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Well, if you look at NASCAR, which preceded them, it's already happened. It's Jersey patches in Europe. It's a premium item that sponsors will desire. The deal between the Buckeyes and Chase will afford the Ohio State University $15,17 million. A new Forbes list out this morning shows Joe Rogan, the top-paid podcaster of 2026. Forbes is out with this list of the highest-paid podcasters from June of last year to June of this year, and Rogan once again came out on top, making an estimated $82 million. Coming in at number two are the hosts of the Technology Business Programming Network, or TBPN, who made $70 million. At number three is the diary of a CEO host, Stephen Bartlett, followed by Ashley Flowers of Crime Junkie at number four. rounding out the top five on the Forbes list are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes of Smartless. I'm Tammy Trujillo. For the latest Ted minds, at the top and bottom of the hour. Set a free set on the free I-Heart Radio app to WTAM 1100. I'm Carmen Angela. Why not use your smart speaker for Cleveland's News Talkin' Sports. Why not? Just say play WTAME 1100 on IHart Radio. Cleveland's News Talking Sports from the Claibin Ford Lincoln Studios.

I'd Bill Wills with Rich Claibbon and the Cleveland artist for his rich or slow or somewhere in between. So when you want to sell your home, we're here to work on your schedule. Whether you need to close in 10 days or need more time to get things in order, we'll make it happen. We'll buy your home completely as is, no matter the condition. At Grandview Homes, we know your time is precious, and we won't waste it by giving you the runaround. Just a fair, guaranteed offer on your schedule. Get your no-obligation offer at Granviewhomes.com today. Hi, Bill Wills. Mindy and I recently were at a Northeast Factory Direct location. I was with the latest this morning from Bloomberg. Money news the morning. Gina Sorretti at Bloomberg with us. Apple shares making some noise this morning. Bloomberg Money Update is brought to you by Claibon Ford Lincoln, serving Northeast Ohio since 1973 and beautiful Medina Country Club. Gina. Apple shares are lower in pre-market trading after supply shortages weighed on Apple's sales forecast. CEO Tim Cook compared the memory cost issue to a 100-year flood while saying the shortages were fueled by higher than expected demand for the iPhone and Mac. Overall, Apple results topped estimates last quarter, which served as a swan song of sorts for Cook, with hardware chief John Turnus taking over September 1st. Amazon investors are applauding its results. The company showed that cloud computing revenue ramped up for a fifth straight quarter. quarter, the e-commerce business still the biggest revenue maker beat sales estimates, and Amazon said it will automatically issue refunds to consumers after getting about 600 million in tariff refunds in the second quarter. What a difference a day makes. Stocks zoomed higher yesterday. As chip stocks rallied in Microsoft shares soared, gains ranged from 1.2% to 2.8% to 2.8%. Get the latest business news from Bloomberg at 0.8 and 38 throughout the morning. I'm Gina Servetti on WTAM. 1100. Yeah, gas has jumped. Four bucks a gallon on average this morning. Hey, enjoy golf. You will love the experience. And I mean the experience. I should say experience is. Edmond Diner Country Club. First of all, this gorgeous clubhouse they're building. Be open in 2027, featuring chef-driven dining, elegant ballroom, premier pools. Wait to experience that. The championship golf course is outstanding and in great shape. Then they built this reversible nine. Literally, it's nine holes, but it's reversible. See, it's like 18. And it's a great place to work on your game and introduce maybe your kids to the game. I wait to see the workout facility and the facility to work on your game. It's all at Medina Country Club. Find out more at MedinaCC.com. You can call Kirby, the general manager. He'll show you around. Some great membership opportunities right now. MedinaC.com. 7.10 now. Cleveland's morning news. This bill wills. Let's get you there on a Friday morning. In for Pat Faith Nosevic. From the Elk and Elk Traffic Center, serious lawyers for serious injuries, call 1-800, Elk, Ohio. Just have to make your way through a little bit of heavy traffic downtown, 77 northbound from east-th, up to I-90 and 90 eastbound, heavy from West 14th to Carnegie as you make your way across the Interval Bridge. Spot a problem, let us know on the traffic tip line, 216, 986-888. This report sponsored by The Our American Stories podcast. This is Monta Montgomery, producer of our...

American Stories. In our next episode, one man shares a story of how Hawking Hot Dogs at MLB Games changed his life. You won't want to miss the next episode of our American Stories. Your next traffic update in nine minutes at 720. Faith Nezovich, W.T. AM traffic on 1100 AM and 10.m. And one of six point in FM. Have you ever been to the Cleveland Bazaar? It's tomorrow. Market Square in Ohio City? Absolutely. Okay. That's tomorrow. 10 a.m. handmade stuff, archcrafts, good. Evan Garde's got their summer handmade market. Crocker. That's tomorrow to 11 o'clock. Farmers markets are always fun on the weekend, right? Faith? Walk around. Yes. And local produce. Yep, local, local. Getting that time of the year. North Union Market opens at 9 tomorrow. Market Square at Crocker Park. In Cam's Corner, the farm market there on Sunday, 10 a.m. There on Albers Avenue. Strongsville continues with the 84th annual homecoming festival and celebration, rides and everything. Food, great entertainment. Diamond Project performs tonight at 7. And rides and all open at three big day again on Saturday and fireworks as well tomorrow night. All right, weekend weather and your Friday forecast. Cleveland Three News meteorologist Matt Wentz. Good Friday morning to you, Bill. Temperatures on the rise today. We're going to get to the mid to upper 80s this afternoon. Humidity will start to rise as well. We'll have increasing clouds with a couple showers popping up in the daytime heating. In the 60s, they're going to be warming up. 68, Willoughby and 69 at your severe weather station. Also, for the weekend, Garts got Arizona starting tonight over to Progressive Field. Brown. working out too in Berea. Mike Sports up next. In other news, the cyclosporiasis outbreak has struck WTAM afternoon talk show host, Bloom Daddy, causing explosive diarrhea of the mouth. Extremely contagious conditions will exist this afternoon starting at 3 on WTAM 1100. Universal.

I know that hiring can be challenging. You need someone to match your role perfectly. Well, now you can... Yesterday's second practice session of this training camp, Coach Primetime, the Hall of Famer, Dion Bernie Sanders, on hand to check out his son, Shador, who did most of the work with the first units at yesterday's practice. Brown's coach Todd Munkin had a chance to meet Dion for the first time, and he said this. That was really cool. I mean, that was a Dion Bernie Sanders. You kidding me? Forget that it's Sador's dad. I mean, first of all, first of all, he did an unbelievable job with Shadur, a great kid. And obviously, an elite football player, held baseball player. And that as a coach, I mean, wow, everything that he's achieved. That was awesome. Interesting that Todd brings up the baseball days, and I digress for a moment years ago when I did the... Canton-Ackren Indians games, Dionne was on the Albany Yankees, and I'll never forget how he'd play center field, and the ball would be a fly ball to one of the gaps, and you would see him just kind of standing still, took him a while to read where it was going, and then he would take off. It was absolutely amazing to see him track down the ball. And then, of course, when his playing days with Atlanta and then the Reds, I believe he was a 300 hitter in his Major League days. All right, I digress there. As Munkin spoke with him also trying to get some insights on, Shadur, and we'll hear what Todd said about that conversation coming up. We also got to hear from GM Andy Barr yesterday, who says that he's hopeful of bringing Jedevian clownie on board. Plowny, a free agent, was in town earlier this week. One guy who's locked up for a while is Grant Delpit signing a new three-year contract with the team. And Delpen was asked if he was wondering the direction of the team after Miles Garrett was traded. Miles is a generational player. It hurts to lose them. I won't downplay that at all. So, of course, trying to figure out, like, what exactly the organization was trying to do in that move. But it's not up to me. We got V8, he's an amazing player. We've got a new defense. I think it's coordinator. Everything going pretty smooth right now. Well, which is the way you'd like it to be. Two days into camp. Hey, fans get to check out the Browns today for the first time. That practice begins at 115 this afternoon. Around the NFL, Baker Mayfield in the news, feeling disrespected by the Buccaneers organization. He said all along, he either wanted a new contract with the team before training camp began or he would not sign. Didn't get a deal done, and he feels disappointed. that they would only offer him a two-year contract and there are other factors in it. Baker now 31. He's played with a large chip on his shoulder since his college days, and that chip will be a lot bigger this year. The Browns, by the way, play at Tampa Bay in week two. Can you imagine the boulder on his shoulder for that game? Guardians back home after a day off. First of a three-game series tonight at 7-10 against the Diamondbacks Tanner Bybee on the mound, and you can hear it right here and free on the I-Heart radio app. White Sox a winner over the Yankees yesterday.

So Cleveland, two back of Chicago, and only one in front of third place, Minnesota. They won on a walk-off grand slam by Cody Clemens yesterday, and the twins all in to win this season. After blowing up their team last year, they already made a deal yesterday, acquiring reliever A.J. Minter from the Mets for a couple of prospects. The clock is ticking on that Monday trade deadline. Hopefully the Guardians make a move. Home of the Guardians and the Cavs. Mike Snyder, WTAM Sports. They're trying to retrieve, rescue a satellite above us today. Maybe you've seen this headline on your smartphone. Let's bring in IHeart's Rory O'Neill to explain what is happening on this mission, and it may be in jeopardy, and what are they up there doing? Rory, set this up for us. What's going on? Sure, Bill. There's a thing called the Swift Observatory. It's been in space since 2004 and was only supposed to last a year. So we've been getting great sciences that looks for gamma-ray bursts across the universe. All of it's been gravy for the last 19 years. Well, its orbit is deteriorating. So NASA and a company called Catalyst Space came up with this relatively cheap idea to launch a robot towards the Swift Observatory, grapple onto Swift. and then boost its orbit. Now, it's a relatively cheap mission, cheap in government terms, about $30 million. But they say, look, this is high risk, high reward. If we can get this to work, we can use this perhaps on future missions. Problem is, the robot launching towards Swift suddenly started spinning out of control over the weekend before the rendezvous. They're hoping. Still, maybe they can correct it enough that will start to behave again. But, boy, it's going to be a long shot in order for this to be mission success. All right. Sounds like a movie script. I see what you mean. If it works, then we use it down the road. Okay, let's say it doesn't work. What happens to this satellite then? Well, then it seems that the Swift Observatory will just ultimately enter the atmosphere and mostly disintegrate. And that could happen just later this year. But this has been up there for, as I said, over 20 years, giving us almost two extra decades of service. Yeah. So the story, though, I guess it sounds like it's more important if we can save the thing than have it. I mean, just to know we'd have the technology to go up and do this again then, right? Right. This is all about testing new technology. The NASA administrator was on X about this last night. He says we're not giving up yet. He says a lot of credit goes to this Arizona company. He said this is high risk, high reward. He called it a very cool, very low-cost, high-potential, high-reward kind of mission. All right. I. Hart's, Rory O'Neill, puts a bunch of stories together to it. You can listen to your convenience on the weekend dive on the app. You got a show put together yet? Some ideas? Certainly do. Something still coming together. I'm talking to a retired lieutenant general about the situation in Iran and that talk about weapons shortages. Plus, did you know we're in a blood crisis right now? We are at almost record lows for the blood supply. So a reminder, roll up your sleeves, give blood, and you even get 20 bucks from Amazon as part of the deal. I-Hart's Rory O'Neill. Check out the weekend dive this weekend on the I-Hart Radio app. All right, good reporting. Thanks much. Have great weekend, too.

Thanks, Bill. Talk to you next week. Yeah, if you can, look at your schedule. Please donate every 56 days you can. All right, traffic, your drive this morning. Faithness of Inch. Good morning. From the Elkenal Traffic Center, Serious Lawyers for serious injuries. Call 1-800-Holk, Ohio. Heavy traffic downtown, 77 northbound from East 30th, up to I-90. 90 eastbound busy across the Interveld Bridge from West 14th. Over to Carnegie. One crash in Summit County. This is Route 8 southbound past Talmadge Avenue. The right lane is blocked. This report sponsored by the Our American Stories podcast. This is Monta Montgomery, producer of Our American Stories. In our next episode, we'll show the forgotten story of one of the most important turning points in Abraham Lincoln's life. A frontier wrestling match. You won't want to miss the next episode of Our American Stories. Your next traffic update in 8 minutes at 7.30. Faith Nezovich, W.T. AM traffic on 1100 AM and 106.9 FM. Warm day, Muggy, getting into the upper 80s. Cleveland 3 News meteorologist Matt Wins says tonight's 70. Scattered showers will be around for most of the weekend. We'll push 80 each day. Getting out on Lake Erie, foot or less today, probably two or less tomorrow. Be careful. Water temp right now sits at 74 off of Cleveland. Tempts right now I've got 68 North Royalton and at your severe weather station news radio WTAM 1100. Stories coming up at 7.30 and Carmen Angelo working on. What's you got? Good morning to you, Bill. The longest labor strike in the Buckeye State this year continues in Lorraine County with no wind in sight. President Trump set to hold high-level cabinet meetings today at Camp David issues to include the conflict with Iran. And Bill, a sad day in downtown as the Hinen store just down the street from us closes its doors for good today. find something to go in there. I mean, there's other options downtown for people, but still, it's, uh, you wish that thing would have worked out, but it just, it just didn't. Oh, I'd love to be an Oscar Meyer winner.

Fox's Tanya Powers, and I love that you pick this topic out. There's so much noise and going on in the world. It's Friday. Let's lighten up a bit. The Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile is celebrating 90. I mentioned earlier, Tanya, I think you get excited when you see the Goodyear Blimp go overhead or you pass the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile. Those are two icons, aren't they? Yeah, I mean, it's Americana, it's pop culture. You know, it is something that, you know, we kind of, you know, it's one of our beloved little kind of happy things. Like you said, it's hard not to smile when you see something like that. Yeah, it's 90, huh? It's been a great promotion for him over the years. It really has 90 years. I mean, the – 1936 is when Carl Meyer, who was the nephew of the company's founder, Oscar, came up with the idea. Could you just imagine this pitch meeting where he goes into Uncle Oscar's office? He's like, hey. So here's what I think we ought to do. Oscar's like – Why did I hire my sister's kid? Right. And he says, let's drive a 13-foot hot dog car around Chicago and tell everybody about our hot dogs. Well, it, you know, it kind of worked. Also, it sort of grew. I believe it's a 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels now. It's, you know, it's evolved over the years. It has spawned. It's even got its own hot wheels car. You can actually get one on Amazon for like $32, which, you know, it seems insane for a hot wheel car. But apparently that this is a, you know, one's going for a lot. The little wheels and everything. The Wiener Mobile is also, you know, on the road. It is touring. There's a fleet of like six of these things. And they drive them around the hot doggers that they hire. That's what they call them the hot doggers. And. They hire these, like, kids straight out of college, not kids, they're adults. Sorry about that, guys. And they have them drive around, you know, the country. And, you know, you just had to be able to, you know, handle this entirely huge automobile. Now they've got to be really good at, like, social media because they're, you know, posting and doing fun, you know, kinds of things like that on social media. You can also track the WeinerMobile on their website. The Oscar Meyer folks have a whole WeinerMobile section where you can see where it's going to be this weekend. I think it's in Georgia as well as some other places. But yeah, it's kind of a fun thing. There's also a cake that is celebrating its 90th birthday this weekend. They're selling it here in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and they've teamed up with Milk Bar, which does the birthday cakes. And it is. Oscar Meyer hot dogs in buns and they're standing up like, you know, lengthwise, and they're around each tier, like they surround each tier of this cake. That's fun.

Yeah, so you've got, you know, lunch and dessert right there in the same thing. I mean, how could you say now? Love it. Yeah, I check the schedules. Rolling through Northeast Ohio next weekend, Macedonia on, or next week, Macedonia on Thursday. Caihoga Falls on Friday. You'll be at the Canton Pro Football Ball Hall of Fame on Saturday, and there's one in Westlake as well. But you're right, you can follow it on the... on their website and check out the schedule. The wonderful jingle produced and arranged by one Dominic Houser. Some 60 years ago is the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile celebrating its 90th birthday. Fox's Tanya Powers all over it this morning on a Friday. Tanya, thanks. Have a great weekend. Thank you. You do. Thank you. No music festival. Presented by Capital One. It's coming back. Morning news with Wilson. It's night of this bill. Will's trending this morning downtown. Last day for Heinz to be open. Washington, President Trump may hold that... Cabinet posts open a bit longer. We've got a cabinet meeting today. The AG can't seem to get through, Blames can't seem to get through the Senate. And Lorraine County, longest labor strike in Ohio continues. Yeah, we'll update you on those stories with Carmen Angelo coming up on News Radio. W.T.A.m. 1100. Cleveland's morning news with Wills and Snyder. First year drive. See what's ahead of you now. Here's fake news. From the Elk and Elk Traffic Center, serious lawyers for serious injuries. Call 100 Elk, Elk, Ohio. A crash in Summit County on Route 8 southbound past Talmadge Avenue takes up the... the right-hand lane. Traffic is stopping and go approaching. Downtown Cleveland, you've got some heavy traffic to make your way through. 77 northbound starting around east-thirtieth, up to the 90-Rampes and 90 Eastbound, busy from West 14th to Carnegie as you make your way across the Interbelt Bridge. Your next traffic in 9 minutes at 740. Faith Nezovich WT.A.m. traffic on 1100 a.m. and 106.9 FM. Sunshine with some increasing cloudiness as we go throughout our Friday. Can't roll out a pop-up shower this afternoon. It's going to be hot. today. Temperatures in the mid to upper 80s for highs. Feels good now, but yeah, going to get warm. 68 this morning in Parma and 69 at your severe weather station news radio WTAM 1100. That's Cleveland 3 News meteorologist. Matt Wynch, this report is brought to you by Allstate. Hey, some people just know there's a better way to do things like bundling your home and auto insurance with Allstate. Why make things harder than they need to be? There's a better way to save time and money. Visit allstate.com or call for a quote today. You're in good hands with Allstate. Thanks for being there. Coming up, Mike Snyder Sports at 745. More on the Guardians Arizona Diamondback series for the weekend. Got the trade deadline on Monday in Major League Baseball. Will they do something or not? Also, Brown's course, working out in Berea. And at 750 on your health, some new guidelines on cholesterol levels. Dr. Joe Galado will join us on that with some news on your health coming up on news radio, WTAM 1100. All right, stories on this Friday morning now, Carmen Angela. And good morning to you, Bill. After five and a half months on the picket line, the strike of some 144 workers at Lorraine County Job and Family Services continues with no end in sight. Rosemary Zayas is among those on the picket lines, and she says they need to be paid more. Most of us have children, have, you know, a family at home to take care of.

We can't even make ends meet. Some of us, some of us still qualify for the very benefits that we give to the public. She says they depend on people who stop by and drop off donations. That's in addition to what they earn with strike pay, but that isn't nearly enough to make ends meet. She says the county is refusing to negotiate with them. A men or man pleading guilty to charges, he assaulted two bicyclists last month before holding police at bay at a home on Orchard Road. 42-year-old Michael Leppelmeyer was accused of striking a 72-year-old bike rider on Headlands Road, June 3rd, before stopping and assaulting a 68-year-old bicyclist before heading to the Orchard Road location where a six-hour standoff commenced. He was ultimately arrested peacefully. Leppelmeier will be sentenced in September after pleading guilty Thursday to charges, including Falun. as assault. It's the end of an era today in downtown Cleveland as Heinz at East 9th in Euclid closes its doors at the end of business today. The downtown grocery store announced plans to cease operations downtown June 26th with today being its final day of operations due to continued financial losses. There will be no layoffs as employees are being given jobs at other Heinz locations. The downtown Heinz open in 2015. President Trump meets with his cabinet today at Camp David is fighting between the U.S. and Iran picks up following the collapse of a ceasefire deal. The meeting also coming up, as Trump says, an agreement has been reached to disarm the Palestinian militant group Hamas with plans for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and the creation of a new Palestinian government. Tomorrow marks six months since Nancy Guthrie went missing, and the family is still looking for answers. More now from Fox News Radio's Todd Piro. The 84-year-old went missing in the early morning hours of February 1st after being abducted from her home in Arizona. So far, no suspects have been named. That's despite grainy doorbell camera footage showing a mass suspect and unidentified DNA being found in her home. Meanwhile, the FBI says it could have gained more footage if there was early. cooperation. Nancy's daughter today's show co-host Savannah Guthrie releasing a video on Monday sending a message to whoever took her mom. Sheriff Nano says analysis of DNA and digital evidence is ongoing but he is echoing Savannah's calls for the public's help and in quote anyone with information is urged to come forward and help bring this case to a resolution. Investigators say that DNA testing remains a priority in the case as they're continuing to work with multiple crime labs to analyze evidence collected at Guthrie's home. For the latest headlines at the top and bottom of the hour, set a preset on the Free Eye Heart Radio app. The WTAM 1100. I'm Carmen Angelo. When you check in for the news at the top of the hour, gas prices back on the rise. This is not good news, but what is good news? You can cash out. That is good news. It was $1,000. Winning, winning, winning again. Up to nine chances every weekend on WTAM 1100. Sponsored by Slicker Trucking. If you are looking for a company that puts people first, Slicker Trucking, at Top FedEx Grand Contractor, is hiring experienced non-CDL drivers for full-time permanent positions. At Slicker Trucking, they care about the people behind the wheel. Visit Slicker Trucking.net.

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This is Monta Montgomery, producer of Our American Stories. In our next episode, we'll show the forgotten story of one of the most important turning points in Abraham Lincoln's life. A frontier wrestling match. You won't want to miss the next episode of Our American Stories. Your next traffic update in nine minutes at 750. Faith Nezovich W-T-A-M. Traffic on 1,100 AM and 106.9 FM. Was it 67%? Yeah, I think that's what you said. They're the same bunch. Half of them got their Christmas shopping done probably, right? You're probably exactly correct. Let's talk some weather. Bringing Cleveland 3 News Meteoraldas Matt Wins. It's a nice start this morning, but it's going to warm up today, huh? Yeah, it's going to warm up. Mid- Upper 80s this afternoon, Bill. So a little warmer than where we've been with that refreshing north wind this week. Humidity is going to start to rise as well. And most of the day is going to be dry for most areas, but can't rule out a lake breeze-induced pop-up downpour, kind of like what you have in Florida. We get it every now and then. So maybe some downpours this afternoon, a little bit inland. Oh, okay. All right. How about the weekend? Yeah, well, we've got rain coming. Timing's not all that awful. You'll see this low pressure that's out towards Iowa this morning. It's slowly going to spiral its way through Illinois and Indiana. We'll have clouds with a couple showers during the day Saturday, but much of the day will be fine. It's Saturday evening that the main plume of moisture gets here. So turning rainy Saturday evening, Saturday night, and then rain at times with thunderstorms. You'll get some breaks as well on Sunday. And that might continue through much of next week as that low stalls over us. So much needed rain coming, but just the timing's not great for the weekend. Yeah, I hate for, you know, stuff the mess up. It seems like that we're getting a little dry around here as far as the years. So dry. Yeah, so we do need the rain. We just hate if it messes up any planes. Okay, all right. Our grass matches fall colors already. It's dormant. Yeah, it's that time of the year. Yeah, I need some rain. Very brown. Hey, have a great weekend, bud. You too, Bill, thanks. Cleveland 3 News Meteorality's Matt Wins. Tempts this morning. I've got 68 right now. Medina 69 at the Mr. Hero I crave a Hero Weather Center from News Radio, WTAM, 1100. All right, coming up. Guardians got Arizona for the weekend. Brown's course working out in Brea. Mike Snyder Sports on the way. And in about 10 on your health, some new guidelines on cholesterol. Hi, it's Bill Wills with Rich Clavin, and the Cleveland Autos Wars Rich, the new Lincoln.

As they say in the business, not much time to talk that one up. It was quick. Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, the Woman, Woman, Sound of the 60s, the Happy Together tour. I tell you, they put together some great acts, the Association of the Trogs. Jason Schiff, lead singer on so many of those Chicago hits, Gary Puckett will be there, the fortunes, the turtles, the vogue, councils. I mean, it's a night of just fabulous music out of the 60s. It's called the Happy Together Tour, and it's coming to Northfield Park, Racino. Next Saturday, August 8th. All right. Next Saturday, August 8. Now, you get tickets at Ticketmaster.com. It's a 21-plus show. I've got a pair of tickets. You can win, though. 216-578-1100. Punching to caller 11. And you win from W-T-A-M-11-7-45 sports. Mike Snyder. Well, Bill, the Browns will get on the practice field today for the third time of this training camp. For the first time, they will have fans. That'll put a little juice into the practice, although they get to put the pads on. Of course, the main storyline of this Browns training camp is who. will be named the Brown starting quarterback for week one at Jacksonville. After two days of practice, it really is too early to tell. The fan favorite, of course, is Shador Bernie Sanders and his dad, Primetime. Yeah, Dion was on hand yesterday. Brown's head coach Todd Munkin had a chance to visit with Primetime briefly, and Todd was asked if he got any extra insights into what makes Shador tick. He gave me a little bit of insight, but we were up against it. Andrew Bari Weiss was next, so I had to give him up to Andrews. So there was some back and forth as to being around Shadur in terms how he processes personality-wise. And I think, you know, competitive-wise, he got into it at the end, you know, in terms of what makes him tick that he'd been around, which was good. It was all good. So a good session there. Of course, Dionne is going to head back to Colorado. College football season is just around the corner. Now, Brown's GM, Andrew Bari Weiss, also met with the media yesterday, and he indicated that he's hopeful that they will get a deal done with Dewey and Clowny. But Clowny is exploring other options right now. The veteran defense event was in town two days ago to meet with the team. They did get deals done, of course, with Denzel Ward and Grant Delpit and the veteran safety. is very appreciative. The trust that the Browns organization has in me, teammates, coaches, it says a lot to make it to this third contract and to be locked in for the long haul. City of Cleveland behind me, you know, it's an amazing feeling. So, you know, I can't say, can't really put it into words, but it's just such a blessing to have that. And, you know, I'll definitely take advantage of. So the Browns, yeah, they're spending some dough on that defensive backfield. They're optimistic about the defensive line. They think it would be better with Clowny as they look at the defense. And, of course, a very young offense with a big question mark at quarterback. Former Brown's quarterback Baker Mayfield isn't happy about the way things have gone in contract talks with Tampa Bay. In fact, he's broken off any more talks. He said unless you get a new contract with the team going into camp. that he would not negotiate during camp, and Baker indicated that he feels disrespected that the team has offered him what they have to this point, and no more than a two-year deal. The Browns do play at Tampa in week two of the regular season. Guardians had a day off yesterday, and they're back at it tonight, first of three, with the Diamondbacks who are fighting for a wild card spot in the National League, 10 or by beyond the mound for Cleveland. 7-10 game time tonight, and you can hear it right here and free on the...

iHeart radio app. Guardians will enter the weekend. Two behind the White Sox who leave the division, but just one game ahead of the third place, twins, who won them with a walk-off Grand Slam yesterday. And last year, after they really, they broke up their team at the trade deadline. They are in it to win this year. They dealt a couple of prospects to get Metz-reliever, A.J. Minter for the stretch run. What will the guardians do? The trade deadline is coming up Monday night at 6. Home of the Guardians and the Cavs. Mike Snyder, WTAM Sports. Do you love movies? Is it the emotion, the spectacle, the escapism? On Raiders of the Lost podcast, we explore. It plays a really important role. There's daily rituals that you do. In all of those moments, you're able to instill a message that lingers in their head when they do have to make that decision. As the number one audio company, IHeartMedia connects marketers to the audiences, live conversations, and trusted influencers you need to grow. If you're a marketer, go to iHeartadvertising.com. Hey, it's Bloom Daddy. Let me tell you something. When you sign your insurance policy for some brokers, that's the finish line. Handshake, commission, done deal. Then you may not hear from them again until it's time for your renewal. Your business runs all year, and so do the gaps and the risk. That's why I'm introducing Super Sure. If your company has more than 25 employees, whether you're the owner, CFO, or HR manager, it can be too complex to just buy a policy online. Super Sure is the super agency built for... you license in every state for your business insurance and employee benefits, all with year-round support for you and your team. At super sure.com, you can access tools like fine print facts, which translates your current policy into just plain English so you see what's covered and more importantly what's not. Plus a business value calculator so you can estimate what your business is worth so you know what actually needs protecting. Go to super sure.com. One super agency, one powerful platform. All your policies in one place. Go to supershure.com. That's super sure.com paid for by Super Sure Insurance Agency LLC, a licensed insurance agency. Denise and Seven Hills won the happy together tour tickets, and she is one happy lady. Going to enjoy that next Saturday and at the Northfield Park Racine. Next week, all week, by the way. Faith, I got tickets for Rod Stewart. Wow. When he comes to town, yeah. W-T-A-M-1100 traffic. Pat's got the morning off. He's fake, isn't it? From the Elkenal Traffic Center, Serious Lawyers. serious injuries. Call 1-800 Elk, Ohio. Cleared up the earlier exit in Summit County on Route 8 southbound past Talmadge Avenue. Everything's back up to speed. Just dealing with some slowdowns downtown. 490 eastbound from 77 northbound from east-th up to I-90 and 90 eastbound, heavy from west 14th to Carnegie across the Interveld Bridge. This report sponsored by the Our American Stories podcast. This is Monta Montgomery, producer of Our American Stories. In our next episode, we'll show the forgotten story of one of the most important turning points in Abraham Lincoln's life. a frontier wrestling match. You won't want to miss the next episode of our American stories. Your next traffic update in 8 minutes at 8 o'clock. Faith Nezovich W.T.A.M. traffic on 1100 a.m. and 106.9. And the 60s right now, it's going to warm up the upper 80s for the afternoon. Sunshine increasing clouds. Get that muggy feel. Could even have a pop-up shower at some point, according to...

Cleveland 3 News meteorologist Matt Wins. Clouds tonight, 70. Scattered showers for shore over the weekend and 80s both days. Lake Erie getting out. Be careful, as always. Water temp, 74. Waves forecast the foot or less. Two or less probably tomorrow. But again, it might be a little... bigger waves, of course, with the pop-up showers and storms over the weekend. But if you're an experienced boater, you know that. All right, be careful. You're getting out on the lake. I've got 69 right now, Bay Village, 70. It's your severe weather station. News talking sports, news radio, WTAM, 1100, FM 106.9 with us on the I-Hart Radio app or streaming on your laptop. However you're listening, wherever you're listening this morning. Thanks for being there. Carmen Angel are working on the 8 o'clock news here. Speaking of Lake Erie, he's falling up on that shooting last weekend on Putton Bay? Yes, suspected Putten Bay killer, Bill, pleading not guilty to the murder wrap against him Thursday afternoon. They're picking up the pieces in Canton following a devastating house explosion there. And Elon Musk once again will dig deep into his wallet to fund Republican candidates in the upcoming midterm. All right, those stories coming up in 8 on News Radio, WTAM, 1100. Now here's some breakfast for your brain. New Harvard University research finds it following certain healthy diets may help support brain health over time. Researchers looked at several popular eating patterns, including the Mediterranean diet, dash diet, and the mind diet, all ways of eating that emphasize fruits, vegetables, whole grains, healthy fats, and lean proteins will limiting red meat and ultra-processed foods. People who most closely followed these diets had lower rates of cognitive decline as they aged, including from memory, concentration, and thinking skills. Experts say following a plant-based diet may help reduce inflammation and support healthy blood flow to the brain. The study also suggests... consistency over time matters, and maybe the key to reaping long-term benefits. So the bottom line, healthier food choices today may help support memory and brain function in the years ahead. With this medical minute, I'm Alex Stone. Also on your diet, cholesterol numbers have moved. Have you heard about this? Dr. Joe Galati with me on News Radio W-T-A-M-1100. This is Bill Wells. Hey, doctor, good morning to you. Cholesterol numbers. What's the latest research and are they giving us, are they allowing us more cholesterol or not? What's going on? No, Bill. I think the problem is that what the American Heart Association... came out with recently is that we really have to tighten up the numbers. The in particular, the LDL cholesterol, which most people think of as the bad cholesterol, that number has to be even lower than the guidelines that were established before. And based on your risk, it should be somewhere between 50 and 70. And I see patients every day walking around with LDL cholesterol of

150 or greater, and they're just not being attended to. It's sort of being ignored. And the research will show one out of three patients are following the guidelines. So there are a lot of people that think their cholesterol is okay, but they're walking around with a high risk for having a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure. All right. So the LDL, I've got to be 50 to 70. How about the HDL? Isn't that the good one? Well, the HDL certainly should be higher, but the attention really is on the LDL cholesterol. The other thing is there is a, I don't want to say it's a little known cholesterol test. It's called the LIPOA, L-I-P-O-A like Apple. That should be tested pretty much once in a lifetime because this. cholesterol elevation, the lipoA is driven by genetics. And if your lipoA is elevated, you're carrying a significantly higher risk of heart attack. And again, you're silent, you won't know you have it. So just the routine cholesterol screening, triglycerize, et cetera, doesn't include the lipo A. So you need to talk with your doctor and get the lipo A to see if you're genetically at risk for. more complications. All right, two questions here than to follow up. One, why the change? Is this more long-term study about where we allowed it before compared to where it should be? Is that what they came up with? Oh, yeah. Yeah, actually, absolutely. You know, the research will show why are people having a heart attack? What do we need to do? And you're looking at all of these people that have been on statins in the past or lifestyle change. And certainly you're looking to say that people that may have been on a statin, And the LDL was above that threshold that they thought was normal are still showing up with significant coronary artery disease. So this is what's driving down the the LDL requirements. And there are very potent, very effective drugs that will drive the LDL cholesterol down and really save lives. I know statins over the past, you know, 20 years have gotten a bad rap. But when you look at the risk benefit, they tremendously outweigh the potential risk that you should really seriously consider a statin. All right. Get you out on this. Full disclosure, I'm on like 20 milligrams of a statin, but I'm trying to do the other stuff, the exercise, and the fish oil. Is the fish oil helping me, Doc? Is that something we should all be doing, the fish oil? You know, fish oil and an assortment of other supplements and herbs have been studied like crazy. And they are not showing that it is reducing the risk of heart attack or dying. So in some cases, especially with triglycerides, the fish oils may improve the profile. But really what we're looking at is not just fixing the number, but reducing, you know, your chance of having a heart attack. Unfortunately, the data does not really support all these supplements. All right, Dr. Joe Galati, a lot of good information. Check out his podcast, too. There's some great work, Dr. Joe Galati.com. Good information on the change in the look at cholesterol numbers, at least on the LBM. All right, we'll try and do better. Thank you, Doc. All right, man. Take care. Take care. A minute till late.

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