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Tease: Coming up in ___________ minutes, things aren’t going smoothly with the New York Mayor’s race  

135,000 test ballots were accidentally counted with actual ballots in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary according to the board of elections. Those results appeared to give Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams a razor-thin lead over Kathryn Garcia, but were quickly pulled down once the discrepancy was discovered. That should instill confidence in the integrity of the process. (Additional Out) But, I’m sure no one will take political advantage of this honest mistake.  

Tease: In ___­­­­___ minutes, why you may have to pay more for fireworks this year  

Fireworks will be in short supply this year. For the second year in a row, fireworks shortages are leaving shelves empty and hiking prices leading up to the July 4th weekend. Supply chain issues and congestion at ports are to blame. So if you want fireworks, get there early and be prepared to pay more. Or do what I do and just watch your neighbor's fireworks display. (Additional Out) Which means many of us will have to come up with other ways to hurt ourselves this holiday weekend.  

Tease: Coming up at ­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, it looks like gamers will be waiting a long time for Grand Theft Auto 6  

Grand Theft Auto 6 won’t be released until 2025. The heavily anticipated game will be set in a modern-day Vice City and have an evolving map like Fortnite. However, notable game leaker Tom Henderson says Rockstar isn’t in a hurry to release GTA 6, so it won’t come out for four more years. But cut Rockstar some slack, it takes a lot of time to build an incredibly elaborate and inappropriate video game. (Additional Out) So in the meantime gamers will have to play GTA online to sharpen their crime skills.  

Tease: In _____ minutes, we may finally have a flying car  

The Jetsons may soon become reality. A flying car just completed a test flight before reporters. AirCar flew for a full 35 minutes between two Slovakian cities this week. Once it landed it took less than three minutes to transform it back into a car that then drove through town. It has a BMW engine, runs on normal gasoline and can fly about 600 miles at a height of 8,200 feet. Excuse my skepticism but I’ll wait for the 2.0 model before I take to the skies. (Additional out) So not quite Doc Brown’s flying Delorean, but close.  

Phone Topic/Web Poll The NCAA is expected to approve athlete compensation through endorsement deals today. If approved it would go into effect tomorrow. After the Division One Council recommended it on Monday, the Board of Directors will meet today to approve allowing students to earn money from their name, images or likeness. What do you think is this a good thing or bad thing for college sports?  

Contest Tease: Coming up at _____________, which one of these cities ranks worst in the nation? The correct answer wins ________.    

[Contest setup] For the first time in 40 years we have a new number one worst city in the US for traffic. According to a new report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute which city now has the worst traffic in the country?  

A: New York  

B: Los Angeles  

C: Houston  

Answer: A, LA got bumped this year to the 2nd spot with New York City drivers spending more than 494-thousand hours in traffic last year. Which I’m sure led to some truly colorful combinations of curse words yelled out of cab windows.  

[DIY Feature] What in the World Wednesday: I’ll give you riddle clues about a place, person or thing and the first person to guess it correctly wins _________. If no one gets it I’ll give you more clues.  

Hint: Sport  

Clue 1: Invented in 1457 in Scotland  

Clue 2: The balls were originally made of wood  

Clue 3: 300 million balls are lost each year playing this sport in the US  

Answer: Golf  

5 Things You Need to Know  

1) 135,000 test ballots were accidentally counted with actual ballots in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary according to the board of elections. Those results appeared to give Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams a razor-thin lead over Kathryn Garcia, but were quickly pulled down once the discrepancy was discovered. But, I’m sure no one will take political advantage of this honest mistake.  

2) Fireworks will be in short supply this year. For the second year in a row, fireworks shortages are leaving shelves empty and hiking prices leading up to the July 4th weekend. Supply chain issues and congestion at ports are to blame. So if you want fireworks, get there early and be prepared to pay more. Or do what I do and just watch your neighbor's fireworks display.  

3) Grand Theft Auto 6 won’t be released until 2025. The heavily anticipated game will be set in a modern-day Vice City and have an evolving map like Fortnite. However, notable game leaker Tom Henderson says Rockstar isn’t in a hurry to release GTA 6, so it won’t come out for four more years. But cut Rockstar some slack, it takes a lot of time to build an incredibly elaborate and inappropriate video game.  

4) The Jetsons may soon become reality. A flying car just completed a test flight before reporters. AirCar flew for a full 35 minutes between two Slovakian cities this week. Once it landed it took less than three minutes to transform it back into a car that then drove through town. It has a BMW engine, runs on normal gasoline and can fly about 600 miles at a height of 8,200 feet. So not quite Doc Brown’s flying Delorean, but close.  

5) For the first time in 40 years we have a new number one worst city in the US for traffic. According to a new report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute New York City has the worst traffic in the US. LA got bumped this year to the 2nd spot with New York City drivers spending more than 494-thousand hours in traffic last year. Which I’m sure led to some truly colorful combinations of curse words yelled out of cab windows.  

Is Athlete Compensation a Good Thing For College Sports?  

The NCAA is expected to approve athlete compensation through endorsement deals today. If approved it would go into effect tomorrow. After the Division One Council recommended it on Monday, the Board of Directors will meet today to approve allowing students to earn money from their name, images or likeness. What do you think is this a good thing or bad thing for college sports? We posed that question to our  _________ listeners, click below to hear their responses, take the web poll to weigh in, then listen tomorrow at _______ to hear the results.  

(Upload audio from your best calls)  

(Web poll)  

Is athlete compensation a good thing or bad thing for college sports?  

Good thing  

Bad thing