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Artificial turf football fields cost 32% cause.

32% more non-contact knee injuries.

Let's get to grass, get the turf, which is not recyclable either out of here.

Pennington's on a mission to ban it. Go to pennington.com slash flip the turf now.

Chris Bruce Sard co-host, first things first.

I think Chris and I have had our reservations about the Lakers, and, you know, Nick

Wright's feeling it between the chiefs and the Lakers.

He's had a nice little heater.

I will say, though, so I liked them to beat Minnesota.

I liked them over Memphis.

I did not like him over Golden State.

I do think they match up with Denver pretty well.

My criticism, my concern of Denver, this is a big stage.

Any series with LeBron is going to get massive attention nationally.

It's not just another playoff series.

Any LeBron series is the biggest series in the world.

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