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Nothing Personal with David Samson

Opioid Crisis: Tyler Skaggs death and drugs in sports; Why is the IOC letting Kamila skate?; An apology to Ben Simmons (Episode 541)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘opioids’ as in the trial against Eric Kay in the death of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Kay was an employee for the Angels and he reportedly supplied opioids to a handful of players on the team, and the pills that took Skaggs life. Let’s have an honest conversation about drug use in the clubhouse. (27:30) Review: Lunana - A Yak in the Classroom. (32:45) Kamila Valieva is allowed to skate for Russia in the Olympics. Valieva is the favorite for gold. Valieva tested positive for a banned substance and the IOC said it’s all good! What a shame. (44:30) NPPOD. (46:25) Ben Simmons spoke for the first time as a Brooklyn Nets player. He opened up about his mental health struggles. I was a bit harsh on him.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6

Opioids. Nothing personal word of the day for Wednesday, February 16th, 2022.

0:55.6

The word of the day is opioids. It's a conversation that we're going to have right now.

1:01.3

I'm not waiting another day. This is in the news right now because of the trial of former

1:06.3

majorly baseball pitcher Tyler Skags, who was found dead in his hotel room in Texas

1:12.4

with an overdose of opioids. He had mixed it with alcohol. The opioids were not

1:18.4

pure. They had fentanyl in it. He choked on his own vomit. When he didn't show up to a game,

1:26.4

knocked on the door, broken the door, and he was dead. Tyler Skags was a promising pitcher.

1:32.6

It has created shockwaves throughout the sports world. I don't know why. We're going to talk about

1:39.5

why I don't know why. It's not a surprise that someone would overdose on opioids in baseball or

1:46.0

in any industry. How did he get them? Because it wasn't from the team doctor. It turns out it may

1:54.3

have been from someone in his PR department. Someone named Eric Kay is on trial right now, and they

2:00.4

are trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt in a courtroom right now that Eric Kay was the one

2:07.3

who gave the opioids to Tyler Skags, therefore causing his death. The defense, all it has to prove,

2:14.8

is that there could be a reasonable doubt that somebody else gave Tyler Skags the drugs that

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