. >> our interview with james burrow, straight ahead. >>> all of that, plus, loss of an icon. tributes pour in for hall of fame coach bobby knight, a towering figure in college basketball, famous for his winning and his outbursts. >> looky here, looky here. bobby knight just threw his chair. >> we'll look back at his career. >>> and power rangers! texas wins the world series for the first time in history. setting off a party 63 years in the making. >> the wait is over! and the celebration has begun. today, thursday, november 2nd, 2023. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> well, good morning. good to see you, welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. glad you're with us. can you hear them in texas? >> they're still shouting. texas rangers making history, first-time world series champions. diamondbacks couldn't get it done. more on that in a little bit. >>> we're going to begin with president biden's new comments about the war in gaza. i think we need a pause. it was

joining me now is james burrows, who directed the first four episodes of friends. been a lot of time with one matthew perry. james, i am so glad to meet you. tonight, and it is so fascinating to think about in a world where really, the intentions been of so many is sometimes like that of a social media gnat, right? are continuing to flood social media with recollections about him with chandler bing, you were there at the very beginning. why do you think he is able to still resonate with so many people after all this time? >> because he was an actor who took a great part that was written by modern day and made it an extraordinary one. you don't often see that. i think all six of them did that, all six of those cast members, were able to extend the character beyond any expectations. and matthew had a gift of he would, he had a particular word in a sentence that emphasized that words that nobody else had any idea of doing that. i guess the most famous one is can it be any more exciting? so that was his skill. he put his own spin on things. >> is so fascinating, that is

the author of the report for howden, james burrows, has been telling us more.d that. when you look at participant levels in the world cups, at a number of players, in percentage terms, that went to play at the world cup, the premier league contributed the most players out of the top five leagues. so, just over 23% of players playing in the premier league went to represent their country at the world cup finals. for the other four leagues, the levels of participation were between 9% and 14%. so, in very simple terms, the premier league are sending more players to the world cup finals — so, therefore, it's a pretty sort of clear line of argument that they're gonna see more injuries being sustained. one of the patterns that we've seen throughout all of these reports, as well, is that the premier league tends to compare unfavourably to the other leagues in terms of the number of injuries which are sustained, and they tend to be up there with the bundesliga. so perhaps the style of play is contributing as well — so the bundesliga and the premier league be more associ

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the author of the report for howden, james burrows, has been telling us why those leagues were impactedue are sending more players to the world cup final, so therefore it's a pretty clear line of argument that they'll see more injuries being sustained. one of the passes we've seen through all these reports as well is that the premier league tends to compare unfavorably to the other leagues, in terms of the number of injuries which are sustained, and they tend to be up there with the bundesliga. so perhaps the style of play as contributing as well, so the bend is ego and premier league being more associated with high intensity, higher pressing styles of football, the on the other european leaks, and many would argue this is the type of football being played and the intensity is being played out would also contribute to the number of injuries being sustained. straight from winning a record seventh atp finals title the world number one, novak djokovic, has arrived in malaga for the davis cup finals. the 2a time grand slam champion is there to face quarterfinal opponents great britain on th