Kurt Derr

The hockey portion of tonight’s game has concluded. After a spectacular overtime which failed to produce a winner, we now dumb the proceedings down with the intelligence-insulting shootout. (I always wanted to say that on the air).

What a day for Kevin Willard: 1. Backs out of Big 5. 2. Publicly responds to an AI tweet critical of his Big 5 exit. 3. Skip a cancer luncheon. 4. Get skullfucked by UVA at home. 5. Blames Temple for not giving into Villanova’s Big 5 demands.

Five Philadelphia Big 5 Institutions Agree to Men's Basketball Round-Robin Scheduling Format for 2027-28. 📝: goquakers.co/4yzYoQQ

Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God nytimes.com/2026/10/09/us/ke… via @NYTimes

Gardasil (HPV vaccine) is so effective that it is literally on the way to eliminating..yes ELIMINATING - cervical cancer in countries from Australia 🇦🇺 to Sweden 🇸🇪 to my home country of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 RFK Jr would rather your daughter got cancer than take a vaccine Sick!

Sturgill Simpson might be gearing up for his own tour as Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds this fall, but he joined the Black Keys Thursday night at Nashville’s the Pinnacle for a cover of the soul classic “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.” Watch ↓ rollingstone.com/music/music…

Senator Shelley Moore Capito says she knows someone who visited Sen. Mitch McConnell in the hospital who says he’s ‘clear-minded’ and ‘just needs to get stronger.’

An epidemic is spreading through the NHL and nobody's talking about it: slide-itis. 🤒 D-men leaving their feet on the 2-on-1 and taking away… nothing. Here's what the numbers screamed last year--the PASS beats you, not the shot: Carrier shoots: 11.1% Pass, then shot: 21.8%

Claude Lemieux carried the torch for Montreal on Monday before Game 3… Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones ❤️💙

Notre Dame transfer Sir Mohammed has committed to Penn, sources told ESPN. Former top-100 recruit averaged 5.7 points last season for the Fighting Irish. Joins a Quakers group that brings back three starters - including first-team All-Ivy TJ Power - from an NCAA tournament team.

Donald Trump thought he could score cheap political points by calling Bill LeRoy an “insult to Jesus” because the veteran catcher and captain of the Savannah Bananas is “beyond woke” and believes that God does not discriminate on the basis of gender. Standing in front of a roaring, sold-out Banana Ball crowd, LeRoy didn’t just clap back — he delivered a powerful, no-nonsense response that shook the stadium. “The president of the United States just said that I insulted Jesus,” LeRoy began, gripping the mic with calm intensity. “You want to know what’s a real insult to Jesus? Turning your back on people who need help while giving more to those who already have everything.” “You know what insults Jesus?” he continued, gesturing toward the crowd. “Separating families, shutting doors on those in need, and forgetting what ‘love thy neighbor’ actually means. That’s not the message I stand for — and it’s not the message this team stands for.” “You know what insults Jesus? Preaching values while ignoring compassion. Talking about faith while practicing division. That’s not faith — that’s politics dressed up as religion.” “I’m not a perfect Christian,” he said, a small smile crossing his face. “There’s only been one perfect man, and I’m not him. I’m just a catcher who believes in treating people right.” “Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves… So why do we keep choosing hate, division, and fear instead?”

Reporter: Why did you attack Pope Leo? Trump: I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime I guess. We don’t like a pope who says it’s ok to have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a fan of Pope Leo.

Trump's NIH has gutted research into the diseases most likely to kill you or someone you love. Here's the damage👇 • 116 cancer research grants terminated or frozen, worth $273 million • 255 fewer new cancer grants funded in 2025 compared to 2024, a 12% decline • Duke lost nearly $20 million for brain cancer treatment research. Brain cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in children under 15. • Duke lost a separate $20.8 million grant for next-generation cancer treatments, including tumor vaccines. Terminated. • MD Anderson lost $9 million in ovarian cancer research. Ovarian cancer kills 13,000 American women per year. • The Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium, 26 years of clinical trials for children with brain tumors, was defunded. Enrollment in ongoing trials has been paused. • A UCLA scientist had his T-cell cancer immunotherapy research suspended. Even after reinstatement, the uncertainty forced him to scale back and prepare to end his work. • 65 Alzheimer's research grants terminated or frozen, worth $94 million • 357 fewer new Alzheimer's grants funded in 2025 compared to 2024, a 33% decline, the steepest of any disease area • 14 of 35 NIH-funded Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers saw approximately $65 million in funding halted • Approximately 1,000 grants worth an estimated $600 million were delayed after the cancellation of National Advisory Council on Aging meetings • A 35-year Johns Hopkins study tracking individuals from childhood to midlife to identify Alzheimer's risk factors was terminated. A generation of irreplaceable data, destroyed. • A Midwestern physician-scientist with 13 years as a principal investigator and over 100 publications saw two major NIH grants end. In their words: "I am very concerned that I will not be able to continue in this line of work." • 72 diabetes research grants terminated or frozen, worth $99 million • 168 fewer new diabetes grants funded in 2025 compared to 2024, a 16% decline • Stanford lost a $2.7 million grant testing whether home food deliveries improved outcomes for diabetes patients. Terminated. • 67 heart disease research grants terminated or frozen, worth $95 million • 183 fewer new heart disease grants funded in 2025 compared to 2024, a 13% decline • Johns Hopkins lost an $18.9 million grant funding strategies to reduce heart health disparities. Terminated.