the awarding of an expansion NHL franchise in 1999. Ex-Chill President David Paitson and former Columbus Dispatch sportswriter Craig Merz (Chill Factor: How a Minor-League Hockey Team Changed a City Forever) recount the story of the team that paved the way for the Columbus Blue Jackets – and beyond. This week’s episode is sponsored by the Red Lightning Books imprint of Indiana University Press – who offer our listeners a FREE CHAPTER of pioneering sportswriter Diana K. Shah’s new memoir A Farewell to Arms, Legs and Jockstraps!

Rich Lisk has more than 25 years experience in the sports industry.,He was the General Manager for the New England Black Wolves (NLL). During his tenure, the team went to the playoffs four consecutive seasons and Inside Lacrosse recognized him as its 2016 General Manager of the Year for his work. In addition to his time in the NLL, He was a General Manager of the Philadelphia Soul (AFL) and President and General Manager of the East Coast Hockey League’s Trenton Titans, an affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL). he is currently the Executive Vice President of GF Sports which is a live events and sports media entertainment company which owns two of the ATP World Tour’s longest running American tournaments, the New York Open and the BB&T Atlanta Open, as well as the New York National Lacrosse League expansion team. In addition, GF Sports is partnered with the American Kennel Club (“AKC”). Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

This week, Josh sits down with Ryan Crelin, the Commissioner of the ECHL to discuss the current state of sports amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ryan Crelin is the Commissioner of the East Coast Hockey League and has been for the past two seasons. Prior to this he was the Chief Operating Officer of the ECHL and has been involved with several league-wide changes in his tenure with the league. Ryan has been responsible for league-wide partnerships and contracts, ticket and corporate sponsorship sales, and arena lease agreements. He is heavily invested in the ECHL and in the greater hockey community. The ECHL is hosting a jersey auction right now to help supply funds to some of their players that are in need. If you're interested in helping them out, the auctions for individual jerseys end periodically throughout the next week and a half. You can find their jersey auction here: https://www.echl.com/en/news/2020/3/dc-comics-jersey-auction-to-benefit-echl-player-relief-fund

Marc-André Dumont analyse différentes séquences survenues lors du match Canadiens-Devils et nous donne son opinion en vue de l'affrontement Ducks-Canadiens. Marc-André Perreault nous donne les dernières nouvelles du Canadien à quelques heures de son duel face aux Ducks. Jacques Doucet commente son intronisation au temple de la renommée du baseball canadien. Hassoun Camara nous parle des plus récentes rumeurs entourant Ignacio Piatti et la possibilité de son départ imminent de l'Impact. Jean-Philippe Glaude discute de la possibilité de voir un club de la East Coast Hockey League venir s'installer à Trois-Rivières.  

En ligne, on prend des nouvelles d'Anthony Nellis, un joueur de hockey de la région, qui a participé au camp d'entraînement des Stars de Dallas! Il évolue désormais au sein de la East Coast Hockey League!

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The NHL is investigating allegations Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters directed racial slurs toward Akim Aliu, which the Nigerian-born player says happened a decade ago while the two were in the minors. The NHL on Tuesday called the alleged behaviour ``repugnant and unacceptable.'' The league added it will have no further comment until it looks into what happened more thoroughly. Aliu alleged Peters ``dropped the N bomb'' several times at him in 2009-10 during his first full season with the Chicago Blackhawks' American Hockey League affiliate in Rockford, Illinois. He then said Peters arranged for his demotion to the East Coast Hockey League after Aliu complained. Flames general manager Brad Treliving said the team is investigating the allegations Aliu raised in a series of tweets on Monday during Calgary's overtime loss at Pittsburgh.  Peters is still employed by the team, but will not be behind the bench when the Flames visit the Buffalo Sabres tonight. Associate Coach Geoff Ward, who will lead the Flames against the Sabres, said he didn't know if Peters is still in Buffalo.   Guest: Bryan Wilson Contributing Author with The Hockey Writers, covering the Calgary Flames.

Ricky Collins Jr. Receiver, Edmonton Eskimos. Giorgio Estephan, Forward, Newfoundland Growlers, East Coast Hockey League and 2019 Kelly Cup Champion.

As the Raptors head west, we review Game 2 of the NBA Final. Will the load management of Kawhi Leonard and its apparent effectiveness result in more superstars getting heavy time off to rest up and stay healthy? Imagine winning a pro league championship and not returning the trophy. That's what's happened in the East Coast Hockey League. Tom Brady wants Tom Seaver's nickname?

After yet another unexpected gap between episodes, Jennings and Damian jump back in the saddle to record a new episode. The guys double dip on this episode and discuss not one but two teams...in two different sports. Tulsa's Minor League Baseball club, the Drillers, and the cities' East Coast Hockey League franchise, the Tulsa Oilers.

Episode 202 Bobby Robins is a retired professional ice hockey player who finished his career with the Boston Bruins Organization. He played professionally in many leagues across the world including the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, and stints in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom and the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League in Austria.  He retired in 2015 after a concussion forced him out of the game. Robins skated in over 500 professional hockey games and have over 150 professional fights. Robins holds a place in the history books as the oldest rookie to make an NHL Opening Day Roster with the Boston Bruins at age 32, after 8 seasons in the minor leagues.  In part 1 of our podcast, Bobby shares how he became a pro hockey player, fighting in hockey, the worst fight he had been in, making his NHL debut at age 32 and why his faith began to fade during his hockey career.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

Episode 203 Bobby Robins is a retired professional ice hockey player who finished his career with the Boston Bruins Organization. He played professionally in many leagues across the world including the National Hockey League, American Hockey League, East Coast Hockey League, and stints in the Elite Ice Hockey League in the United Kingdom and the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League in Austria. He retired in 2015 after a concussion forced him out of the game. Robins skated in over 500 professional hockey games and have over 150 professional fights. Robins holds a place in the history books as the oldest rookie to make an NHL Opening Day Roster with the Boston Bruins at age 32, after 8 seasons in the minor leagues.   In part 2 of our podcast, Bobby shares his incredible story of depression, drugs and coming to faith in Christ. He also tells us why he decided to use his Twitter page as a place to share his faith by reading the Bible in a year LIVE online. The story he tells here is powerful. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

On this episode of Technically Drinking, we went to a Hockey game and a Star Wars night broke out!  Yes it was Star Wars Night at Silverstein Eye Arena where the Kansas City Mavericks played the Allen Americans of the East Coast Hockey League.  Lots of people came to watch some hockey dressed as their favorite star wars character and so we wore our star wars best and podcasted live from the arena.  And what better time to talk about Star Wars?!?     And did you see the new Avengers 4 trailer?  You bet we talked about that too.   Location: Silverstein Eye Center Arena where the Missouri Mavericks Hockey team play   The Beers: Eddie: Golden Road Mango Cart Wheat Rating: 8.451 Vince: Elysian Brewing Space Dust IPA Rating: 6.979 Eden: New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA Rating: ??   Please Follow us on: Facebook: http://facebook.com/technicallydrinking Instagram: http://instagram.com/technicallydrinking Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TechDrinkPod Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/TechnicallyDrinking