Happy Friday, December 8th, 2023.

This show starts now.

It's first thing in the afternoon,

with Kevin Mano, that's a working title,

still trying to figure out how I'm going to do the show,

moving forward, but I'm here with you today so let's rip through some

headlines before we get there I want to say happy Hanukkah today is the the first

full day of Hanukah so if you celebrate hope it's a nice one for you. Happy Hanukkah. Okay, we'll start with a couple of sports headlines.

This is big. This one broke today.

The International Olympic Committee, the IOC, just confirmed that Russian athletes can compete at the Paris Olympics, the summer Olympics, they start in July.

They're going to compete with approved neutral status.

So Russia is still banned from team sports. compete with approved neutral status.

So Russia is still banned from team sports,

but there will be a few Russians over there.

And in baseball news, I'm in Nashville, I live in Nashville,

and there's a big story around here,

but it's a big story for Major League Baseball in general.

The Chicago White Sox owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, just met with the Nashville mayor.

There's been a lot of talk about the White Sox, at some point in the next few years,

moving to Nashville, and this is a big clue

that says that might happen.

Take in a look at a few entertainment headlines here.

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