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The Herd with Colin Cowherd is a thought-provoking, opinionated, and topic-driven journey through the top sports stories of the day.

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Cake Eater

Carl Radke

Mentioned 4 months ago

Show Me Something - Carl Radke on Summer House tea, sobriety, hooping vs. WNBA legends

The memoir titled Cake Eater was described as a raw account of his struggles that he aimed to publish to help others.

But Carl did publish a book. It is called cake eater.

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The Bookie: Inside the High-Stakes World of Sports Betting―A Legendary Bookmaker's Tale of Gangsters, Celebrities, and the Art of the Game cover

The Bookie

Art Manteris

Mentioned 5 months ago

Colin Cowherd Podcast - Insane Sports Gambling Stories on Mike Tyson, Mickelson, Ohtani, Mayweather, The Mob

The guest mentioned finishing this book recently, having read it while flying back from Naples to Chicago. The proceeds from the book were going to the author's two favorite charities: the World Wildlife Fund and Blood Cancer United.

I just finished it. I was so excited. I just flew from Naples back to Chicago and I read it. It's called The Bookie. Inside the high-stakes world of sports betting, a legendary bookmaker's tale of gangsters, celebrities, and the art of the game. All the proceeds from The Bookie are going to arts, two favorite charities, World Wildlife Fund and Blood Cancer United.

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Bringing Down the House

Ben Mezrich

Mentioned 5 months ago

Sharp or Square - NBA Betting Update with Jason Timpf

The hosts noted that screenwriter Alan Loeb wrote the movie21, which was based on the bookBringing Down the House.

screenwriter Alan Loeb, who wrote Wall Street 2. He wrote the movie 21 about the book Bringing Down the House.

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Ralph Lauren

Alan Flusser

Mentioned 5 months ago

Joe and Jada - Jeff Hamilton breaks down Kobe's ICONIC jacket photo & drops gems on fashion world

Jeff Hamilton stated that Ralph Lauren is his favorite designer and the 'goat of goats' when it comes to fashion.

Ralph Lauren, who was my favorite designer, by the way, still is my favorite designers, Ralph Lauren. Uh, um, and for me, it's like the goat of goats when it comes to fashion.

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The Victory Machine

Ethan Sherwood Strauss

Mentioned 5 months ago

THE HERD - Hour 2 - Cupid Cowherd plays matchmaker for some NFL teams, how the NBA can fix tanking

The speaker mentioned writing a book about the Warriors dynasty called The Victory Machine, The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty.

You wrote a book about it, The Victory Machine, The Making and Unmaking of the Warriors Dynasty.

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Stick Move (Boston Bucks Book 1)

Cathryn Fox

Mentioned 5 months ago

Best of The Herd

The book was mentioned as part of a discussion about Daniel Jeremiah's podcast, noted as a good one.

Daniel Jeremiah works at the NFL Network. He's got a podcast. It's a good one. Move the Sticks.

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Lifespan

David Sinclair

Mentioned 5 months ago

3 & Out - Ken Rideout's story, Will Lamar crash out, Could McDonald call offensive plays

John mentioned that David Sinclair, a leading longevity scientist, had authored the book Lifespan.

David Sinclair in Boston. He wrote a book called Lifespan, one of the top longevity scientists in the world.

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Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard

Ken Rideout

Mentioned 5 months ago

3 & Out - Ken Rideout's story, Will Lamar crash out, Could McDonald call offensive plays

Ken Rideout announced that his upcoming book, The Other Side of Hard, would be released on March 10th and could be purchased in any book retailer; he described it as a guide for anyone looking to make life changes.

He has a book coming out, the other side of hard, here in about a month on March 10th. You can buy it wherever you purchase your books. I'm more of an audio book guy, so I will fire that thing down on my iPhone.

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The Art of War (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) (Fingerprint! Classics)

Sun Tzu

Mentioned 5 months ago

Sharp or Square - Super Bowl LX Analysis with John Middlekauff

The speakers referenced Sun Tzu's classic, noting they thought of the principle "never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake" while discussing strategy for the Super Bowl.

I think of the art of war, right? Never interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake. That's what this game is going to be, right? They got two guys on both sidelines, you know, Vrabel as well.

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Out of the Darkness

Ian O'Connor

Mentioned 5 months ago

Best of the week on The Herd

Colin praised the book as a fantastic read and discussed the author's interviews with Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy for it.

Okay, so you wrote another book I read, Out of the Darkness, The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers. Fantastic read.

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The Gunslinger(The Dark Tower I)

Stephen King

Mentioned 6 months ago

THE HERD - Hour 1 - Thoughts on Mike Tomlin stepping down, Steelers next move

The host suggested listeners read Jeff Perlman's book "Gunslinger" as part of the discussion.

Go read the Jeff Perlman book, Gunslinger.

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Shot Ready

Stephen Curry

Mentioned 6 months ago

What’s Wright - NFL Week 17 Reaction: Maye-Stafford MVP DEBATE, Eagles & Bills PANIC? 49ers FOR REAL? | Nick Wright

The hosts promoted the NewYorkTimes bestseller Shot Ready, highlighting it as a powerful look at Stephen Curry's mindset and urging listeners to order a copy.

From NBA champion Stephen Curry comes Shot Ready, a powerful, never-before-seen look at the mindset that changed the game.

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Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty Cover

Jeff Pearlman

Three-Ring Circus

Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty

It was mentioned to give insight into Kobe Bryant's personality and the impact he had on others around him, including wearing out people.

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go read the book by Jeff Perlman Kobe was a lot he wore out Shaq he wore out Phil he's a legend he's great he's an all-timer but everybody loved Shaq everybody loved Shaq and to this day Shaq is like...

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It was mentioned to give insight into Kobe Bryant's personality and the impact he had on others around him, including wearing out people.

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go read the book by Jeff Perlman Kobe was a lot he wore out Shaq he wore out Phil he's a legend he's great he's an all-timer but everybody loved Shaq everybody loved Shaq and to this day Shaq is like on the most popular I mean that the show he does with Barclay is more popular than the games so I mean I again this is not slander on Kobe he's one of the 20 best players I've ever seen

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Merritt J. Norvell

Complete Wide Receiver

It was described as a very easy watch, focusing on the importance of physicality in football, with highlights of Debo Samuel, George Kittle, and Amon-Ra St. Brown's playing styles and how they highlight the importance of physicality. The show was also discussed as a way to understand how coaches love certain receivers.

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I watched the first episode and one of my main takeaways was this shit ain't that complicated.

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It was described as a very easy watch, focusing on the importance of physicality in football, with highlights of Debo Samuel, George Kittle, and Amon-Ra St. Brown's playing styles and how they highlight the importance of physicality. The show was also discussed as a way to understand how coaches love certain receivers.

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I watched the first episode and one of my main takeaways was this shit ain't that complicated.

It's really not. And this isn't, you know, the 70s and the 80s football anymore, right?

I recommend it. I thought receiver the first episode was just pretty cool. It's a very easy watch.

Debo Samuel, one of the most physical players I've ever seen. Blod, not a great route runner, but because he's such an elite player with the ball in his hands and he can basically play this hybrid running back position, you just get the ball to him, screens, pitches, put him at running back and he makes it happen. Breaks, tackles, runs guys over.

And then you watch Amin Rah St. Brown, who I think was a fourth round pick. Why do guys that aren't you think about the list of players in this in receiver George Kittle, fifth round pick Debo Samuel, second round pick Amin Rah St. Brown, fourth round pick Devante Adams, second round pick while Justin Jefferson was a first round pick.

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy Cover

Bill Simmons

The Book of Basketball

The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Coach K wrote about why Baron Davis didn't get a tryout for the 2004 Olympic team in his book, 'The Book of Basketball.'

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He wrote about it in his book.

— Episode: Draymond Green Show - Baron Davis

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Episode: Draymond Green Show - Baron Davis

Coach K wrote about why Baron Davis didn't get a tryout for the 2004 Olympic team in his book, 'The Book of Basketball.'

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He wrote about it in his book.

The Book. The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization - Inspirational Science Books for Adults - Unique Artifact - Knowledge Encyclopedia with Over 400 Pages of Detailed & Catchy Illustrations Cover

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The Book. The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding a Civilization - Inspirational Science Books for Adults - Unique Artifact - Knowledge Encyclopedia with Over 400 Pages of Detailed & Catchy Illustrations

Colin Cowherd was discussing management styles in baseball and referenced a book by Jimmy Johnson, former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, where he talked about releasing a special teams player for falling asleep in meetings, but wouldn't have done the same to Troy Aikman if he had fallen asleep.

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I'm a huge Cowboy fan. And I remember reading a book and Jimmy Johnson talked about releasing a special teams player because he fell asleep in meetings.

— Episode: Hour 1 - LeBron James earned the right

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Episode: Hour 1 - LeBron James earned the right

Colin Cowherd was discussing management styles in baseball and referenced a book by Jimmy Johnson, former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, where he talked about releasing a special teams player for falling asleep in meetings, but wouldn't have done the same to Troy Aikman if he had fallen asleep.

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I'm a huge Cowboy fan. And I remember reading a book and Jimmy Johnson talked about releasing a special teams player because he fell asleep in meetings.

And that player asked him what he would do if Troy Aikman fell asleep and he said I'd get him a pillow and a blanket.

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Colleen Hoover

Layla

The song Layla by Eric Clapton was mentioned in the context of a story about how Eric Clapton, while friends with George Harrison, dated and stole George Harrison's girlfriend.

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And I want his girlfriend, he wrote Layla for Patti Boyd

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The song Layla by Eric Clapton was mentioned in the context of a story about how Eric Clapton, while friends with George Harrison, dated and stole George Harrison's girlfriend.

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And I want his girlfriend, he wrote Layla for Patti Boyd

And Basically stole her from George Harrison and they were friends. They were like guitar compadres and as it turns out they all got along and George and Eric Clapton's friendship remained and Patti Boyd was that one in the middle and here's the thing though Everybody looks at Eric Clapton like yo, man, That's kind of messed up writing Layla stealing his girl and all that sort of thing but you think George Harrison was lacking in the in the Women department. I highly doubt it.

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Vickie Thomas

The Right Left Hand

The book was mentioned in the context of LeBron James reading a one page picture book. The book was a joke and not a real book. It was referenced as if it was a book.

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Heart Right Hand by Quentin. I'm just saying it'll be like one page picture book.

— Episode: Hour 3 - Paul George

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Episode: Hour 3 - Paul George

The book was mentioned in the context of LeBron James reading a one page picture book. The book was a joke and not a real book. It was referenced as if it was a book.

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Heart Right Hand by Quentin. I'm just saying it'll be like one page picture book.

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Daniel Parlegreco

DTP's 2023 NFL Draft Guide

The Ultimate Draft Guide for the 2023 NFL Draft Featuring Over 300 Players

Sam Vecenie's draft guide contains tiers, with no tier one or tier two players this year. This is unusual, but he believes that all-star players will emerge from the class eventually. He ranks the top 75 prospects.

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Because the talent is so flat at the top, right? There's no Victor Wimbenyama Everyone knew Cade Cottingham was going number one The year that Cade Cottingham went number one There's no Zion Williamso...

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Sam Vecenie's draft guide contains tiers, with no tier one or tier two players this year. This is unusual, but he believes that all-star players will emerge from the class eventually. He ranks the top 75 prospects.

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Because the talent is so flat at the top, right? There's no Victor Wimbenyama Everyone knew Cade Cottingham was going number one The year that Cade Cottingham went number one There's no Zion Williamson I would argue there's not even really a Markel Fultz

For instance, I do tiers in the draft guide every year And I don't have a tier one or a tier two player Tier one guys are like, guys I expect to be all NBA players Tier two guys are... I noticed that. I was confused

I had Victor in that bucket last year I don't have anybody in those two tiers And I'm not like stingy with those grades In the four years I've been doing the draft guide prior to this one I've ranked 16 players with a tier one or tier two grade

Look, sometimes it works out And you have Brandon Miller with the tier two grade Other times it doesn't work out And you have James Wiseman with a tier two grade, right?

I think I had tier twos on like Anthony Edwards and Lamella Ball that year You know, I think I had... You know, I think Evan Mobley was two I think Jalen Green was the two I think Suggs was the two And I still believe in basically all those guys in some respect But yeah, I would say that this class does not have a guy that I look at And I can confidently project all-star...

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John Vaillant

Fire Weather

A True Story from a Hotter World

The podcast host Michael Wolff mentioned his three books about Donald Trump, which included "Fire & Fury", and they had sold a lot of copies. Wolff described how he got to know Trump during the presidential campaign and was able to gain insider information about Trump and those around him. He stated that he was a go-to person when Trump and those around him wanted to talk.

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My name is Michael Wolff, and I'm the host of Fire & Fury, the podcast. Not too long ago, I saw Donald Trump and he shouted, Hey, Michael, I made you rich.

— Episode: Hoops Tonight - USA-Serbia Reaction: Kev...

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The podcast host Michael Wolff mentioned his three books about Donald Trump, which included "Fire & Fury", and they had sold a lot of copies. Wolff described how he got to know Trump during the presidential campaign and was able to gain insider information about Trump and those around him. He stated that he was a go-to person when Trump and those around him wanted to talk.

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My name is Michael Wolff, and I'm the host of Fire & Fury, the podcast. Not too long ago, I saw Donald Trump and he shouted, Hey, Michael, I made you rich.

And the truth is my three books about Trump, they have sold a lot of copies. It all started eight years ago.

I found myself in Donald Trump's Beverly Hills home, sharing Hagen-Dazs ice cream with him.

I asked him why was he running for president? And he answered without missing a beat, because I want to be the most famous man in the world.

Since then, I've become a go-to person when Trump and those around him want to talk. And now every week, I'm going to share those insider stories with you.

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Steve Young

The Law of Love

Young's book was mentioned about his time with the 49ers, where he felt like he and the team needed to move on. He was seen as a project when he joined the team, and initially, Joe Montana seemed to be in good form.

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I read, aka listened to Steve Young's book.

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Young's book was mentioned about his time with the 49ers, where he felt like he and the team needed to move on. He was seen as a project when he joined the team, and initially, Joe Montana seemed to be in good form.

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I read, aka listened to Steve Young's book.

They started asking Walsh, like what is going on? Like we need you, you need to let us go.

It was completely different times. Steve Young was a little bit of a project though when they got him.

He was shot, he would only be there for a year.

The first practice they go out and Joe looks fantastic.

Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball Cover

Keith O'Brien

Charlie Hustle

The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

It was mentioned as a good watch on HBO Max, focusing on 70s baseball and featuring Pete Rose and Johnny Bench.

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If you want some 70s baseball, go watch that HBO Max story, Charlie Hustle.

— Episode: Hour 1 - The truth about Joel Embiid

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Episode: Hour 1 - The truth about Joel Embiid

It was mentioned as a good watch on HBO Max, focusing on 70s baseball and featuring Pete Rose and Johnny Bench.

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If you want some 70s baseball, go watch that HBO Max story, Charlie Hustle.

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Tim Green

The Big Game

The hosts mentioned that listeners could obtain a copy of the book immediately before it sold out.

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You can get your copy of The Big Game, right now, before they sell out at AXS.com.

— Episode: Hour 1 - State of the Lakers

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Episode: Hour 1 - State of the Lakers

The hosts mentioned that listeners could obtain a copy of the book immediately before it sold out.

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You can get your copy of The Big Game, right now, before they sell out at AXS.com.

Leading with the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life Cover

Mike Krzyzewski

Leading with the Heart

Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life

It was suggested that listeners read Coach K's book, as it contained details about his near dismissal from Duke and the backlash he faced there.

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Fifth year Duke, go read the book by I know he almost got run out of town.

— Episode: Hour 3 - UCLA head coach Mich Cronin

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Episode: Hour 3 - UCLA head coach Mich Cronin

It was suggested that listeners read Coach K's book, as it contained details about his near dismissal from Duke and the backlash he faced there.

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Fifth year Duke, go read the book by I know he almost got run out of town.

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival Cover

John Vaillant

The Tiger

A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

It served as the inspiration for the HBO documentary of the same name, and was mentioned in relation to other works by Jeff Benedict.

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He's a New York Times best-selling author of 16 books including Tiger which is a inspiration for the HBO documentary.

— Episode: Hour 3 - The Dynasty

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Episode: Hour 3 - The Dynasty

It served as the inspiration for the HBO documentary of the same name, and was mentioned in relation to other works by Jeff Benedict.

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He's a New York Times best-selling author of 16 books including Tiger which is a inspiration for the HBO documentary.

The Tiger book is still selling lebron book sells everywhere istanbul canada here everywhere in the world these books are they're fascinating

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Jeff Benedict

LeBron

It was mentioned as one of Jeff Benedict's books that sells well internationally, alongside 'Tiger' and 'The Dynasty'.

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the tiger book is still selling LeBron book sells everywhere istanbul canada here everywhere in the world these books are they're fascinating

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Episode: Hour 3 - The Dynasty

It was mentioned as one of Jeff Benedict's books that sells well internationally, alongside 'Tiger' and 'The Dynasty'.

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the tiger book is still selling LeBron book sells everywhere istanbul canada here everywhere in the world these books are they're fascinating

Aaron Rodgers: The Inspiring Story of One of Football’s Greatest Quarterbacks (Football Biography Books) Cover

Clayton Geoffreys

Aaron Rodgers

The Inspiring Story of One of Football’s Greatest Quarterbacks (Football Biography Books)

It was discussed that Ian was writing a book about Aaron Rodgers, which he hoped would be successful and a fair and honest account of Rodgers' career.

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Well, I'm writing a book on Aaron Rodgers so I have to have optimism.

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It was discussed that Ian was writing a book about Aaron Rodgers, which he hoped would be successful and a fair and honest account of Rodgers' career.

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Well, I'm writing a book on Aaron Rodgers so I have to have optimism.

It's supposed to come out at the start of the season so I would like the Jets to defy what you just said.

So I recently did that. And so I think it will be a definitive and fair and honest and accurate account of who he is, why he is the way he is.

And I had so many people, Peter King, one of them, the best ever. I think Peter is the best neighbor at what he does. Say he knows Aaron Rodgers, but I don't know.

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Diana Nyad

Find a Way

Merril Hoge's book, 'Find A Way,' was mentioned, and it was described as relating to three words that changed his life. The book was briefly promoted near the end of the podcast.

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Meryl Hodge quite a career as an analyst and now an author. He's got a book, Find a Way, Three Words That Changed My Life.

— Episode: Hour 3 - Best duos in the NBA

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Episode: Hour 3 - Best duos in the NBA

Merril Hoge's book, 'Find A Way,' was mentioned, and it was described as relating to three words that changed his life. The book was briefly promoted near the end of the podcast.

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Meryl Hodge quite a career as an analyst and now an author. He's got a book, Find a Way, Three Words That Changed My Life.

His book is Find a Way, Three Words That Changed My Life.

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