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weeks working on a home project thanks to lows a do-it-yourself project a bar cart looks great you can

see it on twitter get inspired do-it-yourself at lois dot com he was a columnist for years and years at the L.A. Times covered the Kobe Bryant-Shack

Lakers, covered Michael Jordan and the Bulls for the Chicago Sun Times, a columnist, a reporter.

And then he decided to make a real difference.

He became the director of sports journalism in Northwestern Bedell School of Journalism,

which in our business is kind of the North Star.

And I spoke to his class recently, and I just tried to not screw up because they're all smart

kids, and I'm just, you know, I'm a public school kid.

That's all up there and stuff with Jay Adonda is now joining us.

And a really smart guy and a guy I like to talk to in a great American city, Chicago.

So I said something the other night before we knew if players were going to come back.

And I took some heat in social media, but I said, listen, this platform, don't let somebody hijack it.

You've got this platform, two networks talking about Black Lives Matter.

If you relinquish it, then a bad actor could take it over. Like when you get these massive

platforms and you, we're not seeking perfection. We're seeking growth in our communities. I thought

they should go back and play basketball. I got some pushback on it. Do you think it was the right

decision to come back and actually play? I think so. And first call on, I do want to thank you for joining our class.

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