Yung Miami Says ‘State of affairs’ With Diddy Ended However They’re ‘Buddies’

Miami’s Danya Issawi said she felt like she had “no privacy” and “can’t even express herself.” However, The Cut’s cover story with the one-part City Girl surfaced two-part mom Caresha Brownlee, including her mindset when she first revealed the Diddy romance.

“I felt like it is what is. Eventually people would find out because he is who he is, I am who I am. We just figured if we release it, we’ll be the ones talking. I don’t like it when someone speaks for me,” YM said.

And she and Diddy definitely got it out! From luxury cars and European yacht vacations to flirting and affirming her “open dating” lifestyle on the premiere of her podcast Caresha Please.

In the Caresha Brother Love era, not much was left to privacy. There have been two online scuffles involving Diddy’s alleged boo Gina Huenh.

RELATED: Four times Diddy Yung wooed Miami from a gifted Maybach to a lavish vacation

Then came the news that almost 14 years after giving birth to twins, Diddy had given birth to a daughter with the late Kim Porter.

Yung Miami and Diddy have broken up but remain friends

What’s up now? Your relationship is over. Miami replied with a “no” when Issawi asked if they were still together. But the City Girl insisted they remain friends.

“We’re still good friends! But we are single. That’s not my husband. We had our own situation, I won’t give it a title. We banged hard together.”

What does she mean by heavy? Kind of like “being together at some point every day,” says Caresha.

“He supported me, I supported him, I’ll let the internet call it what they want to call it.”

From Caresha’s sign for the awards show to Diddy’s reciprocating concert signs and her public appearances at both LIT-uations and community-serving events, their romance inspired waves of social media content and hot topics.

Diddy says Yung Miami is NOT his ‘side chick’, adding ‘I don’t play with my Shawty Wop’

Caresha clears up comments that inspired “Pee Diddy” Online Kii

With ALL THAT came those internet labels that Caresha mentioned. People online have given as many opinions as they have consumed their viral lifestyle choices, including their bedroom activities. You all remember ‘Pee Diddy’!? She talked about that too.

“I never said he was the one I did it with. Sex is a part of life. I’m an adult and maybe I talk about it too much, but everyone has their own personal experience. Some people get pissed off. Some people live life on the edge, some people are fucking boring. I watch a lot of porn, sluts get pissed on. If we’ve grown and we just want to chill around the house and talk about sex, what’s wrong with that?”

What to expect next from Caresha, she promises another City Girls album is on the way but has kept a low profile on a release date. She looks 10 years into the future and tells Danya Issawi that this is not in her plans. She loves to “live in the moment”.

“If I get upset about something, it never happens. But I hope Caresha Please will be like Fenty, I hope City Girls are the greatest fucking artists in the world, and I hope we just succeed.”

We hope so as well. Resha – really bad!

Area Drive chief on a “new period” of threats past Earth

US Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, testifies on the fiscal year 2024 budget proposal during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC March 14, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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When General Chance Saltzman took the stage for his keynote address at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado this week, his message was simple: The United States is in a new era of space activity.

“The threats we face to our in-orbit capabilities from our strategic competitors [have] grown significantly,” said Saltzman, the second-ever chief of space operations for the US Space Force, in a CNBC interview after the speech itself has grown exponentially.”

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“I want to make sure we think differently about our processes and procedures,” he said in an interview for CNBC’s Manifest Space podcast, his first broadcast interview since he was named the service’s senior military official last November.

The message comes at a crucial time as space is rapidly commercializing and a heightened geopolitical backdrop sees increasing threats extending beyond Earth to an area for which rules of engagement remain unclear.

Follow and listen to CNBC’s Manifest Space podcast hosted by Morgan Brennan wherever you get your podcasts.

Military experts say space is likely to be the front line in all future conflicts – a battlefield that could spill over into the private sector and hit civilians in real time. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is just one example: remember the unprecedented cyber attack on the US satellite operator’s European communications network Viasat just as Russian soldiers were mobilized to cross sovereign borders.

Saltzman said the space-based tactics of adversaries such as Russia and China range from GPS constellation communications jamming; to lasers and “shutters” jamming orbiting cameras to prevent image collection; to anti-satellite missiles like those tested by Russia at the end of 2021.

“We’re seeing satellites that can actually grab another satellite, grapple with it, and pull it out of operational orbit. These are all capabilities that they are demonstrating in orbit today, so the mix of these weapons and the pace at which they have been developed is very concerning,” he said.

It speaks to why, despite a wave of fierce debate in 2019, the Space Force emerged vigorously as the first new branch of the US armed forces in seven decades.

To respond more quickly to evolving threats and secure space resources, Saltzman plans to continue expanding the service’s capabilities to make satellite constellations more resilient and acquire more launch services by drawing on an emerging cadre of commercial space players.

Case in point: the Space Force’s recently announced procurement strategy for more launch services. The new “dual-lane acquisition approach” aims to create more opportunities for missile startups to compete for national security launch contracts.

With contracts being awarded over the next year, the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 is estimated to be in the billions of dollars and is expected to attract bids from the likes rocket lab, Relativity Space and Blue Origin by Jeff Bezos. Phase 2 awards went to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin And Boeing.

A growing budget also helps. Though that still represents a fraction of the country’s total defense budget, the Space Force’s request for $30 billion for fiscal 2024 represents a 15% increase from the level passed this year.

“This is a team sport and none of us will succeed alone,” Saltzman said.

Manifest Space, hosted by CNBC’s Morgan Brennan, focuses on the billionaires and minds behind the ever-expanding possibilities beyond our atmosphere. Brennan engages in conversations with the mega-moguls, industry leaders and startups in today’s satellite, space and defense industries. In the Manifest Space, sit back, relax and prepare for launch.

US choose halts discuss most cancers lawsuits in opposition to Johnson & Johnson

In this image illustration, a Johnson and Johnson baby powder container is on display on April 5, 2023 in San Anselmo, California.

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A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday halted around 40,000 lawsuits that claimed Johnson&Johnson‘s baby powder and other talc products caused cancer.

The decision is part of J&J’s second attempt to settle thousands of Talk cases in bankruptcy.

J&J spun off its subsidiary LTL Management in 2021 to carry its talk-related liabilities and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Judge Michael Kaplan temporarily stayed the lawsuits, which will last until mid-June, during a hearing Thursday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Trenton, New Jersey, the Wall Street Journal reported.

J&J does not have to go to court over other talc claims during the hiatus, but new lawsuits may still be filed against the company, The Journal reported.

Kaplan said during the hearing that J&J had a “uphill battle” ahead, according to the newspaper.

The hiatus will give J&J time to reach a permanent settlement with plaintiffs in the Talk cases. The company recently proposed an $8.9 million settlement for current and future claims related to Talk and said it expects to take that plan to bankruptcy court in mid-May.

In a statement, J&J called Kaplan’s decision “a victory for plaintiffs” because it brings them “one step closer” to being able to vote on the proposed settlement.

The New Brunswick, NJ-based company also said it believes applicants would overwhelmingly support the proposal.

J&J previously said more than 60,000 applicants have already pledged to vote for the plan.

“We strongly believe that plaintiffs will approve the plan if they are given a clear and full explanation and an opportunity to make an informed decision,” said Erik Haas, J&J’s global vice president of litigation.

Kaplan’s decision is narrower than the one he made after LTL management first filed for Chapter 11 in 2021.

The judge ruled in February 2022 that J&J can use the bankruptcy system to resolve Talk allegations, allowing the company to avoid fighting thousands of individual lawsuits.

Kaplan essentially validated J&J’s use of a strategy known as the “Texas Two-Step,” which allows companies to separate valuable assets from liabilities through what is known as a divisive merger.

But in January, the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit overturned that decision. The appeals court said that neither LTL nor J&J had a legitimate need for bankruptcy protection as they were not in “financial distress”.

Amid ongoing litigation, J&J has continued to deny claims that its talc products cause cancer.

Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk said on Tuesday on a earnings call that it was “regrettable” that J&J “has to throw dollars at frankly unsubstantiated scientific claims.”

The lawsuits allege that J&J’s talc products are contaminated with the cancer-causing asbestos that has caused ovarian cancer in thousands of people.

Some lawsuits link multiple deaths to J&J talc products.

Kevin McCarthy is virtually asking Biden and Schumer to barter the debt ceiling with him

Spokesman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) entered the home not to give the details of his debt ceiling but to ask Biden and Schumer to negotiate with him.

Video of McCarthy asking for negotiations:

Kevin McCarthy is on the House floor asking President Biden to notice him pic.twitter.com/ijJ21vNatq

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 19, 2023

McCarthy said, “The American people have elected a divided government, and our government needs to find a compromise. For this reason, the House of Representatives, Senate and White House should be negotiating a responsible increase in the debt limit right now. You know, if you gave your kid a credit card and they keep pushing it to the limit, you wouldn’t just blindly increase the limit.”

McCarthy, who is political with the debt ceiling, accused Biden and Schumer of being political:

McCarthy: President Biden and Senator Schumer have no right to make politics with the debt call. pic.twitter.com/meTClhGsfB

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 19, 2023

Democrats don’t want policy on raising the debt limit, which is why they are refusing to negotiate spending cuts until McCarthy passes a clean debt limit increase.

President Biden responded to McCarthy on Wednesday by noting that the speaker had brought the country to the brink of default and that McCarthy’s plan would harm working people while helping the rich.

Kevin McCarthy is in a bind. If he breaks a clean debt line, the odds that Republicans will try to remove him as Speaker increase. If he fails to pass a clean debt-ceiling raise, Rep. McCarthy will be blamed for a potential default.

Democrats don’t have to negotiate with Kevin McCarthy. The speaker could end this situation today with NY passing a clean debt ceiling hike. The pressure is on House Republicans, and judging by McCarthy’s comments, they are growing desperate.

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Pregnant Lindsay Lohan & Bader Shammas seen after child bathe in NYC

Lindsay Lohan And Bader Shamas fly after spending some time in the Big Apple.

The Freaky Friday star, who is pregnant with her first child, was seen at the airport on April 18 with her husband who was flying from New York City. Lindsay – who tied the knot with the Dubai-based banker in July 2022 – kept cozy while traveling in an oversized tan jacket, paired with leggings and trainers.

The couple’s flight comes after they enjoyed a trip to the city. What have they done? As seen in a post reshared on Lindsay’s April 19 Instagram story, the couple spent some quality time with their family at the Waverly Inn for dinner.

In the sweet snap, Lindsay and Bader were joined at a table by Lindsay’s mother In Lohanher brothers Dakota “Cody” Lohan And Mike Lohanher sister Aliana Lohan and Aliana’s friend Nicholas Horn.

Leagues and media type a coalition for accountable sports activities betting

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce makes a catch for a touchdown in the first quarter after defending from Philadelphia Eagles safety Marcus Epps during Super Bowl LVII Sunday, February 12, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona.

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The country’s top professional leagues are teaming up with some TV networks to crack down on irresponsible sports betting advertising.

The NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, WNBA, NASCAR and MLS have joined media companies NBCUniversal and Fox to form The Coalition for Responsible Sports Betting Advertising. The coalition, led by NFL vice president for public policy and government affairs Jonathan Nabavi, aims to regulate sports betting advertising as it floods television, internet and print media.

The move comes as sports betting becomes legal in more states and opponents fear their advertising is targeting minors.

Thirty-three states and the District of Columbia have introduced legal betting markets since a landmark US Supreme Court case in 2018 paved the way for each state to offer legal sports betting.

According to the American Gaming Association, commercial sports betting revenue peaked at $7.5 billion in 2022, up nearly 75% from a record $4.3 billion in 2021.

“As the legalization of sports betting spreads across the country, we believe it is critical to establish guidelines for how sports betting should be promoted to consumers in the United States,” the coalition said in a statement on Wednesday. “Each member of the Coalition feels a responsibility to ensure that sports betting advertising is not only targeted to the appropriate audience, but that the message is carefully crafted and carefully delivered.”

The coalition describes itself as voluntary and said it will work to ensure sports betting advertising only targets adults of legal betting age; does not encourage excessive or irresponsible gambling habits; stays in good taste; and do not deceive.

The group also urges publishers to conduct appropriate internal reviews of ads and investigate consumer complaints.

“Legalized sports betting offers fans another way to engage with their favorite sports,” said David Highhill, general manager of sports betting for the NFL. “But just as we need to support problem gambling prevention and procurement, we also need to be mindful of how sports betting is presented and promoted to consumers, and this coalition should play a huge part in helping that.”

The National Council on Problem Gambling has praised the coalition and pledged to work with it to “better mitigate the harm from problem gambling”.

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Why US furlough coverage is a lot worse than Europe’s

The United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee paid time off.

“You have entire cultures like France … where pretty much everyone takes August off, and it’s just part of the culture there,” said Shawn Fremstad, director of law and political economy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. “You don’t really see that here in the US.”

The Working Time Directive of the European Union, passed in the early 1990s, prescribes at least 20 working days of paid vacation in all EU countries.

France requires at least 30 paid vacation days per year. In addition, many European countries also have paid holidays, giving workers there even more paid days off.

“When I came to France, I realized that vacations are a way of life,” said Fatima Cadet-Diaby, an American who has lived in Paris for almost seven years. “People talk about their vacations all the time.”

More vacation time could also lead to macroeconomic gains in the US

“I think people have a stereotype in their mind of France as this kind of lazy culture,” Fremstad said. “But if you look at the employment rate there for prime-age workers, basically 25 to 54, it’s higher than in the US. So you have more people working and they are a lot more productive per hour.”

Although the majority of Americans have some form of paid time off, nearly half of workers say they don’t use those days. About half worry that taking time off could put them behind at work, with nearly 20% believing it could hurt their career development and 16% saying they fear losing their job, according to the Data from the Pew Research Center.

“There is some concern that we don’t have legal protections and people have been fired for taking vacation time,” said John de Graaf, author of Take Back Your Time.

Watch them Video above to learn more about why Americans don’t take vacations when they’re free, and what we can learn from our colleagues in France.

Gensler defends SEC crypto crackdown at Home listening to

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before a hearing of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on the SEC on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2021.

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WASHINGTON — Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler came under heavy criticism from House Republicans Tuesday for his agency’s crackdown on cryptocurrency trading platforms.

In more than four hours of testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Gensler reiterated his view that crypto trading platforms and exchanges should comply with strict U.S. securities laws.

“All of these companies should abide by the law, and until they do, we will continue to prosecute them as cops on the streets, investigating and obeying the facts and the law,” Gensler told the panel.

Republicans made many of the points that the crypto industry regularly makes about regulation, arguing that the SEC’s disclosure rules are designed to regulate traditional markets and are ill-suited to decentralized digital currency exchanges.

Without congressional legislation creating a new regulatory framework specifically for crypto, the companies argue, digital platforms will move overseas to avoid clashing with US regulators.

This could weaken America’s status as a hub for cryptocurrency innovation, they argue, potentially ceding that position to US opponents.

“Your approach drives innovation abroad and threatens American competitiveness,” committee chairman Rep. Patrick McHenry, RN.C., said at the start of the Gensler hearing.

“Regulation through enforcement is neither sufficient nor sustainable,” said McHenry. “They punish digital asset companies for allegedly not complying with the law when they don’t know it will apply to them.”

However, Gensler dismissed the notion that crypto trading platforms don’t know how to interpret US securities laws.

“We have an entire crypto space that understands the law, and if they offer exchange services, broker-dealer services, and crypto security token clearing services, they should comply with the regulations,” Gensler later said in response to a similar one point listening.

Throughout his testimony, Gensler declined to discuss the details of his investigation into FTX’s collapse and, more recently, his communication to Coinbase last month that the crypto exchange is under investigation.

The SEC has ramped up its enforcement of the crypto industry, getting involved with companies and projects it claims are selling unregistered securities. Reports of an SEC investigation into Coinbase first surfaced in mid-2022.

Gensler showed little sympathy for the challenges facing crypto exchanges operating in the United States before the House Committee on Tuesday

“We have a clear regulatory framework built over 90 years,” he said. Exchanges are “just a bunch of middlemen in this market who think they have a choice. They have no choice. They are generally non-compliant and have to comply with regulations,” he added.

The prospect of legislation regulating digital currencies has faded this year, compounded by the debt ceiling showdown and the focus of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives on issues such as energy and combating the multifaceted threat posed by China.

Nonetheless, major crypto industry groups plan to spend millions of dollars this year lobbying Congress and the Biden administration.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Q1 2023 outcomes

Johnson&Johnson Shares fell on Tuesday after the company reported adjusted earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street expectations but lowered its sales guidance for its pharmaceuticals business.

J&J, whose financial results are a guide for many healthcare companies, said its sales for the quarter rose 5.6% from the year-ago quarter.

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The consumer goods giant reported a net loss of $68 million, or 3 cents a share, related to its talc baby powder debt and costs related to the upcoming spin-off of its consumer health business. This compares to net income of $5.2 billion, or $1.93 per share, for the same period a year ago. Excluding certain items, adjusted earnings per share were $2.68 for the period.

Here’s how J&J’s results compare to Wall Street expectations, based on a poll of analysts by Refinitiv:

  • Earnings per share: Adjusted $2.68 versus $2.50 expected
  • Revenue: $24.75 billion versus $23.67 billion expected

J&J slightly lowered its pharmaceutical sales target for 2025 to $57 million, down from the $60 million the company forecast two years ago. J&J executives cited currency dynamics in an earnings call, noting that currency headwinds had a negative impact of about $3 billion on the pharmaceutical business in 2022.

The stock closed nearly 3% lower on Tuesday. Shares are down more than 9% for the year to close, putting the company’s market value at about $420 billion.

J&J is now forecasting 2023 sales of $97.9 billion to $98.9 billion, about $1 billion more than the guidance given in January. The company raised its full-year adjusted earnings outlook to $10.60-$10.70 per share from a previous guidance of $10.45-$10.65.

CFO Joseph Wolk told CNBC on Tuesday that J&J raised its guidance due to strong growth in all three businesses — consumer health, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices.

“If you think about how we started the year and forecast in January, we were responsibly cautious,” he said on Squawk Box. “First quarter growth was much stronger than fourth quarter growth for all three businesses and our positions are changing to responsibly optimistic at this time. We feel very good for 2023.”

He added that data on J&J’s cancer drug was being produced Multiple myeloma and procedural data in its medical devices division gives the company “a very, very good sense of what lies beyond 2023.”

J&J reported pharmaceutical sales of $13.4 billion, up more than 4% from the year-ago quarter. The company said the surge was driven by sales of Darzalex, a biologic used to treat multiple myeloma, and blockbuster drug Stelara, used to treat a range of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases.

J&J will lose patent protection for Stelara later this year. During a conference call, Wolk said the company is “committed to growing through the loss.”

Revenue from the company’s medical device business rose to nearly $7.5 billion, up 7.3% from the first quarter of 2022. J&J said its December last year acquisition of Abiomed, a cardiovascular medical technology company, did that rise fueled.

J&J’s consumer health business, which will be spun off into a separate public company this year, reported sales of about $3.8 billion. That unit grew 7.4% compared to the prior-year period, driven primarily by over-the-counter products like Tylenol and skin health products under brands like Neutrogena and Aveeno.

Wolk told CNBC the company is making “great strides” in separating from its consumer health business. But J&J hasn’t been clear on exactly when the split will happen.

J&J also announced that its board of directors approved a 5.3% quarterly dividend increase to $1.19 per share based on the company’s strong performance in 2022.

The New Brunswick, NJ-based company entered this earnings season with rising shares after offering more clarity on the long-running legal battle surrounding its talc-based baby powder products. Earlier this month, J&J proposed paying nearly $9 billion over the next 25 years to settle thousands of allegations that its baby powder and other talc products caused cancer.

J&J’s subsidiary, LTL Management, also filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month after its first attempt was thwarted.

Wolk said during a conference call the company will take the proposed reorganization plan to bankruptcy court in mid-May. He expressed confidence that applicants will vote to approve the plan, noting that 60,000 applicants have already committed to it.

The company expects to win a small but “vocal minority” of plaintiff attorneys opposed to the plan, added J&J’s assistant general counsel Andrew White.

Wolk continued to deny the Talk allegations, calling it “regrettable” that J&J “has to invest dollars in quite frankly unsubstantiated scientific claims.”

Lawsuits allege that the company’s talc products were contaminated with the carcinogen asbestos, which caused ovarian cancer in thousands of people. Some suits link multiple deaths to J&J talc products.

Read J&J’s full earnings report.

Damar Hamlin begins work after being cleared to play soccer

Three and a half months after collapsing mid-game, Buffalo Bills athlete Damar Hamelin was officially released to play football again!

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Buffalo Bills GM says Damar Hamlin is “in a great headspace” to return to football

The news came Tuesday from Brandon Beane, the team’s general manager (GM).

During a press conference, Beane revealed that Hamlin had seen three specialists who all agreed the athlete could return to the football field.

“He saw three other specialists, most recently on Friday. They all agree – it’s not two to one or three to one or anything like that. They are all in step [with] what that was. He is deleted [to] resume full activity… It’s fully cleared, it’s here, and it’s of the mindset.

The Buffalo Bills GM concluded by proclaiming, “He’s in a great headspace to come back and make his return.”

GM Brandon Beane says Damar Hamlin has been cleared to resume full football activities. @HamlinIsland is in Buffalo and in a great headspace. ❤️💙 pic.twitter.com/wa2ZfGm8mX

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) April 18, 2023

As for Damar Hamlin, the 25-year-old noted that he is “planning a comeback”. He also noted that while the experience was “life changing,” it was certainly “not the end of [his] Story.”

“The last few months I’ve been on a journey and seen some of the best professionals across the country… This event changed my life, but it’s not the end of my story. So I’m here to announce that I’m planning a comeback in the NFL.”

“This is not the end of my story. I’m planning a comeback in the NFL.” 🫶 pic.twitter.com/jlAMdErKWk

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) April 18, 2023

Shortly after, the Buffalo Bills shared another video showing Hamlin getting back into action. ICTR!

The journey continues for @HamlinIsland. 🫶 pic.twitter.com/SiiRyQe1Nt

— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) April 18, 2023

Damar held up his faith as he recovered

As previously reported by The Shade Room, Hamlin first spoke out about the incident in question – which consisted of him going into cardiac arrest during a football game – in late January.

After expressing how much he appreciated the support, Hamlin said the experience was “a direct example of God using [him] as a vessel

Later, at the annual NFL honors ceremony, Damar expressed similar sentiments by noting that although going into cardiac arrest was unexpected, God has his own plan. Additionally, the athlete knows it “has a purpose greater than any game in this world.”

said Hamlin too.

“Thank you to everyone around the world who prayed and hoped for me. The trip goes on.”

We wish Damar Hamlin the best as he prepares to get back to his football grind!