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Grant's Rant: 6-9-21 The Diva in Green Bay. Jun 09, 2021

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Really now. What has happened to Aaron Rodgers? Great QB, Green Bay hero, solid legacy and certain hall of famer. But judge and jury? C'mon. He's already about to burn $600K in fines and that's OK? It's a bad look for a good guy. What could possibly be going on and if you don't like it that much, buy your own team and do it your way but last I looked, the checks were signed by somebody other than Aaron. Stop the nonsense, honor your contract and do the right thing. If you have an opinion on it, let me know. I'd love to hear what the rest of you think. In my opinion, Aaron is way outta line here.

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Grant's Rant: 6-8-21 Karma is a bitch. Jun 08, 2021

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First it was James Harden acting like a child in his process to get out of the Houston Rockets. Immature and unprofessional. Now his team is in the playoffs and he's sidelined with a hamstring pull. May not be able to play in the playoffs likley hurting the Brooklyn Nets chances of advancing to the next round. Karma is a bitch James.
Then it was Lebron James mouthing off about the play-in program and how stupid it was, not to mention all the hypocritical comments about so many other issues in the news. Well, first round elimination has to be the payback for both Lebron and his team, the Los Angeles Lakers. Yes, Karma is a bitch Lebron.
And how about Luka Doncic? He and his owner and his head coach all had a lot to say about the stupid play-in series. There you go Luka, Mark and Rick. Karma is a bitch.
And I have to add the asterisk to the mouth of Rick Carlisle on his comments about Atlanta changing out their talented young coach for Nate McMillan. Rick, your team blew a 2-0 lead in the first round and is now watching the rest of the playoffs from home. As a matter of fact Rick, those "insane" Atlanta Hawks with the "insane" front office and "insane" management you were so inappropriately critical of, have now advanced into the second round and have already won their first game. Now how about that? They actually did something that wasn't insane by expecting a different outcome from doing something different vs doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome. Good for them. Bad for you, Rick. Karma is a bitch.

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Episode 71: Long time Seattle Supersonics voice Kevin Calabro shares his story. Jun 08, 2021

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35 year Sportscaster veteran, Kevin Calabro, has really seen it all. From minor leagues to major, Olympics and two stints with fierce rivals, he went from the voice of the Seattle Supersonics to the Portland Trailblazers TV announcer after an 8 year hiatus once the Sonics left Seattle for Oklahoma. Yes, he'll tell his understanding of that story as well as a the bumpy reception in Portland. His career started as many sportscasters of his era with a love of radio, the legendary sportscasters of the day and a love of sports. He may be one of the most recognized voices of the NBA, a committed family man, and a gentleman who knows how fortunate he has been to have built the relationships he has with the players, managers and fellow broadcasters he has had the good fortune to have been associated with. A highlight of the conversation you'll want to hear is his five year plan for the NBA to return to Seattle. I have to say, this was one of my favorite interviews for the podcast. You'll hear why when you pull up a chair and join us for the conversation.

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Grant's Rant: 6-7-21 A few drunken fools... Jun 07, 2021

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What's all this noise about unruly fans at stadiums? Really? We have a couple of incidents in the last two weeks, two that have made the press, and you would think the players are being assaulted at every game. Two incidents that have been dealt with as they should have been dealt with. If you're going to serve alcohol, you're going to have drunks do stupid things. Period, end of story. So, here's what I suggest NBA, for the players safety, eliminate alcohol at the arenas and the players will be safe as babies in a crib. But what? You can't do that can you? So let's just tell the players to lighten up. Enough already. This is nothing unusual or extreme and let's have all the fans watch out for those few jerks that have an inability to control themselves., then report them. And yes, I do have more to say about in today's rant so listen up.

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Episode 70: The depth of character goes deep with Steve Kerr. Jun 04, 2021

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My guest today is Scott Howard-Cooper author of the book, Steve Kerr. This is an incredible discussion about Steve's life and how Scott was able to capture the information he needed to capture to produce a book. There's much more that many don't know about Steve beyond basketball and it's not that his basketball career was all that shabby to begin with. He played for nine seasons on the championship Chicago Bulls teams with Michael Jordan. He's passionate about gun violence and for good reason. Scott has done an incredible job of researching a great deal about Steve and I think you'll be surprised to not only hear what Scott found in his efforts to learn what he could about Steve, but additional tidbits that make the man who he is today. It's a fascinating discussion I know you'll enjoy, basketball fan or not.

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Grant's Rant: 6-4-21 Does De'Aaron Fox demand a trade next year? Jun 04, 2021

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So if you're De'Aaron Fox, and many of the younger rookies are in the playoffs, how long before you say get me outta here, Monte? Think about it. Players all over the place are demanding trades and getting their wishes. Somebody brought this to my attention recently as it wasn't even on my mind. But, reality is the Kings have been terrible. They've had change after change to no positive effect, have made what I and many others would consider awful trades and it all shows in year after year of losing seasons. You can't argue that. For a player like De'Aaron, where's the bright spot? In my opinion, the Kings have one more year to get it together or I would suggest, De'Aaron pushes hard to get out. Let me know how you feel about it. I think Kings fans do have something to worry about because I'm certainly not sure about what next year is going to look like. Bottom line is it had better look good.

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Grant's Rant: 6-3-21 Atlanta moving on to second round of playoffs? Insane I say... Jun 03, 2021

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That's right. It's insane the way the Hawks have been playing since Nate McMillan took over as head coach. It's also insane that the Sacramento Kings let Bogdan Bogdanovic go to Atlanta. And these playoffs are playing out to where it looks like Rick Carlisle, Dalllas Mavericks Head Coach, the man responsible for the comments on the insanity of the Atlanta front office for such a choice in changing out their head coach and hiring Bogdan, will also be advancing to the second round. Now wouldn't that be something to see these two teams meet in the finals? Hmmm. That would truly be insane!

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Grant's Rant: 6-2-21 Not a Chip off the ol' block in Atlanta. Jun 02, 2021

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So Marcell Ozuna has a problem and it's not his fingers that are creating an issue. Although Chip Caray appears to intend for you to believe that's the case. (Yes, that's Chip Caray, grandson of Harry, son of Skip.) No Chip, Marcell is likely not in "Injury Limbo" as you call it. Marcell was arrested for aggravated assault strangulation of his wife. His wife may be in injury limbo but not Marcell. He's got bigger issues than just his injured fingers. Yet, you chose to minimize the severity of the charges he's facing and the real reason he's not going to be on the field any time soon. These are serious allegations that were masked by your comments and need to be dealt with as critically in the broadcast booth as they would anywhere else. And I would bet your relatives would agree as well.

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Episode 69: Chris Rose talks sports, a little Cleveland and a lot of fun. Jun 01, 2021

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Talk about somebody doing what they love doing, Chris Rose is one of those people. His passion for sports and, of course, Cleveland is evident in his successes throughout his career. The Best Damn Sport Show, Period, Intentional Talk, MLB Network, and now, the NFL Network. Chris shares his story of growing up a Browns and Indians fan and some of his personal memories of family sports engagement. He's also launched his own podcast, The Chris Rose Rotation to occupy his time during the off-season. You're going to enjoy his stories, especially if you've been a fan of any Cleveland sports franchise.

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Grant's Rant: 6-1-21 Kyrie's little dance on "Lucky's" face, not so cool, dude. Jun 01, 2021

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You probably have already heard about the Boston fan who allegedly fired a water bottle at Kyrie Irving last night after the Brooklyn Nets victory over the Boston Celtics. What an idiot! What is wrong with people? Good news is he's been arrested for assault and battery and will be going on trial for his ignorant and immature stupidity. This is absolutely what should happen too and I applaud the Boston authorities for doing the right thing. Now, there was an another immature actor on the court and that was Brooklyns' Kyrie Irving who subtly went over to the Boston Logo and stepped on the face of "Lucky", the character in the logo and then let his foot rub and drag across the face of the character. No accident. Fully intentional. C'mon now! How foolishly immature can you you be? You're a professional and the least you can do is respect the other team's home court. Enough Kyrie, enough. Grow up.

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