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INFO & STATS: Author: “When The Game Was Ours” | NBA Columnist for ESPN.com | Former reporter for the Boston Globe.
TOPICS: Following apart of Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas’ friendship | Believing Magic’s comments on Isiah’s statements | Thomas spreading rumors or asking about them; intent to hurt Magic? | Pat Riley and Larry Bird’s support for Magic | Magic confronting Isiah with the issue? | Magic owing Isiah a sit-down conversation before releasing the material for the book? | Magic’s push to keep Isiah off the Dream Team | Split between the two very sad | Working relationships out over time; co-existing on the Dream Team. |
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INFO & STATS: Author | The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding Of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal.
TOPICS: Writing about the subject of Facebook | The story of the co-founder | Chasing lousy leads | Two geeky guys | Hacker looking to get chicks | Getting on the FBI list | The bad date; hack of computer system at Harvard | Launching Facebook after the prank | The twins’ influence | The settlement | Lawsuits and complaints to Harvard | Sex in the dorm rooms; venture capitalists; Sean Parker | Backlash against the book | Understand the controversy | Different opinions of certain scenes; best guest estimates | Love for seeing his name in the paper | Thriller review in the NY Times | The Accidental Billionaires a true story | Mark Zuckerberg | Facebook’s impact | Changing the way we live | Trying to talk to Zuckerberg | Story tilting either way? | Co-founder readded | … | … | Turning his book into a movie | A different take on his movie | Kevin Spacey reaching out to him | The next movie | Visit to Dubai | Hemmingway’s impact | Red Sox fan | Celtics fan | Writing comparisons | Attributes to the backlashing | Writing books or writing movies? | Mark will never allow for his story to be written this way | Mark’s email and control of information | Twitter comparison | Twitter to become a part of Facebook? | Reaction from the Clones | Being an “airport” writer | Producing movies | Writing about Mark Cuban? | Writing about Van Smack? | Next tour stop; CNN, Boston, New York & U.K. |
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INFO & STATS: Sportswriter and Sports Commentator | Best Selling Author | Fill-in Jungle Host.
TOPICS: New book on Rocco Mediate | Rocco going head-to-head with Tiger Woods | Rocco playing with Palmer in college | Guys Tiger likes on the course; a short list | Performance statements angering Tiger? | U.S. Open being played on a public course | Difficulties of the track | Phil Mickelson’s wife’s battle with cancer | Anthony Kim got game for the course | Sergio Garcia; if he gets off to a bad start | The next book projects. |
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INFO & STATS: Former New York Mobster Colombo Crime Family | Started Foundation for Helping Youth | Author & Motivational Speaker.
TOPICS: Contradictions writing the book | Books read in prison; Proverbs | Either operating with integrity or Machiavelli’s way | No magic formula for success | Differences between a meeting and a sit down | Staying power | Some qualified to run a business or are better workers | Working to a point or being given it to start | What Michael started off with as a child | Father not wanting him to go into the mob life | Being a head-strong kid; being groomed to take over the family | … | Not appearing certain places in his life | Aspects of the old life missed | Temptations to go back? | Nearly disowned by his father after leaving the life | Father not speaking with him for over a decade | Father wishing to see him after being released from prison | No real bosses talking to a Psychiatrist | Witness protection not an option | His brother not doing as well | How far a reach the mob has? | Message to the “Michael Vick’s” | Michael should have never been involved in criminal activity; no match for law enforcement | Mobs impact on sporting events | Fixing sports games; pro and college level through players and officials | Guys needing extra money compromising a professional game | Athletes badly threatened by the mob | Caller’s father involved with mob activity | Michael a fake? | Caller credits Michael for graduating school; addressing employers | Answering email inquiries | Optimistic or pessimistic? | Sleeping well at night? | The murder of Michael Jordan’s father | More behind the death of his father; gambling impact | Having that much money and not having a gambling problem?; Charles Barkley | Coming out of organized crime; reaction by the mob | Not being in jail today; doing his time for the plea he gave | Working the deal he had with the government | What if his son wanted to get into the life? | A bad life for all involved | Caller wanting to know what’s better, lots of money or being poor? | Caller a victim of crime by mobster; retaliation? | Response to gambling and state lotteries | Connections with those who come to see him speak | Starting over with a clean slate? |
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INFO & STATS: Best Selling Author | Jungle Guest Host.
TOPICS: Reaction to The Masters at Augusta over the weekend | Kenny Perry giving away the win? | Thinking Kenny Perry had won it | Chip on 17 nothing but nerves | Angel Cabrera on the radar to win a Masters? | Reaction to Tiger and Phil’s play during the Masters | Tiger’s trouble with his putter | The front nine and back nine | Mickelson’s putt on 15 | Phil and Tiger’s reaction to defeat | Phil happy he outplayed Tiger | Woods the man to beat at the U.S. Open | Phil able to win another major? | Adam Scott’s future; “still on the tour”? |
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INFO & STATS: Hall of Fame Swimmer, Author
TOPICS: Possibility of Bud Selig suspending Alex Rodriguez / Opinion of athletes who use steroids / Changes to baseball with steroid use / Chances of an athlete like Lance Armstrong using PED’s / Woman who “swam the Atlantic” |
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INFO & STATS: Sports Writer & Author.
TOPICS: Was Michael Irvin the catalyst for the “dynasty” of the Dallas Cowboys? / Presence was what others looked up to / Irvin was almost cut and traded from Dallas / Irvin’s lifestyle didn’t interfere with his performance / Former WR Alvin Harper’s love for the Cowboys partying days / Kicked out of a strip club in Dallas / Who is responsible for building the dynasty, Jerry Jones or Jimmy Johnson? / Break-up between Jones and Johnson / Troy Aikman and Johnson relationship / Charles Haley’s days with the Cowboys / Haley’s relationship with other players and coaches / How was he so successful? / Haley refused to talk for the book / Deion Sanders popularity with teammates. |
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INFO & STATS: Best selling author / Jim Rome Show Guest Host / Part of the 5 smartest men in the Jungle / Commentator for NPR.
TOPICS: U.S. Open scores low; track not tough enough? / Golf courses being on the edge / Too much to ask for Tiger Woods to win the Open? / Expecting Tiger to be in the hunt; win the tournament? / Phil and Tiger being paired together / Phil Mickelson’s best shot to win an Open? / Phil’s incident at Winged Foot / Tiger Woods’ comments on the Stanley Cup Finals / NBA and the alleged fixing of the games / NBA officiating and their calls / The “Derek Fisher” call / David Stern isolating Tim Donaghy as a rouge criminal? / Calling the games differently in the beginning and end; on the road and off the road calls. |
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INFO & STATS: American Sportswriter and Commentator / Jungle Guest Host / Author: “Living on the Black: Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember”
TOPICS: Why this book and why the two guys he covered; Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine? / “Living on the Black”; the process of pitching / Mike Mussina on the “physical part of pitching” and the “mental part wearing on guys” / Mussina’s pitching incident and shouting match with the ump / Mussina’s take on A-Rod / Mussina the only one pulling for “Rod”? / Tom Glavine’s pursuit for 300; being able to talk to Glavine about anything during his pursuit / Glavine on the “Dance” incident / Glavine’s loss to the Marlins the day after the “Dance” incident; refusing to call it a “devastating loss” / Glavine’s return to Atlanta; “putting his foot in mouth” in New York / John’s next book project. |
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INFO & STATS: Author of the book: “Arnie & Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf’s Greatest Rivalry” / Writer for FOXSports.com.
TOPICS: Reason for writing the book / When Arnie and Jack first met on the course / Arnie’s perfect timing into the Golf scene and television coverage of the sport / Fans hatred of Jack Nicklaus / Jack understanding or wanting to be like Arnie? / Fierce competition between the two; all business / Civil relationship Arnie and Jack now in the later years / Tiger Woods needing this sort of fierce competition in his career? / Tiger’s slip at the Major; losing to smaller names / Jack beating Tiger? / Tiger coming off surgery ready to roll at the U.S. Open? / Anthony Kim’s win at Wachovia; the next big thing? / Sergio Garcia not “the guy” to win it through the years. |
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INTERVIEWED BY JUNGLE GUEST HOST: Andrew Siciliano
INFO & STATS: Author: “Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions” / Writer of the movie: “21”.
TOPICS: Story behind the book and meeting the MIT students / Movie to inspire gamblers in Las Vegas; pros and cons / The counting system / Vegas casinos pre-caution measures; security cameras / Just how good the Vegas casino security is / Being given access to the security rooms / Kate Bosworth’s love scene in “21” / Being on set during the filming of the movie / MIT kids moved on or still looking for the “itch”; now instructing college kids / Math genius mind needed or just being able to do adding and subtraction while being distracted / The new scams and systems revealed / Next Hollywood projects lined-up. |
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INFO & STATS: Sportswriter, Commentator & Best Selling Author / Fill-in Jungle Host.
TOPICS: Reaction to Bob Knight’s departure from coaching College Basketball at Texas Tech / Bob Knight preaching of toughness countered by departure? / Building for years towards the announcement of Knight’s departure / Knight wanted to break record mark, reach 900 wins / Knight seeking redemption / Knight in retirement, Final Four appearances with CBS or ESPN / Genius vs. madness with Bob Knight / Writing the book: “A Season on the Brink”, experiences around Bob Knight and the temper / Bob Knight and Coach K / The type of guy Pat Knight is / Type of career Patrick Knight might have / Regrets that Bob Knight might have and want to take back in life / John Feinstein’s next book project. |
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INFO & STATS: Author of new book “Rigged”
TOPICS: Talked about his new book “Rigged” / Discussed the kid he wrote about in the book / Touched on how the trading floor was to be more computerized, but the traders did not want that / The book is a true story and talked about hanging out with the kids in the book / Feels Dubai is the Vegas of the future / Dubai has an underwater hotel, an indoor ski-slope, a manmade island that can be seen from space in the shape of a palm tree / No gambling in Dubai, but the country has the best parties / Discussed a proposed partnership for oil presented to the main character / His main character fought his way to respect within the exchange / Discussed buying big on oil based on what is going on in the world / Talked about his friendships with people in his other books / Talked about pitched ideas given by fans / Talked about a call from Kevin Spacey about making his books into movies / ‘21’ comes out in March, and feels the movie is close to the book / Caller talked about Dubai rebuilding an exact copy of Vancouver within the country / Talked about people who lose on the exchange floor / He had many sources on his books, but some people he talked to, he just had to take at their word / Writes his books more for non-literary types and how fun “The Sun Also Rises” is to read for him / Tried to copy the book and drink across Paris, and lasted 2 days / Talked about the dark side of Dubai / Has to immerse himself somewhat into what he is researching / Talked about the “Jim Rome” book idea and why one would be a good idea / Feels Iran is trying to create an oil exchange program. |
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INFO & STATS: Sportswriter, Commentator and Best Selling Author
TOPICS: Fed up with drugs in sports / Plot line behind new book / Bill Belichick caught cheating / Breaking “The Code” featured in the new book / Bruce Pearl and the recruiting scandal / Roger Federer vs. Tiger Woods in dominance in their respective sports / Donovan McNabb under heat as a African American QB / Opinion of television people in the new book.
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Michael Franzese, the former captain in the Columbo Crime Family is the Founder and Chairman of the Breaking Out Foundation and author of “Quitting the Mob” and "Blood Covenant” came into the studio to give his take about the NBA Referee Scandal and says that his immediate reaction is that the NBA needs to go into immediate “Damage Control”…but says that David Stern could have taken more responsibility. Michael talks about just how damaging a crooked referee in the sport can be and that it cuts into the heart of the game. Michael talks about how the NBA can get back the respect of the fans by taking responsibility for what has happened. Michael talks about Tim Donaghy being the first to be caught, but not the first to do it and says that he’s influenced “people” in the past in sports to do this. He says Tim was under pressure by the “no choice” situation to make bad calls or “get your legs broken” or put his family in danger. Michael talked about his surprise that the NBA took so long to figure it out and that Tim actually went to them instead to tell them about the investigation by the FBI. And why did the NBA not pull him out immediately after finding out? Michael says that Tim is the perfect profile of a guy who would get himself in debt and be looked for on the street by the Mob types out there. Michael gave his take if it’s ok or not for professionals in sports to “sometimes” gamble…saying that it’s generally a huge negative. |
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Interviewed by Jungle Guest Hosts: Jason and Randy Sklar / Executive Editor at ESPN Magazine / Sports Author / Gary talks about his book "23 Ways To Get To First Base" |
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Senior Writer / Sports Illustrated / Talks about the loss of Rod Beck and his memory of him and how Shooter loved to just talk baseball, and how teams trusted him with a 1-run lead. Continued discussing the quality of pitcher Rod Beck was, and how he wanted to be pitching in big situations. Gave insight on the White Sox and their struggles, and Ozzie Guillen’s future with them as manager and Kenny Williams aggressiveness to make the team better and his plans to move players. Talked about the clubhouse troubles with the Braves. As a writer who can vote for the Hall of Fame, talked about the chances of players being voted on for the Hall during the steroids era. Explained the pulse of the game and clubhouse talk, about Ken Griffey, Jr. and how his name has never been mentioned in any scandal, and thinks he is a very legit player, slam dunk Hall of Famer and talked about how Ken Griffey Jr., and other players avoided that kind of situation. Feels that players are wired in the ways they are when playing. Discussed his feelings about Barry Bonds homerun chase and how Hank Aaron will still be the “standard-bearer”. |
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Sports Illustrated / 11 Time Sports Writer of the Year / Author / New Book: “Hate Mail from Cheerleaders and Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly” / Rick talks Barry Bonds and if he will attend the moment Barry breaks the home run record saying that he¹ll most likely hide and not watch the TV as he believes he¹s a “cheater”. He talked about Sammy Sosa reaching #600 and his steroid testing. He touched base on Sammy reaching the Hall of Fame. He spoke on the differences between Barry Bonds allegations and being criticized and Lance Armstrong being well liked by fans despite both possibly taking performance enhancing drugs. He addressed cycling being a “dirty sport”. He went on to talk about Barry Bonds “anger”. And he talked about Tiger Woods losing at the U.S. Open to Angel Cabrera. |
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Sports columnist and reporter for The Boston Globe / Best selling author and television and radio sports personality / Dan comes on to talk about his new book “Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball” and his take on young children playing the sport and his facing the “Empty Nest” now at home with all his children grown up. Dan spoke on how he approached “College Recruiting” with his kids. |
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Jackie MacMullan 
