Dick Butkus, Travis Kelce, Amy Jo Johnson & More - 10/6/2023

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Today's Rundown:
Interviewing Biden ‘the saddest thing’ as he ‘couldn’t finish his sentences,’ ex-ESPN host Sage Steele says
https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/interviewing-biden-the-saddest-thing-as-he-couldnt-finish-a-sentence-sage-steele/

Ann Coulter compared Republicans wanting former President Trump back in office to an abused spouse making excuses for their partner in a podcast interview
https://trib.al/9qPeAI4

Joel Embiid decides to play for USA — not France — in Paris Olympics
https://apnews.com/article/joel-embiid-paris-olympics-usa-basketball-4921b10e4d73fa26579932010c24ff43

Utah NIL group gifts Ram 1500 trucks to all 85 scholarship football players
https://sports.yahoo.com/utah-nil-group-gifts-ram-1500-trucks-to-all-85-scholarship-football-players-185618727.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker and Bears legend, dies at age of 80
https://www.nfl.com/news/dick-butkus-hall-of-fame-linebacker-and-bears-legend-dies-at-age-of-80

Roy Wood Jr. says he's leaving 'The Daily Show' but he doesn't hold a grudge
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203743662/roy-wood-jr-daily-show

MyPillow lawyers say CEO Mike Lindell owes them millions of dollars
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mypillow-lawyers-say-ceo-mike-lindell-owes-millions-dollars-rcna119058

Even Travis Kelce thinks the NFL is 'overdoing it' with Taylor Swift coverage
https://sports.yahoo.com/even-travis-kelce-thinks-the-nfl-is-overdoing-it-with-taylor-swift-coverage-160606189.html

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ONE DAY OLDER ON OCTOBER 6:
Elisabeth Shue (60)
Amy Jo Johnson (53)
Jeremy Sisto (49)

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1927: The era of talking pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer,” a movie starring Al Jolson that featured both silent and talking scenes.
1996: The London tabloid The People reported “reliable” information that Elvis had faked his death in 1977 and run off with a secret lover named Maria. The tabloid said Elvis had paid a dying man to have plastic surgery to become his double, to die at Graceland, and be buried in Elvis’s place.
2014: Michael Phelps was suspended for six months from sponsor organization USA Swimming due to drunk driving charge.

PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: Plaidurday
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/plaidurday/