mike lupica will be here for that and we'll talk about golfer phil mickelson and whether he gambled away a staggering amount of money. and in this hour, in less than 30 minutes the stock market will open after ending last week in chaotic fashion. andrew ross sorkin will be here on that and how record-breaking gas prices might make things worse. plus brand-new comments from mitch mcconnell that has activists worried abortion could become illegal across the country. but we begin this hour in russia where it is victory day. a day that traditionally marks the soviets defeating the nazis in 1945. but this year is also a meant of show of support for the war in ukraine with vladimir putin essentially conflating the two during his big speech. >> i address our armed forces now and the measurement of donbas. you're fighting for your motherland, to its future. so that nobody will forget the lessons of the second world war, so there will be no place in the world for punishers and nazis. >> here is the lesson. >> okay. >> of world war 2. invaders, they go up against a strong and determined country th

it's mike lupica with a new book "robert b. r? >> they're playing better defense. the starting pitching has been so much better than people thought it would be behind garrett cole. the bullpen has been unhittable. you can never go wrong with boston college. they have a kid named michael king whose era is .061 coming out of the bullpen. he described shaq's appeal as this country loves great big action heros. that's what judge is. he's got nine home runs. the yankees are going to wish they signed him because he decided to play it out and boy is he playing it out. >> "robert b. parker's revenge tour," this is the tenth installment of the sonny randall series. >> yeah. it's my fourth. joe, i am the luckiest guy writing. i get to go from working with james patterson to continuing the characters of robert b. parker. sonny randall is a boston private eye. this is the kind of private eye that mika would be if she had become a private detective. in this case, interestingly enough, she's hired to find the missing offense of the boston red