Dan Vasko

Communications Specialist | Former TV Sports Guy | Co-host @fbloungepod | Chicagoland native | Illinois State alum | Sports, film & music enthusiast

[Jesse Rogers @JesseRogersESPN]

Matt Chapman has a grand slam and a three run home run today as the Giants have completed the two point conversion on both their touchdowns. Cubs pitching is giving up home runs at an alarming rate this season. Most in MLB

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

@MarkHespen @fbloungepod Subsidize the costs, private the profits. Classic move

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

Welp there you have it @MarkHespen @fbloungepod

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

Chicagoland is getting bigger: The #Bears board of directors has voted to advance the stadium development project in Hammond, Ind. Full statement:

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

@jaykidwellwhbf @WHBF @AdamJRossow @JB_Long @Local4Andy @RedrickTerryTV You’re the man, Jay! Congratulations on a quarter century and n the QC 🎙️

[Alex Kozora @Alex_Kozora]

Breaking: #Steelers signing TE Darnell Washington to $42 million extension.

Nick Herbig yesterday, Darnell Washington today. Omar Khan is cooking.

(via @JFowlerESPN)

https://t.co/CjiZzQJJlN

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

@MarkHespen @fbloungepod

[Hurricane Harry™️ @TD_Harry89]

@BearsNationCHI

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Run the math on the lunch and it falls apart in about ten seconds.

A $28 lunch every working day is roughly $7,000 a year. That is the entire prize for never eating out again.

Now look at what actually moved. The median US home went from $321,500 in 2019 to about $420,300 in 2024. That is nearly $99,000 in five years, close to $20,000 a year. A Gen Z worker who banks every single lunch saves $7,000 while the house they are chasing gets $20,000 more expensive in the same twelve months.

You can do everything Kevin says and still lose ground.

Zoom out and it gets worse. Since 1980 home prices are up 551% and incomes are up 373%. The price-to-income ratio went from 3.65 to over 5. The distance between what a salary buys and what a house costs is the whole story, and no amount of skipped sandwiches closes a gap that compounds faster than anyone can save.

The lunch was never the variable.

The math gets funnier when you check who is giving the lecture. Kevin took just under $15 million to be the face of FTX, put around $9.7 million of it into crypto that went to zero, and held a $1 million stake that also went to zero. The man telling 23-year-olds that lunch is why they stay poor lit more money on fire in one bad bet than most of them will earn in a lifetime.

A $28 plate of ham and cheese was not the problem.

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

Whoa @fbloungepod

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

Myles Garrett is a RAM 🤯

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

@SamOlbur No Alvarez for them and no Swanson/Happ for us certainly sets it up for a W. We shall see

[Aaron (Ari) Shifron @ashifron]

@SamOlbur When the Cubs start treating everyone slumping at once as a crisis like every other organization and not part of baseball’s normal up and downs things will change. Until then, fans frustration will rightfully continue and team will be maddeningly inconsistent. Thats bottom line.

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

This would make sense if Oz’s book and TED Talk didn’t sell people on learning the “skill” of “mentalism” — decoding body language, nonverbal cues, etc.

This distinction is why I reached out to Stevie Baskin in the first place… as our episode explained. (Also, it’s hilarious)

[Alex Kozora @Alex_Kozora]

Since 2021, no NFL kicker has made more from 50+ yards than Boswell's 43.

Since entering the league in 2015, only Matt Prater (58) has more from 50+ than Boswell's 52. #Steelers

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

Nothing better

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

@JSchaeffCreates @Cubs Haha right?! Against that lineup no less

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

W

[MLB @MLB]

Michael Conforto WALK-OFF HOMER!

@Cubs win!

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

Amazing

[Matt Zenitz @mzenitz]

The #Browns have added longtime NFL executive Trent Baalke in a consultant-like capacity, a source tells @CBSSports.

Was most recently general manager of the #Jaguars from 2021-24. Was also a GM with the #49ers from 2011-16.

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

I’m really not a “blame the training staff” kind of guy, but this is getting to be too much bad luck. This is several years of significant injuries all throughout the pitching staff. And we have 7 relievers on the IL! I know it’s also league wide but man…

[ESPN Chicago @ESPN1000]

Sources: Cubs shut Steele down amid recovery: Cubs pitcher Justin Steele, who was eligible to come off the 60-day IL late next month after getting hurt in April 2025, has been shut down while recovering from elbow surgery, sources told ESPN. https://t.co/z3U90Qyrc2

[jxke. 🧸🎰🃏 @cantguardjake]

Imagine you’re having a terrible month at work and your side chick makes you the worst playlist known to man and you gotta pretend to like it

[Dan Vasko @danvasko]

Special, special player. Needs to be in the lineup every day

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

Moisés Ballesteros gives the Cubs the lead in San Diego with a grand slam!

(via @Cubs)