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Yeah, so three 29s, Sicker in the Head, his new book is coming out and a bunch of new interviews with comedians and I was reading about it and in-depth interviews with some people that everyone knows, great conversations

I mean, I think it's a pretty good order because you'd start with the book.

You'd learn about the people who make comedy, their problems, their emotions, their process.

That's not even close about the Olympic gold, Michael Phelps. Hey, you had your time. I just asked. We probably know. I was just saying. We did 20. We did web posts. Could yeah 25 or nine. So Serena not only what she did on the court but that movie King Richard just puts it in perspective like how grind breaking her and her sister were for the sport of tennis she did more than Tiger Woods did for golf good point Billy

Michael Bennett author yes so are you best selling author yeah so things Things That Make White People Uncomfortable that sounds like a really fun read yeah New York time best there you go so what's that book about

I've got other reading books about race relations yeah tends to make white people uncomfortable

Author Jeff Pearlman joins the show to talk about his new book about the USFL "Football For A Buck" and has some wild stories about the creation and demise of the USFL including a player that once went on the IR because he slammed his dick in a car trunk

We now welcome on an author we don't usually have authors I don't know the last author we've had Michael Bennett Michael Bennett yeah that's true so it is Jeff Proman he's got a new book out about the USFL it's called Football For A Buck

San Antonio Gunslingers had to put a guy in the disabled list because he slammed his penis in a trunk yeah it happens

We're talking Jeff Perlman Football For A Buck the crazy rise and crazy or demise of the USFL go buy it on Amazon

And from my book, Playmakers, that was a look at the past 20 years at the NFL. One of the things we looked into is the fact that players coming into the draft don't often enough make a power play.

It's out on hardcover October 1st.

So The Why Is Everything is the name of the book.

And so the five people on the cover are Kyle Shanahan, who was the offensive coordinator and fellow assistant Sean McVay, Matt LaFleur, Mike McDaniel and Raheem Morris.

I'll tell you that that's exactly right. I've said it before, but I have a dear friend who cut the cord. ... I just want to say that from the jump. What you guys produced was incredible.

There are three or four questions that became stock questions for Mickey that I'm definitely stealing.

I have a book about habit that I'm also trying to read about breaking bad habits.

It was about lighthouses.

Hank, you remember it?

And Marty, who completely changed the world of broadcasting and humanity and spirit and ethics and moral clarity, when he passed, they asked Coach Wooden about him, and Coach was going on and telling stories about how great a person and humanitarian and philanthropist and broadcaster and really everything that Marty Glickman was.

The book was a best a New York Times bestseller but you know the way it works is you know you there's a certain line and we've been dancing on that line the book's out seven years right I've subsequently written another book also on LeBron that um also was a bestseller

I need the Lakers to win again because the last time when the Lakers won in 2020 we had a you know because normally you write a book about LeBron winning with the Cavs about the championship you know by 2019 when he's in LA that book ain't selling anymore right

He also has a children's book out that I actually read to my kids. They love it. Only problem is too long, little too long. We skipped some pages, which is tough because the holes are numbered in the book.

And then we have Kirk Goldsberry in studio breaking down the NBA playoffs... Kirk Goldsberry joins the show on the day his new book launches (go buy it on amazon) to talk NBA playoffs, Wolves Defense, the super young Thunder and how the Celtics should cake walk to the Finals

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The last chapter is about the evolution of the big man and Joe Gich is the centerpiece of that chapter.

I wrote a book called The Arm and it was about the idea that major league baseball every year wastes about a billion dollars on pitchers who are injured.

I'd probably say the one I'm still I'm rereading the Uncommon book by Tony Dungy right now that's one like a little daily devotional stuff like that.

I'm, I'm, I'm currently reading a book. It's the tool of Titans, right? And it's the way the book is formatted. You don't have to read in a specific way. You can flip page, whatever page you land on, you can start reading it.

I first page I flip, it says greatness equals the ability to fall in love with the work. I like that.

Maxie Maxi Maxi, your vocabulary is verbose, even though the only book you've ever read was Girl in a Train.

Dave Kanales co wrote a book with his wife about marriage a few years ago. And now people are like, Hey, what's the deal with this?

In the book, Canales, 42 admits to having had multiple affairs earlier in his life, a portion of the book concerns his sexual infidelity and how the couple worked their way through it, partly through counseling, which they advocate and eventually found their way back to a Christian based marriage.

Can I can also describe in the book the addictions he once had to both pornography and alcohol.

I don't wanna be that guy, but I did read the book.

I think that, I need to have some sort of World War II knowledge being injected in my brain at all times or else I start to get antsy and I'm like wait I'm gonna have to learn about World War I.

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