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It's hard to believe that Thursday is four weeks until the NFL season kicks off and so to that end, one producer, Jay gets back and we start working together again which is it's touch and go over the next couple weeks, actually, because I have two shows in the daytime next week.

For those of you who want to hang out and listen a different time slot or you can always catch the podcast of the show, but I'll be hosting the show. That's normally Maggie and Perloff, which is at noon Pacific 3 PM Eastern time. My mom is very excited to my understanding, it will be on CBS sports network as well.

She could watch or you can listen. I slept next week and then I've got a long weekend of about family in town so Jane, I didn't have were barely working together for three weeks so you'll have him for most of next week, but she will not have me for most of next week, but you can follow along at the regatta. A lot of football planning to do whatever we do get back together because before you know it football going to be here. So this hour were going to spend some time with our friend Russell Baxter who is well.

He's a football historian he's got this long run of years in Canton for the Pro football Hall of Fame induction. She's got incredible stories on his own that he likes to share.

As a looking forward to hanging out with him for a little bit about 1/2 hour from now. We got some QB news next hour or more from Roger Caddell with the sale of the Denver Broncos being approved by the owners, but were trains of the new this segment it's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio were live from the rocket mortgage Studios you need to know what it takes her home to fit your budget and your family.

Rocket can drawers with you Lawrence time to asking any sort of without them out or putting them in a kind of order. I'm just going to answer that my faith that I feel like I can answer them quickly.

So were starting on twitter. You can always find me there a lot radio we did get a fair number of questions that are interesting. Nothing about when the Super Bowl or the World Series or who's making the playoffs or what changes to this team have other questions you know I can't answer.

I'm guessing just the way that you are so those are not the questions were looking for but will start with the Yvonne on twitter where the hiking spot or a part that you want to visit that you haven't been to yet.

That's easy Yellowstone. I am so excited to visit Yellowstone at some point it's on my bucket list.

However, more more I can think more before that, though I will be at the Grand Canyon got a plan in place to visit the Grand Canyon and go hiking in the Grand Canyon come Super Bowl week because the Super Bowl is in Phoenix Glendale but the Phoenix area and we will be taking the show on the road for the first times in 2019 and Miami were actually 2020 Miami for the 2019 season I decided I'm not going all the way back out to Arizona for the first time in probably seven or eight years without going to the Grand Canyon so Yellowstone is a part that I want to visit that I haven't been to yet.

I will at some point, but the Grand Canyon is more immediate already started to make some plans to go hiking on the Saturday before the Super Bowl since will already be in the Arizona, the state of Arizona in the Phoenix area. Another tweet from Kennard don't know what they Levi Levi's his first name is also about hiking what the mound that you highlight that I'm coming back in the one you decided to never do again.

That's a good question. Not sure I can remember the name of the mountain that I decide I'm never doing again. I have to go back and look so that one. I don't think I can pull out of my brain right the second. But the mountain or alter the series of mountains that I hate last fall in the Catskills. In order slot, Wittenberg Cornell and slide slide Cornell Wittenberg flight yet so it was the opposite direction we did. My friend and I Jeff and I was my first ever hike in the Catskills that took me up three peaks that were all above 3800 feet ending that included the tallest in the Catskills about 4000 feet and it was so challenging it was 9 1/2 miles from point-to-point with these three large peaks and it was that he it was probably the toughest day I've ever had to that point and yet it was so exhilarating I actually said to my brother and sister-in-law who are big-time hikers come do that with me this fall. I would love to do to get it was a beautiful day. We had such a great time. The two of us we made really good progress ratchet climbing through these like actual rock formations. We had to get on your hands and knees and clock time and climbing like scaling rocks.

So if you have ever been to the Catskills or you would like to go to Catskills go hiking. I highly recommend the series Wittenberg Cornell slide amazing first Catskill experience for me.

So thank you for asking Levi would say moving down why this is Caleb where is the one place you want to vacation that you haven't already. Oh my gosh, only one only allowed to give you one Hawaii is on top of my vacation list. I'm saving it for honeymoon.

I that's always been my idea.

If it doesn't happen on for the honeymoon that will happen at some other point, but yes Hawaii is certainly in the top of the list. One place that I want to vacation that I haven't been to already, let's say Stephen wants to know what a burger or In-N-Out Burger yeah and out burger person. What I don't have either one of those will close to Rio, but when I'm on the road actually prefer I prefer more local joints than I do prefer chains but I suppose if it's either one of those all go with the In-N-Out Burger Wants to know what toy I like the most as a kid will add story shortcake models when I was a kids I play with them a lot, but honestly, this shouldn't surprise you if you know me or you listen to the show. I had horse figurines, so bunch of horses and those were my favorite support I play with them so much that their legs would break off and not have to try to superglue the impact together. We didn't look so good. We got a bunch of horses eyes always been a nut for horses still and not for horses, and someday when I retire to bagel wide open space in Montana or Idaho or South Dakota. I'm going to have myself a horse or two, so that's that's probably the number one toy but then my brother and I also played Star Wars in our basement all the times we had a lot of figurines but the Jeff wants to know what it comes to chicken wings. Drumsticks or flats. Oh my gosh Jade. I had this discussion not that long ago on the drumstick person so we actually split them. So Jade took all the flats and I took all the drumsticks it was funny we had. But that was national wing day or something and so we had we had Buffalo chicken wings and I'm a blue cheese they had not. He doesn't like the blue cheese so he took the ranch. I took the blue cheese and then carrot sticks or celery sticks. I can't stand celery.

It's just crunchy water. There's into seller's growth. I don't love eating carrot sticks, but I will. I more often use carrots in my stew is orange salad so that I can eat them that way. But Iago drumsticks blue cheese carrot sticks. I feel like I did not get a whole bunch of your questions there open twitter get a already own LC bike and circle back to answer a few more but let's shift over to Facebook so lots of you wagon on Facebook and I want to get to as many of these as I can, but again I'm trying to pick the ones that are quick so that I can answer them without yet without taking up all the rest of our time this segment and are on Facebook and you could own any professional sports team, which one would you choose and why. Well as I said you before any time you can get in the NFL you're talking about tapping into a major revenue source, a cash cow not been a Denver Broncos fan since I was 13 years old crazy story didn't want to be about football just got addicted to the adrenaline. It was a Broncos Patriots game and John Elway pulled one of is patented fourth-quarter comebacks. They were down three touchdowns in the fourth quarter and came back to beat the patriots in New England and I was hooked. I was watching my stepdad had no idea what I was watching I just knew it was really exciting and so from that point on I was a Broncos fan and it stuck.

I am loyal to a ball you guys and the brothers are going to sell anytime soon and I couldn't compete with the $4.65 billion that the Walton Pender family just yelled out however it would have to be in the NFL and certainly owning the Denver Broncos would buy me that's not to say that the dream because it would never be a dream, but that would be the team that I would pick. Love the. The Rocky Mountains, but really more than that love with the Broncos and meant to me in my life and and the role they played in my development as a sports fan. Let's say Eric on Facebook asking a question about my Grammy Helen because he just lost his grandma three weeks ago at 97, Eric, I'm really sorry to hear that I he says he was always amazed by the things she witnessed or experienced during her long lifetime including being a Pittsburgh Steelers season-ticket holder for over 50 years. That's amazing. He says throughout all of Grammy Helen fears what is something amazing that she experience or something. She did that personally impressed you, not necessarily sports related oh ha my Grammy had really nothing to do with sports so funny a people just assume she was a big-time sports fan because I am but she was not at all a couple of things that she did that always amazed me. Number one. My grandfather passed away more than 40 years before she died and she told me when she never went on another date that she had zero desire to get married again and while I do have the desire to get married and she did get married. They had a farm. They had four amazing kids that got green kids blah blah whatever she had the family life. She was okay with with knowing that the rest of her life she would be by herself that I I just I don't empathize with that because I can't relate that something not something I want to do, but it was it was such great resolve on her part something else that she did that always impressed me and I'm sure that this is one of the reasons that she lived to be 100 is that she laughed nonstop.

Always she left everything in and that laughter we know that release releases endorphins and puts you in a better mood. I didn't know this about my Grammy Helen until this past year of her life that when she was younger she had struggled with some depression.

I didn't know that at all that she never mentioned it. Obviously because her generation didn't talk about things like that but you wouldn't have known for the amount of time that she spent laughing and always when I was with her. She was joyful she had quips she was near funny should a great sense of humor and that laughter to me was very critical in her not only living to be 100, but sharp as a tack still. She was all completely mentally with it, and in addition to that was still she she didn't weed. I don't actually know why she died. I suspect it was because she had lost much weight that her body shut down.

She was below hundred pounds. She always had trouble with her appetite with eating. But it was a quick and relatively painless death and so I'm thankful for that.

God certainly certainly showed her mercy, but 100 years old.

She was still highly functional and had no problems at all with mental faculties. I know that laughter is a big reason why I'm convinced it's after hours with Amy Lawrence here on CBS sports radio James on Facebook.

Is there a sports figure you always wanted to interview, but haven't had the chance to yes Larry Bird that one's easy. Scott says do you prefer to wear hoodies or non-hoodies on any type of clothing. I'm a huge fan of hoods, mostly because I have long hair or a ponytail and so the hood seem to get in the way of of the hair so I can go without hoodies. In fact, I prefer V-neck spread alike tight next anything either would see Sandy where was your first radio job and what did you do my first commercial radio job me I had multiple radio jobs. When I was in college. In fact, my my first time ever working to sports radio station was in Syracuse and the very first update that I ever got assigned to do was very nervous. Turn on the radio. Forgot my name me. No one writes their name at the top of the page right because you forget your name, but I was so nervous and I was I was really petrified that I turn on microphone and forgot my name. I knew it was was to start with my name but I did know what it was and I just stared at the hose and they were making is most like… Well, when I just I just had to start without my name as I could remember it. True story that was a long time ago when I was in grad school. CD says what was your first radio job, I'll go with commercial it was Rochester WHA.

I'm actually celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The heritage radio station. You can hear it in 38 states and Canada.

My mom used to sit in the driveway of our New Hampshire home and listen to me at night. It's what they call a Clear Channel in the business and I delivered overnight news updates and also produced the overnight talk radio and then produce Buffalo Bills football so I understand the passion there in Western New York for Buffalo Bills football.

I also this is the funny part, they would not pay me to do sports broadcaster or do sports update. So on Saturday mornings I volunteered and I did them for free is my first commercial sports broadcast. So thank you Sadie for that question. Let's say Calvin was nowhere to get my last from I have no idea who laughed obnoxiously like me and my family. Mom not I'm way louder than my mom. Although she's loud my grandmother like no idea where I got the last from its unique maybe I it's a recessive gene and it doesn't pop up as much of my family line of let's say Chuck says new Star Wars including wrote one or the old Star Wars well I'm George Lucas, Star Wars, I am a disciple of the old Canon but Rogue one is top three.

I just made producer J watch it a couple weeks ago and is the it's it's the best of the new movies it's so good and I didn't dislike the this equals I actually really enjoyed them special because they wrapped up the stories of Han Solo and King and Princess Leia Carrie Fisher and Luke Skywalker. So I did enjoy the new ones I've seen them all multiple times, but the originals for me always because those came from the brain of George Lucas. Jim wants to know with all these announcers on TV jumping ship where they getting all this money that's easy eating contracts.

Do you know that the reason the NFL is making money hand over fist. The reason that the college football world.

It it even if you see different conferences jumping and not only aligning themselves with new networks but making a hell of a lot of money doing it. It's the reason why we are seeing more and more games on streaming services because the money is exorbitant. Billions and billions and billions of dollars are getting paid out to leagues by these networks for the broadcasting rights. So yeah, when you see that Tom Brady is making $25 million a year. It's nothing compared to the billions of dollars of years of money, billions of dollars per year that are coming in with these broadcasting contracts. So that's actually pretty easy to answer on say if Hollywood made a movie about your life, who would you want to play Amy Lawrence BK says on Facebook. Yep, I've gotten this in multiple countries.

I've gotten is from really every stop along my radio career I do not see. It's about people tell me I look at Cameron Diaz. I do not see it at all, but I suppose it would be her or Kaylee. Cocoa is another one that I've gotten.

Let's say what is the favorite flower in my yard, a different Jim on Facebook well or does my favorite color and I have a huge flower boxes, wooden boxes of orange daylilies, tiger lilies there gorgeous so they're just about done with their summer cycle but is still of a few left Salcedo's but also the bikinis Iva Pini Bush in my front yard that was blooming when I signed the papers on my first house into the Pini's every year are on my anniversary of of signed the papers in becoming homeowner.

They surely got crushed by storms though sucks because in the spring we got so much rain and now my neighbor we gone almost 7 weeks with one day of rain. Everything is so so Brown led Faye Allen wants to know my favorite old school video game. I will say burger time for any of you remember burger time from Commodore 64 loaded up and see you want to talk about old-school and epic absolutely. Mike said that you had to go back in time to see a band perform in their prime, who would it be wow that's a good question that the part of the Beatles just because the experience but I wasn't a big Beatles fan. Not only was it out alive when they word big, but I had a college roommate, who played them incessantly and then my second college roommate love the Beatles as well so I was always inundated with Beatles music that's not my mother's music that's on my music but I will say you to because you could probably still see them perform. Now I remember when I was on a trip to Ireland. We were in actually Dublin and UT was performing in Dublin and the place was electric but whole city was buzzing. There were billboards everywhere. They're all excited, so they probably you two would be a band I'd like to see in their prime. Thank you for your questions. I know there was were completely haphazard and in no particular order, but I got in a lot of did I not even without producer J so when he returns you tell him that we killed it on the web twist that we had on ask Amy anything on Twitter on Facebook. I was stroked to try to go back and answer more of your questions. Thanks for hanging out with us on this edition of the home show.

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It's what Serena Williams wrote an essay for Vogue.com and has the cover of the latest Vogue magazine and talks about retirement in a manner of speaking, so she admits that even uttering the word is emotional for her that she gets uncomfortable, lump in her throat. She starts to cry. She said the only person that she's really explored this idea with his her therapist so I love that she's so open that she has her emotions out there for all of us to. In this case, read about, she's always been that way and the impact of Serena Williams can't even be summarized now because it will be felt for years the number of young women and men who play tennis because of Serena and because of her sister. She and her sister have been tops in the women's tennis circuit for two decades and she's battled only multiple injuries, but even life-threatening conditions even won a grand slam. When she was pregnant in 2017, but started her professional career in 1995 is a 14-year-old.

Many people don't even know women's tennis without Venus and Serena Williams.

She's not just one of the best female athletes on the planet.

She is one of the best athletes on the planet going back to 9573 career singles titles for Olympic gold medals, 319 weeks at number one in the world rankings and even though she's barely played over the last year plus she still the second highest paid female athlete in the world and has 23 grand slam singles titles but is suggesting that the U.S. Open will be her final tournament and she met she wasn't ready to win at Wimbledon a lot of people that were hoping that would be her opportunity to tie Margaret Courtney was 24 grand slam singles titles. Most all time and that she would potentially break the records at the new Mark in New York regardless of how she goes out of New York. I hope there's multiple matches and I hope that American tennis and specifically will have the chance to let her know how much she's appreciated that tennis will never be the same without her. And there are young tennis players who are testament to that. Like Coco Goff she actually says.

Like many young tennis players and you can take the example of the golf right the number of young golfers or golfers in her 20s right now who tell you Tiger Woods was their inspiration. They modeled their swings after Tiger Woods there were on tour not just to be jammed.

The lift door and now you've got young women like Coco Goff into the sport because of Serena yeah I knew it was coming eventually didn't know it was me this U.S. Open are but yeah I mean destination. Well not really shocking but almost shocking news because she's been playing forever my whole life and I do know a little of his sags out of always want to play her some hoping that my jaw Cincinnati or U.S. Open, or even hear them can work out so we can plate other possessions. One of my that I think the legacy that she's left on the world adjuster tennis me.

She still has me she's not were talking was talking about elections that I know now she's moving on to different things, but the legacy that she's left through her tennis career is something that I don't think any other player can probably touch and I think that the legacy that show continually until leave throughout her life is something that can inspire many more generations and Agro watching her iMac best reason why play tennis and you know tennis finger predominately white sport. It definitely helped a lot because I saw somebody look like me dominating the game and it made me believe that I could dominate to and then my my dad. I think first.

Her whole story that William sister story, not just Serena with Mr. Williamson wall that he's done for both of them inspire my dad to continue to coach me and help me even though he had not really much tennis experience, but he was like if Mr. Williams can do it then I can and I think it's not so much just what Serena and Venus is left. It's also the home Williams family in general. I love those words from Coco Goff. She's the reason I play tennis because someone else out there looked like me, Taylor Townsend has similar sentiments and of course are happy to see what Serena does next.

She wants to have a sibling for her daughter she's her daughter's but asking for a sibling for quite a while. She is in fashion.

She and her sister. They have other interests to be sure, it'll just be different like it's been the last couple years without her playing a full schedule like it is on the mend side without Roger Fetter never Taylor Townsend the impact of Serena. It's it's one of those things you can't really measure until long after she's been gone, and even then her impact will be felt for generations.

I don't think I can put into words.

I mean growing up watching her and Venus play had always been an inspiration for me to want to play professional tennis and actually believe that I could do it no there were so many years before Venus and Serena were there were few and far between. When it came to representation for women of color and men of color so have Serena and showing that they can do it to dominate and kind of paving the way for for someone like me to be here now like that. I mean it actually amazing. I guess that you can hear a lot of that and even though we knew this was coming, is still a bit jarring to think about tennis without Serena Williams but at least we have New York and you can imagine even more than usual. She will be a sentimental favorites.

You are listening to the after-hours podcast. Use these after-hours on CBS sports radio. It was the weekend that we inducted a brand-new class in the Pro football Hall of Fame and our friend Russell Baxter was there. Of course, because that's part of what he been doing now for decades covering the NFL. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS sports radio and rot is with us this morning alive. He actually requested this time