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05/23/23 I’M AGGIN’ IT!

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Nobody likes a show-off, narcissistic flexer. That was a muscle-head decision by the NFL Monday. Thursday Night flex scheduling is insanity, one that reflects zero regard for players, teams and fans. I’M AGGIN’ IT!

As much as I dislike it, Thursday flex scheduling will not threaten the NFL’s foundation. But gambling on games by players and coaches just might. The more I read, the more concerned I get. I’ll keep an eye on this for you. You bet I will.

It’s not like the NFL didn’t do anything right on the first day of the league’s Spring Meeting. The owners approved a rule that will allow teams to designate an emergency quarterback on game day. The emergency QB will not count against a team’s 53-man game day roster. All I can say about this is, “What took you so long?”

OTAs started Monday for 20 of the NFL’s 32 teams. Bryce Young is getting glowing reviews from Panthers coach Frank Reich. Nouveau-riche Lamar Jackson didn’t show up in Baltimore, although he says he will soon. Maybe later this week. Maybe. Presumably, Jackson will take part in the Ravens’ mandatory mini-camp June 13-15.

This was a no-brainer. The 2025 NFL Draft will be held in Green Bay. I feel confident the event will be a success. A good time will be had by all.

There are guys I can’t help but pull for. Geno Smith is one of those guys.

I appreciate Ben Roethlisberger’s honesty. Big Ben has a podcast. He invited Kenny Pickett to be on the show. Roethlisberger admitted he initially didn’t want the rook to succeed in 2022, fearing he and his legacy would be forgotten. That’s human nature. But as the season progressed, Ben says he became a full-blown Kenny fan. That’s rising above human nature. Warms Coachie’s sometimes cold heart.

Was there ever a doubt the Nuggets would complete the sweep? No, not even when the Lakers were up 15 at halftime of Game Four. That was a lock.

Things will wind up looking remarkably similar tonight in Miami.

LeBron says he’ll consider retirement in the offseason. That’s natural. But he’ll be back next season. He really can’t help it. He craves the spotlight as much as anyone I can recall.

‘Melo did officially retire Monday after 19 NBA seasons. He exits with a heavy resume that lists him as the ninth-leading scorer in league history with 28,289 points. He was often an interesting fellow, too

Now former Oakland A’s broadcaster Glen Kuiper is looking for a job. He got whacked Monday. Seems Kuiper did a pre-game radio segment on a recent trip he took to the Negro Leagues Museum. But the word “Negro” did not come out right. Kuiper says it was a totally unintentional and accidental mispronunciation. I don’t know Glen Kuiper, but I have no reason to disbelieve him. But I do know that’s how 20-year careers can end.

Eight straight and lookin’ great for the Astros. Two dingers for Yordan, including a grand slam, in Monday’s 12-2 rout in Milwaukee.

It looks like the University of Houston’s Kelvin Sampson is no longer in the running for the Milwaukee Bucks’ vacant head coaching job. That makes my favorite UH grad, BB, very happy. She had been worried about losing KS to the NBA. Multiple reports say the Bucks have narrowed their search to ex-Raptors coach Nick Nurse, Warriors associate head coach Kenny Atkinson and Raptors assistant Adrian Griffin.

No U.S. Open for Tiger. His body just won’t let him.

Brady now officially owns a piece of the Raiders. Hasn’t Brady always owned the Raiders?

Is there a big car race coming up this weekend? I’m not being a jackass. It just seems that the Indy 500 has fallen off the national sports radar.

There was another accidental bird killing in MLB Monday, this one in Cleveland. Guardians outfielder Will Brennan smoked a grounder that struck a bird that was standing in the wrong place. That’s two birds in one week of baseball. Some say these things always seem to happen in threes.

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I clearly have the attention span of your median fruit fly.Look! Airplane!

Sorry. I’m back.

It’s both a curse and a blessing. I’ve never bought this stuff about, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” But I do think that a wide range of life experiences helps us grow as people, and helps us better relate to other people. I’ve been fortunate. And I am beyond grateful.

I show up on time. I go like hell. I’m a good listener. I hold myself accountable. I own my mistakes. And I have a natural and an insatiable curiosity. I’m never afraid to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t. But then I try to find out.

The flip side is I’m a lousy ballroom dancer and my clothes sometimes fit me funny.

Stuff matters to me. I care. But while I take that stuff seriously, I try hard to never take myself seriously. As a result, I have sometimes been told, “Paul, it’s hard to tell when you’re serious and when you’re just having some fun. Which is it? Serious or fun?”

My answer is “yes.” But I think that is a legitimate criticism. I promise I’m going to work on that.

This has been the quickest and strangest half-century I’ve ever experienced. During that period, I’ve been afforded amazing opportunities in news and sports journalism across all platforms. I have taught wonderful students at the high school and collegiate level. Always, I learned more from them than they did from me. I’ve been a high school administrator. I spent ten seasons as a high school varsity football coach. I’ve been an advertising executive. I’ve hosted nationally syndicated television entertainment shows. In maybe the biggest honor I ever received, I was selected by NASA to be “Chet The Astronaut” for the “Land The Shuttle” simulator at Space Center Houston. (All I can say there, is “Do as I say, not as I do.” I put that thing in the Everglades more often than not.) Most recently, I just wrapped up a decade as a television news director, during which time our teams distinguished themselves in holding the powerful accountable, achieving both critical and ratings success.

What does all that mean? It means I am profoundly grateful. It also means I’m ready for “next.” So here we are. Radically Rational. It’s an idea I woke up with in 2017. I scribbled “Radically Rational” on a piece of notebook paper and used a magnet to stick it on our refrigerator. I saw it every day, and it just would not leave me alone.

I am second in charge at Radically Rational, LLC. My wife, Jo (also known as BB), is the president. Clearly, I have failed in my attempt to sleep my way to the top of this organization.

I hope you will learn that I’m loyal as a Labrador. But I will admit that this doggie can bite every now and then. My promise to you? I will show up on time. I will go like hell. I will listen to you earnestly and attentively. I will hold myself accountable. I will never be the least bit hesitant to say, “I don’t know,” when I don’t.

But then I’ll try to find out. Let’s do it.