i want to give and rachel nichols host of headlines of rachel nichols on showtime along with cnn politicalth you rachel, there has been lots of -- from conservatives around this loss and many people who would be talking about america first, why do you think this is the reaction for this team in particular? >> i think it's two separate buckets here. i know the human nature of someone you don't, like if someone who's angered, you are offended, you are you just don't care for them, and they stumble in some way having satisfaction over that, let's be, honest people do that in their daily lives. politically, people on the left do that too and it's not just a province of the right in the country. but, that is very different than what we heard in some of these other comments which, were they lost cause they were woke. they lost because of their political beliefs. that is where i get to, make its makes sense, because it's the implication that megan rapinoe had a penalty kick, a few inches over the goal post because she was i'm trying to figure out distracted by the fact that four years ago she did

let's discuss with rachel nichols. she's the host of headliners with rachel nichols on show time.o see you back on cnn. what do you think of all this? the players dwrun calling this donation alarming. how common is it for a sports franchise to donate directly to a super pac like this? >> jim, i've covered the nba for more than 25 years. i've never seen it, and of course we've seen team owners, players, management all individually support political candidates. mark ladry, the former owner of the milwaukee bucks was one of president obama's chief fund raisers. we've had kelly lofler, a co-owner of the atlanta dream. and since she was not supportive of the black lives matter movement, her players went out and fund raised and supported her opponent, now senator rafrafael warnock. and all those are examples of individuals supporting their political candidates. and of course betsey devos was trump's education secretary, she's an individual. what upsets these players so much is this donation was not made on behalf of betsey devos or dick devos, it was made on behalf of the players on the

joining me right now is rachel nichols, host of headliners with a rachel nichols on showtime. first read this headline i was really hopeful that, given barbies global dominance right now, that this was some kind of compliment and then i heard the audio. >> not so much. >> what was your reaction and particularly to how fast of the radio station responded? >> i was really bombed to hear it. aren't we passed this? aren't we down with this? of course we're not, and it is always so disappointing. and you heard the way that he talked about her, this was not some offhanded comment, this was a very extensively demeaning her, talking about how she looked, that she is tight, that she is a check. i thought she was a cheerleader. this is a working journalist, a person who came to work that day and this is what happened to her. and it is so frustrating when you hear this kind of stuff because we ask women in tv, or all of us, and specifically in sports tv, look attractive. you tell people, that you want to be tv ready and presentable and then you criticize her for looking attractive. it is

arrhythmias rachel nichols, host of headline on showtime. rachel, thank you for being here tonight. are watching. it brought back some very painful and scary reminders of what happened last season. now, his injuries are different, i understand. that is right? >> absolutely. it was extremely scary in the moment because you had the same beginning circumstances, right? he just collapsed and was laying motionless in sort of rag doll position on the field. that is unbelievable to have to go through that if you are a teammate of his and certainly for all the fans watching. but it was pretty clear pretty quickly that things were different. damar hamlin, his heart stopped. if it wasn't for the quick thinking of the medical staff on hand he would've died. in this situation, it was pretty clear as soon as the medical staff was attending to bolden that things were different. you saw some of his legs moving a little bit, you saw that they were not moving at the same pace they had with departmental, and because the situation wasn't as serious, and this team did announce pretty soon after the gam

so let's talk about it with rachel nichols, host of headliners with rachel nichols. on showtime.ogram at george washington university hospital. doctor reiner, i want to start with you on this. i think very significant revelation here. what does this diagnosis of lady chat congenital heart defect mean? >> it's a pretty broad category in ronnie's age group.18 years old with the overwhelmingly most likely diagnosis remains something called hypertrophic myopathy. which is a congenital thickening of the heart muscle with abnormal architecture of the heart muscle that predisposes the heart to potentially devastating heart rhythm, which apparently ronnie had last month when he was collapsed during a game. other possibilities include anomalies of the coronary arteries. years ago. a famous ballplayer named pistol pete maravich died a few years ago after retiring from the nba. and it turns out he had a single coronary artery. and an unusual abnormality and these things can be found in young athletes have these kinds of rest. we will know which particular disorder he has. but it's encouragi

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joining me now is rachel nichols here with us now. thank you for being here tonight. i mean, this injury, it was so scary to see, for so many people watching. it brought back painful reminders of what happened last season. his were different, right? >> absolutely. it was scary in the moment. you had the same beginning circumstances. he collapsed. was laying motionless in a rag doll position on the field. that's unbelievable to go through that, if you're a teammate of his and for all of the fans watching. damar hamlin, his heart stopped. if it wasn't for the quick thinking of the medical staff, he would have died. this situation, it was clear that things were different. the legs were moving. and he had feeling in his extremities. he was kepts kept in the hospit overnights for observation. and allowed the fly back with the team on sunday morning. >> the game was called off. there was a question of what to do now. but noting on the concussion, there's been, i understand, an 18% increase in concussions in the nfl, comparing the last two seasons, by the way. is there a rea

so let's talk about it with rachel nichols, host of "head liners" on showtime and cnn medical analystwant to start with you on this very significant revelation here. what does this diagnosis of a congenital heart defect mean? >> well, it's a pretty broad category. in bronny's age group, 18 years old, the overwhelmingly most likely diagnosis is a congenital thickening of the heart muscle with also an abnormal architecture of the heart muscle that predisposes the heart to a potentially devastating heart rhythm, which apparently bronny had last month when he collapsed during a game. other possibilities include anomalies of the coronary arteries. years ago a famous ball players named pistol pete maravich died a few years after retiring from the nba. turns out he had a single coronary artery, an unusual abnormality and these kinds of things can be found in young athletes who have these kind of arrests. we don't know which particular disorder he has, but it's encouraging that the family believes that there's a treatment that not only will help him return to basketball but which will prevent