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Chris Johnson announced he has ALS on Good Morning America. Two players from the same Titans team — Johnson and Tim Shaw — are both now living with ALS. The hosts urge listeners to donate to ALS research if they can.
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PFT leads off his Hot Seat with Serena Williams, who lost in three sets at Wimbledon in what appeared to be the definitive end of her comeback attempt. He also flags the Jaylen Brown situation — trade offers apparently nowhere near what the Celtics expected, and Brown liked an Instagram comment from @orlandovibedealer suggesting he deserves to go somewhere that respects him. The discussion shifts to Memes raising Emmanuel Acho's incendiary claim that the WNBA would be better without Caitlin Clark, which lands without PFT available due to a brief connection drop. [1] — PFT Commenter "If we got mad at Kevin Durant for going to Golden State, this would be pathetic. Pathetic." 04:34 Big Cat's Cool Throne goes to Ben Simmons, who is hyping yet another comeback while fishing on a boat in Miami — which PFT suggests might actually be his true calling. The segment's most jaw-dropping moment arrives when Big Cat reads Stone Garrett's Instagram comment alleging Josh Naylor hid in his minor-league apartment closet with a butcher knife, jumped out, sliced Garrett's thumb requiring nerve surgery, and received a one-game suspension while the team kept it quiet. [2] — Big Cat "Former teammate Stone Garrett alleged Josh Naylor hid in his closet with a butcher knife, jumped out, sliced Garrett's thumb open, required…" 54:23 Zach's Cool Throne goes to Nick Saban writing a character testimony letter for former Alabama player Terrion Arnold, who is facing kidnapping allegations. PFT suggests Saban should have led the letter by declaring himself anti-kidnapping.
Emmanuel Acho claimed the WNBA would be better without Caitlin Clark. Malik Beasley is going to prison for sports betting. And Josh Naylor may have once hidden in a teammate's closet with a butcher knife — allegedly.
Stone Garrett alleged in a public Instagram comment that Josh Naylor hid in his closet with a butcher knife, jumped out and sliced Garrett's thumb open, requiring surgery, and Naylor received only a one-game suspension.
Former teammate Stone Garrett alleged Josh Naylor hid in his closet with a butcher knife, jumped out, sliced Garrett's thumb open, required surgery, and received only a one-game suspension while the team kept it quiet. The front office apparently wanted it hush-hush.
AI nailed Andrew Huberman's vertigo-vs-low-blood-pressure diagnosis because that pattern has been reported millions of times. But every patient's liver is different and data on liver surgeries is scarce worldwide — making solo robot surgery dangerous. The rule is simple: data abundance means AI can help; data scarcity means keep the human in the loop.
Fei-Fei Li's father had liver surgery performed by a da Vinci robot guided by a surgeon. The result: 10 times less blood loss than a typical procedure. This isn't replacement — it's the gold standard of human-machine collaboration, where the human's judgment and the robot's precision combine.
US drug overdose deaths fell from 110,000 to roughly 70,000 — the biggest CDC-recorded single-year drop ever. Men's rates fell 27% in one year, and the steepest decline of all was among 15–24-year-olds, down 37%. The crisis narrative around young men needs to make room for signs of genuine progress.
Kessler thought his grief expertise would protect him. It didn't. When his son David died unexpectedly, he found himself on the floor — and eventually realized that acceptance alone wasn't enough. That unmet need became the sixth stage: finding meaning.
Grief isn't just death — it's any unwanted change. Kessler lectured at Coca-Cola and General Mills not because they had lots of funerals, but because change management is grief management. People who grieve well live well.
Witnessing someone's grief isn't just emotional support — it's an essential act of healing. Kessler argues grief is a severance and connection heals it. But real witnessing has two steps: seeing the pain AND affirming the person's capacity to recover.
Avoiding grief isn't free — it's exhausting. Kessler's beach ball metaphor nails it: pushing a small balloon down is easy, but holding a massive beach ball underwater takes constant, draining energy. Unattended feelings don't disappear; they just consume you.
Most people try to control their environment to avoid triggers. Kessler flips this entirely: triggers aren't problems to manage around — they're a detailed map to your pain and your healing. Every trigger points directly to what needs attention.
Running from pain doesn't leave it behind — it accelerates the chase. Whatever we run from pursues us, and whatever we face transforms us. Both Kessler and Lewis Howes testify to knowing both roads firsthand.
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