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The San Antonio Spurs held a 29-point halftime lead in Game 4 of the NBA Finals and lost by 1. Charles Barkley called it the worst officiating and dumbest basketball he'd ever seen. NBA Game 3 peaked at 26.3 million viewers — and Game 4 is likely to shatter it.
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Tom Ellsworth rates the book's credibility at 8 out of 10 based on multiple well-coordinated sources. Patrick then reads key passages: JD Vance branded a 'conspiracy theorist' by Susie Wiles; the proposal to have Tucker Carlson interview Maxwell in prison; the debate over whether to pardon Maxwell; and the doomed press strategy. The climax is Bongino's Situation Room blowup — he screamed at Bondi that she 'effed this up from the start,' then offered $100,000 cash to disprove the leak allegation, refused to commit to the White House's unified strategy, and stormed out into Patel's armored SUV. [1] — Patrick Bet-David "Dan Bongino erupted at Pam Bondi in a Situation Room meeting, screaming that she 'effed this thing up from the start.' When Susie Wiles acc…" 1:54:00 The panel plays a scorecard game: Bondi is 'horrible,' Bongino is 'good,' Wiles and Kash are 'neutral,' Trump is 'bad.' PBD theorizes Bongino may have been the New York Times source, motivated by self-preservation of his character brand. Adam Sosnick offers a contrarian take that Epstein is a Democratic distraction from the real child exploitation crisis at the border, where 450,000 kids went missing under Biden.[2] Patrick warns the story isn't going away and may re-explode once Iran is resolved.
Dan Bongino erupted at Pam Bondi in a Situation Room meeting, screaming that she 'effed this thing up from the start.' When Susie Wiles accused him of leaking to ABC News, Bongino put $100,000 cash on the table to disprove it — then refused to commit to the White House's unified strategy and stormed out.
Dan Bongino, when accused by Susie Wiles of leaking an Epstein story to ABC News, reportedly offered $100,000 cash on the spot for the reporter to admit he leaked it.
The San Antonio Spurs blew a 29-point halftime lead in NBA Finals Game 4 against the New York Knicks, completing the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
Thomas's wife deferred her CrossFit career — she's in the global top 1% of athletes — to put him through law school debt-free. He wants her to chase the dream now; she wants the emergency fund and house down payment first. On a $200K lawyer income with no debt, the opportunity cost is just a few months of slower saving.
Underground calisthenics battles are exactly like UFC meets a rap battle — 150 people crowded around a circle, fighters walking out with masks and chains, nicknames like 'Extra Money' vs 'Calisthenics the Prince,' and people throwing money and betting. The battle set: 100 burpees, 50 muscle-ups, 75 dips, 75 squats with a 65-pound dumbbell. This is the next big spectator sport.
Rico Verhoeven controlled the undisputed heavyweight boxing champion for approximately 10 rounds — and had his appeal upheld when officials admitted the fight was stopped after the bell. The result was never overturned. Rogan calls it either incompetence or corruption, and argues the money behind Usyk made an upset politically inconvenient.
Rogan lays out a blunt case: boxing's 3-judge system is structurally broken, and the judges know who the promoter wants to win. Glory's 5-judge format is the right model. Corruption doesn't have to be conscious — just knowing Usyk is the cash cow is enough to tilt the scales.
With the Usyk-Wilder fight stalling and Fury-Joshua coming too late, the real fight the world wants is the rematch. Rico is a free agent. Usyk vacated his belts. The story is unfinished and both Rogan and Rico know it. His Excellency Turki Alasheikh already called for it ringside — the question is money.
Rico texted Jason Statham during the Canelo-Crawford fight. Statham showed Rico's highlight videos to promoters. Two days later, Rico was on a call about fighting Anthony Joshua. When Joshua pulled out, Rico pitched Usyk himself — Undisputed vs. Undisputed. Usyk said yes in two weeks. The whole thing started with one text.
Every heavyweight who faced Usyk tried to move to the right — straight into his power hand. Rico and Peter Fury identified the obvious solution: move left, away from the left hand, and smother him with size. It sounds simple. Nobody had done it. That one adjustment was the foundation of 10 dominant rounds.
MMA fans boo when fights go to the ground. They love stand-up. Kickboxing is pure stand-up. Yet it barely exists in America while boxing and MMA are enormous. Rogan's diagnosis: no promotion machine. If the UFC got behind kickboxing the way they've built MMA, it would explode. The talent is there — the storytelling machine is not.
A nation of 17 million people gave the world Ramon Deckers, Peter Aerts, Badr Hari, Melvin Manhoef, Rob Kamen, Ernesto Hoost, and Rico Verhoeven. Rico's theory: the country is so small that every gym shares knowledge freely. In the US, you need a flight. In Holland, you drive 40 minutes and spar the national champion.
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