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Greg Gumbel 1946-2024

had no idea he was 78

Me either. I knew he was around for a while but I would have guessed mid-60s. Maybe the most underrated sports broadcasting career ever. Worked for two major networks, the Yankees, anchored SportsCenter, called playoff baseball, NBA, NASCAR, hosted the NFL Today, was first (and I believe only so far) African-American to call the Super Bowl (twice), and of course March Madness host for years. Tremendous loss

Not a good week

He was elderly and frail and did not have the stamina needed for the job, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying he was incapable of making decisions. As noted, stories about Reagan’s last year or two sound a lot like the stories about Biden. Probably some good days and some bad.

He shouldn’t have been running again though. I thought it was clear he would be a 1 term president when he ran in 2020, and I think running again ruined whatever legacy he would have had when people look back on his term… but in my opinion it was still around average on results, not just where we are today but setting up for the future as well (CHIPS act, IRA, infrastructure etc) but failing on the border and refusing to step aside on the other end. Just my opinion.
Forget about not running again, which I agree with you on.

The stuff coming out from the moment he took office in 2021 is disturbing, and the media and so many others seem to have been covering it up. This isn’t an end of presidency thing.

Monsignor Joseph R. Reilly

This is the entire point, "Investigators never accused Reilly of abuse, but according to Politico, Seton Hall University’s governing body followed a recommended action plan to remove him from university boards and as the dean of the university seminary. So it came as a shock to many within the college community when Reilly was tapped as the new president last April."

How does anyone actually defend this? Obviously, people find a way as we see in this thread and the fact that his resume was even put in the pile to consider.

You removed him from the seminary only to then put him in charge of the whole damn thing a few years later? It's mind numbingly stupid and audacious in the hubris of those involved.
The Peter Principle is alive and well in 2024, unfortunately.
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