The Brian D. O'Leary Show - Making sense of today’s sports and politics stories - 1-5-2023

<p>The Brian D. O’Leary Show</p> <p><em>January 5, 2023</em></p> <p>Today’s show brought to you by <a href="https://briandoleary.com/leatherhead/">Leather Head Sports</a> — the premier provider for American-made heirloom-quality sporting goods.</p> <p>Fountain.FM</p> <p>Listen and support us at the same time over at <a href="https://fountain.fm/briandoleary?code=2f1a9cad53">Fountain.FM</a></p> <p>The story of Damar Hamlin and his recovery</p> <p>Links via, ESPN … take them for what they are worth…<em><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35385154/damar-hamlin-shows-remarkable-improvement-remains-critical-condition">Damar Hamlin begins to awaken, moving hands and feet, doctors say</a></em></p> <p><em><a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35372063/damar-hamlin-family-grateful-support-seeks-prayers">Uncle says Damar Hamlin still ‘fighting,’ family grateful for support</a></em></p> <p>Why do I say take these stories from ESPN “for what they are worth?”</p> <p>ESPN is compromised on many fronts. As I Tweeted earlier this week:</p> <p>“Moral hazard for ESPN if either likely scenarios are true.</p> <p>They’ll never admit that football is a gladiatorial pursuit w/ obvious known risks that most players, coaches, fans & media choose to ignore.</p> <p>If he “shook a clot,” there’s no way they could square the circle on that one”</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/BrianDOLeary/status/1610127880851460099?s=20&t=_GviJG4RxbG_dDpW8c832Q">https://twitter.com/BrianDOLeary/status/1610127880851460099?s=20&t=_GviJG4RxbG_dDpW8c832Q</a></p> <p>A Substack I subscribe to, written by Steve Kirsch, continues to put out informative material on this front.</p> <p><a href="https://stevekirsch.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile">https://stevekirsch.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profile</a></p> <p>The Death of Journalism Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-twenty-one-mr-speaker/id1650632627?i=1000592558180">Episode 21: Mr. Speaker?</a></p> <p>W/ host <a href="https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/the-penn-state-case-with-john-ziegler#details">John Ziegler</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Zigmanfreud/status/1611079760846917632">https://twitter.com/Zigmanfreud/status/1611079760846917632</a></p> <p>Joe Biden</p> <p>This is your president, folks…</p> <p>"I’ll paraphrase the phrase of my old neighborhood: The rest of the countries, the world is not a patch in our jeans, if we do what we wanna do, we need to do."</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1610703648400572418">https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1610703648400572418</a></p> <p>The O’Leary Review Podcast</p> <p><a href="https://olearyreview.com/">https://olearyreview.com</a></p> <p>Guest mentioned: Sean Kennedy</p> <p><a href="https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/podcast-sean-kennedy-simbiotrek-sim#details">Ep 7 – The O’Leary Review Podcast</a></p> <p><a href="https://beaction.net/">Better Entrepreneurial Action Network — beaction.net</a></p> <p>For all the rest of it, go to <a href="https://briandoleary.com/">BrianDOLeary.com</a> for more information.</p>