Just. The. Greatest.

24-time All-Star. Let that sink in.

him and Griffey jr probably 2 best overall baseball players who ever lived

Seems like a piece of my childhood gets ripped daily…RIP SAY HEY


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On the athletes, coaches and fans at the Swimming and Diving Trials.

40 IU athletes participating

The House settlement is on track to disperse 75% of TV revenue in back damages to football, @On3sports has learned."At that point you have a federal judge saying, 'This is a fair way to distribute your money.'"

Full allocation of damages:
75% Football
15% Men’s basketball
5% Women’s basketball
5% Remaining athletes

> I think it is pretty clear that, without Title IX, this is how many colleges would split up their direct compensation. We'll see how this plays out in the courts.

How Judge Claudia Wilken could outline revenue sharing framework in House settlement

TUESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike DeCourcy
🚨 Kevin Brockway
🔥 Celtics secure 18th NBA Championship
🔥 Can the Pacers challenge next season?
🔥 Way-too-early B1G basketball discussion
🔥 The latest from the College World Series

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/isb-6-18-2024-joined-by-mike-decourcy-kevin-brockway--60422874

This is a JAMA just-published study from Columbia University.

Almost 5,000 patients were followed. While the median time for recovery was 20 days, 1 in 5 took more than 90 days to be free of COVID symptoms. Several factors were found to be associated with prolonged COVID recovery time. There was a longer time to recovery if you are…

-unvaccinated (the affect of boosters was less clear; the authors state that the boosted patient population was underpowered)
-a woman (Curiously, women report on average less severe illness but more prolonged / lingering symptoms)
-an American Indian or Alaska Native
-a person with pre-existing cardiovascular disease (CVD)
-a person who was infected earlier in the pandemic, pre-omicron

There were other categories with no statistical difference upon time to recovery, including if you are…
-a diabetic (somewhat surprising)
-a person with chronic lung disease (also surprising)
-a person with diagnosed mental health disorders

The paper's conclusions paragraph, verbatim: This cohort study found that 1 in 5 adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 did not fully recover by 3 months post infection in a racially and ethnically diverse US population-based sample. Recovery by 90 days was less likely in women and participants with prepandemic clinical CVD. Vaccination prior to infection and infection during the Omicron variant wave were associated with greater recovery, which was partially mediated by reduced acute infection severity. Results were similar for reinfections. Further investigation on the longer-term prognosis and mechanisms of PCC, including comparisons of multiorgan structure and function before and after infection, is critical to inform treatment and prevention.

Seems to be on the radar …. again

Shall we learn from history?

Are we entitled to ignore court decisions we do not like?

When? Where is that line? Is every decision we dislike a Dred Scott moment?

Should judges be loyal to their social justice views, or to the Constitution?

What is the proper road to protest a decision with which we disagree? “Burn, baby, burn” or “Brown v. Board of Education”?

Both? Would Brown exist without the Burn?

King and Marshall versus Seale and Cleaver?

The Letter From Birmingham Jail or BLM?

By today’s definitions offered by The Idiocracy, IKE was a white supremacist.

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The Idiocracy need not respond. There is ice cream on the back porch. The adults will call you when supper is ready.

TUESDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Mike DeCourcy
🚨 Kevin Brockway
🔥 Celtics secure 18th NBA Championship
🔥 Can the Pacers challenge next season?
🔥 Way-too-early B1G basketball discussion
🔥 The latest from the College World Series

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/isb-6-18-2024-joined-by-mike-decourcy-kevin-brockway--60422874

This might be a hard listen for some of the Dream Team Snowflakes here but I found a video that pushes back on some of the Catturd narrative. I know, I know... this isn't Bill Maher saying something you agree with while also owning the libs or some billionaire with absolutely no incentive to push back on Dem policies. Anyway, have a listen.

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23 of 32 nations are meeting or exceeding the goal of spending 2 percent on defense. This is a record and a huge increase over the numbers as recently as 2021.

SIAP - Quick scan didn't turn up anything about this.

Wallethub ranked states by their economic performance. The area around Indiana doesn't do so well. Indiana is 38th, Kentucky 46th, Ohio 42nd, Illinois 39th, and Michigan 19th.



The factors they considered are:

Economic Activity – Total Points: 33.33​

• Change in GDP (2023 vs. 2022): Quadruple Weight (~13.33 Points)
• Share of Fast-Growing Firms: Triple Weight (~10.00 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the number of firms in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 list as a percentage of total firms.
• State Gross Public Debt as Percent of GDP: Full Weight (~3.33 Points)
• Exports per Capita: Full Weight (~3.33 Points)
• Startup Activity: Full Weight (~3.33 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the rate of newly established firms.

Economic Health – Total Points: 33.33​

• Unemployment Rate: Double Weight (~4.30 Points)
• Underemployment Rate: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
• Change in Nonfarm Payrolls (2023 vs. 2022): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Change in Total Civilian Labor Force (2023 vs. 2022): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Increase in Ratio of Full-Time Jobs to Part-Time Jobs (2022 vs. 2021): Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
• Median Annual Household Income Adjusted for Cost of Living: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Growth in State Personal Income (2023 vs. 2022): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Government Surplus/Deficit per Capita: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Unfunded Public Pension Plans per Capita: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Share of Uninsured Population: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
• Share of Population in Poverty: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Foreclosure Rate: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Growth in Number of Businesses (2021 vs. 2020): Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
• Fiscal Health: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
  Note: This metric is based on the George Mason University Mercatus Center’s state fiscal rankings, particularly the State Fiscal Condition Index, which refers to the sum of cash, budget, long-run, service-level and trust-fund solvency indices for each state.
• Building-Permit Activity: Full Weight (~2.15 Points)
  Note: This metric measures the total number of new privately owned residential-building permits issued annually per capita.
• Average Educational Attainment of Recent Immigrants: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
  Note: The educational attainment of recent immigrants aged 25 and older from a foreign country is classified as having either no high school diploma; a high school diploma or equivalent; some college experience or an associate’s degree; a bachelor’s degree; or a graduate or professional degree.
• Average Educational Attainment of Recent Migrants from Other U.S. States: Half Weight (~1.08 Points)
  Note: The educational attainment of recent migrants aged 25 and older from other states within the U.S. is classified as having either no high school diploma; a high school diploma or equivalent; some college experience or an associate’s degree; a bachelor’s degree; or a graduate or professional degree.

Innovation Potential – Total Points: 33.33​

• Share of Jobs in High-Tech Industries: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
• Share of Jobs STEM Employment: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
• Independent Inventor Patents per 1,000 Working-Age Population: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
• Industry R&D Investment Amount per Total Civilian Employed Population: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
  Note: “R&D” refers to research and development.
• Nonindustry R&D Investment Amount as Share of GDP: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)
  Note: “R&D” refers to research and development.
• Entrepreneurial Activity: Full Weight (~5.56 Points)

Saw on twitter that Winnie Watkins, the nation's #1 receiver, has scheduled his official visit to Indiana.

MONDAY'S SHOW:

🚨 Greg Rakestraw
🚨 Todd Leary
🚨 Travis Miller
🔥 #iubb team camps in B-town
🔥 Boston Celtics one win away from NBA title
🔥 Bryson DeChambeau wins 2024 U.S. Open
🔥 #ihsaa baseball state finals no hitter

Audio - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/is...-rakestraw-todd-leary-travis-miller--60411201

Progressive policies and their lingering consequences. Interesting read. Surprised to see that from cnn

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Edit: it won't post, but he posted the official visit tweet recruits tweet out

This is hard to do in mid-June, but it's fun to look ahead. Here's my best guess at who starts, and how the minutes get distributed. Check it out and let me know where you agree/disagree!

https://indiana.rivals.com/news/predicting-roles-and-minutes-for-the-hoosiers-this-season

A fascinating, frustrating, and tragic cold case

Wiki for those who may not know about the case

Pics are starting to show up on social media. Definitely more red.

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Kudos to Captain Hill and all the sailors who are keeping the Red Sea corridor open. These guys and women are doing important work and are definitely in harm's way, as the US Navy is engaged in its most intense ongoing sea battle since WWII.