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"Yes indeed, yes indeed we are here again here again. So let's get right into these hot takes and then we'll get to the wise guys segment, huh? Sorry, I'm popular opinion will be on hold for just one more week. We'll get it back right next week. So my story goes as follows, it is a story about AX LA's angels employee gets 20 two years for the death of Taylor sags, gods know who tiller sags when he was a pitcher. For the angels, he died, a copy is from overdose. Eric Prescott king provided drugs that resulted in the death of angels, Tyler skaggs, was sentenced to ten I'll send us on October 11th of this year to 22 years in prison on drug charges. Kay was a former commissioner, communication director for the angels. He faced 20 years of life when convicted in February 20 22 on the charges of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in the death and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. K provided drugs to sags in 2019 when he was 27 years old, that the resulted in the death of him inside his hotel room on July 1st, 2019 in Texas. Sack was discovered unresponsive by the soft Lake town square Hilton Hotel. In the system they found a mixture of ethanol, oxycodone, and the deadly fentanyl. Also found on him a number of pills, including a single blue pill with the M 30 markings on it. They found the pill, which was closely resemble an oxycodone pill, was laced with fentanyl, and initial investigation K denied knowing, but after an investigation, Sean he was the man, the main supplier of dealing pills at the state of that he worked at K was a main social pills and also the death of it also delta several other players, including Matt Harvey, CJ krum, Mike Roman, and breast. It doesn't help that tech showed the day before he visited sags. The night before as well. Cables dealt with a blow us in the scene when they introduced a phone. Jail, phone calls, emails, attendees. He said, I'm calling, I hope people realize that the POS he was. He's better off dead so effin. He calls sacks families dumb, white trash, and call it the jury. Fat sloppy tooth is an unemployed. He accepts these things to express his frustration with the comments and as selfish and get the world. Judge Terry R means made of 22 years to the 20 because of the lack of remorse on case part. Also his lack of responsibility for the death of Sachs trek was on trial at the feds. Man, terrible. Jesus. Haven't you have learned from Mac Miller? They're gonna hold you responsible. Yep. And as you use us, haven't you learned from Matt Miller? I keep saying this over and over again. And I'm gonna say it again. Your dealer has become a chemist and providing you product to see how potent it is. Yep, and here the lab subject and you are the lab rat. So this is yourself. You might do a little bit of weed. I'm okay. Get a little drinky drink. I'm all right. Anything past that? You lost me. That's why America passed that. There's no point. There's no point. Who is it benefiting? You're going to do time, the other person is going to get a halo on their head. And that's going to be that. And put on this T-shirt. You know, put on a T-shirt. And then as time passes by, life's going to go on. You're slowly forget for others and always, it'll always be a close to home and a touchy subject. But yeah, to put yourself in that type of position where your fate is where your fate is inevitable when it comes to death, but also to put yourself in a position where your fate is at the judge's hands. Now, mind you, you know, K is in his 50s. And I'm gonna have to face 22 years in federal prison, or he's done. He's done. By the time he goes to be 70 something years old, me and senior citizen security. Well, he's already cooked. You had a wonderful job being the communication director at a baseball organization. Selling drugs. Your big dummy? Seems like it seems like someone went backwards. And I get it. 'cause when, you know, if you're at these functions, entertainers and athletes, the modest stuff you can get, just being around them, you went from a 9 to 5 to a legal freelancing. It's unmatched. Like you call these functions, they're like, yo, we got everything, bro I'm not doing that. We have everything. And you walk in a function, you might do like a yacht party or something like that. And you've been in your party, and them girls is doing lines. And girls over there shooting up true walker. And I'm just feeling like, nope, no. And the players are there, watch them doing like, that's just them. 'cause they can't. And one pisses us away from game. Exactly. From a fine suspension, pay. It was money. And now because you were the chemist. And yes, Stephen a's never understanding, but okay. Yes, I never understand. So what does he know? You know what I'm saying? Keep on doing the players. Keep on doing your livelihood, your money, you know, and stuff like that, you know? You know, burn your bridges with high profile names. Bought by killing them. Yeah, it just makes all the sense in the world. What do you gain out of this and stuff like that? Exactly. You know? But what does it matter? You're gonna be sitting down, you're intentional. You know? If that was the gimbal is, go ahead. If that's for my fade lies, why even take that chance? As only recently started, you know, hitting off the dealers with all this stuff to be full when you owe that was it. There's only now who supplied you. I'm going to take you off the streets, and I'm going to take the money that you made. That's not good. And now the worst thing about it, if you take the money and you either you put it in the bank, they can seize it. Only way they really can't touch it, y'all, they put it in an investment portfolio. Well, that's if you're dealing with a very strategic dealer. Yeah. Who's singing that far ahead? But more times than that, they put in the bank or put it in their own cash, and when it gets seized, they auction the cash off or the government takes position of it. Sucks. I'm trying to win some money. Oh yeah, one more story for you guys. Unfortunately. Go ahead. This one's a downer because oh, by the way,
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"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"A Bloomberg business of sports report, I'm Michael Barr. There is no plan to vote on Washington commanders owner Dan Snyder's status at the NFL owners meeting in New York, AP reports that's according to three people with knowledge of the agenda. Snyder's ownership of the team has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. It became a hot button topic following an ESPN report detailing Snyder's efforts to influence other owners and the league office to maintain control of the team. According to ESPN, a source says Snyder hired private investigators and told people he has enough information to expose fellow owners and commissioner Roger Goodell. Former Los Angeles angels communications director Eric Kay will appeal his conviction and 22 year prison sentence. He was convicted for providing the fentanyl that killed baseball pitcher Tyler skaggs, but the Bloomberg business of sports report, I'm Michael Barr. Makes innovation happen. It also makes entrepreneurs like Anya o'dwyer. Founder of innovate, a tech driven civil engineering and construction management firm, Anya says and JIT is defining the future. Extremely important as a hub of disciplines all in one space with all of these brilliant minds. NGOs, he's wrong is huge when it comes to defining the future and power from an interdisciplinary point of view. They have it all there, whether it's the innovation hub, the makers space, and JIT is already creating bash collaboration between the disciplines and you have civil engineers speaking to programmers speaking to electrical engineers. And together, they're creating advancements that we wouldn't have been able to do without those three minds coming together and solving a problem as one rather than solving
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"Providing the fentanyl that killed baseball pitcher Tyler skaggs. With a Bloomberg business of sports report, I'm Michael Barr. Cyber technology and environmental engineering are two of the most complex problems facing mankind today. New Jersey institute of technology and Ben gurion university of Israel are joining forces to establish the institute for future technologies. Both universities share a dedication and commitment to solving some of the world's global challenges. The collaboration includes research and development, joint degree programs, innovation and entrepreneurship and student exchange experiences. Through this partnership, be GU and nj IT will create new technologies and technologists who will have a major impact on everyday life. Craig gottsman, dean of nj IT's Ying Wu college of computing noted, the global challenges of the past few years have proven that computing and cyber technologies are now more important than ever before. For more information about the institute for future technologies, stem education, and real world innovation, visit future technologies dot EDU. Market coverage that so good. What's important is when an equity is you do the 5 ratio DuPont dance. What's that? That's like when I do renegade on TikTok. Nice. You feel like dancing. What is your TikTok handle? Do you want to share that with us? Jonathan farrow and Lisa Abraham always host Bloomberg surveillance. Do you think financial markets can take any more of Tom's dancing? Is sinking? Weekday mornings at 7 eastern on Bloomberg radio and Bloomberg television. One 45 over 92. One 80 over one 11. A 182 over a hundred. And I had a heart attack and a cardiac arrest. And then a stroke. Your blood pressure numbers could change your life. A lot of people don't understand, including myself, I didn't, now I do. The impact of having a show. My
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"And the Bloomberg business app. This is Bloomberg radio. Now a global news update. New reports say an employee of former president Trump recently told the FBI that Trump directed boxes to be moved at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year. That came after Trump's team received a subpoena in May for any classified materials at the Florida estate federal agents are said to have surveillance footage showing a staffer moving boxes out of a storage room. A Connecticut jury is ordering Alex Jones to pay nearly a $1 billion to multiple families of sandy hook victims. Two plaintiff, Robbie Parker, a defamation slash slander damages, passed his future $60 million. B, emotional distress damages, paths and future, $60 million. The InfoWars host and conspiracy theorists had already been found liable by a judge over his repeated claims that the 2012 school massacre was a hoax. Los Angeles city councilwoman nury Martinez is announcing her resignation after being caught on tape making racist remarks, council members Gil sadio and Kevin de Leon are also under pressure to resign. The trio was heard making racist remarks about blacks, Jews, Armenians, dark skinned Latinos and others. A democratic senator fighting to keep his seat in a hotly contested race is leading his high profile opponent, Lisa Taylor reports. That's according to a quinnipiac university poll focused on the U.S. Senate race in Georgia, the survey found Rafael Warnock leads Republican Herschel Walker 52 to 45%. That's almost unchanged from a poll conducted last month. The results come after a recent report alleged walker paid for an ex-girlfriend to get an abortion several years ago. Trevor Noah is leaving The Daily Show in December, Noah's final appearance hosting the show will be on December 8th. Comedy Central will place the show on break following Noah's exit with the network calling it a reinvention when it's brought back January 17th. I'm Brian shook. A former Los Angeles angels Clubhouse employee has been sentenced for his role in the deadly overdose of pitcher Tyler skaggs, Phil Hewlett reports Eric K will spend 22 years in federal prison for supplying opioids to skaggs who was found dead in a hotel room in Texas in July 2019. Skaggs had a mix of ethanol, fentanyl, and oxycodone in his system, several former angels players testified the K gave oxycodone pills to them as well. I'm Phil Hewlett. It could take months before the city of Tampa, Florida cleans up debris from hurricane I and city officials told bay news 9 crews are working 12 hour days every day to clean up the mess. They believe it could take up to 60 days to finish the solid waste department says the best way to leave debris on the curb is by separating it into piles from larger items like branches to smaller things like leaves. Crews are starting in the south and eastern portions of the city, which are considered the hardest hit for the area. New York is announcing its second round of funding to bolster reproductive health services across the state. Governor hochul says $13.4 million is being allocated to 37 care providers with clinics in 64 cities across the state. The few guarantee a right to an abortion, you have to guarantee access to that right. It's part of a $25 million grant initiative announced before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned roe versus wade, the state is also working towards enshrining abortion in its constitution. We'll fight like hell to make sure that no one ever touches these rights. Since roe versus wade was overturned, New York has seen an increased number of out of state patients seeking abortions. I Natalie migliore. The country's first public park is going to get a makeover, renovations to Boston common were unveiled Wednesday. The plan includes a bigger visitors center, public restrooms, improved infrastructure for events and renovations to the frog pond splash pad. I'm Brian shook. And I'm Doug prisoner of Bloomberg world headquarters in New York. Let's check this hour's top business stories in the markets after the bell in the U.S. the biggest maker of chip making equipment Applied Materials slashed its forecast to the fourth quarter the company says new export regulations will hurt sales to China, the stock was down nearly one and a half percent in late U.S. trading, and the Dutch chip making equipment maker, ASML told its employees in the U.S. to refrain from servicing customers in China. We had WTI crude oil finishing lower in the New York session for a third straight day. This was after OPEC lowered its demand expectations for this year at next WTI was down 2.3% in New York trading. We're seeing a mild recovery now with crude trading around 87 40 in the electronic session. Meantime, G 7 countries working to impose a price cap on Russian oil will be meeting over the next several weeks and they will try to determine specific price ceilings for Russia's crude oil and refined products. Separately we are told the Biden administration is considering a complete ban on Russian aluminum. This would be in response to Russia's military escalation in Ukraine. The head of Bank of America said U.S. consumers are in good shape and they are spending more this month than they did last year. Brian moynihan says that consumers basically have more money in their accounts by multiples than they did pre-pandemic. 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"World. Here's Dan Schwartzman. Thanks, Doug. Big surprise at today in Champions League group stage action as Manchester City Copenhagen played a school of straw The SGM Benfica ended a one all draw while Real Madrid needs to go 5 minutes into stoppage time to play shock tower to nest. So one all draw in pole lanes. The biggest surprise, though, was Juventus as they fought a matter behind for two nil as the Syria giants are in danger of not advancing to the knockout stage. Meanwhile, Chelsea shuts out A.C. Milan to nil, Russia Dortmund and Sevilla ended a one ultra, a Salzburg and diamond Zagreb played to one old draw. Multiple sources are pouring that Paris Saint-Germain start killing the Baba is looking to lead the league in one giants during the January transfer window as his relationship with the club has deteriorated due to disagreements on the team's direction. And by is said to want to join Real Madrid despite spreading the reigning La Liga champions 5 months ago in favor of signing a three year contract extension to remain apart to pants. The divisional round of the Major League Baseball playoffs is underway today with four games on tap as a Phillies take a one game to none series lead over the braves with the 7 to 6 win. Elsewhere the Astros stunned the Mariners 8 to 7 by scoring 5 runs in the final two innings to pick up the win of the Yankees are bowing the guardians and the Padres are at the Dodgers. Finally, a federal judge has sentenced a former Los Angeles angels employee to 22 years in prison for supplying drugs to pitcher Tyler skaggs who passed away in 2019 during a road trip to Texas from a drug overdose on the schwarzman that your Bloomberg world sports op aid. Markets, headlines, and breaking news 24 hours a day. At Bloomberg dot com, the Bloomberg business app and at Bloomberg quick tape. This is a Bloomberg business flash. So we know that global growth is under pressure and for the moment China doesn't seem to be relaxing its COVID zero strategy. That may change though next week when we have the party Congress. Today in the crude oil market WTI and New York trading was down about 2%. We are continuing to show a little bit of weakness with oil, trading 88 75 that's WTI, and the yen now at a fresh 24 year low, although we are off the worst level trading just on the strong side of one 46 with a loss against the greenback of around a tenth of 1%. The eco data for Japan was a little disappointing core machine orders for the month of August down 5.8% that's month on month. The estimate was looking for contraction at a rate of only 2.8%. The nikkei now has turned positive, we have consumer Staples, healthcare, and real estate stocks pushing higher. Later today, we're going to have a rate decision from the bank of Korea, the BOK is expected to increase its benchmark rate 50 basis points to around 3% right now the Korean won, stronger against the greenback by around three tenths of 1%, but the equity market remains a little weak here, the cost be down about a tenth of 1%, and we are seeing in Sydney the ASX 200 trade higher by around three tenths of 1%. Now we were talking earlier about the warning from the head of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey essentially telling a fund managers in the UK wind up those positions that you're unable to maintain because in three days from now, support for the British guilt market will end. We saw a knee jerk response in terms of U.S. treasuries, particularly at the long end of the curve where the tenure was up around 6 basis points in New York trading to around three 94. We're trading three 93 now in the Tokyo session. We'll take another look at market action for you in about 15 minutes. Ed Baxter's next with a look at global news headlines, Eddie, what's on your mind? We'll keep getting your deal, Doug. Top Biden administration officials are voicing their fury with Saudi Arabia over OPEC plus production cuts saying the administration is undertaking a sweeping evaluation. It's
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"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Angels Tyler skaggs career was cut short The 27 year old standout pitcher for the Los Angeles angels died from an overdose in a Dallas hotel room in 2019 Following an 8 day trial a jury took only 90 minutes to convict former angels communications director Eric Kay of providing skags with the drugs that led to his death Here's Kay's attorney Reagan win This is a tragedy all the way around You know Eric K is getting ready to do minimum 20 years And federal penitentiary and it goes up from there And Tyler skaggs is gone And I mean it's a tragedy There's no winner Joining me is Harry Nelson of Nelson hardiman author of the United States of opioids Harry Kay is not what we think of as a drug dealer No definitely not He was former communications director of the angels He was a guy who was very connected to multiple players on the team and even when he wasn't in his formal communication director position anymore He was really kind of a Gopher who was helping players out when they had different needs Certainly not a classic What we think of when we think of a drug dealer Did skaggs die not because he was snorting oxycodone but because the oxycodone was fake there were counterfeit oxycodone pills Correct Correct Basically when Eric went out and got pills that he thought were actually codon they were in fact counterfeit fentanyl lace pills that were much much more powerful the dosing was much much higher and much more dangerous than real life And so he unwittingly gave Tyler's gag I felt that they both mistook because they had the imprint of the M 30 and the right color to look like 30 milligram oxycodone And it's fentanyl that's been responsible or linked to the deaths of prince and Tom Petty is it most connected with overdose deaths Yes since 2014 the vast majority of the deaths I think that the numbers depends on the region of the country but it's probably three quarters if not higher 80% plus of death since 2014 are from these counterfeit pills which we call sentinel It's actually a whole toxic mix of related synthetic compounds Tell us what the trial revealed about the culture of drug use In the Los Angeles angels Clubhouse There were testimony from multiple players living like Matt Harvey for example that they had been using opioid pain pills for years And it sounded like in most cases these were players who were playing through injuries and they were actually helped for whatever the short term need was It also was clear there was a widespread awareness that K was doing this for lots of players And if these players had problems Tyler skeggs step brother testified tried to help Tyler get off of the pills gag's mother testified that he had tried to quit several times And so the thing that came across to me out of this trial was that there were no secrets this was not a surprise Jeff K was not some evil menace He was really embedded into the life of the angels team as was the youth and the chronic need for pain management that these pills serve I want to point out that the angels have said they weren't aware of any employees providing opioids to players or that skaggs was using them Now K was also hooked on opioid pain pills and also tried to kick them Yeah the sad irony of the taste is that Jeff K was also a victim the only difference being that he didn't pay with his life as Tyler skaggs did Is there any indication that this is still going on in clubhouses Oh I believe this is still a problem happening throughout baseball and other professional sports about ten 15 years ago we saw the DEA do an intensive audit of multiple professional teams baseball teams the football team And really cracking down on the doctors who at the time back then if we go back to the early 2000s were supplying players And so what happened is we essentially took away the legal supply because the doctors were being accused and were afraid of losing their licenses by making pills easily available and instead it was replaced largely with a secretive network and the only difference was that Jeff K had the misfortune to get counterfeit pills and my sense is that on most teams the illegal trafficking that's going on is with pharmaceutical grade oxycodone and other pills But I personally believe and this is just anecdotal from what I've heard from people associated with various teams and from occasional calls that I get as a lawyer is that this is still very much a problem throughout professional sport So Major League Baseball does have a treatment program policy for opioid use disorder doesn't it It does The problem is that first is a lot of shame attached to admitting that you have a problem publicly that is a danger to guys who are stressed out they in a sense when the financial lottery by making Major League Baseball and don't necessarily want to put it in jeopardy by admitting they have a problem And the other reality is that these players are under enormous physical stress with a 162 game season in baseball with the intensity in all professional sports with the demands on them and I think there's really a gap actually in medical care to acknowledge that we are asking these guys to play and perform for fans for their teams under enormous stress with a different standard of pain medicine that we have to somehow find a way to spread the needle of keeping them physically safe but acknowledging that they are putting their bodies under a stress that most of us couldn't possibly endure for even the shortest period of time And is there any indication that Major League Baseball is paying attention to that problem You know I've had conversations with folks associated with healthcare in baseball their medical directors I think there's awareness that there's a problem but I don't think that they are anywhere near a solution The positive is that this case was a huge wake up the challenge is that we have in some ways an intractable problem of addressing the physical demands on these players I do think that there is progress being made in reducing the shame and having players coming out and talking about the issue they've had does help the culture and the league and make it easier for other people to step forward But I think we have a long way to go Speaking of coming forward four former teammates of skags testified basically that they knew skaggs took opioids admitted to taking drugs themselves and that K had been their supplier You mentioned Matt Harvey He was given immunity to testify so that he can't be prosecuted but if he were to be signed by a team let's say he could immediately be suspended for what he admitted on the stand So is there a built in reason for players not to come forward Yeah Matt Harvey the late career player who I think had to have made a decision that specifying in this case could essentially lead to a suspension certainly we're going to make him less attractive But he's a guy who has had a great career He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated right He was the starting pitcher for an All-Star Game I think he made a decision when he testified that he was prepared that this might be the end of his career Obviously I think players who would still have more good years ahead of them were not and in general are not going to be willing to talk openly in the way that he did The defense was that they were fellow addicts and the agreement was that scads would pay for their drugs and K would handle the transactions And the defense also made an argument that ultimately skaggs death you know the responsibility was with the picture himself But none of that seemed to work for the.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Mean it's a tragedy There's no winner Joining me is Harry Nelson of Nelson hardiman author of the United States of opioids Harry Kay is not what we think of as a drug dealer No definitely not He was former communications director of the angels He was a guy who was very connected to multiple players on the team and even when he wasn't in his formal communication director position anymore He was really kind of a Gopher who was helping players out when they had different needs Certainly not a classic What we think of when we think of a drug dealer Did skaggs die not because he was snorting oxycodone but because the oxycodone was fake there were counterfeit oxycodone pills Correct Basically when Eric went out and got pills if he thought were oxycodone they were in fact counterfeit fentanyl lace pills that were much much more powerful the dosing was much much higher and much more dangerous and then real life Dakota and so he unwittingly gave Tyler skaggs I feel that they both mistook because they had the imprint of the M 30 and the right color to look like 30 milligram oxycodone And it's fentanyl that's been responsible or linked to the deaths of prince and Tom Petty is it most connected with overdose deaths Yes since 2014 the vast majority of the deaths I think that the numbers depends on the region of the country but it's probably three quarters if not higher 80% plus of death since 2014 are from these counterfeit pills which we call sentinel It's actually a whole toxic mix of related synthetic compounds Tell us what the trial revealed about the culture of drug use In the Los Angeles angels Clubhouse There were testimony from multiple players living like Matt Harvey for example that they had been using opioid pain pills for years And it sounded like in most cases these were players who were playing through injuries and they were actually helped for whatever the short term need was It also was clear there was a widespread awareness that Kay was doing this for lots of players And if these players had problems Tyler skaggs step brother testified tried to help Tyler get off of the pills gag's mother testified that he had tried to quit several times And so the thing that came across to me out of this trial was that there were no secrets this was not a surprise Jeff K was not some evil menace He was really embedded into the life of the angels team as was the youth and the chronic need for pain management that these pills serve I want to point out that the angels have said they weren't aware of any employees providing opioids to players or that skaggs was using them Now K was also hooked on opioid pain pills and also tried to kick them Yeah the sad irony of the taste is that Jeff K was also a victim the only difference being that he didn't pay with his life as Tyler skaggs did Is there any indication that this is still going on in clubhouses Oh I believe this is still a problem happening throughout baseball and other professional sports about ten 15 years ago we saw the DEA do an intensive audit of multiple professional teams baseball teams the football team And really cracking down on the doctors who at the time back then if we go back to the early 2000s were supplying players And so what happened is we essentially took away the legal supply because the doctors were being accused and were afraid of losing their licenses by making pills easily available and instead it was replaced largely with a secretive network and the only difference was that Jeff K had the misfortune to get counterfeit pills and my sense is that on most teams the illegal trafficking that's going on is with pharmaceutical grade oxycodone and other pills But I personally believe and this is just anecdotal from what I've heard from people associated with various teams and from occasional calls that I get as a lawyer is that this is still very much a problem throughout professional sport So Major League Baseball does have a treatment program policy for for opioid use disorder doesn't it It does the problem is that first there's a lot of shame attached to admitting that you have a problem publicly that is a danger to guys who are stressed out today in a sense when the financial lottery by making Major League Baseball and don't necessarily want to put it in jeopardy by admitting they have a problem And the other reality is that these players are under enormous physical stress with a 162 game season in baseball with the intensity in all professional sports with the demands on them and I think there's really a gap actually in medical care to acknowledge that we are asking these guys to play and perform for fans for their teams under enormous stress with a different standard of pain medicine that we have to somehow find a way to thread the needle of keeping them physically safe but acknowledging that they are putting their bodies under a stress that most of us couldn't possibly endure for even the shortest period of time And is there any indication that Major League Baseball is paying attention to that problem You know I've had conversations with folks associated with healthcare in baseball their medical directors I think there's awareness that there's a problem but I don't think that they are anywhere near a solution The positive is that this case was a huge wake up the challenge is that we have in some ways an intractable problem of addressing the physical demands on these players I do think that there is progress being made in reducing the shame and having players coming out and talking about the issues they've had does help the culture and the league and make it easier for other people to step forward But I think we have a long way to go Speaking of coming forward four former teammates of skags testified basically that they knew skaggs took opioids admitted to taking drugs themselves and that K had been their supplier You mentioned Matt Harvey He was given immunity to testify so that he can't be prosecuted but if he were to be signed by a team let's say he could immediately be suspended for what he admitted on the stand So is there a built in reason for players not to come forward Yeah Matt Harvey the late career player who I think had to have made a decision that testifying in this case could essentially lead to a suspension certainly was going to make him less attractive But he's a guy who has had a great career He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated right He was the starting pitcher for an All-Star Game I think he made a decision when he testified that he was prepared that this might be the end of his career Obviously I think players who still have more good years ahead of them We're not and in general are not going to be willing to talk openly in a way that he did The defense was that they were fellow addicts and the agreement was that scads would pay for their drugs and K would handle the transactions And the defense also made an argument that ultimately skaggs death you know the responsibility was with the pitcher himself But none of that seemed to.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Mean it's a tragedy There's no winner Joining me is Harry Nelson of Nelson hardiman author of the United States of opioids Harry Kay is not what we think of as a drug dealer No definitely not He was former communications director of the angels A guy who was very connected to multiple players on the team and even when he wasn't in his formal communication director position anymore he was really kind of a Gopher who was helping players out when they had different needs Certainly not a classic What we think of when we think of a drug dealer Did skaggs die not because he was snorting oxycodone but because the oxycodone was fake there were counterfeit oxycodone pills Correct Basically when air K went out and got pills that he thought were actually codon they were in fact counterfeit fentanyl lace pills that were much much more powerful the dosing was much much higher and much more dangerous and then real life Dakota and so he unwittingly gave Tyler's gag I felt that they both mistook because they had the imprint of the M 30 and the right color to look like 30 milligram oxycodone And it's fentanyl that's been responsible or linked to the deaths of prince and Tom Petty is it most connected with overdose deaths Yes since 2014 the vast majority of the deaths I think that the numbers depends on the region of the country but it's probably three quarters if not higher 80% plus of deaths since 2014 are from these counterfeit pills which we call sentinel It's actually a whole toxic mix of related synthetic compounds Tell us what the trial revealed about the culture of drug use In the Los Angeles angels Clubhouse There were testimony from multiple players living like Matt Harvey for example that they had been using opioid pain pills for years And it sounded like in most cases these were players who were playing through injuries and they were actually helped for whatever the short term need was It also was clear there was a widespread awareness that K was doing this for lots of players And if these players had problems Tyler skaggs step brother testified tried to help Tyler get off of the pills gag's mother testified that he had tried to quit several times And so the thing that came across to me out of this trial was that there were no secrets this was not a surprise Jeff K was not some evil menace He was really embedded into the life of the angels team as was the youth and the chronic need for pain management that these pills served I want to point out that the angels have said they weren't aware of any employees providing opioids to players or that skaggs was using them Now K was also hooked on opioid pain pills and also tried to kick them Yeah the sad irony of the taste is that Jeff K was also a victim the only difference being that he didn't pay with his life as Tyler skaggs did Is there any indication that this is still going on in clubhouses Oh I believe this is still a problem happening throughout baseball and other professional sports about ten 15 years ago we saw the DEA do an intensive audit of multiple professional teams baseball teams the football team And really cracking down on the doctors who at the time back then if we go back to the early 2000s were supplying players And so what happened is we essentially took away the legal supply because the doctors were being accused and were afraid of losing their licenses by making pills easily available and instead it was replaced largely with a secretive network and the only difference was that Jeff K had the misfortune to get counterfeit pills and my sense is that on most teams the illegal trafficking that's going on is with pharmaceutical grade oxycodone and other pills But I personally believe and this is anecdotal from what I've heard from people associated with various teams and from occasional calls that I get as a lawyer is that this is still very much a problem throughout professional sport So Major League Baseball does have a treatment program policy for for opioid use disorder doesn't it It does The problem is that first there's a lot of shame attached to admitting that you have a problem publicly that is a danger to guys who are stressed out today in a sense when the financial lottery by making Major League Baseball and don't necessarily want to put it in jeopardy by admitting they have a problem And the other reality is that these players are under enormous physical stress with a 162 game season in baseball with the intensity in all professional sports with the demands on them and I think there's really a gap actually in medical care to acknowledge that we are asking these guys to play and perform for fans for their teams under enormous stress with a different standard of pain medicine that we have to somehow find a way to spread the needle of keeping them physically safe but acknowledging that they are putting their bodies under a stress that most of us couldn't possibly endure for even the shortest period of time And is there any indication that Major League Baseball is paying attention to that problem You know I've had conversations with folks associated with healthcare in baseball their medical directors I think there's awareness that there's a problem but I don't think that they are anywhere near a solution The positive is that this case was a huge wake up the challenge is that we have in some ways an intractable problem of addressing the physical demands on these players I do think that there is progress being made in reducing the shame and having players coming out and talking about the issue they've had does help the culture and the league and they could either for other people to step forward But I think we have a long way to go Speaking of coming forward four former teammates of skags testified basically that they knew skaggs took opioids admitted to taking drugs themselves and that K had been their supplier You mentioned Matt Harvey He was given immunity to testify so that he can't be prosecuted but if he were to be signed by a team let's say he could immediately be suspended for what he admitted on the stand So is there a built in reason for players not to come forward Yeah Matt Harvey the late career player who I think had to have made a decision that testifying in this case could essentially lead to suspension and certainly was going to make him less attractive But he's a guy who has had a great career He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated He was the starting pitcher for an All-Star Game I think he made a decision when he testified that he was prepared that this might be the end of his career Obviously I think players who still have more good years ahead of them We're not and in general are not going to be willing to talk openly in a way that he did The defense was that they were fellow addicts and the agreement was that scads would pay for their drugs and K would handle the transactions And the defense also made an argument that ultimately skaggs death you know the responsibility was with the pitcher himself But none of that seemed to work for the jury Look I think unfortunately the easiest way to understand this story even though I think it's kind of false and it's missing the bigger picture was the paint K as some kind of a villain you know it's always easy for juries frankly for everybody for law enforcement for families who are suffering to look for a bad guy And so K provided that But I think the broader picture that was missed by the way that this case and so many cases are tried is just this tragic situation across America right That this is really part of the American life We had over a 100,000 Americans die of similar deaths and there are so many more people like Jeff Kate who have a problem themselves that lead them into sharing the pills And I think the more that we kind of villainize people like him and treat them as the problem we're missing.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"The angels Tyler skaggs career was cut short The 27 year old standout pitcher for the Los Angeles angels died from an overdose in a Dallas hotel room in 2019 Following an 8 day trial a jury took only 90 minutes to convict former angels communications director Eric of providing skags with the drugs that led to his death Here's Kay's attorney Reagan win This is a tragedy all the way around You know Eric K is getting ready to do minimum 20 years The federal penitentiary and it goes up from there And Tyler skaggs is gone And I mean it's a tragedy There's no winner Joining me is Harry Nelson of Nelson hardiman author of the United States of opioids Harry Kay is not what we think of as a drug dealer No definitely not He was former communications director of the angels A guy who was very connected to multiple players on the team and even when he wasn't in his formal communication director position anymore he was really kind of a Gopher who was helping players out when they had different needs Certainly not a classic What we think of when we think of a drug dealer Did skaggs die not because he was snorting oxycodone but because the oxycodone was fake there were counterfeit oxycodone pills Correct Basically when air K went out and got pills that he thought were actually codon they were in fact counterfeit fentanyl laced pills that were much much more powerful the dosing was much much higher and much more dangerous and then real life And so he unwittingly gave Tyler's gag I felt that they both mistook because they had the imprint of the M 30 and the right color to look like 30 milligram oxycodone And it's fentanyl that's been responsible or linked to the deaths of prince and Tom Petty is it most connected with overdose deaths Since 2014 the vast majority of the deaths I think that the numbers depends on the region of the country but it's probably three quarters if not higher 80% plus of death since 2014 are from these counterfeit pills which we call sentinel It's actually a whole toxic mix of related synthetic compounds Tell us what the trial revealed about the culture of drug use In the Los Angeles angels Clubhouse There were testimony from multiple players living like Matt Harvey for example that they had been using opioid pain pills for years And it sounded like in most cases these were players who were playing through injuries and they were actually helped for whatever the short term need was It also was clear there was a widespread awareness that K was doing this for lots of players And if these players had problems Tyler skaggs Steph brother testified tried to help Tyler get off of the pills gag's mother testified that he had tried to quit several times And so the thing that came across to me out of this trial was that there were no secrets this was not a surprise Jeff K was not some evil menace He was really embedded into the life of the angels team as was the youth and the chronic need for pain management that these pills serve I want to point out that the angels have said they weren't aware of any employees providing opioids to players or that skaggs was using them Now K was also hooked on opioid pain pills and also tried to kick them Yeah the sad irony of the case is that Jeff K was also a victim the only difference being that he didn't pay with his life as Tyler skaggs did Is there any indication that this is still going on in clubhouses Oh I believe this is still a problem happening throughout baseball and other professional sports about ten 15 years ago we saw the DEA do an intensive audit of multiple professional teams baseball teams the football team And really cracking down on the doctors who at the time back then if we go back to the early 2000s were supplying players And so what happened is we essentially took away the legal supply because the doctors were being accused and were afraid of losing their licenses by making pills easily available and instead it was replaced largely with a secretive network and the only difference was that Jeff K had the misfortune to get counterfeit pills and my sense is that on most teams the illegal trafficking that's going on is with pharmaceutical grade oxycodone and other pills But I personally believe and this is just anecdotal from what I've heard from people associated with various teams and from occasional calls that I get as a lawyer is that this is still very much a problem throughout professional sport So Major League Baseball does have a treatment program policy for for opioid use disorder doesn't it It does The problem is that first is a lot of shame attached to admitting that you have a problem publicly that is a danger to guys who are stressed out they in the sense when the financial lottery by making Major League Baseball and don't necessarily want to put it in jeopardy by admitting they have a problem And the other reality is that these players are under enormous physical stress with a 162 game season in baseball with the intensity in all professional sports with the demands on them and I think there's really a gap actually in medical care to acknowledge that we are asking these guys to play and perform for fans for their teams under enormous stress with a different standard of pain medicine that we have to somehow find a way to spread the needle of keeping them physically safe but acknowledging that they are putting their bodies under a stress that most of us couldn't possibly endure for even the shortest period of time And is there any indication that Major League Baseball is paying attention to that problem You know I've had conversations with folks associated with healthcare in baseball their medical directors I think there's awareness that there's a problem but I don't think that they are anywhere near a solution The positive is that this case was a huge wake up the challenge is that we have in some ways an intractable problem of addressing the physical demands on these players I do think that there is progress being made in reducing the shame and having players coming out and talking about the issue they've had does help the culture and the league and make it easier for other people to step forward But I think we have a long way to go Speaking of coming forward four former teammates of skaggs testified basically that they knew skaggs took opioids admitted to taking drugs themselves and that K had been their supplier You mentioned Matt Harvey He was given immunity to testify so that he can't be prosecuted but if he were to be signed by a team let's say he could immediately be suspended for what he admitted on the stand So is there a built in reason for players not to come forward Yeah Matt Harvey the late career player who I think had to have made a decision that testifying in this case could essentially lead to a suspension and certainly we're going to make him less attractive But he's the guy who has had a great career He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated He was the starting pitcher for an All-Star Game I think he made a decision when he testified that he was prepared that this might be the end of his career Obviously I think players who still have more good years ahead of them We're not and in general are not going to be willing to talk openly in the way that he did The defense was that they were fellow addicts and the agreement was that scad would pay for their drugs and K would handle the transactions And the defense also made an argument that ultimately skaggs death you know the responsibility was with the pitcher himself But none of that seemed to work for the jury Look I think unfortunately the easiest way to understand this story even.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"June grosso from Bloomberg radio I've been talking to attorney Harry Nelson up Nelson hardiman about a former Los Angeles angels employee being convicted of providing angels pitcher Tyler skaggs with the drugs that led to his overdose in 2019 So Major League Baseball does have a treatment program policy for for opioid use disorder doesn't it It does The problem is that first there's a lot of shame attached to admitting that you have a problem publicly that is a danger to guides who are stressed out today in a sense when the financial lottery by making Major League Baseball and don't necessarily want to put it in jeopardy by admitting they have a problem And the other reality is that these players are under enormous physical stress with a 162 game season in baseball with the intensity in all professional sports with the demands on them and I think there's really a gap actually in medical care to acknowledge that we are asking these guys to play and perform for fans for their teams under enormous stress with a different standard of pain medicine that we have to somehow find a way to thread the needle of keeping them physically safe but acknowledging that they are putting their bodies under a stress that most of us couldn't possibly endure for even the shortest period of time And is there any indication that Major League Baseball is paying attention to that problem You know I've had conversations with folks associated with healthcare in baseball Their medical directors And I think that it is I think there's awareness that there's a problem but I don't think that they are anywhere near a solution I think that the positive is that this case was a huge wake up the challenge is that we have in some ways an intractable problem of addressing the physical demands on these players I think I do think that there is progress being made in reducing the shame and having players coming out and talking about the issue they've had does help the culture and the league and they could easier for other people to step forward But I think we have a long way to go So Matt Harvey got immunity to testify so he can't be criminally prosecuted But under Major League Baseball policy if he can find a team willing to sign him he could immediately be suspended for 60 days for saying that he provided opioids to Tyler skaggs on several occasions So is there a built in desire not to admit to this Yeah I think Matt Harvey Matt Harvey is the late career player who I think may had to have made a decision that testifying in this case could potentially lead to suspension and certainly we're going to make him less attractive But he's the guy who has had a great career He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated He was a starting pitcher for an All-Star Game I think he made a decision when he testified that he was prepared that this might be the end of his career And I think it's a much obviously I think players who still have more good years ahead of them are not going to be We're not and in general are not going to be willing to talk openly in the way that he did The defense was that they were fellow addicts and the agreement was that scad is what pay for their drugs and K would handle the transactions And the defense also made an argument that ultimately skaggs death you know the responsibility was with the picture himself But none of that seemed to work for the jury Yeah look I think unfortunately you know the easiest way to understand the story even though I think it's kind of false and it's missing the bigger picture was to paint K as some kind of a villain you know it's always easy for juries frankly for everybody for law enforcement for families who are suffering to look for a bad guy And so K provided that But I think the broader picture that was missed by the way that this case is so many cases are tried is just this tragic situation that's across America right That this is really part of the American life We had over a 100,000 Americans die of similar death and there are so many more people like Jeff K who are who have a problem themselves that lead them into sharing the pills And I think the more that we kind of villainize people like him and treat them as they are as the problem we're missing the deeper questions about why there aren't better medical solutions for so many people in pain about why people feel so isolated and taking these drugs and about why people are willing to take these risks There's something to me that's very broken in our system and our society and our healthcare that is leading to these deaths and focusing all of our attention on what a bad guy Jeff K is kind of gives us an out from really confronting those questions Do criminal trials like these Really deter anyone from using opioids I don't think they do very much at all I think the reality is that we have a culture We have a fundamental problem of people who are taking risks with these pills because they are hope they feel a sense of hopelessness because they are alone and what they're in the problems they're dealing with and because of a lot of pain Sometimes it's physical pain as I think it was for Tyler's gags that sometimes it's emotional and mental pain And those problems are what's really driving this crisis and the trials like this are going to call attention but they're not changing anyone's behavior Like until we really get it in my opinion And so we start getting into those roots positive We're not going to see anything other than more overdose deaths year over year The skaggs family has a civil lawsuit pending against the angels for negligence Does that seem like an uphill uphill battle proving that they were negligent It's an open question what the responsibilities of the team were did the team have a duty to keep how much did officials in the team know who saw this and failed to see what happened Frankly I haven't followed the evidence coming out in that case Closely I think that case will be settled.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Countries This is Bloomberg radio Now a global news update It's now up to President Biden to avoid a government shutdown tonight A Senate approved funding through March 11th and sent him the bill the sign This will give lawmakers three more weeks to finalize a deal on spending levels through September A jury has found former Los Angeles angels communications director Eric K guilty of providing Tyler skanks the drugs that led to his death in 2019 Brian shook as a story The jury found Kaye guilty of distribution of controlled substances resulting in death and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute He faces a minimum 20 year prison sentence skaggs a pitcher for the angels was found dead in his Dallas area hotel room in July 2019 He had fentanyl oxycodone and alcohol in his system I'm Brian shook and a new round of meetings begins today in hopes of preventing Russia from invading Ukraine President Biden will host a call with NATO allies as he warns Russia could make excuses to justify an attack I'm Mark Mayfield Start your market day with Bloomberg surveillance Can we get back on scrap who says finance can't be fun I can make sense this morning at all a sound like Tom king 7 eastern on Bloomberg radio and Bloomberg television Markets headlines and breaking news 24 hours a day At Bloomberg dot com the Bloomberg business app and at Bloomberg quick take This is a Bloomberg business line And I'm Karen Moscow futures are rising as planned talks between Russia and the U.S. over Ukraine alleviates some investor gloom about geopolitical risks we check the markets every 15 minutes throughout the trading day on Bloomberg S&P futures of 23 points down futures up a 128 NASDAQ futures F 100 shoe the Dax in Germany is little changed Ten year treasury down one 32nd yield 1.96% yield on the two year 1.48% Nymex crude oil is down two and a half percent on 2.3 cents.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"And it's now 6 O 7 on Wall Street 17° in Central Park We've got an accident on the eastbound cross Bronx expressway details coming up in traffic first John Tucker with more on what's going on in New York and around the world John Nathan New York City has fired the unvaccinated workers following a deadline the story of this morning from Bloomberg's Jeff Bellinger More than 1400 public sector workers in New York City were fired over their refusal to get vaccinated before the city's mandated February 11th deadline Most were Department of Education employees the terminations make up less than 1% of the city's 370,000 member workforce about half of the 3000 employees originally at risk for being fired decided to get vaccinated before the deadline Mayor Eric Adams characterized the employees termination as quitting saying they're choosing to leave their jobs by not following the rules Jeff Bellinger Bloomberg daybreak The Trump organization's accounting firms as a decade of financial statements for Donald Trump can't be relied upon the firm mazers also says it won't do any new work for the company Declaration by an accounting firm that it's dropping a client and backing away from prior financial statements is historically a red flag without companies financial condition not what it appears to be New York's attorney general is investigating what she says was a pattern of potential fraud he involving the manipulation of valuations of key Trump properties A high-speed Amtrak trade headed from Boston to Washington with more than 100 passengers lost power It got stuck in New York City for almost 7 hours The assembly train left Boston on time yesterday morning but got stuck at the hunter's point neighborhood of queens The train was moving again as of three 20 yesterday afternoon after a rescue engine arrived to move it into moynihan station in Manhattan And a federal judge says he'll throw out a defamation suit filed by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin against The New York Times That comes even as jurors continue to deliberate it The Manhattan judge said that Palin failed to present enough evidence If the jury rules and pay favor of Palin it would then be up to the federal appeals court to choose between the two outcomes And the European Union's top diplomat says he strongly believes that a nuclear accord with Iran is inside An agreement would allow ran to return to global oil markets in exchange for rolling back significant advancements in its nuclear activity Global news 24 hours a day on a run on Bloomberg quick take Powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries I'm John Tucker This is Bloomberg Nathan Thank you John Join up to 6 ten on Wall Street time for the Bloomberg sports update with John Stan shower All right Nathan Knicks back home from a one in four road trip they blew leads in three of those losses in a two of them those leads with more than 20 points that the garden they were up 11 on Oklahoma City a team that's not very good when healthy and the thunder without their top two scores but sure enough OKC came back in one one 27 one 23 and overtime two rookies led the way 19 year old Josh giddy 28 points in a triple double train man scored 30 police Randall had 30 and a triple double for the Knicks you've now lost 9 of their last 11 The nets had lost all of their last 11 the skid is over one O 9 85 over Sacramento Ben Simmons just acquired from Philadelphia is with the nets He hasn't played in a game since last summer Nets coach Steve Nash on when his new point guard will make his Brooklyn debut That's on the performance seat you know they're gonna walk through an assessment in his return to play and ramp up on all that He has been a long period of non MBA activity So we'll see how they how they put his program together and how long it takes Next visit the next tomorrow night rangers us the bruins night rangers first game in two weeks The X met Matt Harvey will be on a witness stand today a former employee of the Los Angeles angels is on trial for contributing to inglis picture Tyler skaggs dying of a drug overdose of his earlier testimony that party was involved.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Drive by 14th street tales coming up in traffic first John Tucker's here with more on what's going on in New York and around the world Good morning John And Nathan New York City has fired unvaccinated workers following a deadline the story this morning from Bloomberg's Jeff Bellinger More than 1400 public sector workers in New York City were fired over their refusal to get vaccinated before the city's mandated February 11th deadline Most were Department of Education employees the terminations make up less than 1% of the city's 370,000 member workforce about half of the 3000 employees originally at risk for being fired decided to get vaccinated before the deadline Mayor Eric Adams characterized the employees termination as quitting saying they're choosing to leave their jobs by not following the rules Jeff Bellinger Bloomberg daybreak A high-speed Amtrak train headed from Boston to Washington with more than 100 passengers lost power and got stuck in New York City for almost 7 hours The oscillator train Boston on time yesterday morning but it got stuck at the hunter's point neighborhood of queens The train was moving again as of three 20 yesterday afternoon after a rescue engine arrived to move it into moynihan station in Manhattan The Trump organization's accounting firms as a decade of financial statements for Donald Trump can't be relied upon The firm mazers also says it won't do any new work for the company Declaration by an accounting firm that is dropping a client and backing away from prior financial statements is historically a red flag that the company's financial condition is not what it appears on New York's attorney general is investigating what she says was a pattern of potential fraud involving the manipulation of valuations of key Trump properties A federal judge says he'll throw out a defamation suit filed by former Alaska governor Sarah Palin against The New York Times even as jurors continue to deliberate the case The Manhattan judge says that Palin failed to present enough evidence if the jury rules in favor of Palin It would then be up to the federal appeals court in Manhattan to choose between the two outcomes And the European Union's top diplomat says he strongly believes a nuclear court with Iran is inside An agreement would allow ran to return to global oil markets in exchange for rolling back significant advancements in its nuclear activity Global news 24 hours a day on air And on Bloomberg quick take Powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries I'm John Tucker This is Bloomberg Nathan Thank you John Almost 5 ten on Wall Street time for the Bloomberg sports update Good morning John Stan shower Hi good morning Nathan Nick's back home from a one in four road trip They blew leads in three of them in two of those three that lead for more than 20 points at the garden they were up 11 on Oklahoma City The team is not very good when healthy and the thunder were without their top two scores but sure enough OKC came back in one one 27 one 23 and overtime two rookies led the way 19 year old Josh giddy had 28 points with a triple double Trey man scored 30 Julius Randle had 30 and had a triple double for the mix of now lost 9 of their last 11 The nets had lost all of their last 11 to skid is over one O 9 85 over Sacramento at the Parkland center Vince Spencer just acquired from Philadelphia with the Nats He hasn't played in the game since last summer Let's go Steve Nash on when his new point guard will make his Brooklyn debut But so in the performance scene you know they're gonna walk through an assessment and his return to play and ramp up on all that he needs to spend a long period of non MBA activity So that we'll see how they how they put his program together and how long it takes The next visit the Knicks tomorrow night rangers as the bruins tonight's rangers first gave it two weeks The ex Matt picture Matt Harvey will be on a witness stand today a former employee the Los Angeles angels is on trial for contributing to angels pitcher Tyler skaggs dying of a drug overdose that was earlier testimony that Harvey was involved Novak Djokovic first introduced since the Australian open deportation to not being vaccinated until the BBC understands the severity of the pandemic but said the principles of decision making about as a body more important than when he titles Djokovic expected to play next month's tournament in California but the French Open Also has a vaccine Mandy John stash had Bloomberg.
WFAN Sports Radio_FM
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on WFAN Sports Radio_FM
"Should do an investigation to see if this issue is widespread throughout baseball at about I mean, inbounds, absolutely absolutely inbounds. The MLB needs to investigate. This Tyler Skaggs situation. They did a little one at the time, and that's where we got a little bit of an inkling of Eric K's involvement, and he subsequently was relieved of his duties. But this sounds like an ominous situation that could be percolating under the radar for Major league baseball now. We all know that guys, You know, we'll we'll take Opioids because they have pain issues. This was used to be rampant in the NFL, and I think it started to calm down a little bit. But if there is a you know, and System in Major League baseball and again think about how like travel. These guys travel everywhere, how they think they they're in cities for three or four days and Just the idea of using You know their celebrity? Not really. But you know what I mean, like their ability to go unchecked by like law enforcement to move opioids or other Types of drugs throughout the country to other major league baseball players. That's a serious issue. They definitely need to investigate this. MLB absolutely imbalance needs to investigate this issue. Are you in? Or are you out? The San Diego Padres have the eighth highest payroll in baseball, thanks to big contracts for you. Darvish from India to tease Blake Snell and Manny Machado. However, after starting the season strong the pilots have lost nine of their last 11 sit 13 games back in the N L West and a game back in the N l wildcard. Well. Yesterday, the pods fired pitching coach Larry Rothschild as the team's roast as the team's rotation has ballooned to a 5.63 erase this month and now ranked 10th in the You're a in the NL overall for.
KOMO
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"Frank Lindsay is at the editor's desk. President Joe Biden says the moment millions have been waiting for in the Covid crisis is here. He knows a lot of people are waiting to get vaccinated until the FDA gave its full approval to a vaccine that happened yesterday. Visor shots are now available to anyone. 16 and older. Another Florida school district is defying the governor's ban on mask mandates. The Duval County school board has voted to require kids to wear a mask for the next 90 days, with only a few exceptions, schools and more than half the nation have such mandates in place. Now is not a good time to visit Hawaii. That's what Governor David IgE a said yesterday. He also asked all residents and visitors to restrict travel to and from Hawaii to essential activities. Only a noted another shutdown is the last resort move. Meanwhile, officials have started limiting gatherings in Honolulu. Enrollment in public schools in this country has dropped dramatically this year. ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan is with us now, Jim What's What's the reason for this? Well, it's an extension of what happened last year course Greg with the Covid and with some kids involved in virtual school last year, that may be the case again this year, and some kids are simply AWOL altogether. School districts across the country, especially some of the larger urban districts are still out, searching for those kids trying to find out where they are. Why they have not yet come to school that last week. As you know, the Seattle public school system decided that it would not offer virtual option. The pilot program to younger kids don't worry would be limited to younger kids Kindergarten to fifth. But not to the high school kids. There are concerns that that may result in some kids pulling out as well earlier in the summertime. The announcement was that the program would be offered to all of the students. That's not the case now and that may be happening in other places around the country. Lack of enrollment, the lower numbers or convincing schools that they simply can't do that virtual program. Then our private to his private school enrollment going up. That's going to be an interesting thing to see from some of the associations around the country, the groups that look look that that's sort of that the umbrella organizations for those schools because it's entirely possible that a lot of places I don't here in Texas, especially some parents are deciding that rather than sending their kids to school districts that is requiring masks or Sending their mast up kids into districts that don't require masks. They may pull them out. Put them in private school matter. We'll be interested to see how it plays out here as the school year starts Jim, thanks for the update, ABC News correspondent Jim Ryan. House Intelligence Committee chair. Adam Schiff doesn't think evacuations in Afghanistan will be completed by next Tuesday's target. He thinks it's very unlikely given the number of Americans still in the country. President Biden could decide today whether to extend that troop deadline. New York's first female governor will give a speech this afternoon after meeting with legislative leaders. Kathy Huckle make history Just minutes after midnight. She was sworn in when former governor Andrew Cuomo officially stepped down amid sexual harassment allegations. Some new details are coming out about a former Lawson Angeles Angels pitcher who died of a drug overdose. Tyler Skaggs was found in his hotel room two years ago just prior to a baseball game. Now, federal prosecutors say he used a middleman to deal drugs to other players. The proud boys leader is being sentenced to more than five months in jail for burning of black lives matter. Banner. And he admitted to the crime. Prosecutors had recommended 90 days in jail. But a judge handed down a harsher sentence because he says, the proud boys leader did not express genuine remorse..
The Drive with Paul Swann
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on The Drive with Paul Swann
"It's absolutely unacceptable and disgraceful behavior and such hateful. Language has no place anywhere in our society. Vanderbilt of course again playing mississippi state tonight game two of the series christina involving communications director for the agency that operates tedium air trade parked in omaha said stadium officials were aware of an altercation or interaction between fans that involve the use of racial slurs. Dos said the person or persons who used offensive language left the stadium. Want security personnel. Were notified. She said she didn't know if the person or persons left on their own or war ejected in doll said officials were talking to event staff together. Additional information and said additional security measures would be in place tonight so everyone would feel safe at. Td ameritrade ballpark so Hopefully that will not occur again You know sometimes in the heat of battle competition things are said that you regret later on and that's just unacceptable but That's very sad when you think about that that kinda ruined inexperience for some parents. Who were there They're they're young men on and certainly the vanderbilt commodores outstanding program and just on the edge winning yet another national title if they can win one more game of course If we go to a game three it would go tomorrow night. That would be the final for sure. Finally family of la angels pitcher tyler. Skaggs has filed a couple of lawsuits against the club and a couple of former employees claiming negligence over his drug related death. Two years ago skaggs will carly filed in fort worth texas in the same county. Were skaggs died sky. Experienced daryl skaggs. Debbie hetman filed in los angeles. Both lawsuits were filed in state courts. Don't specify how much money they're seeking under the state's laws. The deadline to file lawsuits is thursday. The second anniversary of times skaggs death in addition to the angels as an organization. The families suing team. Communications director eric k. Who told authorities that he regularly purchase drugs for skaggs in case former boss. Tim mead the crux of the lawsuit that the angels were negligent in allowing k. A. longtime opioid abuser to have access to players and made failed to properly supervise him. The angels released a statement today saying that the lawsuits are entirely without merit. And the allegations are baseless and irresponsible. And that they would be vigorously defending themselves in courts It's a very sad situation. Scholar tighter skies was twenty seven when he passed away a couple of years ago in his hotel room in south lake texas and it was a very sad situation reminder once again we got pirates baseball..
Baseball Together Podcast
"tyler skaggs" Discussed on Baseball Together Podcast
"Add meds but you also have to have a specified condition pre existing condition or qualify for it. So yes i than to me that says they are testing for it right. What would they be. It makes sense and to and to me. It seems like a super data test anyway even if you have even if you are allowed to take adderall if they weren't testing specifically for that it'd be like well let's just adderall or let's not test for all we know guys in and that's fine but maybe let's test for meth because they're not gonna probably show up the same on a drug test. You know do they. I thought they would. I think that anything. In the amphetamine class. Maybe i dunno. I pops a might just be different enough. But that's just me. It's bay chemistry braid different fuel combination. Listen i'll tell you though it depends on the the screening. They're doing as well. Because if it's just a standard five panel screening is going to be different. They have others. That are much much more robust and test for far more indicators and different things so yeah i don't know i think the lowest levels the five panel though. Yeah i think it is. And i think probably testing more stringently than that because of what they're looking for and there another sending stuff way to labs and i would think that because they're sending away the labs are doing more than justify panel. I would think so. Yeah you'd have to. With all the with all the stuff dr bosh was cooking up yeah that cetera and the stuff that shown up in drug tests as far as like specifically which which steroid showing up for right. Yeah that's what i mean. Yeah it's interesting. i hope. go ahead. So oxy oxycodones pain reliever that lends a certain amount of credibility to your thesis. Your your proposition that maybe he was coming to support spring training. But i mean we can speculate all day long on where the drugs were going but that is the most interesting well and he thing to Tyler skaggs you know what the angels he passed away last year. Two years ago was it It was because of because of opioids. Like oxycodone right and and he you know he had a problem. And that's what ultimately led led to his death. And i wonder if actually i don't want her i've i've heard different. People say that The baseball players and athletes in general taking Taking opioids is not uncommon. Not just for the pain relieving aspect but also to help them wind down after game so they can get to sleep quickly..
Live Abundant Radio
Former Los Angeles Angels Employee Indicted In Tyler Skaggs’ Overdose Death
"Sad postscript to the death of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Here's Keep Peter a federal grand jury in Fort Worth, Texas. Indicted a former Los Angeles Angels employees on drug charges for allegedly providing Skaggs with the drugs that caused is overdose death. Eric Prescott Kay was charged with drug distribution and drug conspiracy and Skaggs overdose death. The charges carry a maximum of of life sentence and 20 years in prison, respectively remain free on his own recognizance. Skaggs 27 was found dead in his suburban Dallas hotel room on July 1st 2019. Before the start of what was supposed to be a four game. Siri's against the Texas Rangers.
WDTK Programming
Ex-Angels employee indicted in Tyler Skaggs' fatal overdose
"To the death of Angels pitcher Tyler Sky. A federal grand jury in Fort Worth, Texas. Indicted a former Los Angeles Angels employees on drug charges for allegedly providing Skaggs with the drugs that caused is overdose death. Eric Prescott Kay was charged with drug distribution and drug conspiracy and Skaggs overdose death. The charges carry a maximum of of life sentence and 20 years in prison, respectively. Remain free on his own recognizance. Skaggs 27 was found dead in his suburban Dallas hotel room on July 1st 2019 before the start of what was supposed to be a four game, Siri's against the Texas Rangers. Keith Peters
The Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong
Ex-Angels employee charged in overdose death of Tyler Skaggs
"Charges have been filed against a former Los Angeles Angels employee accused of giving drugs to a team member who died ABC Salik Stone It was last summer when 27 year old pitcher Tyler Skaggs died. Natexis Hotel Room before the Angels were set to play. The Rangers had overdosed on fentanyl. Now a former Angels employee has been charged in Texas with distributing fat Nolan connection to Skaggs DEATH Eric K. Had worked in the Angels Media Relations Department. Thousands
WGN Radio Theatre with Carl Amari and Lisa Wolf
Ex-Angels employee charged in overdose death of Tyler Skaggs
"Conspiracy charges have been filed against a former Los Angeles Angels employee. Accused of giving drugs to a team member who died a BCS Alex Stone. It was last summer when 27 year old pitcher Tyler Skaggs died in a Texas hotel room before the Angels were set to play. The Rangers had overdosed on fentanyl. Now a former Angels employee has been charged in Texas with distributing Fat Nolan connection to Skaggs death. Eric K. Had worked in the Angels Media Relations
Lance McAlister
Ex-Angels employee charged in overdose death of Tyler Skaggs
"Charges filed against a former L. A Angels employee accused of giving drugs to a team member who died. It was last summer when 27 year old pitcher Tyler Skaggs died in a Texas hotel room before the Angels were set to play the Rangers. It overdosed on fentanyl. Now a former Angels employee has been charged in Texas with distributing fentanyl in connection to Skaggs Death. Eric K. Had worked in the Angels Media Relations Department.
Morning Edition
Doctors March On Border Patrol, Demanding It Vaccinates Detainees
"Till often you yes last year we left it until after the Asian you your in February now the highlight of all these festivities for the kids happens to be the accompanying ritual of gift giving they have learned that the otherwise ignored wishes in this season can see the light of day so request to meet demands a waste and hints of dropped as the dream of endless possibilities slippers beyblades rocket ship slime all nestled for space in the park cloud star color all deal with them our first October celebration the valley was around the corner I thought it prudent to explain to my sons that even though the Vatican celebrating all festivities we cannot expect to receive gifts for each of them you will be getting one gift for the valley in a few weeks and that's about it don't ask me for a Christmas gift again I emphasized my five year old looked at me and talk for a minute he was probably processing all the dates in his head because his eyes suddenly brightened and the US then can I just have a gift for Russia China with the perspective I'm Sunday I tell you Sonya Charlie a is a writer and author of children's book you can share thoughts on commentary online at KQED dot org slash perspectives support for perspectives comes from Comcast dedicated to serving California communities with access to technology volunteering time providing financial support and connecting people in need to high speed internet and home more at California dot com cast dot com support for NPR comes in T. Rowe price offering a strategic investing approach that examines investment opportunities firsthand institutions advisors employers and individuals choose T. Rowe price T. Rowe price invest with confidence and the George Lucas educational foundation creators of edgy topia an online resource CD educated to improving the learning experience for America students with information and strategies about what works in K. through twelve education learn more and and utopia dot org and the listeners of KQED it's morning edition from NPR news I'm not working and I'm Rachel Martin Major League Baseball has long tested for drug use and players especially performance enhancing drugs now the league is going to test explicitly for opioids the decision comes months after autopsy results reveal the presence of opioids in the body of Los Angeles pitcher Tyler Skaggs this was after he was found dead in a hotel room bill shaken covers the lead for the Los Angeles Times and joins us this morning thanks for being with us good morning so bill just explain exactly what the change is is going to mean for clubs and players so it went Tyler Skaggs passed away and then the autopsy results came out a couple months later the natural question that anybody would ask is is there anything that we could have done in Major League Baseball did not test players at that point for opioids so the commissioner's office and the players union sat down and said well maybe we should do that maybe that might have prevented one death in this case because in American society thirty one thousand people died last year because the fat and all which is one of the two opioids that was founded Tyler Skaggs
Morning Edition
MLB Updates Drug Policy to Include Opioid Testing
"Meanwhile a new drug testing policy as crossed home plate for Major League Baseball is KCRW's Larry Parral reports a deal as would reach between the players union in the league on adding testing for opioids and relaxing marijuana use but with some caveats the deal comes five months after angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died in a hotel room an autopsy revealed he had to opiates in his bloodstream the only times reports the policy would be implemented next season and will be announced today as part of the new rules the players tested positive for opioids they would be subject to treatment but not be suspended up to this point players were not required to be tested unless there was reasonable clause as part of the new policy marijuana use will be allowed in the major and minor league for pain relief no word on how or if that use would be regulated after Skaggs died officials and the union agreed to look at whether it was time to include opioid testing a former player in the major and minor leagues says Skaggs had undergone surgery during his career he says it was likely he was introduced to opioids as a pain killer because of it at least thirty one thousand people die from using the opioid but no last year in the US for KCRW I'm Larry
ESPNews
Angels reps aware of Skaggs' drug use, DEA told
"Dot com related to the death of angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs from drug use this summer outside the lines ESPN fugit queen reporting the angels director of communications Eric Kaye a full but V. eight he provided Skaggs with oxy code own in Skaggs that abuse that for years K. also gave the DEA names of all the players that were using opiates role on the team the angels have released a statement denying
Bill Handel
Angels pitcher died from mix of alcohol, fentanyl, oxycodone
"A toxicology report released yesterday shows the angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had fennel oxy coat on and alcohol in his system when he was found dead in his Texas hotel room his family says that was out of character for the pager they also say the south like police department thinks an employee of the Los Angeles angels organization may have been
WBZ Morning News
Medical examiner: Angels pitcher died of accidental overdose
"A medical examiner in Texas rule that angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol the family says that a team employee is being investigated for his involvement in Skaggs is death Skaggs had the powerful pain killers fentanyl in oxycontin in his system along with
WBZ Morning News
Medical examiner: Angels pitcher died of accidental overdose
"A medical examiner in Texas rule that angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol the family says that a team employee is being investigated for his involvement in Skaggs is daft Skaggs had the powerful pain killers fentanyl in oxycontin in his system along with
Gary Jeff Walker
Tyler Skaggs: Angels pitcher overdosed on drugs and alcohol
"Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol found dead in his hotel room in the Dallas area last month where the angels were playing the ranger the autopsy states that the young Los Angeles angels pitcher suffocated after ingesting a mix of alcohol and the opioids oxy code own and Sentinel the death ruled
Under The Hood
Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental drug overdose, says Medical Examiner
"Happening a medical examiner in Texas has ruled angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died last month from an accidental overdose of pain killers and alcohol the family of the twenty seven year old in the statement said the death may involve a member of the angels organization the families hired an attorney to represent themselves to represent them angels GM Billy apple or were cooperating with the police and we are a part of the investigation with the police department talk to the players that might have knowledge of this like yourself because I got to this point is coming I can't I can't comment further on that just because it is an active investigation that that we are part of the Joseon Billie Esler eighteen to ESPN radio on sports center for the latest in this
Ben Shapiro
Angels pitcher died from mix of alcohol, fentanyl, oxycodone
"A Texas medical examiner's report today revealed that angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died on July first from ingesting a mix of alcohol and opened the opioids fentanyl an oxy code own that's according to reports the cause of the pitchers July first death was listed as mixed up in all fentanyl an oxy code own intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents his body was found last month inside the south like hotel room Skaggs family says it may have been an angel's employee who gave the picture the drugs and have hired an attorney the angels were in Texas facing the Rangers at the
The Fix-It Show with Tom Feiza
Tyler Skaggs And Los Angeles discussed on The Fix-It Show with Tom Feiza
"Open and the Los Angeles angels pitching staff three combined no hitter last night the same night the team out of former pitcher Tyler Skaggs who was found dead inside of his hotel room during a road
In the Garden
Angels throw no-hitter on night to honor Skaggs
"Motional night in Anaheim is the and was played their first home game since the tragic passing of pitcher Tyler Skaggs every member of the angels roster wore his number forty five and the name Skaggs on their backs and it was a night that none of them will ever forget one out away at the first which is outside Taylor goals started it a retired six batters in his first two innings and it's the gravel second base ready for both Fox Sports west on the call is open Taylor Colin started he was paying you're welcome bye for that no hitter in what would be a thirteen nothing went over Seattle capping off an unbelievable night in
WBZ Midday News
Adam Kaufman, Billy Adler And Arlington discussed on WBZ Midday News
"And the latest on the death of a professional baseball player here's Adam Kaufman we lost a member of our family yesterday angels general manager Billy Adler's club took the field last night in Arlington one day after pitcher Tyler Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room Val plain suicide or not suspected but Skaggs was just twenty seven and a cause of death has been released halos earned an emotional nine four win over the Rangers but not before Andrew Heaney in his teammates began the game by bringing Skaggs Jersey out for the moment of silence Jersey resign as Walker and you know just wanted to you know taking out there with this
After Hours With Amy Lawrence
Angels honor pitcher Tyler Skaggs with moment of silence
"Please join the Texas Rangers Los Angeles angels and all of Major League Baseball we serve a moment of silence in honor of Los Angeles angels pitcher reset our deepest sympathies and condolences to his wife and his family as well as to his facials teammates the entire Los Angeles angels fan last night days after the death of Tyler Skaggs in his hotel room in Texas the angels and Rangers postpone the game those opposed to be played on Monday there was like some talking not even plane last night but the angels were like look we got together and played some point they did they actually won the game they were down three to one they came back and won nine to four call Calhoun at a home run as he approached home play the raise both arms above his head looking up at the sky so we know we've got an angel watching over us now the manager Brad Ausmus the GM Billy apple or the owner RT Marino spoke before the given none of the players did but then Mike trout who we talked about this yesterday Tyler Skaggs was drafted by the angels and ninety grew up as an angels fan in Santa Monica then got traded to Arizona but that in the Dutch supposed went back to the angels but that first year the only year the first year lease with the angels organization he was his roommate in the minor leagues was Mike trout here's my chat last night I see these guys more than my family no and you know to lose somebody like him stuff yeah first the bat I get up there in I can all I do is think about him you know took the bread and the hotel who actually before the game just a different feeling you know just in shock you know it's like walking around the hotel it is always thinking about him you know I'm just yes it's it's bigger than the game yeah this French the friendship and need a love I have for him his family you know it's it's more than that it's just so hard braking and look good tragedies happen and and get to tell us guys only twenty seven years old but stats this was so sudden you know I mean the the the people that can afford to get cancer in doing this you you use site is somehow try to prepare yourself for when something like this would happen but here's a guy he's in his hotel room as you get ready for a ball game and we don't know what happened they had to the autopsy when I get the autopsy results apparently until October no foul play no suicide it reminds of Darryl Kile who is the cardinals pitcher two thousand two same things in a hotel room in Chicago and had a heart attack and amazingly Albert Pujols was there Kyle's teammate in two thousand two and now here's pools teammate with Tyler Skaggs here seventeen years later but that's the thing that you know a lot of people have that that dealt with terrible tragedies but when you can prepare yourself for a least it eases the pain a little bit this was completely side yeah when something big happens in our lives even if it's not a sad event even if it's a big event a lot of times we look for reasons why it helps to have at least know why these things happen and with this I mean literally he was there one day and gone the next thing that you know on top of losing a friend in the team and all that just having no understanding of what happened makes it that much