RIP Dick Butkus; Roy Wood Jr. Leaving The Daily Show; Donald Trump’s Latest

Kyrie Irving challenging his own steadfast commitment to human rights … The White House Press Corp wants to speak to Commander Biden … How much would the Earth cost … Sen. Bob Menendez’s wife struck and killed a pedestrian with her car in 2018, police records show … Yet again, Netflix is planning to raise its prices … What’s a few nuclear sub secrets between a few dozen friends, anyway … Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus dies at 80 … College football has adopted the Eagles’ tush push … Roy Wood Jr. leaving The Daily Show after eight years … Clippers keep sniffing around James Harden … Social media traffic to top news sites craters across the board so what’s the point anymore … Extreme weather displaced 43 million children in past six years, Unicef reports … SEC seeks to force Elon Musk to testify in investigation into Twitter purchase …

Why it’s so hard to hear about baseball on the debate shows and why that reality is unlikely to change. [Awful Announcing]

What’s behind the national surge in book bans? A low-tech website tied to Moms for Liberty. [USA Today]

A coordinated ‘swatting’ effort may be behind school shooting hoaxes terrorizing kids across U.S. [Washington Post]

Evan Neal apologizes again: I never wanted to belittle anyone. [Pro Football Talk]

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