Boxing legend Muhammad Ali died on Friday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Ali’s body has arrived in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky, where he will be laid to rest on Friday. His family have said a public memorial will be held at a sports arena in the city later this week, with thousands of mourners expected to attend. Chet Coppock had the chance to interview Ali several times and joined John to share his experiences with Ali. (Listen here)
Donald Trump supporter Newt Gingrich on Sunday sharply criticized the presumptive GOP presidential nominee for his racially-sensitive remarks about the judge presiding over the Trump University civil fraud case. The campaign seems to be getting worse and worse, and we’re just getting started. Bret Baier the host of Special Report on Fox News Channel joined John to talk about the state of the 2016 race. (Listen here)
Michael Huff is the Vice President of Baseball & fastpitch for Bulls/Sox Academy. He joined John to talk about their programs for kids this summer. (Listen here)
A Wendella boat rescued a man who fell into the Chicago River off of the DuSable Bridge. The passengers didn’t even have to pay extra for the show. The owner of Wendella says it’s becoming more and more common these days, because the river is so much more busy than in years past.
The Chicago Police Department is ending the Violence Reduction Initiative on July 1st. So this is what it looks like when violence has been reduced in Chicago. This just happens to coincide with the IPRA releasing their videos of police incidents.
Also, as the Chicago Police follies continue: The person running the CPD Twitter decided to Tweet a “Throwback Thursday” picture of a helmet and baton from the 1968 Democratic Convention riots.
A third grader in California has been banned from wearing his “Make America Great Again” hat. He got the hat last week when he skipped school to attend a Donald Trump rally. He even got it signed by The Donald. He wore it to school for three straight days, and the other kids started confronting him about it. He says it’s not the hat that’s the problem, the other children just don’t like him.
Father of the Year? A father was upset because his son skipped work, so he immediately put his car up for sale on Craigslist. His son’s discipline had been an issue for a year. It’s not just the job thing, but also marijuana use. He’s worried it could lead to harder drugs, to prison, to death. He had tried taking away his son’s cellphone, taking away social media, talking to him. Now he’s decided to go the shame route.
Someone hacked a digital sign in Dallas, they changed an otherwise innocent sign to read “Gorilla deserved it.”
