Trump pardons MLB legend and 'Celebrity Apprentice' cast member for 30-year-old tax fraud charges



President Trump has granted a pardon to a cast member from his hit show "Celebrity Apprentice" for the second time this term.

In February, Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) after commuting the politician's 14-year prison sentence in 2020.

The new pardon again extinguishes charges laid against a member of the Season 3 cast of Trump's hit reality show, this time for a legendary baseball player.

'Mr. Strawberry found faith in Christianity and has been sober for over a decade.'

"President Trump has approved a pardon for Darryl Strawberry, three-time World Series champion and eight-time MLB All-Star," a White House official told the New York Post.

Strawberry had an iconic 17-year career in the majors, spending 13 seasons with teams in New York. He came into the league with the New York Mets and finished his career with the New York Yankees.

Back in 1995, Strawberry pleaded guilty to a single count of tax evasion over a failure to report nearly $500,000 in income from baseball card shows and autograph signings between 1986 and 1990.

As UPI reported at the time, Strawberry was sentenced to three years of probation in April 1995, along with six months of home confinement and $350,000 in restitution for tax evasion

At just 32 years old, Strawberry was also battling substance problems that cost him some opportunities in MLB.

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Strawberry was beloved as a member of the Mets and was hilariously immortalized in the iconic episode of "The Simpsons" titled "Homer at the Bat."

However, the trouble started after he moved back to his home state of California to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Following an All-Star campaign in 1991, the outfielder never played a full season again.

Just three days prior to appearing in front of a federal judge for the tax evasion charges in 1995, Strawberry was suspended by MLB and released from his new team, the San Francisco Giants, over his continued use of cocaine.

Months later, Strawberry signed with the Yankees and played well, but only appeared in 32 games. He retired from baseball after the 1999 season.

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"Mr. Strawberry served time and paid back taxes after pleading guilty to one count of tax evasion," the recent White House comment added.

"Following his career, Mr. Strawberry found faith in Christianity and has been sober for over a decade — he has become active in ministry and started a recovery center, which still operates today."

Strawberry has been praised in recent years for overcoming his drug-abuse problems and turning to God, and he now preaches alongside his wife.

"There's nothing too hard, there's nothing too big for God," Strawberry was recorded telling a group of prisoners in 2024.

"There's nothing too hard, there's nothing too big for God to fix in your life right here, right now," he preached, as the men rejoiced. "God has not forgot about you. You're not a mistake to God. We've all made mistakes. We have all fallen short. The Bible didn't say some of us. The Bible says all of us have fallen short."

Strawberry concluded, "So you gentlemen need to know that today I stand up here; there's nothing great about me. I was a liar. I was a cheater. I was a womanizer. I was an alcoholic. I was a drug addict, and I was a sinner, saved by grace."

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Former NBA star Paul Pierce tells men to CHEAT on their girlfriends



Former NBA star Paul Pierce is handing out free advice from his podcast “The Truth After Dark” — but it's advice only a fellow millionaire could take, not regular guys who listen to his podcast.

“If you really want to know if a girl love you, you need to go out and cheat on her,” Pierce said on “The Truth After Dark” podcast.

“Go cheat on her and see how she reacts. Now we going to see what’s real,” he added.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock and BlazeTV contributor Shemeka Michelle are not impressed with the wisdom Pierce has chosen to impart to his audience.


“That’s just dumb. You know, I don’t know what his religious affiliation or his beliefs are, but the Bible tells us that love is kind. It doesn’t dishonor others. It’s not self-seeking. And it always protects. How are you protecting her heart, her mind, her spirit, just to go out here and cheat?” Michelle says.

“It’s crazy that his podcast is called ‘The Truth.’ Where’s the truth? There’s no truth in that. And Satan is the father of lies. It’s unfortunate that all of his sons and daughters have this access to the airwaves to just push foolishness,” she continues.

“This man said, intentionally, pretty much, is what he’s saying: Go out here to cheat,” she adds. “Why would you do that to her?”

Whitlock points out that while this strategy may work for Pierce, it will lead most men’s lives to ruin.

“Most men that would live the lifestyle that he’s talking about will be so plagued by women who hate them and stalk them and try to create chaos in their life. Women that have some sort of support check that they have because they’ve had a stray baby with this person,” Whitlock says.

“It’s just bad, bad advice,” he continues.

“You start thinking you’re your own god and you did all this, and so you start passing on your level of wisdom, and it’s, you know, an inch deep at best,” he adds.

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Whitlock: Conservatives silenced by fear as NYC elects first Muslim mayor



Zohran Mamdani is the first Muslim mayor of New York City, and while BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is not happy, he’s also not surprised.

“He gets to say whatever he believes. He gets to come off as authentic. He gets to describe in detail, ‘If I’m the mayor, here’s what I want to do; here’s how I want your lives to change; here are the things that I think will improve New York City,” Whitlock says.

“But if you’re on the conservative side, if you’re on the biblical conservative side, they have framed up the conversation that if you say what you think should happen, you’re racist. If you say, ‘Man, we’ve got too many Muslims over here. Man, how did 80,000 people from Somalia end up in Minnesota? How did Ilhan Omar rise to power? Why are there people, lawmakers of ours, that have dual citizenship? How come we can’t execute an America First agenda?’” he continues.


“If you ask those questions, you’re intolerant, you’re racist, you’re anti-Semitic, and most of these people don’t want to deal with the consequences,” he adds.

And because most on the right fear being called these names, they don’t stand behind their true beliefs — and they’re less likely to win elections.

“The left gets to proudly, boldly, speak their worldview. The right has been trained that if you speak your worldview too boldly, we’ll do you the same way we did Trump. Here’s Donald Trump. He’s friends with every black rapper and celebrity and athlete for years, but we framed him up as a racist,” Whitlock says.

“Here’s Charlie Kirk, a devout Christian. We framed him up as racist. We can do it to you. And there’s been bullets fired at Donald Trump. There’s been attempts to incarcerate the man. And Charlie Kirk was shot in broad daylight in front of basically all of America and all the world,” he continues.

“And most people don’t want to pay that price. They don’t. They want to carry the cross only so far,” he adds.

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Fans devastated after Dallas Cowboys player found dead at just 24: 'I am shattered'



Second-year defensive end Marshawn Kneeland scored the first touchdown of his career on Monday night against the Arizona Cardinals. The Dallas Cowboys player recovered a blocked punt in the end zone, and although his team lost 27-17, it was the biggest play of his career.

With one sack and 12 tackles this year, the former Western Michigan player was certainly performing better statistically in his sophomore season than last year, after the Cowboys drafted him 56th overall in second round of the 2024 NFL Draft.

'I still feel like she's there watching over me.'

This made the Cowboys' announcement Thursday that Kneeland is now deceased even more shocking.

"It is with extreme sadness that the Dallas Cowboys share that Marshawn Kneeland tragically passed away this morning," the team said, per ESPN. "Marshawn was a beloved teammate and member of our organization. Our thoughts and prayers regarding Marshawn are with his girlfriend Catalina and his family."

Sadly, Kneeland's mother also recently passed away.

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After a successful college career, Kneeland was preparing for the NFL Draft when his mother passed away suddenly.

As reported by the Dallas Morning News, she passed from an undisclosed illness. Kneeland said at the time that he just found a way to manage the loss and said he always told her he would make it to the NFL.

"She's still with me," he said. "I got this urn of her ashes I carry with me everywhere. I still feel like she's there watching over me."

Kneeland subsequently carried the ashes in a necklace following the draft.

After the announcement of Kneeland's sudden death, fans were understandably shocked.

"Bro scored a touchdown Monday night and 3 days later he’s gone. Life is crazy. I feel horrible for his family and friends," one fan wrote on X.

"Rest in peace man, he had such an insanely bright future," another fan replied.

Another noted that it was "hard to find the right words right now."

The poster added, "Marshawn Kneeland wasn’t just an incredible athlete he was the kind of person who lifted everyone around him."

'... a pain I can hardly put into words.'

Kneeland's agent, Jonathan Perzley, released a much more personal statement on the loss of his "dearest friend": "I am shattered to confirm that my client and dearest friend Marshawn Kneeland passed away last night," Perzley said, according to TMZ.

"I watched him fight his way from a hopeful kid at Western Michigan with a dream of being a respected professional for the Dallas Cowboys," he added. "Marshawn poured his heart into every snap, every practice, and every moment on the field. To lose someone with his talent, spirit, and goodness is a pain I can hardly put into words."

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Frisco Police issued a subsequent press release saying that Kneeland's death was being investigated as a suicide.

"A man was found deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following an outside agency vehicle pursuit that led to a multi-agency search in Frisco," the department wrote on X.

The release said that reports indicated Kneeland had fled the scene of a car crash after evading troopers on the Dallas Parkway.

"During the course of the search, officers received information that Kneeland had expressed suicidal ideations," Frisco PD wrote.

Kneeland was later located just after 1:30 a.m., dead by "what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound."

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Dana White calls FBI immediately after suspicious betting suggests fixed fight



A typical UFC broadcast on ESPN is now shrouded in an alleged fight-fixing scandal.

The No. 1 broadcast for UFC "Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama" was going as typically as any other event at the UFC Apex until the fourth-to-last fight took place.

The outcome of that fight, however, had UFC President Dana White immediately on the phone with federal authorities.

'Are you injured? Do you owe anybody money?'

It turns out that White already had his eye on the match between fighters Yadier del Valle and Isaac Dulgarian. Specifically, White and the UFC had already contacted Dulgarian after getting word of suspicious bets placed against the Kansas City, Missouri, native, who was a healthy favorite to win the fight.

"About one o'clock that day — we're with a company called IC360, and they are the best bet-monitoring company in the business — and they reached out to us and they told us that there was some unusual action going on with that fight," White told TMZ Sports.

White continued, "Do we know anything? We didn't, so what we did was we called the fighter and his lawyer and said, 'What's going on? There's some weird action going on in your [fight]. Are you injured? Do you owe anybody money? Has anybody approached you to, you know,' and the kid said, 'No, absolutely not. I'm going to kill this guy.'"

The UFC boss said he simply replied "OK" and let the fight happen. Dulgarian was a reported -250 favorite.

"The fight plays out, and first-round finish by rear-naked choke. Literally the first thing we did was call the FBI," White said.

As it turns out, the bet-monitoring system may have pointed to that exact outcome after an usual amount of money was put on the line.

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The fight is available online, and viewers can watch as Dulgarian struggles to grapple with his Cuban opponent before eventually tapping to a rear-naked choke with 1:19 left in the first round.

IC360's co-founder, Scott Sadin, revealed that several factors pointed to a possible outcome in line with the unusual bets. Sadin said the company typically looks for "two strange things or more" that raise eyebrows in terms of fight betting. For this fight, Sadin said there was "significant [betting] line movement, not just on the outright winner of the fight but also when the fight would end in the first round."

"Something that at least warranted further investigation," Sadin told TMZ.

The betting expert explained that the total value of bets on the fight was higher than what was expected, as were the bets on Dulgarian to lose, as well as when and how he would lose. All of these factors likely pointed to a specific outcome that, if fulfilled, could signal that there was an agreement for the fight to end in that manner.

This is what caused White to "literally [walk] up from the octagon into my room in the back and [call] the FBI."

Dulgarian has not been charged with a crime, nor has he been proven to have rigged the fight. In White's Magic 8-Ball, though, the outlook is not so good.

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"Fight-fixing is absolutely insane," White said. "... I'm not saying this kid's guilty. ... There's no proof that he's done this yet, but I can tell you this ... it definitely doesn't look good."

He added, "[Dulgarian] and his lawyer denied ... everything. ... We asked them all the questions."

Blaze News spoke to former UFC fighter T.J. Laramie, who was recently in Japan with his brother and fellow pro fighter, Tony Laramie.

T.J. revealed that before his brother won his fight on the Nov. 3 Rizin FF-Landmark Vol. 12 card, he was asked to rig the match.

"My brother actually got approached prior to his fight in Rizin this past weekend to throw the fight, essentially, and they were willing to compensate him minimum three times his fight purse," T.J. told Blaze News. Tony openly mocked the offer on social media, having lost only once in the last six years.

Older brother T.J. said with how prevalent betting is now, even on regional promotions, it likely would not take much for a fighter to say "yes" to an offer like that.

"We put in so much and get paid very little, so I could see why it would be enticing for certain people. Especially in these smaller shows, where there's less eyes on it and less on the line in general. I personally wouldn't do that, but I could certainly see why someone would," T.J. added.

Much as with recent NBA scandals, T.J. said the bets may not manifest in fight-fixing as much as they may come into play due to "insider information."

"Maybe someone in the camp knows about an injury or something compromising a fighter that no one else would know — and definitely not the oddsmakers," he said.

Tony is 11-3 overall. T.J. has a record of 16-3 and has won four fights in a row since he last fought in the UFC.

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Female soccer player called 'racist' and 'transphobic' after call for gender testing



The National Women's Soccer League has entered crisis mode at the end of its season.

With the playoffs set to start, a recent opinion article sent shockwaves through the league because it mentions one simple issue: that men should not play in women's sports.

'That article does not speak for this team in this locker room.'

Elizabeth Eddy, a 34-year-old who plays for Angel City FC in Los Angeles, penned an article for the New York Post recently asking for the league to adopt gender testing in order to maintain an even playing field.

Eddy suggested one-time genetic testing through either blood sample or cheek swab, which would be kept confidential to protect player privacy.

The American's level-headed essay even included the idea of "creating pathways for athletes traditionally excluded from competing at the highest level" in order to demonstrate "inclusion."

Still, the vary notion of screening men out of the NWSL was met with heavy criticisms from Eddy's teammates.

Angel City captain Sarah Gorden and vice captain Angelina Anderson held a press conference a few days later to publicly condemn Eddy's comments, shockingly accusing her of racism and bigotry.

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Barbra Banda of Orlando Pride was removed from a Zambian roster over alleged elevated testosterone levels. Photo by Eakin Howard/NWSL via Getty Images

"That article does not speak for this team in this locker room," Gorden stated vehemently. The captain said her teammates were "hurt," "harmed," and "disgusted" by some of the things that Eddy wrote.

Gorden went on to claim that Eddy's essay had "undertones that come across as transphobic and racist as well," but fell short of providing any quotes or specific details that fit her description.

However, Gorden did specify that she found it "inherently racist" for the article to feature a photo of Orlando Pride player Barbra Banda, claiming that it was likely because Banda looks different or is different.

However, Banda has been surrounded by controversy for years since being pulled from the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

As previously reported by Blaze News, Banda — along with teammate Racheal Kundananji — both allegedly had tested positive for impermissibly high levels of testosterone. An investigative report by the Telegraph stated that the players were removed from the Zambian women's team because they did not want to take hormone suppressants, citing possible side effects.

Zambian officials told the outlet that Banda had abnormally high testosterone levels, and so did at least two other players, including Kundananji.

Banda has been praised through the controversy and was even named the BBC's female footballer of the year in 2024. The award drew mass criticism, including from beloved writer J.K. Rowling, who called the award "more time efficient than going door to door to spit directly in women's faces."

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Gorden added during the recent press conference that since she is a "mixed woman" with a black family, she was "devastated by the undertones" of Eddy's article.

Anderson further cemented the team's position and reinforced that Angel City was "founded upon inclusivity and love" for all.

The NWSL itself supported Banda's recent selection to the FIFPRO World XI, which names the best female players in the world, annually.

The league said Banda is an "extraordinary talent" and that any "harassment or hateful attacks" have no place in the sport or its "communities."

Kundananji was transferred to NWSL team Bay FC (San Francisco) in 2024. Banda missed a chunk of the 2025 season with a hip abductor injury.

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Former Colorado star turns on Deion Sanders, calls for major overhaul of Buffaloes coaching staff



Matt McChesney, a former University of Colorado star and Deion Sanders defender, has changed his tune on Coach Prime — and wants major changes to the coaching staff for the Buffaloes.

“I’m shocked that Pat Shurmur still has his job. I don’t see anybody else giving him another opportunity in college or the NFL. I’m stunned that he still has a job, especially with how quick Coach Prime in year one was to get rid of Coach Lewis at San Diego State,” McChesney tells BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock.

“I don’t see how we can look at the staff and say that they’re helping Coach Prime. And I don't think Coach Prime is helping them necessarily. I think that when you put yourself in a situation where you’re surrounded by your friends, when it gets hard, are you going to fire them? And I don’t think that’s going to happen,” he continues.

“I think that the coaching staff needs to be extremely evaluated hard, and if they don’t make a bunch of changes, then they don’t want to get better because this is not acceptable,” he adds.


Whitlock agrees that there need to be changes, especially when it comes to their head coach and how they approach their next one.

“My concern, if I was a Colorado fan, would be, ‘Man, we went all-in on Deion. Will this administration, if Deion walks away or is fired, will this administration go all-in on the next coach?’” Whitlock says.

“Or will there be some hesitancy of, like, ‘Man, we just got burned. We owe Deion all this money.’ Any concern that there could be irrevocable or really serious damage done in the aftermath?” Whitlock asks.

“If Coach Prime were to walk away, selfishly, I hope if that were to happen, I hope that he would resign so they wouldn’t have to pay him. And that’s just, you know, that’s just the way it is,” McChesney says.

“Deion leaving without the money,” Whitlock laughs.

McChesney isn’t hopeful either.

“Usually, when nepotism and narcissism is involved at this level,” he says, “it’s really, really hard to get anybody to change doing anything.”

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90-year-old golf legend Gary Player reveals secrets for living to 100



Golf and PGA Tour legend Gary Player is still playing as he turns 90.

The South African was the first international player to win at the Masters in 1961, and a star was born. Even though Player broke the tournament's rules by taking the prized green jacket back home with him in 1962 despite losing to Arnold Palmer — only the reigning champion can take the jacket home, for that year only — a lifetime later, he is still making headlines.

'I really suffered a lot. A lot.'

In April, Player shocked the crowd in Augusta, Georgia, teeing off at 89 years old and finishing his shot with a signature high kick.

"I'm standing here for the 67th time, and I think the word is gratitude, just being here," Player said at the time.

He turned 90 years old on Nov. 1, and now one of the sport's oldest stars is sharing his secrets to living a long life.

"Under eat. Exercise. Read. Prayer/meditate. Love. Ice bath. Gratitude. Sleep. Laugh a lot. Keep busy. Friends. Do things you don't want to do," he said recently.

The secrets were not his, though. While he may have the rules written on a laminated card in his wallet, he once received the advice from a gerontologist as a list of 12 keys to living to 100.

"All the gerontologists varied to a degree, but basically what they all agreed on to live a long time is under eat," Player told Golfweek. "Everybody's eating too much. Obesity, which is killing them."

Publicly declaring that living to 100 is now his goal, Player shared more of his regimen for good health.

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Arnold Palmer (L) presents Gary Player (R) with the green jacket at the 1961 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Photo by Augusta National/Getty Images

Working out or playing golf as many days as possible is part of Player's plan. Weight training, walking the beach, and swimming are included.

"But not far out," he said. "Because I'm very wary of sharks."

The thought of living to 100 is in Player's head "every day," he explained, saying he thinks he will get there so long as he does not contract a disease. "[It] can happen because the food is all sprayed, you know, and it's the things that prevent you from becoming a hundred."

Player opened up about his younger years in South Africa, saying that when he was a kid he thought of golf as nothing more than a "sissy sport."

Soccer, rugby, and cricket were more revered in his eyes.

"When you experience what I experienced as a young man, which is living like a junkie or a dog ..." he told the outlet. "I went to this great school, which really helped me, but I'd go home at night, nobody there, cook my own food. I'd get up at 5:30 in the morning to travel to school."

When he eventually started playing golf, Player said he made a promise to himself that if he ever became a champion, he would help others in a similar situation.

He continued, "So I really suffered a lot. A lot. I lay in bed for two years on and off wishing I was dead, crying in bed. That was the greatest gift bestowed upon me ever. And that's what made me a world champion."

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Player has 24 wins on the PGA Tour and 22 wins on the PGA Tour Champions. He has victories in nine majors, winning three Masters: 1961, 1974, and 1978. He also has 118 international wins.

Player was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.

Through all his success, Player says he knows why people die — it comes from retirement.

"I think people retire too early," he said.

"To me, it's a death warrant," he explained. "They say, 'I've worked hard; I'm going to take it easy.' And yes, literally, they do. They go home and they sit there and they overeat and they watch television and they die within three years."

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Vibe shift: No rap in the Top 40 for the first time since 1989



Kendrick Lamar’s song “Luther” has just dropped out of the Billboard Top 40, making it the first time in 35 years hip-hop is not represented on the coveted list of music.

And BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock could not be happier.

“I just want to praise Jesus for that miracle, I just want to thank God for making this happen, and I hope that hip-hop music, the current form of it, never reappears in the top 40. I think it’s an indication once again that there is a cultural shift, a vibe shift, going on in America,” Whitlock explains.

“Are we reading too much into it, or this an indication that the world is healing and people are coming out of the demonic cult of hip-hop music?” Whitlock asks his panel.


“It’s an excellent sign,” BlazeTV contributor Chad O. Jackson says.

“And I think it’s high time that something like this occurs,” he adds.

However, BlazeTV contributors Shemeka Michelle and Virgil Walker are admittedly “cynical” when it comes to it being a good sign.

“I’m happy to see that, you know, hip-hop is taking a nose dive, especially in its current iteration. You know, we grew up, Jason, in the '80s and understood kind of the old school hip-hop, kind of the golden era of hip-hop. Then soon after that, the ‘90s came along, and we got gangster rap, and that became the new cool,” Walker says.

“If you didn’t have enough profane words in your content, if you didn’t have enough sexualizing of women in your content, you weren’t going to be a hit. And that’s only amplified over the course of the last 20 years since 2000,” he continues.

“I think it's wonderful that for at least a moment, at least a minute, at least a point in time, we’re not going to be bombarded with that kind of crash chaos ... but my thought process, kind of like Shemeka said, is that, you know, we’re gonna have to give this a few weeks or so to see if it doesn’t show up again,” he says.

“So I anticipate it’ll make a rise again,” he adds.

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Hot take: Michael Jordan's new show is HURTING the NBA



While Jason Whitlock respects and celebrates Michael Jordan, he thinks the six-time NBA champion is actually doing more harm than good to the league right now. “Jordan is the black shadow that hovers over the NBA like a dark cloud, and he's a constant reminder of how things suck right now,” he says.

Jordan, who has mostly stayed out of the public eye since his 2003 retirement, has recently re-entered the NBA as a special contributor. His new show, “MJ: Insights to Excellence” — a prerecorded miniseries of interviews where Jordan shares basketball wisdom and personal reflections with host Mike Tirico — airs weekly during certain NBA games in the 2025-2026 season.

Fans and players have been soaking in Jordan’s wisdom and the tidbits of information he shares about his personal life, but Jason says this focus on the NBA’s “good ol’ days” when Jordan was the face of the league isn’t doing anything positive for the already hurting association. If anything, Jordan’s show is a reminder of how “lazy” today’s NBA players are.

On Tuesday night during the postgame show following the New York Knicks vs. Milwaukee Bucks game, episode two of “MJ: Insights to Excellence” aired. Tirico asked the GOAT his thoughts on “load management” — the strategic practice of resting healthy players during games or limiting their minutes to prevent injuries, manage fatigue, and extend careers.

Jordan, who was notorious for playing through injury and fatigue all 82 games of a season, pulled no punches: “[Load management] shouldn’t be needed ... I never wanted to miss a game because it was an opportunity to prove.”

“You have a duty that if [fans] are wanting to see you, and as an entertainer, I want to show,” he added.

While Jordan’s work ethic and commitment to the game will forever be admirable, the fact that it remains unmatched over two decades later only highlights how far the NBA has fallen.

“This is not a criticism of Michael Jordan. It's really a criticism of Adam Silver and the executives and ownership in the NBA. They can't come up with a solution for what's wrong with the NBA, and so they're allowing Michael Jordan and the media to mostly drive the discussion about what's wrong with the NBA,” says Jason.

NBC, which recently inked an 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal to broadcast NBA games, is “using the greatest player of all time to basically subtly take a dump on the NBA,” he explains.

“Fearless" contributor and basketball aficionado Jay Skapinac agrees that Michael’s words are true — load management is a reflection of how soft NBA players have become — but the NBA highlighting this is only “undermining the current product.”

If the NBA wants to move into a new era, where grit and passion define the league again, it needs to ditch LeBron James, who he says “is the only player that has left the game worse than the one that he inherited,” and “move forward with these new, bright, rising young stars in the NBA” instead of “focusing on the greatest player that ever existed in the sports history.”

To hear more of the conversation, watch the episode above.

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