On Today’s Show

The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors by a score of 114-110 in Game Six last night . . . to win their first-ever NBA title.  Kawhi Leonard was named the Finals MVP.

He’s the first player to win Finals MVP in both conferences.  He also won it with the San Antonio Spurs back in 2014.

Now, Toronto hopes Kawhi will rejoin them to defend the title.  He’ll score a big contract this summer.  A max deal with the Raptors would be $190 million over five years.  The most he can get with any other team is $140 million over four.

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The French sports car brand Bugatti unveiled the most expensive sports car ever built.

List price?  16.7 euros ($19 million US).   It was developed to celebrate Bugatti’s 110^th anniversary and only one has been built. It features an 8-liter engine with 16 cylinders which can generate 1500 horsepower.  Bugatti, which is owned by Volkswagen, has not identified the owner of the unique set of wheels, but whispers in the industry indicate that company chairman Ferdinand Piech has added it to his collection of high-end cars.

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About 40 high school students in Oregon pulled a senior prank last Friday, where they filled the hallways with desks and replaced the erasers in classrooms with hot dogs.  And the principal was so angry about it, he fined each student $47 and said they couldn’t walk at graduation.

But the parents of the kids were even angrier . . . that their kids were being punished.  They argued that we’re losing our sense of humor about these things.  So the principal backtracked.

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ENTERTAINMENT

• “Men In Black International” (PG-13, Action/Comedy):  The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization. (Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth)
• “Shaft” (R-Rated, Action/Adventure):  John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family’s help to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death. (Alexandra Shipp, Samuel L. Jackson)
• “The Dead Don’t Die” (R-Rated, Comedy/Horror):  The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves. (Bill Murray, Adam Driver)
• “American Woman” (R-Rated, Drama):  A woman’s teen daughter goes missing and she is left to raise her infant grandson alone. (Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul)

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TODAY IS……………….

• “World Blood Donor Day”, dedicated to thanking and celebrating voluntary blood donors around-the-globe. It occurs on the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, who created the ABO blood group system, which is still used today.

1994 [24] The New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup by defeating the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 3. It was the first time the Rangers had won the cup in 54 years.

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

JUNE 13^th, 1983          John Anderson earned his first gold record, for “Swingin'”

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RANDOM REPORT

1. The reason Tiger Woodsalways wears a red shirt on the final day of a tournament is because his mother once told him to.

2. The polo shirt was designed so that the collar could be turned up, to protect your neck from the sun when you were playing tennis.

3. From 1891 to 1911, Pittsburgh was spelled without an “H” at the end . . . because the U.S. Board on Geographic Names thought it was confusing.

4. The voice of Siri comes from a voiceover artist named Susan Bennett.  She was hired to record a bunch of phrases and sentences by a software company in 2005.  And Apple eventually bought both the software and the recordings.

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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS

A woman in eastern Arkansas named LeAndra Clay lost her house in a fire about a month ago.  And she’s been living in a shed without any electricity since then.

But she recently came forward after hitting the lottery for 150 GRAND.

She matched four out of five numbers in the Powerball drawing, plus the Powerball number.  Which would have been $50,000.  But she paid $1 extra for a Power Play, which multiplied her winnings by three.

She says her first thought when she found out was God really showed up “on time” for her.

She’s planning to donate some of her winnings to her church.  And she’ll use the rest of it to buy a new house, and a new car.

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BIRTHDAYS

[58] Boy George

[30] Lucy Hale, TV actress (‘Aria Montgomery’ on “Pretty Little Liars” 2010-17)

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CAMPING BECOMING EXTREMELY POPULAR

According to a report camping has become increasingly popular among millennials (ages 23 to 38) and Gen X-ers (ages 39 to 54.)

The annual report noted there have been an estimated seven million additional camper households in the U.S. since 2014, 77 percent being from these two groups. One in every 20-household surveyed said they camped for the first time this year, and 54 percent said they preferred to go somewhere within 100 miles of where they lived.

Forty nine percent said they love camping because they “love the great outdoors,” and 45 percent said they love it due to having happy family memories connected to camping.

KOA predicts the camping industry will continue to grow, as 90 percent of teens and children who responded to the survey said they intend to camp as adults.

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Things Dads Really Want for Father’s Day Include a Steak, Whiskey, and Watching TV

Father’s Day is this Sunday.

A new survey asked dads what they want the most for Father’s Day, and here are the results . . .

1. A phone call from my kids, 47%.

2. A big steak, 41%.

3. Some peace and quiet, 38%.

4. Watching a baseball game with the family, 38%.

5. A few beers, 35%.

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FRIDAY JUNE 14^TH                                          

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[58] Boy George

[30] Lucy Hale, TV actress (‘Aria Montgomery’ on “Pretty Little Liars” 2010-17)

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1. NBA

The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors by a score of 114-110 in Game Six last night . . . to win their first-ever NBA title.  Kawhi Leonard was named the Finals MVP.

He’s the first player to win Finals MVP in both conferences.  He also won it with the San Antonio Spurs back in 2014.

Now, Toronto hopes Kawhi will rejoin them to defend the title.  He’ll score a big contract this summer.  A max deal with the Raptors would be $190 million over five years.  The most he can get with any other team is $140 million over four.

2. “Men in Black: International” goes up against “Shaft”this weekend.  Your limited release options include the Bill Murrayzombie movie “The Dead Won’t Die” and a missing persons drama called “American Woman”.

3. Researchers have designed a quieter airplane toilet.  The reason they’re so loud is because it takes a lot of suction to flush a toilet without using much water.  The ones now move air and water at 300 miles per hour . . . almost half the speed of sound . . . through pipes are at 90 degree angles, with valves that open and slam shut quickly.  It’s like a roar.  The new design would add a more gradual curve to the pipe, and move the

valve farther down.  They haven’t made it yet, so here’s what it sounds like now.

4. Jimmy Fallon read a bunch of “Dad Quotes” from viewers last night.  (From “The Tonight Show” on Thursday, June 13, 2019)

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JORDAN DAVIS ADMIRES HIS DAD’S ‘LOVE OF LIFE’ – (06/12/2019)

Jordan Davis‘ dad spent his career building a thriving family furniture business in Shreveport, LA with Jordan’s grandfather. Now that he’s retired, Jordan tells us he’s happy to see his hard-working dad get to do whatever he wants. [“The thing I love most about my Dad is just his overall love of life. He’s a guy that’s worked hard and is now at a point where he can enjoy it, and he’s living every day to the fullest. That’s something that I’m very thankful that I’ve seen my Dad do and something to learn from.”]

Jordan’s latest single is called “Slow Dance In A Parking Lot.”

He continues playing fairs and festivals around the country this summer, in addition to joining Rascal Flatts on their Summer Playlist Tour.

THOMAS RHETT ON FATHER’S DAY

With Father’s Day almost here, THOMAS RHETT talked about how much he’s grown since becoming a dad.  For one thing, he’s learned that he could get almost no sleep and “still go to work and sing songs.”

He’s also learned how to be more patient.  QUOTE, “My patience [can’t] be thin at all with kids, so I feel like I’ve grown in many, many ways as a dad and continue to grow every day.”

JAY DEMARCUS ON FATHER’S DAY 

Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts was asked about his relationship with his Dad, and he joked around saying the guy told him he’d never amount to anything.  The point being that his dad pushed him to be better and do better, and it worked.  He learned a lot from him

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This post was written by Dave Palmer