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Explaining Racism To My 10 Year Old
Amid ongoing protests over the killing of George Floyd last week sparking civil unrest and headlines in the news and on television, Vernon had an honest talk with his 10 year old son, William, about the source of the controversy and details the even harder conversation his black friend, Evan had to hear from his…
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MikeCheck: Grizzlies got what they deserved in NBA’s 22-team return format – an inside track to playoff spot
Both boxes appear to be checked off as part of a working plan the NBA’s Board of Governors approved Thursday to restart the 2019-2020 season July 31 with 22 teams in Orlando. The Grizzlies (32-33) were eighth in the West standings and held a 3 ½-games lead for that position when the NBA season was…
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Chris Vernon Show – 6/4/20 | S/O to Walgreens
On today’s show: The mystery of Verno’s wallet (8:06) his conversation with his son about everything going on in our country right now (16:44) and waking up to the news about Mike Norvell and Drew Brees (46:00).
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#IMHO: Sports in the Civil Rights Conversation
Amid nationwide protests this past week calling for justice after the death of George Floyd, Grind City Media’s Lang Whitaker and Michael Wallace take a moment to share their feelings on the civil unrest and shed light on what we can do help.
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Chris Vernon Show – 6/3/20 | The Plan
On today’s show: Reports of the NBA’s return, teams involved, number of games played are out, how it shakes out for the Grizzlies, and more (6:30). Mike Miller is also stepping down as an assistant coach at Memphis. Why now? What does this mean? (49:32)
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Tony Allen weighs in on Police Brutality, Racism in America & Eddie Sutton | Chris Vernon Show – 6/2/20
Tony Allen joins the show in-studio to give some perspective on what’s been happening, growing up in Chicago, getting pulled over by police, and the passing of Eddie Sutton.
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Chris Vernon Show – 6/2/20 | Blackout Tuesday with Tony
On today’s show: Chris, Roser and Devin talk about the events that have been going on around the country for the past week (6:30) and then Tony Allen joins the show in-studio to give some perspective on what’s been happening, growing up in Chicago, getting pulled over by police, and the passing of Eddie Sutton…
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Chris Vernon Show – 6/1/20 | The Discussion
On today’s show: Vernon and gang are back after a very eventful weekend with 10 Things. 1. Protests (4:54) 2. Memphis Grizzlies Statement (48:46) 3. NBA News (51:54) 4. Jaylen Brown (56:57) 5. JR Smith (58:03) 6. NBA Rookie of the Year (1:08:11) 7. MLB (1:18:50) 8. Minor League Players (1:24:24) 9. Clay Bennett and…
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Best of Vernon: Eddie Sutton, NBA Season, Brad Jones joins the show | May 25-29, 2020
Chris touches on a few topics from the week including the NFL, MLB and the passing of Eddie Sutton (0:30), Mike Wallace joins the show to talk about his conversation with Jonas Valanciunas, the season getting ready to start back up, Tyus Jones and more (16:17).
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Chris Vernon Show – 5/29/20 | 93 DAYZ
On today’s show: TA and Eddie Sutton (3:00), Feedback on Devin’s story from NOLA (6:15), Roser’s interview with Justise Winslow (21:49), 93 Days till College Football (24:38), NBA GM Survey and Board of Governors Meeting plus the NBA wanting Zion…