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Hello and welcome. It's our number three, our number three of our radio show.

And we go now to the international line, international, soccer, sensation.

This man, a legend, Sultan Abramovich.

I think I said that right.

Anyway, he made some comments about LeBron James.

He was upset with LeBron being political.

I agree with him.

We'll talk about that and more.

It's coming your way right now in our number three.

An international Donnybrook, well verbally, an international Donnybrook.

Welcome in the beginning of another hour of the Ben Mather show.

We are in the air everywhere as we chit-chat, coast to coast, border to border,

and beyond the vast and powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from inside the theater,

the theater of the mind.

So our lead this hour comes from soccer.

Say what?

Well, it's actually from Italy.

Milan, to be exact, a soccer player there who is known globally.

He actually spent some time in the United States has criticized politically outspoken athletes.

But a generic statement is not enough.

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