Dan Le Batard
Appearances
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It is nice to see you, sir, as always. Thank you. I want more critiques tomorrow. I want, even though you're a positive person, I am... He just finished saying all of that stuff about positivity, and it's, I want you to be meaner tomorrow. I mean, good Lord, Dan. I need the content. Surely, Juju, they were plenty mean when I was 10 minutes late still talking about Tyreek Hill.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Surely, whatever was happening in the chats and on Reddit, I'm sure was really kind. I'm sure it was just gentle and understanding.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Okay, you didn't owe $20. You're paying Cody's fines. Whose tab are you picking up here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Okay, you're paying. That's not right. That's not right. It's not right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I'm always curious on Juju's thoughts on our show. He has a really discerning ear about what it is that the fans come to expect from what it is that we do every day. And so as I was doing the show today, Juju, because I've got always sort of a little bit of a clock in my head. People want the show as the show. And sometimes guests get in the way of that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
So if we do three guests in a day and then we start spending 30 minutes with them, people get a little restless to my ear by 10 or 12 minutes because they're like, where's the show? I don't want just the show with this guest list. But I thought the guests were all great today. I thought I thought Nick Wright was exceptional today and charming and fun. What were your thoughts?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That hurts. It hurts that admission. I was rooting for Juju. Nick Wright getting to win isn't good for anybody. Nick Wright getting to be right isn't good for anybody except Nick Wright. You're wearing the Atlanta Dream gear. I had sent Renee Montgomery a congratulations because...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Brittany Griner coming to town as obviously a great player but as a symbol as well you have a bit of a relationship with her how excited are you about this kind of star power coming to Atlanta because she's going to be beloved there right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
No, let me talk to you more about this because it was a story that we neglected today and people can't understand how hard it has been to be Renee Montgomery or to be trying to do business in that league when people say they're going to support you and then it becomes hard. In Atlanta, they have a passionate fan base that really does care about that team that Juju is a part of.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
When it comes to your allegiances, Juju, all across sports, The Atlanta dream or where in the rankings close to your heart as something that you care about from the best of places?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It's crazy as a story, right, to think of someone having to play in Russia in order to get around how bad the salaries are in the United States and then becomes a political prisoner and then gets traded here and has been excellent but has been overshadowed by other giants in the game. But the story?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
On the battering that she has taken in order to get to be, is this going to become immediately her team? Is that how that works with star power? Because I don't know how that one works, right? Atlanta has been disappointing as a team, the roster.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
What could you tell us about your relationship with Griner? Because you having access to this particular story, just it's meaningful. I love that you get to enjoy this really up close with them as not everybody gets that experience in fandom where you you get to celebrate the successes of seeing the business rise in a community you care about.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
And how true is it because you've got a good ear that I went about ten minutes too long with each of the guests
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
the thing I do not know what the reaction was but I did see it in the shipping container and I heard it from Jessica Billy and actually literally in my ear from Chris Cody where he said to me during that segment we're caught in the quicksand here a little bit on Tyreek Hill I will be honest with the audience and everyone involved it's just the easiest in the world sports radio topic
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Like, if you want to talk about the Super Bowl, how about just make it human? Is this guy jealous of that guy? Lazy, fart, fart. When do we get to peanut talk? How do I find my way to peanut talk? So I cop to laziness that is embarrassing to me after 20 years of doing this. It's just very easy to throw to the audience some form of manufactured division in the name of talking about the big game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I'm sorry. You caught me. You all caught me. I'm sorry.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Where are we going? Did you guys notice, though? I know this isn't brain surgery, but it was kind of weird to all watch together. When Lamar Jackson gets the ball dropped on him, it doesn't become, I feel so bad for Lamar Jackson. The moment that happens to Josh Allen, there became a whole...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
lot of I feel so bad for Josh Allen that he can't get past Patrick Mahomes I can't say that's weird I know why that's happening but it but it was interesting to watch it play out that obviously we're all of a sudden the loser when we're real mean to the losers it's just oh poor Josh Allen Kincaid didn't make a catch that was a hell of a lot harder than the one that Andrews didn't make for Lamar
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
and it's like nah bro but juju i don't think you watch sports the way everyone else does like i don't know how much hating you do and so what's happening with buffalo there as well it's not just lamar and josh it's the people are rooting against kansas city they're tired of kansas city and you don't really do that do you nah not at all like i say i've had the fortunate blessing of going through therapy recently you feel me and i realized that bro i
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Chris Cody has never been righter with a take. It was insulting to have these people suggest that Bill Barnwell would joke about football.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
You're listening to DraftKings Network.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Have you gotten over it? Because I don't know that like I I was rooting so hard for you because I think you would have been perfect for the time and the place. And with that support system, it would have been unbelievable. So I don't know. Has the sting of that gone away?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Can you get me the name drop, please? I was hitting look at me. That's not a name drop. I'm in a movie with Keanu Reeves. That's his job. It's not a name drop? He's talking about his job.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I mean.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
And I saw Jon Hamm. Look at me, Louis. That's both of them. Look at me, Louis. Sundance, the name he's dropping. Yeah, the rarest of things. Look at me, Louie, and a name drop at exactly the same time. Are you doing John Wick?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Bad news. Anthony. I don't know that you could have done funnier than Anthony Anderson there. What do you make of, because I did want to talk some politics with you and I wanted to talk some sports. What have you been making of all the DEI stuff? Like I thought inclusion and diversity and I thought these things, equality, I thought these things were positive things.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I thought every, thank you, I mean, I thought everyone was kind of in favor of those things.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do big and tall stores. I thought that these were the places that we could still make fun of people. And we can go after men who are heavy, I know. Well, there's Lane Bryant.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I'm not making a joke about it. We know what Lane Bryant is. I'm just saying, I know this to be so, that these are spaces that are still allowed to mock men who are heavy and short. This is still allowed, I thought.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I live there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Roy, when you're talking about what that mastery and that expertise is, I would think that even someone as prolific as you would be awed and careful about doing the double dutch with them when they're into the comic rhythms of we're going back and forth. I would find all of that intimidating. I would fall on the floor and want to leave the room.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Oh, no, no, but it's wildly disrespectful. Look, you're somebody tell me in your community, because I don't know where it is that comedians now who are getting success, who are younger, are disrespectful to whoever. Let's say Andrew Schultz doesn't think Seinfeld is very good and isn't shy about saying so and garnering the attention that comes from saying so.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Do you ever see any of this beef in your world where you're like, that's disrespectful, young fellow?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
No! He was in the middle of a great story! It's a good ending, though, for him to say hello and then for it immediately to be goodbye.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Don Libertard. Billy, somebody has written in here, I need way more. I'm sorry.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Let me get some basketball from Amin. I just need De'Aaron Fox talk. The Sacramento Kings are evidence of it is not easy to stay up there. Like you can visit, you can visit, but the Sacramento Kings is a franchise or a good example for how hard it is to stay up there. And now they're in a position where they're going to lose.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I don't know if that's a bonuses team, but they're going to lose somebody who matters to them. Well, Dan, it's funny that you said it's hard to stay up there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
The coaching fraternity, though, really rallied around how unfair it was that Mike Brown would have more success there than anyone since Adelman, and that they would turn around and be that unforgiving about forgetting about it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
You're telling a story there. Did you guys understand his basketball shorthand for did you ever get the itch, I never get the itch? Because I don't think any of you understood what he was saying. And you're the audience. The shipping container, does it have any idea what he's talking about there?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Jock itch? I know, but Billy didn't. No, it was good. Yes. You want to explain? Sure. It's LeBron. It's Pat Riley. It's a moment in time where the Miami Heat are 9-8 and LeBron bumps Spoh on the court and then asks Riley, do you ever get the itch to coach again? And Riley... Yeah, so the...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
That is why we have this statue to Pat Riley here. That is why we talk so much, Jimmy Butler, and alienate our audience. So, going back to Mike Brown...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
No, but this is talked about a lot in Sacramento. Did De'Aaron Fox have anything to do with that? And where does De'Aaron Fox think in that playoff run that he's responsible for some of the success that they've had out there? And now why is De'Aaron Fox wanting to play in San Antonio? I'm not even putting on De'Aaron Fox.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Jessica's stomach problems are now troubling me. I believe that she is sinking into her seat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
It's 11 a.m. She's going to, did you? Welcome! What did you have? What happened? She's on our side.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
That should be okay, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Was it the show or is it football for all year? We're all stumbling, burping, belching to the finish line of football. Are we sure, Jessica?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Really? Yeah. Are we all getting sick? Is that what's happening? No, you guys are getting sick. You're already sick.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
You said that this morning? Yeah, I started the show with it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I had to get in and talk about Tyreek Hill. I just had to.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Stugatz is down and out. He's gotten sick. This is a bad time to get sick. He's about to dominate Radio Row. Billy, are you ready for Radio Row? Because it is a bit of a crazed, manic, sprawling tapestry of nonsense that you guys, you go to the Super Bowl, you're rigorous, you are buttoned up as a producer. All you need is reliability from Stugatz. It's impossible.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I am really struggling here toward the end of the show. Can you guys tell me all of the information that I need to know? I am ignorant on this subject. Is Madonna, one of the great reinventors of my pop culture lifetime, is she doing something with stand-up comedy that is a very bad decision by her?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Brad Williams is the star of The Greg Cody Show. You guys need to do something here. Our audience needs to boost those YouTube numbers over there for The Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody on YouTube. They have Brad Williams being able to talk very, very exceptionally little about a movie that he's in. What movie?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I wanted Spinal Taps. Okay, it's a good promotion for your dad and his YouTube channel for you not to know anything that he's doing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
It's great. Spinal Tap holds up. Wait, there's a Spinal Tap sequel? It's coming out with Brad Williams. And Brad Williams is in it? Yes. You'll never guess the role he plays.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I'm worried about you, and I say the cashew. The cashew is the best of the nuts. I will have no disagreement on this. Although the macadamia nut...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Well, the macadamia nut has an enormous amount of fat, so that's absolutely what's happening in your stomach. You have put now an oily, there's an oily residue of, that is the fattiest of the nuts.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Dr. Iberflues, I presume. I am your nut doctor.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Dr. Bentova. No, I am Iberflues the Nut Doctor. I'm fine with that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
You're right about that. Why did he check my prostate then? Where did that come from? There was no reason for a glory hole there. You were just descending. You were trying to be part of the fun. It fit. I am a nut expert. I don't care who knows it. And I will rank the nuts for you if you like. The macadamia nut is the greatest of all of the nuts. If you're willing to do that, that fatty.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
It's aggressive. It's an enormous amount of fattiness. My father... The cashew is number two. I will not have an argument about this. I will not discuss it with you further. And number three is the pistachio. That is the list. Billy, you have something?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I like predates.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
What about deez?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
He will not give you reliability, and now he's sick.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
I did. I did it so aggressive. I did it in the wrong order. But yes, number one would have been deez nuts. Yes, of course. That's what it would have been. Obviously. What's number four? If I had done it correctly. No. Now I have to do it the other way. Right. Number four, the pistachio. Number three, the cashew. Number two, the macadamia nut. And number one, deez nuts. Hey!
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
My dad is a cashew nut.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Is he a nut for cashews? Yeah, he's addicted. I'm the nut doctor. My father loves cashews and went through a period where he was eating those Costco cashews. Do you talk about stomach problems? Because you're just oiling your entire system.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
You feel like we're petering out and all I feel like is a group of people staring at me as I press the gas on nut talk because I can see that you're petering out. So now I'm pressing the gas. But these are the best nuts, and I will not have it disputed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Yeah, apparently. Can you guys dispute any of what I'm saying? Any of you going to make an argument on behalf of a nut to crack our nut top four there? I'd say like the morning time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
He likes to be chummy, man. That's why this is his nirvana. This is why it's a promised land. He just likes to slap people on the back, feel important, be important. And God bless him. God bless football. But Metal Ark supports. Roy Wood Jr., I will tell you, and Lonely Flowers, it's a new stand-up he's got on Hulu. It is getting great reviews. I don't know if he reads his reviews.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
He's a wildly talented stand-up. And your reviews here, you have felt how about them? Have you been reading these things? Because you're getting a lot of applause for being able to reinvent yourself here during the political, you know, after leaving The Daily Show and having a business that's you alone.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
How do you feel about it, though? You say you don't care, but these things require a great deal of care. When you do a special, it's supposed to be special. It's the height of your craft, is it not? You value it more than the other work you do.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Oh, but you're a smart businessman and writing about loneliness is such a great place to connect right now. Roy, what's changed over the last four years is kind of crazy. People have been alone with themselves and gotten uncomfortable with that alone with themselves because it makes them look at things that are like, whoa, I didn't know that was so.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Put it on the poll. Was the death of retail the death of communication at Levitard Show? Stakeout is still in business. Stakeout is a Richard Dreyfuss. It's a Richard Dreyfuss movie. Stakeout is a movie I'd watch if Roy Wood was in it. A buddy cop movie.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
At the Georgia Aquarium?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Lonely Flowers is the new hour of stand-up on Hulu, and I will say, New York Magazine calls it mesmerizing and brilliant. The New York Times says, quote, Wood puts all of himself in this special. And Dominique Foxworth, our favorite critic, has tweeted twice that it is perfect. Did you think it was perfect?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
What are the ones that have landed? What are the ones that are memorable over time when you're getting the compliment from a comedian's comedian?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
You're saying those are the highest compliments, right? There are none higher, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
That's some evergreen comedy though, right? Like that's my, my brother used to love do that. Like that's the playground. Whatever you were doing with those prank calls is about the most fun that you can have. Just anytime you pick up a phone, you're able to make comedy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Greatest Of All The Nuts (feat. Roy Wood Jr.)
Pranks, are pranks a young man's game? Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. The special, as I said, is Lonely Flowers. It is on Hulu. Let's play a clip here for Roy. I don't know if we've selected a clip that he likes or he doesn't like, but he'll break it down for us afterward.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Would You Attend Their Funeral? (feat. David Samson)
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Would You Attend Their Funeral? (feat. David Samson)
I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
I don't think we're starting to find that out. I think Saquon Barkley makes a pretty substantive difference.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
I don't know. I would argue, perhaps I'd be wrong, but I would argue that whatever diminishment there is between Kelsey and his replacement is not as great as whatever the addition is between Barkley and what it is that the Eagles had at running back last year.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
That's why I'm asterisk guy. There you go.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
Tyreek Hill, though, gets his money, Stugatz.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
Now, but when he explains his frustration after the season where he pops off and he's like, I'm out of here. And he's saying, I've always won. I only know how to win. We've talked before. Man, that game really hurts under all circumstances, but it hurts more when you lose. He's won once, by the way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
But he not only won once, Dugatz, I remember the quotes, we can win six, seven, eight, and they might, and you'll be one of them. It'll be hard to explain in retrospect. It's like saying Wes Welker played with Peyton Manning and Tom Brady and never won a Super Bowl.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
You're like, how did that happen?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
Well, if you think that that's the same satisfaction, I understand. I mean, but it isn't right. Success off the field in retirement. All of these guys will tell you that nothing feels like winning a championship with those people like you will never replicate it anywhere in retirement.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
I would love for you guys to do a year of shows where I didn't have to come.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
I'm your step Dan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Dan "The Asterisk Guy" and Tyreek Hill's Jealousy
You want to do it now? I'm happy to go for breakfast. You want to do substitute? I'll go with you. You want to do substitute Dan now? I'm playing with a guy who's hurt, I'm hurt, and you've got a busted up face still from falling after the... The Christmas party.
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I was also talking about Tyreek Hill. It became about Jason Kelsey.
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But Tyreek Hill, look, man, he went for money. This is right now in the middle of what it is that you see on Jimmy Butler and what is joy and what is happiness and how it is that business is always getting in the way of art. I ask you guys this question. to think about it seriously. I know Tyreek Hill makes a lot of money. Of course he does.
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He's also going to need it because he's reckless and he's got a lot of responsibilities and children. And so he came here and he got his money. But what do you think he feels
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watching on television do you think he can watch the games without feeling to know all that team doesn't even have a great receiver that team has a great tight end and what we did making it look easy i ask you guys as he chose something thinking it would be better and then initially it was he got stardom that he didn't get in kansas city but you don't think tyreek hill looks at not only jason kelsey and travis kelsey and is like
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Look at all of what they get, because they get to be playing games now that matter.
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No, no, no, no. Don't get into it. It's pretty close.
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All right. They want to win because of me. I would say it's almost always the money. But I want to win because of me is a very strong urge in sports. Absolutely.
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I don't think he thinks that. I think that he was the third most famous person in Kansas City and third most responsible for the success he was, however.
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He was, however, the most responsible for the fact that that used to be a big play offense and what Mahomes has become since then is someone who can't do that down the field. And in the category of do you appreciate things more when you... get further from them. I'm sure Kyrie Irving now thinks differently about some of the LeBron James things.
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And what I'm asking you guys to explore is how is Tyreek now realizing for perhaps the first time, oh, not bulletproof. Can't just get a thousand yards by being out there. Oh, I don't just win. And now I'm 30. And the job is to be faster than everyone else for the rest of my career. And I'm 30. And I'm just asking you guys, if you think at any point he makes the register of, Yeah, I cashed in.
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However, but I've got some solace. I need some solace because I need comfort from the fact that I made a bad decision. I made a decision that supported something then, but I didn't realize how hard winning actually is.
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I don't think Kyrie Irving necessarily regrets his decision, but when he looks back on it, he has a different appreciation in its absence than he had before. This is something Tyreek Hilton would have never learned there.
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He could have been there, won, and felt underpaid the entire time because he would have never gotten to test his ego on what it is that it was here, where he was the number one guy. He was the guy responsible for turning Tua into a quarterback and McDaniel into a genius. Everybody was celebrating that this was his team. He wasn't number three here. He wasn't the third most famous guy.
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He was the guy and the reason for winning. Are you making our point now?
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So to that point, it succeeded, but he wanted out at the end of the season because the one time the turmoil arrived, it felt like garbage to him, and it was something foreign to him. Can we play the sound of Troy Aikman talking about Michael Irvin in the NFC Championship game?
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Irvin told us his story one time of being in the Super Bowl in some form of this kind of story where he's running after someone else who's on his team who has the football, screaming at him that that was his Super Bowl touchdown. to say.
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Michael Irvin says he was just screaming and it wasn't happy. That's my touchdown.
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Don Levitard.
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This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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I think that it is hard to place the ego of sports and the general selfishness of people inside of the team concept once you've turned it into business.
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I would say wants it all. I would say when you ask what does he want, I would say all of it.
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Well, since you mentioned Spags, and now we've got Spags against Fangs in the Super Bowl, can you guys please get for me, because Warren Sharpe is out here, and Warren Sharpe My God, does this guy dive deep, deep into the numbers. And he got to this take later than God Bless Football, later than Stu Gatz and Billy Gill. And I don't know if Billy wants to accuse him of stealing this take.
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OK, but you stole it first and you stole it better because you were there before Warren Sharp. And you said that fixing the Buffalo Bills in two easy steps would be fire Sean McDermott. Hire your boy Spags.
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And I want to know how God Bless Football feels about this stealing, although Billy really undermined me, as he's capable of doing before I even got started, by saying that you guys stole it first.
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Yeah, by the time it gets to Stugatz, it becomes his idea. No, but this is how it's been happening for years. The whole thing's been happening exactly as you just described it. You on your platform said the thing correctly and sourced it. And then Stugatz, it became his idea. And he gets mad at Warren Sharpe when he says,
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast.
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I'm glad that you brought up Radio Row, Billy. Put these things on the poll, please, Juju. Does Tyreek Hill do solace?
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Free play. Does Bill Barnwell joke about football is the other poll question at Levitard Show because I had the same reaction that Chris did when they were like, maybe Bill Barnwell was joking.
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That was not what I said. Just... Yes, thank you. Not about something so serious. Does he joke about anything? Yes, Bill's great. Stand down, Astro Sky is here. I heard he goes to rent fairs.
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By way of good morning, Amin opens by insulting me. He flies in on a red eye. We've got a crew here that's hurting a little bit because Stugatz is sick. We don't know if he's going to make it during the show. I'm sick. Bad time to get sick before the Super Bowl. I believe that Stugatz would argue that football did this to him. I think that would be the official diagnosis from Dr. McDaniel.
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He told you to stand down.
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Media members who look like they go to the rent fair, I'm here for this game. If you're always going to Australia, someone should ask questions.
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Wow. All right. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Has Ryan Leaf taken the internet to a darker place at Levitard Show?
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I'm glad you guys mentioned Radio Row because Stugatz may be sick today. Stugatz may be hurting at the end of a football season where he is alleged, and I don't even disagree with him, that football has been harder on him this year than it's been on any of the players. He is broken from flying all over the country, chasing around football and spags. He's friends with spags.
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He is building a God bless football empire with Billy. And he's tired. And the season's about to end. And we got a lot of people worried because Radio Row is a bit of an adventure for us the last few years. And it's been hard. But Jenny was looking around and a little bit scared about what next week comes. Foretells, and with his waddle swagger, Stu Gatz is like...
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This is the most reliable Stugatz there is. Radio Rose Stugatz. There is no one more prepared for this. This is a holiday for Stugatz. This week, Billy, you're ready to own the entire thing.
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We need to record a segment.
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Next thing you know, he's cutting it up with Baldinger.
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Billy, what is true? None of it.
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No, the smoking inside. Billy, I want to explore this. No. You don't want to explore this? No, I feel like Tyreek Hill now.
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Let's explore. I'm framing Stugatz as reliable Stugatz during the Super Bowl because he's legitimately excited as he is every year about Radio Row. I am under no illusion that that's because he is working the entire time. It is because he's working it hard. the entire time.
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He's doing Stugatz finger guns all over the place and this is where Stugatz gets to be the most famous version of himself in the middle of sports importance.
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We have Amin over here, and his face still doesn't look right from that fall after the holiday party. There's something that doesn't look quite right about his face. But the way that he comes in here and insults me outside of half of his swollen limp is he comes in here and he says, Dan, you're an asterisk guy. Hmm. You're an asterisk guy. Right.
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It's Stu Gatz's senior bowl. Other types of hits he's going to do that he is doing. It's my senior bowl, yes. It's just him just talking to agents. It's just like, I'm not doing actual content here. I'm making relationships.
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They don't say yes to him. No, they say yes to the Booker.
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I want to get to the bottom of this, but I want you to understand we are very much headed into Stugatz's adult prom.
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I just said that it's not the same to do it in 17 games as it is to do it in 16 games or do it in 14 games.
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That's a context. Is an asterisk context? Is an asterisk pejorative? I think of an asterisk as neutral, benign.
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If you hold down the N, the song comes out. It is National Curmudgeon Day. Billy is an old man. He's been an old man since he came out of the womb. And I want to know how the group feels in general about both the asterisk and the footnote because I'm not again the asterisk. I'm for the asterisk. I think the asterisk.
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If you want to give me more information that gives context to what it is that I've just read, I would like more context.
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Billy, it's National Curmudgeon Day. When I think of curmudgeons around here who don't want to see anybody, you just argued on behalf of life is better lived under house arrest.
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This is your life, though, is something that you continue to make smaller and smaller. And you basically don't want you. You live your life within a very small radius on purpose because you don't want to interact with others. I believe that that is the that is the behavior of the curmudgeon.
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Jessica, do you have any opinions about the footnote? How do you guys, well, I'm not going to turn to Stu Gatz and ask him how he feels about the footnote, but the asterisk to me is welcome. I don't have any issues with the asterisk.
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So it could be both? I think it's both. I want to get some sound here. Nick Wright's going to join us later, and he's really trying to actively push Paul Rudd and Eric Stonestreet out of the way for number one Chiefs fan in America. He's doing the Chiefs no favors because, like Amin saying, why is Nick Wright being on with us?
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Mally has been hearing Nick Wright on television, Mally in the other room, and he's been screaming and yelling that he wants to punch him in the face because— Nick Wright is affecting his mental health because he's listening to too much Nick Wright. But Eric Stonestreet is mad at Adam Schefter. And basically, this is what's happening between Chiefs fans and the rest of the country right now.
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It is amazing how much Eric Stonestreet looks like Andy Reid behind him. It would appear to you that that photograph was a self-portrait in his home when you look at how much he looks like Andy Reid there. The thing that's happening with the Chiefs, Stugatz, it's unbelievably stupid, and yet the math supports it when you just look at penalties, if that's all you're looking at. Right.
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If I were a Chiefs fan, I would be so mad right now that people are trying to dilute and diminish my excellence by making it always about something other than their excellence.
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It's all the fan bases. It's not a fan base.
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Stugatzed. You are not invested in this if that's what you're doing, because fandom loves to complain about all of the other people who aren't giving us enough credit. You are detached from this in a way that's unemotional.
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Yeah, I don't think that you represent Chiefs fans in any way right now.
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Fandom is more fun when you're mad at somebody and then get to shut them up or not shut them up. Hear their whimpering complaints. It makes it more fun if everyone is trying to take something away from you when I believe we're all sitting here saying, my God, Mahomes is awesome. The whole erasing of Brady's memory is something that's happened pretty fast in that sport, hasn't it?
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Don Libetard.
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Because he's so vulnerable, I just unfairly fade down the chickens and just leave him by himself. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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You guys do understand. Just make it about yourselves. It's not that hard. Your favorite team, it wins. And everyone's talking about the refs. And the games are fixed. Yeah, but I'm winning. You'll eat some of that up. You'll eat some of it up.
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Because beating that out of other fan bases, beating the respect out of everybody that refuses to give it to you stubbornly because they're sitting there calling it refs and then you win the next year and then you win the next year. And it makes me ask the question to all of you. I know he got his money, but Tyreek Hill's awfully jealous right now. Is he not? He is.
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Because they just win every time. He said when he was there, we can win seven or eight. They can without you. You got your money.
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You got your money, but you feel what it's like not to make the playoffs for 24, not to win a playoff game for 24 years. You enter that building. You get your money. You get your stardom. But at the end of the season, you want to leave because you're so frustrated because you're saying, all I know how to do is win. They kept doing it there.
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I was trying to think of who's more jealous of whom where when you watch everything that's happening throughout the sport. Is Jason Kelsey jealous of Travis because Travis gets to keep playing? Who is jealous where on what it is that you're watching throughout sports? Who's the most jealous person right now?
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Who's the original? British Cosplay, I don't know.
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I bet it was Zazz first. It has to have been.
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I mean, we haven't talked about this, but us back here have talked about it. I don't know if you heard it on the show. How do you feel about when you come into the studio and then there's music being played that may not be like the music you like, but it's being played throughout the office?
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I mean, ribeye, New York strip, churracos, tomahawk.
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Pink Pony Club. Three times in one week.
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Me too. Porterhouse. You're a porterhouse guy? Oh, man. It's big.
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No, I'm saying one letter. It's one letter. That was a lie. You're using sounds from Because Miami? What are you doing? He can't see.
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That's a big thing. There's like the massive ones that are like 500 pounds.
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Hour 2: The Pitch Clock Returns
We all know that's true. Just because Amin was black. That's it. Yeah, born on third base. That's the only reason I did it. This Cain Velasquez story, if you guys have not been reading it, Cain Velasquez, a very menacing man, UFC heavyweight champion.
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And I'd like to get the details right on this because a lot of parents in the audience, OK, because I don't know what it is to summon this particular rage. I do not have kids, so I cannot find in me anything that would make me react the way that Cain Velasquez did, where my rage consumes me in such a fashion. that I stop thinking about consequences at all.
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Cain Velasquez was so infuriated that his son had been molested by an adult that he tried to start shooting him in the street while chasing him and I cannot imagine a lot of things scarier than an enraged Cain Velasquez who's not thinking about consequences
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trying to shoot me and accidentally shooting others and now he goes to prison for five years at least and i'm guessing a lot of parents in the audience might understand the idea of getting so beside yourself outside yourself with rage that you decide to try to kill somebody
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And you stop thinking about what that means because your love and protection is such that that is the worst thing that you can do to somebody. The worst thing an adult can do to somebody is take advantage of someone vulnerable to be the protector of that person.
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And to feel responsible for allowing that to happen in any way, I think anyone listening to this can understand how a rage would consume you that would make you stop caring about consequences.
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I am so disappointed that there has been a lack of evolution in America and in 2025 and with our show that makes it this many years after Jackie Robinson that Jeremy and Pitch Clock are segregated. What? baseball lives over there.
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I don't think that's, is that legally right? I don't think that's legally right.
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I think it would be files under crime of passion. No, but it would be crime. I don't think, there would be a jury that would convict you because you can't, that's not the way that you can react to things. And Cain Velasquez is deeply sorry. The part of this that I'm more interested in is how rage works. Blindly.
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It's a long stretch to not consider consequences. Exactly. Like it is premeditated. Well, it's not just premeditated. It's a weird thing to say about rage. Right. Because I would say that rage is not premeditated, that by definition, what rage is, is something that cannot be controlled. I'm just trying to think of an example that I could come up with for me as someone who does not have a child.
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That would summon such an anger point on data that I would not consider that the moment that I try to kill this person, I am now going to lose my freedom and things in prison would not... They'll go better for Cain Velasquez than they will for me. Much better. But... but that I would not consider the consequences of that.
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I don't know, if I ask the audience for a hypothetical, have you ever been that enraged? Have you ever been so enraged that the consequences are just intergalactically stupid on what it is that you're doing?
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Hour 2: The Pitch Clock Returns
Because I think people listening to this would understand so much what Cain Velasquez did that they might make up the law the way Roy just did and say there isn't a jury that would convict somebody for that. But my guess is, let me ask you guys this. If I put you in the jury box. If I put all of you in the jury box and say, hey, you got to come back with a verdict, where are we going with that?
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Baseball lives in a segment that Jeremy wants to do with others, not with us, because nobody around here wants to talk about baseball, wants to be excited about opening day. I've got a room full of people who don't care about baseball. Billy cares about it, but the Marlins have broken his soul.
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No, you're right. A good lawyer will not have parents on that jury.
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Think about the consequences of that rage, the thought process of, I'll get justice here, and look at what justice becomes. Oh, it becomes you in prison for five years harming someone else, and there is no justice here. What is the justice? Do you think he regrets it?
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I don't think he regrets it. I think he thinks to himself, yeah, I would do it again. Oh, but there is... This is the insidious nature of what we're talking about, which is the worst thing a human being can do. There is no justice on it.
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That child is ruined and sending a pedophile, correctly convicting through the legal system, a pedophile who will then go to prison and be ravaged by the inmates who will partake in justice. That's the only justice that will be here. It's not a solving of anything. And a child is ruined. And has now lost his father.
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Well, wait a minute. Do you guys. But when if you think if I was talking to Cain Velasquez right now, given the consequences that he'd do it again.
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Oh, but it's not to get away with it. You didn't accomplish what it is that you wanted to accomplish, which is killing another man. You ended up in jail for—in prison for five years. If I ask him, given the consequence, maybe the answer is yes if you do indeed kill him, although I can't believe we're having that conversation. But I'm not even asking you that. I think he does regret it.
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I'm not going to say it's understandable— not merely understandable and reasonable, but it can be those things and stupid. Like, can it not? Can it not be all of those things, even while you understand it?
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justice thank you I mean for putting a bow on that do you guys want to go do a show from f1 spectacle in a couple of months here in Miami because we've been offered the ability to go do they're allowing a few people in video and podcast wise and we've been given the ability to do that but it seems like a live show in a very loud place would be hard for a place that can struggle with audio but Billy can then have some time to think
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Is it something that you guys think that we would do well from an incredible... I'm sure the audience would love it.
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Segregated. I think we should do... All right, I'm going to head out. I think we should just... No, you're not going to head out. You're going to be here. You're going to do Pitch Clock in 15 minutes.
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Is the race going on, or we're just going to be at the event? It's a lot different than the air conditioner here. Or the plane that we hear periodically that flies over. It's no... He said that as if he would. He said it like the stat of the day. Go be segregated. I want you to leave right now. Go do pitch clock. Get out of here. Just go be segregated.
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Sorry I didn't help you. It was as good as oddballs. We do a good job promoting other shows. Jessica. We've broken her. It took four years. Here's Pitch Clock. What are we doing with the bet in the postgame? And before we get to the bet in the postgame, I want to ask this question.
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Please forgive my ignorance on this because there may be an answer to this that's emotional, sentimental about his father that I don't know. When did it become Jimmy Butler III? Like with, like, I didn't know, I didn't, but I didn't know when seeing it in print and whatnot, I did not know we've made him RG three. I did not know that this was JB three.
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This is something, this has not been something in print that I have seen. This is a recent thing. It has not been the entirety of his career. And I'm asking, when did that happen?
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So it's just he wanted to change his name. Well, it's his name.
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Okay. I mean, look, I don't think it's very friendly what they did there. I believe, though, that Pitch Clock... When has this show ever been friendly to me? It's never been segregated. It's never...
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Right, but he hadn't before. And I'm just asking, RG3 came into the league and was immediately RG3. We don't have a lot of threes that we put a number on their name. And I just, that's not, I haven't seen it a lot before. Has it happened a lot before?
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you mention marcus morris did you see what happened what he said on a pod the other day uh... about talking to his uh... brother mark keef while of the anthony davis luca trade was happening and his brother going to the Lakers and it seemed in what it is that Marcus was saying that LeBron knew about the Anthony Davis trade. It was something that felt incriminating from Marcus Morris.
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You've cheapened the stat of the day. The stat of the day is to be respected, and it's almost always great. That was not great. That just stunk as a stat of the day. The stat of the day is meant to resonate historically. It's meant to be something you remember and maybe tell your friends later.
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We have not made the bet yet, and therefore I can say Jimmy Butler's name and talk about him as much as I like, because the bet will be made toward the end of the show if we remember. We often don't remember. Can we negotiate now?
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It was like LeBron and Wade. She was hiding. I was in the middle of talking, and she was laughing and hiding her hand from me in the audience. I've wanted those words for 35 minutes. It is allergy season. Maybe she had to sneeze. No, it was pretty clear she was just laughing with you on a wild Willie Wednesday. That's right.
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There are two serious things that I actually wanted to get to with Amin that we have not gotten to. The Cain Velasquez story is something that I wanted to get to. And before we got to that, I wanted to talk for a second because I did think that something interesting actually ended up springing from all of that Jackie Robinson Defense Department stupidity.
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I don't think that, I think the bet has to have greater stakes than that. I think it needs to be, if we're going to build it up all show, we've got to, it's got to have some consequences. I agree, but two stakes are included. I mean, stakes are pretty good.
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It stings. And thank you for all of your hard work. And when I say that, it wasn't hard work at all. It was incredibly lazy. So I wanted to talk about something here, March Madness related. Can you get... Can we get a poll together on the following? Because somebody made a $5 bet, $5, on the following parlay. Dodgers to win the World Series. This is from last year. Dodgers to win the World Series.
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Ohio State to win the National Championship in football. The Eagles to win the Super Bowl. Tennessee to win in college baseball, to win the College World Series. Still on the way. And now they have Duke to win the national championship. What do you think that that should pay? A $5 bet that has those five in play, what do you think that that should pay roughly?
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Amateur. Like a really terrible gambler. I'm not good at it in any way. DraftKings should be ashamed for giving me any of their money, but I give it all right back. Don't say that. It's a contract. I'm just saying, like, I could be the worst gambler there's ever been because I just like... I just want to have... One bet on one game, but a lot of games.
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We already gave the answer, but that's excellent producing.
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You've got to let it ride. You guys wouldn't hedge that. So wait a minute. Tony, I know that's not true. Tony, you're... No, Tony, you just had a baby. If you made a $5 bet... And you need now Duke to win the national championship for $168,000. You have to hedge that. And I'm asking you, how do you hedge it?
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Do you bet $10,000, $20,000 on their next four opponents as you go to make sure that you guarantee yourself X? What's the lowest amount of money? Now, I know some people would just sell this ticket. This ticket might go, somebody might buy this ticket for $70,000. Like this is something that is done and that's how you get out. But how do you hedge this bet?
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I'm sure a professional gambler would easily answer this question, but I don't know how to do it.
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from last week whether it comes to the do any of you find yourself alarmed that when it comes to artificial intelligence The stories you get are about the Enola Gay being removed from the record books temporarily because a World War II bomber from Hiroshima had the word gay in it, and Jackie Robbins' history has obviously black in it.
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They've already cashed everything else. Duke is the only thing remaining. Got it. So forgive me for not explaining that correctly. It's been an affliction today.
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First of all, I'm asking you guys. We'll get to the poll in a second. Thank you, Billy. Perhaps you can help me with that and create the poll yourself.
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We take that money. Jessica is saying she doesn't know and I don't know. And there is a professional way to do this. But what I'm asking all of you is the hypothetical. Would you guys hedge that or would you just try and ride it out? Because I would assume all of you would hedge it to guarantee yourself an amount of money that doesn't wait for whether or not Cooper Flagg's ankle goes again.
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Okay, why is he in charge of the stat of the day if he doesn't know basic math?
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What I'm asking you guys is do you have the confidence in Duke to lose $118,000? Do you have the confidence in Duke to bet $118,000 that they're going to win their next four games? Tony, you've got to sell it again.
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Are you at all confused and scared that artificial intelligence is literally... trying to erase humanity with these stories that are coming out about stupidities because you've got artificial intelligence handling how it is that things are seen as equal.
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Are you pronouncing those names correctly?
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I saw people being critical of Tony earlier saying he was mispronouncing multiple names on Duke. Not today, earlier.
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It's a Spoiler Wednesday. I thought we were allowed to do whatever we wanted on Wednesday.
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I don't know what Amin is doing. He's smiling. There have been three times during the show today that I'm pretty sure Amin is laughing at things that don't have much of anything to do with what we're doing on the show. I think just now, I don't know what to do with this, Jessica, because we've been doing two hours of show unevenly.
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We already had this conversation. Those are the three Mount Rushmore guys at Duke. I don't know who's number four on annoying guy. Annoying. The secret sauce. Is it Shane Battier? I hate Shane Battier.
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All right, let's make that fourth spot.
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So we have on the Mount Rushmore of most annoying Duke players ever, because if what you're telling me, like, man, Cooper Flagg, Boston's going to really want him.
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Utah is salivating right now. Danny Ainge left everything Boston to go, I'll build you out here. I'll build you out here with Cooper Flagg in Utah.
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the laser shooting out of his eyes that's how it goes for utah well you guys are saying you have to understand okay so you've got john skipper and david sampson asking the question how do we pay these people and what does it mean if duke we're all watching duke and we're like whoa them in florida they look a lot better than everybody else this is pronounced
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This looks like they're, yeah, maybe somehow Calipari can sneak some Calipari magic in somewhere. But we're watching. You tell me if there's a third team that belongs in here. Because Duke and Florida, to me, look like they're a level above professional football. Between professional basketball and what's now minor league basketball, they seem to be a good deal better.
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So if I make Duke better at recruiting and better at money than everyone, when I'm walking around now doing the absurd thing of saying, yeah, your roster costs $20 million. That's what it costs in college football. You've got to have $20 million. If Duke gets all of the winnings, And they have a monopoly on annoying guys throughout history. There's no other school.
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Is there another school that you assign even two annoying guys to for a Mount Rushmore? In the history of college basketball, is there another school that you would say, I've got two Mount Rushmore America hated this person? When you're talking about everything that Duke represents, all of it. Redick, Grayson Allen, and Christian Laettner are all-time hated players.
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I don't even know if we can make those anywhere outside of Duke anymore. Like an all-time hated player because of the school you're at, because we know you're good, because you're arrogant, because you think you're better than everyone, and you slap the court on defense.
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Adam from the Sun Sentinel. A star of oddball. Oh, there you go.
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I wanted to bring David Sampson back because I wanted to do a Patrick. I didn't even get to the real parts of these two stories. We'll get back to it. We'll get back to it. No, because it's one of the things that sprung from the Jackie Robinson, just sheer stupidity. You can't even do funny with it. It's just.
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so dumb is that rg3 is going on stephen a smith's show this is after rg3 uh you know he was trying to make the rounds recently he reached out to jamel reached out to our show there was something that he wanted to correct because when it came to jackie robinson he had tweeted out i just miss when sports shows were about sports and he went on stephen a smith's show and he explained something that i had not considered
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when I saw that as people turned RG3 into whatever it is that they are willing to say when they say he's not black enough. RG3 came out and was hurt and was viewing it through the narcissistic eyes of, I want sports shows to be sports shows because when they used to talk about me on First Take, Rob Parker was calling me a cornball brother.
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and it was a black guy saying another black guy wasn't quite black enough for his taste, and I've been that since. I had never heard it before, and I've been that since for people because I've married a white woman and because of whatever you think of my politics that makes Stephen A. comfortable enough to say on his show, hey, nobody at ESPN liked you, RG3.
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I liked you, saying Stephen A. Smith, but no one there liked you because you were somebody who... didn't fit and so RG3 brought the perspective of I wanted to be talking about sports, not whether I'm black enough.
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This is something that I run into a lot with certain black athlete friends of mine where they're too white for black people and too black for white people and so they find this space where all of a sudden that's what they're talking about on first take and RG3 has to represent a certain kind of black.
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And Amin said right before we turned on the microphones, as I was headed toward other subject matter, ah, we buried the lead on the Jimmy Butler thing. Yeah. I know. Jessica, what am I supposed to do with this?
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David Sampson, I never got to the Patrick Ewing off with you and Amin, and I meant to. Are you ready to do that now? You say it's your wheelhouse. Amin says he's got a better wheelhouse than your wheelhouse. Can you please tell me what a wheelhouse is? I don't even know what an actual wheelhouse is. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you know what a wheelhouse is?
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It has to do with boating, I would assume. Wheelhouse?
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I don't know. Do any of you know what a wheelhouse is?
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You know half the things because you got volleyball wrong.
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I would side with Jeremy on this one. That Kevin Durant toe on the line. Not surprised, though. We're too woke.
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so badly in the last hour to have the words that you were saying to Billy behind a hand while laughing, because you didn't want the cameras to catch whatever it is that you were saying, Billy. I wanted those words for about 35 minutes. What did I say to you, Billy? I don't know.
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Okay, no, you guys stink at wheelhouse. I don't know. Pretty good off the top of his head for someone that's not supposed to be an expert. No, but he's picking the facts that he knows, and we asked them questions, and they got them all wrong. Thank you, David, for being on with us. Bravo, David. Showing off of your expertise.
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Before the end of the show, I want this bet with Jessica, but in the meantime, we've got a stat of the day involving Jimmy Butler.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
It can't be actually steaks. Either one of you. You can eat steak. You can have a tuna steak, right? Yeah, I can have fish and stuff.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
The numbers are good on this tournament. Everybody wants the action. It's uniforms running up and down, and it's all a lot of fun. But when you're talking about some of the stuff that you guys are talking about, which is the business of this— that keeps becoming more and more expensive with streaming and more and more isolated.
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The solution, fragmented I should say, when John Skipper says the solution is stop what you're doing now and make it something that is pay-per-view and have it be something that is more organized as a made-for-television event...
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No, no steak.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
I just can't have it. It reacts badly with my body. What are you asking me here? You're new here? How long have you been here, Billy? Come on. I'll go through the list if you want. I can't have paprika. We can do that. You'd like that. That hurts, man.
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That would have been a great business deal was ruined by you can't do that to the customer. It can't be that. The greed and the capitalism can't be that overt. That was the line.
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It's been one year, okay? It's a super small sample size. But chalk won, and it was not madness. It wasn't what it usually is for buzzer beaters and upsets and everything else. 12 over a 5 is not any kind of rare. It often happens. So there weren't any stunners. And Jay Williams says... that NIL has ended the Cinderella based on this year.
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That seems to me like that wouldn't have any tethers to truth. It's a one-sample-sized situation. But is there a chance that this keeps happening this way because of money differences in the sport? It seems like an overreaction that he's saying this one year that's an aberration.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Before the end of this segment, I wish to have a Patrick Ewing off between David Sampson and Amin to see who has the greater wheelhouse. It's one of the most pathetic things to ever happen around here, but they're both entrenched in their positions that they know more about the Patrick Ewing era than the other one does.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Before I do that, though, I want to ask you, the group as well, have any of you seen Adolescence on Netflix?
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So anyway, this is one of the most popular shows on Netflix. And David, I need you to—what happened, David?
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He's just worried in general. Our audience has reacted very poorly to me particularly ruining shows because I told them all that Goggins came out with his penis. What?
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No, no, no, no. Isaacs is a different thing. That's a different thing. You're talking about Goggins on Righteous Gemstones. I'm talking, yes. You're talking about White Lotus. Get your front, get your penises right, David, okay? Please, thank you. I would appreciate it. I would like to be trying to be serious. No, you're smug, though. You're smug, okay?
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I was talking about a different penis, and you're like, no, no, I know which penis you're talking about. Let me correct you with my penis.
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You've never heard that? I don't want to do this.
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I don't want to do this.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
I was not talking about yours in any way. Didn't care about yours. Wasn't asking about yours.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
That kid was so good, David. I was stunned. I get so mad at child actors for being cruddy and things that I would otherwise like because it's hard to be a good child actor. That kid was so good.
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What kind of segue was that when you guys were doing baseball? Was that you trying to just talk about what you wanted to talk about? Because he was trying to talk baseball in his fantasy league with you, and you decided to make it about the subject we agreed we weren't going to talk about anymore right now.
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No, I didn't make fun of anything, but Tony made a face. I mouthed what? Tony made a face. Look, David, David. Is that coming at me?
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David, your every segment for so long is that. You say things like that. And Tony has a look like that. And it's everybody. Because, yes, that was the correct way to react to that reference. Go ahead. Tell us about your sister Eileen. Go ahead.
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No, that's a bigger fine than that, I feel like. I feel like that should be.
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He's got five on it. Don't worry about it. He's got five on it.
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So you were saying about adolescence.
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Jessica was laughing about, I don't know what Jessica was laughing about. I want to know what she was laughing about.
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All right. So this is – just so that I can tell the audience what the show is because it's worth watching. It's shot very well differently. A lot of lingering shots, one shots, and the child actor is extraordinary. But where –
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Where you arrive if you're a parent watching this is on the playing of probabilities as a parent, you don't guarantee yourself anything, and whatever guilt you have as failing as a parent. It's heartbreaking and it'll reach you what this is trying to tell the story of. It's not sending a kid to his room and bad things are happening there in a simplistic sense.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Without spoiling the movie, a child is capable of murder. Thank you.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
I mean, that's being an ass though, right? Everybody would have noticed that and it would have inflamed the entire situation. Like this is, is this not a part? I mean, I don't even say this to mock you. The Miami Heat as an organization, they try to represent class. I don't know that that's something that you guys.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Cuervo.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
I'm sure David Sampson has a lot of opinions about what he or he would have done or not done as part of a tribute to a player that soon I will not be able to name because, Jessica, I'm going to make this bet with you before the end of the show. The stakes will be, and I will agree to the terms, I will not talk about this anymore no matter who brings it up or how they bring it up.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
We seem to have dueling wheelhouses here, and I'd like to get to the bottom of it. I'd like to see who's got the better wheelhouse here between Amin and David Sampson. And even though it's not the most current thing to talk about today, who's got it right when it came to Patrick Ewing?
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Is it Amin, who knows his basketball history, or is it David Sampson, who was a heckler at one time, who would sit in the stands and legitimately heckle Nick's basketball team?
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
I think he's going to out-wheelhouse you here. I think he's going to out-wheelhouse you here. Samson, I think you've met your match here. Whatever you think you know here, you don't know.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
What I'm accusing both of you of here, because it feels like you guys are misremembering a whole lot of things. The money got in Patrick Ewing's way as well. The endings on these things are never, they're hardly ever what you want them to be. It is so very hard to break up with an aging superstar.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
I will abstain, but in exchange for that, there has to be something of equal measure that you're giving me.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
He keeps saying steaks.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
You and Skipper were arguing about this and it seemed like one of the best arguments I've seen between you two because you do a great job on the sporting class with Pablo Torre and John Skipper talking about sports business and he said something that got aggregated which is that March Madness and all this stuff can go to pay-per-view and you can stop NIL entirely, the entire mess of free market capitalism.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
Not surprising that he would want some governance over that. I was surprised to hear you say Nah, freedom for everybody.
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The Big Suey: The Patrick Ewing Wheelhouse (feat. David Samson)
That's what I'm saying. I think that's what he was angling at. It's delicious.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Well, this is what happens with Oddball and when you start a show with no audio. This is part of what it is that happens when you're trying to communicate with people and don't know. the Miami Heat did last night. Oddball is odd.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
And if you want to explain to the audience what it is that you guys were doing yesterday and what you did to a journalist with a clip that would show us what happened to that journalist, that would probably be the correct way to do this. But they're odd.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
A little later. It's not out yet. But our audience would like to understand what happened here. Some of it's confusing. It's not confusing.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Trust me when I tell you. Trust me when I tell you. Trust me when I tell you it's confusing.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
The journalist did his job? But this is the problem with the real story. Like, Jeremy's friend is the journalist who wrote this.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
It's a real journalist. It might be fake news, but it's a real journalist.
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Not great reporting. Not. Not great reporting overall. Got to the bottom of something. Well, I'm glad that Jessica is protecting journalism here. I genuinely am.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Well, but this was Jeremy's friend, and this was embarrassing. Like, what happened? For whom? For whom? It's never whom. What do you mean? For Jeremy's friend?
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
What's his name? It's still confusing. The journalist's name? Barry?
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Jeremy, your friend's name is what?
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No, but that's Billy right there. That's what a wild Billy Wednesday is. You were trying. What do you mean? What do I mean? I was trying to get to the bottom of this and we're pretending this artist really exists. I cannot believe this is what we're doing and not talking about Jimmy Butler not showing up for that game.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Jessica, that was Billy simply doing the show for just you there. He wasn't doing it for anyone else there.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
So check out Oddball. Check out Oddball. It's a bit of a mystery, and that's the reason that you should listen to it. I'm guessing, though, that many people would like to hear your serious basketball analysis on a dumb night that did not live up to anything, but allowed us to do the thing that we love to do more than anything in sports, which is...
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
just gossip about whether people like each other or not. And how much do they dislike each other? And how much disrespect was there?
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I mean, I don't know. How could you guys, how? I know it's oddball. I know, I get it. It's oddball. I get it. But how could you guys make Jimmy Butler about you the way that you did yesterday? By creating news. By creating news that appeared in the Sun Sentinel, doing so, making the day about you.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Man, I think that's some revisionist history from a guy who's in the tank for Shaq. Shaq was on a stage in a New York nightclub singing, hey, Kobe, tell me how my ass tastes. It was funny.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
I know it's embarrassing. I don't care. Well, that's OK. And I understand that you don't care. But I legitimately left yesterday's show thinking to myself and not knowing the answer because the Heat were coming off of a 10 game losing streak. I wanted to ask you guys, like, which is harder to do in that league, winning 10 straight or losing 10 straight?
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Well, I mean, Cleveland's won 10 straight three times, like 10 straight losses for the Heat. It's confusing to me where we've lived for 15 years that makes everyone crazy around here and makes Jessica put her head in her hands when Jeremy does what Heat fans do.
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Okay, and so Heat homer Jeremy has this to say about Miami fans. It was great for them to be knowledgeable enough to know to boo Jimmy every time he touched the ball. And then there's Steve Kerr saying this of Miami fans.
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The oddball guys made it about themselves yesterday. Like, it couldn't be about Jimmy Butler. It couldn't be about Miami. It couldn't be about the story. It had to be about oddball. It had to be about how can oddball trick a journalist? How can oddball make a name for itself on basketball's big stage? Oh, boy. This is how we're starting.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. If it happened behind the Sun Sentinel paywall, did it actually happen? That was a surgical slice by Billy Gill. What do you mean?
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Does the audio not work? Okay, see if you guys can get the audio up there so that we can... Jessica, why does that delight you? You've got a little Billy in you on a wild Willie Wednesday. That we can't get even the simplest things right? Is that what's making you laugh?
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Yeah. OK, so sound is important in this medium, as you guys know. So if you're trying to set up a joke, you need to have sound with the video. We've been working hard on the video.
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The sound is sort of a problem at the moment. Jimmy Butler last night, that entire spectacle, the entirety of it was sad. I was made sad by all of it. And which part specifically? that a relationship that was good with everyone involved can't even shake hands at the end. That the money would get that corrosive.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Look, I'm going to tell you a couple of stories here because allow me here to get here because it's going to take a second. But the nature of competitive people, okay? My brother was very competitive, okay? That's an impossible industry. Art, selling shit out of the back of your car. Fighting for money because you want to do what you dream about.
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And at the end of his career, because somebody was getting in the way of his money. There was an 80-year-old man who runs a company that my brother was ready to fight, physically fight, because of whatever competitive is at the most competitive. Jimmy Butler is a million times more competitive than my brother, and I think Pat Riley is more competitive than that. And those two dudes want to fight.
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And I imagine the marketing meeting where Riley's coming into the room and telling everybody, I know we want to be class and everything, but can we say at the end, and also bleep you, Jimmy, at the end of the video. I want to know who talked Riley into doing that. It had to be the Arisons.
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
I'm going to find out because I don't know what you guys made of the emotion of that, but it wasn't just that the game was a bummer. It's that, man, that was a good relationship. That was a good relationship for everyone involved, and the money gets in the way like that?
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
Can I talk to you guys about the idea of proud men being disrespected? Because when I tell you that Shaq wanted to fight Pat Riley at the end over money and disrespect, when the conversation is, and all of this starts with... Jimmy saying, and I would have taken us to the finals if I hadn't been injured. And Pat Riley publicly saying, shut your mouth. Shut your mouth.
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The word shut your mouth on disrespect of a proud man. When I tell you that my brother wanted to fight an 80-year-old and Jimmy Butler, Jimmy Butler, whatever he was doing in private, that's where disrespect started. And so he enters the game yesterday saying, I've got nothing to say to Pat, and he better not have anything to say to me. Or what?
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Local Hour: Akbar Domestique
But I mean, I mean, come on. Like if I told you in some incarnation of the future, there's going to be a bunch of human beings who are unbelievably athletic, but one is an actual wizard. floats around the court and does something that no one's ever been able to do.
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Everyone who comes internationally to watch Steph Curry, just because you watch the games every night and know that you're no longer amazed by something amazing doesn't mean that you're watching something. It's not in sports.
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It might as well be God coming to life and appearing before you because it's unlike anything you've ever seen before, and you can't imagine anything better than that either at that size.
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I didn't recognize that nationality. Other side of the world. Foreign. Global.
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It could be from anywhere. Do we have the oddball clip here of – and I just learned before the show that – I mean – The Sun Sentinel reporter did not know that this was you. I just want to be clear. Go ahead and play the clip. You make show?
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Jonathan Kaminga's cousin came up and tried to... But Jeremy, what happened to your friend? What happened to your friend from the Sun Sentinel?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Ich weiß, dass das ein Spoiler-Alert ist, Greg, aber Greg, wenn du mich unter 50 ranken wirst, wenn alle anderen in diesem Raum nicht da sein werden, das ist verrückt. Ich bin sicher, dass Juju Gotti einen sehr hohen Ranking bekommen hat, weil seines ein intimer und persönlicher Account war. Bevor wir zu Juju kommen, hat Amin ein Stat of the Day-All-Show, das wir noch nicht bekommen haben.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Also, wenn du mir das Stat of the Day-Musik nimmst, dann würde ich es lieben.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
So dominant and in every game. Always scary. Could be undefeated under certain circumstances. Yes. Pretty much. Before we get to Jujugati, I am told, and I need to take that listener's advice from Flanagan's and make it less Taylor. But Taylor says he sent over some Michael Doliak songs. So go ahead. Michael Doliak, for some reason, has been someone we've serenaded for many years.
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Former Utah Senator, former Miami Heat Senator. He came on the show with us and was very polite about things, but then refused to keep coming on with us because we had too many Doliak songs.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Why do we let Taylor make any decisions around here?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I'm sorry I made you wait, Juju. I'm sorry I didn't mean that. You got it, you got it.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Get me a group of them and we'll close out the post-game show by just playing an assortment of Doliak songs. Can you give me your thoughts on the Nico conversation we're having? You're somebody who's always extending compassion to others. And I was voicing, I feel bad for this guy. And people are just laughing at him. You called him a slapdick. I know.
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Can you play for me the sound of Doliak, us asking Doliak if he would come on the show again tomorrow? Michael, thank you. We'll do it again with you tomorrow? Yes. Tomorrow? Yeah, he didn't really want to do it again with us. I haven't heard a lot of people with that take, Juju. We talked about Taurasi at the beginning of the show, but not very much after that.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I can't believe the volume on the fight in the eating area over people arguing outraged about where they were ranked in the top 100 guests to appear on the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody. People were screaming at each other. Izzy was bragging. Greg Cody is sending word through his son, do not reveal any of the rankings. They're embargoed. No one will know where anyone is ranked until Monday.
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Did you have any thoughts on, really, I mean, if we were to do rankings, this is one of the first names that you're going to say when you say best basketball player ever, right?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Never. I mean, never smokes the crack. That's just cheap. That's not good. He does smoke the crack. Were you surprised that Michael K. was such a good dancer, Juju?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
But Izzy was happy about his ranking. Das ist kein guter Ranking. Ich weiß nicht, worum du so glücklich bist.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Juju, that's a fine for you, Juju. I was fooling around. Of course that's not Michael K. Oh, that's a fine for you, Dan.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
How did I get fined? I don't understand how I got fined for that.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I'm surprised though that any car of that status in terms of cost is that universally favorable. I didn't know that there was such a thing as a car that was not one of the high
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
No, that's enough, Juju. No more shoutouts for everybody, Juju.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
What are you covering your face laughing at back there, Jessica? What are you snorting with us?
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
That's actually how I wake up, so don't make too much fun. Good seeing you, Pat. Thank you for the information, sir.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
That back row is bringing it today. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
We have some anarchists among our production team. We have some anarchists all around the building. I believe Taylor is one of them. I don't know if Taylor is trying to keep his employment by making purposefully bad things, but he seems to make some purposefully bad things and delight in the making of bad things as if that's a way to career advancement. So we put him in charge of boldest take.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
And I got to tell you, this used to be a cherished terrain for us. I will tell you that Billy and Chris, even before Billy and Chris were on this show, we trained our audience to be creative competitively at funny. And the remnants of that audience that now call this take line insults me.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
insults the history of the show insults everything we've made around here for 20 years because some people just call the take line and just start talking to a friend like for five minutes just yammering and it's not a take it's not funny it's not people trying to be creative it's just people calling and leaving voicemails in a way that hasn't had a lot of creativity in it but that those don't make air those just taylor has to listen to those so that's okay
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
This is the best of what we've got. This is the refined version of Taylor taking the very best calls, editing them down to their distilled best, and they're not good enough.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
I meet people all the time who have been listening to our show for 20 years, and those people know how embarrassing it is that this creative community that used to compete to be funny has shriveled down to Taylor can't take more than two minutes of what you're doing on the other line. 305-486-GOTS is the number. We've got a purchased phone line. G-O-T-Z is the number.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
We went out and got a phone and a line so that you can do this.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Of the last 10 days or so. That's right. Of our creative community shriveled down to this. That's right.
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Bagels overrated. I was also told that people just didn't know where to put them, so there were an assortment of Michael Doliak songs. Have you heard anything about this? Because Taylor's telling me he's got Michael Doliak songs. What is this music bed we chose? A wonderful one. It makes the entirety of the segment. It's hold music.
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Cotton candy.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Who says bagels are overrated? Who does that? It's a terrible take.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Jessica, what happened to you there? Were you just, the casual way Amin strolled right back in, grabs the show, and then tells an uninteresting story? Is that what you were?
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Yeah, he just forgot who he was talking about. Bared Peter in the middle. It doesn't usually happen, but he comes in and out as he pleases. Let's get back to something that I wanted to do.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
I'm not saying it's not a worthy story. I'm saying he walked in kind of casually. I don't know whether we were interrupting whatever he was doing with oddball. And he's like, I got it. Everybody stand back. And here, donuts, they're hard. When they're hard, they're bagels.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
305-486-GOTZ is that telephone number. Do better. Some scouts and some spies have sent me a video of my friend Michael K. from New York. I don't know if you guys have ever been surprised by one of your friends, how well they dance. sometimes I get surprised by my friends. So just put that in the lower right-hand corner, please, of somebody who just sent me a video of Michael K. dancing.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Carrot Top surprised me when I saw Carrot Top, and he was more shredded than I thought he would ever be. And it surprised me when I learned that Michael K. here was this good of a dancer. Have any of your friends surprised you with how well they dance? Cougs, yeah. Kugler surprised us the other day. But have you guys ever been surprised?
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Like if Darren Revell all of a sudden or David Sampson were just killer dancers, wouldn't that surprise you? If they were really good dancers?
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
You're a rhythmic dancer?
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
You do it a lot. Yeah, he does it a lot. Well, let's see it right here.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
He did it before a Panthers game. He does do it. It's a nervous tick.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
He has a nervous tick that when he throws out the hee-hee. It's a crowd pleaser.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
I can't believe we saluted this as good dancing around.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
What's going on with my man in the beard in the back here? We've already analyzed that. You and Coogler? That's why you can't come in and out of here the way you do. It's why you should be here when we're talking.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
That is a closed elevator. Again, it's something that Amin's giving us that's not helpful because he came in during the middle of the segment and has been behind since we started.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
We've been talking about it nonstop. You were away. You didn't hear us.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
You've got John Sterling holding this door open when clearly on the right side, there's an elevator door open. It's in the corner.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Wait a minute. No, listen to me.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Listen to me right now. The video team making this decision without any supervision, all of you to the penalty box. All of you. All of you. Every one of you. You're not allowed to just put Fuentes making a fool of himself out there.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Lewis twerking on the wall. I want that room empty.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
I don't care. I don't care. We will keep it the same. I will not have those people making decisions for...
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
All right, Pat, let's talk about this, though, because I do believe that these uneasy tensions between so much of the gambling money and being responsible for floating what's happening in sports right now. And you can get in bed with lower level schools and make yourself money in a way that really threatens the integrity of what it is that we're watching.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
You can't put Fuentes on. Why is Izzy pacing?
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Don Levitard.
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Stoogatz.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
And he can watch if he wants. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stoogatz.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Chris Cody, I need to get to something that I promised earlier in the show, and I am ashamed that I have not done it until now. You had a great idea for a popular new show that I believe can be something that Metal Ark funds and sponsors and makes lots of money, which is just playing clips and asking you, is this patriotic or is it annoying?
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
So just take us through some of your humanizing investigation of the characters involved here, because this is, You're doing reporting here and you're meeting basically these gambling characters that of course are going to be kind of from the underworld and know how to get in bed with kids who want to make a few extra thousand dollars.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Yeah, it is, but I don't need them. I can move to any number of other topics. I'll spin that wheel again. Don't make me. I'll spin that wheel with those football topics on it all over again. No, I don't want you guys back in there. No, I don't need you back in there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
All right, we're back, guys. Here we are. I don't need them. Look, they need to be punished. There need to be consequences for. I don't have many rules around here. Here's one of them. Once we've gotten to Fuentes twerking, no. Just no. Like just that, that, that. There it is again. Get it out of here. How is that able to happen? It's not even good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Pretty good for a 40-year-old. So Fuentes is somebody you thought would be bad at dancing. Has anyone else around here been surprised? There have to be some good stories there from people just being really taken aback because you're all of a sudden at a wedding and you look over to your right and you're like, holy shit, I didn't know Karl Ravitch had those moves.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Pablo Torre at his wedding. You think Pablo's a good dancer?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Was it January 6th? But no, wait a minute. This is a MAGA anthem. Lee Greenwood, like this. John Oliver did a whole big special on- I won't let that be done.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
But people are flying vastly more scared, though. You're getting a lot of videos of people getting onto airplanes like in a prayerful state because of the amount of terror involved with, hey, what is that happening on a Delta runway in Canada? Why is the plane upside down and on fire?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
yes and fear is the way that one spreads and uh it would be totally understandable if you feel like there's some instability in structures uh government and otherwise given a number of things that are happening the crash in dc where all the people died even if it counts as one crash actually should count as more because that hasn't happened in the u.s for like decades yeah like people like two aircrafts crashing into each other and
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
several dozen people fatalities so you're just saying when you say that we're having a down year that's just like regular crashes that don't involve it's late february and he's talking he's playing semantics with lives in a way that was foolish semantics with lives i would never uh you are you are playing with numbers there you know it's not fictitious to say that after the government stripped down the faa a couple of
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
A plane and a helicopter collided in the sky over Washington, and there were a whole bunch of people dying. What are you doing? A helicopter.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Can you imagine if that was like... That would be a great thing to fight against Godzilla or King Kong in these movies. Yes, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
No, thank you, Billy. I do appreciate it. I spit a word incorrectly, and then all of a sudden the tragedy is minimized. That's something that happens around here. Welcome to the show. That's correct. I want to play some video here of Chris Eubank Jr.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
smashing an egg off of Connor Benn because the Fight Press Conference has gotten to a place now where the fighters are bringing eggs out in their hands to promote a fight and then hitting the opponent in...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
in the face with an egg which is a good left hand like you can't let that happen you can't if you blink you miss the egg you can't know that the egg is not there and I mean he is understandably angry look at that he wants to fight those people that's seven people holding him back because of the insult of that guy just hit me in the face with an egg which is more insulting than anything else he could have hit me in the face with now I am a foolish ignorant man why were there eggs
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
So that an egg would smash on somebody's face.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Unlikely to be fatal is correct. Unlikely. But if a man were beaten to death, you would really regret that commentary.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
But you're predicting that this, you're saying this is false advertising. It can't, it's very unlikely statistically to be a fury that's fatal.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
It'd be fatal. It would be pretty amazing, though, if your commentary on this would be, this can't be embarrassing to me, and we remember it forever because it was the day you said no one would die, and someone did. Oh!
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
What are the dumbest things you uncovered?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
The reason I bring it up is because you've got something that is truly amateur. That is like many of these point fixing scandals in the history of sports at the very least do us the courtesy of having criminals who have some sort of ability to conceal these things. What you're talking about here could potentially become a seismic gambling sports scandal that starts with real stupidity.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
I don't think we around here have done a very good job of talking about these gambling stories involving John T. Porter or, more recently, Terry Rozier when he was in Charlotte. You can listen to the podcast of Pat Forty, College Football Enquirer. He does it with Dan Wetzel and Ross Dellinger, but he's also a senior writer for Sports Illustrated.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Forgive me, I wasn't listening to anything you said because throughout your answer, Jessica and Billy were taunting me because they got you to say good question and none of my questions have been any good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Or, well, let's see. Don't give it away, Pat. We'll find out together here. Your best guess based on the reporting, this mushroom clouds into what kind of scandal?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Excellent.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
And not his friend who you just outed either, his partner. You outed his partner, and he didn't have anything. He wasn't even in this paperwork.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Rozier is shooting 30% from three, worst among point guards. He's presently and actively throwing games.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Will you explain to me the Rozier situation? You were skeptical of why he's still playing. What's fair there?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
And he just reported with Michael Rosenberg the latest news inside a gambling ring that will look to me from where I'm standing. This could be a monster story here. And it seems like it's becoming something that will become larger in days and weeks. But Pat joins us now with some of his fresher reporting.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
But in the absence of that, when you have the credibility of these reports, Pat, in the absence of a denial, what legally is making it so that he can still be out there when this happened to Porter and the evidence was very swiftly determined this is a person who needs to be banned from our league? Those are two very different reactions to similar reports.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Last question, and thank you for the time. It used to, to me, mean something if there was a dual federal and NCAA investigation, but that wiretapping of college coaches before NIL became a thing was such a lukewarm disaster that I feel like the investigators had less credibility than the people inside of the business doing what was allegedly dirty. So when you tell me
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Sports Illustrated is reporting that federal and NCAA authorities are investigating a gambling ring. That used to be a seismic story. It does not feel like a seismic story today. It feels like you're reporting on something that I think is interesting that should be more seismic, but it's not. So my question to you is, why? This is the beginning of this, Pat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
We are in a lawless phase where, of course, if you invite... all of this stuff to sports and all of the gambling walls fall, of course there's going to be this all over the place with competitionaholics and with addicts.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
And, Pat, why is it that people aren't paying attention to some of the things you're paying attention to here that has, you know, federal and NCAA authorities investigating something in a way that feels like a more relevant investigation than the average NCAA investigation, which can be pretty useless. And thank you for joining us, by the way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
Can you guys tell me what that distracting color is behind Pat? How would you describe that color? It's a delightful red.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
What is it? Ruby? Is it crimson? Ruby's good. I don't like ruby.
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Hour 2: Chris Cote's Michael Jackson Leg Kick (feat. Pat Forde)
I think so.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
Pardon my French. I'll look it up. Continue. You did not listen to Craig Carey this morning. I do believe this might be a to America situation. Yeah.
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When was it that Mike Ryan called someone a Slapdick?
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Yeah, that feud has escalated to uncomfortable places.
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Anyway, slapdick made an appearance on the show, and I thought it was an excellent word. It's a funny word, but I hadn't heard it for a while. And I don't know what a slapdick is. I don't know what it actually is. It's someone who's standing there and just slapping their dick?
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No, I don't want to play this game. He's like, man, I can talk to you.
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Did no one just hear the segment we just did with Amin? We cannot be taking counsel from the local drunk on whether or not you should do the impersonation of a black man stumbling over his words. Like, you don't see the bad judgment in that.
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We cannot do this. It's too close to the line. This is where the line is. Something legitimately funny can't be funny because we're scared our ginger's going to do something racist by accident.
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You've mentioned that. People say pardon my French before swearing because it's a humorous way of apologizing for using profanity by pretending that the curse words they just used are actually French.
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Playing on the stereotype that French is a sophisticated language, even though the phrase is used ironically and the words are actually English. In the past, knowing French was associated with upper class and education, so using French words could be seen as showing off, which is why people would apologize for using them.
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The irony is that today, pardon my French, is used ironically, as most people understand that the swear words are not actually French.
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He looks so young. I've never seen... Look, it was once upon a time that McVay was the baby, and McVay looked young and looked ridiculous. Have you guys ever seen a sports leader? Theo Epstein was like 28 when he ran the Red Sox.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
No, this guy looks 19, 20 oldest. I want to ask you guys, because Theo Epstein is the one I remember, and I could make the argument that Theo Epstein is the most successful baseball executive there's ever been. If you win titles in Boston and Chicago with the Cubs and Red Sox when they haven't won in 100 years. You do it in two different places because you're outsmarting everybody.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
That one could not have possibly worked out better because he was a Moneyball disciple. This franchise has done it with Urban Meyer. This franchise is a regional franchise. It's barely hanging on to the fringes of feeling like they matter major league the way that the teams in that sport matter when they're good at football.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
Jacksonville has been lost for a long time, has been embarrassing for a long time, and has a quarterback that all of us are looking at and being like, I don't know if that's worth $50 million. So why not turn to the young guy who probably crunches numbers better than others instead of Urban Meyer when you've already done that and it lasted 10 games?
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
Analytics help the ass. Hold on. Oh, my God.
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No, this guy sucks. I'm profiling. I am straight up profiling. I know nothing about this dude other than, man, he's got metrics down.
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But I would also say that I've gotten to know Tony Khan a little bit, the owner's son. And he is a numbers nerd and he loves the information game. And they've given it up. They've given franchise control and leadership over to a bunch of football people, cavemen before. And now they're like, no, we're going to do it another way.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
Yeah, that's nuts that he's been in football for eight years. He climbed his way to the top, grinded his way out for eight years.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
So many words. Yeah, well, Buscelli's now a VP over there. He's like in charge. He's got some real power over there. Yesterday, I don't know if you guys were surprised by this. Can you get me the wheel here? Because I saw that Tony brought in from Hialeah the wheel this morning with football topics. I was surprised yesterday at the amount of football that made an appearance.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
So, Jessica, you tell me what it is that it lands on here because the wheel is, I see it from over here. So the Browns say they're not going to trade Miles Garrett. The Falcons say they were unaware that Kirk Cousins' arm was hurt. Aaron Glenn says the Jets players were mad at him about cutting Aaron Rodgers. The Colts are throwing open Anthony Richardson to a quarterback competition.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
The Patriots are toying with making Joe Milton available. Devontae Adams goes anywhere that Aaron Rodgers goes. The Eagles are interested in Miles Garrett to keep him away from the Commanders. The Raiders might trade up to get Cam Ward. Gronk might be making a comeback in Colorado. And Jamar Chase is going to become the highest paid non-positioned quarterback player. Go ahead and spin the wheel.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
What does that land on, Jessica?
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Did you guys just stop listening to me? Is that what happened?
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The overarching point for me was, that was a lot of football news yesterday out of nowhere. That was a lot of stuff that made an appearance where I thought that some of it might be fake because Gronk making a comeback?
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
Yeah. Unfortunately. Miles Garrett, though. Well, Miles Garrett, I'm more interested in Miles Garrett. Like, him staying there and the Browns doing this one is interesting, I mean, because wherever it is that player empowerment resides, right, it has not yet come to football.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
where someone like Miles Garrett, like where football is a different sport, different culture, and wherever it is that we have thought that basketball has let it get out of control with how powerful the players are, where they can hold an organization hostage, there are very few football players who actually have the power
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
to leverage an organization that we all see from afar is less excellent than they're worth having. I gave you the stat recently that this Browns franchise, in terms of historic incompetence, when you go 1-31 for two seasons and what you end up having is none of the MVP quarterbacks that were... Number one picks in that draft.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
You miss on all of those and your two best players are two players that ask for trades because you're incompetent. Like you don't do anything right and now you're tied up. Miles Garrett doesn't want to break his back because we've got too much money tied up in Deshaun Watson and it's all ruined. Like, he doesn't want to sign up for, no, I've got three more years of pass rush here.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
I'm not going to play for a team that's going to throw Jameis Winston out there nine games a season and have him look better than Deshaun Watson, where all our money is tied up. Miles Garrett has legitimate power here. It's not, but he's got to, but football won't let you have legitimate power here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
I can say a lot. I can say a lot. I'll tell you why you need to pay attention to it. It's what Stugatz did at the beginning of his career, and it was just always at the end of the day, at the end of the day. Yeah, it's just a verbal crutch.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
In the Cleveland Browns, you don't have that. That organization had expectations and they had a brief period where it was Manziel and it was going to be Odell Beckham. And it's the first time any of us have believed in the Browns. They are now starless. They do not have a star. This was a playoff team recently. Miles Garrett is their only star. He's their only impersonator.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
important player i can point to and joku if you want to at least in part because he's always wandering the earth shirtless and you would too if you looked like him walks through airport shirtless does all interviews shirtless but the browns don't have a star now they've got one player we know they've got one player that america respects one and and it's only because chubb is hurt who also has two years left on his deal right so that there's that element to it as well which is
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I've got to explain, though, on this one, where I'd love this power to come to football. Very few people actually end up having it. He can leverage the Browns here because he doesn't want to waste three seasons playing for something that is sure to be 6-11. They've got a quarterback problem that can't be fixed. That's not... You cannot...
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
Are people not aware, like we throw around, even though it's a salary cap sport, like we all understand that's one of the most ruinous contracts ever given for guaranteed money, correct?
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It has pinched Miles Garrett so that the prime of what's left of this part of his career will be played for sure in obscurity with every season feeling like this one, which is how he gets to the point of, I don't want to play here anymore.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
I want to... watch what happens with the players in this sport who have legitimate power because you see what's happening with Matthew Stafford and the Rams. That strikes me as a unique business relationship where the Rams appreciate their quarterback, what he's done for them, and they're like, hey, you want to go shop around? Go have your agency if someone wants to give you $50 million a year.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
That's not normal. That's not a normal thing to have. That's like McVay super grateful for, hey, you no look past us to a championship. You gave us all a golden time here. Our trade of golf worked out. And now they're working together to get a quarterback that could also make a mess in a sport that doesn't allow these messes.
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Like, you understand how infrequently you ever see any of this in football? It's not a normal thing to come to your franchise and exhibit any power as the laborer.
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Hour 1: The Origins of Slapdick
I think this is what Aaron Rodgers is doing to test the fringes of this. Do you realize how valuable a quarterback is? I'm going to pick my next spot and Devontae Adams is coming with me if I want to play, even though my QBR is 25th in the league. It's a real power they have, but Belichick and Kraft ran off Brady, and then he won, and Brady won all the games after that.
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Like, Brady wins all of the money after that, but no, they don't want players to have power, why would they?
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No, but it's part of the entire culture of you don't make a mess for your team, you don't hold down. It's the whole culture of the thing.
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You did at the end of the day, again, play the Stugat sound for me the first time I chastised them about this about 17 years ago.
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I've used a swipe more than I have slapdick
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Why do you still have to respect him? This is maximum slapdick situation. No, I think it's just... Are you Dan Orlovsky?
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Okay, are you done? Do you have any more information for us on your deep dive on the slap dick?
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I think you guys think that that's what it is, but it's not just somebody who's there slapping their dick. I think the reason that Parks and Rec did it is because it's not actually even a curse. It's just a funny word. And the dick's almost implied. It's one word. I don't know what it is. And I don't think it's somebody who's just standing there slapping their dick.
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What is that? It's just unnecessary.
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Look, I didn't think we'd do any worse today. Look, I got to stop everybody right now, and I'm sorry it took me so long to get to this. Billy, I think Australia's really mad at you, man.
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Listens to the whole show every day. And he knows that Australia yesterday was mad at you because you called them a place filled with criminals.
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But Jessica did point out it was mostly pickpockets.
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Jeremy, I will not have you try and sneak a Tom Petty in these windows, resurrecting the spirit of Greg Cody.
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I remember many years ago, Mina Kimes didn't know that she was being heard on Highly Questionable and she was talking and she was saying of listeners of this show That she didn't understand how it is that our audience could listen to all three hours of this a day, given how busy their lives are.
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Jessica, did you just spit out your oatmeal?
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Look, just like you will speak with some sort of reverence about whatever was the best front office experience that you had for a four month period where you felt like it was a magical time in your realm. It's longer than four months. There was a time at the Miami Herald that was considered the best time at the Miami Herald for sports.
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And Greg Cody, like anyone who has been listening to this for 20 years who reads the Herald from back then would take what Greg Cody was doing to Gary Furman as being insult by not putting him in tears below him. Like it was insulting what he was doing to Gary Furman.
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But, well, this is his defense. His defense as he left the studio was the whole thing of, I'm just telling the truth.
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I guess that I was coming after the legend Greg Cody with not enough respect, and everyone here is just sort of saying it's okay for Greg Cody to be arrogant about, hey, I'm Michael Jordan, and this is Craig Hodges.
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Well, this is one of Greg's greatest frustrations is that Kornheiser uses him that way. And that's how Greg gets produced by Kornheiser. And we use him the way that we use it.
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All I was saying is that if there were eight great sports writers on that staff, one of the best in the history of sports sections, and this was one of them, does he not get respect? Hey, man, Ian Clark was on the 2017 Warriors. Okay, so you can't be the eighth man on a great team.
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Why is that an insult? Leave it alone. Why did you bring it up again? Come on, Dan. Why is that an insult, and why are you still spinning up oats?
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And the thing that has flattered me about both Amin and all his hustling and Dominique Foxworth somehow is that they still listen to all of it. And yesterday, evidently, this doesn't happen very often around here. But yesterday, evidently, Amin was listening and there was something about Slapdick that made him want to be a part of the conversation from afar.
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Billy, I do need to understand. You are generally not someone who looks for fights with countries.
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But Australia, what is this unpleasantness that you have welcomed into your life? Nothing.
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Thank you. Do you want to expound on that? Because it didn't really give Billy anywhere to go. He just sort of stared at you and then there was silence, which is generally not great in an audio.
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The Big Suey: The Devil He Knew (feat. David Samson)
Not the devil you know, the devil in general. All right, listen, Sammy Sosa was back in the dugout yesterday. Sammy Sosa is in a cup. Transition. Well, I mean, he's sitting here saying, you're going to beg me on air. You're going to look at me, you're like, Dan, I'm begging you. And so I have to back off. And how do I back off? I go to Sammy Sosa.
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Like, yeah, it was a terrible transition because you're telling me back off, Dan. I'm begging you. I'm begging you.
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No Portillo's, though. I think it's Portillo's, but hold on. Party. Hardy? Hardy? Party pretty hardy? What was that, David?
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What is the hearty in your party that you're talking about that you imagine at... And I didn't mean to be insulting. I'm guessing it's Portillo's. I don't know. It's Italian.
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I thought that Phoenix... They do serve Italian beef, though.
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I assumed you were talking Mexican because of how delicious that would be with Cactus League. Like, if you were going margaritas and Mexican food, that's why I assumed that. That's what I thought you were doing there.
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No. It's uniquely Chicago.
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I'm sorry. We've done a withering judgment of this. I just assumed you were going to a Mexican.
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I just assumed that spring training baseball in the Cactus League, if you're telling me on a party that's hearty, I assumed it was salted margaritas in the midday. Of course you were wrong, though. How would she know any of that?
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All right, well, what's happening right now?
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Well, what is happening between David Sampson and everybody that instead of doing what he was supposed to do for LinkedIn there, he's just yelling about other people getting promotions?
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Jessica, have you gotten to the nominees? Have you gotten to all of the Best Picture nominees? Because I'm sure David Sampson has a whole lot of opinions. I don't know if you're going to be able to get through this by the end of the week.
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So who are you yelling at right now? You don't have promotions, but you're supposed to be doing something for LinkedIn right now, are you not?
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Okay, just, I want to be clear on this. Is Amin, because this is a great insult, if this is true. I didn't know it to be true. You don't get to change Ralph to Ray so that we consider you more of a thespian. You're still Ralph, if indeed you're Ralph. I just don't know if Amin's got this right. It's a great insult if he's got it right, because Ralph is different than Ray.
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Which one? David, what is the movie you're reviewing for us this week?
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What do you have happening here, David? You're going to get shorter.
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No, all people get shorter.
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Do you have yourself leveling off or do you have yourself growing with age?
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See, we buy in here. Now we've done the promo. All right, thank you. Yes, and. So I want to wish a very special day to some people here because February 26th is notable. So a happy birthday to the late Johnny Cash. He would have been 93 years old today.
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Thank you, Amin. You're still in movie star character still. Thank you, Samson. Good talking to you. Look at him. I guess happy birthday. We should be saying happy birthday to him as well. Look, what are you laughing about? I guess happy birthday is the weakest happy birthday wish ever. Where's that on the hierarchy?
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Billy, I was just disoriented because you did a lot in very small windows during this hour. You had me spinning with what it is that you were whispering in small windows during this hour. He's 34. You've had a very strong hour. The Pope is 88.
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He's 57 years old. Yeah, you want to talk about mortality?
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All right. Because you said you had a lot of you had a lot. All you were doing is taping all day. And then I said you work 20 hours and you said 15 and everyone laughed at you.
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You guys need a detente. Eric Abadu is 53 today. Thank you, David. Good talking to you. Yes, John and Cash. Oh, we didn't even get here.
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Jeremy, no, no, stay there. No, no, no, don't go. Okay. No, no, stay right there. You want to hear from me about the heat? Jeremy, no, I'd like you. Uh-huh. to explain to me why you decided to whimper a goodbye that began with, for what it's worth, and then threw a nice compliment at Samson, and you thought that would be okay.
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It's her fault.
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A happy 72nd birthday to Michael Bolton.
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And, of course, the most important one, Twitch streamer Cheese turns 29 today.
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Yeah, that'll do it. So, David, ESPN and Major League Baseball have divorced three years early. Why? What happened there? What does it mean that $550 million just goes up in smoke?
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What just happened there? What's I thought you were talking about real people. What did you do? You talked so much that you talked yourself into a circle and then were afraid to offend people who related to the devil? Well, today's my birthday. Really?
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You have the same birthday as Cheese? As Johnny Cash? Michael Bolton.
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When you say not happy with them, though, please correct me here if I'm wrong, because ESPN helped usher in a golden age of baseball on television. And as the sport shrunk and regionally cable networks bought things up, ESPN covered baseball a lot less than they used to, a lot less well and just with a lot fewer resources.
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What you're talking about now, like Tim Kirkson and a bunch of other people we care about over there have drowned under. They're not paying very much care to baseball over at ESPN. They're not covering it with a lot of resources. Isn't that part of what ends up happening at the end here?
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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I guess what I'm asking, David, and I'll leave it at this, the partnership between ESPN and baseball, it's a television partnership. It benefits both parties. If Major League Baseball goes elsewhere, are they going to be able to just get more programming and power because it's going to matter more for that entity to have baseball?
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So the property is worth more than that. When you say I'd make the latter bet, you're saying the property is worth more than the $550 million.
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You started this segment with the lyric from a song that seven people in our audience got. And you were doing this because I assume it was your birthday. And I don't even remember what the song was.
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OK, come on. It's a classic. OK, yeah, but I just didn't I wasn't paying that close attention. He was just amusing himself and seven people that he was making that reference for. And so I was just curious, do you have some birthday habits? Like, do you have are you an unusual birthday person? It does it mean something to you?
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Super meaningful that today is your birthday and we've gotten you nothing and we haven't celebrated it and we celebrated the birthday of cheese instead.
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It just is. It's just so pathetic.
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This means that David Sampson is here. David Sampson, it's a special day because he's also LinkedIn. What are you doing linking in over here for LinkedIn?
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I do want to laugh for a moment as people get to look behind the curtain here at the idea that David Sampson, who I'm going to guess is working about 16 to 20 hours a day. He doesn't sleep. He's crazy. He's an unbelievable weirdo. Working 20 hours a day. I don't know. How many hours? He just said he watched four movies yesterday.
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How many hours a day do you think you're working, Dave?
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What I'm saying, though, is that David's always talking. He's always busy. And in the middle of that, he's always worried, also in the middle, that he might say something that would get back to his family as him calling his wife the devil. And it's where he— The devil, he knows. It's where he stumbles and it's where he falls down, even though he likes to fancy himself like a ballerina with words.
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Okay, what was it about? Jess, I don't know what it was about. I wasn't in there. I was in the other room, and I just heard someone shout, and I don't know who was shouting it at whom. The doors closed. You are a short-sighted moron, and I just don't think that would go in many workplaces.
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Okay, but this is what I was talking about with Taurasi and a connection to a community and what it is that got ripped away from Dallas fans. Because the unexpected in all of it, like when you're making a seismic noise that gets everybody around the Super Bowl and around sports to be like, holy shit, what just happened there? That's unexpected to me.
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Imagine what it feels like to have it be that kind of unexpected to a fan base that did not see it coming and had a relationship in the morning with that player and that person they thought was going to be for 10 years. And then what just happened? It's all over. And now they're all in PR spin and death threats and he needs home security.
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Okay, but there's been an outcry. There's an outrage that's real. It's not just internet yammering. There's been protests. It's an unusual thing. A transaction, perfectly legal by any metric in sports, landed with a betrayal that makes a fan base feel like the rules were broken.
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Well, give me some video here, some audio support to some of the things happening last night at this game. What were they chanting?
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They thought it wasn't real. That's right. Shams, the most credible guy, he had to say, no, I was not hacked. This is a real thing. But I do want to go back to where we started here because I'm with Chris Cody on the front end of this in that you work all of your life to get into a power position in sports.
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I don't know Nico's entire story here, but he is running the Mavericks and all I've associated with the Mavericks and running the Mavericks forever has been Mark Cuban. Mark Cuban said he would have never done this. Mark Cuban, you can't hear from. He's run into hiding, like the most public guy, hasn't talked much about giving his real commentary as someone I think he still owns 27%.
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of the Mavs, like he had to be wounded by this. This had to be an over my dead body kind of thing where I'm guessing, I mean, you tell me, you know the inner workings of like real power better than I do. But Mark Cuban originally said, I'm still gonna be in control of day to day operations. And then that turned pretty quickly.
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And then next thing you know, they're doing something that would have been done over his dead body if he was the owner of the team still. So so that gets traded. It sends seismic shock throughout the league. And now this person who has worked their entire life, who made this trade for whatever the reasons they made that trade, that person's an international shame at being incompetent at his job.
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Like everyone chanting, you're just terrible. That could not have been what he expected. It just couldn't have been.
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Well, I don't know what to do with this part of the tension on our show, but... Like Mike Ryan, who fancies himself inventor of Heat Twitter and patron saint of protecting the doors of what excellence looks like with the Miami Heat, is appalled by the idea that Jeremy would support anything that's happening with the Heat.
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So you don't feel bad for him, and it's the job. All you're saying is, get out of the feelings. It's the job. And I know I'm expressing a minority opinion here. I feel bad for anyone that the Internet leaps on their neck. OK, like and it's this one's too easy, right? Like it's not even that anyone disagrees. There are no arguments being made on the other side of this.
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And then Anthony Davis immediately gets hurt. I'm just saying that from inside, whatever that man's life is right now, that must be unpleasant. Whatever the job was, it's probably not what he thought when he took that job.
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Anyone else? Why are you wearing sunglasses? Look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm distracted because I think I just realized... Was that Sean Connery back there? I don't know who that was. What kind of voice was that?
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I'm going to jostle you right now when I tell you the Portland Trailblazers are basically as good as the Heat this year. If you haven't been paying attention to the last six weeks of basketball. They've been on fire. The Portland Trailblazers have the same record, essentially, as the Miami Heat. So this is a calamity.
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While I was gone, a third Zagaki was born, and I think I heard, correct me if I'm wrong here, Jeremy trying to partake in a fourth Zagaki, and I am here for a future where I am surrounded by a chorus of clucking Zagakis. Stugatz.
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I know, but Jessica said I changed the subject on him. The thing I wanted to talk about is the sunglasses because I think I know what's happened here. I was flipping through the trailers on Hulu the other day and I saw Mean on my screen and now all of a sudden he's a movie star.
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Thank you. Yes, it's the first three months of the year. Thank you for the industry jargon. Billy, Chris, I've seen on both of your faces that you're skeptical of what it is that Amin... I thought he got drunk and fell and had a black eye, to be honest.
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I don't know how you can defend it, Jeremy, but I can't imagine how your last two days felt listening to this show not being able to say anything.
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That was amazing to see all of that happen in real time and see Amin trying to hide on television while surrounded by cameras with his face. You did a Jay Leno? He tried to do shows where his face looks swollen. His face looks swollen weeks later.
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What is happening? Are you going to tell us about your movies? Because Chris Cody is now frustrated with you.
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Okay, I'm sorry. All right, so do we have a clip? Yeah, let's play the clip. Do we have a clip? Okay, no, we don't have a clip. Okay, because you didn't tell me we have a clip. You just told me we're in two movies. I had to figure it out because I noticed 15 minutes too late that you were wearing sunglasses because the front end of my day sped up on me.
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And so it literally took me 15 minutes to be like, let me look at Amin in the eye to see if his face is still swollen, if his teeth are okay, or if he's bleeding from anywhere. Let me look him in the eye to see how sober he is or isn't. And then I realized you're wearing sunglasses.
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Now, it didn't seem like Jessica or Jeremy were that interested, though they were nodding.
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Great idea from great comedians. I did not know any of this. So that's one movie you're in. What's the other movie you're in? Because Chris and Billy seem unimpressed. You're looking for someone.
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It's all right. It's two movies. Look, it's hard to get movies made. It's hard to get acting work. AI is consuming all of the actors in Hollywood, and Amin is now making, he's gonna have a Screen Actors Guild card, right? You're gonna be an acclaimed actor. You're gonna have acting credits no one around here has.
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Can we check in on your father and find out whether indeed he's kept that little flap that is above his belly button? I was hoping yesterday to get the crew to see if they could find that clip from Freedom that I thought was the best thing produced in those 24 hours, which is the interview at 4 a.m. Amin, don't get your feelings hurt by that.
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I thought the best thing that we produced in 24 hours was at 4 a.m. when... When Greg Cody checked in with a doctor in Tupelo, Mississippi, on Zoom, who was checking in, he had wood paneling in the back of whatever his office was, and he diagnosed the flap on Greg Cody's stomach to be something that was a benign sort of bird beak.
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that we now have in our possession, I'm hoping, like that we're gonna be able to show to our audience. I remind you that we got thousands of people to come out and see his toenail.
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Thousands. Well, it was over a thousand people were in line to see a toenail.
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I'd love to drag it out. No, Jessica, you wouldn't want to drag. No, see this. I've already left. Yes, Jessica. No, help me. Jessica, I need help managing this because Jeremy hasn't gotten to speak for two days. That's not good for anyone in his life. So Fuentes got an earful.
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And be with us forever. Little Greg Cody. We have to do this. Is there the possibility that the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody is going to have a loopy Greg Cody talking after being drugged, after having had this removed, and where you'll get your exclusive information for whether this is now in his possession?
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I think it's a violation of both your dad's privacy.
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I don't think we're supposed to know any of that. Imagine popping Greg's intestine back in. You are a horrible son.
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Well, what happened with Fuentes?
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There you go. My mic wasn't on. You've got to have your mic on. It's one of my favorite characters, but the mic has to be on for it. I am a little worried about Amin and what's happening around here because he wants to be in movies, or I guess he is in movies.
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That was a poem. Okay. I want to say that that mockumentary I'm watching, and I saw that it was executive produced by the king, that you're not just a movie star. Richard Petty?
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LeBron? Elvis? Billie Jean? That LeBron James, that this is a LeBron James executive produced vehicle. So you're running in real Hollywood circles.
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Get it now. Okay, so give us 90 seconds of your best material on the Mavs, on Luca, on Last Night, and during it, please just run on an endless loop a meme failing an American Ninja Warrior.
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Well, there are three guys that have sort of bent the sports numbers, right? LeBron, Westbrook, and Luka are the only three players who have had triple-doubles against every team in the sport, right? That's what also happened last night. But no, that's not a good Luka game. That's an inefficient Luka game. Luka 6 for 19 or whatever it was, is Luka not good enough?
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It's a triple-double, but it's as unimpressive as those things can be.
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I do not know what you guys think is the big story of the day today because Chris Cody's got a new game I'm dying to play here called Patriotic or Annoying. And I want to get to it. Jeremy and Jessica have been hypnotized by Chalamet. And so I want to get to that as well. We've got a wild Billy Wednesday episode. In the middle of Amin here.
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Billy, were you just surprised to learn that it's a wild... Yeah, Amin's here, so it's an Amin day.
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No, you don't know?
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Chris, I believe all of us are appalled and just listen. Just slow down. I spoke to him. Chris. No, hold on. Chris, hold on. I don't think you understand how life can be taken for granted. When old people go under anesthesia for any reason at all, and your father's health has been coughing for many years here, so perhaps when he leaves surgery, you want to know immediately that he's okay.
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And so while you talked to him last night, probably not soon enough, and it's okay that we judge you for being a bad son there.
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Wait a minute. Can we put that on display, that flap over his belly button? Did he take it home? Did you learn whether or not it's the when you recorded with him? Surely your father's going to want to talk about his surgery, but he's also probably on meds, isn't he? Like, your dad left here yesterday to have a surgery.
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Isn't your dad loopy during the taping of the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody?
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Anyway, so there are a number of things I want to talk about today, but I really do think that the biggest story in sports today is Diana Taurasi retiring. It plays her entire career with one team, basically. I don't have much of a recollection of women's basketball of any kind until Diana Taurasi and her teams introduced me to it. Hold on, man.
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I was not watching women's basketball in the late 90s. I was very late arriving to this. Diana Taurasi, basically, I can't tell the story of,
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of women's basketball without Diana Taurasi like I'm not going back to Nancy Lieberman like I know I can do the history of it but to me she represents a pioneer as a 10-time all-star playing her entire career in one place two WNBA finals MVP one MVP like she she is not only a pioneer what do you mean you're welcome guess who's on the staff
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It's just one of the great winners ever. And there's, you know, I don't know if we what the proper way to celebrate these things is when they end. But the idea that, you know, UConn mattered before her, but that she was a part of continuing everything that UConn did for women's basketball in the college game and then gets to Phoenix and plays her entire career in one place.
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And it's still amazing and a fan favorite. at 40 and is a pillar of not just professionalism and caring, but also the cutthroat arrogance of she can be in a room with a bunch of Olympians and say to Draymond Green, hey, how does it feel to be the only one in here who never gets double teamed?
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Like, because if you think, like, I mean, I can't even imagine how cutthroat Diana Taurasi had to be to be as great as she was for as long as she was. Whatever you imagine, multiply that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
I can't, I don't even, I don't, like whatever it is that Kobe had about rip your jugular out, like I would love to have an honest portrayal from all of her teammates of what it was to have someone with that competitive cruelty living inside her.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
I don't know how many of you remember the time when I used to do this show without any notes. That there were no notes in front of me. No production notes, nothing. Just...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Can you explain, Amin, as someone who, I imagine at this point you get at least a little bit of regional identity from the sports in that area, right? Like where you live, what she means to Phoenix, what she means to the place, you know, a place you care about.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Wilbon loves to claim Phoenix, but he just golfs there and has a rental home there. Wilbon's Chicago. How does he get to be Phoenix?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
He likes to be out there now, and maybe he moved his home out there, but he just got there. He's not somebody who's been—I don't associate him with Phoenix. Relax, Danny.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
It is now, but he's, look, you can't, can you claim both places? Can he claim Phoenix and Chicago? We're claiming him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
I suppose that most sports shows today are starting with the Mavs and Luka. That is the story that ends up engulfing everything else. And you guys all saw this, right? These weren't optical illusions. Luka is a good deal skinnier in two weeks. Is he not? What happens after a breakup? Is that what it is?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
us doing show i'm getting older i need a lot more things to keep track of things are moving very fast so i have copious notes in front of me and i'm taking copious notes as i hear in the other room in a workplace run amok i hear just someone shout you are a short-sighted moron I don't know what it was about. I don't know who it was directed at.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Is it oogling or ogling?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
I think it's ogle.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
So why would you choose that word? What do you mean to say? I think whatever you guys were saying. No, what do you think?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
I would just like for you to explain to me and to the audience. Malika. To define either oogling or ogling, what are you telling us that Nico was doing to Luca? Put the photo up. That's what he's doing. No, tell me.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Leering at him? Leering.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
So that's what he's doing. Creeping is so much better than good work. We got there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
I'm pretty sure, though, that the way Jessica's doing that is sort of creepy and haunting and awkward, but there's also some lechery involved in ogling, is there not?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Yeah. You've done very, yes, she did a lot of ray gun there. That's not creeping as much as it is just sort of starch.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Yearn. He yearns. Have you ever yearned? Are you yearning?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Have you yearned?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Okay, that too. You can do that too. Is he oogling? No. No, we're not going to do oogling or ogling again. But just to be clear, what you guys are saying, wearing a blue suit, and you began this by saying you felt bad for him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Okay, but he is there, and we're all looking at him, and while he ogles the ex, we're looking at him saying, you're ogling the ex because you really bleeped this all up. So he's sitting in the middle of his incompetence, right? It's been quite the storm. I don't know what he expected would happen when he traded Luka, but I'm guessing it's miles worse than he thought.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
Do you guys know that you don't work in a normal workplace?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: I'm Here, I've Lived, How About You?
How many times are you going to say at the end of the day, do you think? As many times as Charles Barkley. It's unnecessary. You don't need any of the at the end of the days. We're at the beginning of the day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I need to stop everyone here and have you all realize that you have somebody being cremated, being just a bunch of ashes with seven whole human teeth on top.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I don't believe that. I don't believe it's ashes in chunks. I believe it's just ashes. I believe the incinerator grinds everything to dust. It doesn't grind anything.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
What Tiger King morphing into that chimp movie A think piece on everything that's happened to America that that chimp movie made you profoundly sad. I don't know if chimps incinerate the way humans do.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Earlier, if you were with us last week, you heard people say that I look worse than Chris Penn after he died and then got sicker. Oh, wow. That's a thing that happened. Yes. And so now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Someone said that about you? Yes. That was lovely. Katie Nolan is joining us now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
And at the thought of you reading it all, Stugatz.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Where are you on what we're saying in terms of hardest things to incinerate on the human body? Do you imagine it's the eyeball? Do you imagine it's the toenails? Do you imagine it's the teeth? When people are talking about cremations without looking it up, what do you think is the hardest to turn to ash? It's got to be the teeth.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
So you guys are saying you think that in an urn is a bunch of ashes and the teeth?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
No, I haven't. Katie, I just want to get your thoughts on something because Greg Cody is often doing his very own show. Greg Cody decided with very bad timing to just shout at no one in particular. Guy don't want to earn.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Guy don't want to earn.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Katie is a guest on our show. You're doing one of your signature lines, but she has no idea what you're talking about.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Katie, would you like to try and analyze what he was trying to say with bad timing there? And then he'll explain it to you so you understand. You were so careful the first time you were on with us. You waited about 45 minutes before speaking. Greg Cody just speaks when he wants to.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Yes, the Kornheiser School of Aging.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
That's it. That's comedy in your 70s, baby. Just make things rhyme and then go to the grave.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I thought it was hardest tight end.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Could you fool Gronk with a handful of lollipops? Could you fool him to death? What the answer to Gronk seems to be, because the place we started is he's both the hardest and the easiest. Easiest to fool, but physically we started talking about how do you start to solve this problem if it does not want to be killed? Okay.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I don't like this. It's Billy the third time. It's a wild Billy Wednesday, Jess.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I do and have wanted to talk about the inauguration and Bezos. I don't think we want to do that now. Katie Nolan is here, and I should announce to the people I'm very excited about this. I was very excited to see it. She is making her triumphant return with Casuals. She is at Sirius XM. That's where you can find our show as well, 12 p.m. Eastern on Channel 85.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
And Katie, I was just thrilled to hear, because I've been watching the content you've been making with Pablo, with Dan Soder, just the things that you've been doing. I'd like to see you back in the game in a way that feels vibrant.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Yeah, because I'm very excited about a number of different things here, okay, but also from afar, and forgive me to start here, but it seemed like the Apple baseball experience would seem from afar super scarring, just unpleasant. I mean, Bob Costas at the end is fighting with the baseball purists about how he announces games.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Today's a day of celebration. Because I want people to understand what her return means. To me, she's going to get to do something in her voice now, unencumbered by other things. And I'm excited to see what that blossoms now that she's been strengthened by the bullshit that this media business does to people.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Katie, I feel like you're uncommonly discerning and that you know what feels good in the making of content. I would imagine over the last couple of years, wherever it is that people like Stavros make things that you found some inspiration in, like, I've got a really cool lane. to make something that is adjacent to some cool people and creators.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
And I've learned some things that the hard way in the media business to make this exactly the kind of people I want to collaborate with.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Every Tuesday and Thursday in the SiriusXM app, wherever you get your podcasts, I wanted to ask you about what you think is going to happen with Tom Brady. But I also wanted to ask you the difference between how you're selling this endeavor during your media tour and the difference between how you should sell it
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
here because I really do believe this is going to be a special thing that you make because you've done a lot of hard-earned learning about what you want and what you don't want from this business. So I believe it's going to be the best thing that you do.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
It's a good question. What have you said most often while on this media tour?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
As you're going around saying, hey, casuals, it's a podcast for you. How do you sell that to others who aren't familiar with your work versus how you would sell it to us?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
We had at one point some sleepy imaging of us talking about Jokic and the way he's dominating basketball with unprecedented numbers that make you bored.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Because his teammates aren't good enough, even though he's won a championship with them, and he is playing a form of basketball, I think it can be said, without it being shocking or controversial, is the greatest offensive basketball that has ever been played by anybody, ever.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
It's my only door. It's unbelievable. Hey, ladies, do you want a portal to the caveman in your life?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I started with him and Fowler, but yes, it has to be, like, what happened at the beginning is, of course, profiling. Nagandi got accused, and then it became, it has to be a white man. It's only a white man. And so we've made all of the guesses from Tim Tebow to Lou Holtz. Oh, Tim Tebow's definitely private, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
The commerce of it is what's clear. I love the fact that they are just trolling the business. Stugatz is like, why didn't I think of this? I'm so upset.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Can I sell people a government-sanctioned, federally mandated, cutting the line? It's legal. You'll pay anything to not stand with your shoes off next to that guy, won't you? That barefooted guy from Des Moines. You got $75? You want to stand over here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Now, we can argue about defensive metrics and whatever it is that you want to say about Michael Jordan, but the sport of basketball cannot be played better offensively than the way Jokic is playing it. He's the best we've ever seen. We're watching it as it happens. We can have whatever it is our mythologies are about Michael Jordan, but numerically, empirically, rebounds, assists...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
What a grift. It's not any safer. You can just buy yourself. That's the future.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
It was just weird. I was really sad Katie happened to be there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I'm like, you want to just eat some of my grandmother? I don't know. She volunteered, so I was like, okay, I guess.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
It's so weird. She just happened to be around. It was an emotional moment, and she comforted me.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
She held me in her bosom, and we just sobbed together.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I am very excited about this. I urge you to check out Casuals because Katie Nolan has always made good things and you should support someone who deserves your support with something I'm sure she's making for SiriusXM that is great just because she's the one making it. Thank you, Katie. Did you have Brady questions for her? I did.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Put it on the poll, please. Do you hear Tom Brady's teeth when he talks? That is a horrific announcer criticism. Meaner than anything that anyone said to Katie on Apple.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Field goal percentages from three. Offensive efficiencies. There's never been anything like it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Go ahead and play the imaging. We're going to reverse engineer this thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Here's the start of the day. It's weird. We can agree, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
It's weird that this guy can be so unprecedented kind of dominant that you're bored by it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Stugatz, just so you know, like when you do a dive on the numbers, and I know you guys don't care about this, but when he's on the court, The Denver Nuggets are a historically great basketball team at all times. And the moment he leaves, they're terrible. Like when you do the sample size of the last few years, like if you just get him five minutes of rest.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Jessica, what are you doing?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
More than any player in sports except maybe Kawhi Leonard. Can I think of somebody who would just rather retire to a life where he was just a retired one-trick pony? House arrest. Wandering around, eating bits, just eating bits and just doing one thing a day very well and leave me alone for the rest of the time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I think, you know what? Do you realize how weird it is to say what I'm about to say? And I think the audience would not know this superstar well enough to answer my question if I don't make it about whatever he values in dollars. If I just say to you, do you think he'd be preferred to be doing that or just, you know, a shepherd?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
He's just wandering around being a shepherd who occasionally can go to the local nightclub. Which would he choose as a life? Is he the one guy that you would say, I'm not sure I can answer that question accurately?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
You tell him right now, would you prefer to keep playing the rest of this season? We've got a lot of road trips. You don't really want to go to Memphis, do you? Or be a shepherd?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
I don't know. I can't say anything with confidence. That I can't say it with confidence gives me confidence that I can say it with confidence. I understand what you're saying. Because it's not a question I can pose to anyone else and have it be a reasonable question. We would all like to be. Look, have you not dreamt of going to a t-ball game and just kicking everyone's ass?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Like just hitting home runs all over the place, able to throw the ball fully across the diamond.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Have you not dreamt of being athletically dominant?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
You could go to a park and beat up children if that's what you want to do. You're absolutely right. My dreams go no higher than a local Y. Like, it It starts at beating up children in a local playground game and they don't go to the NBA. My dreams die at the local Y where I'm scoring 16 and making a buzzer beater.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Yeah, well, that's the thing. Second in the league, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Just lunacy for a person his size. Okay, fair enough. In all regards, you're totally right, Jessica, on all matters here. For the content in general, as it regards excellence for all times, an immortal. But not really. Because he's a foreigner and because he plays in Denver. The rules are you've got to play in my city and be from here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
He doesn't want to be in Minnesota playing tonight. He doesn't want to get on the bus. He doesn't want to walk from the hotel to the team bus today. He'd do it for goats. He'd do it for horses.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
It's weird. It's an odd thing to say. We will not find out evidently who skipped the TSA line. That part is really disappointing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
Cody still wants to know, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
It's almost too late. Jessica, how do we get these hints out of you? What can we do to get some more information here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
What he's clearly saying, okay, is that he had this awkward conversation with his dentist. When you're dead... your teeth will still be in your head. That's a conversation he had with McGillicuddy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
He's got a good set of teeth. He's saying that you come from good fabric and that your dental structure, what's been passed down to you, makes you someone who will have, when you are, a numb skull. Right. In the grave, your teeth will be intact because you have, listen to me, teeth in your mouth, teeth in your head.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
There's no way this could be so.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Guy Don't Wanna Urn (feat. Katie Nolan)
What kind of darkness do you do in your spare time?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Lucy's Trip to the CFB National Championship
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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The Big Suey: Lucy's Trip to the CFB National Championship
That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
The Golik seemed to still be in hotel rooms. Yeah. So we might be able to rule that out.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Is Tallahassee both barely Florida and the most Florida? Yes. Yes.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Well, Greg, I have a question for you. Is the problem the cheerleaders, or is it the lack of cheer followers? Because we have cheerleaders trying to lead cheers that no one chooses to follow, and then people go rogue.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
And then I get to scream charge. If not for that sound, I would never scream charge and I would never clap my hands with everyone in unison. They need to tell me everybody clap your hands and then we know it's time to clap our hands.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
He was the crowning jewel of the Hee Haw 3.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
I am the leader of the Hee Haw 3. You are. Founder as well. Yep. Just imagine, Greg, how electric it would be if you had 80,000 people with pom-poms that knew exactly the hand motions to do at the same time as the cheerleaders. Yeah.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Maybe we put it in the store. Yeah, you get a gold ankle bracelet. You know what I think, Greg?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Yeah, hold on. He's doing what you're saying he should do. Do it until you're satisfied. Exactly.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
This also, by the way, is probably just psychological and not affecting too many people, but we spoke about it beforehand with Lucy, and I think some with Jess, which is... You see the little numbers next to the teams, too, and you see seven versus eight for the national championship. And you're like, even though it was the two best teams at the time. Give me a one, two.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Yeah, the seeding really threw everything off where you felt like you were getting a lesser than national championship because you had low seeds in the tournament. And they were the best teams that were there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
I need to see it on my TV screen. The 7 was okay because if I squint it looks a little bit like a 1, but that 8 really threw me off.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
You keep bringing that up. Greg, I was thinking, because you mentioned designer ankle monitors and ankle bracelets. You know, one of the problems with house arrest, I think, is that you have a certain number of people on house arrest at the same time, as you mentioned, 250,000 at any given time.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Right. But like a lot of them, I mean, they're they're essentially they're paying their mortgage, they're paying rent or whatever, but they can't really leave. I feel like maybe we have an opportunity where we could set up like situations where like multiple people under house arrest cohabitate. You know what I mean?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Maybe we set up like an apartment complex where it's just full of people on house arrest.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
It really is. Consider everyone in house arrest in the same place.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Why haven't you gotten there yet, Dan? Why do you still think plans are fun? He doesn't have kids.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
Just don't want to see you.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote is a Natural Hype Man
And once you get married, that cute game of things are voluntary is done. You have to go to all these things. They're all voluntary. Recent estimates say it's between 125,000 and 150,000 people under house arrest in the United States. So off by about 100,000. What an opportunity, though, for housing.
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I thought I'd be the only one. Don't do that, Craig, because people are not going to know you're joking and they're looking for blood today.
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Which tight end do you think would be hardest to kill? Hmm. Gronk.
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You can lure a certain number of tight ends just into a forest, and then anything can happen.
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And I'm not saying this because I wish violence, obviously, on any tight ends. I'm just saying if we're literally doing Immortal, I'm trying to figure out which one would live the longest. Who would be easiest?
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He took us there. Wild Billy Wednesdays. That's why. No, it's just immortality. We're tying Bob. Unfortunately, we found out not an immortal.
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That is too soon. Cheese and peas are the family.
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Bob would love that joke.
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I heard that at his funeral, he was handing out like they had cocktail napkins with some of his dirtiest jokes. And that's what was giving to the guests at his.
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Nary a bad word about Hollywood. Say something bad. Exactly right. Make clear your accusation. Hold on.
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Whoa. It's a bridge too far.
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He's always that guy. Be a football player, be a tight end. That would shock me. Martin Short, tight end.
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He's just Vin Diesel. He's not even acting. He thinks he's Dominic Toretto.
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That's just one. So do something else. That's all Greg's saying. Be something other than Martin Short.
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Bob Ryan was not too thrilled about this situation either, Dan. I don't know if you saw what he said. He said whoever did not vote for Ichiro in the Baseball Hall of Fame election should have his or her voting rights revoked and should be placed under house arrest because clearly that person is unhinged and a clear danger to society.
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Is it weird that there's some times that I hope for house arrest? Like, I never looked up what it is.
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Yeah, and I was fine. It didn't go well.
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What? House arrest? Eh, voluntary. Seems like a breeze. Nah, it just seems like a get-out-of-jail-free. I mean, you're in jail. I guess your house is your jail. But it's like a get-out-of-jail-free card for certain things you don't want to do, right? Like, I can't house arrest. And then you show them a little ankle monitor.
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Like, I should look up what you can do to get house arrest and get out of it.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Oh, I thought you were doing house arrest again because I looked it up.
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I said that's fair. Why are you lashing out at me? No, it's Billy in the background.
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What? Really? I'm sorry? That's a very vague statement. Blood from that situation? Just general blood? Hmm. Please expand.
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I don't I look this up. I don't want to go down the path of house arrest just because of what you need to do. So like fraud, embezzlement, shoplifting, bad checks like that. OK, that's not that bad. Driving under the influence like we don't want to do that. Unless it's like controlled, right?
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Where you go to like a closed road and you self-report and you like tell the cop, hey, this is the time I'm going to be here. I already put up the cones. No one's in danger. Exactly right. I'm just looking for some house arrest here. I just, I can't fulfill social obligations for the next, I don't know, six months to a year and a half or whatever. Just come over here, park by the side of the road.
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This is a deal. So we do it the safest way possible, right?
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I guess, but like...
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House arrest? Yes. I think I'm okay. You have a clean record? Yeah. Okay. I mean, until I have my fake Dewey, you know?
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Hold on a second. They are for sale. I looked it up. Really? How much?
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We define freedom very differently. For you, freedom is not being under house arrest. For me, freedom is. It's your heaven. Exactly right.
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I mean, I have a small home, so it will get old after a while. But, you know, for a week or two, it's fine. But it's home.
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I think I was stressed out about the fact that I was taking it so well. If I'm looking back, I was like, I'm adapting to this very well. Something must be wrong with me because everyone else is freaking out. And then obviously the anxiety kicks in. It's like, well, what's wrong with me? Why am I not having stress over this situation? I should be handling this much more poorly.
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I'm really good with FOMO. I don't have it. I'm fine with other people having fun on their own. I don't feel like I need to be part of other people's fun. Yeah, I'm okay with that. You're okay with house arrest. You guys can go have your fun. Enjoy yourself. I hope you guys have a good time.
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I mean, I don't mind when they leave the house, too. If I could be in my house by myself. It's like a vacation.
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It's mutual. She's like, this is amazing. It's like a trial divorce.
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I've said this a couple times and I'm sorry to cut you off, Craig, but the best sleep that I've gotten since my children were born was the night that I had to stay in the hospital because I had kidney stones and I stayed there alone. You loved it. I've had a
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fear like my entire life of being alone in the hospital but i was like well i have two young kids like don't don't stay like you need to be home with the kids take care of the kids like i'll brave through this i will like this is one of my fears being alone in the hospital overnight but like i'll do it and i woke up and i was like oof can we get can we get another night of this like i haven't passed him yet like how do we uh how do we hold this over one more day doc i think i'm still feeling something here another stone yeah we got another one
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It was great. I mean, the drugs helped. Of course, they always do. Minor drug offense.
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Postgame Show: SpliffNotes (feat. Juju Gotti)
What is the worst part of the life? What is the worst?
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Where's that giant Jimmy John's giant pillow that you had yesterday? Not a pillow.
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You can just apologize. It's okay.
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All right. Juju, any other thoughts on today's show or anything from the week? We have missed you for the post-games the last couple of days. You've done an exceptional job covering the Unrivaled. Thank you to all of you who suggested, bombarded me with us being bought and paid for by John Skipper's investment in Unrivaled. It is not that. Juju has loved it.
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Okay. Well, a giant bag of chips that looks like a pillow. Yes. It's good work by you.
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What is the critique of the Samson segment today? Anything good or bad come out of that?
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Where Greg Cody would be batting cleanup. Exactly.
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What else do you have for us, Juju, today in the way of complaints?
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I have still not been able to shake my Iceman mistake. I am still suffering from Tell Us About the Life. Jujugati, please soothe me. I'm sure the internet was very kind about my vulnerability and my awkwardness.
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I have to get used to this because I thought we were a live show that talked about the things that had just happened. I thought that's how we were doing this. I must be some sort of dinosaur trying to do something that reacts to whatever it is just happened. That's not how we're doing it anymore.
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I will take it under advisement. Polls, please. I will try to do better. We will see. I was defiant yesterday.
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I will try to do better.
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I didn't really get from anybody other than the nominee of us a podcast that would be less listened to than Byron Scott is what it is that Chris Cody got in the mix with.
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there from i wanted other actual nominees uh because juju's right that's a slight of theo penson theo penson has pinson has done something that not all of us have done but chris cody's reaction to us playing theo pinson sound was who's theo penson that was a legitimate question he was asking the ice man no not the ice man let's play a sound here from uh tony earlier in the show
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Postgame Show: SpliffNotes (feat. Juju Gotti)
Let's play it against the slurp. Chris Whittingham's slurp was he was just gulping a bubble of air. Oh, that's aggressive.
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But Tony has second place, third place in the slurp category in the last couple of weeks. It was more of a spitball.
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All right, we'll see if we can find it. It sounded like you're slurping saliva, like you got some saliva in your mouth, is what it sounds like.
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Postgame Show: SpliffNotes (feat. Juju Gotti)
No, you have not been framed by others on this show. Wouldn't be the first time. What do we got for polls today, Juju?
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What's the over-under on that? If I asked the audience and we came back with a median, I'm guessing under on five. I put the number on five. Do you bet over-under the average person knows five telephone numbers?
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Maybe I'm wrong. You think it's too high?
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No, if you've been grandfathered in on having to know it, maybe. But I'm guessing there's a whole generation of people who don't know any phone numbers. Why would they have to?
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We have some context here from Lewis, who's always trying to help Tony as an ally. So let's see the video and the context that Tony requests.
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That seems like it's edited. That doesn't seem that that's fair in any way.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
It's not been a good hour for Greg. It's been moving a little bit fast. I did want to ask you guys, because this one struck me yesterday as something that we didn't quite explore enough. Billy Gill and Greg Cody being against the...
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fun of the Savannah Bananas, just against 65,000 people coming out to a football stadium and filling it to see an invention, an invention of creativity that has crashed the sports market and fills the stadium in a way that's lunacy for minor league sports. And Greg's against it. And it also represents like breaking through on just, hey, sports can be fun. And Greg's against it.
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And Billy's against it. And I'm like, why would you be that aggressively against something just because it's popular? And it's popular because people are just enjoying something that's kind of goofy and fun and silly.
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It just seems like such a strange thing to shake your fist at in sports. You hate the Harlem Globetrotters, too? That's what he was saying. His point yesterday was that. Yes, that he also aggressively hates the Harlem Globetrotters.
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It's all made better by a guy on stilts.
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Guy on stilts. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Guy on stilts make everything better. Greg Cody's still mad at Billy Corbin and said that coward jackass didn't show up. It's true. Eliza Schlesinger is next.
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Don Libetard. You are very comfortable talking about how you met your wife, how much you love her, how important she is to you, and that's the reason that I asked the question. I've always admired that about you, that you have no problems whatsoever professing your love.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I appreciate you soothing me in this regard, but I already feel terribly awkward. And then my teammate comes to my defense with not a question, but just a healthy congratulations. And the further pointing out of that awkwardness, because he's always good for me in those spots. I'm also thinking of divorce, Vince, after many, many years, 18 years with a partner who does things like that to you.
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This is the Dan Labatar Show with the Stugats.
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Hello, Eliza. It's nice to see you again.
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She was on South Beach Sessions, if you have not seen her. And she's got a new special out, A Different Animal. It's currently streaming on Amazon Prime. She's on tour now with U.S. and international dates through the end of 2025. And she's got shows in Florida all of next weekend, March 28th at Hard Rock in Hollywood, March 29th at Hard Rock Orlando, and March 30th, Hard Rock in Tampa.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
You can find dates and tickets at Eliza.com. Eliza Schlesinger with us. Thank you for joining us. You can catch her on South Beach Sessions. We had a long-form conversation. How's the tour going?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
How do you feel about touring? It takes you away from the family. Sometimes you can bring the family with you, obviously. But how do you feel about it?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Last time that I spoke to you, you avoided generally social media commentary, but the praise for your comedy special has been strong. Are you still avoiding it?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
What do you love about this special? Obviously, you are now a veteran. You have polished these things. Do you feel about this better than you have about others? I know you sort of have to say that, but what have you learned?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Incidentally, you're talking to somebody who didn't actually have sex in high school because he lost his virginity at 23, we learned yesterday. Yeah, 22, actually.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Can you explain to us what the feeling is with a special coming out? You've been sculpting this work for a year or longer, I would assume. So is it relief? Is it excitement? Is it nerves? Is it all of it?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Are these political times good for you, though? Comedy wise, not any other way.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
What are the three comedians or comedians that you will check out whatever it is they're doing with a degree of enthusiasm, excitement? You'll make sure to find it and, you know, just admire it.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
One of the things that I've been interested in, and Cat Williams spoke of this when he did that Shannon Sharp interview, is pointing to the Joe Rogan comedians. And he was saying none of those guys are funny, but they are running comedy. And the amount of popularity that Rogan's guys are getting and the economy that that is in Austin that now feeds Kill Tony and an assortment of other things.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Where is your assessment on Cat Williams saying, I don't like this? the people that Joe Rogan knights, even understanding that I'm asking you a bit of a dangerous question there.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
There's no more famous story of the way that women can be mistreated in comedy than Joan Rivers being run off the road the moment that she started competing with Johnny Carson after Johnny Carson and helped her in so many ways and she helped him in so many ways.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I would assume that it is a world of atrophied adolescents close to toddlers is what I would assume the world is.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
What do you love and hate about the road?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Give me some of the moments or a moment on this particular tour where you have been awed by either the size or the emotion of the crowd. and compared it to something in your past early in the journey where you were like, man, I'm a long distance from that catastrophe when I used to tour?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Oh, but that's such a great snapshot that you're describing at the top of your profession where, I mean, that's just the coolest. How old is she when this is happening?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
You were actually paid in chicken fingers? How early in the career was that where the act paid you in chicken fingers?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
March 28th at Hard Rock in Hollywood, March 29th at Hard Rock Orlando, March 30th Hard Rock in Tampa. If you want dates and tickets, Eliza.com. Help us settle an argument from yesterday. People are yelling at me because they say I ruined and spoiled the Righteous Gemstones because I told everybody that Walton Goggins is funny when doing full frontal and angry.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
What are the rules on this in the modern age? Can you help me, please?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Yes.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Hold on a second. No, it's not. No, no, no. Hold on. Hold on. It's just a name drop. When you said, I was on it last season, we like to, you know, it's a look at me situation.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
It's supposed to be appointment viewing. I thought that this was one of the shows that we all talk about at the same time.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I reject that as a suggestion uniformly.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
It is nice to see you again. Eliza.com is where you go. A different animal is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. There it is. Look at that. Wait a minute. Oh, look at that.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Yes, that's a great dismount. Looks deeply unhappy, that animal.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Thank you. I have not been able to shake that last segment off of me. Welcome back, though.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I was ashamed.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Wouldn't he want that look there?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Did I say Grady? I don't know.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I wasn't looking either. Guys, we've got to do better than that. We've got to do better than we've done for the last 30 minutes. It's been a great hour.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I picked a random number out of my ass.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Let's have that be the clear spinoff to Don't Look Now, Looky Here, a totally different game.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Yeah, you can look now. We're on to looky here. I released you. It's totally different, Mike. Don't look now. You've got to wear a blindfold. Looky here, you're allowed to look.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I can hear people screaming. No, it's not don't look now anymore. It's looky here now. It's looky here. You're now allowed to look. We've changed. We've got a spinoff.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Well, but that's the slow report.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Okay, but what if we were doing it right now? What if we were doing looky here right now? Can you come up with something that— See, this is— Look, we are— shaking at the end of a work week. That's, look. It's Wednesday.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
No, no. I want to paint this picture so that people understand.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
It's not even just that, though. The old war horse, Greg Cody, we've been riding this pack mule now for months, multiple times a week. When he gets to the end of the second work shift... He's been beaten down. Correct. I know this. I'm slump-shouldered. You're hurting here, and you're giving us the best that you've got. Right. But it's why a couple of hours ago, it's you in the batter's box.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
It's a cleanup hitter. There's not a lot left in the tank at this point in the week for you. Can tank, Oris. Can tank. See, not a lot left.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
He's going to give you the best of what he's got, but there's not a lot left. But right now, based on the news of the day, can we get from the football take guy whatever it is that you want to do? Cam Ward's number one. Aaron Rodgers, the Vikings don't want him. You can give me a looky here right now and debut the game producing yourself if you've still got anything in the tank.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I just want looky here and whatever it is you want to do with looky here to really sell this new game that you just invented. Don't look now has been replaced by looky here.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Good point. Thank you. Well, he's been making it for a long time. Tony, I think, debuted. I think that was the original looky here for Tony. Was it not that you were suggesting that that heat playoff run against the Bucs, that it should have started with a tank for the... Why is Mike haunting me right now?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
He's rattled, and he's losing energy as this goes. Zaslow's going to be brought in. Look, it's not easy to replace the Hall of Famer, Stugatz. What just happened there?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Did Mike Ryan— Why?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
No, let's just sit in it. Tone, just back off. Just trying to help. No, thank you. Thank you. It's all the ball in the air. No, but this is what I'm... Look, this is what... Off the shingles roof. You can't say Eskimo anymore.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
All right. I have been falling apart for 45 straight minutes.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
OK, but wait a minute. You're not making anything better. And I just need you to shut up for a second. OK, I simply what I need most from you right now is just silence. OK.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
What is the worst part of the life?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
I didn't see it because it was out of the corner of my eye, but I'm pretty sure that Greg Cody just rubbed one of those giant nostrils across the face of Mike Ryan, who could not stay in character because of how it is it felt to have one of those giant nostrils graze him. Is that what?
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Well, we do nothing better than sink into the incompetence.
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Hour 2: Greg Cote's Equine Nostrils (feat. Iliza Shlesinger)
Because I'd be totally good. All of that, Mike, the smells, the scents, where you're holding your breath like that. Greg Cody, that close to you, that nostril that close to you is substantive.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
So you did. You had one immediately ready. I was surprised by that.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Stunning how good you've gotten at this job that quickly.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
The thing that I wanted to get to with you guys that we have not gotten to, because I know Lucy was obsessed with this as it related to Ben Affleck, perhaps at 50 years old, going back to previous loves again. But we are now dropping multiple power couples. And I did not know that there were two new power couples that have entered the room on discussion for pop culture purposes.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Last night, basketball got off to a fun start. Greg Cody inexplicably swaggered in here today on behalf of North Carolina. That poor, downtrodden, sad sack franchise that needs the defense because it is such a great underdog. Greg Cody stormed in here today and said, even though he didn't know who San Diego State was... North Carolina vindicated after West Virginia's governor came after them.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Speaking of hot, how is this for a transition as a broadcasting professional? How about this guy right here, Christopher Bell? A great nickname, indisputably great nickname, right? The Iceman. He might be tired of telling the story of why and how he is the Iceman. but I'd like to talk to him because he's with Joe Gibbs Racing. He came into Las Vegas this past weekend.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
I don't know if this is a record hot streak or just a hot streak, but he's won three consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victories this season, and he's currently second in the Cup Series standings. He's looking to win his second time here, Homestead Miami Speedway, this Sunday. It's a festival. Greg, you go almost every year. We've been there. This is the best thing Homestead does, is it not?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Oh, but I'm not talking about major race. In Homestead, this and Hurricane Andrew are the things that Homestead is associated with.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
It's a giant event. Mike, please go get your gear head. And thank you, Iceman, for joining us. Does anyone in the family refer to you as Iceman? Please take me through the history of Iceman, because you are reputed to be more aggressive than the other drivers.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
So I'm giving you a nickname that doesn't actually exist, that I'm just producing for you that is not actually your nickname. Maybe you have just started something. We'll see if it takes off. Okay, well, I hope so, because you deserve the nickname. I want to give it to you right now. Just keep referring to him as Iceman no matter what. Why didn't you make up a nickname? I might as well.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
It's right here. It says it right here.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
It's wonderful.
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Thank you for being on with us, Iceman. You are, however, more aggressive than the other drivers. Explain to me how and why.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Christopher, can we put you down for a second to see if we can get this audio fixed?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Can you hear me now? We can hear you, but it just sounds a bit distorted.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Can you try taking your helmet off?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
When we talked to the college basketball coach, Rick Barnes, he wanted to talk about racing instead of basketball. If I give you the choice going into a conversation like this, would you prefer to talk about your profession or would you prefer to talk about the Oklahoma City Thunder?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
In order to be as great as you are at this, do you have to be lopsided? How much time do you even have for things other than the obsessive compulsive work you have to do?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Will you ask for good seats? Absolutely. Hopefully I get to be front row, court side. Okay. So you're not bashful about that? You make that call yourself?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
You've got people to do that for you. You've got people handling that for you. What is the worst part of the life?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
The racing life. The lifestyle, the travel, the moving around. I know you guys love what you do, but what do you regard as the part that is hardest about what you do?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
When you say casually the pressure we're under, can you articulate it?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
It can be, but I don't think necessarily that people know what the price is of dreams, right? So when you talk about these pressures or how exhausted you are after a race, can you sleep or are you adrenaline through the roof? What level of tired and drained are you to be at the end of that?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Iceman. It's been nice seeing you. Thank you for coming on and lending us a racing credibility that clearly we would not have without you. And we now have even less because we've dubbed you the Iceman when you're not the Iceman. Thank you for being so icy, sir.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Okay. I appreciate you being so kind about it because it could have been a lot worse and it still feels pretty bad. Thank you.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
And also the submarine sound. The nice man.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
the nice man the nice man he was thank god he was nice okay because that could have gone so poorly I never got his Jalen Milrow takes though I would have loved to hear about you know combine quarterback takes from Ben Solak I can't tell you how frail I feel right now you'll have a shot at redemption with Ryan Blaney later this week
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Let's do that. We'll call him the Iceman. Let's do both of these things. I'm going to make up a different. Let's make sure to start the next one the same way. Thank you.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
The thing about this that's so great is just, hey, look, sports.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
everywhere morning afternoon and night and there'll be a lot of bad games in there and god almighty everyone's gonna shoot 36 you've been spoiled by the pros trust me when i tell you this is some of this is gonna be very hard to watch the funny thing is about march madness the individual games of college basketball most of the time kind of suck give me the last five minutes
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
It's incredible. I love it. It is. It just really is. White guys. You're opening up. You're...
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Backdoor cuts. Put it on the poll. Shooter! They're all shooters, but they never make it. Put it on the poll at Levitard show. Is the secret sauce to March Madness white guys?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Not true. Is a white guy. There can be an accent. This is not an absolute.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Okay, but for the casuals.
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Not that you ever need to. We got it. We got it. You are now all about racing. You're about tennis. You're out on basketball.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
But on basketball, you seem professional and college. You're out. Got it. You're in the minority here because this is just a smorgasbord of avalanche of action is what it is. It's throwing into a washing machine and turning it on the maximum speed. Just here's sports. and there are going to be a lot of bad games, but they're playing odds on this.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
They're going to draw you in in the last few minutes, and I don't remember that Gretzky guy's name either, but he was kind of bald. All he did was make jumpers and then signed an NIL deal. No, you know who I'm talking about.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
That wasn't the game last night. That wasn't the game to be talking about last night.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
They just said his name, and Dan and I still don't remember.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
It wasn't balding. Like a Norman Osborn. He had something. What he had. What he had, whether it's Sam Rockwell or someone else, what he had is hair that made me think he couldn't do that during March Madness. Oh, he played for Oakland.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
There are some sports things that I wanted to get to today, and one of them is Minnesota's out on Aaron Rodgers. So that's the report, right?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Great poker chip to play in business negotiations if you're the Vikings. Hey, wait it out. Maybe Justin Jefferson will be there for you. Psych, we don't want you. You're retired now, and the Giants don't want you either. What a move that would be at the end for the Vikings to do that to Aaron Rodgers and end his career. Because if the Giants is my only choice, I'm retiring.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
If the Steelers are a legitimate choice, I'm going to try. But the Vikings is where I want to be.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Atta boy.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Atta boy. Still getting that three off. March. There'll be another one. There will. Multiple of them. They're going to spring all over the place. Also in football, Adam Schefter is reporting that it's done now. Cam Ward is the number one pick.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Is there anything more tepid that he could have said in terms of flimsy sourcing than the phrase rumored to be toying with? Like in terms of rumored to be toying with.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
That's right. Rumored to be toying with the idea. It's just you could say that about almost anything.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
So please stop being mean to your father. Cam Ward is going number one, according to Adam Schefter, no matter who wants a number one in a weak draft and a weak quarterback draft. When the thing that everyone in the sport wants now, right? The most valuable thing that you could possibly get in the draft is... Jaden Daniels, value immediately at quarterback.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
Value and production immediately at quarterback allows you... Correct me if I have this wrong in the architecture of the game. It allows you to speed past everyone else if you can immediately somehow hit on the unicorn, but less of a unicorn than it used to be, of guy averages 10 yards a play in college, the way that Daniels did, and he immediately translates to the pros.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
That never happens.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
That's what you're trying... to get as the standard when you go all in on Cam Ward, correct? What you're trying to do is, oh, wow, look, one move. The commanders passed the Cowboys after 20 years of not being able to pass them. Pass them like that.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
You can't forget Neighbors there. Neighbors is incredible. No, he's good. No, not good. I think we can now make the argument after one dreadful season with the Giants, could we not, that Neighbors enters the class of that's as good as there is in the entire sport. Not... You don't think that's right?
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
I'm talking about that's the only class he has not yet reached based on the production level with no quarterback play and not a lot of help after Saquon in New York. I think no one disputes what I'm saying here, that Neighbors has entered the class of top three receivers in the league. Jamar Chase is in there, too.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
We really just, we leapt on you.
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Hour 1: The Worst Part Of The Life (feat. Christopher Bell)
We were unfair to you there. Well, but he was factually an actor.
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Worthy. Chris, do you have a stat of the day related to this?
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The Big Suey: You Bet Your Sweet Bippy
Because I would never ever joke about a 5G network that has invested billions building 5G towers across the country. Not even once. Not even if Mr. Boost Mobile himself asked me to. There is nothing funny about it. Boost Mobile is now a legit nationwide 5G network and also provides coverage across 99% of America. Seriously.
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The Big Suey: You Bet Your Sweet Bippy
Visit BoostMobile.com or your nearest Boost Mobile store location to learn more. The Boost Mobile network, together with our roaming partners, covers 99% of the US population. 5G speeds not available in all areas.
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The Big Suey: You Bet Your Sweet Bippy
That kind of swing. That kind of thing. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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The Big Suey: You Bet Your Sweet Bippy
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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Not unfairly. Not unfairly when you're 1-12.
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Do you want to tell people what the ball segment of your podcast is? I know that your narcissism is such that you think that everything you know is something everyone else knows and everything you say is something that everyone else has heard.
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I want to ask all of you here, sports fans, the folks who over the years have gotten more than a little annoyed when you say likable and unlikable, of this show and what it's been regarding the Miami Heat for 15 years. I believe that there is audience here today exclusively...
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to find out how we feel about Jimmy Butler leading the Warriors last night in a way that he plays the entire fourth quarter. He gets a bunch of free throws. Steph is not needed. They beat Milwaukee. They beat Dame. They're beating Dame and Giannis, and they're doing so going through Jimmy Butler with Draymond Green holding Giannis to 0 for 6. Jimmy Butler must haunt Giannis.
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Giannis must be haunted by everything Jimmy Butler. Draymond Green says, hey, Wemby's out. I want to be defensive player of the year again because he shuts down Giannis. Shuts down Giannis, and then after the game, Jimmy Butler is saying, not only can he do that to anybody, he demands that no one help him with it. He does not want any help. He gets insulted by Draymond Green.
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Old as he is, annoying as he is, still plays defense at a level that is insane.
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And I'm wondering if, to the group here, this feels like if you're an ex in a relationship, you see your ex out with somebody else, and all of a sudden it seems like they have a more passionate relationship than the one that you had. And all of a sudden, you find yourself... longing for everything that's happening over there because the Warriors are 14-2.
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And now when Steph is tired, because this part was interesting. So Steve Kerr says yesterday, Steph's tired, he's exhausted, he's carried us for a month. Steph has seven turnovers in a game, can't make anything, says I'm not tired. Says it's my back, my back hurts. And Kerr is saying it's from carrying the team. Now you bring someone in, someone, Jimmy Butler never had something like Steph here.
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Jimmy Butler, everyone here was begging the Heat to get him something better than Jimmy Butler, so then Jimmy Butler could be that on select occasions when it's needed. So when you see that happen last night, your feelings are what?
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Again, though, 11 for 11 from the line plays the whole fourth quarter and every play in the fourth quarter is run through him.
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The part that I wanted to talk with you guys about, though, because the league has been taken away from Steph Curry. The way that you honor the back end of his career... One of the most amazing things any of us have ever seen anywhere across sports, the existence of Steph Curry.
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The way that you protect his aging when the Van Gundys say the hardest thing to do in coaching is to coach the aging superstar. That thing in Golden State that features Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler.
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My question to you guys is how does all of that age when both of them are unwilling, reluctant to give up who they've always been because they're in their later 30s and at some point there has to be a diminishment. Draymond Green already at this point. is only a defensive player.
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We laugh at him in every other respect because he is largely offensively washed, but he does one thing is the fuel of that thing, and when it's not working right, he'll punch you in the face. And so that's opposite Jimmy Butler. And so what you have, a lot of people feel this way. Sam Morrill was on with us.
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This is what he had to say about Draymond Green and just the very idea that he would say that Cat was avoiding Jimmy Butler in a game between the Knicks and the Warriors. And then afterward, the Knicks players were dapping up Draymond Green instead of defending their teammate.
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I don't think you can just accuse him of being mentally ill. I think that's a bit irresponsible.
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I don't know. I just don't. I don't know that. I'm not comfortable just saying that about somebody. Certainly the resume has a lot of behavior that's unstable on it.
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But rare for two to be on the same team aging at the same rate is what I'm saying, too.
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I'm not actually even questioning it. I'm just super interested in seeing how all of it plays out. Because you've got... The thing that made me think of it is I'm assuming that everyone listening to this knows what it feels like to have somebody in your workplace... One person in a workplace who you think, like Greg Cody thinks of Billy Corbin, that guy, that person's a jackass.
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I would say that's actually pretty close to true. But keep in mind, I believe that I have this right when I say he had played tennis before and I had not. I was playing tennis for the first time in my life. It's not something I'd ever taken up.
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But when there are two of them in a small, small workspace, and they're two of the ones in the league that we all look at and say... That's the top of the food chain on like people others wouldn't want to play with. I think it's a fascinating bet that Golden State is making on pressing the gas on. We got a couple of months to figure this out for Steph. We can't even take next year for granted.
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We'll give Jimmy the extension, but this is about right now. Can we take out OKC before OKC becomes too good to take out?
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That locker room had all sorts of problems between him, Rondo, and Wade.
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But this is what I'm talking to you guys about when I say the Van Gundys say the hardest thing to coach is the aging superstar because confidence is the last thing to go, last thing. And the mirror is the last thing to know. And so Jimmy Butler's not going to concede to anybody. He's not going to concede. But if he's the team player everyone thinks that he is...
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This is a fairly self-aware, easy, easy genuflect to make. I'm going to Steph's team. I got my money, and now I'm here to go 11 for 11 on free throws. And if they need me in the fourth quarter because Steph can't carry us, I'll play the entire fourth quarter and have all the plays run through me.
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We were roughly even, and I hated his drop shots.
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I wanted to ask the group, though, because I'm guilty of something here that I see as a great source of conflict in the NBA and at the top of the NBA media pyramid. Right now. You've got an interesting thing happening in the content game where Barkley and Shaq have kind of been running it for a really long time.
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And there are plenty of new voices in basketball who are tired of the old voices, no matter how popular
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They are to us, and they get bothered by things like Shaq being on inside the NBA and being able to get away with not knowing who the coach of the Pistons is, not watching the Pistons, and criticizing a team that's one of the better ones in the league this year because we hang on to the things we've been talking about for 20 years. Stefan LeBron. Stefan LeBron. Michelle Beadle...
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Because it was annoying. But you'd been someone who played. Put it on the pole at Levitard Show. I suspect that Tony would take basketball if he had to choose from among the best of the balls.
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was on the other day saying when Barkley said those fools at ESPN who are just talking Lakers-LeBron all the time.
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She ran afoul of LeBron while at ESPN and she's saying, yes, we were all fools and are fools the way that we just keep talking about LeBron all the time instead of celebrating this new generation of players because it's easier to talk about the thing you've always talked about than to talk about OKC or Minnesota or Or even Denver somehow, because their star's not interesting enough for us.
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But Barkley calls Kendrick Perkins a fool, and then the retort from Kendrick Perkins is this. Hey, NBA on TNT, might want to tell that senior citizen Charles Barkley that I'll be around. When he sees an idiot or fool in person, make sure he keeps that same energy. Straight from the 409 homeboy and we bar none and fade all. Hashtag Texas boy. I read that quickly because I didn't want to read that.
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Yes, you see right through me, Jessica.
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Isn't he 60? I think he just turned 60.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads, like... Cuervo.
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OK, but you guys think just I mean. I understand what is happening in the entirety of the content space, not just sports, but documentaries and people's lack of use for independent freedom, not former player. The idea that Charles Barkley is critical of you and your coverage and that the response is make sure that when we're in front of each other, you might be ready to fight. That's a new thing.
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Like, that's not how we've done that before when the media is talking about the games and the criticism is going back and forth between two entities. In this case, we're going to work together next year if Charles decides that he wants to be there with these people. And it can all be wrestling. But I'm just curious if you guys care at all that it all becomes wrestling.
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But the thing that I'm asking you about, all of you, is back when we were the young, different thing... We were doing the bit to everybody because they were doing the serious thing. Now everyone's good with bit?
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Like, we're good with what sports... We're asking this? I'm asking it. I'm doing bit now. I'm asking... I am actively doing bit.
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I am asking... You know what? I'm going to hold on a second. I've asked enough times for you guys to stop explaining the show here that... Major penalty, five minutes, ruining comedy. I don't need to hear anyone's actively doing bit ever again from anyone on this show. That's weird. that two major media figures would go back and forth with beef is something I enjoy as content.
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Why have you not left yet? Why are you still here? Was that, okay, I'll leave.
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Whoa! What do you mean it's fake?
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It's not fake. What do you mean it's fake? Get out of here. Five minute penalty. It's a five minute penalty and it's not fake.
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You did the crime, now do the time. Somebody's listening right now like, wait, what? I genuinely thought you were doing that to yourself.
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Okay, that's good that that's what you thought, that you can leave now.
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Why do any of us? I enjoy this. Does the audience? We're good with the trade, right? Because obviously a portion of this is personal to me, right? I kind of liked when ESPN allowed the journalists to have the strength. I've also been actively and publicly cheerleading for all of the athletes running into the space to make it a democracy. But when they do so, what you get is documentaries.
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that aren't actually the truth. They're just sort of documentaries that have access because we're blurring the line on some of where these conflicts are in the business economy of this. So when Beatle, as JJ Reddick says, yeah, ESPN is just forcing LeBron on you through topics, like we're forced to do that as a topic, same way you do Tebow.
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And I'm asking you guys, do you do the sport the right service When you're doing wrestling character about the guy you've been talking about for 20 years and ignoring that the MVP is in Oklahoma City because you don't know how to talk about that team even as it runs roughshod over everybody and even if you do know how to talk about it.
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You've never done that? I thought he was speaking a language right there that a lot of us have done in lonely childhood moments where you don't have anyone else around and you want to just play something by yourself. You throw a ball on the roof and try and figure out where it's going to land and catch it before it hits the ground. I thought a lot of people did that.
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Your audience doesn't care and your audience is dictating everything because everyone's fighting over the audience. So you have to talk about the things that's going to get the most people in the tent. But in the transaction, you lose the ability to sell young people anymore. You're just telling the same stories you've been telling for 20 years to the most important demos.
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Jason Tatum is listening and watching the coverage of him, a champion. He's done whatever it is he was supposed to do with his talents. He has achieved now. We cannot diminish him in much of any way. He's saying, I don't get my proper respect. Part of that is because we're always talking about the other people. We're refusing a narrative to give the league over to the other people.
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We'll talk about Anthony Edwards. We'll talk about John Morant. But not this way. Not with the stories that we've fallen in love with for 15 years so that we're still talking about the Warriors. And Theo Pinson, who is proving to us that there are just too many podcasts. Theo Pinson is out here saying this of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat.
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There are a lot of podcasts. What sentence could you put together that would be the funniest there? If I went all in with Byron Scott has a podcast, what are you beating me with?
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The Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody. Damn right. Has a podcast. In the most recent episode, we've got a Best Marches podcast. Best balls, best brackets, best baskets. Correct. I'm honored that you remembered all four categories. It seems like a real delight that you just making lists with your son is also proof that there are too many podcasts.
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How important are... You disrespect... Trying to promote your podcast. You disrespect the march by not remembering that the Million Man March is among your greatest marches.
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Exactly. That's your first thought is you worry about the roof tiles because a tennis ball is bouncing on the roof?
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I don't know why they started there.
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I think we should do that more. Go ahead and play that again. I'm guessing that Jason just made a giant plate of bacon and then sat on the wrong button. I need some help from the group here because Greg Cody is a bit cantankerous this morning because he's a little surrounded today and tomorrow. Zaslow, his sworn enemy, is going to be on the show tomorrow. And Greg Cody and Zaslow have beef.
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And now we've reached out to Billy Corbin, who, of course, is very busy at City Hall because he always is. And we're trying to get a hold of him to talk.
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What do you mean? What's he doing in City Hall? Don't you imagine him always be at City Hall?
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I'm sure there is a meeting.
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So like I said, he's cantankerous and, and he has called Billy Corbin a jackass before on the, on the air. And he's asked me not to inflame that situation, but how do I not inflame that situation when I'm an inflamer?
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And also when he's coming on with us in a little bit to talk about this, Oh, cinema story where you've got, uh, boycotts and protests over an Oscar winning, uh, movie that's being played. And, and the mayor of Miami beach is looking to shut down an independent theater, uh, I wanted to talk to Billy Corbin about that. What do I do with Greg Cody here saying this? This was his life philosophy.
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If you treat me like a jackass, then I think you're a jackass. And and so he didn't have any problem. It's like I've said before, with Edwin Pope and other columnists. When someone of his stature does something that out of character to call someone publicly a jackass, it gets my attention more than if a random person is doing it because he does it pretty infrequently.
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But I feel like Billy Corbin is someone here. who is almost universally annoying while always fighting for the right things. So I don't know. That's subjective.
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Shadow show. Shadow show. Shadow show. Shadow show.
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No, but there is something here. You say it's all personal, and this one's always interesting to me because that one's subjective, where people say in these kinds of conversations, hey, don't do anything personal, and then everyone has a different definition for how they take things personally.
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The source of this is that Billy Corbin didn't want the Marlins to get that stadium, and Greg Cody was rah-rah-ing on behalf of his business being fine with the taxpayers paying so that the Marlins could have a stadium. Before the show, I saw Fuentes and Mike Ryan and a bunch of people screaming at each other as Mike Ryan claimed that Lone Depot Park wasn't up to his standards. It's a hole.
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Shadow in it. Shadow in it. I walk into the room, Chris, and your father begins. His good morning is in the balls section of my podcast. That is how a phrase started.
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That's the personal nature of the beef starts there, and I don't think that there's anything else to it other than that.
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Well, when you say, though, the one positive and you guys in the other room say Billy Corbin, according to whom is on the right side of things, Billy Corbin is perpetually fighting corruption. He's on the right side of perpetually fighting corruption.
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And I think what he was beginning to do, because it became noise after a while when he starts talking about his podcast, like when other people talk about their kids or their fantasy leagues and you just tune it out and stare at their forehead. Yeah. I'm pretty sure that he was beginning an apology about something that he either misremembered or said incorrectly on the podcast.
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You can have your issues with all of the other activisms, depending on whether your political leanings are one way or the other, but there is no disputing that he's one of the few vigorous and vigilant about holding public officials accountable on how it is that they're supposed to behave with the public's money as servants. That's not up for dispute, correct?
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No one here would dispute that portion of it. That's not subjective.
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That's correct, but when you guys say, and I ask, Billy Corbin tends to be correct. When it comes to this thing, it's been an enormous waste of money locally. It's not just that our politicians got taken. It's that the sport's only alive here barely and not functioning as a business in any reasonable way because they got that stadium. Otherwise, they'd be in the situation the A's are in.
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We're going to talk to David Sampson about this in about 30 minutes. He built that stadium. One of the most amazing things I've ever seen in South Florida business is the fact that he got that thing built and on time and with no overruns in this city. Because, yes, those people are very good at business.
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Billy Corbin going to join us at some point from City Hall. But you guys have it right when you say sometimes he's just hanging around City Hall because he's like something out of a Carl Hyasson novel in that Xavier Suarez did pull into his parking spot the other day. And Billy Corbin's like leaning against City Hall for no particular reason, just shouting at him. Hey, Mayor.
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But then we started the show. I heard the countdown. And so we never got to it.
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Tony, what are you shaking your head about? I'm not shaking my head about anything, Dan.
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We will ask him that. I don't believe that those who live in ass houses should be throwing stones. We like our microphones, too, around here. It's not like anybody here has any complaints about microphones.
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You seem to be very vibrant on behalf of North Carolina, the last team to make the tournament.
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Holy shit, has there ever been a Juju top five, an inspired, have we ever, is this the historic first top five Juju list that we've had around here? I think it is, sir. Alright, so it's skits, it's SNL skits of all time?
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Alright, any OLI or are we going right to it?
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Ja, das ist Valerie. Valerie liebt die Kalifornierinnen. Es ist ungewöhnlich dumm.
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Did you guys like Immigrant Dads that they did the other day with Chappelle? Anyone saw that? Nope? Okay, moving on.
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I got an eye on you.
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Oh, pal. Another pal. Our second pal of the week.
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Wow! I can't believe that Greg Cody didn't remember and doesn't remember that when he sits in a chair with a groan, he says, Asswipe! He doesn't say it, it's just the sound that comes out. No, he does say it. He clearly pronounces, Asswipe! My ass doesn't make that noise.
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It is both here and there. It's here and at the All-Star Game, where you connected with Dalton Connect. Somehow Juju had, I don't understand this, I look forward to seeing it, but Juju is praying and told Dalton Connect that he is praying for him. It was just... Es ist wichtig. Es ist schön von dir, ihm diese Zufriedenheit und Frieden zu vermitteln, Juju.
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Oh nein, unfair. Ich werde es nicht wissen. War ich aggregiert? Das ist nicht, was ich gesagt habe. Das ist nicht, was ich gemacht habe. Das ist unfair. I've been framed. What do you mean it's not unfair? I've been framed.
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I got the proof right here. I will not respect Black History Month. You also said it twice so we can get the second one cleaner.
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Atlanta. That's not fair, Jessica.
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That's not cool. Go ahead, Juju.
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As our ombudsman, Juju, you're always checking in with the audience and you know what they're saying during the show. I have not had access to that recently, but just the way the show felt today, I would imagine that Andrew Hawkins is becoming more and more of a fan favorite around here. I would just imagine that people seem to like him.
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Wow, ihr habt alle gesagt, es wäre die Daytona 500. Alle lachen, alle hatten Lachen. Und dann was passiert?
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Ich dachte, es sei Bike Week gewesen. Ich dachte, es sei Bike Week größer als die Daytona 500, aber alle lachen mich im Raum mit all ihrem Daytona-Wissen.
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That's a great question. It is a great question because I don't know who's disagreeing with that. I am leery of the foot doctor. And that's not fair. I don't know what I'm doing there. It's the career choice, isn't it?
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My father has the worst feet I have ever seen. They are the worst than Greg Cody's. That toenail that Greg has had cut twice by Stugatz. My father's feet are the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. The great tub.
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I think a period is the better answer.
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I don't believe you. That is not what happened, Juju. You are lying right now, Juju. That's never happened before. Das kann nicht passieren. Das kann nicht passieren, Juju. Juju. Es ist passiert. Juju, du lügst uns. Juju, es muss... Nein, Mike, mach nicht so, als würdest du es glauben. Das ist nicht möglich. Das ist noch nie passiert. Juju.
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Juju, bring es zurück. Update the poll. Update it right now. Update it right now. It's a typo. It's a mistake. It's misinformation. It's Elon Musk.
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What? You updated it?
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I want to make this a segment with PK Suban, where we check in with him daily for as long as we can get daily handsome brothers.
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Du gehst von Kurt Busch hingegangen auf uns, bis wir auf Kyle Busch hingegangen sind.
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Das ist richtig. Jetzt sehe ich, warum du Black History nicht respektierst. Shit talker. Du möchtest es ändern.
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I don't know. Fourth and long is probably even better than fourth and goal, but... Whatever. It's my list. Facts.
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That sounds like a bald person's take.
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Nicht falsch. Es ist der Black History Month. Ich kann nicht. He sells underwear with his face on it, doesn't he? He does. He's a short king.
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I'm not saying people haven't mistaken me for Kevin Hart in airports. More frequently than I'd like to admit. Okay? I think it's the style, too. It's very similar. I don't know, man. I agree. Maybe not at the All-Star Game. We're in agreeance, Jessica. Don't you worry.
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I've read them all. Passion, Hunger, and Drive. Pretty redundant, though, right? Yeah. Okay. Just making sure we're all... Goosebumps, though. I mean, seriously. Is it Duh Drive or Drive? Like, which was the deal? Just Drive. Okay. Gotcha. Okay.
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Steve, you are 138 years old. The love boat. Das ist ein guter Job.
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Don't hold the phone from that angle, Kevin. Doesn't help the situation.
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They're so tall. And they have on heels too, which I'm sure makes them even that much taller. Heels do that. They do, man.
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Ich habe nur mal Jokes von meinen Großeltern über den Love Boat gehört.
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Er ist so viel kleiner als sie. Einige meiner besten Freunde sind ehemalige Frauen Basketballspieler. Und sie sind super groß. Und wir gehen raus und sie legen sich auf die Hügel. Und wir gehen rum, ich bin fünf. 8 mit meinen Heelen an und sie bei 6'4. Und es ist ein Wunder zu sehen. Ich habe Bilder. Vielleicht können wir das auf die Post legen.
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Es ist lustig, dass Kevin Hart von Frauenbasketballspielern verabschiedet wird. Ich habe das Video nicht gesehen, aber seine Instagram-Post macht mehr Sinn. Er hat ein Bild und hat all ihre Hände ausgeschnitten. Ich wusste nicht, dass er verabschiedet wird.
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If you ask me, would I trade the injuries for the money that I've made as a professional football player, I would tell you no. And I would ask you, would you trade being 5'3 for a billion dollars? I would probably tell you no if I was that too.
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That's his gift. The issue is he's become the easy button for everybody. Und es ist so, einfach nur ein bisschen Kevin Hart draufzuhalten. Und ich erinnere mich an Kevin Hart, als er Indie-Filme machte und er war furchtbar. Aber zu Jessicas Punkt sollte er nicht auf alles einsteigen. Es gibt bestimmte Orte, wo der Lächeln nicht
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Was that my take? Oh, I don't know. Oh, I thought the sentiment was we had too much Kevin Hart a part of the weekend of the NBA.
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Jessica's like, do not put that on my name. I would still like to be in a Kevin Hart movie one day if the opportunity presents itself.
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Er ist überall. Sein Resümee sagt, ich werde es machen.
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I can't. I cannot sit here and explain why you need an agent. If he is like, hey, I'm going to be here and we're just going to supermax this thing out until we can't supermax it out anymore. There is a point in time for athletes, in my opinion, where you don't need an agent.
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Ich möchte nicht in deiner Agentur sein, sicher, mit diesen Preisen. Aber auch, wenn er weiß, dass er dort bleiben wird und es ein Supermax wird, ja. Und wenn du eventuell sagen musst, hey, ich muss aus der OKC rauskommen, ich brauche einen Agent, um das zu tun, dann schreibst du es da hin. Aber du musst nicht die 3, die 4, die 5 Prozent geben, was auch immer es ist.
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Und dann schreibst du es dir hin.
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Noch nicht. Ich meine, er hat das Potenzial, den Platz zu nehmen, in dem es so fühlte, als ob Ja Morant in die Runde geraten wäre. Er ist der Gesichtspunkt des Basketballs, aber Shea hat immer noch gut gespielt. Er hat nicht so viele Probleme, er hat nicht so viele Anzeichen, die man von Ja gesehen hat. Und wenn er das Wettbewerb gewinnt, ist es so, dass es ihn validiert.
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Lazy Sunday, wake up in the late afternoon, call Parnell just to see how he's doing. Yo Sam, what up, Pawn? Yo Sandberg, what's crackin'? You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?
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Ich bin irgendwie mit ihm.
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Muss Mike entscheiden, ob er Basketball spielt?
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Warum kann Anthony Edwards nicht Basketballer sein? Ich weiß, er hat gesagt, er will nicht sein. Das Team ist nicht gut genug. Das war sein Ansatz. Mein Team ist nicht gut genug für mich, um Basketballer zu sein. Nein, nein, nein.
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Ich denke, er wird Basketballer sein. Es gibt eine Druck, die da herkommt, Hawk. Ich weiß, dass es eine Druck gibt. Ich glaube nicht, dass er es interessiert. Und ich denke, in der heutigen Zeit und Zeit, was die Face of Basketball ist, wird es viel anders fühlen, wenn es vorwärts geht, als es es in der Vergangenheit war. Und fast das, was er sagt, bringt ihn direkt in die Linie.
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Bad Bunny. Das war so gut. Love Boat. So, SNL shouldn't be Saturdays. Right. It shouldn't be at night. Yeah. And it shouldn't be live. It should be, what, Thursday evening taped?
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für es, weil wenn du ihn in den Playoffs letztes Jahr gesehen hast, sag mir, dass du nichts fühlst, Stu. Sag mir, dass du Anthony Edwards nicht gesehen hast, als er mit KD gesprochen hat, sein Idol, in diesen Momenten. Und du wärst so, Mann, das ist jemand, der nicht um seine Freundschaften kümmert. Er kümmert sich nicht um LeBron, er kümmert sich nicht um diese Leute.
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Und das ist, was du aus dem Gesicht des Basketballes willst. Jemand, der sich um es kümmert, wie Mike sagt, dass KD dass die meisten Spieler das nicht tun.
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Oh, it does! Make sure it's not something that'll put you in jail, because you can't just be opening random...
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Heute? All-Time oder heute? Heute. Ich würde sagen, All-Time Josh Hart, Lieblingsbasketballspieler ist ein verrückter Take. Nicht All-Time. Aber heute liebe ich ihn so viel.
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Und das ist ein erstaunlicher Entwicklung. Ich vertrete das. 1977, The Love Boat. Alabama's first black football player was 1971. This is how long ago it was. There was nothing but Cooper DeJeans back then.
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It is time for Stu Gatz to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu.
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You gotta do it for the championship game. Then you guys brought P.K. Saban on. That same week.
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At all. Speaking of back, St. John's. The Johnny's.
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He's the president of the company.
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Cuervo. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Bist du manuell die Beats drücken?
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Well, he knew that candidate the best. He interviewed well.
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All right, clear out everybody who wants the ball.
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Yes, number four.
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You want to do top ten? Eric Allen, he has Lagoon Fries.
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This list is ridiculous. This list stinks now. No, it's terrible.
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Come on, man. What a fraud list.
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I will not respect Black History Month. What?
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Roy, I feel like you're a little scared, a little gun-shy. I feel like that... He's got a lot going on. He's got a lot going on. That seat has a lot of... Buttons. Yeah, a lot of stuff going on. He's got to make sure microphones are on. Sliding over here. Yeah, so stay on it.
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I do not respect black history. We got it, Dan. We said it already. We understand.
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Month that much that I would allow these guys to decide that Denzel Washington. Number one.
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This man is shocking to me. The amount of ego on this man on how handsome he believes himself to be.
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I would never say otherwise. As alleged, I'm a shit-talker. I believe myself to be a supportive friend and ally to all involved here.
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Your thoughts on hockey stealing basketball's weekend. I did not think I would ever live enough lifetimes to see something like that happen in this country.
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I believe as well that I will have a hard time getting Jessica, Billy, Andrew Hawkins and Stugatz to meet the enthusiasm of Roy and Mike for what is presently happening in hockey. And P.K. Subban is going to join us here in moments. I don't believe I will get from the group anything. fired up people.
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The game is growing right now just for a number of different reasons, but when you're speaking about what this weekend was symbolically, right, and what it is locally, as I see the Florida Panthers becoming what Tampa was, and I see something, again, I didn't think I'd ever see in my lifetime, which is Florida caring about hockey in a way that wants to fight with Canada at these political times to see Kachuk
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Protect specifically what you're talking about the team concept of hockey and the things that you care about To you know bring himself to the superstardom of now. We're wrapping some of this stuff in the flag as well I'm watching could Chuck be at the center you give me the perspective in the history on this of what is going to be one of the best trades in the history of hockey and sports and
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To see Kachuk turn Florida into this. To turn the American hockey player into this. The guy who will fight nine seconds into a game and will hit Connor McDavid because he's here to represent America and hockey that way. The way that you love it.
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I believe Stugacic right now is looking up everything that happened this weekend so he can get caught up on all things hockey.
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What I'm asking you to do is create chemistry for me here when I have trouble with leadership and I run a loose ship. Mike and Roy badly want to talk about this. I don't think anybody else does. And it's always a problem around here when we've got real good sports content, but also people want the funny. And I've got to make the chemicals combine. And sometimes I do it by just shit talking.
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USA and Canada face off. That is tomorrow night, Four Nations final. The rivals will play in the championship game at TD Garden on ESPN and ESPN+. Thank you, PK. Good talking to you. Good seeing you. I will not respect black history. That's not fair. What you've done to me is not fair. Listen to me. It's not fair.
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Number four, Michael B. Jordan. Number three, Rick Fox. You have a tight.
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Number two, Lenny Kravitz.
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And number one, Jordan Subban.
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That's good. See you later. Thank you for being on with us. Thanks, guys.
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I want to get to this Terrence Shannon story because I don't know what happened here, but I'm enjoying that Illinois is leaning into the embarrassment and the incompetence. Usually in the Internet age, we will just mock something mercilessly and nobody embraces it. But they are promoting a T-shirt for charity because of this ceremony. What happened here?
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Do we have details on how it is that this happens?
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Because I want to talk about Terrence Shannon. That's what I want to do. I want to talk about that Illinois ceremony. That's what I want to do.
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Do we have how much video, how much audio do we have on embarrassed parties?
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I was watching Saturday Night Live, which is what I wanted to talk about earlier in the show, but people assume that I'm in control of what's happening around here.
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Oh, you're so right about this. This is good for business. In fact, I would do this as aggressively as possible, except for the part that we have to take sports so seriously that the athletic director has to be profoundly ashamed of a stupid ceremony because of how sacred we are about sports. Like, that guy's apology was terrible, but also profuse. Like, he was sorry.
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He was sorry that he was embarrassed. He might not have been sorry that he was responsible for it.
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at fault the distinction being made there to me though is an interesting one when you talk about leadership i feel that all the time around here that uh things are all my responsibility but wherever people are dissatisfied i don't often find myself feeling at fault but i'm responsible for it so it puts me at fault it does put you at fault and that is the you know heavy is the crown
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But that athletic director having to apologize, they just raised a bunch of money for charity because a ceremony silly in sports today. Let's celebrate someone who's been here as a transfer for two years and let's do the jersey backward. That is something that would make great sketch comedies.
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That is the perfect name. His jersey has to be retired, though. I don't know. One would assume. Let's go through it now, since we like talking and fighting Illini basketball so much. Let's go through the Basketball Hall of Fame of Illinois basketball.
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I'm going to wink when I recognize his name. They had a Dee Brown, right? We probably would not. We have failed at March Madness. Billy, March Madness is, again, sneaking up on us, even though March is in the calendar every year. We have March Madness.
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approaching and which means the sadness is also approaching our tournament is presently embargoed so don't ask billy any questions i don't know anything about what we're doing it's an effective embargo we're doing it soon we're doing it some may say march is coming up yeah yeah and if people don't like it i'll just get blamed for it again
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The reason I asked the question is I'm also wondering where Bet the House went. I'm also wondering where Gas Bag of the Week went. I'm also wondering where Boost Mobile line went on hot takes. I'm just sort of asking since I don't know. Roy's in the EP chair and Roy has told me that we have Boost and we have a hot take machine, but it's the first I'm hearing of it.
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And there are a lot of plates spinning. So where are we in this?
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Roy, let's start that again, okay? Hold on, hold on. He wasn't expecting it. I know, but I know. I was looking up Illinois men's basketball.
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Oh, Kendall Gill, dreamy. Dreamy to look at. Should have been in my top five. Don't even know what you're talking about.
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Thank you, Roy. But the reason that I went to it and you weren't prepared for it is because you told me to go to it. You asked me to go to the Boost, and I was the first time hearing that we were doing that today. Yes, sir.
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All right. Disappoint me.
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Unfair. Why are you doing a ghost sound? I'm horrified at how disrespectful that is.
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He was just going to go. It's a great question, but he was just going to go. It was an incredible question. We'll get back to it, but he's going to go and do what he wants to do.
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If we can talk about some of the difficulties that there are in comedy, because Stugatz and Billy have the opinion of a lot of people that it would be hard for a show to keep up in the modern age on funny when they are live on Saturday night. And for the criticism very commonly is of a show that has existed for 50 years. Which is crazy.
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Not surprising that at the end, people would disrespect it with, you haven't been funny for 20 years. If they gave us 25 of 50 years that are funny, still unbelievable that they would have a 50-year television show when sketch comedy, I can't even imagine how hard it is to do right now. And they don't do it well all the time. They do it less well than they used to.
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But in this realm, I do believe some comedy has gotten harder in 2025.
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Oh, but it's just such a great way to see meritocracy play out. Yes, the internet is trying to make all of this harder, so it's harder to compete. And the late night shows have crumbled at the feet of that as well. All of it's gotten a lot faster because people see that there's money to be grabbed 10 minutes later. And that's where media shakes and crumbles. Like, that's how it happens.
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Overrated? Wait, did someone say overrated?
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Do you think Kike Suga has any interest in this conversation? Absolutely. I've been wanting to get to this conversation since the beginning of the show, but I don't have any control over here what it is that we're doing. So now we're going back to hockey. Do you have any interest in talking about Saturday Night Live with us? Does it mean anything to you as a pop culture phenomenon?
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I think everyone's being disrespectful because they didn't like the last show when 50 years on television is just a crazy achievement. They're allowed to celebrate it. And you're allowed to not find any of it funny if you had expectations for it.
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Okay, you'll give us true opinions if they invite you on the show. Yes. I think Billy and Stugatz might have the majority opinion here, just dismissing this as something, well, the last 25 years or 20 years or 15 years, it hasn't been funny enough.
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Like all the others.
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Let's do that, PK. Let's go ahead and just give out all the shout-outs for the good-looking brother. Just go ahead. I'd like to do this. Do this as long as you like.
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The part that I loved about that, and the single best part of that, is that was absolutely him saying, my fellow good-looking brothers.
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All right. Top five good-looking brothers. This is not where I thought we were going to start, but let's go ahead and do it. Number five. I know this requires some time for you to think, but number five on your top five good-looking brothers. Go ahead. Number five. Taye Diggs.
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I can romanticize some of the pain things in sports. I believe, was it Forrest Griffin that we were talking to that one time, the MMA fighter, and we asked him about whether or not he liked pain or not because it seemed to be something that the warrior mentality embraced. We'll see if Roy can find that sound. But I wasn't saying shit-talking in this environment. Depends on the insecurities.
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I don't think we have any good shit talkers here, is my point, that would absorb it well and then come back with greater strength. Let's hear from Forrest Griffin here as he answers my ridiculous question. Do you like pain?
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There it is. I like ice cream. I don't like pain.
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We run a loose ship around here. You may have noticed based on... everything you just saw in the last hour, that we went to the worst of the three sporting events this weekend with eight people, the basketball exhibition game. And I have yet to see any content from that produced by the eight people who just went to San Francisco to party.
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Well, do you know that this is actually, that you said that because that was my reporting, that story. Like, I'm not kidding. No, I'm going to tell you. Here, I'll do it for myself. Hit it.
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And so, yes, the low standard around here is such that Roy doing that board is about the best that we can do around here. But a heroic effort by Billy to... These are tough media times, you know? There aren't a lot of... Everyone does see what's happening with the media, right? Here we go. And the content industry and Hollywood collapsing and everything.
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That and the Pell Grant. This story actually, gosh, somebody's got to find this. It was a story about sex and the Super Bowl. And I think the story, the 20th paragraph was something about the Dallas Cowboys having that White House that they had where they were, you know, a bunch of the players had a secret house for parties.
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No, that happened. No, no. That happened before? I don't know, but this particular story is me calling Derek Thomas in order to get that story about Shannon Sharp. See if you can find the details there. Derek Thomas, and he was somebody who was considered sort of like a pillar of integrity in his community and somebody that wouldn't get weirdly emotional during a game. I think he got several...
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several flags for unsportsmanlike conduct and he was ejected and Shannon sharp won in the biggest way that winning can happen because he got Personal in some place that was about women and I called Derek Thomas and I asked him if that story was true and Derek Thomas who I had a good relationship with hung up on me So yes
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And I've never gotten from Shannon Sharp that story of what it is that he was saying that made Derek Thomas so crazy that in a primetime Monday night game, one of the stars of the league got several penalties made crazy by Shannon Sharp. And I'm pretty sure got ejected.
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Everyone does see that that's happening, yes? Or is that something that has not yet been felt? Captain America did fine. What are we doing? What happened? Okay, so everything's fine? Everyone thinks everyone's fine?
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You can't be emotional with this stuff, right? It has to be a bit strategic. It was crazy to watch that happen to Derek Thomas on national television. Three penalties on one drive because he just wants to fight Shannon Sharp. And Shannon Sharp can't have a greater victory in his Hall of Fame career than that.
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Than making someone so crazy with his mouth, a Hall of Famer so crazy with his mouth, that he got him ejected from the game.
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Roy, what other information do you have? Somebody needs to ask Shannon Sharp about this. He might find some of this. I mean, Derek Thomas was very respected. And yeah, that's a secret that probably is something that Shannon Sharp wouldn't have wanted revealed.
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But evidently, does Stugatz have some bad reporting there? Does he have better reporting than Roy has when he gives us the details that I did not know? Because I was calling Derek Thomas to ask him what was happening there when he was still alive. And so I did not have that answer to the question. I don't know what the answer to the question is.
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I think that Stugatz just dominated Roy's reporting, and you accuse me of projection. I would not like shit-talking. It would be unpleasant.
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I just don't know what's true there. It doesn't stop you from talking your shit.
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I was his teammate. You were dominated. Yes, you were being shit-talked by everybody because you were terrible.
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Roy hit a home run in a Major League ballpark, or at least where it is that the Marlins played in batting practice. I believe he's the only one here who could do that. Roy was not an embarrassment on American Ninja Warrior the way many of our participants were at American Ninja Warrior.
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Roy would be one of the best athletes on the show if not for the existence of Chris Cody, who was then beat in a race by Billy Gill, and I believe Jessica can throw an orange further than any of you. Roy is said to be around here among our best athletes. That's not saying much.
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It didn't seem like there was anyone there who's a fan of The Levitard Show. I will tell you guys that when I walked in here, and this is what I like to assume after 20 years, would be on Stugatz's computer. I just walked in and what's on his computer is Troy Brown and Troy Brown stats.
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We need to do this. We need to find light on this. Well, they don't like us. I know, but when's that ever stopped us?
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I left you out on pole vaulting, and that's how you attack, by doing that. You've been doing it for 20 years.
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You were the pole vaulter. I named everyone else as an athlete. Mike's probably mad somewhere in there that I haven't talked about his shit-talking soccer play as the greatest keeper that South Florida's ever seen.
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The point was that Roy is supposed to be among the great athletes we had. And at pickleball, he was terrible. And the original question I was asking, Hawk, how much do your feet hurt? They hurt a lot.
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You said, I wasn't scared to go through a secondary. You didn't answer the question about what the cost, what the tax is of I love it. And now you're in retirement. You're looking for physical contact. And you can't have it anywhere because you love so much being in pain.
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I felt profound. This is what I've been trying to get to for 20 minutes.
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Oh, yeah. The thing that I want to ask him, because I think this culture that he comes from, and it's football culture I'm talking about here, that the entirety of that culture is built so he would be reluctant to tell us how tough he is.
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I don't know where Stugatz went that first hour.
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I'm going to have to use a crowbar to get out of his mouth all of the consequences that there were to him missing and liking that physical pain as he enters his late 30s, and it's a little harder to get out of bed because his feet hurt. You've got the residual pain.
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I know you're walking around with it, and you're missing the previous pain when your feet are going to hurt for the rest of your life because no one understands what being a slot receiver does to your feet.
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I'm only 38. Is that what happens? You laugh at this, but I believe this is sort of part of the dehumanization that happens in the transaction of how overtly you guys are giving your bodies over for money. It's the trade. You're going to age faster than the rest of us. Yeah, no. Faster?
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11 seconds? Pretty fast. I would like, as a countermeasure, as your signature line, Billy, as an action hero... Don't let me taste blood. You don't let me taste blood with your face on it. That's a T-shirt. I would buy that as a T-shirt. Yes, that you that you that you will crush.
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So you're just saying you're looking through the internet at what Hawk could have been if he was tough enough to be miserable around the Patriot way and be with the best quarterback ever for a season if he didn't want to be at home with the kids.
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You will crush Hawkins in all effort. You would be. You'd beat him in pole vaulting.
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Sounds like you're backing down for don't let me taste blood. I don't want to make him taste blood. You were saying something about wanting smoke.
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Yeah, I mean, wait a minute.
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Sorry, I touched the wrong thing. I'm looking for the... Yes, you just explained the show to everybody. Yeah, yeah. I've been doing it for 20 years.
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I can't find the right button here. I'll find it. Hold on.
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No, that's not the one that I needed. I'm sorry. I'm going to find it in a second. Because how, Mike, how is this dawning on you after 20 years? Like, how is this something you're noticing right now?
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There it is. Because I'm in charge.
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What do you mean? How do I get to? It's the thing I do. Mike's just realizing, thank you, Billy. I was looking for that one, too. I appreciate you helping Roy there. Aqua? Yeah, I miss all of that. And yes, I'm shit-talking all show, but I also think it is funny as we talk about the pain of Hawk, how easily he relays when we finally get to it. Hey, this is the pain I'm in.
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And what I don't think you guys understand is you look at him and say, no, this is just aging. His pain threshold is miles beyond where ours is. Miles. Like miles and miles still.
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I'm glad we have his expertise here, though, because I was being mocked here yesterday, and I want to get the group in on this, and I want Hawkins to answer this question. He's the only one here, I believe, who could answer this question.
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For me, that's quite the martyrdom, quite the crucifix, the onion.
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At Levitard Show, what hurts more, getting hit by a car or getting hit by a bag of marbles?
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In the head. Because I will say again, and I don't know.
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Well, that one, everyone conceded that one. I thought, okay, put that on the poll as well. What hurts more, an NFL career or your period? Fine, fine. At Levitard Show. I thought it had been conceded, though. The thing about Hawk and what we're talking about is I do believe you can articulate all the reasons that the pain is worth it.
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With football players, when Stugatz says, ah, they know the consequences, I worry for you in your 60s and 70s because the pain threshold is going to have to sustain for the 40 years after the seven years of playing.
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How old do you think Hawk is? I don't know. I'm going to guess that he is 36, 37, close to 40.
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But it was worth it, you would say, right? Every time we talk to somebody about what it costs, every single time they say it was worth it.
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What are you laughing about, Mike? He would not let you get in there.
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All he was looking at is, look, Troy Brown wasn't even a receiver.
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Well, but he came out as a cornerback, was he not? And then they just used him as receiver? Or was it the reverse? I think it was the reverse.
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This is what I want help with, though, okay? So the group was making fun of me, Billy, journalist that he is, and me, journalist that I'm not anymore. I made the mistake last week of reporting erroneously that Walter Payton played without socks. Oh, yeah. Jared Payton, his son, corrected me yesterday and said, no, it wasn't socks. It was insoles.
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And so the group thought to itself, ha-ha, Dan is wrong. But I thought to myself, playing without insoles seems like something that would hurt more than playing without socks. Like, it was worse than I even thought. So tell me what's right there as someone who knows what that game does to feet. The idea, he liked, Walter Payton liked to feel the cleats on the bottom of his feet.
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And so he removed the insoles. I think those protect his feet more than socks would.
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It would just also hurt a great deal more.
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They just explained that, Hawk. Were you not following that?
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You weren't listening when she said below the podiatrist is just the foot is what she... Well, no, she said that he also does ankles.
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Are feet doctors weird? because I think podiatry in a van would be bad. I know that South Florida... You can find a normal-looking civilian residential home where they will check your feet. That is something you can find in Miami. But I draw the line at the van he's driving around and we will check your feet. And I'm somebody. You guys...
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will both not be surprised by this and be horrified by it. I'm doing a variety of different things, and I have to give blood every couple of months to get my blood tested, and I do it in the alley behind my house. Like, that somebody comes over, and because I have to rush to work and get it in the right time, I'm going, people would drive by and see me in the back of a van, a Suburban, actually.
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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Is heroin the variety of things you're doing? And they would see me getting a needle to the arm with my arm wrapped. That is a photograph that can be written. In a van? Well, in a Suburban.
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Yes. You guys will, you could also see me FaceTiming her son, who's a giant Dolphin fan, to do a private sports show for him because he wants to know the latest on Tua as his mom has a needle in my arm.
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I just talked to him a little bit about in general, it's a frail situation.
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I want to ask, though, about this, because there is something that happens all the time in sports and in sports coverage where I believe you caring. is something that is underestimated on what that costs when you talk about walking through life now with feet that hurt all the time. I think about this all the time with basketball players. Like, I can't imagine what the pain of those feet.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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LeBron James' feet, I don't care how much work he is getting with science and medicine. They have to hurt. Like I'm thinking that he's going to go through life and that people don't actually understand what the pain trades are to be great at what it is that you're doing.
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Last time I talked to Hawk, he just told such a delightful story about his greatest highlight in the NFL and how it is that he was in the open field and he was scared because it's just, it's, it's trampling herds coming from every direction and he's in the open field and he is jittering around everyone. Yes. And scared. And I just don't understand.
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I don't think the people watching have any earthly idea what the sacrifices you guys make. None. And I'd say that as someone who also doesn't understand.
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That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Well, I mean, no disrespect, though, because I can't. Well, but you didn't answer my question.
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But the reason you didn't answer it, because I don't mean to disrespect you when I say that any human being should be afraid running around in a secondary. It's a respect of what it is that you do. Any normal mortal considering consequences at your side would worry about, am I going to get blindsided by a 360-pound defensive tackle that I don't see who happens to be running 4'6 in this direction?
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I believe it's a different mentality than everyone here would have. And I think I have this right when I ask the question, who do you guys think among us, right? Because when he says he lives for some of this stuff that includes physical contact, I'm always thinking when watching sports, And Anthony Edwards will articulate, oh my God, do I love shit talking?
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Excellent enthusiasm, Roy. You brought strength and effervescence to the beginning of that segment.
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Do I love going back and forth with somebody? In our workplace, I think if everyone shit talked each other that way, everyone would get their feelings hurt. Like that in the... That we're not built the way that Andrew Hawkins is built where, oh, you want to compete some more? Okay, I'm going to come over the top and anything you say isn't going to bother me and I'm going to keep my composure.
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But I believe that the shit talking on the average professional court or field is so intense that all of us would shrink from it.
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The idea that Billy loves the taste of blood in his mouth. Just a little bit. It's the most shocking thing he's ever said.
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Local Hour: The Demi Lovatbros
Yes, I didn't even think about that. Wow, that's a theater right there. This is the Dan Levatar Show with the Stugats.
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And then, I don't know, six minutes later, he shouts across the room, It's the year of the American White.
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Roy, Jess, wart ihr so überrascht wie ich, weil er gerade erwähnt hat, dass er nicht überrascht ist. Wart ihr so überrascht wie ich, dass Billy auf dem Daytona 500 kommt? Aus dem Nichts, ohne Erkennung. Es ist nicht so überraschend wie ich, dass Cartersville, Georgia und Billy Gilday waren, dass er seine ganze Familie dort unerlässlich nahm. Aber ich war überrascht. Wart ihr überrascht? Absolut.
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Du warst mit Matt Coogler. Er war da. Ich habe nie so viel Freude gehabt. Was ist hier passiert? Wo ist der Gears-Head? Ich dachte, wir haben nicht über... Danke. Ich dachte, wir haben nicht über Daytona 500 gesprochen, ohne dass es einen Gears-Head gab. Warum warst du da? Wie warst du da? Es war Pitbull-relevant, oder?
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Hast du das schon, Dan? Ja, und ich finde, wenn du sagst, finde einen günstigen Platz, um zu spielen. Natürlich denke ich, außer Biker Week, vielleicht Biker Week. Es muss der größte Wochenende in Daytona sein. Es muss größer sein als Biker Week, richtig? Ich denke nicht, dass es günstige oder einfache Plätze sind, um in Daytona zu bleiben, während der großen amerikanischen Rallye.
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Bigger weekend in Daytona. Spring break, biker week or Daytona 500 weekend? Oh, no, I said Daytona 500. Of course it is.
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Alright, let's play this again so that everyone can see how wrong they were about Kugler being infectious. I want you to watch the bearded guy on the left. That's the guy I'm focused on. He gets into it. You're saying he didn't get anyone else into it. I say you're wrong. He got that bearded guy. He was a leader.
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Kugler was a leader and he got everyone in there on that flat-footed shoulder dance that doesn't involve lifting your feet anywhere off of the ground. It's just flat-footed.
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Sie sollten das am Sonntagabend auf Live-Television für drei Stunden gespielt haben, als Teil des 50-jährigen Sonntagabend-Lives. Ich möchte darüber sprechen. Transition. Ich zeige dir, warum ich mich verabschiede. Ich werde dir das Geheimnis geben, was diese Verabschiedung ist. Billy, du lachst, aber warte, bis du hörst, warum die Verabschiedung eine Appearance gemacht hat.
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Louis hat mir gesagt, hey, ich habe vier Videos von Daytona. Und dann, nach 30 Sekunden, ist er so, keine von ihnen sind gut.
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Hold on. That's what just happened. That's why it just happened. Impossible. That's why it just happened that way.
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That's what I was told. But I was told the four videos that we have ready are not ready to go right now. And that's why you got the transition that you did. Thank you for just leaving it out there without pointing it out to everybody.
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So tell me what I'm throwing it to and we'll judge for ourselves. Okay, very good. So let's throw it to the first video that Lewis says isn't good enough. Without context, as Billy doesn't know what video we're throwing it to.
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I will tell you that I really enjoyed just moments ago hearing Louis in my ear cringe as Stugatz whispered to Billy in the talkback, that's the way you expense it.
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Well, but he was wrong on the first one, so let's see what else we've got.
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Wir kommen zu euren Noten in einem Sekunden. Wart ihr mit Demi Lovato? Was wart ihr da?
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Mehr Kugler-Dancing und jetzt ist Louis fürchtet, dass wir geflaggt werden.
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This is the Don Labrador Show with the Stugats.
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Warum war das das beste Interview? Logano ist ein berühmterlich nicht großartiges Interview, oder?
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I think Mike has some video of a wreck that he has wanted to show for a couple of days.
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Ich habe Türen aus diesen Autos gesehen, und ich werde einfach überrascht, wenn das jemandem schießt, wenn die Sicherheitsmessungen und die Schutzmessungen nicht gut genug waren, das würde mehrere Leute töten, nur eine Türe fliegt in den Publikum.
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Four sets of tires. Good guess. Dan? I'm going to say a thousand sets of tires.
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A thousand per car, so somewhere between four and a thousand. Alright, Hawk? Du hast nur gefragt, wie viele Räder es gibt, also habe ich alle Räder getestet. Diese Räder haben vier Räder, ja.
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One of the most amazing things I have ever seen my father do, before I knew what Hialeah was here in South Florida, was back when he ruled Hialeah, he took me through a labyrinth of alleys and places, a door opened and they sold me a spare tire for $10. 10 Dollar.
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Erinnere dich, es sind 4 Tire im Set.
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Have any of you ever bought something from someone either roaming around South Florida in a van filled with electronics equipment or bought something at a gas station from somebody who's just hustling, selling some independent stolen things? Have any of you ever purchased from one of the vans in South Florida that pulls up next to you and says, would you like to buy X cheap?
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I sprint away. Nothing good happens if a van pulls up next to you. But you guys have all had this happen to you, correct?
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Ich würde sagen, vielleicht war das der Grund, warum er dachte, dass du drei Käse in einem Hinterkopf hättest. Nun, die Idee, dass du jeden Cash hättest, das war vor Jahren, weil niemand Cash trägt, aber 3.000 Dollar in Cash. Ich mag die Idee, den Van mit einer Kreditkarte zu holen.
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Hawk, what are your notes here on all of Billy's videos and his coverage for Daytona 500 that involved four other people and the first dancing kugler I've ever seen?
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We got eight people at the All Star Game. I'm sure we'll get it by next All Star Game. Let's play some video here. One more video of Billy at Daytona 500.
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I have a number of different questions that I want to ask you. But when it comes to playing word association with a person, Riley Cooper, da ist eine Sache, die man mit ihm verbindet. Es ist kein Fußballspieler, es ist keine Karriere.
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I am willing to authorize right now budget for you to be the correspondent at events where you have no expertise.
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I was in the trailer talking to Noah Gregson. You got Bowman, right? You got the historic number 49, 48, whatever it was.
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Put it on the poll, please. At Levitard Show, can you be a confident dancer if you are so flat footed that it seems your feet are made of cement?
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Die eine Sache, wenn ich diesen Namen höre, denke ich immer daran, die erste Sache, die mir fliegt, ist, dass dieser Typ in der Mitte war, der das N-Wort auf einem Landkonzert benutzt hat.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stuckatz Podcast.
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Stugatz, ich bin interessiert, ob du einen emotionalen oder visuellen Reaktion zu den New York Jets hattest, dankend Aaron Rodgers für all die Erinnerungen, für alles, was du uns in den letzten zwei Jahren gegeben hast. Nummer 8. Du sagst, die Erinnerung. Die einzige Erinnerung, die ich habe, ist, dass er verletzt wurde, nachdem er die amerikanische Flagge auf dem Feld trägt.
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Ist es ein weiterer Erinnerung an sein Jets-Karriere? Zwei Jahre der Tenure, einer der größten Quarterbacks jemals, die Jets haben ihn erwischt. Ich glaube nicht, dass er dieses Goodbye verdient hat. Verdient er dieses Goodbye von den New York Jets?
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Well, how does this work? What is the other memory you guys have on two years of Aaron Rodgers? And how do Jets fans feel about the entirety of the experience? Is it the end of Brett Favre's career with the Jets? Brett Favre gave us something.
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He really did. I mean, it's true. Put it back up there again, because I really do just want to look at this for a second.
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The Jets put up thank you and for everything you've given us the past two years, thank you, number eight. And my question is, what did he give them the last two years? I'm asking the question seriously.
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Hoffnung und Verkäufe am Anfang war er gut dafür. Hoffnung und Verkäufe, das kann nicht diskutiert werden. Er war gut für das Geschäft am Anfang, aber dann theorisierst du, dass das Rest von dem, was er gibt, nur die Aufmerksamkeit der Jets ist, aber es ist keine gute Aufmerksamkeit. Und dann wird es Chris Codys Theorie, dass in der modernen Zeit alle Aufmerksamkeit gute Aufmerksamkeit ist.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Es ist nicht mal egal, ob es gut oder schlecht ist. Du machst dich einfach mehr berühmt und das ist die Währung des Tages.
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Hawkins war auch gut für die Browns, während Aaron nicht gut für die Jets war. Wie oft hast du das Training-Kampfen verpasst, um in Ägypten zu gehen?
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Aber es war nicht auf den Browns, wo du gesagt hast, ich werde nicht beim Exhibitionen zurückpunten. Nein, das war das Cincinnati Bengals.
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Local Hour: The Demi Lovatbros
Well, I want to ask you about this, okay? I want to ask you about the, not just the Patriot Way, we were having this conversation last week about, I think it was Billy who said you run a, or no, it was Greg Cody who said I run a loose ship, and I was like, I thought everybody wanted a loose ship. I thought that that would be more fun than whatever it is that the Patriots do, but
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Die Patriots können auch gewinnen und können auch getrickt werden, weil sie es mit keinen Lichtern gemacht haben. Lass uns hier ein paar Töne spielen von Cam Newton, der gestern gesprochen hat, was die Loser-Kultur ist und wie Cam Newton sich in die Carolina-Locker-Room gefühlt hat. Er ist hier auf Travis Hunters Podcast.
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Sie sind Spieler. Sie sind einfach Spieler. Er hat das Lagerraum verpisscht. Er hat Steve Smith verpisscht, weil er ihn ein Verlierer genannt hat.
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Put it on the poll place at Levitard Show. Why aren't they crackaholics? They're crack addicts, right?
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They're crack heads or crack addicts. They're not crackaholics. I've never heard crackaholic. The losers in the locker room. When Cam Newton says that, I can imagine Steve Smith bristling, but I want to ask you about the idea of what is the right line between having joy in the workplace and having misery in the workplace because of the distance between we've got too many rules or not enough rules.
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Hast du deine Gefühle dadurch verletzt?
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I come in here today, that sound you heard of an exhale was Stugatz's. I come in here today and I see, yeah, we're on, I see Andrew Hawkins and I say to him by way of hello, because I haven't seen him in a while, you know, what do you have that's interesting to you these days? And he is totally silent for a while and I move on with my morning and there's just silence there.
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Let me ask you this part because we like to dismiss people who care very deeply and get to the top 1% of the top 1% as losers when they lose. I saw, I think it was Ben Axelrod who had this stat the other day. While you were there, the Browns were 1-31.
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Passed on three MVP quarterbacks in the draft with the first pick while going 1-31 and had their two best players request trades that they got from the 1-31. In terms of a two-year span, you will rarely see more loser than that in the NFL.
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Aber ich bin interessiert, wenn Cam sagt, dass die meisten der Jungs im Lockerraum nicht die Weise interessiert haben, wie er es tat. Sie interessierten sich um Geld. Das war nicht das Lockerraum, in das Sie mit den Patriots gespielt haben, war es das?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
It's not only a game that you didn't need. It immediately ends Kirk Cousins' career in Atlanta. We didn't even talk about that today. And they won it. The team that won it. That's the wild part. The team that won it with 15 points has ended Kirk Cousins' career. And the Raiders do nothing but lose in that Antonio Pierce idea. Not a great one.
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Juju, I wanted to get into a couple of things from today's show today, but what I'm really hoping, because I didn't see any of the feedback, and I stayed with it way too long, and I regret certain elements of it, but I hope... No, you're laughing at a different thing than I am, Chris, because... Michael K. That too, look, there were three or four times today that I stayed with something too long, but my favorite of the things that I stayed too long with was just trying to rummage around... What are you smiling about?
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Give me, let's see if it's the same thing.
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I love that so much. Oh, God, I hate that so much. I love it so much. I hate that so much. Now, Juju, what are your thoughts? Yeah, Juju, not one of your thoughts, but Juju, what did the audience think? Did I stay with that too long? Because Greg Cody was trying to be nice about things, but I noticed that when I put Dave Hyde in his company, he did not like it. I physically felt it next to me.
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All right. Is it Amin and Mike Ryan going back and forth?
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We're having two of these today. We're about to have a white elephant. I mean, flew in from Vegas. I mean, flew in for this. Everyone keeps saying two of these. What's the other one? We've got one tonight.
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It was Juju's first.
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Juju had this many, many hours ago. He started changing the NBA rules long before Greg Cody started fixing the NBA.
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That's nice of you to say, but I will say that the most awkward thing here is how we all blew past Greg Cody's totally insincere offer to meet twice with Juju about changing the NBA's rules.
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We'll have people taking notes and doing meeting stuff. Yeah, but you're not going to do any of this. I want you to get together. Look, I've been waiting for back in my day for about six months. You don't do anything around here that you say you're going to do.
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We've heard all those.
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We played the original here.
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Three of them have not been heard, and one of them, three of them are allegedly new, and one of them you've done here already.
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Okay, I just want to celebrate people and have them hear the things that I'd say at their funeral while they're alive. But it's your tone, though. It's just the way you say it.
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Brilliant. Well, Juju, thank you. That hour felt very good to all of us. If we're doing this in traditional postgame, let's break it down style. But I love the number of things about that hour, okay? One of my favorite things is that David Samson got shoved right off to the side of his own segment.
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And we couldn't get rid of Michael Kay and Turturro. They didn't want to leave the show because, and this is a great question, why is Greg Cody wrapping Gibson? over there.
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Well, both of them at any point could have just closed their computer or just hit leave on the Zoom, but I don't think they both, my favorite part of that segment was that the two of them at the end were still staring in and I will say to the audience, if you listen to this via audio, the thing that made me roar with laughing is that I was yelling at Lewis because I could see that Turturro and Kay were still there kind of trapped and I'm like, put them on the screen.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Put them so Likely staring. So that people can just see the confusion of why are Michael K and Turturro staring at each other as Greg Cody wraps a gift?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
You aren't and you won't. Right. I did kill Michael K. I will pay that fine at another time. Do you have anything else for us in the way of constructive criticism today? That Mike and Amin thing got heated over the defensive protection of basketball.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
You hear that, brother? We don't explain what the show is. Like, you want that to be the post-game? Get your own post-game show.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Can't wait for that rule-changing meeting you guys are going to have. Yeah, two of them. Those two meetings. Yeah, we're going to get right on.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
You're listening to DraftKings Network. And starring Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
We caught him in a good mood. I think he's in a good mood. It's hard to tell where you stand with Zoe.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
Yeah. Yeah. That's fair. Do you think Zoe would like the three-point layup? Ooh, good question. Did you ask that?
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
The fans are right. I mean. They should be outraged.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
No, I see it every weekend.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
He was a four-time MVP. From what Billy is saying, though, it also seems like, and Dan, you have discussed this, we have discussed this a lot over 20 years, is reaching the pinnacle of your profession at such an early age. And then what do I do when this is done?
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
Josh Allen. Yeah, it's crazy.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
You fell asleep at the third, huh? I do that every Sunday.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
You asked yourself. People don't know that. You're the minds, you guys.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
It will. I think you make a fair point about when Billy's talking about Aaron and his search for happiness and some of the stuff he's thrown himself into over the last, I don't know, four or five years, he would find happiness, I would think, if he disconnected. He's too connected. Like, disconnect. I would say that I... Dan, you ever spend the day without your phone?
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
Still caught up on humped. Yeah. Haven't heard that in a while.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
I had a similar experience, Dan. The first time that I finally got a chance to be one of the panelists on Around the Horn, I thought that it was going to feel great. And it did. It's the best feeling I've ever had. I mean, seriously, I miss doing it. I miss Reali. I miss Sedano. I miss the crew. It's exactly what I expected, but more.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
Wait, has there been a gift that's been poorly wrapped that you didn't accept?
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
I have to be honest with you. Yeah, you're not certain if it's going to go in.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
But it'll get you eight assists, I mean.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
Well, Amin doesn't get to decide for me why basketball is no longer as popular for me as it used to be, okay? You don't get to do that. I am telling you that when I go to games, I never go to games, but if I went to a game, I have questions as to who's going to be playing in that game, and then the style of play is not something I'm a fan of. I don't like 54 threes a game. I don't like it.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
23s. I thought you said 23. I thought you were doing a Jordan homage. Now, we are trying to change the rules. Greg Cody came to me before the show, and he said to me, threes should be twos and twos should be threes. I agree with that. I do. He wants a three-point layup. Yes.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
I mean, Dan thinks we're doing this wacky thing when we try to change the rules. He laughed at the Golden Abat. Now they're seriously considering the Golden Abat. We're not doing anything wacky. We're trying to improve the sports that we love. That's all.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
Don't you think it would be great if points in the paint counted as three?
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
I like it. Yeah, it's pretty good, huh?
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
got here i want to tell you a story i'm serious here my wife and my two daughters they begged me to buy a peloton so i bought a peloton and then i watched that peloton sit in my office and stare at me so you know what i did one day i looked at it and so i decided to get off my ass and i jumped on the peloton because no one else was using it and i paid for it i mean so why not then i realized eventually that they bought it for me and i gotta tell you way more challenging than i could have ever imagined
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
Peloton coaches are walking the walk. I love the coaches. I do the Grateful Dead one. It's fantastic. They have a sub three hour marathon runner, military trained athlete, a former college basketball player and so many other well-rounded coaches on their team. All this experience really shows in their classes. which are never short of challenging, especially for me.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
So I jumped on it that first time. It was challenging, more challenging than I thought. Then I wanted to beat the bike, and so I kept jumping on it, and I absolutely love it. I mean, I'm the only one who uses it, but again, they got it for me. I mean, I had no idea. That's a little passive-aggressive, don't you think? Find your push, find your power with Peloton at OnePeloton.com.
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
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Hour 2: The Aaron Rodgers Documentary
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
This is very exciting. I don't know what Nick Turturro saw that made him giggle so much with David Sampson here. David Sampson, of nothing personal, has landed the get that there is anywhere in baseball today because his rage speaks on behalf of all Yankee fans and his place right now. His backdrop looks exactly how I would have guessed it would if I thought, where does that rage come from?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
You got to be careful there, Nick, when you're doing the sports commentary game. If you want to get into a debate show with David Sampson, you got to be careful about calling somebody a dirty guy in these troubled times. No, I mean dirty in a way that he looks like, you know.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I got it. I'm not trying to get you in any trouble. I just wanted you and David to argue about something because you say you think you can do this, and David's very good at it. Look, he booked you on our show. You guys have probably been arguing about things for three days, I would guess.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I asked you not to bring it up is something I did not expect to hear. Nick, thank you for being here.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
You're hired, Nick. That's the start of a new show right there. There's a new baseball show in there somewhere with Nick Turturro and David Sampson. We will try and get him on again because I want to get him fired up on sports.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Yes. Well, this was the nothing personal sponsored portion of our show where we talked to David Sampson and he brought his own guest today. But there are a number of things that I did want to talk to him about, including what it is that we were talking about with Greg Cody a second ago, which is who is the better local columnist in town? Greg Cody or Dave Hyde?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
It comes from those black and white photographs behind him. He is mad and pissed off on behalf of several generations of Yankee fans.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
All right, hold on a second. I'm going to just throw total chaos at this situation. This is so exciting. Hold on, Dan. Nick, since you're right there, since you're still with us, hold on a second. I'm going to give you what I hope is a little treat. I don't know if it's a little treat.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
But we have had some traffic get congested here, and so as a filibuster, I would like our camera crew to focus in on Greg Cody, who is right now at a live mic and has been taking about 45 minutes to wrap this.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I'm going to go to him in a second. They haven't started yet. Okay, I'm going to go to you in a second. You haven't started yet? You're just waiting for your cue? All right. Yes. As you do so, you're going to have to keep waiting because... Michael Kay has arrived. Oh, boy. Yeah, Michael Kay, the legendary Michael Kay, who I have loved for a long time around here.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
And I don't know how Nick feels about him as a Yankee fan, but a distinguished career of Michael Kay. I wanted to celebrate it today, but now it's collided against David Sampson and Nick Turturro. So I'll just bring Michael Kay in now as we do this because we're live. Look at him. Look at the smiling face. Look at the smiling face of the road has beaten me up for years, kid.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Oh, my God. This fandom right here represents the voice of New York sports and betrayal and hurt. And thank you. I can't tell you how much we appreciate your rage. Let's play for everybody. Okay. Nick Turturro's rage when Juan Soto betrayed his beloved Yankees.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I've been doing shows in this town for 30 years.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Every day I'm getting ground down by the national sports radio machine that needs to keep being fed. And look at it. It's ravaged him. That Yankee baseball and people caring like Nick Turturro has made Michael Kay a legend in New York. And also somebody who thinks what of Nick Turturro's active rage toward your beloved team, Michael, as he rails against Juan Soto. Okay, that's very good.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
He's a video game character. We're working on it. We're working on it is what I got from Lewis as I tried to combine those two elements. We're trying to get Michael K. Was that a robot?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
But I think what David is saying, forgive me if I have the accusation wrong, are you suggesting, David, that Nick Turturro bowed in the face of Yankee royalty, Michael Kay, big voice of the team today, Face of the team, are you saying that Nick Turturro tuned down his rage out of respect for Michael Kay, voice of the Yankees?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
We love you.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Stugatz.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Well, Michael, I'm told, has just joined us again, and Louis said very comfortingly in my ear, I don't know about the audio. Okay, so we're going to try it again. Yes, it was lovely. As we have all of these things collide together, I'm pleased that Louis is in charge to guide me through these stormy seas. Michael K., if you can hear me, I'm sorry.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
We have executed this. Congratulations, Lewis. We brought live people together. Michael K., have you heard of Nick Turturro's ranting? What are your general thoughts as someone who has recently shown disgust for the sports fan?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Performative. Nick, that's an insult. Performative.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Why did you? We thought you were reprimanding Chris Cody there.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Because you corrected Michael K so sternly. Look, Samson. The muscle memory on Chris Cody when he hears that word to automatically assume he did something wrong. You're new to this game, Samson. Look, Michael K's been mispronouncing names for 30 years. He was forgetting names when you were just an embryo, Samson. You know what he meant.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
You're telling him to be better. I'm telling both of you to be better because I know how long this man has been talking on the radio. Do you understand how grueling this man's life has been in sports media? He's had a hit television interview show in New York. He's had a daily radio show. And he's bouncing around the United States with the New York Yankees.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
The Yankees have aged him 15 years in the last five years.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Correct. He's insatiable. And he wants to talk about sports until he dies. But, Michael, you've given up here a little bit of your workload now. And it's one of the reasons I wanted to have you on to celebrate you. And forgive me here, Nick and David, for making the room for this.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
The reason I was actually calling and wanted to have you on was to celebrate a truly legendary career that has come through print journalism. and mastered all of the crafts to get to the freedom and the luxury that you have as being one of the kings of New York in the biggest sports radio market that there's ever been.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
So thank you to Michael Kay on a totally overwhelming career that we're here to celebrate.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Wait a minute. David Sampson, did you just try to play the game with Michael K? Would I attend your funeral? Did you just try to do that? No, he already said, David, he said he wouldn't.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I love this game so much. Would you go to their funeral? No, but maybe if it's close and there isn't traffic.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Michael, how are you as a gift wrapper? Because Greg Cody is in the other room and he's telling us he's an expert gift wrapper. I don't imagine from among our group of three here that we have any good gift wrappers.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Well, Greg, what do you have there? Can you please get in here? Are you going to start wrapping that gift? Are you not going to start wrapping the gift? Like, what are you waiting for?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
We told you go 10 minutes ago. You've been there 45 minutes. What are you doing?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
We'll come back to that. I appreciate Nick and Michael Gay watching that with us at David Sampson. Thank you. We'll come back to that Wildly Entertainment segment shortly. Nick, before, I'm not going to eulogize Michael K. anymore, but why don't you explain to the people, as somebody who is, like, Michael, look at the room that he's in. Nick is a Yankee fan at the core.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Nick knows the company he's keeping right now as a voice in his head when he went from his childhood sportsdom to an adult. Is Michael retiring? I mean... He is leaving one of his 74 jobs. Yes. Soon or thereafter. But I would like Nick to tell us what Michael Kay is as an announcer to him in New York, as a voice for New York.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
That's the coolest. It's such a cool experience here, Michael, watching, you know, I don't know how much more career you have left on all of the fronts. Have you been talking to my doctors?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I want to celebrate one of your careers that sort of— Yeah, it really sounds like a celebration, Dan.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I have worried about Mike for a long time because I feel like he works too much. And so what I'm happy about is that this portion of his career, he gets to celebrate that he works less.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Michael, before we get you out of here, the state of the Yankees, who have had the sport wrestled away from them by the Dodgers and are not used to losing revenue fights. The state of the Yankees is what now? Where a World Series appearance is somehow a disappointment because they've got a cataclysmic collapse in a fifth inning.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
for years like off camera and you know now it's like and now i'm doing it on camera so oh but but you're an actor this was not acting this is rage that you i looked in your eyes you were not there you you you this was not acting this you've this was the most real thing you've ever done sir on film
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
And you're not, you won't. And there it is. That is why he's the radio legend that he is. That is why he's always quick on his feet.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
That's right. Thank you. Michael, I love seeing you. Happy holidays. Nick, I thank you for being on the show with us. We will have you on again whenever it is the Yankees enrage you. Thank you, gentlemen. Sure, my pleasure.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I've got to get your movie review while we check in with Greg Cody here to end your segment because we've thrown a lot at you here, David.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
That's a terrible idea. David, your movie review as Greg Cody tries to get this right the last 50 seconds and give us the dismount with a perfectly wrapped gift.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I'm sorry I'm laughing. I'm just enjoying Michael Kay and Nick Turturro. They can't get out. Watching your movie segment as Greg Cody raps kids.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I need you to relax for a second if you can. I understand. I thought you wanted some energy. No, no, no.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
No, we need to make you honorary Yankee fan. Look, you spoke on behalf of Yankee fans there.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
All right, well, we're going to put some pressure on them in a second, but you're a bit of a maniac, and so I need to slow you down for a second because... That's the word that messes me up.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
With some heart and some passion. Okay, let me show you again this video. Perhaps you missed it the first time I showed it to you. Let's get that video again and play it for Nick so that he understands how it is. But there are other moments of me that you only want to show the heightened moments. That's right. That's what he does, Nick. That's what I do. That's right. Just clickbait.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
That's all I am. I just want to get the clicks of, look at this. This is just a moment in Nick Turturro's life when he hates Juan Soto the most. Hey, Juan Soto?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Don Levitard. Go Pee-Pee. Stoogatz. Go Pee-Pee. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stoogatz.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Samson, you brought us the delightful Nick Turturro, and you brought us also Bob Costas recently on Nothing Personal, where Bob Costas said goodbye to the game with great grace, and Nick just told him to bleep off and get the hell out of here.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I think we've gone too far when Nick is out here saying, I've heard things about him that's draped in stuff I don't understand.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
No, I don't want to do this.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
Look, I don't want to talk anymore about slandering Juan Soto because Nick Turturro has heard some things. What I do want to do is examine... how betrayed Yankee fans feel right now. And if you want to audition for this sports show that you speak of, because I do think you'd be very good at this because of the way you care about baseball and know its nuances.
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
I'm guessing that you and David Sampson disagree on what the Yankees have done since then, because I don't think David Sampson thinks the Yankees are very well managed right now. Do I have that wrong, David?
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Hour 1: Nick Turturro's Yankees Fan Rage With David Samson And Michael Kay
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast.
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
Because you went icy when I dared to put him in the same category as you when I was comparing legends in this market.
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
Did you or did you not go totally icy when I said that Dave Hyde, when I dared to suggest that Dave Hyde was in your class as a columnist in legendary stature in this market?
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
Well, how do you measure it? If I say awards, who wins more awards?
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
That has nothing to do with being a columnist?
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
What's the measurement? Not awards? I'm asking. What is the measurement for longevity? He just gave himself more points for being more at the knee of Edwin Pope than Dave Hyde. I don't even know what that was. Dave Hyde also learned from Edwin Pope. We all did.
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
that i love you guys and i'm super grateful to be able to do all of this with you such a great professional blessing and to be surrounded by gifts everywhere but none greater than the ability to still do this show with you guys this long into twenty years and still have it be something that people want to listen to so in the most heartfelt of ways as if no one was watching during the holiday party season i just you guys i'm super grateful just us
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
Uh-oh. He doesn't want to be bothered anymore. Now it's getting tense because he didn't need that as a result. He needs something that happens. You can see him mother-effing it. Can we bother? Are we bothering you right now? Turn on your microphone, Greg.
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
I don't know that we have to... Let's go out to Amin, who is out taking a busy victory lap. I'm sorry I put you in an awkward position. I did that on purpose. I just thought it'd be funny to rip Dave Hyde. He's a delightful man. He wouldn't care at all. Right. Amin, that's not a victory lap. He's been waiting for you to close this loop for a while. All right, so Amin is there.
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The Big Suey: Is The NHL Better Than The NBA?
We need to get some basketball analysis. He was very excited about the Bucs are now cup champions. They didn't bother to break open any of the champagne. They just left a big cart of things for people to carry in and out of a room there. That's how they celebrated winning the Cup over OKC. I mean, you were surprised, as I was, to see OKC held the 81 points or whatever it was.
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Give us your update still smelling like Las Vegas. Absolutely not, Dan. I wasn't surprised at all.
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Well, you know, mostly you guys. And also the occasional other. I mean, I can hear him in the other room. I can hear Izzy in the other room. I can hear all the people on the outside of this room looking in, wondering, what about the gratitude for us? OLI is exactly right. Billy, what have you placed behind me here? Because I do want to get to Greg Cody. There's so much I want to get to.
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Okay, very well done. He's running in place. Very well done. That's the second time that's happened to you. You can't tell whether it's push or power that you're pushing. I mean, yes, you need to be a little more tired when doing this. The whole bit is... I'm Doc Rivers.
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And it's the only guy in the league that I thought, yeah, he's probably got a throat guy. I'm doing lunges. Yeah, okay. I'm lunging, Dan. All right, good. Who else would have a throat guy? When Doc Rivers said that with that voice, when Doc Rivers said that, I thought to myself, yeah, that's why his voice sounds like that. He's been seeing the throat guy. Apparently not enough.
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Milwaukee, what do you make of them all of a sudden playing better? Weren't you talking about their schedule yesterday or two days ago?
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Wow, really? Baby! Really? You could have been more subtle than that, Doc. If you're going to argue with Amin El-Hassan, you could be more subtle than that. Tell Amin what you really think about his take from yesterday that the Bucs haven't turned any corners. It's off schedule.
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See you through. Yeah, we really appreciate that. I asked for Doc Rivers to berate Amin El-Hassan. Instead, he made an eloquent argument on behalf of what Amin said yesterday. Hey, Amin's a great guy. Okay, thank you. Appreciate all your help. I wanted Doc Rivers to rip what Amin said yesterday. He's like, no, let me offer some context and be totally fair to what Amin said yesterday.
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Okay, get out of here. I don't want to hear from you anymore. I don't need your nuance anymore. Izzy, I'm sorry you were interrupted before we were saying where it is your allegiances went. Mike Ryan is proudly trotting you out here as the symbolic face of South Florida. I've moved from basketball to hockey.
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I want to get to Greg Cody gift wrapping. I want to get to... Amin and Izzy have all sorts of takes that they are firing. Oh, now Tony's here too.
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But this is one of the things, though, that is so cool about how fandom grows up and how you get spread thin as a parent and where it is. that you outgrow sports or don't or can't. The idea that the Heat lose to the Pistons and symbolically you're like, those three guys losing to the Pistons, it doesn't mean anything, regular season playoffs. Oh, Jimmy was really good. This is probably all over.
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This probably doesn't have a chance. And then you tune into the other game and what you're getting, because it's not the Pistons, is... No, this is going over there and beating them at their game now where they score the five goals and they never lose when they score the five goals.
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And you beat them there six to five after making sure that they saw you celebrate all offseason with the trophy that Canada would like very much for Florida to give up at some point. The bigness of what it is the Panthers felt like made the heat feel small comparatively because...
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One of the victories felt like it mattered, and the other one was just sort of signaling, again, the redundant end to an era here, really, because if Mike's out here publicly for two years, stop with Jimmy Bam Tyler, it's not good enough. Like, you've lost one of your chief fans to hockey.
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Everybody wants to get their shots off. They're all in the other room waiting to get their shots off while I profess my gratitude to this group of people. that is right here, sitting with me right now.
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Don't you guys sort of feel, though, I mean, I'm sitting the other day and you've got at my side on their podcast, the OGs, you've got Udonis Haslam and Mike Miller, whose bodies are just sort of broken from like working at that military complex across the street where they're saying even 2010 to 2014, hey, that wasn't fun. Like none of that was fun. Going to work, pressure, pressure.
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And we're being run into the ground. to create the League of Player Empowerment that would then allow 10 years later for Jimmy Butler to do, for maintenance in general, to be around a program. You do understand that the power shifted when Pat Riley went to Vegas and LeBron went somewhere else. Like the power of all that shifted.
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So how can we use them for our entertainment now as employees of this company who serve... I wouldn't phrase it that way. Well, let's start with a meme. Let's start with a meme out there, shall we? Let's give Amin a microphone and let's get him to celebrate whatever it is that he wants to celebrate here in a victory lap.
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I can't disagree with you there. That part... That part is where you can just drag the NBA for load management because if you compare my toughness to hockey players, the military is going to pale. Like, if you're doing it as hockey players are the standard for what toughness is, then you're asking an inhumane standard from what it is you're expecting from the bodies that play in those uniforms.
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Whoa, they're another columnist. Take right there. Because why not?
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Because I don't know, he was in Vegas stealing company money and he went for that cup that the Bucs surprised me yesterday. I didn't know that OKC could be held to 81 points. I didn't know that was a thing.
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Yeah, but it's a very important cup that not a lot of people care about, and then the people who do care about it get very mad at the people who don't care about it for not caring about it enough, even though it's an invented, contrived cup to make us more interested in regular season games that the players sit out.
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I would like everybody, all right, hold on a second. This is what happens when I cancel the fine bucket. I can't get control. Now I don't want to see this guy. All right. Hold on a second. Let him speak. I don't mean... You're coming over and you're talking to the official. Right now, I've thrown the flag and I want to clear everyone out. You yelled timeout. Nobody acknowledged your timeout.
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Soon after, I showed... You know what? This is the first thing I'm going to do. OK, and I'm not going to I'm not going to abide anything. I'm just throwing down law here. OK, I mean, you're going to leave the room. Oh, no, no. Hold on.
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I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, just we'll revisit this because this is real and it's the holiday spirit. You're going to leave for a second. Now. Well, can I hear the rest of the thing before I leave? Amin? Well, how does he know? Amin, I need you. There's a monitor out there. It's because you're going to say something about me after I leave. Amin, I'm on the national airwaves.
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You'll find out about it.
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Amin, I need you to leave the room now. And it's only because you're not white or Hispanic. I don't think you can say that. Well, I already said it. Now, hold on a second. Izzy, I also need you to leave the room. I didn't even get to say anything. But Izzy, it's because you're gay. What? Oh, wow. I mean, fine, I guess. No, fine, I'm going to get to because we're bringing back the fine bucket.
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I'm going to bring back the fine bucket and now there are going to be rules that people abide by because it's gotten out of control where a sports show just broke out
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I expressed gratitude for everything and everyone that was here. And a sports show just broke out around a hugely defensive Amin El-Hassan angry that hockey has overtaken basketball in this town.
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Which is not even true. But wait a minute, Mike. Mike? Mike, you don't get the last word just because he's out there. I can step out, too. You go, too.
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You go out there. Make up with him because you guys were shouting at each other. And for some reason, I don't want to talk to him.
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It is. Like, that was so rude. I need help with everything that's happening here.
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Does that influence the rankings, Billy?
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If we paired his Dolphins at 50 with Cody's 50... Tim's at 50. He got dolphins? He's back, Dan.
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How about that? Doc Rivers learning from Darvin Ham and the Lakers celebrating with champagne. There are photographs out there of champagne unopened because the Bucs just won and then didn't do any celebrating.
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I'm saying if I put them next to each other, I want to do a more empirical measurement of whether or not Greg Cody is better than Dave Hyde because our bias crew thinks so.
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Hold on, this is a good one. Wait a minute, Greg is now scared because he's been cornered. All right, good, good. Hold on a second, hold on a second. Let's breathe. That escalated quickly. The holiday festivities have gotten off to a fiery start. Wow. Again, not what I saw coming. An argument about hockey versus baseball being the trigger. I don't know.
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Excuse me. Pay up. Chris, can you please tell me what your mother says to the allegation that Greg Cody... is one of the least charitable people in the history of charitable finances.
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Too charitable, really. That was just in your ear, yeah. That was just in your ear. Have you forgotten how to do the show? That was a joke told to you to continue.
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We're going to go here to Amin in a second and see what his victory lap looks like. But the game last night was something that Amin cared about. And I'm finding a hard time as we just got done talking about hockey. And we just got done talking about how your allegiance is a change for sports. Izzy's a basketball guy and now he's a hockey guy. And Mike's tired.
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Mike's out here telling you, tired of this core. Done with it two years ago. Don't want to do this team anymore. I've given up on where that franchise is while it's this other one that's giving me all manner of hope. Izzy is the smiling face of changing allegiances. What are you laughing about, Billy?
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It was concealed and then it revealed itself. I do think I now know what he was laughing at, yes.
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Wow. We'll get back to that. We'll get back to that again. Please use Roy visually like that the remainder of the show where he just pops in staring at us confused from the toy drive at Dolphin Mall. Izzy, how have your allegiances changed in terms of you're somebody who grew up here around me and Cody? You know what?
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Before I get to that, let me ask Izzy something else because this will make for better drama. I felt in the last segment, I don't know if the rest of you did, Greg Cody bristle. When I dared to put Dave Hyde at his side as second best.
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I don't know if you guys felt it, but there was a little.
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Okay, so let me cover this ground for the audience because this is good ground right here. This is good ground. Greg and I got in a lot of trouble with Howard Schnellenberger and Hank Goldberg and Bob Greasy because at the Clevelander Pool at Marlins Park we celebrated our longtime mentor Edwin Pope as the most legacy-soaked columnist in the history of this market.
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The party was supposed to, I think they thought it was going to be a wake. Schnellenberger came with patches on his elbows. And we've got, you know, drunk people jumping in a pool. They've had too many drinks.
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Okay, you've got to be careful with Greg Cody. Eulogies, funerals, he'll make them about himself. That's what happened that night. The mayor showed up.
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But it was too messy and festive for the people who were gathered in the memory of somebody who was a distinguished pillar of professionalism.
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Who was angriest? Was it him or Schnellenberger? Who was the angriest? Time for first.
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But I will say that Izzy learned like you learned and like i learned edwin pope is the columnist in this town yeah he's the king always will be the things he says were the things that mattered anyone who comes after him here in this market learned from him dave hyde included but i'm putting greg cody second And he's bristling. He doesn't think Dave Hyde. I think of him as 2A and 2B. Dave Hyde.
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They're competing newspapers.
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They call him the rapper. All right, Greg, go ahead and start rapping. I don't think you can multitask where you're rapping that gift and doing show with us, but I also want to do it around this conversation because I want to quantify it. Greg Cody, in the history of this market, when you pair him against Dave Hyde, I think their resumes are largely equal.
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Greg, can we create optimal conditions for your wrapping? Is this good enough for you? It seems like this is a little tight of an area to do this well.
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The toy drive is until the end of tomorrow. It's what I have in my possession at the end of tomorrow.
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Look, we will do this better in upcoming years. This is hastily organized, and I have made it. I would like, at some point in the future, to create so many toys that it costs half a million dollars because I have to match our audience on toys given during the holidays. But right now, we're at Flanagan's in a parking lot. And we got two days at Dolphin Mall. We got six hours to do this.
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And whatever it is we raise, I'm telling you, I will then estimate that and match it.
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Okay, so what just happened? Look, I think that Billy came in here and they very carefully— We are never going to close this Dave Hyde loop, I'm telling you right now.
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Stugatz, if you think he didn't notice that you bailed on his 70th after committing and costing him a meal, you don't know my least giving friend in the history of charity very well.
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No, no, no, no, no. Chris, can we ask Earlene Cody, please, how she would describe, if she doesn't have time for us today and can only text us, to give us a word or two of what she thinks of your father, her husband, as a charitable person. A person who donates and gives time, energy, sacrifice, spirit. of any kind to charity.
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We will get in a second to this Dave Hyde loop. I do want to close. But why is Lewis behind me right now holding the gifts after Billy tried to produce a segment and then Stugatz for some reason got in. He asked.
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Over my shoulder, there are an assortment of gifts. They all look from here to be wrapped roughly the same. I think I would have to more closely inspect. What is a well... You guys look. You guys tell me. Pick one. They all look like they're wrapped the same. I can't tell any difference between how it is that they're wrapped.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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They all look like they're wrapped well, except for this one doesn't seem like it's wrapped very well. It doesn't look like somebody put in any effort here.
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So if I eliminate this one and I eliminate this one... Eliminate the bag, yeah.
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I'm sure that person put a lot of thought into that gift. Mm-hmm. So it's either this one or this one.
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Telltale giveaway.
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Wait a minute. This says from Ricky Martinez.
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What does that say?
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Is that like Harry, the guy that was laughing at Lucy? Am I paying? Who's Rudy Rodriguez?
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Is Amin ready for his victory lap out there through the holiday party?
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Is he ready to go? We'll get to Dave Hyde in a second. But is Amin ready? Thank you. Get out of here, Lewis.
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In a second. The Dave Hyde one, though.
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Where are you guys on this? Where should, is he, let me put you in the middle of this.
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There's no bigger fan of Greg Cody than you in the universe.
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Around here, no one thinks Greg Cody is better or funnier than you do.
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Dave Hyde's resume against his resume. How do you stack them?
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At the risk of going syrupy on you guys during the holidays, I am looking right now at six people. I cannot see Roy here and his Santa, stoic Santa face, but I will say, in the most heartfelt of ways, after four very, very difficult years...
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You have never been sexier.
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Okay, guys, it says here I'm supposed to tell you about the refreshing tropical lime flavor of Mountain Dew Baja Blast. But what does refreshing tropical lime mean exactly? Allow me to describe it in a way that my fellow DraftKings players will understand.
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Each week leading up to the big game, turn football into food ball by building your best game day plate for a shot at winning a share of $40,000 in cash prizes. Inspired by game day bites and tailgate treats, join the Tums Food Ball action during this playoff season's most heartburn-inducing times.
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Visit DraftKings.com slash TumsFoodball between January 6th and February 9th to enter for free and select your game day plate before the start of each playoff round. Age and eligibility restrictions apply. Void where prohibited. See terms at DraftKings.com slash TumsFoodball. When you feel the heat of the game, don't let the heartburn keep you on the sidelines.
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Try Tums Chewy Bites with a tasty outer shell and soft center for fast relief of heartburn, acid indigestion, and upset stomach. Check out Tums Gummy Bites, featuring a soft and easy-to-chew format for fast relief of occasional heartburn, acid indigestion, sour stomach, and upset stomach. Both available at Amazon, Target, and other major retailers nationwide.
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Sounds like a win-win for Juju.
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That's beautiful. And those no's, by the way, were happy no's. Because if you're just listening on audio, she's like, no! She was very happy to be receiving the tickets.
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Doing them during the vows is a choice, though. Like, I feel like that's something I could have given to her, you know, after the wedding in the hotel room and like, you know, maybe during the reception. It's just like I want I'm going to give you this gift and I want every single person to look at me, Louie. It is a little look at me, Louie. Not going to lie.
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I'm trying to think of the look my wife would have given me if I did this. My wife, not as excited about sports as this bride.
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It felt like his look it up, like it's not actually true, but look it up.
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Mally, who works here, is an Eagles fan, and he was not happy with our A.J. Brown conversation earlier. He says he reads the book every game. We are just blowing this way out of proportion.
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You guys are making me realize that I have always just been a guy. I walk in my house. Sometimes I kick my shoes off right away. Sometimes I get to my bed, and I do it on the floor. Sometimes I do it in the living room. I don't have a routine when it comes to my shoes. Sometimes it comes right off when I walk in, and sometimes it's 10 minutes after. That's exactly right.
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I've never thought about it before, but it's just an odd thing.
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Dan! Would you give Pitt your kidney? You guys see Tebow's having a baby, speaking of Tim Tebow?
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He seems like he'd be a fun dad, but also go out for a catch, he'd be throwing pretty hard, right? Taking things very seriously all the time? Yeah, yeah.
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This is the Dan Labatar Show with the Stugats.
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I mean, but they were coming off of a big win against the Bengals. It was December 8th. They had beat the Ravens, the Commanders. I could see it.
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When was that?
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He's local and he reached out to me. Friends with Dookie Lang. He's got that Disney money.
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Would you help Josh Kat if he asked, Dan?
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No. But he needs it.
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Wow. OK, so if it's the money and the amount, which would you rather give Josh Gad in a time of peril? A kidney or $70,000? Mine or my mom's? Your kidney. But it's free.
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No, he needs a kidney. But it's either your kidney or $70,000. He can buy a kidney on the black market.
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Josh Gad is getting a kidney.
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Yeah, yeah, he needs one.
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No, no, Josh Gad needs one.
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If I'm an organ donor and Josh Gad needs my kidney and I'm donating my kidney to Josh Gad, who pays the copay? Do I have to pay my insurance to donate a kidney to Josh Gad? I think you both have to pay for it.
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Because there's a medical procedure that's taking place that presumably my insurance will cover, which I'm sure they'd ask, why are we covering an elective surgery where you're donating kidney? But do I pay to donate my kidney or does the recipient?
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You would think, right? Like a car accident situation.
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You were very comfortable talking about how you met your wife, how much you love her, how important she is to you. And that's the reason that I asked the question. I've always admired that about you, that you have no problems whatsoever professing your love.
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I would say comedically, just rhythmically, in terms of song, you have not heard a better cadence of words chosen than I have a new wife, you know? Me and Bianca didn't make it. Like you would describe, you know, a plane crash Like some, you would describe people not living. Didn't make it. We didn't survive. The marriage didn't survive.
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But to say I have a new wife, you know, me and Bianca, it's a funny name as well. Me and Bianca didn't make it.
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Why have you guys frozen the way I look on the screen there?
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Well, I look terrible there. I look pale. The lighting's not good in the studio. I look deeply unhealthy. I do look less gray.
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But why is it on the screen? Is it just to make fun of me?
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I have a new wife, you know. Well, hello, Dan Levitard. Wait a minute. Why is Skipper here?
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I was doing my limited fake Wilfork, not my limited fake Skipper. It was terrible, though.
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Oh, well, this is the thing. This is why Billy is the secret ingredient that he is. Billy, please focus in on Billy. You will see. No, down.
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Focus in as much as you can. Put that on the screen and try and focus just on Billy's face in the background. The reveal of this has Jessica hiding in her own hands because we can all see the delight of Billy in the background. As soon as we focus this up, we will see that Billy Gill, agent of anarchy, is just delighted that I have fallen on my face opposite Vince Wilfork at his feet.
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The worst part of that for me is I was in reruns. It had worked the last time I talked to him. The marriage didn't.
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Me and Bianca didn't make it. It's somewhere between a party you couldn't get to and a boat lost at sea. Didn't make it. It seems more extreme than just a marriage falling apart. Does it not? Didn't make it feels like something between marriage falling apart and life ending.
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I got the dog. Look, yeah. Billy, I aired and I've aired today. I aired before and I've aired today in not getting to the fact that you have now, you came in the other day and you simply said, big night for ghosts.
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Oh, but can we think about, honestly, can we think for a moment about the haunting and the humanity in what I'm about to say? Sam Darnold cares deeply about being a great quarterback, and for 17 weeks he had us fooled. Like, he's been up and down. A Jets organization relied on him. He was great at USC. He was supposed to be a first-round pick, and then his career was dead.
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Careers aren't dead in this sport. Maybe you can be Baker Mayfield. Maybe you can get into a contract. And then... You're playing in the most important game of your life for a contract. And just last week, you went from 14-2, you got everything conquered, to, oh, we're a five seed going on the road. That's hard to win as a quarterback on the road. Daniels was the only one who did it this weekend.
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He's a rookie. He's got a future that you don't have, Sam Darnold, right now. We thought you had a future going into the off season. We thought you were gonna get money. And the reason that this is happening is you're in a playoff game and we all feel that this is gonna happen to you. And now you feel that it's gonna happen to you. And the pressure of it is falling on you.
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And there's a pass rush, but you're feeling pass rush where it's not.
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holy shit is that feeling alone when your skill guys are great and your entire future is playing out on television and everyone sees yeah he's just sam darnold and you're like oh my god i'm just sam darnold i'm just sam darnold i see ghosts everywhere i'm not as confident as i need to be it reminded me actually i told you i used to get into bar fights and i retired i retired a sentence from bar fighting i retired the time that i got up the gloves or what
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I appreciate that you guys are making fun of me about this, but it's a horrible self-realization to have, which is where you've started a fight and you realize that the person across from you is not afraid of that fight, and then it means that you are because you've registered a thought in a moment that's supposed to be about muscle memory.
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Sam Darnold thinking that he's Sam Darnold in that moment when America's thinking he's Sam Darnold and the Rams think he's Sam Darnold and now his teammate Justin Jefferson thinks, oh bleep, I'm still with Sam Darnold!
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Two biggest games. I'm talking most about how alone it must feel. Yeah. When we all can see, you're seeing danger that's not there. When an announcer in the press box is this comfortable with his frustration of, oh, no, I had hope, and my quarterback sees fear that isn't registering with me. He's holding it too long. Just run.
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That is shouted at the sky by someone falling to their knees.
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Don Levitard. You are very comfortable talking about how you met your wife, how much you love her, how important she is to you. And that's the reason that I asked the question. I've always admired that about you, that you have no problems whatsoever professing your love.
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I appreciate you soothing me in this regard, but I already feel terribly awkward. And then my teammate comes to my defense with not a question, but just a healthy congratulations. And the further pointing out of that awkwardness, because he's always good for me in those spots. I'm also thinking of divorce, Vince, after many, many years, 18 years, with a partner who does things like that to you.
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i actually want to ask jordan something about what he just did there jordan schultz is the fox sports nfl insider co-host of why is draymond green talking about football there are a lot of people in the insider space his information is very good he had something on jerry jones and deon sanders the other day but when you come on and you say my pledge is it because you're such a hurry uh gathering information that you don't have uh time for the word pleasure
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You don't have time for actual pleasure or saying the word. You got to just say my pledge.
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That is correct. I also think that slapping the bass is a rare phrase. We're not making really movies that carry over for 10 years with funny things like that that you'll remember. But I want to go back, and I failed earlier in the show. I want to show this to Jordan Schultz because I have failed as a network to correct the generation gap we have around here.
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When David Sampson and Adnan Virk start talking about movies, they know more than just about anybody I'm listening to on movies. They're talking about movies that are ancient. They are talking about Back to School, 1986. And what I want to play for Jordan Schultz, I don't know if you're familiar. Do you know what I'm talking about here?
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Because I want to just show you something and tell you that it's better than anything Paul Rudd has done. Are you familiar with the movie Back to School?
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Oh, wow. Yes, this is Rodney Dangerfield. This is the triple Lindy right here. This is Rodney Dangerfield going from diving board to diving board. No one's ever done the triple Lindy before. This is an amazing dive to end this movie with.
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Yes, a very not physically fit Rodney Dangerfield. This is on. That's right.
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That's right. And there it is. Please put that picture in picture. I want that to play for the rest of the show. Jessica, do you believe that this is a movie worth watching because Rodney Dangerfield has just nailed the triple Lindy?
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Okay. Yeah. And Jessica has not done it and it doesn't deserve to look at me, Lou. And you've just, cause I'm a woman.
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Jerry Jones has spoken with Deion Sanders. Jordan, can you tell me what the news is there and how real this is? Or is this just Jerry loves marketing? And hey, look, I can get around the Rooney Rule by doing this as well.
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it just doesn't seem like it's real uh... it seems like they're both profiteers and masters of getting attention like how real is it how had yet them talking is fine and interesting but how was it not just cosmetic does anyone believe that jerry jones would turn over his organization to someone
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like Deion Sanders, who played the way Deion Sanders does, coached the way Deion Sanders does, and would occupy a position that Jerry Jones needs to be egoless?
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You may be asking yourself, where do we get more Levitard Show, even though we get way too much Levitard Show and we can't keep up with all of the Levitard Show? Mike Ryan has lovingly been working on a project, an oral history of our show's history. Very self-involved. Where can people get it?
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Chris Cody, I have seen, forgive me for a second, Jordan, the good people at Cuervo have arrived and we like to take care of the sponsors who take care of us and the sponsors who take care of us like to take care of us. So I would like to celebrate Jordan Schultz here with some shots of Cuervo. Let's see if all of you have some nice 11.30 a.m.
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Cuervo because we like to take care of a very good sponsor here. Jordan, while we're doing this, can you tell me the story of the jerseys that are behind you there, Mahomes and Kelsey? Aren't you supposed to be an impartial reporter that gives us the news and doesn't have fandom showing like that? And what are you doing on your phone right now? Are you breaking news right now on your phone?
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A toast to frontrunners. We've got kids who are frontrunners. A toast to Jordan Schultz's frontrunning kids.
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They've been with the Chiefs ever since Taylor Swift got there. To Jordan Schultz and the frontrunning children.
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Thank you, Cuervo. I think Chris Cody just faked a shot. Did you have the shot or did you fake a shot? We have been sipping tequila. You know what? I'm slurring my words because we have been sipping tequila since they got here.
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Jordan, among the people in the sport, the fear of the Rams, is it throughout the league that everyone knows that the Rams can beat anybody and fear their coach and their quarterback and their receivers?
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Or is that just the public getting away from itself in the week of wild card play where a team looks good and then all of a sudden you think they can beat the team like Detroit that's got a 222-point differential? Should the Rams, given what the Lions did this season, be among the big underdogs?
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How do you feel about Funyuns?
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Oh, you're here now. Come on. Come on. Come on, Jobin. We're friends. We're friends now. You've got to do it. You've got to impress your friends.
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No single lindy for me. Put it on the poll, please. Would Jordan Schultz have made the NBA if not for the Funyuns?
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Yes. How do you feel about wearing shoes in the house?
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How are we about that in the shipping container? Because you asked me earlier this week, Chris, you asked me a question, because I dropped a banana on the floor without the peel, and I was thinking about eating the banana after it was on the floor. You asked me if we were a house where we wear the shoes inside, and I did wear shoes inside and didn't know any better until I got married.
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And then I stopped wearing shoes inside. Are you guys wearing shoes inside or do the shoes get left out?
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you wear your shoes inside the house?
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Chris, were you trying to be cute there?
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I don't know what I'm doing there, but I do believe that Jess has feetsies, but you don't have toesies. And I don't know what I'm doing there. Because I think you have thick, freckled feet.
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Well, I just think they're thick. I think they're like canned hams. Thank you, Dan.
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You think it's thick, huh? I don't think your feet are cute. We're going to get a look here. We're going to get a reveal.
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Foot. Foot. No, we're not... Foot. What are you putting on the screen? And there is Chris Cody's feet right there. Thank you. On the screen. A toast to Cuervo. Thank you, Jordan. A toast. A toast to Cuervo. Jordan, thank you for being on with us. We appreciate the information, sir.
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A guy, the guy. How many A guys are there at quarterback? Listen to the Viking frustration. I'm going to set up this sound, Stugatz, because, and I will tell you, that my Vikings analysis this season has been very simplified. I heard a lot of O'Connell's the best. I heard a lot of Brian Flores proves two or wrong. Coaching, coaching, coaching, magic, magic, magic.
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And I just kept seeing at the center of all, no, that's Sam Darnold. And it's still Sam Darnold at the middle of that. And at the very end, I collapsed because they went 14-3. I'm like, okay, maybe it was Sam Darnold. And then what happened was Sam Darnold was Maximum Sam Darnold. And the Minnesota announcers knew it was coming. They live a cold life in the cold, physically in the cold.
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And now they've lived long enough. Oh, no, the Detroit Lions are better than us. We've lived an entire generation and generation after that and generation after that. We're always better than the Lions. And now we're not anymore. And why is that? Because we have Sam Darnold.
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Well, the frustration that is in Minnesota, perhaps you can hear right in here, because I mentioned Stugatz, that Addison and Naylor and Jefferson and Hawkinson and Hawkinson.
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And Aaron Jones, like that is a lot of people to give one. They traded for Hawkinson, got him from Detroit because they thought, OK, if Naylor's our third best receiver, we can make any quarterback good, even one that's on the scrap heap. And then Minnesota realizes at the same time as the rest of us, oh, no, it's still Sam Darnall.
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The throw it man. Oh my God. What a great call. That's speaking for their entire fan base. It's so easy to do from up there.
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Can you just put yourself, okay, right now, when Chris Cody argues yesterday, okay, Stugatz, because there's a lot of pressure on... on everything that we're watching. And Chris Cody, he was the only one in the world who had the coward's take of, give me all of Sam Darnold's money, but none of the expectations that come with being an NFL quarterback. And I sign up with everything he's saying.
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But I too, I'm a coward about this. You know why I'm a coward? Because I'm listening to that sound, and when I hear that announcer just casually say, just run, as if those aren't 300-pound people chasing Sam Darnold, and that his every instinct actually is to just run. He could. But the decision he makes to not run is based on knowing that it is best if I throw because I'm not much of a runner.
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really fascinating when it all shrinks up and justin herbert has to throw just from the pocket even justin herbert's not quite mobile enough to be the mobile thing you need because defenses are eating up just throw it man we've got to get rid of it in two and three seconds yes so sam donald gets swallowed by some of this to me the greatest gift i i will ask the rest of you if you think this is normal because i do not think it is in one of the reasons that i think that aaron rogers was a special
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quarterback that necessarily wasn't winning the way that tom brady was seven times but would just step up calmly into the teeth of a pocket because he could feel everything that was happening around him wasn't chaos he just needed to move up two steps to see that the field could be seen clearly with his head up not worried about either running or getting crushed joe burrow steps into the teeth of the pocket
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But with his face and his head up in a way that's uncommon for the quarterback. And so he can live in a smaller pocket. that doesn't require him to be mobile quarterback and still do some of the things that Joe Burrow does.
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But are you guys not noticing sort of the way that the terrain gets eaten up so that very quickly, all of a sudden, Kirk Cousins isn't serviceable because of how much is changing? You got to get the running backs disposable, cheapened in value.
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I need my quarterback to either be value or be mobile, preferably both, because I'm going to need somebody that turns run pass option into TJ Watt doesn't matter anymore.
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But I would say Baker Mayfield is a level of athletic. I would say that C.J. Stroud is a level of athletic. I would think that none of us would dispute that Kyler Murray is obviously very athletic. But I'm talking about...
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The way that that sport tries to exploit winning in the margins by finding value in all the places, of course, if you make a quarterback who's a quarterback and a running back as well, you can save money at running back and then get Derrick Henry for one year $10 million and boom. You have a Super Bowl. Yes. Or if you're Josh Allen and you can run around like that, right?
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And then all of a sudden you could beat Denver just handing the ball to James Cook. All game you could just beat Denver that way.
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Because we can't stop all of this mobility that's coming our way. But when you're in Minnesota, this happened in two games, Stugatz. We went from Sam Darnold's going to make so much this offseason to this.
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Isn't that America, though, on Sunday watching on your television? You're just like, just run. It's easy. Look, it's right there.
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Would you not agree, would all of you not agree that much of the armchair coaching that there is from all of the critics who watch football on Sunday, it's some degree of that's easy, why wouldn't you just run there? The hardest position in the sport. That's right.
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there's a hole right there look it's right there the hole's right there just like look he's open down the field 50 yards pick your head up stop looking at the ginormous men trying to tackle you and look downfield while you're about to get smushed it's it's better than that though right because the decision of just run also doesn't take into calculation that since he's a child
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being better than all the other athletes at this sport. Sam Darnold has never thought that the good play is to run four yards and get tackled. Like, that's not the play. I understand that that has to be taught, and he has to learn that that's the good play. But let me go get hit violently, and I can just go over there for four yards.
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You understand, though. And I'm sure Sam Darnold is very athletic compared to just people.
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To normal human beings. There was some more.
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But here you go, those two guys. But here's another thing that's harder than people think, okay? Another silly thing that's harder than people think, because you say to the guy calling the game, is everyone listening to this understanding what a disaster it has been to pay $375 million for Tom Brady to not be even mediocre at broadcasting the speaking of football games? Yeah. It has not worked.
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It is likely to end after one year. You will have the fairly unprecedented distinction of having a broadcaster walk away from more than $300 million because he's not good at a job, failing after one year in a way that Tom Brady has never failed before.
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Listen to what Tom Brady's former teammate Vince Wilfork had to say in general about Tom Brady's broadcasting.
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The Big Suey: Pablo Torre Could Have Saved The World (feat. David Samson & Pablo Torre)
I understand, but just give me a brief moment to welcome in Pablo Torre and David Sampson and start with you, Sampson, on how would you present everything happening around Zuckerberg, around Musk as well, but around Zuckerberg particularly today, and how it relates to how we get information and where all the money seems to be aligning.
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Pablo, you've reported on sports owners as well as anybody over the last year. I urge everyone listening to this. Pablo Torre finds out is a journalistic enterprise that has an assortment of reporting you will not find anywhere else. Miriam Adelson, John Fisher, Glenn Taylor, Matt Ishbia, the son's owner. What you reported on him was crazy and no longer in the shadows.
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What have these people been hiding from public view that Trump doesn't make them have to hide anymore?
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The Big Suey: Pablo Torre Could Have Saved The World (feat. David Samson & Pablo Torre)
Hey, howdy, listener. Why don't you sit down here next to me? Let's have a fireside conversation in the winter. This is all theater of the mind anyways. The weather outside is a little chilly. Let's warm up. Let's cozy up. Not just to each other, but also to that beautiful white can of Miller Lite. That's right.
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Make these moments even better with Miller Lite, the great tasting light beer for people who love beer. A new year is a perfect time for friends, family, and great tasting light beer. Tastes like Miller time. You know, as the football games get bigger, everybody's talking about hosting parties. It's always difficult. Everyone's got an opinion.
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The Big Suey: Pablo Torre Could Have Saved The World (feat. David Samson & Pablo Torre)
Why don't you just bring out a nice cooler of Miller lights and make everybody happy? You could be on opposite sides of the big game, but you still know that you are brought together. By Miller Time. Miller Lite is a great unifier. Miller Lite is brewed for taste. It hits different than other Lite beers. The original Lite beer since 1975 and still the very best one. Miller Lite. Great taste.
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96 calories. Go to MillerLite.com slash Dan. Find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Tastes like Miller Time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
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Pablo leads all of podcasting in reading while smiling. If you listen to ESPN Daily, he sounds like he's having the time of his life. Stugatz. Coming up next, I'm going to tell you about the Savannah Bananas. How do you know I'm in a banana?
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How do you know I'm smiling? That's how I find my vocal range. Sometimes I just say, Savannah Bananas. Savannah Bananas.
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The Big Suey: Pablo Torre Could Have Saved The World (feat. David Samson & Pablo Torre)
Yeah! This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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I need some help. I need some help from all of you because Pablo Torre has a very popular podcast and he's likable to a certain select... Can I clarify?
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So we're trying around here.
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We get the joke. We are trying to make you more likable around here, and you continue to just make it difficult at every turn. Billy and Stugatz are noticing at every turn that your arrogance is showing.
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No, but Pablo.
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The Big Suey: Pablo Torre Could Have Saved The World (feat. David Samson & Pablo Torre)
What he just did is I lived the movie. He's basically saying I was at the start of social media. It started with me. I invented it.
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This is Pablo Torre. MSNBC, you're making him a rising star. He's got the world's most expensive podcast, and he does journalism at a time that journalism is dying because you all gave it to Zuckerberg, and you're good with him and Musk doing journalism. And Pablo's out here fighting the good fight, but he does so with maximum eloquence.
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And MSNBC, this is what you've hitched your wagon to in terms of intellect.
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this meanwhile david samson toils in a tin can eight o'clock in the morning doing better content belching it out 50 minutes at a time pablo needs a team of people needs an army of hundreds to give you this and and poor samson's just working with coca and trying to get on msnbc and nobody invites him on msnbc but
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Do you guys understand? You've learned nothing from me, either one of you. Samson, Pablo, do you understand how it is, how hard it is to be less likable than me with your strident opinions?
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Is that why you hired me, Dan? You surround yourself with people who make you more likable.
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Nobody saw Stugatz coming on that one from any angle. So, guys, your level of trepidation here as we enter. What are the interesting takeaways here? What is the proper, not howling at the sky, correct temperament to have about what is clearly happening in this country, which is the gulf between have and have-nots continues to grow.
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There's a desperation growing amid the have-nots, and the rich people keep accruing more power, more money, so that they will have all of it at the most desperate of times and can buy all the water when you need it for a firefight. can buy all the media when you need it for a power struggle on disinformation.
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Like what's accurate as we enter a new four years where the American public have said flatly what we care about is the economy and immigration and the voting is swallowed by the desperation and people are lonely and angry and they'll vote for whatever represents change.
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Jeremy, you were making faces while Samson was talking.
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It'd be one thing if they had proven it, but they haven't. I regret all of this. I regret everything that we have done for the last 25 minutes. Chris Leakes. We're back. Except for that. I've been okay with that.
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So you guys have been looking for how long to try?
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Is that Rodney Dangerfield? It came out around the time of The Wheel, I believe. What year is Back to School? What year is Back to School? I think it was 81.
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Samson is... I get no respect. Samson, yes. Samson is incapable of making a movie reference to Jessica that's not from 1981. It was 86.
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Back to school. As I recall, Rodney Dangerfield, is that the one he dives in? He's a swimmer of some sort? Yeah. Triple Wendy.
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Too old, guys. Go look at Rodney. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Why have we not been talking more about this during this segment instead of worrying about Zuckerberg? You're telling me that a 60-year-old Rodney Dangerfield, who looked 60 when he was 30, was shirtless in a movie back to school and did the triple lindy in order to win something in a movie. Right.
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So you guys are telling me that the Trimble Lindy was to go from one diving board to another diving board to another diving board? That was the big finish. Spoiler alert. The big finish to the Rodney Dangerfield movie. His arms are so skinny. This is what David Sampson is saying. I gave him a 10. His college experience. Rodney.
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Put it on the poll, Juju. Is the person who says Notre Dame think he's better than you? He or she is better than you. Thank you, gentlemen, for joining us. We'll talk to you next week.
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See ya. Hey, howdy, listener. Why don't you sit down here next to me? Let's have a fireside conversation in the winter. This is all theater of the mind anyways. The weather outside is a little chilly. Let's warm up. Let's cozy up. Not just to each other, but also to that beautiful white can of Miller Lite. That's right.
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The Big Suey: Pablo Torre Could Have Saved The World (feat. David Samson & Pablo Torre)
Make these moments even better with Miller Lite, the great tasting light beer for people who love beer. A new year is a perfect time for friends, family, and great tasting light beer. Tastes like Miller time. You know, as the football games get bigger, everybody's talking about hosting parties. It's always difficult. Everyone's got an opinion.
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The Big Suey: Pablo Torre Could Have Saved The World (feat. David Samson & Pablo Torre)
Why don't you just bring out a nice cooler of Miller lights and make everybody happy? You could be on opposite sides of the big game, but you still know that you are brought together by Miller time. Miller Lite is a great unifier. Miller Lite is brewed for taste. It hits different than other light beers. The original light beer since 1975 and still the very best one. Miller Lite. Great taste.
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96 calories. Go to MillerLite.com slash Dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Tastes like Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
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I'm sorry. I am sorry. That just legitimately happened. I just asked Jessica if she had sent me a story about an Italian soccer club firing a falconer. It's not a falconeer, right? No, it's a falconer. It's somebody who has trained a falcon for posting photos of a penis implant. And I thought it was Jessica who sent me that story.
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But Samson, was it you who sent me that story? Yes. Okay, somebody sent me that story.
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We were starting the segment, and I'm looking through my notes trying to figure out who it is that sent me the Falconer story, and there it is. David Samson sent me that story. I'm not familiar with the story. I love the headline. What's the story?
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You should be. And I am objecting to his take. It is too strong. But you've seen it. Look, David's a very competitive human being. David runs seven marathons on seven continents in seven days because he wants to win at all times. He's in the content game. He is a hustler. He is toward the country in the content game. And he's pushing his takes further and further out. I love it.
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Because he's got to keep up in the content game. And the hot take is rewarded. All over the place, the take is rewarded. And David's pretty smart. And he's crafty. And so he's pushing his takes out into the extremes. And plenty of people in Philadelphia would agree with him that A.J. Brown should be cut. He has served his purpose. No, Eagles fans love A.J. Brown.
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No, no, wait a minute. A.J. Brown disgruntled one catch you can get out of town. A.J. Brown, 12 catches for 160 yards will love you forever even if you're reading on the sidelines. I'm saying the same way they'll run Sirianni out of town even after wins because they're – look, man. The Bills fan base is the best that there is in football because it donates charity.
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But passion of fans in an angry fan base turns into a very ugly thing. And the expectations in Philadelphia are in an unreasonable place where Sirianni's an idiot and A.J. Brown is as good as his last game. Not the last one that he gave you 12 catches in. The last one that he gave you one catch in and was reading a book.
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You know what? I've got to interrupt everything I'm doing because a sly grin just came across the face of one Stu Gantz. And when he gets this sly grin, I'm showing people behind the curtain here, everything around here has to stop immediately, no matter the segue, no matter how awkward. On his face, gleam in his eye, I can see that he has top five athletes if they were vegetables.
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We don't have to give any explanation to anybody. I saw the gleam in your eye. Is there any OLI or just top five?
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Saw it in his eye. It was gleaming. We have to stop everything we're doing whenever it is that we see this.
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We will get to Pablo Torre in a second, but Samson, give me all of your thoughts on Deion Sanders to the Cowboys and the Jerry Jones job opening. I can't believe we haven't talked about this yet.
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I am looking right now at an invitation. I'm going to switch gears here from athletes who remind you of vegetables, nutrients of a different kind that nobody here is asking for or nobody wants. I'm going to ruin the show by looking here at an invitation from Monday night to a reception prior to the inaugural ball, celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance.
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hosted by Tillman Fertitta and Mark Zuckerberg. And I want to bring in Pablo Torre because of... some of what's happening right now in America that people might want to be paying attention to as the power is being dispersed among very, very wealthy people?
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Do we have any votes in there? Because they were a comedy duo for a while, and they did things exceptionally well. And Chris Sims has gone from, I'm buttoned up on television and when I'm next to Florio, but on Sirius Satellite XM, I'm Chris Sims unbuttoned. Yo, yo, what up, homie?
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I'm asking. I am asking. Look, he's a bit starched. When he's nodding his tie and doing the dance on behalf of corporate America because he knows how to do it, but then he goes unbuttoned, and when he's on God Bless Football, he's unbuttoned.
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I'm talking Chris Sims, corporate image, and Chris Sims, who he actually is. You'll see the best look at that through God Bless Football, through Billy agitating him. Chris Sims is naughty. There I said it.
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All right, but I want to ask you guys this, because God Bless Football is an award-winning entity, and the Chris Sims and Mike Golick knowledge is excellent there, as is their relationship with those people. But when you're looking for your football information... You all want – this is what happened on the show yesterday, all right?
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Many people didn't like that we spent so much time talking to Chris Haynes about Jimmy Butler, and many people are tired of Jimmy Butler.
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It was at least refreshing because he had new information originally reported, and he was making an effort.
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The standard in the gas bag industry has fallen so much that somebody taking that effort stands out because so many people are just giving their opinions somewhere. And we're giving equal weight to a lot of different voices more than they've ever been. But when it comes to football, there aren't many people I listen to.
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I'm not expecting them to be predictive about who can win that game, who know what they're talking about more than Chris Simms. And I hear that on God Bless Football, and it has the range of being really smart, really informative, really interesting, and also unbuttoned, it's fighting with the Duke, because the Duke's the real one who knows football around here.
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Is that right? It should bring out the personality in you.
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No, but help me with this. As somebody who is bucked against the idea of, okay, why are we wearing sports coats? Does that give our opinion more weight? Like that because we're wearing sports coats? Like who bucks against the idea of, Pat McAfee seems to be himself on that show, and that seems to work. Like, why wouldn't you want people to be Maximum themselves and be someone else on television?
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What's the point of that?
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Does that not sound backward to you guys, though, as people who love sports coverage? The idea of, hey, go on television. Be less yourself than you actually are. Let's make that entertainment. Why? Because we've got to pray for sports. We've got to take the cathedral super serious. NBC Sunday night. America gathered around the television. Tie your tie. Button up your shirt.
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But do you guys not understand? Do I have this wrong?
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Isn't that why? So much of the content ends up being homogenized. Like, isn't that why everything becomes a little bit the same?
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Yo, I'm going to smoke a joint right after this game.
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Wait a minute. I got Mad Dog saying he's on gummies all the time. I got Pat McAfee talking all the smoke, and he says all the science is running through his body.
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I'm just asking you, don't you want from television the most authentic personalities? Isn't Charles Barkley the most interesting personality in the history of sports television because everyone believes it to be authentic and unafraid? And isn't that what you want? I'm not saying this is I guess this is what I would say to you.
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That the Chris Sims off the air is more interesting and the Chris Sims on the air is plenty interesting that I would love to see him be his full self because he doesn't have to go to quarterback school under his father, Phil Sims, and be broadcasting the way CBS thinks about it.
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Jessica, help me as our resident old person who's a young person, because CBS is going for a certain broadcasting demo when they get Matt Ryan, who I saw him the other day, and I'm like, man, he fits in perfectly as the starched, starched old person with his suit just perfectly manicured and will never say a single interesting thing so that nobody knows. None of the old people get offended.
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Matt Ryan is perfect for CBS, which is trying to bring back Hollywood Squares. And goes for the old people demo on let's keep this looking the same and safe so that the old people don't get scared. Let's just give them the same pregame show. We'll throw Tony Gonzalez in once in a while. Nate Burleson, Shannon Sharpe.
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Can you guys play for me, please? Jason Garrett just turning to the screen when he knows the camera is there. This is authentic. Jason Carrot.
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Just television.
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Yeah. All right. Put it on the poll, please. That Levitard show. Does Jason Garrett look like a carrot?
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Jason Garrett. Yes, it absolutely is. Whatever happened to our children's book with Teddy Bridgewater? I still want to bring that idea back because you're absolutely right. O.J. Mayo looked like a broccoli vegetable when he played a cartoon, and Jason Garrett looks like a carrot. Thank you for helping me with that.
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Can I ask the group, because I don't know that the name Christian Akoye would land with Jeremy and Jessica.
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You think you're going to act as permission?
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But at the moment, you've put us in the middle of this mess. Me? Chris, you mentioned. Yes. I will tell you why. I will tell you why. Know your teammates. Oh. Know your teammate. As soon as you say Christian Okoye, and I don't know if the rest of you noticed this, he barreled into the room to say it because this is the Roy Wheelhouse.
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Do I get to shout the name of an old player that will make us laugh? There is no place that Roy is more joyous than this particular space where he careened into the room and he shouted Christian Okoye at us because he knew that that was going to spew from Stugatz's bowels a belt to the Nigerian nightmare. I nailed it. That's producing, friends.
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Roy, please stop playing with fire.
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Christian Akoye, you should look it up, he was Derrick Henry before Derrick Henry and probably smaller than Derrick Henry. I'm gonna guess, I don't know, maybe I have that wrong. I tend to make today's players bigger, stronger, faster than all of yesterday's players and I don't know where the line on that is. I think of today's receivers as being more athletic than the 1980s, obviously.
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But there were plenty of Hall of Fame wide receivers in the 2000s. You know what I mean? Of course, yeah. So I don't know where the line is generationally on where it is that you say... that athletes stop being bigger, stronger, faster than the previous generation, where your nostalgia ends up carrying you and you think things that aren't so.
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Like, for example, I thought that today's players on the defensive line were a lot larger than Howie Long, even though Howie Long was one of the largest of his time. And Jay Glazer was like, no, Howie Long was pretty big for his size. But I think of that time as an ancient sports time where people were just smaller, where the 1972 offensive line for the undefeated Dolphins averaged 266 pounds.
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Or maybe smaller than that. I think Larry Little was their biggest Hall of Fame offensive lineman at like 300 pounds.
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What do you guys think is the worst feeling in football?
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While it's cold. I was going to ask more, I guess, about whatever the embarrassment is. Many of us came from a couple of games over the weekend in football, and the takeaway was Goddard will stiff-arm Valentine for 30 yards, and Derrick Henry will stiff-arm Minka Fitzpatrick in a way that you will send your friend—this is the meme-able moment from the game—
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Watch Derrick Henry punch a defensive back who's a first-round pick in the face because the Ravens like to punch the Steelers in the face. Look at how the Ravens play football. Let's be honest about this, okay? America loves this sport, at least in part, because every time what you're watching is violent acquisition. It's at the core of the country's DNA.
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How do we violently acquire the other people's land? Here's how we do it with Derrick Henry stiff-arming Minkah Fitzpatrick.
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Here, Minka, you want to be tough and tackle everything in football to get to the top of sports? How about some of this from Derrick Henry? He just punches people in the face running through your secondary.
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I don't know how to do this because at some point, some group of people is going to say that Michael Jordan wasn't the most athletic, right? No. See, this is where I trap you, though.
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But we've forgotten.
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I was talking the other day about the fact that if it happened in the 1950s in sports, did it really actually happen? When I tell you that LaMelo Ball has as many shots per minute as Wilt Chamberlain, none of us today are talking about Wilt Chamberlain like we understand what his athleticism was compared to his peers. But Bill Russell won all those championships.
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Bill Russell is one of the greatest centers ever. You want to look at his dimensions? Please give me his height and weight. Bill Russell, one of the best centers ever. When I'm watching a sport now where they're telling me Carl Anthony Towns can't play center for 40 minutes or the Knicks won't be deep enough.
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A center. 220 pounds. I want you to imagine that in the post now. I'm looking up NBA rosters. 220 pounds.
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One of the freakiest athletes I've ever seen in this town. Like, I'm not kidding you. I saw the other day that Stephen Adams was like, hey, Amen Thompson is the most athletic thing I've ever seen in a basketball uniform. I'm like, dude, you played with Russell Westbrook. What are you talking about? How can you get that forgetful?
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I would argue Russell Westbrook is the most athletic being in the history of that league. I would make the argument just in terms of athleticism, not understanding how you can get triple-doubles at that size, but it's just because you've got more fast-twitch muscle fiber than everyone else.
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Okay, this is what I'm saying to you about sports, okay? Because I really do love... That it's the competition of not just the inner cities, but the globe now for money, fame, and the biggest of currencies. How do I get into professional sports and get to the top of the most excellent and the most excellent, the top 1% of the top 1%? How do I get there?
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Medicine, science, doctors, millions of dollars in training. How do I fix my body? What do I need to do? I know a lot of people think that they're eating McDonald's and just traveling and partying. That's not what's happening. I know that we think that's what Zion Williamson is doing. That's not what's happening.
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Like, these people are in professional organizations that are trying to streamline business so that they could beat other people who are competitionaholics. It's a crazy business to get to the top of. And the athletes are thrown into the maw of it. Their bodies... Science experiment. Test the human limits of how strong and how big we can be. I saw a 305 guy in motion in the NFL the other day.
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I saw earlier this season there was a threat, sweat, a 366 pound guy is running with the football. And I'm like, and runs faster than anyone you've ever seen. Runs fast for that size where you're like, that shouldn't move that way. I'd always argue that we're in the best time, that we're in the most athletic time, that LeBron James at 40 is something the world has never seen.
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That's not something that's ever existed on this planet, being able to play basketball with those efficiencies. That right now, what we're watching, In Jokic, I don't know if you guys know this, but I think Jokic is still leading the league in three-point percentage. Come on.
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I think he's making near half of his three-point shots because offensive basketball has never been played better by anyone playing offensive basketball than that person. And just because you think he looks like a loaf of bread doesn't mean that his advanced defensive metrics aren't also good. You can make the argument that that's the best basketball has ever been played by... By anybody.
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Anybody ever.
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We can't do it height and weight, Jessica. Imagine Jimmy Butler playing against Wilts. Bill Russell would get caught in Jokic's ass crack. He'd be going up and down the court in his ass crack.
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So at what age do I have to do that? Yes, of course, it's blasphemous. Billy, help me out here. At what age are we going to look at an athlete? and say Michael Jordan doesn't represent the height of athleticism. That's a bygone time. He's John Havlicek. He's Rick Barry. He's 20 years a generation removed from when things got really athletic.
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Well, I know the way that you guys are doing it, but I'm doing it the way Billy's doing it, where Billy is saying, we now make the joke that the 104-mile-an-hour guy coming out of the A's pen would make that Babe Ruth swinging that big piece of wood up there look like his bat was slow because he wouldn't be able to keep up with the times today. We can make that joke 100 years removed.
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When are we going to make it about Jordan? When are we going to say that, wait a minute, you know how they're doing it now? Look at Wembanyama. They make them 8-4 now, and they make threes from half court. I don't know how that happened, but they dunk everything, they block everything, and the human species has now rendered that model obsolete.
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Well, he'd have to move his game out to the three-point line because they wouldn't want those two pointers. He wouldn't do it.
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How's Lucy doing with the TikTok ban? Do we know? Because I know it's easy for us to make fun of it. Chris felt it a little bit more because Chris has gotten a little addicted to that sugar as well. But if we're all addicted to the devices and TikTok was the most advanced of the devices, so scary that the government has to say, yeah, we don't want this here anymore.
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And everyone's like, yeah, get it out of here. China, they're taking all our thoughts and information. How is Lucy doing with taking away something that has become a substantive addiction for a generation?
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Well, there's a real, real business opportunity here for, well, if minds and info and bodies are for sale, okay, we'll be this addicted that we will allow some branches of the internet in China to control our thoughts, infos, and actions.
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This is so much worse. Yeah. We're going to talk about that with Pablo Torre and David Sampson because it does feel like we're living in apocalyptic times.
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Well, it's not TikTok. It's Zuckerberg. It's another. I need you to keep up here because these are complicated times and there's some freedoms being impinged upon. And you might want to pay some attention to how eager Elon Musk is to buy America by just following Donald Trump around. I'm paying attention. As he gets to ransacking the government.
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I told you one of the great business scams I've ever seen in my life was in China with the entombment of Mao because the line was down the street of people buying flowers and putting them at Mao's tomb site. And then when you came back six hours later, all of those flowers had been put back in the shack and resold to a new group of people because six hours later, none of the flowers.
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It was one of the great grifts I've seen of all time. happening right in front of me with a dead emperor.
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Billy, yesterday I aired in wandering around through a bunch of Greg Cody meanderings. Greg Cody was great the last two days. It was a historic throwback performance by Greg Cody until he petered out in the third hour because he tired of Jimmy Butler and Chris Haynes talk. Back to back.
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We're going to talk about not talking about it anymore because of how much we've annoyed the audience. But I will tell you, and this is very polarizing, Jeremy was very excited by that Chris Haynes interview. In the middle of the night last night, I got a text from Amin talking about how great that Jimmy Butler, Chris Haynes interview was.
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And I have rarely seen people more divided on a subject where I thought something was good, But I could tell that everyone here didn't think that that was good because everyone's grown so tired of Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. And they're like, why are we talking about a middling eight-seeds 35-year-old player?
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And it's because the franchise and the market that got so excited with 2010-2014 basketball, Miami Heat, where you're the center of the universe and you're making super teams, that market falling into the sea so the Boston Celtics could be champion and only feeling alive when they're trading their best old player, it felt like the old days for a week.
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We're talking about basketball in Miami like it matters.
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So I'm arguing, though, with Amin. I'm like, Amin, trust me when I say this. That was only interesting to basketball nerds. One of the problems the sport has is that many people are tuning out on basketball because of what all this has wrought, the idea. Stugatz, like, it is – there's no disputing this. Wherever it is that you align racially or politically, in today's times –
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in today's times where people are struggling with not understanding how are you telling me that the economy is good when i can't afford things because of inflation a player says i can't get joy under contract for i get 50 40 million this year and opt into 50 million next year when you're jimmy butler and you've done plenty of winning and proven you're a badass but that you'll make this mess that's going to land wrong with a public that is waiting for that sport to land wrong
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Well, what about the state of the Heat? They'd won three in a row. What are your thoughts? Tyler Hero's playing like an all-star.
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Since George Floyd, since the bubble, since woke culture, since you put social justice on the uniforms, people want some of this stuff to fail. And Jimmy Butler is a easy place to just check out on the NBA because you're making a lot of money and you're not enjoying it. Get out of here.
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Can we make, let's do some business. Jimmy likes us. You're not being paid to say this. You're a genuine advocate for $100 coffee.
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I keep seeing businesses all over South Florida close. This is happening all over the place too, correct? As desperation increases, as homelessness increases, this is something. You guys are noticing all over the country there are more things shuttered and closed, at least in part, because people aren't even working on the streets anymore. They're more at home than they've ever been.
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I was reading something today about like among American middle-aged males, 74% of them or something say they have moderate to high loneliness levels. Like, we're kind of in a weird time, aren't we? Like, we can all agree on this, yes? This is not something we would even disagree, that weird times, strange times.
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Everywhere.
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That's a good slogan right there.
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Okay. I think we can all agree on that. That's the line. All right. Very good. I'm glad we agree.
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He's the only guy who's played in every game.
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Jaime Hackett. Poppy, you don't know the Latin names on the team? Like, Jimmy Hackett is what you just called Jaime Hackett, Poppy?
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Jaime Hackett is the name you should know in the league, Papi. You should be able to pronounce Jaime Hackett.
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The reason I'm calling you is because you're the only person I have heard crushing Eric Spolstra. I have not heard anyone doing it publicly. I have only heard you doing it privately.
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I love you, buddy.
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No, no, I just got tired of hearing it is all. I'm just tired of hearing you're yelling about the heat, yelling at the dolphins, yelling at everybody.
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When's the last time you read the Herald? When's the last time you physically held a copy of the Miami Herald? You're so full of shit, Dad.
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You steal the news that you don't read? Yeah.
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Dad, that's not browsing. That's stealing. You're stealing their information.
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How about this? Dad, you used to, when we used to go as kids to Winn-Dixie, do you remember this? You used to do this. The candy aisle, you'd just grab the candies and start eating them and walk around the grocery store eating the candies. And then you'd throw the wrappers in the aisles and you wouldn't pay for them.
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Worth the risk, Papi. Honestly, I've got to tell you, I salute you. Good work by you. And you turned really thievery into a noble pursuit that keeps your marriage together and your health intact. I love you. See you later.
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So much happening behind the scenes here that Stugatz just had his headphones in his hands. And as the show was starting, he just shouted. And I'm hearing three, two. And Stugatz shouts, I don't know what we're talking about.
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I have plenty to talk about.
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Well, I meant to get to this yesterday. I don't know if this is any kind of allowed. It's probably against the rules. But can you guys tell me? What you think would happen now if it were allowed that Aaron Donald could un-retire and say, I got three games for you. Oh, boy. I got three games for you, Rams. I'm coming back. I don't know if it's possible, playoff rosters, rules, any of that stuff.
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But I was legitimately wondering if Aaron Donald could do it Could you take a year off and be the same human being fresh for three games and just be pass rush up the middle the Rams could use right now as they go through a gauntlet?
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The one they just won. The one they just won. They win that one against Minnesota. So you guys will tell me. First, if any of this is legal, because I'm guessing it's not, but I like the hypothetical anyway, because I wonder whether somebody could physically do something like that. Be dominant if you've retired and actually retired. You're not taking care of your body. You're not lifting weights.
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So you basically atrophied for, not totally, because I imagine Aaron Donald would take care of his body some, but you've been vacationing from the idea that you have to punish your body for a living.
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Exactly right, yes. Well, Andrew Luck, right? The Colts would immediately take Andrew Luck. Right, but they're out of the playoffs.
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I don't care.
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Look, I think we can agree on this. Mike Ryan was yelling to anyone who would listen in the middle of the season, hey, I'm taking right now futures on the Rams, 49ers, and Bengals because maybe. Because football might happen, and I think those three might be three of the good teams if they're healthy at the right time.
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The sneaky thing about us discussing football all hours at all times is, oh, there's a Super Bowl champion with pedigree that has been decimated by injury since they lost Whitworth to retirement, and they can still, for four games, be the team that no look passes you in the Super Bowl.
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Is that the simplified Rams analysis where everyone in this sport is just like, yep, we respect you?
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Well, let me ask you about Chris Sims.
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Billy, I am so glad that you brought that up because I want to highlight what I believe to be one of the great chemical relationships in the history of Metal Ark Media. And that is your relationship with Chris Simms as know-it-all Chris Simms guy. And you correctly on God Bless Football all the time correct him, put him in his place. He's Shanahan's buddy.
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But I will say when Stugat says of Chris Simms, my God, I just want to steal all his takes, steal all of them, because he's really smart about football. There's not a lot of people doing it more prepared to know what they're talking about than that guy is. The way he's studying the media game is a bit obsessive-compulsive in a way that scares me.
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The thing that I wanted to ask you, because I heard him do a promotion for his own show, Chris Sims Unbuttoned, the other day and he started it out with yo yo what's up homie and he ended it with peace out homies and i'm asking what he's doing there
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This is why I love Chris Sims right here from the Lefkoe tree of making funny things well. Lefkoe has a tree, huh? He does.
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How's that one work?
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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No way. Absolutely not.
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A cynic. You remember me? What kind of chicken was that? Lexington, Kentucky.
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So Jessica's out. You're out. This is the last straw for you. Once you've charged me for my bags, that's it, Southwest. Your days are numbered. What's the nature of the threat?
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What did you do on Southwest? But why were you doing a case study on Southwest Airlines? Can you guys look up something for me? My understanding is the original premise for Federal Express was submitted as a thesis in college and got a C-minus as a business that would never be able to function, Federal Express. Why is it or how is it that you came to be doing a case study on Southwest?
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You've never sounded older than calling FedEx Federal Express. I'm sorry.
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We accept your apology. The young people accept this. Yes.
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I'm not gonna lie.
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Well, let me ask you this question as someone who cares about the business of basketball. Did you see what Brian Phillips wrote? I think he wrote this for The Ringer. It was a story about how it is our consuming habits have changed, specifically as it relates to sports and basketball.
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Und wenn wir über Ratings hier reden, und ich hasse es generell, Ratings zu reden, wie emblematisch für alles, aber Ratings zu reden, wenn es mit den verändernden Habits der Zuschauer im Basketball verbunden ist, die sind im Grunde nicht nur Basketball, aber wir sind viele Leute. Dan, it's awful for one simple reason. And this all goes back to...
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It doesn't matter though. Television is paying for the games. It doesn't matter whether that person is consuming the games the way you want them to. You'd like their dollars eventually, but you get their dollars if we're doing a spectrum of... That person isn't the norm. That person is one of the changing ways of how it is that we consume this stuff.
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As long as you have both, as long as you have television paying for that product and you have the interest over here, what difference does it make?
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He recently defended that decision, incidentally. Recently said that was good. He said, we've gone into other sports and we've saved money over there.
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Yeah, now is not exactly the time to look.
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Mad Dog looks smoldering on first take. He's going silver fox, he's going a lot of grey stubble and this is the best that he's ever looked on television.
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Yes, Mad Dog has totally reinvented himself and has become a juggernaut here in the modern age.
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Are they? Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Are beards cool again, yes or no? Look at how many people have beards.
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Ja, wegen der Dainty Vans. Haben die Jungs irgendeine Reaktion? Wir sind heute und gestern zu spät im Show. Ich werde nicht sagen, dass alles, was Tiger Woods betrifft, ruhig passiert. Tiger Woods hat seine Achilleschlaufe zerstört. Tiger Woods ist lange nicht golfrelevant gewesen, obwohl er noch sehr, sehr berühmt ist. Und das Resümee ist etwas, das sich verhindern wird.
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Er wird die Räume anwenden, wo auch immer er für den Rest seines Lebens geht. Aber Akiles zu hören und dann zu hören, dass es gut ging, dass ich bald zurück bin, habe ich mir gedacht, nein, das ist alles vorbei. Alles ist vorbei.
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Once we've gotten to the Achilles portion of I've had bad back and everything else, doesn't that just signal that that's the end of everything going on well with his body?
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No, it's not going anywhere. It could be. Did you see? He wanted to get in there. Didn't have anything. Spit out or burped out a couple of words. Nothing made sense and he just bailed on the whole thing.
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The Quack Attack is back, Jack. College Hoops, we are doing a Sunday Livestream. We should not be. Why not? Because I believe it's the least informed college basketball selection show that there has ever been.
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I was gonna just say Charlie Bacon. Put Charlie Bacon on the live posters. Bacon Woods! Bacon Woods! Again, getting back to the story from yesterday though, the idea that Tiger Woods would now have an Achilles tear, when I heard that, you give me old athlete plus Achilles tear, almost throughout the history of sports, I'm saying, okay, everything there is now over.
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Ich denke, dass der Achillessein für einen alten Athleten eine so rige, schwierige Reha ist, dass... Das ist Aarons Schmerz. Ja, aber Tiger Woods ist wie alt jetzt? Er ist nicht 42. Aber es ist ein anderer Sport. Ich weiß, dass es ein anderer Sport ist, aber du hast gerade... Davis Love III spielt noch Golf, oder?
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Get out of here, man. I just think his body has broken so many different times and ways that when he's mentioning Jack Nicklaus, which I assume you're doing because it's 18, he's got 18 majors, that that's the reason you're still
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Playing, if you're Tiger Woods, is to try to get to 18 by any means necessary so that you in your 50s can have the moment that Jack Nicklaus had when he was... What was the age Jack Nicklaus was when he won his last major?
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Wait, is Stugatz going to be here for it? I don't know. I don't know. It can't be the least. It's a good question. Aber am Sonntag machen wir einen Live-Stream während der Selection-Sendung. Und wir werden für euch eine Menge Überraschungen geben.
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You know I'm okay with all people who want to use whatever medicine and science they can use in order to keep themselves feeling good and feeling younger.
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The Warner Palmers... It's a tough one.
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No, tigers don't hunt zebras. How did you guys receive this news? Chris, you're the only golf fan among us here.
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Was bedeutet das genau, wenn er gesund ist, wenn du zu den legendären Teilen deiner Karriere kommst, wo der Publikum oder der Kunde das Ende deiner Karriere traut? Es gibt berühmte Momente, die ich erinnere und berühmte Momente, die in den Sporten gesprochen werden. Muhammad Ali ist einer, den ich erinnere, der von Trevor Burbick in den Bahamas getötet wurde.
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Willie Mays stumbling out of a batter's box at the end of his career. I don't know if this felt like that to you guys, but because of his age, because of a waning excellence that comes with that age, the only reason we're talking about hope here is because of what Amin does, which is, ah, golfing's not that hard, but it is that hard.
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Ich werde auch von ihnen überrascht, weil ich mich in diese Situation gedrängt habe, weil ich mir sicher bin, dass Billy nur versucht hat, mich zu agitieren, indem er mich als Erleichterung am Ende unseres eigenen March Madness, des March Sadness-Tournaments abgibt, welches sich in den letzten Jahren zerstört hat.
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and it's hard on the body and when you have back issues specifically and then other stuff starts breaking down as well, he's already having difficulty just walking courses. He's playing with a great deal of pain in pursuit of whatever it is that he used to be.
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Willst du mir sagen, dass dieser Junge nicht mehr laufen kann? Es ist schwer zu laufen. Greg Cody hat den Argument gemacht, dass er der Einzige sein sollte, der eine Karte benutzen kann.
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You hiding under the covers.
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So, Billy Gill is working hard on a tournament. The big reward at the end is you get to watch the game with me. I don't even want the obligation of having to watch the game, never mind with somebody.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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I've just noticed, Billy, a couple of times while promoting this, that one of the things he keeps doing is, well, the fans can vote for whatever it is that they want.
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So you can vote for somebody that you'd simply find funny sitting next to Dan for an entire game. Oh, wow.
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This is what he's trying to do.
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Great, more steak sauce talk. I always love when that happens. Can we do start of the day, please?
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Du hast das nur um dich zu feiern. Sie hatten drei 12-Spiele-Winstrecken, die suggerieren, dass sie... Was hat das Team gewonnen?
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Das ist das beste Phoenix Suns-Team, das es je gegeben hat. Besser als das Barclay-Team. Es gibt ein Suns-Team, das die Finale gemacht hat.
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Did I hear Jessica threatening Southwest Airlines earlier?
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The chickens used to be undefeated, but then I think they got beat the other day by Taylor, and it was the first time the chickens have ever been beaten, and they haven't been the same since, I would say. Taylor? Das ist ein Verlust, der jeden Franchise schlagen würde. Ich glaube, das ist das, was passiert ist. Die Küken waren früher unverfehlbar.
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Und dann, sehr ruhig, haben die Küken aus dem Nichts verloren. Manche sagen, sie kamen nach Hause, um zu rüsten.
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This is you speaking my language, Footloose. A remake of Footloose also in 2011. Feetloose? No, that's the sequel.
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I kind of disagree. On IMDb, it says known for, and it's Footloose, Hollowman, The Woodsman, Mystic River.
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Nah. I mean, name recognition. He's got a good name. Yeah, Bacon. It's like James Jones is a good one because it's also like James Jones went to multiple All-Star weekends. Mm-hmm. In a three-point contest, but not All-Star Games.
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Champ's like one of the most condescending nicknames, right? It's like buddy. Like you call someone buddy, it's like not great. If you call someone champ, you don't want to be called champ.
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Kevin Lucky Charms. Kevin Kale. Yeah, just go ahead.
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He's got great cheekbones. Natural or what do we think?
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It's bigger. That's what I've long said. You don't deserve this mental anguish. You really should just stop. I think you accept the success and just don't put yourself through it. I feel the pressure of the people. You don't deserve it.
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But I think you need to worry about you, not them, so much.
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Well, no. I'm telling him I'm worried about his mentals.
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Well, I mean, I'm just saying. That's not how it works.
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That's not how it went down. You jerk. Why are you doing this?
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Justice for Jessica. Blaylock. Wow. Scab. You jerk.
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This is the Dan Levitard Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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So you love God too much, and Amin hates God. Where's the middle? Who loves God just enough around these parts? Down the middle, Chris. Here I am. Lewis?
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I'm worried we're going to get flagged on YouTube for playing that sound.
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You don't just win the Conference USA as a Jacksonville State Gamecocks by dancing on TikTok, which is exactly what he did. Defending champion, CUSA 2024.
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Did he say the marijuana? Smoking cannabis. Oh, cannabis. Smoking cannabis. Not doobies, though.
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Man, we don't give Stugatz enough flowers, man, for getting that one right years ahead of everybody.
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Remember that? Those masks disappeared. I don't know where they ended up. They ended up with the fine bucket.
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Have you guys ever seen, like, my TikTok algorithm is weird. So I see, like, car reviews, and they've got the EVs from China. And when I watch these reviews and watch what these cars do. Oh, no, there are better cars being made all over the place. But keep them tariffs up there because, like, for $47,000, the type of car, it's damn near a spaceship.
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over 13 years that's super rare that the body of a car wouldn't change then they got a car that's full electric that also has a gas tank that when you run out of charge you can pour gas into it and then it runs on gas and then the gas engine charges the electric battery all over again 700 miles it's called a hybrid no but no this ain't when you say hybrid people think of like a prius
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Right. That's what I'm saying. No, no, no. But you can't do that with the Dolphins. You can't say, but he's your backup. Because that's what we did last year.
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This thing was like an SUV with an incredible, like a full electric engine that also can do gasoline as opposed to a hybrid like a Prius where the gas is required to keep charging the engine. You can't charge it separately. It's called a plug-in hybrid.
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David, by way of example, most plug-in hybrids here that are available in the United States get about 100 miles, 150 miles to the charge. This thing gets 700. That's a massive difference in terms of performance and efficiency that they've mastered over there that literally these cars are not available to us here because the
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The tariff structure is such that it is preventing them from entering the market.
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Have we ever had a poll question come back 101%?
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For sure.
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I heard that too. T-tas on Casuals. Casuals is the name of her podcast. I told her she's never sounded wider. She sounded like ketchup on tacos.
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Dan, also to answer your question, the FCC only...
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applies to over the air so technically cable can say whatever that's why on the shield or some of these other shows they drop f-bombs which by the way they used to not do because the networks the cable networks were worried the fcc would then say hey we need to extend it over to where cable is as well but that is one of those words in english i don't believe so You don't think so?
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No, because Russell Wilson would come to this offense, and then he'd be a higher version of that, too. Yeah. I disagree. I disagree with that.
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He was actually not that bad for being in a worse offense. If you're going to say that Mike McDaniel is going to sprinkle pixie dust, if you're saying he's going to sprinkle pixie dust, and Zach Wilson, if you're saying he's going to do it a third time, I'm going to do it a fourth time. If you're saying he's going to sprinkle pixie dust, and Zach Wilson's magically going to get better,
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What a great show we're doing. How about the Boban hat? Someone give Boban that hat for his birthday.
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Taytas. I got David in the backyard with Taylor Swift with the ball like, Taytas?
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potentially, then the same pixie dust would apply to Russell Wilson as well.
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David, would you say that pitchers are the running backs of baseball in that way?
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In football, could you get premium running back play with shorter deals?
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I was going to be an extra in that movie. They shot at Georgia Tech. That would have been your third movie? I know, man. Look at the career. Got myself a little bit of a career going, but yeah, I couldn't make it. I had class.
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Also, David, we live in a time where everything is wireless, man. Just grab a ticket to the bathroom. See? Grab this thing. The camera's on top of it. Sit it down. Bring the microphone. Hold it right here.
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Dan's head was on the table. He's totally checked out, and he heard gumption, and it was like Marty McFly at the Enchantment Under the Sea.
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That was so annoying. It was pretty crazy. Trying to convince people Jameis Winston's bad. Oh, that too. Jameis Winston would be a better name. You said he'd be buttoned up.
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What? Did you see him on Fox? First of all, Jameis Winston, yes, he threw 30 interceptions. You know what he had after that 30 interception season? LASIK. And he's never thrown 30 again.
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He couldn't see. Like, the whole point of the thing was he didn't know what he was throwing at. Like, is that a red jersey?
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Look at all the pictures of him pre-LASIK. He's always squinting. He's always squinting. And then all of a sudden, not squinting.
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David, yesterday we got the sad news that Junior Bridgman passed away. Junior Bridgman, your Wisconsin roots, I'm sure you're familiar with Junior Bridgman. Dan was the guy that was in the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar trade.
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But he was made more famous by everything he did after his playing career, which was he invested in franchises, and he became one of the great business success stories that the NBA and the NBPA would bring around the players. They'd say, look, this is what you do with your money. Remembered as an entrepreneur even more than a basketball player.
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He was a billionaire, and the most he ever made in any NBA season, I believe, was like $365,000. And so, David, I was wondering, who is the Junior Bridgman of baseball that you would introduce players who would talk about, like, this is what you do with your money off the field?
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Caron Butler has a lot of stuff, a lot of Burger King franchises, I believe, because when he was a kid, he worked at Burger King, and that was one of the things that kind of saved him when he was recovering kind of from some poor life choices earlier. So Karan's up there. I don't know if he's not at the caliber of those other five guys that we just named.
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And also another name is Andre Iguodala, who would be like the 21st century of this investing in tech. And the biggest example of that was he invested in Zoom before the pandemic. And so when the pandemic took off and everyone started using Zoom, Andre Iguodala was like Ching Ching, right, basically.
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Chauncey Billups, Hideo Nomo, Jameis Winston. That's all the same, right? It's a guy, roughly.
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is great right and so he does that and then my thing was this i thought he just had a brain fart because he's talking about detroit and chauncey billups i thought he mean like chauncey billups detroit or whatever but then when he doubled down on that secondly isn't he the coach of detroit damn
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You know what's funny is when I was thinking about this the other day and J.B. Bickerstaff and the year he's having, even though Kenny Atkinson is doing better with the players he had last year, and it made me wonder, I wonder what Mark Jackson would have been like if he had gotten another job somewhere, how he would have been thought of. Because J.B.
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Bickerstaff was like, oh, you bum, this team isn't winning. And now it's like, J.B. Bickerstaff, pretty good coach, huh?
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While I was gone, a third Zagaki was born, and I think I heard, correct me if I'm wrong here, Jeremy trying to partake in a fourth Zagaki, and I am here for a future where I am surrounded by a chorus of clucking Zagakis. Stugatz.
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What other bad takes did we have yesterday?
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Maybe that's an opening. A newsworthy lane? You're talking about timeliness? It's a timeliness question where I can ask questions in... We're going to agree on this part, right? We're living in the skeptical age, right? The age of skepticism. And so if I just make it hypothetical athlete X, I don't even make it LeBron and everything you know, I simply say to you, what do you think is more likely?
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that an athlete would try and defy age through science at the end of his career, or that one athlete had a career that defied the limits of the human body, unlike any we've ever seen in terms of mileage and how his body holds up for 20 straight years. I'm assuming he, did Kareem have more minutes? I'm assuming LeBron James has played more minutes than anyone else.
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Which do you think is more likely?
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If I preface it, though, if I'm prefacing it with all that you know about me and my admiration for LeBron combined with, hey, I'm not accusing anyone of anyone here.
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I'm trying to have the macro conversation around America's giant biggest athlete for the last two decades, using him as a vehicle, as we talk about Mo Vaughn over here and Eckblad over there, using him as, here's, you've got this unprecedented thing. Can you guys explain to me, America, why this is the line too far on your skepticisms? And when I'm not even, I'm not accusing him of anything.
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I'm just wondering why this is the place that you get this offended.
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No, Tatum. Tatum would have, if you do it with Tatum, the others there wouldn't be asterisks. No, there would.
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Let me bring something up here because if I were to do things the way that you're alleging that I'm doing them by coming this close to the line on wherever it is.
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Okay, so wherever it is that my credibility resides, what remains of it? The idea that we are talking about 20 years in the oldest player in the league still dominating the headlines when he's out. We talk about him and how Luke is going to do with him out. It's just crazy that at this age he's doing these things and because Tom Brady has normalized it.
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I'm trying to have a conversation with you about skepticism with him as the avatar the way he is for fatherhood when all of a sudden him and Stephen A are arguing or wherever it is that in the modern age you give relevance to and power and currency to these people. We're witnessing something that has no precedent for the human body. And I'm not even questioning it.
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But I'm asking why there aren't questions about it. That's the same thing.
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If I were doing this the way that Amin is accusing me of doing it, I would just look at the camera and get the clicks of making the accusation in some framed way that would be smart. I'm not doing that.
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I'm simply presenting you with an unprecedented athlete doing unprecedented things at the end of his career and asking why it is that everyone who is watching this would say to me if after the fact it actually happened, well, yeah, of course. Well, yeah, of course. That makes sense that that body would work more than any human body ever, and oh, it had some help.
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That seems like a legitimate question to me.
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J. Cole took a bigger hit, I think, right there because of his friendship with J. Cole than LeBron did in whatever it is that we're talking about. That kind of proves his point, though.
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Amin has proven that today. Amin has gone after me harder than he went after Trump or Musk. Like, Amin has proven that today.
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to begin an assault the thing though that okay and so you're holding me responsible i understand you did it all the way to the primaries you're holding me responsible for if the question gets poisoned once it's out of my hands you're giving me a giant media responsibility because you get you Put the question out there.
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I did put the question out there, but I'm about to explain to you, okay, in the content age, I'm about to explain to you the whys of it. I'm super interested in the reaction. I'm super interested in the macro conversation, and the athlete is, I can change it by the decade. It doesn't matter whether it's LeBron. I remember the way people behaved when we turned Maguire and Sosa into,
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into the people that we turned them into. And then over the last 20 years, everyone from Lance Armstrong to Barry Bonds to everyone else has been some form of a lie. And so this guy who has managed over 20 years to be a pillar that I've never seen in my journalism career, not just an international icon that has done almost everything the right way,
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also has, as scientific fact behind him, the fact that his body has held up better than any human body has ever under these conditions. And so I ask of America, not LeBron, why don't you ask why? Like, what happened over the last 20 years on this stuff where we just weren't curious about that and Tom Brady and all the stuff that allows these people to age 10 years beyond previous facts?
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Did Michael Jordan take PEDs?
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Right there. Do you guys have any other bad takes from yesterday? Yeah, you know what, Dan?
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You're also reviewing the show like a restaurant critic or like a film critic. Are you taking notes on... This would be a pan.
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Oh, I'm here. No, I would be here for about 10 minutes of a mean show ombudsman just tells us all the things we got terribly wrong.
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You've hit him with two of all people's.
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You have hit him with Mike Ryan, of all people, twice in the last 10 minutes.
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Like, the lower the risk, the more, like, okay, I'm willing to do it. But what is your objection? My contention that leadership risks unpopularity. What is your contention? So... That was all to lead me to that point right there.
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That is an interesting one because of how rare it is that you get just a universal consensus that you can't find a dissenting voice on any sports argument. There was nobody doing that, not just me.
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I feel like we need a new phrase for selling like hotcakes. We need something to replace hotcakes. I don't think that anymore that hotcake sales are representative of the way that things sell the most. And so I'd like some nominees from folks on something that sells because it's an outdated phrase. And when did anyone call them hotcakes? What year are we talking about? Well, here's a suggestion.
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What about selling like flapjacks? Greg's right. The thing that I wanted to get to with you guys today is Jessica and Amin stomping in today saying and this is saying something right here that yesterday was a show for all time. With bad takes that it is one of the worst shows we've ever done based solely on the opinions had on the show.
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One of them, and it didn't make anyone's top five list was Tony saying LeBron has more protection than the president. That wasn't even on the list of like bad takes for all time. So, Jessica, I mean, the floor is yours.
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Cuervo. Jeremy, can you do me a favor and just look up for me just a list, a factual list of things that Trump sells? Just, I just want facts. Nothing but one after another, just things that are... So you don't want the country on the list. You just want... I don't need your political commentary here. I just wanted facts. I just asked for facts. Those don't exist anymore, but you got it, Dan.
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Hold on. You're not flying in and explaining the show to people. You can have your righteous gemstones opinions without showing people the entirety of the show.
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Do not do not put Mike Ryan's words on me. I do not want those words on me. This is a show that I like a lot and admire that it's as ambitious as it is. And that in their fourth season, they would do that kind of zig. When everyone's in on, we'll eat up whatever you're giving us because we believe that this is the best of what Max has to offer. This is the best of what creativity has to offer.
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You accused Danny McBride of just wanting to spend HBO's money. I accused Danny McBride in the streaming age of making a statement by going well afield of what it is that they normally do.
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taking out all of the characters that you've grown to love and starting the fourth season with the surprise of Bradley Cooper in what I'm assuming will be a season that has a whole bunch of cameos from people who do actually appreciate the gemstones. The statement is,
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Yeah, why don't you do that instead of castigating? Look, I don't want a Gemstones episode that doesn't have any of the characters in it. It's okay.
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Okay, I just... We got a great show. You asked the wrong guy. Just keep your opinions to yourself for a moment and just find me the facts of things that he sells. You're like Jeremy Kimmel? I mean, what is he doing? Honest to God. It's a monologue, Dan. I mean, people are confused here seeing you in a baseball cap. I don't recognize what's happening around you. You do look 15 years younger.
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Why am I going to watch it? So we're 10 minutes in and you guys, this one television take is why it is that we had the worst show in show history yesterday?
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I'm gonna ask this, this is the first time I've ever asked you this question. The creative community around our show, used to be something that was so competitive that that would have been a 68 seed in a tournament because it's not quite good enough. Get out of here. Not quite good enough.
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305-486. That's a very hard opinion for you to come by there, Billy. Very unpopular.
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Maybe it's that. 305-486-GOTS if you want to do better than the callers have been doing recently.
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Oh, cute. Billy, you got in with really like you were interested and then you lost all interest.
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And because of Ramadan, it looks like you have lost a good amount of weight. You look leaner, too. When you say people are confused, is that a euphemism for I'm confused? No, I wasn't confused and didn't think of it at all, but Chris Cody mentioned to me, he said everybody over here was confused by you in a baseball cap.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It's my fault. The problem is right in the mirror.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I thought there was a lot of good stuff in today's show. Roy is rarely going to have a mispronunciation that's going to help us more than that one. Juju, thank you for being here today. We'll get to the polls with Juju. People are very happy that the polls are back and the updates on the polls are back.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
See, now you're crazy.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I do think, though, that one of the things that's happening here is that the analysis of the quarterback position has gotten so carried away that there are many people who would say, well, you know what he is? He's Brock Purdy. or some form of Brock Purdy because he's got help. Because you're giving so much credit to the help that he has.
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Okay, I don't know how much better you guys are going to make Jalen Hurts than Brock Purdy, but I don't mean that as an insult to Brock Purdy. He had MVP-like numbers for a while. There are a lot of places where we're willing to not give credit to the quarterback because how much credit we're giving to systems and complementary players these days.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Is Purdy really good? Purdy's good enough.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Oh, but Juju, thank you for making that point. It somehow eluded us as a show to make that point. That's exactly what happened there. That guy has not slept, has been partying, and the last thing he needs to do is think. Like, give me questions that don't require me to think.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It would have been better if he had just said, Jalen, can you just say all the cliches you usually do? Can you just say how important it is to be a part of a team? Like, don't make him think. The man is tired.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Don't make him think at all. Don't make him do any math, anything.
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You dig? Thank you, Tony. Are you going to get before the end of the week to your top 10 new dad observations?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
But let's start with whatever it is today in the subject matter that sent your way on all the stuff that we were talking about in sports. I would imagine... I imagine Jalen Hurts was a topic that will catch fire somewhere where they aggregate Stugatz stuff. What did you make of the Jalen Hurts talk?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Okay, great. Excellent. Thank you.
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Yes, Chris Cody and his father, Greg Cody, they live in Plantation, not on a plantation.
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In Plantation. Allyship, ooh, oh no. I do think we need to change the name of Plantation.
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What else? And it was a moral decision. It was a moral decision.
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Yes, it is somehow. Way worse. That's right. That's absolutely right. I have no idea where the roundup is. The people in Davey are trying to get away from all those progressives in Plantation.
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Wow. Wow. The first ever black Zagaki.
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His arrogance is unusual for a college coach, man. He is feeling himself. Well, he's won back-to-back titles. I know, but it's rare to have a guy this showy.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
How did the Sampson segment go over, Juju? When it was on, I was like, man, this is really good. This conversation is really good.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It's not true. It's not true, and it is both here and there. It is true here and there that Darren Revell is more famous as a business person than David Sampson, and over there as well, and over there also.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
So wait a minute. So just random shout outs. They didn't say anything interesting. They didn't give us anything interesting. It's just Juju spreading love for people who are loyal and support.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
A1 is a sauce. Steak sauce. That's steak sauce. Yeah, steak sauce also an A1.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I had a lot of people here. I was really, I know you guys feel like we got stuck in the mud on that, but I really don't know what cocaine smells like. And if I'm being honest, I assumed it didn't have any kind of scent at all.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Well, it's not. It's going to put me in a good place in terms of childhood memories, but what it's also going to put me at is those ridiculous stadium troughs of urination that are just these fountains of like just a hundred men around a circle because it's an old... Good times. It's not the most hygienic thing. It's not good.
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But you know what I'm talking about. This trough, the urine trough at the center of nothing here is civilized. Everything here is barbaric. Let's go check out the bowl bar. Yes.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
A rapist. Roy called for the ball, okay? And Roy lit up because he's like, I got this right now, this wonderful melted cheese corn thing that everyone around here loves. A rapist. Dan, give me the ball. And I'm like about to say anything, but Roy wants the ball.
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Hour 2: Mike Ryan's Case For Top 5 Executive Producer's Of All-Time
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It's getting a little confused here. I just signed with CAA. Did I miss something, Dan? Was this something that happened that everybody knows about and I'm in the dark in? You're in the dark. So everybody else knows.
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New father observations, too.
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Just to give me a buffer, and then if we go fast, we go fast, we go slow, we go slow.
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Oh, I know this guy. I saw a documentary on his life and tragic passing.
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He threw a ball at him. A little hose on Dudley there. He has.
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It's great. $32.5 million for your earnings for Dudley.
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Go for a double leg takedown.
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We're stronger, healthier, and more resilient when we have people to lean on. Therapy is one of the best ways to build that support system. It helps with positive coping skills, setting boundaries, and becoming the best version of yourself. Here's the thing, therapy isn't just for those who've experienced major trauma. It's for everybody.
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whenever and wherever you need it. And by the way, if you ever feel like switching therapists, it's no cost to you whatsoever. Build your support system with BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com slash D-L-B today to get 10% off your first month. That's betterhelp, H-E-L-P dot com slash D-L-B.
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Yeah. Outside of the racist story, I feel, which you haven't really told anybody, it feels like I'm good to go.
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Cuervo.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Let's play that sound please for the audience so that Dana White can be heard. This is how he reacts to the media, but you do understand, this is a winning position to attack the media. It's the easiest thing. Dana White has no use for your journalism. He ran a journalist, Ariel Helwani, out of all of the places that Ariel Helwani dares to ask difficult questions of important people.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
It seems a little snowflakey. Let's play that sound, please.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
The two of them, like, slapping each other on the back so heartily.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
I made the best point. It's something I've never heard. Who's the most progressive? Mike made the best point.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Okay, Tony, you can catch up. Man of a thousand impersonations. That's not bad, man.
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Yours is not. You're biting me. What do you mean?
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Das ist ein Teil des Problems, oder? Es ist nicht Teil des Problems, dass Gewalt in diesem Land verkauft wird und er ein Monster-Business hat und er die Macht erhöht und es gab keine Konsequenzen, außer für die Erhöhung dieser Macht. Es ist nur mehr und mehr und mehr Macht und dann kommt man zu einem Ort, wo
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
The money and power become so important to people that Elon Musk and Trump are just walking around next to each other because the people, they all look the same, they all have the same belief system and they all believe in the idea as Dana White got to his riches, yeah, the minorities and whatever is happening with their bodies, we're going to keep their pay way down and that's how I'm going to get to be the guy that's drunk in Las Vegas spilling millions of dollars in chips all over the place when I'm partying because I've got the labor locked in
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Ja, er ist ein Alli. Alli, Baby. Okay, also, Glückwunsch, meine Damen und Herren, auf das Gespräch. Keine Lüge, nur Alli. Frauen-Sport.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Okay, but again, when we talk about the different definitions for tough, right, I would never say that Strickland is not tough. But a whole lot of fighters today are saying some stuff about how Strickland was in that fight.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Not showing a lot of respect to Strickland on a night when a whole lot of people were watching Strickland, at least in part because many agree with all of the things that he says that are racist and everything, because Strickland is out there. Aber außerdem hat er genossen, dass er seine Nase zerstört hat.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Er hat genossen, die Freude davon zu haben, einen Kampf zu sehen, und jemanden, den du gegen dich schlägst, ist jetzt, dass sein Gesicht wirklich blutig ist, weil seine Nase zerstört wurde.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Wir haben euch gesehen, wie ihr arbeitet. Ich habe nicht gesagt, dass ihr redet. Wow. Wow. Well, since we're doing sponsorship now and we made the mistakes of cross-sponsoring some things in the last segment, I do want to say something on behalf of 1-800-Flowers, a sponsor that has come with us. I have over the years, when I worked for the man, threatened you.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Ich kann nur ein bisschen Kontext hinzufügen, wenn du sagst, dass es nicht mit dem öffentlichen Persona verbunden ist. Es würde, wenn dein Startpunkt die Frau in der Bar schlagen konnte, stecken lassen. It would mesh with the public persona if the thing that he did had consequences.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
That last sentence, Mike. Some people get rewarded for their inflammatory behavior in the UFC. Boxing, the carnival barkers, the business of the fighting sports, which is different from all the other sports because they're individuals. And it's wrought with corruption and everything else. Diese Sportarten haben keine Regulierung und haben leichte Verbindungen mit der Mainstream-Sportregelung.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Threatened you if you don't buy 1-800-Flowers. But I now want to show gratitude for both the sponsors who come with us everywhere and make us do guts in a very, very difficult media time. Die Nummer eins in der Sport-Podcast-Szene und in der Podcast-Szene ist schwer.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Und was Dana White gebaut hat, kommt nur mit Rewarden. Wenn du sagst, dass sie sich dafür bezahlen, dass die Kämpfer sich dafür bezahlen, hat Dana White keine Konsequenzen, so wie er ist, außer mit Rewarden. Es gibt nichts mehr als mehr Geld und mehr Kraft, und die Möglichkeit, immer mehr davon zu sein, weil er jetzt mehr Begleiter und mehr Macht hinter sich hat, als er jemals hatte.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Es sind nicht nur ein paar Leute, die davon profitieren. Es sind er und das gesamte Sport.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
I don't think you can say panties in a bunch anymore. I made a point to do that. He's an ally.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
They're really good. Yes, they're really good. Do it in the playoffs. Chris Cody, yes, of course. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Hey, OKC, do it in the playoffs. Yes or no.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Die Antwort ist nein. Es ist nicht 90-10. Charme und Soft. Charme und Soft. Du bist nicht in einer Position, um zu negotieren. Du verlierst. Deine Seite verliert. Dein Weg verliert. Und du schaust. Und du schaust.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
But wait a minute. But no, okay, and neither will I. And when you say you're not welcome there, how do you think that went for me last time I went? How do you imagine that went for me the last time I went?
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
I gave you a handshake, remember? You were the one who welcomed me there.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Und das ist, weil eine ganze Menge Leute, als wir die SPN verlassen haben, hinter uns gerallt haben und gesponsert haben, dass unsere Audienz die leistendste ist. Also jetzt frage ich unsere Audienz, um 1-800-FLOWERS zu zeigen, was sie bezahlt haben. Ich frage unsere Audienz, hey, das ist ziemlich einfach. Wow. Yikes. Wow.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
I would like to acknowledge as a show, community, America and the globe, Mike had the best point during this.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
The best point was made by Mike. Because you mentioned DDP, let's play that time that he hung up on us and got really mad at me. Who tried to rip whose eyes out there?
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
That's the point, yes. Don't make it come to that. Just buy the flowers, show 1-800-Flowers, show them that you, our audience, when we ask you to spend some money, continues to support us in all the good places. But I will escalate this to threats tomorrow before Valentine's Day, if today you don't do it well. Any big plans?
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
I have learned that this is an important thing to celebrate my wife's love as many times as I possibly can whenever I can.
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My wife's love of romance. My wife's love of celebrating our love. It's your love for her, it's her love for you.
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It's very important that I do it every day.
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Does Roy ever put down his hockey in the name of romance?
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Es ist 9 Grad gerade. Es ist in seinen Panten.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Stugatz has been telling you about that. He's been trying to get out of the curve. He was telling you guys.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Excellent work by you, Stugatz, always. Video Team, I don't know how these things happen. It's confusing to me. But thank you for finally putting up in the corner of the screen that tremendous video that I'd like to be doing things like that more often because I don't believe things like that are real. And I want four people falling down at the gym because one person was on a treadmill.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
My guess is that I could watch videos like that the rest of my life and die happy. If you just put me on an endless loop of viral videos of people falling down on a treadmill at the gym.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
I know, but it died. Hey, that guy got hit in the balls. Oh. Hold on! Either that or the handshake was my greatest legacy trying to bring journalism to ESPN. Yes, my father's fake handshake. Or, yes, that guy got hit in the balls. That was it. Always funny though.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Yeah, they tried that at the beginning and it didn't work.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
You guys, the Title IX twins, have not spoken up. I don't love that.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Why wouldn't your life be in the Title IX twins? What's wrong with that?
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Aber warum gehst du zurück? Ich verstehe nicht, warum bist du... Was ist gerade passiert? Weil es fühlt sich so an, als ob wir von Title IX lustig sind, verdammt.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Wir können nur von Begleitern lustig sein.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
What we have happening, let's play the sound here of Dana White. This is a thing that works now. Okay, well, because from Title IX Twins, I want to get more woke talk out there because one of the things that is happening that has been fascinating to watch is the watch. Mixed martial arts going from signing deals in an alley
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
To climbing to the greatest holes of power where you can slap your wife in public. There are no consequences. You just keep big upping the deal. It's the streaming age. You were able successfully to grow your business during a pandemic in a way that was aggressive and politically astute.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
and brave to keep your business running successfully, testing parameters, because you have been for a long time a renegade business, rewarded for being that renegade, and now you are mainstream. You are working with Disney, you have all the major corporate sponsors, John McCain is dead, he no longer calls it cockfighting, you are... All we're missing is Fertitta Brothers.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
The reason I'm giving the history is because now Dana White is more powerful than he's ever been. And that's a little more dangerous than it felt before when he was just the carnival barker.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
And he wasn't leading a sport that... The roots of it, and this is one of the reasons I want to give the history, because I don't think that maybe the majority of the audience knows just how extraordinary Joe Rogan has been for that sport as...
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
Someone who really cares about it when he doesn't care about sports and expertly calls it in a way that has grown the sport and its audience in a way that now There's a seismic country climate shift on Theo Vaughns getting to the MMA rink four hours early for the prelims because that side's winning. Those things are winning in this country.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
And the hood ornament now is Dana White being right between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, wherever all the power goes. And he's doing it after slapping his wife in public more powerful than he's ever been.
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Hour 1: Dana White and the UFC
I'm sorry that I am delayed or I've kept the live audience waiting here. I was too busy watching the Title IX Twins over there salute each other for how good they were last segment.
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The Big Suey: David Samson's Case For The Marlins Hall of Fame
Dan runs on Cuban time. That's the time that we run on here. We don't run on American time. We run on Cuban time.
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The Big Suey: David Samson's Case For The Marlins Hall of Fame
What happened here?
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The Big Suey: David Samson's Case For The Marlins Hall of Fame
Cuervo.
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Local Hour: Where Donald Trump Is Right
Before I get to Tony's return here and before I get to all the things with Sean Strickland and Dana White, because I have been wanting to talk about this. And when Tony comes in and I tell him I want to talk to him about it, he says, you know what, Dan? I prefer to talk about top five Miami smelt. Oh, wow. And I'm like, that's what you've been doing with paternity leave?
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Local Hour: Where Donald Trump Is Right
You've been off for a month, and what you come back with is top five Miami smells?
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Local Hour: Where Donald Trump Is Right
Don Levitard. To us, residents.
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Local Hour: Where Donald Trump Is Right
It's better. You think I haven't been practicing? Stugatz.
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Local Hour: Where Donald Trump Is Right
Welcome back, Tony. I like what you've been doing with MMA Hangout. So I'm going to give you the room as part of welcoming you back. And because Billy sabotaged you, I'm going to give you the floor here for top five Miami smells. Stugatz, the entire segment I've been talking, you've been talking to Chris and doing your own show with Chris laughing. What are you laughing about?
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Local Hour: Where Donald Trump Is Right
And I have found that when we try to sponsor something that then requests creativity of this audience, what we get to the take line, the bold take line, is just a never-ending river of shit from our audience competing.
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Yeah. Can you please, Chris Cody, give me whatever it is that we need for Tony's Top 5 Smells? Have you produced anything to Tony during the month off? Come back with imaging for his new segment, Top 5 Miami Smells? Okay. Tony, I appreciate all your hard work. What is the baby's name? Her name is El Rose, Dan.
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Well, no, congratulations, because look, man. What's her social? For those of you who... We just got it, by the way.
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You got to put that out on social.
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Tony, like a mean... Who connects with our audience from there because he was living in Bristol and doing ESPN things and overcoming illness to chase his dreams the way that his father in this town wanted to do all the things that we were doing and built a company to compete against Stugatz in the sports radio world in South Florida.
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And Tony leapt with us and overestimated his reach in thinking that at Freedom we should bring him out with a feather bow and tell everybody, hey, everybody, Tony came with us, too. But it's what he wanted. It's not what we gave him. Would have been funny. After all.
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After all of these years, he's got a baby now. He has a child? And it's called MMA Hangout. His most beloved child. It is not El Rose. The real El Rose is the one that will bring him riches. The MMA Hangout, which has exploded in popularity because Tony is at the helm of building and hustling his way into, and his dad would be proud of this, creating an entity and a thing that is his.
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And so I will go to him now and his expertise, not on Strickland, not on Dana White, but on top five Miami smells. OLI.
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What does it smell like? I don't know.
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Hold on. Juju, put it on the poll. Do you know what cocaine smells like? Bad cocaine. I couldn't describe it for you. I don't even know where to begin on what cocaine smells like. And so you guys laugh because you've clearly done cocaine. What?
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Competing on Clever. The Looks Like Game is the audience competing on Clever. And we've opened up a phone number that has the four religious letters of GOTS in it. We purchased that. Do better. That's expensive. You're talking to the audience, right? Of course I am. Like the audience we had was, and I'm not, you know, I'm scared to admit this out loud in front of anyone.
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What does cocaine smell like? Dead plants. What does it smell like? Jeremy? Strip clubs? I don't know. Rubber?
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So how many people here know what cocaine smells like? Stugatz, what does cocaine smell like?
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The IT guy? Kirk? All right, fine. Give him a camera, give him a microphone.
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What do you mean, like calcium? I'm going to go to the... What do you want Robert to do, smell cocaine?
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I'm going to ask him the question of what cocaine smells like.
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Exactly. Okay, wait a minute. It's Tony's list. Okay, so you're making it a top smell because of memories. Exactly.
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It smells like piss. Yeah, it's a bad smell.
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Exactly right. Thank you, Stu. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Does a bad smell ever put you in a good place?
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Depending on what it's cut with. You said bad cocaine smells like urine. What does bad cocaine do? It gets you there.
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Tony, I've got to be honest. I'm nailing it, right? It's a good list so far. And it's about to become a distinctly Miami list if you're going over a bridge there and giving the locals local smells.
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Tell him, Dan. You know what, though? That's a plantation guy right there. That is a plantation guy.
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We're talking about Rick and Peter. Listen to you and make it out of here. Chris, you don't understand what you're talking about. Roy's talking about... No, we don't. No, you don't, because Roy's talking about one kind of barbecue, and Tony's also doing lechon. I know, the pig roast. Yeah, but Tony's also doing Latin cuisine. It's not just barbecue. It's barbecue that brings back ethnicity.
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I hope no microphones are near us. To think that Jim Rome's audience might now be more clever than ours because I throw out a take line number where we buy the gots number and all we get is a never ending river of shit from our audience. And then we have to sponsor it.
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It's not just a random barbecue smell.
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It's not the coolest thing. You guys can have it. It's just the smell.
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Hold on a second. Culturally, culturally. I'm going to explain something to you guys. And there is a difference between the Dade and Broward line. There is a very specific thing that Tony is talking about here when he's talking about Latin culture that I'm about to explain to you. I imagine that Tony Kornheiser, in his life, has smelled barbecue in the neighborhood, right?
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Tony Kornheiser, when he was doing Monday Night Football, came to do a Monday Night Football game in Miami and he was afraid to fly. So the Monday Night Football bus comes into a very small Latin neighborhood where the people out back are cooking a pig in a box, okay?
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Tony Kornheiser, who would tell you that he knows the smell of barbecue, would say that when he walked into this home, the smell of barbecue was better than any he had ever seen. And also that he'll never forget it because he was horrified because we handed him the pig's head.
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And it was a triumphant cultural moment for him that he had not seen, even though he would say, like you guys are saying, that we're all talking about the same kind of barbecue. We are not. Number four.
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Then have to go to the sponsor and tell the sponsor, hey, you want to sponsor this river of shit that our listeners, the smartest in the land, the smartest in America, the smartest in sports, Our listeners are just going to produce a never-ending river of shit takes.
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If I may put some steaks on this for a second.
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It's delicious. We are two away from this being the best top five list that's ever been done here. Wow. Right now, we are trending. Tony is on pace to score more than has ever been scored in a top five game. Even with the orange ball, huh? Even with the smell of urine and even with the smell of cocaine and cocaine that smells like urine. Wow.
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I got to be honest. That one's a little high. It's a little high. Really?
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Exactly right. The way it smells, the bonfire?
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Roy. Yes, Dan. You have lived in South Florida, Roy. All your life.
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Confirmation. Surrounded by Hispanic people at work every day.
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Do you want to try again? We're going to give you the room. Nobody say it again. Nobody say the word again. Roy, try again to say the delicious corn and cheese magical melted treat that is the...
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What I'm going to tell you, Roy, look, I was thinking of delicious melty mouthwatering treats, and only because you originally said and brought my mind to a rapist did it then become... something that was even worse and funnier while saying the same thing, which is a raper, which is what you said when trying to correct a rapist.
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Come a little stronger. Have a take. Come a little stronger. Give some direction is what Mike is saying.
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Everyone stand. Roy, be quiet for a second. Roy. Everyone. Roy, just everyone be quiet. I would like to go back to the moment. You've lived here all your life.
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Surrounded by Hispanic people.
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Do me a favor. I'll hold it. Lewis, Lewis, please. Camera trained only on the face of Roy here, okay? I want his facial reaction when I hear for the first time how it is, or he sees for the first time, how it is that he just said a raper.
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Tony, welcome back, Tony. Your microphone broke. Welcome back.
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Let's start the show. It broke into a thousand pieces.
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I want to play some sound here, Stugatz. Not that sound anymore. No, thank you for your contributions there. Rapers.
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Stugatz yesterday never got to get a takeoff that he badly wanted to get off post-Super Bowl. He wanted to talk about Jalen Hurts. And Jalen Hurts, if you're going to ascend the ladder on maybe this quarterback is the reason they win. Winning is a quarterback stat. It is how we give fame if you are a winner. He just beat the winner of the winners who was going to replace Stugatz.
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Tom Brady, who is Jalen Hurts now as he flies into stardom as the fifth or sixth best player on his offense and a guy who would win Super Bowl MVP. And yet still, all of us would watch that game and still say, yeah, Kansas City's got the better quarterback.
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Welcome back, Tony. Hey, Dan. Thrilled to have you.
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So this part is super interesting to me. And not a lot about this stuff is, usually. In what we've made of sports, where after losses, all of us are yelling and screaming about who's to blame, often about a call here and there, this little move here.
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But now what you've got off the game is we were just denied a historic, that football dynasty has never existed, there's never been something that wins three times in a row. And America delighted so much in its demise, in the demise of excellence, that Philadelphia winning pales compared to Kansas City losing. Because we're in blame culture, man. And this was about Taylor Swift and Kelsey.
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And can I laugh at his outfit? And can I boo Taylor Swift? And somebody else gets to win. And this team that has represented America for three years in the power sport made us forget Brady quick. I shouldn't say forget Brady quick, but I just saw in one game, Stugatz, I saw the television coverage go from can Mahomes be better than Brady after this to Mahomes loses that way.
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And then the television coverage is that has gone out the window. Mahomes will never be Brady because that loss, Brady would have never lost like that.
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the whole story becomes about Kansas City loss, not Philadelphia won, except in Philadelphia, where Philadelphia can celebrate that it's got a beast of a football team.
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Well, hold on a second. Let me get that for you. Then I've got to find it. Thank you. I'm sorry.
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All right, Tony, welcome back. Please, this is what I'm going to ask you, okay? Because over the last four years, there are a number of ways that my resentments have sort of spilled out of me in ways that are unpleasant for everybody.
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Disney World is in the background there as he just gives you his only job right now as he arrives at stardom is to give the people some personality. He's not going to, right? He's a great leader, but he's going to fall in line on quarterbacks who don't bring any kind of controversy anywhere near the huddle. and don't reveal very much of themselves to anybody.
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That's why we're not celebrating Jalen Hurts. Wait a minute. No, no, but hold on a second, though, right? Because we're all in agreement. We can diminish whatever the accomplishment was if you want. I can when Mike says he was the best player that day. No, he wasn't. Saquon Barkley's the best player on their offense.
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Kansas City stopped him, and it afforded Jalen Hurts an assortment of opportunities that he wouldn't have had if Saquon Barkley hadn't been the running back that's the MVP of their team.
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And what I am going to tell you now, and this is something I should have told you to your face in a private meeting a long time ago, but I have told you a couple of times. Hmm. Your movement in the back row since you got here with those microphones is always loudly noisier than anyone else who works for us in terms of readjusting your microphone noisily.
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That is correct. And it becomes about Mahomes choked, Mahomes underachieved. It's not what Jalen Hurts did. It's that, oh, it was 10-0, and then Mahomes throws the interception. It's 10-0, and then all of a sudden Mahomes throws another interception.
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And we're also in the place where we're wondering, as Travis Kelsey and him don't look right, and we haven't seen this for three years, oh, do they realize that they don't have a chance? Have they come to the realization that they're sitting in the middle of the Super Bowl going in at halftime, and it's like, we got 23 yards in the first half. What's that?
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They've got 24 points and should have more. And so they're sitting in, and it's the halftime show. And Kendrick Lamar, and they're just sitting in it. And it's like, oh, it's all over. Yeah, there will be no comebacks. Yeah, what happened in Houston when we were down 24-0? That's not our team.
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And so when you come in today after a month off, And your first action is to grab a microphone and have it fall apart in your hands because Billy knew you'd come in and immediately be too handsy with a microphone. Because Billy's got the same ear the rest of us do, which is if there's a bad sound somewhere that someone's producing, we're going to notice it.
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But if it's you, he's going to notice it every time. And so that's an obvious act of sabotage there. And it succeeded. Billy, in spirit, has already sabotaged today's show.
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Well, I will say you're heavy-handed with it. I will say I've also noticed it of Mike, and I also haven't said anything to Mike because Mike's got a lot on his plate at the moment. You have been off for a month.
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I understand. Not needed to bring that baby to work. He can take care of that baby. I don't need an Allen wrench.
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Take care of that baby when you're on the baby's time. When you're on our time, don't grab the microphone.
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Right. Mike has so much stuff that he's dealing with because we're trying to carry a company during business development, and we have some problems here because we've got to adjust to, hey, it's just us these days, and somebody just had a baby, and Tony's going to be gone for a month. Tony, we need you. Every orifice in this company needs you.
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We need you over here in MMA Hangout, but you got to go take care of a baby.
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Tony, welcome back. I have a number of things that I want to talk to you about today. I have been waiting because I was told you were coming back today.
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I did want to talk about the MMA events of the weekend and just everything that's happening around MMA as Donald Trump and Joe Rogan are at the top of a community that when it was here in Miami, Stugatz, I told you here recently, I felt very alone as a Cuban-American at wanting to watch the fights in Miami. Because what surrounded me was very welcoming to all things Trump.
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And that has won in America. And MMA continues to win. And Dana White is more powerful by leaps and bounds than he has ever been. So I want to talk to Tony about that stuff in a second. I also want to salute Donald Trump. Hmm. I don't think we need pennies either. That's a good idea. Yeah. I think. Yeah.
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i am telling you right now that if it cost more and i don't know the consequences and repercussions of half-baked ideas so uh... this may still be a half-baked idea because i don't know the consequences of taking ninety nine cents out of the price and making it only nickels because now you know you're eliminating the the the making of the pennies uh... but it cost more to make the penny then it cost than it than the value of the penny and we can all agree
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that that seems silly, right?
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No. Put it on the poll. At Levitard Show, Juju, do you value pennies? Because I believe that Stugatz, while what he has just revealed, feels wrong. It just feels wrong to have someone be handing you 88 cents or 86 cents and you saying, keep the penny.
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Deeply concerned. Chris, can you ask the people in the other room to shut up, please? Yeah, I'm on it. That we've started and that they're really loud over there having a lot of fun, not working. because they can't wait to get into the chat and not work, get into the chat when the show starts, and just fool around. I'm concerned for a reason, okay?
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I'm not tipping anyone. But it is a tip. It's a tip. If you say keep the penny, look, I don't know about you, but I tip grocers. Like you said, if a cashier, I will let them keep the change. Right. But if it's a penny, I'm going to ask for it back because I don't want to insult that person for them to think that I'm only leaving them a penny. I'll put that in a jar.
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I'll put the penny in the jar that's next to the register or whatever, but I will not hand someone a penny or say keep the penny. That's insulting, is it not?
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But I could say that of pennies, too.
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Meh. How are you not listening to yourself?
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I don't want pennies. If you did this with pennies since you were 16 years old, you would have a good deal of money right now.
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This is weird. I have not been prepared for a number of the things that have happened in America in recent years. Our different relationship with change, literal and otherwise, is something that is confounding to me. And this particular change, on change, where I think many people listening to this can hear the privilege in, I never keep change. I just throw that off to the side.
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I think a lot of people listening to this are like, no, I keep the change. It has value. However, I might stop you on a penny. because I think this is a good Trump idea. However, when I present to you, because anyone can agree with the simple math, I don't know what the consequences are of, it costs more to make a penny than to have a penny than the value of a penny. That's inefficiency.
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Come on, Elon Musk, help us fix the government and fix our inefficiencies. That's obviously inefficient. However, I ask you this, and I don't know the answer, but I hope that it's what I think it is. Please tell me that a nickel costs more to make than a nickel. A lot more to make than a nickel. Please tell me what it costs to make a nickel.
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No, what I'd like the answer to be is that it costs twice as much to make a nickel or three times as much to make a nickel as it costs to make a nickel. 14 cents. Ooh.
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It hurts. So now we're in a place where the nickel doesn't have any value either. So if you go down, this is a slippery slope.
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It'll all be Dogecoin soon anyway. Right. Thank you, Jeremy. You're welcome. Well, he's right. He is right. I don't have to carry it.
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And I hate to say this out loud for anybody to know it, But I would say that the most vibrant time in this show's history was when we had a connection with the audience that had them sort of competing on Clever in a way that reached us during the show, okay? And a lot of people have been criticizing us for a while now about like, this show is not as good as it was.
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There's only so much climate change stuff you guys will abide, and we're all hypocrites, and sometimes I don't recycle.
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Soggy ass straw. I don't know where you do degrees and delineations on I won't wear a mask for you and where freedom's getting pinged on our selfishness killing sea turtles.
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We're all in agreement that we've polluted the seas and have destroyed the earth. Yes, that we've already done that.
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Well, but I don't think everyone's in agreement on that because if you deny climate change, you're not in agreement on that.
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Yeah, but that's not what we're presently doing. Solutions.
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Okay, but what it is that you're doing there, Mike, is all you're doing is, well, I'm already losing, so here we go. I'm going with you on a paper straw. And I get it. I don't know where to put the line on degrees, on creature comforts of living your life versus we're destroying the earth, but... You know, a bunch of homes just burned in Los Angeles and it's the beginning of the new normal.
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Nothing to do with the straws. No, but you know what I'm saying.
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I'm not going to do climate change talk anymore. You have rights. In this segment.
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In this segment. I am going to move away from climate change talk. Where are you moving?
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I mean, there ain't anywhere safe. I've been looking. I've been talking to climate scientists. Oh, we're in Ireland. There ain't anywhere. What, an emergency home in Colorado? They did tell us that Asheville was safe. They did. They did. Well, but the parts of Asheville I was looking at, they were safe. They were a different part of Asheville. It doesn't flood. Moved down the list to Orlando.
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Orlando is alleged to be the safest place in Florida from all manner of things, but it flooded recently in a way that made me wonder whether Stan Van Gundy was going to live. So, like really, because I had Stan Van Gundy, you know, his house filling up with water, and then what are you going to do?
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Did you have any idea that that's the outfit that he would wear? And did you have any commentary about the outfit that he was wearing?
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He just told us. Damn, that's a lot of flowers talking to him. Lonely flowers is the name of his Hulu special.
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I want some honesty from you on this. While you were talking, Chris Cody said to me, he's like, never has there been a larger gulf between 1A and 1B than Spike Lee and Tracy Morgan. I feel like what happened to you is you said Tracy Morgan and then you remembered Spike Lee and you're like, ah, I made the mistake of making Tracy the mascot. It's Spike, yes.
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Well, I also think that you're racist because you put Tracy Morgan ahead of Ben Stiller.
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Do you have a signature semi-sure bet of the week for us, or do we have to wait until next time?
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All right. So it'll have to wait until next time, but you gave us a little sweetener you gave us. Lonely Flowers is streaming now on Hulu. Have I Got News for you. You should watch it. It's CNN and Max. It's streaming the next day on Max after it's on CNN. You should go to RoyWoodJr.com for his latest tour dates and information. Thank you, sir. It's always good seeing you.
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Thank you, Roy.
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I think that you probably, I don't know how many times you've been around Shaq, but this happens all the time around Shaq.
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Okay, so did you do what everyone does about Shaq? Because you know going in, there's a thing you know about Shaq, that he's giant. And yet still, when people get next to him, they're like, God, he's big. Like, you know it going in and you still don't, you don't really actually know it.
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Don Libetard. You don't remember the idea for a home run call?
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I want to get to a couple of sounds here real quick. I am told that we have a gas bag of the week, and I'm very excited for the return of gas bag of the week. And it needs some context here, Stugatz, because you love your New York sports radio. And Jameis Winston did a fairly benign thing of thanking Stugatz. Cleveland for his time there.
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And Tommy DeVito still exists.
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Yes, I think he throws so many interceptions. I don't think that Stugatz has the accurate appraisal here on what the Jameis Winston experience is. You can only love Jameis Winston if he's not on your team.
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That's a good way to lose me.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Has an NFL quarterback ever had the personality to overcome 30 interceptions in a season? Because Jameis is trying. He's closer than most in both categories. Can you guys find me? Because football has changed so much. So I don't know if Dan Fouts had a 30-interception season. I don't think so.
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The idea that in the age where Aaron Rodgers perfected the idea of the quarterback cannot turn the ball over, to have a quarterback who had 30 interceptions in a season in that age is totally insane. It's the kind of reckless that is just absurd.
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Vinny the T. This is your era, Greg. Yeah, I covered him. George Blanda, also his era.
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Sid the L. Exactly.
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Greg, do you know who Ron Burgundy is?
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You just know the character.
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The SNL guy. When I say to you that Kevin Harlan, one of the great broadcasters, had a Ron Burgundy moment, and the only reason I quizzed you on this is because you're famously not someone who knows about movies on The Greg Cody Show Network.
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featuring greg cody you do a segment in which you talk about how little you know about movies and your sons make fun of you so when i say that kevin harlan had a ron burgundy moment do you know what i mean i don't know and i've seen that movie and i enjoyed it but i don't know that
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So Ron Burgundy was obviously famously dumb anchorman. And he read the teleprompter, just read it without actually absorbing. Stugatz does some of this without retaining the words. And so what he did, obviously, was spectacularly broadcast or wrong because they put something in the prompter that was meant to embarrass him. And he just read it.
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You guys have been congratulating each other here recently because you just informed Stugatz that he was number eight on the list of best 100 guests you've ever had.
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Would Zach Thomas be more highly regarded if his name was Zach Erlacher?
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Thank you.
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Greg Cody has alleged here, and we haven't even gotten to this today, that Florida has ruined college basketball and the transfer.
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that the transfer portal has ruined college basketball.
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I was afraid that was going to happen. I saw the little hiccup. I was afraid that was going to happen. He was coughing. As I was going to him, he was coughing, and I saw on his face that he was about to cough. He was trying to muffle the cough, and it just became clear that he was not going to win that fight.
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Cuervo.
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Does Mount St. Mary need to sell cocaine on the side to keep up in the NIL game at Levitard Show? Celebrity Jeopardy here. How do you prepare for it? How scared were you or not scared were you?
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This man is always doing a lot of exceptional work. Lonely Flowers is his special. It's on Hulu. It's a hit. You should watch it. A lot of people are saying it's perfect, that he and Bill Burr have the best comedy specials going at the moment. He also has a fun show, a news show, Have I Got News For You, on CNN and Max.
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They don't do that to the celebrities. It's always easier for the celebrities.
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it's a lot of stupid celebrities there really should be like you want to talk about tier one tier two there should be smart celebrity jeopardy and then dummy celebrity jeopardy i uh want to uh ask you some follow-up questions without getting you in trouble about your future embarrassment tomorrow surely contractually you could give us some hints about why and how you're embarrassed without betraying celebrity jeopardy
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I'll choke in those circumstances because you're not wrong that the pressure will get to you. You will know an answer and you will freeze up.
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Is anything that you crammed for? Did any single thing, uh, help you?
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It was Rosie Perez in White Man Can't Jump. All the questions were coming up that she started. You must have been so happy.
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And now he's doing Celebrity Jeopardy, and he's sitting courtside at a Knicks game with his idol, Tom Joyner. So there's a lot to talk to him about. He's sitting opposite a very bitter Grandpa Shaq as he just takes out everyone in the league for some reason. By just sitting across from Roy and then all of a sudden Shaq is just crucifying everybody.
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Did you look to your right and your left and have any other black people? Or were you like, was that?
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It does seem like pressure, but also something that you were excited by. If one of your team captains from Have I Got News For You, Amber Ruffin, she was supposed to do the White House Correspondents Dinner and they announced that they pulled the offer. Have you talked to her about this and what do you say to her and what happened there?
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But you hosted that event, though. So what was your level of disappointment and her level of disappointment? Because, you know, what a that that event's a giant event for a comedian.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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So you sat there, Roy Wood Jr., across from Shaq and you thought what as he just let everyone in the league have it for some reason when you sat down opposite him.
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Put us next to you at the Knicks game where you're courtside with your idol, Tom Joyner, or one of your idols. What was happening here? Where does this rank in terms of honors and privileges that you have gotten as a perk in your career?
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The thing I wanted to ask you about what you just said, because you said, I don't know what changed. And one of the things that changed pretty dramatically
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where power is concerned is the players now, if we're gonna make it that three of the last five NBA champion coaches have been fired within two years, the players guaranteed money and position is more guaranteed than the coaches and the power that the player has by virtue of that makes it more important that you like him or listen to him or respect him
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makes it more important now than it's ever been. If I make the power imbalance with the coaches something that the coach can behave like this and control just your minutes, Russell Westbrook can sabotage you.
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Russell Westbrook's game, it's been... I mean, is anyone else still amazed that Russell Westbrook is still out there getting minutes when he is, by volume, one of the worst three-point shooters we've ever seen in the history of the league and only gotten worse as... His game has declined.
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A guy who averaged a triple-double for a season and got to enjoy the ego of being the MVP of the league has played in this league about two or three years longer than I thought he was going to fit anywhere because of what his usage rate demands and what his inefficiencies are with the basketball. A lot of people are pointing to this and just saying, well, what the GM did to get fired is that
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Bruce Brown, who helped them win a championship, is gone. And what's in its place is a Russell Westbrook that's at the very tail end of the fumes of his career. And I would have thought that he would have already been out of the league because I didn't think that he was going to be somebody on a bench playing 12 minutes a night.
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The reason I don't have to support it is because of the timing. But you support it with the heat? It's a weird timing. It's a weird timing.
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I'm not going to sit here and question people who have a lot more information than I do and a lot more investment in what they're doing. making a decision that is shocking to me, but I'm shocked by the timing of it. It's not, we've changed the rules. Okay. Hey, champion coach, you've got two years and being 15 games over 500 after two years is not enough.
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You now have less than two years to do it, but firing the, the thing that Memphis and Denver has done here with, with, you know, fewer than five games before the playoffs, I don't even know the mechanics can, do you think anybody in our audience can explain to me the mechanics of just overhauling your entire management team this close to the playoffs?
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Like what, what does it even mean to get this person out? And when I ask you about, does it matter? if players like their coach, to me, the reason this is being done, even though we don't have all the reporting information on this, is because they believe by simply getting Mike Malone off their neck, whatever tactical advantages he offers, whatever knowledge of the players he offers,
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Whatever Coach of the Year stuff he offers, they think is not worth as much. Let's get these people off of these players at a wildly inopportune time. And I ask you guys, if you think this isn't a wildly inopportune time, where would I have to put it for you to be shocked by it? Right before the playoffs? Two games into the playoffs?
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Yeah, Zach would rather be anonymous. He would be.
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Jessica, can you please tell me, the year that the Nuggets were the one seed, how many games over .500 were they when they were the one seed?
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They were 53-29, so .646 winning percentage.
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Yeah, and they have injuries going into the playoffs, so I think this is telling you the front office, I guess, is like, we don't think they're going to go very far. The defense has not been good. This team's not going to make a deep run anyways because of this five-game skid they've been on. So let's just do it now and get it over with because we know this is not going to be the year that they...
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Oh, I don't believe that. No, I believe that this is a move meant to try and alter that, that they've decided that with Malone, this isn't the year and with someone else, it will be like that. It's not that this is merely shocking. It's it's the timing. More than just firing the coach, which is surprising enough. But let's go out here. David Sampson, nothing personal.
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He just finished with nothing personal. What were your thoughts here on everything that the Nuggets did? What Billy is saying about leadership and what we're talking about, about a coach saying he doesn't care whether or not he's liked or not, even though in this case, I would say it probably had something to do with what was happening at the end.
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no upside to it, they don't think that, correct? And the idiocy you're saying is a front office and a leadership team that won the championship a couple of years ago. You're saying no upside, even though they would not agree with that assessment. Or do you agree with Jess that they've given up on the season and this is just to get the odor?
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This is just basically Febreze in the bathroom after you've made a mess.
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gotten stale with a couple of games left in the season. The expiration date was long before this. Do you have any decent theories, David, any decent theories on how things could possibly be so bad between a general manager and a coach that the owner throws up? If both of them are saying either he goes or I go and the owner says, fine, you're both right, both of you get out of here.
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I agree with the name thing.
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What's wrong with your voice? I know. Is this still the cruise that's in your voice?
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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You were saying, Greg Cody?
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And you stayed in the hotel in order to have an immersive training in method acting? Like, you stayed... I can't believe that at 70 years old... I don't think a lot of 70-year-olds are staying away from their house in the same city.
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You have an issue right now that has afflicted me before as I initially started trying on glasses. It's fogging up on your right eye. As you say, you've had your eyes opened because I think the glass is a little too close to your face. And there's something about the weather in South Florida that makes glasses that are too close to your face.
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Your voice sounds like it's been battered by the sea. He had acting class.
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What did you learn? He said he drank too much last night. He had like three beers after.
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It was the cigarettes in the garage this morning.
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David Sampson is lurking around the premises here, and he's got some good stuff to talk about. But I wanted to start with the firing of Michael Malone. That seems crazy to me.
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And the way they have sped up in the NBA, that I guess it's three of the past five NBA champions have fired their head coach within two seasons of the firing, makes me wonder, in today's day and age, I want to play this sound from Mike Malone.
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six days ago after they lost to the Trailblazers and ask you if this was the last drop in the bucket where an NBA champion who has the best player in the league fires its coach because they're tuning stuff like this out.
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This is what I walk into today, Chris. He just announced, Greg Cody, your father, just announced, I have no headphones as they're counting in. Five, four, three, two. And he got lost on his way here into the studio, even though he spent last night in the hotel. I got a panicked phone call.
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I want to ask you guys about one sentence in there, which he said, it's not my job to evaluate how they take things. I'm not totally sure in today's age with today's player that that one flies. And I say that as someone who remembers being impressed by Eric Spolstra early in his career when I asked him about players liking him or players coach. And he's like, I am not here for anyone liking me.
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Do not care whether they like me. It's totally irrelevant. I ask you, though. Is it?
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You said when the results aren't there, That team's really good.
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They've never been the one seed. That's not who they are. They didn't win the championship as the one seed. They've never been the best team in that conference.
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What it's been almost the entire time Jokic is there during his reign of dominance is about where it is. This isn't about the record when you're doing it at this point. I kind of understand the GM being fired, though. Well, here's what Kevin O'Connor says, and yes, I understand the GM being fired, too, but he says, "...absolutely nuts.
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Booth and Malone never liked each other, rarely spoke, and talked behind each other's back." With the team struggling on the court, Nuggets ownership decided to fire both of them. And that seems insane. And it does feel insane because it is rare. Not since the Luka trade have I double-checked the Shams account and been like, am I getting Scheftered or Ballsacked?
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Yeah, one of them. Did someone spell Shams' last name in a way that is meant to trick me because they changed the letter and can buy a blue checkmark now?
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It's to your right, Greg. Like, down to your right. The place that it always is, Greg. He can't hear me. He can't hear you. That's right. It doesn't fit anywhere. Thank you, Billy. I appreciate it. So why, Chris, why did he get lost? Why did he stay in the hotel? I walked in.
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Well, they have more information than we do, right?
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They were the one seed when they won the championship in 2023.
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I don't think those accents are working for me.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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I walked in on him just generally discombobulated while Stugatz told him that he was somewhere recently with Zach Thomas and that he was more famous than Zach Thomas because people were chanting his name. I don't know the setting. I don't know what I was walking into.
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This is a great chant, and I think we should... Thank you, Pat. I think that is a much better way... Send us merch. Thank you, Pat. Let's make... Okay. Excellent.
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Let's now, right now, sell merch. Let's zig when others are zagging. Everybody wants to burn Pat Riley down. Let's sell merch with Pat Riley on it.
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no no no thank you pat yeah no but let's also let's also thank you pat merch here go the other way this is the most criticized pat riley has ever been in this town because because because this town is spoiled the standard is in no it's it's eastern conference finals like that's what you you just you got to be one of the final four teams all the time and now at the end you don't look like you're closer than that closer you've fallen behind
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A deep, dark secret in the shadows of our very popularly received oral history is that the secret best producer that this show has ever had has been in disguise for many, many years. Billy Gill always hiding in the shadows to do the important things that make our show the funny thing that it used to be back in its prime. And Billy Gill today has done me the favor.
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That's not good enough. If you don't look like one of the top four teams, that's not what the standard is. You've failed. It's noisy. I don't want to add to that any more than I already have. So is there a thank you Pat angle to this? Because as far as... Stugatz has gone on this.
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Jeremy, even you were making sour faces at Stugatz saying that Pat Riley is above criticism because I don't think he is. I'm just not comfortable being the messenger on being the viral one. Look, even Levitard.
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That's it. That's correct. That is absolutely correct.
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Yeah, these were lovely legacy moments. In fact, can you video? We never got to that weeks ago, but I would like to. I would like to get to the Lakers moving Pat Riley by telling him they were going to build a statue. And South Beach Sessions will cover how moved he was by having a court named after him. But yes, he's getting legacy stuff that usually only comes with the eulogies.
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That is a great idea. You know what? Can they stop us from putting our own statue on their land across?
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Let's do that. Find me the budget for it. Let's see if we get the city ordinances.
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I want to do this, Billy. Find me what the budget for this is. I want to see what we can do about putting across the street a statue that more honors Pat Riley.
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This is what I'm telling you. We don't want that. As a rising executive at Metal Ark, you are a rising executive at Metal Ark. This is what I'm telling you. Find me the budget for that. Find me the budget for that. Find out what kind of city licenses we have to get. We don't ask. We apologize after. All right, fine. Just ramp it after. Just find out.
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Just make a quick check somewhere about what liabilities are. And I will give you a substantive budget as part of our 20-year anniversary celebration. in order to make that statue at the top of the building that points down at Pat Riley but lifts him up and honors him up because it's a statue forever.
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For many years, he has simply been somebody who's been against me. Rolling Grenades, an anarchist. I agree, Billy. And I haven't been able to get him to serve many of these grid of death penalties over the years because somehow he's got all the power over me and somehow he doesn't have to suffer any penalties.
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I wish to tell everyone here that I've got a problem beyond everything we just mentioned with what's happening across the street with the Miami Heat. In that, Pat Riley is on South Beach Sessions this week. And I told soft-talking Matt Coogler, who left the Craig Ferguson show to have the world's dumpiest office here at Metal Ark Media. Coogs. I told Billy Gill's good friend Coogs. Man.
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Or wear any costumes. And I'm in costumes 10 times as often as he is.
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That South Beach Sessions... probably shouldn't put Pat Riley out this week because people will expect me to ask him about Jimmy Butler. And we did this interview five or six weeks ago. And so people will think I am doing a soft, uh, biographical interview, which I will say I was trying to do with someone I admire doing what might be the last interview we do together after someone, uh,
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He doesn't do many interviews. He only talks two or three times a year anymore anywhere.
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For many years now, he's doing less. Strogatz, this is really my conundrum, okay? It's just a simply human conundrum, okay? After seeing Pat Riley show up at the memorial, surprised me by showing up at the memorial for my brother, okay? This is a man whose legacy I do not want to tarnish in this town or anywhere by adding my voice as noise to we know better than he does. Like, I get why we do it.
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And finally, today, Billy is paying a punishment and it delights me. It's the correct way to produce this show. So thank you, Billy Gill, for quietly in the shadows. It's not getting enough notice in the oral history. Billy Gill, secret producer of all the good things that have happened around here. Thank you for finally doing something that is meant to aid me as opposed to working against me.
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I'm not saying that it's unfair for sports to do it, but because of where it is, this relationship is personal. I have trouble with the objectivities I'm trying to aspire to.
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Yes. Stugatz here's the thing okay yes of course of course look my relationships with Stan Van Gundy and Pat Riley began I would say Jimmy Johnson as well contentious like I'm writing things that they don't like and over time they learn to respect it and over time a relationship grows from there uh wherever it is that it grows but no I've been very critical of Pat Riley and
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And my standard's not higher than his. He understands that the game is you win the championship or everyone gets to say you're a loser. He's fine with that. He made the standard. He said it. He wins the second championship with the Lakers and guarantees a three-peat because he knows he's got Kareem. Different time, though. Different place. 78 years old.
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And I keep telling you, man, Stugatz, it's hard to do what ESPN does with Lee Corso and Dick Vitale, holding their hand at the very end and letting them dictate some of the terms because they've earned it. And I don't mean to turn Pat Riley into a mascot. No, much the opposite. This in this sport is the most respected thing. And he's hanging on to a way of doing it.
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That ain't no longer the way because LeBron James and all that power took the sport away. And now you got load management and Joel Embiid and everything that's happening in the sport. And he's telling his superstar that you won't be traded. And then a few days later, oh yeah, you will be traded. And now his superstar is saying, and there are teams I won't go to.
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And Pat Riley might try to spite him here somewhere by sending him, trying to send him somewhere. And he can't send him anywhere because Jimmy Butler is going to dictate the terms at the end.
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Well, but I'd like a spot of nuance or degrees between those things, right? Between passed and by, fair criticism. And also, don't disrespect this. Don't disrespect these people. Like, I know Spoh has had some really bad moments this season. He has. But he didn't forget how to coach. Like, the game's ever evolving. He helped ever evolve it. Positionless basketball.
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And now the Celtics are better at all of those things. And I forgive them. I understand why you wouldn't. I forgive them for not having seen that coming. But, I mean, you come in here, you respect very few things in the world. You are disrespectful.
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Happy annos, guys. Happy new anus to you, Amin. Please help soothe me as I walk back early in the week, criticism, sort of afraid of the crime family across the street.
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Good work, Billy. Yeah. What is the punishment you are serving today? What is that?
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Thank you for asking for a distinction that would seem to catch me in a hypocrisy. I didn't call Tom Brady Washed. You did.
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You said it. I never said Tom Brady was washed. I said, no, this is what happens to me around here. I can't look at you. All the time. I said that it's unbelievable that what I'm about to say got reduced to you said Tom Brady is washed because this was the criticism of Tom Brady. I said all quarterbacks throughout history, if you get to that age, the drop is precipitous.
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Numerically, it's empirical. It is factual. All quarterbacks decline at that age. There is no reversing how that happens. but you wouldn't notice it in the uniform because the arm strength is going to look the same. And so the only way that would be perceptible is on the deep ball. And here are Tom Brady's numbers on the deep ball. They are not good. It is close to the end for Tom Brady.
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After that, he won all the Super Bowls. And I was wrong. Throwing deep balls. I was wrong about everything after that in a way that still makes the graphic amazing when I'm looking at it. And he's put up on the screen as a $375 million broadcaster who's terrible. And it says seven-time Super Bowl champion under his name.
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That is correct. That is correct. But what is absolutely so. 12-4. You know what? That Tom Brady. You are totally right. I don't know what that was, but you are totally right on it's as wrong as I've ever been on anything to even provide math that he might be in decline. I simply never said he was washed.
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I'm saying that when you're looking at it, it's not something that you can decipher to the human eye when a quarterback is fading. Stugatz, I'll talk myself into Aaron Rodgers, what he looked like in six of the last eight games of the season. You can't tell with that kind of greatness.
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It's not that overt where you're like, the guy runs out there, same uniform, same name, different uniform, but looks the same. I can't see when a quarterback who's one of the best ever is in decline, and none of you can see it either because he defied all the math.
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What is the fairest criticism of the Miami Heat? You have been very critical of Bam Adebayo. Bam Adebayo has been terrible this year. I am asking how much flexibility do you have with an organization for not knowing fast enough that their three guys and the ceiling on their three guys would not be good enough if Jimmy Butler wavered.
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All right, Billy, this is what I need from you today, okay, if you could at any point before we get to the postgame. I need from you today to go viral with a super serious take of some sort that is shocking and just really resonates and is given while you're wearing that costume.
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None of it would be good enough if Jimmy Butler wasn't surpassed as he aged by the acquisition of a player better than Jimmy Butler.
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Does everyone have farts on their resume?
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No, forgive me. I was just saying publicly. I wasn't saying privately. Look, wait a minute. Let me be clear on something else people might not know. This environment, what is across the street is a military school for millionaires where they surgically go from station to station getting the right medicine and science so they can be maximum basketball machines.
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What is across the street is a factory for how do these people get better at this, and then you see them get better at this. It's a weird thing. When I'm telling you, I can't tell that Tom Brady is getting worse, but I can tell, oh, Ware's pretty good. How'd that happen? Whoa, how did that happen? This place over here knows how to make basketball players better.
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Tell me what guests I gotta get you in order to get the proper amount of fame and awkwardness around it, but can you promise me that you will say something today with the attempt, or everything today, with the attempt to get you in costume to go viral?
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We do have one? Okay, you're stuck with it.
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You are talking about public and private, okay? Just to be clear, this is a notoriously private organization, right? It's not information that a lot of information comes out on. So Amin is giving you there a Shack story. The things that happen behind the scenes in this factory I'm talking about where they make hardened players, it is filled. And this is a feature, not a bug, with conflict.
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those people have been tough and Jimmy Butler has been toughened by an environment where the conflict is not avoided the conflict is part of what it is that sharpens the tools and so yes Shaq had to be held outside by security when he was let go because it had escalated to Shaq no you don't have the power here you're traded and Shaq was used to having the power now Shaq's outside
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You're talking about the Gulf of America? What are you doing? Well, yes. Okay, let's not talk about the fires in California right now. Let's not talk about the Gulf of America right now. Beautiful, man. This is a serious thing I want to discuss with you guys because I have had trouble the last couple of days, and I'm a little bit embarrassed to say this, honestly. I really am.
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like a lot of people are with security because you can't just go back and get your things but the arguments of alonzo morning think about what i'm about to say here where pat riley and alonzo morning would tell you yes alonzo morning fueled by rage would tell pat riley to his face yelling and screaming threatening to get physical bleep you and pat riley would say it right back and pat riley's principal was it's fine for all the bleep views teach me something
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Teach me something when we're doing that. You think that place got good at sharpening basketball players because it's gentle? And so a prideful man, Pat Riley, who built that environment has just been embarrassed in public, a private organization, by Jimmy Butler. By the player taking the power from the organization the way that's been happening for 14 years since LeBron did it first for Miami.
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More than a little bit embarrassed. Okay. I feel bad about criticizing Pat Riley. And I'm going to explain to you something that's happening here. We work across from an arena that represents the single most successful sports story, my city, our city, the only city I've ever loved.
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Yeah, he's terrifying, and I don't know why.
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Come on. Are you crazy?
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Well, if you think my criticism is bad, we need to call Poppy. Poppy's got some thoughts on the dolphins and the heat, and the private phone calls I've had with Poppy have been – He would speak for the fan bases of the Dolphins and the Heat in a way that's less compromised than me. He, too, is fed up not just with the Godfather. He's fed up with Spoh, too.
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Oh, boy. No, but it's worse than it's ever been. Yes, it is. Please call my father, okay? I wish to call my father and get to the bottom of this.
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The phone calls I've had privately during the holidays with my father are the most poisonous sports phone calls I've ever heard, and my parents almost got divorced during the Shaq finals because my father spent nothing but the entire season complaining about Shaq missing free throws. My father wanted to fight Shaq the way that Shaq wanted to fight Riley. My father is the most spoiled of Heat fans.
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He told me he's been with the Heat all along. He's been with them since LeBron got here. He's the biggest of the bandwagon fans.
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That's a typical Miami bandwagon fan. All he's done is care enough to complain. He's checked out on the whole season because they're 500 because he's spoiled, and they don't do him the service of filling his media potato chips bag full, and he goes to the owner of the team and tells them that they're cheap with their media potato chip bags.
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There is no way I'm saying he's washed.
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For the last two years, I've been saying, with much resistance, by the way, as they go to the AFC Championship game last year and go 12-4, that Tom Brady is washed.
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That Tom Brady is washed. Is that even my voice? You said it.
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Whose voice would it be? Is that Trey Wingo? Not your voice. I legitimately cannot tell if the is washed is something that was even said by me ever. Never mind AI. Have I said it that way? Is that my voice? that Tom Brady is washed is in decline.
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Chris, that's what you spent the whole hour doing?
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Chris, and I also heard a stray sound while I was trying to do the show that was something Tom Brady related, because that's the joke you've been editing for 60 minutes? That's how you've decided to do your job as executive producer today?
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We heard it. I extended the clock by 10 minutes so we could cook some more on Dinosaur Billy.
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It is excellence that stole the town from the Dolphins and put the standard at a place where it is, hey, it's not good enough to get a Jimmy Butler. We expect to have three Jimmy Butlers. We expect it all the time.
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Some of the things I'd like to do over the coming days. I don't believe we use this building well enough. We've got rock climbing. We've got basketball. We've got whirlpools. We've got the top of this building and a statue we're going to build to point down at the arena. Greg Cody, I want in a whirlpool tomorrow. Whirlpool Cody.
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Because I believe he'll be braver than Nick Saban, who's not brave enough in a commercial to be in a whirlpool without a shirt. And you guys are telling me it's about age and son. Greg Cody's very old. He's very unhealthy.
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Greg Cody will sit in a hot tub, I'm guessing, with his shirt off because he's not afraid to be a coward who goes into the whirlpool with a shirt on the way Nick Saban is, as he's the protector of college football, but isn't brave enough to take his shirt off.
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Yeah, but no, this is look, man, the amenities here. This is a luxury hotel. It is. Like that's it. That hot tub is nobody's punishment. That's not, no matter what the weather is, I would imagine Greg Cody would love to do the show from over there.
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Thank you. I appreciate it. That's a good correction by you.
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That Tom Brady is washed.
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time because that's what you did the first time in 2010 that's where the standard is I can't even imagine what it is to be a Patriots fan today like they must be punching themselves in the face about what this team looks like firing a coach after what it is they've known as excellence but so I really admire
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The people across the street on how they do business, more than I've ever admired anything in sports in the history of this city, and more than I've admired anything in the history of business in this city, because I know how shitty this city is at supporting things, and I know how excellent you have to be over a sustained period to steal the city from the Miami Dolphins.
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No, I will tell you. This is what I will tell you. I understand why you would come by that opinion. This is what actually happened, okay? And I will tell you the truth on this. I did not get a call. I've been having trouble sleeping the last three nights for a number of different reasons, okay? Riley's one of them? The Godfather is not one of them.
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Even though that is a crime family and even though he is the Godfather and that nickname is earned. I have not heard from Riley. It concerns me more than if I had. Allow me to make that clear again, okay? The best sports history business I have seen in this city is the crime family across the street run by the Godfather. Miami is the city I'm talking about. Has a certain criminal element.
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The crime syndicate across the street is run by a mafia boss we've been calling the Godfather for 15 years and the guys, the people who have gotten here recently, loose lips with their criticism, are awfully comfortable telling Pat Riley he doesn't know what he's doing in his job as the head of the crime family, the godfather. And I don't think it's wise for me to be doing that. Or Mike.
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Well, Mike, man, here's the thing, though. All right. What happened to me is I was thinking about this. Right. I told you the other day it was one of the great honors of my journalism lifetime to have specifics. The specifics of Udonis Haslam and Mike Miller say, come on the OG's podcast. We want to talk to you. And then afterward, have Udonis, of all people, say to me, man, I really like that.
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A guy I've covered since high school who. As a member of that crime family, the muscle for that crime family can tell you that the soul of that crime family is that when Udonna's mother, she dies. And he's at her deathbed. The last time he sees her smile is when he tells her, I'm not going to Denver for 12 million more. I'm going to stay with the Godfather.
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And when she dies, the whole heat contingent heads to Liberty City, and they help him grieve, okay? Pat Riley, I will tell you now, is somebody throughout my life who has been there in meaningful grieving moments before.
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More than that, okay? Because they listen to this show across the street. This crime family run by the Godfather listens to this show across the street. They're listening to it live now. It plays in their building. They talk about me?
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It does? Yeah, we are the programming over there. Watch this. You've got to watch what I say. Well, this is something that... You're fine.
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This is the part that's uncomfortable for me to admit, and this is the part I genuinely need some therapy from the group on to walk me through this, because I know the Jimmy Butler stuff is interesting, and I genuinely ask the question of you guys and the audience. So where is the correct line on me being properly fair,
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also critical and acknowledging that you've got 50 years of expertise on something that all of us would defer to as saying that's more excellent at what they do than we are at what we do and while they were entitled to the criticism I'm not going to say I know how to do that job better than Pat Riley has done it and so I can be a critic But this is the part that becomes complicated.
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Tim Donovan, the public relations director for 30 years who has served at Pat Riley's knee. Like this is the maximum soldier. He is Udonis on the business side of being a Pat Riley guy.
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Thank you. OK, you used a few words to say exactly what I was trying to say. Tim Donovan. OK, I'm not even going to tell some of the stories here. OK, but my friends are afraid of Tim Donovan. Let me go another step here. The bald guy in security who ran over there to try to end the Rockets fight. And, David, you've lost a step.
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You used to get there with your toes and knock everybody out before the thing started.
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Please give people more information here because this is one of the more mysterious figures in the history of this mafia family. I want people to know why I'm afraid right now of some of the things that I've done.
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I've already told you that this bald guy who's lost a step, that in the locker room one time he sidled up next to me and put a finger in my elbow in a way that paralyzed the right side of my body and it still hurt three days later and nobody saw that he did it.
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He put it in here, and he grabbed me so hard with whatever it is his finger is made of that the right side of my body was paralyzed, but nobody saw it or noticed I was in a room full of media people. He did it on the sly.
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He pressure pointed you. Yes. It hurt so much. You don't even know what's happening. Three days later, it still hurt. Nobody saw it. He did it. I was in a room full of media witnesses.
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It was unbelievable. It was a warning, a clear and obvious warning. Roy.
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The Panthers and hockey is tough. The Panthers and hockey are not a crime family.
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Okay, there's pretty close to being the Mafia name, and there's pretty close to being the non-Mafia when Udonis Haslam's your muscle. And the bald guy just, he made me surrender in the locker room and no one saw it. But yes, that bald guy who does have a name, David, he is somebody who's got a mysterious figure around the entirety of his aura.
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But Tim Donovan, who again, is one of these Riley Mafia soldiers. I will... I'll probably betray a confidence here by telling you that Tim Donovan, that he benefits greatly from the Riley associations of being able to dress well because Riley's garment people have been famous since Showtime. And this is a person who I love and he's in charge of right now
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An empire that is going through an unprecedented turbulence they don't have ever in their history. Shaq came down here and when it was time for Shaq to go, Shaq didn't leave with the power. LeBron left with a lot of the power, but it didn't cripple the franchise. The franchise believes in the Belichick way of whatever. This is how excellence is made, LeBron. You don't make it for us.
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We make it for you. And in that earned arrogance, I'm hesitant to criticize people, not because I'm afraid of them, because I respect them. because I love them. I don't want to pile on. Man, Riley gets the ending he deserves. The way Riley wishes for this to end with Spoh in charge or whatever, they deserve that.
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This is a tribute for running a business well in a very difficult market for 30 or 40 years. I'm assigning that grace. That doesn't have a critic's heart in it, though. Like the The critic will tell you breathe fire. Oh, you'll get all the clicks for saying for just saying, oh, even Levitard says Riley's washed. And when I'm not saying that and I would never say that.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
He was the one telling them. Samson was the voice of moderation there. Can you imagine a room where Samson is like, he's the one who knows how to act?
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
But even saying that, we can still acknowledge that you've never felt like I'm watching something totally undone before until the end of episode one. And that's what took me from like, okay, this is a cool show to what? And it sets everything else.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
4% of them are Arliss Loveless from Wild Wild West.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Typically, I'm not a fan of time hops. I think they do the time hops perfectly. But Dan, I did want to bring this up because I saw this. This was Dan Fogelman, who is the EP of the show. He posted on Instagram... An email he sent to Sterling K. Brown, the star of the show, December 14th, 2022. Hey, man. So here's something different I've been working on for the last few months.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Wrote it for slash picturing you. You're the only person who has seen this aside from the four-ish people who run Disney slash 20th. It was turned in 48 hours ago and it's getting a series order. Keep that between us. It's all just happening overnight, but it will be roughly eight to 10 episodes a season for Hulu, couple seasons.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
I have no desire to shoot anywhere besides LA, though we might have to drive a bit to get the location it requires. No one else involved yet. No one else has seen it. This email will self-destruct in two minutes. I know it goes without saying, but never feel pressure on my end. Like Whitney said, I will always love you. Take a read. Tell me what you think. You'll have questions at the end.
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I have answers. Love to Ryan the fam. Feel better. Two years ago, he sent that email to Sterling K. Brown. Didn't have a cast. Didn't have a green light.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Usually they pitch to the studio, and the studio either has ideas of who they would want or— Well, we're talking to a movie star here.
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Chris, let me help you out. The present scene is you guys on the boat for your dad's birthday. The time hop goes back to the story you told on the boat.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Should we work on this? I'm just saying, when you've been around Hollywood as long as I have, you get to see things. Memes and Nightmares on Hulu right now.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Juju, I saw a guy on Instagram say that the cure for the divorce rates in America, which is around 50%, is to treat marriages like a four-year MBA contract. And that way you have a contract year at the end and people are still working to keep the relationship alive versus a lifetime deal where it's like, what's the incentive for me to work? I'm already here.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
I have an idea that's never been done before on any show or podcast anywhere. What if we had a love line for advice? But for every question, Juju gives his advice, and then Chris gives his advice.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Yeah, it's a murder mystery. Right. And watching the first episode, you'll be like, OK, all right, whatever. It sounds a little looks a little weird. OK. And then there's a. a revelation at the end of episode one. And that sets the premise for the entire show. And that's what takes it from, okay, another one of these whodunit shows. No, but it's plenty good before that revelation.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Well, first of all, the Phoenix Suns, they hold my beer. As soon as you're there, you say that because they're awful. They guard nobody. But yeah, Jared Vanderbilt, Juju's right. Jared Vanderbilt has been a godsend returning from injury for them. And they have enough guys. They don't have... everyone on the team being a great defender.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
But they got enough guys between Vanderbilt, Dorian Finney-Smith, Rui Achimura. They got enough guys to keep Gabe Vincent a semblance of a great defense. And what they've done is they've defended at a top five level. Now,
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Dan, if I told you who are some of the other great defenses since the Luka trade, and I told you the Brooklyn Nets are in there and the Detroit Pistons are in there and the Portland Trailblazers are in there, it also begins to give us, oh yeah, this is small sample size.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Yeah, I need to make a correction. From earlier in the show, I talked about the likelihood of the Warriors being probably the seventh seed going in after winning a play-in. I misspoke because the Clippers lost last night and the Warriors won.
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It's good, but it's also like been done before.
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Postgame Show: Chris and JuJu's Loveline
Big day for Billy on the polls.
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Hour 2: We Taught Mina Kimes How To Do TV
If only he was in a costume.
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I thought we were going to get to this a lot sooner, and I didn't put it in the fridge, and it was bad cheese. What is happening with you and your shadow show contention, Billy, that Jeff Conine is Dwayne Wade?
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All right, he had it. Told you. He did have it. The Kentucky Fraud Chickens are no longer undefeated. Holy eyebrows. I don't think that that's very nice. There's no need to come after it.
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I mean, we can name a player or two that we can argue about. As it relates to Dwayne Wade, we can name a lot of players who were better in all of the seasons than Jeff Conine was.
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But what is this spectrum that we speak of between Dwayne Wade and Udonis Haslam? The spectrum that Chris Cody is objecting to.
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I don't know what's true on the Dwayne Wade thing. I'm just telling you that the Heat are saying that that's not true. From every orifice and angle of every part of the organization, they're saying that Dwayne's story is not true.
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I don't recognize you today in a lot of ways, and it's Wild Billy Wednesday, and so that's one of the things that's unpredictable about Wednesdays here, because you also were somebody who was telling us today, and this isn't how I think of you generally, sort of motivationally, inspirationally, You were telling us to dream big, to dare to dream big.
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And I don't know what the inspiration was for you trying to tell all of us as sort of a slogan on behalf of caring at Metal Ark to dare to dream big.
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The question, I have a look at me, Luigi, I was going to play, but the power went out. So the thing, the soundboard has short-circuited. Can we play the video, please, of the power going out at the end of Reali? Because this has happened during Dan Patrick as well. We are having trouble keeping the lights on at Metal Ark Media.
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As part of our 20-year anniversary celebration, we're letting you look behind the scenes, behind the bit. Here is Highly Questionable with Papi, which I'm assuming is going to have that ingrate Mina Kimes in it.
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This is the true story of how it is that highly questionable came to be. I'm not even making this up. This is exactly how it happened. My father loses his job, and at 57, 58, being the provider, loses his identity, shows up at the office, all his shit is in a garbage can. That's it. His career is over. It's done. Now he's spiraling at home, and my mom...
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Jessica was having a whole lot of Jessica. That was a Jessica cam and you were both scared and then horrified by the- I mean, it was terrifying, Dan.
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doesn't know what to do with him, and the guy who identifies as a provider can't just be puttering around doing nothing with no identity, not knowing what to do. So the idea of putting him on the television show was how do I get my father, who needs some rigid patterns, who needs some scheduling, who's been going to work every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
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What can I do to make sure that my parents are good and that retirement for them isn't me or my family having to pick up a whole bunch of pieces because my father's going a little bit crazy? And so that was a gift to him and a contrivance and work in television that I didn't even particularly want to do necessarily, just in order to make sure that
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Our family wasn't destroyed because my father would have gone a little bit nuts retiring that way.
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Clearly a terrible idea. It'll never work. A man who doesn't know that much about sports doing the hosting of the show in his second language. How could it possibly fail?
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Hour 2: We Taught Mina Kimes How To Do TV
Four to six weeks is what he gave it. Great confidence in his son. Terrible idea. My son has terrible judgment.
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If there is a legacy that I could choose for our show, it would look a lot like that, that people on the street would call him in Spanish, the word for father. If that's all you give me from that show, that's a pretty cool thing to have.
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He's a husband. He used to have some A-list celebrity, but then he left ESPN, and now all of a sudden, occasionally he gets half a tuna sandwich, but there aren't that many people recognizing him anymore. It was a good tuna sandwich. It was a good tuna sandwich.
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Hour 2: We Taught Mina Kimes How To Do TV
It's always the same prank. My father only had one prank. He would stick his hand out and then do this. That was it. It wasn't the height of comedic genius. It was not ingenuity. It was not Disney originality, the way you think of it. It was one move. He's a one-trick phony.
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That's right. The banana phone is a poppy original. My father, one day, what is it that you did? For some reason, you pretended that the banana, the fake fruit on the set, was ringing, and you answered the phone.
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His bookie would call him on the banana phone. The important part of that, though, is what my father said at the beginning. We were stuck one day. We were stuck. We were stuck. And I had to go to the magic treasure chest of comedy. There was a banana there and I made it a telephone. It was true. It was true. It was true. We were stuck.
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That's right. So heroic you should have been on a white stallion. Yeah, that was a hell of a show, right? It was a good show. That was a hell of a game, see or no? It was. My father's favorite, see or no? That's right, honey.
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Oh, our old friend JaVale McGee. My father saw him in a Whole Foods down here in South Florida and went and met him and was all excited. I'm your biggest fan. And JaVale McGee had no interest in my father and doesn't know who my father is and doesn't care who my father is. Let's see JaVale McGee. Seven and a half and five and a half. Already has eight points.
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He almost did. Brian. Brian Shaw. Gratuitous Brian Shaw shot. Lamont, are you intrigued?
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Old Red Light Papi would turn it on when he needed to. Coming up on my son's TV show. That's right. Coming up next on my son's TV show. It sounds like my son Stevie's show. My son Stevie's show. Well, that's that's the idea. No, I understand. It's not like I'm not familiar with your work. My father actually didn't name
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me Luis or Gonzalo, even though he was going to name me Luis or Gonzalo, because he didn't want me to suffer the racism I might suffer in this country from having a name like that. So he called me Dan instead, a very American name. And then the irony was that when ESPN needed to lock in that unicorn Hispanic demo, his son Dan wasn't Hispanic enough.
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So he needed to get a cartoon Latin accent to be next to him on television so they could play see or no and
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He was there to help me. My father from the very beginning said that his only goal there was to help me. And in that respect, he did. He softened me. He softened Bomani. It's how he became the star of the show. I used to be the asshole. And then he became the asshole who stole a show from his son.
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The part I don't get is why don't we ever have the camera on her when she's sneezing, though? Because that's what I'm always asking for, and it's never on her then.
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It was strange. It was a love story. But it was very bright. Yes, an eternal love story. Nosferatu, I will always swear by it. I still don't understand why Jessica doesn't get that I was joking. Why'd she turn on me here? I mean, I was trying to support her on an HR claim.
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The thing that I wanted to ask you guys, and I make actually this request of the people in the sports media who cover the sports media. Go make ESPN answer why that show is being canceled. Somebody asked the questions for why. I just I'm curious. I'd like to know why Around the Horn is being let go. I think a loyal audience deserves at least the question being asked.
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Can I do some reckless speculation? Sure. Well, but the thing doesn't work because I don't have the sounder here. So you're going to have to wait until Chris Cody, because my soundboard has gone completely off and I don't have any access to any sound. So we're going to have to wait until you're good. Are you ready, Chris Cody?
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PTI's days are numbered. Whoa, be careful, Amin. I don't, what are you looking, Billy? You're just saying, oh, mortality. Okay, good. I see it in your eyes.
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I'll do it tomorrow. Because I never got to do anything that I wanted to do with Pat Riley and Jimmy Johnson. Now you guys took the show from me and wouldn't let me have it back.
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Hour 2: We Taught Mina Kimes How To Do TV
Nope, he started with ice cream and cookies. That's where we started. You guys are going to blame this on me when we spent 20 minutes on White Lotus, and you're going to blame it on me.
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I don't know what she said. I don't know why she's feuding with you. I don't know why you're feuding with her. I don't know why she's an ingrate.
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But we gave her the confidence. Is that true? I don't even know.
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I actually think that Mina and Pablo were called as business journalists and, in Pablo's case, as Sports Illustrated researcher. I believe that we had them on first. I don't know. I thought so, though. I think so, too. Those two, not any of the others.
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They don't burn crucibles. At crucibles, it's sort of crossroads. This was the crossroads. I don't know what does happen with crucibles.
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Mike Ryan said that Ed Reed saved their bacon at Boston College. And he also said Purple Shirt Guy is a South Florida forever moment Mount Rushmore. He's right about that. On saving the bacon. But I asked Billy what I didn't understand that I missed it. I'm getting old. I've lost a step. I didn't understand the phrase saving the bacon.
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Do any of you know the origins of the phrase of what it means to save someone's bacon? I've heard of bringing home the bacon.
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And I'm going to say I think we've got it wrong on Pablo. I don't think Pablo was on Around the Horn before he was on here because I believe he was a researcher still at Sports Illustrated or only had written his very first article at Sports Illustrated. We will get the victory lap for Amin El-Hassan. But where are you, Billy? Because I...
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I've been wanting to get all show to whatever it is your cheese conundrum is because I don't know what your cheese conundrum is. We were supposed to go over it with Samson, and for some reason it got away from us. What is your cheese conundrum?
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A small circular thing of cheese. Wheel of cheese. Right, a wheel of cheese that is covered by a red plastic so it looks like almost a ball.
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Oh, but no, but wait a minute.
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Wash your hands, but the covering, it's not even the paper that's protecting you there. The wax is protecting you. Clean your pee-pee hands and just unwrap the wax, man. You could drop that in almost anything. You could drop that practically in a toilet and still be okay with that wax.
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I don't think you should throw that away. And I think the wax protects you. I think the paper protects you, but I think the wax protects you. We're going to go to Amin in a second here. He is getting ready in the other room. And, oh, he looks like he's ready. Okay, I think we're going to let him get a little bit tired before we go to the victory lap.
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Oh, Pasha, I say while sprinting. The sound of him running. No one's ever committed to that. This is how it should have been done from the beginning.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
But I wish to celebrate you because I can't believe the run, Tony. 23 years, 23 years climbing from basically intern to a legitimate sports television personality that could have had his choice of jobs at God Bless America or I'm sorry. Good morning, America. No, and have arrived at 23 years doing this. It's crazy.
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Can you tell people, because I don't know how you're going to be comfortable discussing this part, given that you like, you know, you're a decent person and you're really happy with the success you have. So I haven't seen, vanity I've seen from you, ego, not stuff that would be ugly, but you're responsible with a handful of people.
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For not only changing ESPN, but changing sports television discourse, really. You're in the center of that. So how do you regard your legacy there?
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Well, but Tony, you should be proud of yourself. I am proud of myself. Today, you should be proud of yourself. You, at ESPN, were somebody who changed the way we were doing things.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
Well, we have somebody here who wants to talk to you, and Jeremy does as well. We'll get to Jeremy in a second, but let's go to the set of Around the Horn right now, where... Izzy Gutierrez joins us now with whatever Izzy's thoughts are on Around the Hall officially being announced over after 23 years. Good job, video.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
Well, Monty Jones would like a word on who's the best panelist in the history of the show. Yeah, where was he?
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I believe you said that it's Jackie McMullin.
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We're going to do this. We're going to do this. We've been talking. He's going to come down for a week. We're going to enjoy the holy hell out of celebrating a majestic career. When we're talking about Ash Wednesday, how many consecutive Ash Wednesdays have you – I mean, that would be all of them. All of them? Since you started?
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Does God allow his sacraments on street corners at Levitard Show? I just think that you're doing it very hastily if you're not properly honoring God by treating it as a drive-through Ash Wednesday situation.
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I believe I've blasphemed, and that is my comeuppance for threatening God with my blasphemy.
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Billy, how did this become about Jeremy?
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Tony, good seeing you, and really, honestly, one of the great stories in the history of ESPN, one of the longest runs in show history, and better as a human being than he was as a TV host, and he's been one of the best in the history of ESPN. Tony, thank you so much, buddy. We'll see you in a few weeks.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
Reality, this is not very professional, everything that's happening here. Can you just leave the camera someplace and be good with it? He's holding his phone.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
No, I'm just saying we just saw your crotch, and I'm like, I don't think that's what you wanted.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
Well, I thank you for that. And I really do want people to appreciate this as a story and as a human being, because what reality is saying there, I will tell you, he's as fundamentally decent as anyone in this business. Everyone who comes on his show, the people, the reporters who are scared and nervous, the way that he welcomes them is the way that a family member would welcome you.
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It's not the way television is. He built something purposely warm. Okay. Even though that's not the reputation it might've had because it's sports argument television and they were keeping score, but he did build the community and it's really hard to do there. Like there, there aren't many shows there that have a community that,
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the way that we have a community where you know your fans and it's because they've lived through some stuff with you. It's not just because of the sports stuff. The part I'm confused by, though, Tony, and I don't know what happened here as a business decision, I looked at the ratings. So you were number one in, so 18 to 34 key demo, number one, all of television. All of television, 5 p.m.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
You're regularly outrating First Take, regularly outrating NFL Live, regularly outrating Get Up. Like, why is the show not continuing?
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Can you explain to the people, though, how unlikely this story is, Tony? Yes, yes. I don't know if my recollection will be a romantic one or not, but Max Kellerman was having a dispute over what was his show that would then become IMAX. And there wasn't a plan for replacing him. And so they went and got you, who was interning at Pardon the Interruption, down the hallway.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
Tell me what I've got wrong here. Okay, yeah.
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Was there any plan? There wasn't really a plan, right? You just had to keep your head down. As I recall, you weren't being paid. There wasn't negotiations.
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Hour 1: Thank You, Tony Reali
But I hope. I hope you are absorbing today. Okay. Because there's an outpouring around the horn is finished after 23 years. And Tony reality did something damn near impossible from doing sports trivia in sports bars on campuses. He parlayed a community at ESPN that is heartbroken today because a generation grew up on this show. And so it might feel like a sad day in some ways. I hope it does not.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
All right, well, now I want more details.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Oh, so your contract's up and you don't want promos?
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Wait a minute, I want you to answer some questions here to the degree that you're comfortable because if you're saying it's a five month process, you do have to understand at this point in terms of getting Saquon Barkley to do something like that, whatever that costs now,
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
It's probably not what it cost five months ago, but my guess is what it would cost now would be like half a million dollars, a million dollars to get Saquon Barkley to give you that time now. What can you give us in terms of details of how hard this was to coordinate over five months?
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
A great slogan for you in general at Life, by the way. Just in general, there will be no hugging. The name of his memoir.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Before we get to the Mavs price hike. Dick joke. Yes, that's what he threw at the very end. Tiny little joke at the end. No, not tiny.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
I want to get to the Mavs price hike, but the way that you're saying that Saquon Barkley is going from bar mitzvah to bar mitzvah on a Saturday.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
No, event to event or appearance to appearance. Events, appearances, things that he does. But so what I'm asking you is, can Saquon Barkley make a million dollars doing that on a Saturday? Not just at yours, just bouncing around.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
You're so bad.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
A little dab will do you. The words you used during these 20 minutes, ditties, you threw a ditties at us. You threw a croaked at us, which I don't think a lot of people are using for debt anymore. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you use the word croaked to talk about death? I mean, do you have any thoughts on the Mavs raising their ticket prices?
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Yeah, nothing personal is great. I say it all the time. I just didn't know that your contract was up. You threw that at us.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Listen to Nothing Personal every day where you can hear live David Sampson tell Nico to shut his yapper for a hot second.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Shut your yapper. What are you doing? Shut your yapper for a hot second, Nico. Are you saying that's another old statement? We just don't know what you're saying.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
What are you doing? What's a hot second? Why is the second hot? OK, you guys are picking on him now.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
I am not the one you want to be talking to.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
It's yours. Is it?
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Oh, that is funny. Billy emerged with a surprise question that made you laugh gutturally like that, and it is the devil's laugh.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
That is sinister. That is the laugh of evil. It is. That is absolutely that. Look, if I tell you greed has just gotten a promotion to evil, that's what it sounds like.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Last week on the show, we didn't talk about this nearly enough. You thought that as you aged, you would not get any shorter. You would get taller. I still don't understand why.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
You want me to ask Sebastian Maniscalco? Oh, wow.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
I'm not going to FaceTime him, but how would you like me to word the question?
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
That's not the nutritionist who said that.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
So I didn't do any of that. I just did what you guys told me to do. And now Sebastian Maniscalco is going to think Metal Ark Media wants to make season three of the bookie.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
I just shouldn't have done that.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Lose the the.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
but they shrink. You thought they would grow. Short people also shrink. Nobody with age grows after a certain age.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Jessica, I'm sorry. I didn't hear what you said. There were three other jokes being made between just Billy and Amin on and off air. Can you tell me, please, David, because I wanted to talk to you about something they mentioned during the shadow show earlier. Jessica and Jeremy disagreed with what it is that we had to say earlier in the week about Pete Rose.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
I don't know what your take is on Pete Rose, David, and the Hall of Fame and Manfred now considering it and being in a position where Donald Trump is pardoning is pardoning Pete Rose posthumously.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
No, not at all. I gave up my vote for that very reason, because the moralizing about a museum bothered me. But Jeremy is talking about real and legitimate sex crimes that Pete Rose went to the grave, you know, never suffering consequences for. And he was a horrible person. And that has nothing to do with any of the things that we're talking about here.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
Dirt on a uniform. So which is it, David? Nothing to do or everything to do? Because Jeremy just agreed with me and then took the polar opposite position.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
I cannot believe the number of people who just climbed into my ears and said, hey, we requested promos for nothing personal from David Sampson and his team and still have received nothing from David Sampson, who came on last week complaining that Metal Ark doesn't support anything that he does. David, how do you defend yourself? Because I've got both rooms shouting in my ear that you sent nothing.
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The Big Suey: David Samson, The Saquon Barkley Handler
David, can you explain to me why I heard on nothing personal that you were at a bar mitzvah with Saquon Barkley?
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Local Hour: Dan Does Journalism Again
I just don't think of either of those two teams as being anywhere near as good as what Oklahoma City is.
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Local Hour: Dan Does Journalism Again
But I want to get into the Jimmy Butler of it with you guys because Golden State went from being something that was middling, was around 500.
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Steph obviously needed help to obviously an injection of something that has made them 9-1. And I... Carl Anthony Towns didn't play last night, and New York was at 100-something. That's not that offensive team. Mitchell Robinson is back. The Knicks are formidable, and they will be a different team in the playoffs when they are healthy. But you're seeing what from Golden State?
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You're seeing something that – when we talk about teams being ready – Young teams being ready. Historically, something like Golden State is exactly the kind of thing that knocks off a young team expected to win a championship that hasn't played in any game sevens that any of us have thought about.
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The team that gets knocked off there is run by people like Jimmy Butler, Draymond Green, Steph Curry, who have played in 400 of these.
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Yeah, some sort of shootout. During meditation and yoga, someone is shooting a gun, and then I think a body, doesn't a body float through? And that's where the episode starts.
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I was getting more heat information there. I also just wanted to get... road my uh names right on what it is that we're referring to uh escort sex worker and amine's choice was a woman of the night which i have not heard since my father uh was trying to explain it to me as a child i was i don't know 41 years old and my father had a flat
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My father said a lady of the night, and I didn't know what it meant. I didn't understand. I was too young to understand. Does anyone still refer to it the way that Amin just did? They're just whores. No, they're not. A woman of the night? I agree with you, Amin.
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Well, but I had not heard it, but I had not heard it since my father said it, and Amin's aging caught me a bit off guard.
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The other thing I wanted to ask you about the derailment is I was and I got to think the audience is going to side with me here. Your cynicisms about three old friends getting together and hating each other and that being relatable cannot be the experience of old friends everywhere.
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But I wouldn't go on a trip with those people like I wouldn't discover that on a trip.
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I would never go on a trip with anyone I considered a good friend who I have outgrown.
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Old age, I thought, was at least in part something with friendship that you discard them along the way until you've only got the ones you want to travel with later in life. Like that's what old friends are, I thought.
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Late 30s struck me as old friends. If you've had friends into your late 30s, you've had friends for a long time.
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Look, Billy, I can't even imagine who you'd travel with.
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I'm reporting. I mean, I'm not writing any of this shit down. We're not doing any of this.
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So you are of this age, and if I said Billy went to Thailand with some old friends... If I go to Thailand...
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Chris Cody, if you were to go on a trip to Thailand. Yes. With some friends right now, those people, what are the chances that you would look across at any of them and be so distant from knowing that person that you would learn on that trip that you had outgrown that person?
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Yeah, but six hours is different than what these women are doing. That's true.
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Oh, it's not even that I can't relate to it. I just disagree with your universal consensus of we all agree, right, that if old friends do this, this is totally relatable. And I'm just like, is it?
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It would be amazing if I then did Jeremy's dark report at the end, like, hey, how great is that?
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I actually came in here wanting to talk about, I actually wanted to come talk about the mortality of Jimmy Johnson and Pat Riley. They're both?
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But it would be in poor form if the punchline at the end of this was the reported news that somebody we care about is sick. I am not going to do that. What is happening right now?
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This is even worse. I would not do that. That is untrue.
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No, but you're going to be disappointed because it's not going to be this heat news that you crave of somebody important dying.
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I mean, in my career covering the Miami Heat, I have never had so many people in an organization reach out to me from different pockets of the organization in order to have something clarified. Can you please play the sound of Dwayne Wade?
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Please stop this music. I'm not going to report that anyone is dying or that anyone is sick. And now I'm not going to report anything at the end of this segment. I'm going to try and regather myself because this is all taking a dark turn. White Lotus, Sunday nights on Max. We are talking... Can you guys do a show with me instead of against me? You don't want this show.
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No, I want the joke that Billy made in your ear if it's going to distract me. If you're going to do that, okay? If you're going to break character. Look, the last time you guys did this is the single best joke in the history of this show if you had made it. No. No, the last time this happened was while Jessica was fishing. And it's the...
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I wish that that joke that you told Amin that made him break character then had been said on the air. This one's way, way, way more radioactive. This one's worse than that one?
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Okay, but it can't distract me when I'm in the middle of talking about my mentors in this business in coaching and mortality. Like, it can't be that. It can't be so loose on Wild Billy Wednesdays that the joke you make in a mean's ear distracts me while I'm talking about the possible death of people.
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I saw that Jessica accused me of being the most likely in our group to do a vow renewal. That's probably true.
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No, I think you got, I think. It sounds like a bad thing. I'm guessing a group of people who would say that their spouse isn't their best friend because that's always a lie that your spouse is your best friend. I would assume that that group of people would think renewed vows is corny. Vows too. That it's a corny thing, I would think. I would think. No? No.
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Well, no, you're a romantic. I am. I am a romantic as well. But what is that on the pole? Renewed vows on the train track? It's one of the stops on the train track to divorce. Are renewed vows one of the stops on the freight train?
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And I don't know why Dwayne is doing this, and I don't know what the reaction to it has been anywhere, but this sound went viral last week on Dwayne Wade telling the story of when it was that LeBron James decided to leave Miami.
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I don't know what the truth is there. That may indeed be Dwayne Wade's truth. The Miami Heat could not more vigorously deny all of this. Dwayne Wade, that story... is not true. Wait, you just said, I don't know. I don't know what the truth is. I am getting from too many different sources too much differing information from what it is that Dwayne Wade is alleging there.
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Well, that's one fact that's wrong. It was not cookies.
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It was ice cream. It was not cookies. Pat wasn't the coach. He didn't travel, doesn't know what the food is on the flight. It was the nutritionist, not Pat. And this one, this one. It's not great leadership. Everyone knows, this is what I was told, everyone knows that Pat would have eaten those cookies himself because of how much he loves chocolate chip cookies.
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shadow show shadow show shadow show shadow show shadow show shadow show shadowing it shadowing it chris i'm a little scared here today because it's a wild billy wednesday and i have been reporting heat news all morning And I haven't had time to know what was happening in the meeting. So can you get me caught? That's a bad set of ingredients. Me not having no idea what's going on.
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So the story just has no truth to it. So I ask you guys, what's happening there? Is Wade just making stuff up for the store? Didn't like the micromanaging and is making up a story or?
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You don't. You don't, though.
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No, the story didn't happen.
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According to the Miami Heat. I don't know what's true there. You tell me what's true.
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I'm telling you that it couldn't have been cookies. The story as it's told could not have been cookies. It could not have been a cookie story, according to my sources. I've got more sources on this story than I've ever had on a story. It's confusing to me the number of people who are reaching out and telling me, that Dwayne Wade story, that didn't happen. That's not true.
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He would have if he had been on the plane. He wasn't on the plane.
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I don't know what's true. I don't know what's not true.
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I'm reporting the other side. The one side has been told. The other side from every crevice of the organization is denying that that story is true. You choose your truth. I'm giving you both truths. The Miami Heat believe that in this one instance, Dwayne Wade appears to be lying.
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You are an excellent attorney, sir. I've fallen under your questioning. The suspenders.
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And Billy's in charge today.
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Don Levitard. While there's nothing official and conversations are still ongoing. Was that a fake Schefter?
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I tried at the beginning and then I lost confidence in it.
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There's nothing official and conversations are still ongoing. Stugatz. It is trending towards Nick Sirianni remaining the head coach of the Eagles.
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I'm curious, the rest of you, how it is that this is going to end in Miami. Like, what are your thoughts? It's over already. Jimmy Butler is 9-1 at Golden State. They win in New York last night. Golden State looks great and doesn't need very much from Jimmy Butler to look great. And so, in a 10-game sample...
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No, I've been doing the reporting so that I can report in a few minutes something that is heat news. But what are you looking at me like that for, Jeremy?
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Jessica's fallen in love with Jimmy Butler because Jimmy Butler can now wreak vengeance on all of Miami and can be the winner of culture as the cult vigorously defends Pat Riley's right to eat whatever sugars he pleases.
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I was having a disagreement with Amin most of last season because it seemed obvious to me that the young people were going to take over the league. But the idea that the Lakers and Golden State could get back into the game with Steph and LeBron, get back into the game... Because their teams appear to be generally good and old, right?
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Because I don't know what you guys... When you're watching these games, I mean, Luka and LeBron. Last night, they win by 20 against New Orleans. They make it look easy. Luka's not been efficient. And I haven't seen these particular numbers before. LeBron plays 34 minutes and is plus 7. Luka plays 33 minutes and is plus 37.
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I didn't watch the game, but I assume that when Luka was out there by himself without LeBron, the Lakers looked like the finals Mavs.
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Without LeBron out there, correct?
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Because Luka's played nothing but inefficient games so far, and they've played low-scoring offensive games, but right now, I'm guessing, just from looking at box scores, because I'm not watching those games, I'm guessing they're still playing through LeBron, and Luka's trying to figure that out, correct?
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I can't wait until after the Shadow Show.
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I was confused by the box score. I'm going to say it again. LeBron, 34 minutes, plus 7. Luka 33 minutes plus 37. Did it mean that when LeBron wasn't on the floor, Luka put up 30 straight points?
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But what do I need to know about today's show? What do we have today?
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Because Luka is a good deal better than LeBron. No, I wouldn't go all the way. At this stage in his career, Luka's a good deal better as an offensive player than LeBron. I mean, that is no indictment of LeBron.
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You guys do realize, right, that the only way for drummed-up storyline drama that the NBA needs to carry some momentum into crowning a champion that feels a little more... fulfilling than Boston or Denver winning? Is LeBron and Steph getting back in the game? actually making a run and making a seven-game series out of, no, we'd still like to have the league.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukats.
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It reminds me, we should get Ron on the show to talk about those vultures.
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I want Ethan holding a turkey vulture on his arm like a falconer.
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Who in the office is most likely to be carried away by a vulture? I had David. I had Samson. It's got to be David. David, Samson, or Ethan.
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All right, when Ron is on the phone, we're going to bring Ethan in here. We're going to ask Ron which of these two people is most likely to be carried away by a turkey vulture.
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So lots of stuff is happening in the NBA as we tape right now. We'll keep interrupting what I think are thoughtful points with meaningless updates about Chris Middleton as we proceed here, I guess. Another bit of news, though. Maybe, David, you've already covered it. Come on. You said you have news. That's for you. Go ahead. I thought there was another trade.
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When you say it is meant to, that's a very third person way of describing what something else is doing to you. Who is doing that to you?
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The NFL has a deal with Miami's own Pat Riley. for the use of three-peat on merchandise if the Chiefs win. Look, I think people probably know by now that Pat Riley invented the term, or at the very least, got the intellectual rights to the term. But I imagine this tickled you, David.
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But that's because you know how you're going to die. I was going to say, this all goes back to Amin having a dream about his own death. So it's hard to really compare human experiences with that.
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I'd like to not be sued by the Old Spice guy. So let's maybe just keep our theories for nondisclosure of norovirus. Not yet. I don't think any of us have a firm grasp on what's currently legal right now.
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Looks the same it feels the same, but I don't think it looks like a shirt out of the collection of that guy Whose shirt you wear lashes?
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I love you. Thank you. The Old Spice guy was seeing Jake from State Farm. He got cupped. Glow up and was like, I need to.
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He is shirtless for the audio audience, I guess.
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How is that possible? I took my headphones off to be like, is there a plane?
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Granted, there are vultures and questions about whether something is happening. I don't understand how we just turned a plane like that.
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So I would have sworn it was a plane, but now I'm open to the idea that it's a ghost. Oh, let's go back. Maybe Dan's hungry.
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Don't worry. We were just making fun of your shirt.
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Can I give you the Wikipedia note under popular culture, a subsection on the Robert Graham page that I just located? This is the shirt that David Sampson was blaming us for not appreciating. American Idol judge Randy Jackson frequently wears Robert Graham shirts on the show.
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And the contrasting shirt cuffs have been closely identified with the character Cameron Tucker from the television show Modern Family. So just to give you a sense visually of what that might be like.
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Oh, I'm hearing just Dominique in the back of my head yelling at me to take over the show. And I've been ignoring it for a while. And I finally want to get to a story that I brought in early this morning to Chris, because a lot of people got in my mentions over the last couple of days about a breaking news story of its own.
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Wait, hold on. I need to set up the visuals. This is Michael Jordan's son, as he had noted, Marcus Jordan, standing in front of his luxury automobile, which was pointed the wrong way, literally on a bed of cartoon train tracks. And that is where the police found them, thanks to this body camera video, which is a fraught concept, but very useful for content, it turns out, on a day like today.
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Bang. I think that is unfortunately the rule, David. I think Jess has articulated it well.
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You started giving him an A Block worthy take.
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That's gone. So Marcus and Larsa Pippen were guests on my show. I was called in a headline in the New York Post, miserable by them for casting aspersions upon their relationship. So the reason people keep on getting in my mentions about this is because I am the foremost journalistic authority on Marcus Jordan and Larsa Pippen, who have since broken up. And so this is someone else.
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This is a thing a woman who is not Larsa Pippen definitively, you know that for sure I've examined the fuller Tape we had to cut that down. There's more But I don't take a special pleasure in watching that video and I just think that he's checking every box on funny thing a vaguely notable person would do if their car was on a train track. He said inebriated. It's cartoon shit.
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Jess, that video, I knew Twitter X was cooked when I saw videos about police misconduct, like highlight montages, include that clip. Come on. They didn't have that.
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Absolutely. This has been recirculated as actual body cam footage in lots. And again, am I revealing that I also click on those montages? Perhaps. But then you get more of them, according to the algorithm. Look, we're not our clicks. You are. We are not. This is a belief. This is a take I have. We are not our clicks. Really? Say that again. We are not our clicks. Yes. You hear that, Zach Harper?
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Our true preferences are not expressed by what we click on. We just happen to click on them sometimes.
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I am being preyed upon. Like an animal being picked apart by a vulture. By the algorithms.
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By the way, I want to find out what Ron McGill's For You page is like. And I want to get him on the phone to talk about these vultures after the break.
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If you're a regular company, what regular company is experiencing a three-peat? Metal Ark with the best football podcast.
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Do we want to play the game? Is that a perfect segue for the host to step in and remind everybody we have a game that Chris Cody, executive producer, has prepared.
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It's the funeral game is my favorite game to listen to and my least favorite game to play. But that is David Sampson, the star of the hit game show.
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Good job, David. I mean, begrudgingly, begrudgingly a human. I'm gonna be honest.
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No. I'm going to no. This is the move. The move is you say, I'm not feeling that well. Do you want me to just pour it in so you don't get whatever I have? I was sick last week. Exactly. Or you do what David says, which is... Ask the person to genuflect before you so he may pour water into your mouth from a height.
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65 is not cherubic. That's a no, I think, on Izzy Heumann. I'm just going to say no on that one.
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Blame work. Be like, I got to watch this game.
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Oh, I got to go to the bathroom again. I now realize as the one still married person at the table, I just go.
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This is the perfect music for this conversation.
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I feel like I'm at divorce counseling right now. As in, people are saying, you should probably get divorced. What's next? Moving on.
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All the time. Hotel breakfasts. Yeah, I mean, come on. Constantly.
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You will only eat at a buffet in a country with zero visible unhoused people. Oh, it's not about homeless people. It's about garbage. It's about cleanliness. It's about shaking. You're eating at the cleanest city in the world.
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When I put on my Nikes and I think about the Hale-Bopp comet. The judges on that one, what do we think? I think we're realizing we're kind of more like David Sampson than we all realize.
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The Big Suey: Tall, Dark, and Handsome (feat. Domonique Foxworth)
Yes, that's correct.
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Yeah, but that's because they run this business like a monopsony. Oh, here we go.
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That was you saying, Dan, it's a monopsony. And then Dan goes...
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No, Dominique, it's a cartel, and Bobcraft not getting anyone to hire Bill Belichick, that's some gangster s***. Oh, my God.
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But Stugatz! These gladiator games! Graffiting the church of football, the cathedral!
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Oh, he handling light work on his lunch break. I'm going to come out here and get a little snack, and my snack's going to be named Taylor. Easy. Oh. Hey, I don't want to hear nothing from you, Scoot. Get out of here, Scoot.
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That is everything that I've said so far is true. I did not fake an injury. What I did was today I walked in and I looked at you and I sized you up and you ain't had no engine. And I got more confidence.
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Take it easy. See what? I think it's fine. No engine, daddy. You can't. There's no burst in there. There's no power in that. Can we see Anthony's? Nope. Anthony don't need the show. He don't need to. He won already. Yeah. Look at that man. So where are you, Anthony, if you don't mind me asking? What part of the world?
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Thank you. Yo, he is winning on every level. Taylor, you saved two babies last week. You sucked, Taylor.
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They bring out their lunch. That's the type of dude he is. Just so you know, Anthony, is that Taylor's the type of dude that they set out to lunch and we don't go on break to get lunch and Taylor out there just squirreling away little sandwiches so we can get something. And he's out of here. Scoot, scoot. I appreciate it, man. So you said you joined the military. You're still in the military now?
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Thank you for your service. Yeah, man.
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Oh, yes. My dad did 20 in the Army, man. My dad did 20. This is the greatest black role model that has ever been on this show.
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Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Oh, man. Well, thank you so much for joining us. Any parting words you want to have for Taylor or anyone?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
We fired Taylor. When they kill you with kindness. This whole time, this is the worst kind of enemy. They're like, hey, man, I wish you and your family nothing but the best. And hopefully your children can look in your eyes and see a winner when they think about me. You know what I mean? We'll put that in the show notes. It will definitely make a contribution.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
We appreciate everything that you've done for us. Thank you so much for joining our show. The final question, though, is what's your Uber rating? You a 4'9 guy? This is the only way Taylor's going to get a win. Are you a .9 boy? Are you a .9 boy or nah?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
USA! USA! USA! Javante! thank you man thank you for joining us see you bro appreciate you thank you for having me I looked up your middle name that's how I know you fast yeah thank you for having me any brother named Javante that wins yeah that's oh man
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Thank you for doing that, guys. We also have, I believe, that we're closing in on an interview with Jason Mason, the runner who was behind our beloved Taylor in that race. We also have my guy, Jason Goff, who's a podcast host at The Ringer. He joined me last night in going out with Charlie and Charlie's high school friends.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Don Libetard. I took my son to the barbershop to get a haircut and my man gave out some limp dap. Oh, no. Damn, damn, damn. Stugatz. I disowned him. I threw him right under the bus. I was like, whose kid is that out here dishing out limp dap? This is the Don Labatar Show with the Stugatz. I don't know how I feel about you volunteering my bread, though. That was crazy. What?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
He's like, we're all going to make donations. Oh, no, no, no.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
My feeling is we're a team. I was planning to make the contribution, but I said it's we. Oh, thank you. I have gotten taken by many a GoFundMe. I would have thought the wrong way to do that was say I will make a donation. Football guy. Team guy. Winners of the team. If I say I'm going to make a donation, then it puts everyone in an awkward situation to also have to say hi. Not me. Not me.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I should have said, I, on behalf of Amin and Jason and everyone else, am going to make a donation. Yeah, do that. Make it big, too, Amin. Whoa, whoa, chill, chill, chill. I said I'm going to put something on it. I said I'm going to put something on it. I'm not trying to send all the kids to school. When you said it, me and Garvin, I got that. Immediately.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
That's fine. I mean, we didn't say nothing. We didn't say nothing. How's Taylor?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Give him a snack. Taylor did his best. He tried to redirect it to me. That was a smart move. That was a good move. But what he don't know is...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Got him in the kitchen. Got him in the kitchen. This setup, though. This is a majestic setup, by the way. I got to be honest with you. I've been around a lot of things and a lot of entities. You guys got the food. You got the machine that was making April Fool's Day. That was nonsense.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
So I'm going to bring Jason in at some point to tell all the embarrassing stories from Charlie's high school experience. But I guess Jason could probably come in, too, for this topic. Jason's a big basketball guy. Works for the Bulls pre- and post-game show, I believe.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Our bevy is making April Fool's. It pissed me off because it's water. I needed to live. Don't you joke around. It's like if the trees was like, hey, no oxygen today. April Fool's.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I'll take it for a walk. But also, you don't know what kind of day I'm having, Machine. You know what I mean? I don't have time for your quirkiness. I just got off a bad meeting.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Got him back.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Yep. But this topic, Amin got beef with our coverage or our opinions on John Morant from yesterday, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
A little harder than that. I'm not your dad.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
You know, raise the stakes. You know what I mean? Look him right in the eye. April Fool's. Now you got hit with a slow one. Hit him with a slow one. Gotcha. Go ask Mommy about the secret we've been keeping from you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Actually, I'm thinking we should start a market now for pineapple butter water.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
No? Take it for a while. Take it outside.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
That's right, Dan. Can't have that! He's allergic to everything.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I mean, he believes he is. He gets blood in the alley. Dan's an unusual character, but we love Dan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Why? In Mike's defense, it was my fault. Why are you standing up? I created the circumstances that put Mike in a bad situation. You gave him the ball late in the shot clock? Yeah, I couldn't get it up to court. And so I passed it to Mike to get it up to court.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
That's fine, but I mean, I know how to host a show.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
So I landed during the Steve Williams interview. Woof. And boy, that was exceptional. Steve, how many golfers could you beat on tour? That was the greatest question of the year. That's the question of the year. What about with your fists? On any platform. News, political talk, weather, channel, like anybody that's been interviewed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
My man just pulled a ripcord like, by the way, who ass could you whip on a tour?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
It is a tiger. This man.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Chris, it's your time to talk, right? So as a former producer, in that moment, I was like, oh, he don't know where the talkback button is. Like, your talkback button is right here. I had been using it all show. That's the worst part. I had been using it all show. Let me ask the setup here. Do they turn your mics on and off for you? No, I can press this.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Okay, because I have produced for talent who would look at the mic on the coming of the segment and just look at it and be like, you got a mic going out to turn itself on, huh? I'm like, come on, dawg.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
That's the worst part is that I knew all of these things. I have hosted this show many a times quite well. And the show was going great up until then. I fell apart. No, no, that was great. No excuses. That was great. That was fun bad.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
What's the worst question that you've asked on this platform? At this show or in general? Just keep it here. At this show. I know you must have got one in your mind, James. Oh, for me? No, no, no. If you're asking the question. Listen, I have a ton of awful questions that I have asked guests, and you just sit there and you're like, ooh, this is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Right, no, I want to know what yours are while I'm buying time for a main or anyone else.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
It was brutal. That's tough. That's tough. So what's yours? I asked Kenny Satterfield one time what was he going to do after basketball while he was still in college. And it wasn't like... It's not that bad. No, but it is, though. It is. No, it is. Because when you're talking to a college athlete and they're thinking, you know, pros somewhere, you know, keep it shaking and moving.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
And I was like, yeah, Kenny. Barber College, like, what are we thinking here? What are we doing here? In your defense. You were right. No, no, no. We're usually right when we ask, you know, those kinds of awful questions. Like, he was right. He wanted to know who Steve Williams wanted to say who he beat up before. I need no defense. I accept that I blew it. Like, I don't need no defense.
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Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
No bail needed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
As we know, accountability plays. I'm going to do my bid. I deserve all the ridicule. What I'm not going to do is pretend like I cooked that interview. I smoked that interview. The interview was not cooked. It was smoked. Every other segment, however, I will not lie to you, been cooking segment after segment. Bucket.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Bucket. Bucket. Just so you know, distribute it. Give me a new teammate. That's all right. I'll get you the ball where you like it, just like Magic Johnson. It don't matter. I've been bucking. balling ever since then. However, what I'm not going to do is pretend like those interviews were good because they were atrocious or pretend like it's okay that I point to some other reason why I suck.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
It's a man on a screen. All I had to do was ask some questions. I blew it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Thank you. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
So who wanted him up out of there? You're saying.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Can you make it make sense, though? Like, I get it. I think. The harder, if you can't, that's fine, but the harder, the easier thing to do is like, this doesn't make any sense, this is crazy, they're just trying to be way ahead of anybody.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
If I was challenging you to make a positive argument for this decision, because I think we all were, even if you say that we had it wrong, we all agreed that it was shocking and it didn't quite give them the best chance. How could someone convince themselves that this is gonna be good?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I didn't call him a bum and tell him to get the hell up out of here. I heard you. I did. He's a bum. You called him that. No, I think that I was embodying the voice of the team where it's like, you bum, get up out of here. I don't think Taylor Jenkins is a bum. I'm not qualified to evaluate Taylor Jenkins as an NBA coach. But I do think that understanding that...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
part of your responsibility is creating buy-in. And I think that's become more of a job for coaches than it has been in the past where we've moved. And I think this speaks to some of the things that you were saying earlier about how you talk to players now is kind of different. Like, yeah, the way that you have to manage the team now is different than it was in the past.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
And just saying, like, John Miranda's being petulant is not going to be a defense. And I don't know where you got that voice from. I know you like to do imitations, but you don't hear that bass? You don't hear that melanin? I think he was just throwing shade, just trying to come at you. That's all right. I'm secure. Look at me. I got a haircut yesterday. Well, it's easy to be insecure around me.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
It's easy. All right. He's a sniper. He's a talented sniper at that. You know, he's got the whole affect of, you know, basketball insider, genius, knowledgeable man. But he can also be cool in the streets. So he's got that, you know, two-pronged attack.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Good. You need to, so this is why you don't make friends in this industry. Because they let you down at some point by being themselves truly and they do it upon meeting. Like the first time I actually interacted with Amin, He really cut me deep. Fresh off a flight, I was wearing a suit. I was taught to dress up when you get on airplanes. First generation born here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
My foreign appearance instilled that in me. And I do that to this day. You get off a flight, you should look good. Had to go to a meeting where Amin was there. You can call it a meeting.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
They have a great chopped salad there. I wish I'd have known, Jess. I'd have worn my chopped salad suit. But instead, I pull up and he called me a shady youth pastor because I look like a young man who was a role model. You know, instead of these dregs of society running around in T-shirts and shorts and, you know, cutoffs. You know, like, I had to show up. You look great today.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Hey, first, thank you. You look great. I appreciate it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
He was overdressed a little bit.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
He looked like he said, close the door. Close the door. We're not leaving until the congregation raises $40,000. $40,000.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
That's where most people find Jesus is down on South Beach, right? The morning after. You were looking for him. I don't know if you found him. That's why these coaches don't get no respect now because they're not dressing like the gentlemen that they used to have to dress like. Now you're out here in basketball clothes and stuff.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
The likes of Amin Elhassan, you know, shooting down their dreams. Now, that's the problem, too, when you draft. You draft a talent that you know is going to be wildly impactful in your city and change your basketball culture. You just have to hope that he's mature enough to get you through some of the bad coaches as well. or some of the bad front office management.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I'm glad you mentioned that thing about front offices because there are too many NBA front offices running around that aren't up to par, and all we do is cycle through coaches that are good coaches. How long do we know Kenny Atkinson was a decent coach before Brooklyn had to let him go, and now he's doing what he's doing in Cleveland with talent and people who buy in?
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Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Karis LeVert is really not, you know, Spencer Dinwiddie is on your side.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Yeah, JB, head on back to my assistant.
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Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
We're talking about coaches, period. Black coaches, you know you're not coaching an NFL team. But guys like Sean McDermott who pop up. Remember, who was it back in the day? Like, the black coach was Sherm Lewis? I believe he was. Man, he's a great offensive coordinator, but boy, he ain't never going to get a head coaching job.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
The guys who stick in the NFL every once in a while, where did this guy come from? You give them a quarterback next thing you know, they're there for half a decade. We'll get back to that in a second, but we have a guest. Nah. We got him. We got him. We got Anthony Williams, a.k.a. Jason the Jet Mason, in the building. The man who cooked that bum Taylor. What's up, Jason Mason?
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Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
How you guys doing, man?
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Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I'm sorry, Anthony. I didn't mean no disrespect. I thought Jason Mason was a cool nickname. That's dope. He was flying around the track. Taylor, I will have you know, Jason. So welcome to the show. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Taylor been popping trash talking about how he cooked you and he could cook me and cook everybody on the track.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I was wondering, sir, if you have any rebuttal to what Taylor was saying about that speed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
You let young Calvin Sampson pull away from you. Does it sound like what you're saying to me? He increased the gap.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Appreciate you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
I can tell... a dog when I meet one. And Taylor, you're not a dog. I'm listening to my man Anthony. No, no, no. Wait, Taylor, start barking. Hold on. What are we doing here? Get that garbage off the screen. It is, I hear, I hear it in his voice. I see it in his posture. That is a calm, confident man. Taylor, you turning red back there. You got beads of sweat on your head.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
You stuttering and stammering. Well, I quit. I quit. And the panoramic roof is providing that distraction. I can see all that. That man. The roof won the race, by the way. I'm just being honest with you. You can put your hands up against the TV screen and feel the heat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: TAYLOR, DEFEND YOURSELF!!! (feat. Anthony Williams a.k.a. Jason 'The Jet' Mason)
Taylor, defend yourself. God damn it. Taylor was scooting like Punky Brewster in the work while my dog Anthony got a convertible 24-7. That man is in a spaceship. Oh, yeah. Anthony showed up on my show in a spaceship with Redwoods behind him. Where you at, Anthony? You in a national park. This is classic DB. I'm at work, man.
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The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
David, did you see the clip of the Hawks fan falling during the in-arena tic-tac-toe layup game last night? Yeah, of course.
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The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
Well, perhaps. A few weeks ago, we were talking about what you as the Marlins president would give fans if they were injured on premises. So what's this guy getting if this is at one of your sporting events?
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The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
So question, do you do the ligament test yourself or do you take his word for it? Because Billy is alleging that maybe he was embarrassed that he kind of slipped and fell and was sort of doing like, you know, the grape lady like. Yeah.
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The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
Now I just want to hear the grape lady. But, David. I feel bad because I don't think she was faking it. It's just the sound.
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The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
Vineyard tours, seminars, arts and crafts. It's a lot of fun, a whole day. Stop.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
Apparently she broke a couple ribs. Did she? It sounds like it. She stays out of the spotlight now. I can't breathe. Stop. But this was 2006. This is one of the early YouTube viral videos. No, I think she is.
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The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
By the way, Dominique, I suggest if you and Taylor do some sort of race, do not sign any medal or waivers.
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The Big Suey: My Voice Is Strong and My Bottom Is Fresh (feat. David Samson)
David will try to slide you on. Resist.
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10 Days of Gregmas: Day 8
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10 Days of Gregmas: Day 8
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That's right, it's time for...
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Why are you doing that? What are we laughing about? Why are you doing that? The other day, I bet the Panthers to win by a million goals against Anaheim because Anaheim stinks.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Greg, why are you pointing that way at Billy?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Today is Tuesday.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Florida Panthers, minus one and a half. We have to do this now. Billy's info was bad. Yeah, we have to do better. Is this it?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Okay, thank you. It's a trend.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Any else? Anything else, or is that it? That's it? Okay. How about this bad beat for me last night? How about Iowa State on the money line at Arizona? Did any of you see how Arizona tied that game? No. Buzzer beater to send it into overtime from over half court. I got Iowa State on the money line.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Two and a half point dog on the road. Getting ready for March, huh? Oh, my God, that hurt. I'm like, why are you going to be shitting me? That is such a bad beat.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You're just learning. It's a terrible way to learn that. Juju, what do we have? Good seeing you again. Always good seeing when you and the Codys mingle together. Look how happy Greg Cody gets every time he just sees Juju's face. What do you have for us today, Juju?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I really enjoyed us learning together that Obama had been in a plane crash, but not really.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
And then you just really get jostled. But no one's going to call it a plane jostle. It's going to be a plane crash or a plane accident. It's one of those two, is it not? Obama was either a plane crash or a plane accident, even though you're right. It was just two planes bumping into each other.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
All strong names. You were really crafting these.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Yeah, Del Rio might be a Hall of Fame coaching name.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That's a good show. These poll questions, we used to be able to tell when the shows were good just from the poll questions.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
He had some sort of scandal here recently. I don't know what TMZ, no, TMZ recently got him on something else. Just hard drinking Jack Del Rio.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I, Billy, I need to know what I need to do to empower you to always speak for the audience that way. You should have seen. I saw Jessica rise up in her seat next to Jeremy because Jeremy can get it when she sits between Jeremy and Mike. If that's where the heat talk is, the heat talk has a lot of hot air on it that blows on the side of her face. And it's an unpleasant place to be.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
She wanted more from Billy. She wanted more. Billy was, it was as if a room had been filled for a month with let pets. And Billy opened it up and just brought some deodorant in and just sprayed it in the face of heat fans.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
This is a big one.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
He just doesn't look like Mardi Gras. Mike Leach looks like Mardi Gras. Mike Leach looks more like Key West. Right, but what Billy is saying is you don't know what Mardi Gras looks like until you actually go to Mardi Gras.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
So what you're saying, I think you have this right. I think the audience thinks of Mardi Gras as one thing, and that one thing is not what they think of when they look at Mike McCarthy. But if they knew the real Mardi Gras... If they know what is actually catching the beads and what is actually shirtless on Bourbon Street, it's Mike McCarthy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
We're not talking about small planes. We're talking about 40 people and 18 people. That's not a small plane. They're going to even it out. I'm telling you. That's 58 people.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Well, you keep saying it, and Jessica said it's happened to her. I'd like to read some.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I'd like to read some about it before I come to a conclusive opinion.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Reading Schmieding.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I do want to know from Juju whether there was any blowback because Greg Cody was a little worried during one of the breaks. He was saying, I really did come after fat people there. I was feeling great regret.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Well, you did, but you did.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Did the audience see Billy and Stugatz in the shadows being like, no, no, no, let's hear more. What do you have to say here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Thank you, Juju. We did not talk enough about Houston beating Boston in Boston. Didn't talk about it at all. The Super Bowl is coming up.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Hey, howdy, listener. Why don't you sit down here next to me? Let's have a fireside conversation in the winter. This is all theater of the mind anyways. The weather outside is a little chilly. Let's warm up. Let's cozy up. Not just to each other, but also to that beautiful white can of Miller Lite. That's right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Make these moments even better with Miller Lite, the great tasting light beer for people who love beer. A new year is a perfect time for friends, family, and great tasting light beer. Tastes like Miller time. You know, as the football games get bigger, everybody's talking about hosting parties. It's always difficult. Everyone's got an opinion.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Why don't you just bring out a nice cooler of Miller lights and make everybody happy? You could be on opposite sides of the big game, but you still know that you are brought together by Miller time. Miller Lite is a great unifier. Miller Lite is brewed for taste. It hits different than other Lite beers. The original Lite beer since 1975 and still the very best one. Miller Lite. Great taste.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
96 calories. Go to MillerLite.com slash Dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Tastes like Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
What is the weakest of the animals? There is a team called the Banana Slugs. That's not an animal. But in terms of weak animals, when Greg Cody mentions that all mascots are ferocious in some form, obviously Oregon Ducks are not terribly ferocious. But what is the weakest of the sports nicknames that involves an animal that's wildly unimpressive?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Cardinal singular is the color. Cardinals is the bird.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Wow. That's interesting. Purdue Pete is creepy. It really is. Why is that? How is it that you've created a mascot? There aren't a lot of other mascots that are creepy, right? That you would describe as... Friar.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Who else in the mascot industry gives off creep? It's Keely McBeam. Oh, that's a good one.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
That was a little creepy. See, that was creepy. That baby was creepy. That's a good selection right there. We can't come up with five creepy mascots, can we? If we go history of sports?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Happy to see Mina Kimes here. We've got to get maximum information out of her. Everybody wants some football information. Also need to tell people that she's got a live show in February in which she is raising funds. All of the money is going to help people in the Palisades. So we will talk to her about that as well. But before we get started here, Mina.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
The question that we were talking about before you came on in Greg Cody's household, when he or someone else has farted since going back to his parents, they call it the letting of a pet, the letting of a pet. Has your family decided how they're going to handle this around and with your child?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Just try and bring it in your own household and give us anything good you've got there. Because Billy was arguing vigorously on behalf of the toot, the toot around children. Just call it a toot. Toot. Yeah, the toot. And I didn't know whether anything in your household had a name.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
No, but I think that might be some bad dadding. There might be some formative scars there on all of a sudden you've got a fourth grader that can't stop farting in the classroom because dad used to applaud it.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I wanted to ask you, Mina, Osiris Torrance was quoted as saying on the last fourth and five play of the Chiefs, they set it up. It was like they were waiting to get in that situation all game to bring that one pressure. To hear that from the Bills locker room, I winced on behalf of the Bills on that one. The center just giving it up.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Yeah, in a game where the Chiefs have won 17 times by one score, that's how they do it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
We were talking before you came on about how to do the measurements on which of these coaches are actually going to be able to bring leadership in a league where McCarthy is still coveted somehow, and I wouldn't have thought that McCarthy would be coveted anymore, not with the young kids coming up.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
So which are the hires that you're looking at that you're excited by because you think those people are bringing something that other people can't bring?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Let's play for Mina. Jerry Jones talking here. Mina, what is your reaction to this sound right here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Let's play the longer version for Mina here so that she can fully sink into it.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Mina, do you believe that Jerry Jones is brilliant?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
No, that's what it is. It's gold or drilling or something. It's something. But that's not how anybody received it. It meant something different when he was a kid. Even Greg Cody, yes, who is 70. Even Greg Cody knew better than to use that. Whatever information Jerry Jones has on that word, we called the Cowboys. We asked them, has someone told Jerry this?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
And they're like, no, they're all too afraid to tell.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
What do you find to be most interesting about this Super Bowl?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Do you want to keep going? You're all done? Okay, excellent. So I asked this question of Diana Rossini before poorly, but how many offensive Eagles are better at their jobs than Jalen Hurts is at his job? How many people, and I don't even mean this as a slight on Jalen Hurts, it's just to illustrate.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
No, but it's just to illustrate how loaded a team that it is. I'm really asking Mina how many people do for the Eagles on offense their jobs better than Jalen does, meaning no insult to Jalen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Hurts? They go, well. Well, Mina, look. Mina, I just saw what happened to the Dolphins, okay? This has been an amazing thing to watch happen in my lifetime. I just saw what happened to the Dolphins when they had to go to their backup quarterback.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
The fact that this Eagles team in a previous incarnation with a different coach beat Tom Brady and thumped him over the head with Super Bowl MVP backup quarterback Nick Foles. The fact that this team can win Super Bowls while hiding their quarterback.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I want to play a new game with Mina based on yesterday where all of us were confused for some reason between an assortment of Bills named Dallas, Dawson, and Dalton. So time for a new game here with Mina. It is Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson is what we're going to do here because we, yes, Bill's white people that have run around and we confuse whether they're Dallas, Dawson, or Dalton.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Yes, we're going to put up some pictures for a second. I think Mina's going to play this game better than everybody else. I appreciate that we're playing this game.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
That's right. So is it Dallas Clark? Is it Dalton Kincaid?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Yes, that was the era of Colts football where we were always asking if Peyton Manning could get a shopping cart with a mannequin arm into the Hall of Fame.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I had a friend who was a bad football player Back in high school Couldn't run that football by us, so bought a team called the Cowboys. Saw him the other night in this bathroom stall. I was walking in, he was walking out. He came up to me and explained he has a few kinks and all he kept talking about.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Right. Me not.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Oh, that's a good guess. Understandable, but that's Dalton.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Do you believe, Mina, we were talking about this yesterday, are you believing the statistical or it's a statistical fact that CBS can accurately promote Kathy Bates in Matlock as America's new favorite television show? Can they accurately do that? Do you believe the ratings that that can be America's new favorite television show?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Would you go to an ENT named Eberflus? Dr. Eberflus.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Would you go to a podiatrist named Eber Flus?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Just don't want him lower half of the body.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
You get it. And he doesn't want to go to Spain. He says it's 4,000 miles away.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
We will get to the bottom of the reporting on that Dolphins to Spain story. We will let you go on that note, Mina, unless you have any more super secret, important Super Bowl thoughts that we need to hear before you leave.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Tell people who's going to be there, too, because you're geeking out. This is football family for you.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I want to play for you here before you get out of here, and I will remind people again that the Mina Kime Show featuring Lenny is a very popular podcast where you can get a ton of football information and other things because she doesn't always geek out, though mostly geeks out on football. Let's play for her this sound and get her thinking on this.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Oh, no. Jacksonville.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Stugatz said, in my ear, I don't know if it was my ear or everyone's ears, that song will always make me move.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
And then he added, no matter how shitty the lyrics are.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Jeremy, hell of an effort. I appreciate that you keep taking these big giant hacks musically. It's very vulnerable and you're doing it very quick. We've been arguing with each other during the break because Greg Cody says Bud Grant is a perfect football name. But he also says that Bud Grant is cheating because his real name is Harry Peter Grant.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
And no one would trust Harry Peter Grant as their football coach.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
But Bud Grant is a perfect football name.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Harry Peter Grant is an imperfect football name. Right. Billy was saying during the break that he would go to a Dr. McDaniel.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Is that the USFL you're talking about?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Okay, very good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
That was an expertise you went back to. It's a lot of FLs. You just baffled. Look, he's tired from Sunday night.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Time for America. At Levitard Show, is the wind a terrible name for a sports team?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
My God, I can't believe how low common denominator Cody and Stugatz have decided to make the last 15 minutes. What do you mean? What am I doing? You're breaking wind?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
For the uninitiated in the Cody household since Greg Cody was very young, a million years ago. The way they refer to their farts is not merely pets, but it's because it rhymes. Someone in the house let a pet. That is not breaking wind. That is just the rhyming let a pet. of a pet. Right. And it's only called a pet so he can say that a let has been pet. What? What? Or a pet has been let.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
You're confusing. A pet has been let.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I got so confused by the rhythmic wonder that is you've been saying this for how long in your life?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I want you guys to look something up for me because this was told to me the other day, and I didn't believe it, and I didn't look it up, but I think it might be fact, that there was a time in royalty where there were a queen's or royalty's handlers, people who were employed to simply take the blame if the queen or princess let a pet. Hmm.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
People who were under the employ of royalty, of the government, and that their job, I don't know what this job was, like what it was called or what it is that were the qualifications. The metal art video department. But they were just... It's called Stugatz. They are just meant to absorb the farts. Can you guys find some more information on this for me, please? Because I'd like to...
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I'd like to be able to close the loop on this if this is what we're going to be talking about. But the letting of a pet, how long has this been said in the household? Since I was a child. So it was hand-me-down through the family? It wasn't even yours? It was something that your parents said?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Yeah, Wild Bill and Root. Do we know if it goes back before them? This is the family heirloom in the Cody household? Because no one else says this, correct?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
There's no one else who does this, right? When Billy says toots and whatnot, do we have an assortment of colorful language that other people in here have used around the kids for what this is? Or is letting a pet the exclusive domain of Greg Cody never to be used by anybody else? It's not a common phrase of any kind, correct?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Put it on the poll, Choo Choo, at Levitard Show. Have you ever blamed a bodily odor on one of your animals at Levitard Show?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Yeah, we'll get back to her.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you know that horses are very, very flatulent at Levitard Show?
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Oh, so we finally got, we got finally. Thank you. You said the opposite. No, he said that.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
I was the one, I was the one questioning whether or not horses like things. Reader's Digest. We were talking about, though, generally horse racing because Greg also maintains that they like being whipped so that they run faster.
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Hour 2: Dalton, Dallas, or Dawson! (feat. Mina Kimes)
Jess, has this happened around Willow? Does Willow get blamed for pets in the house?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
make an exception wow okay wait a minute for the record that's right that's the exception to the exception you already made an exception and that's the one time hitler come on come on get this together the exception is fair and i think we'd all buy it if not being absolute about it necessarily case by case basis depending on now and future hitlers hold on you wouldn't say he was a good guy but you respected him more because he survived a plane crash
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Agreed. Unless you're Hitler. Agreed. You know what? Hold on a second. Well, let's not jump to conclusions on Hitler. No. No. You see what I'm saying? No. You see what I'm saying? See, now you got me tearing away. No, no. You know what? You know what? You know what? You know what? Minor penalty, two minutes, stumbling. I'm sorry, don't get this. Zagak was not welcome there. Not there.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Be more careful, all of you. All of you, be more careful, okay? This isn't a Joyland playground. I want to start with his original exception, which is, if you survive a plane crash, Are the people listening to this willing to forgive previous crimes on a person to merely say out loud, even if it's a lie, good guy, good person?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
There should be a bonus. Chris is right.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
It doesn't seem like enough. It should be part of a package, a schemes package.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Chris Cody started the bidding here very low on what a human life. A lot of people on a plane, guys.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana Rossini is there. She is ready. She is willing to join us. Can you get me some celebrities who have survived plane crashes? Ric Flair tests our theory right away. Ric Flair, but are we forgiving previous crimes because plane crash survived? I'll allow it. What about, what else we got?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana Rossini is there now. She's looking at her phone. She cannot stop looking at her phone. The news is going fast and furious. New hair? It is not new hair. It looks different this week. It does not. Two weeks in a row. What do you mean? It looks wonderful. What are you guys doing? Why are you putting your hand over your face? We're not saying it doesn't look good. We said she looks great.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Good hairdo. Diana, give me what you're finding most interesting about the football news. We've got to get right to it with you because there's a lot of stuff going on.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Really? Diana, hold on a second, because I'm seeing sweep through the room there what looks to me, from where I'm looking, a whole bunch of people who have realized that Obama wasn't actually in a plane crash.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
They're probably telling one to go one way and the other to go the other way. It's a plane accident. That's ridiculous. Insurance fraud. He did survive a plane collider with another plane. That's an accident.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Put it on the pole. Do it at 30,000 feet. At Levitard Show. If you drive into a parked train, have you been... Do it at 30,000 feet. Hold on! Have you been in a train accident?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Train wreck, thank you.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
And also, hey train, do it at 30,000 feet. Plane, yeah. At Levitard Show.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
That is correct.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana, I don't like you being there. I think that you've gotten to a place in your career where you shouldn't have to go there, even with all the relationship building. I don't think that's a good job for you. I think it's beneath you.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Can we play some sound for Diana of new Jags coach Liam Cohen here? You tell me here, as we go through some of these coaching hires, what your reaction is to some of this stuff. Go ahead and play that clip, please.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
He didn't say that right.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Let's play that again one more time. I do detect a hint, a dollop of sensual.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
No, please look at this again. I want you to look at just his face. I'm sorry, audio audience, just look at his face and watch just his eyebrows. And you tell me, you tell me what kind of confidence this man has.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
His eyebrows did a roller coaster. Diana, you saw it. It was the dance after.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
What is the name of the Jags owner? Can you repeat that, please? Shad Khan. All right. Here's how Mad Dog says it.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
We have not gotten Stugatz's thoughts. I am assuming that this is exclusive to God Bless Football on the new Jets hire, but we will get those thoughts after we play. He gave good press conference yesterday, but Stugatz has been beaten up by this franchise. He's heard, it wasn't Al Groh's press conference, but he's heard a lot of press conferences here.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
He's tired of people who can win the press conference. Look what happened yesterday, though, yesterday with Aaron Glenn.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
They would all want to be the Jets head coach.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
So you're just someone who's willing to accept any coach that is somebody who wants to work for you?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Let's play the sound again here because I think we should leave the shit in and bleep out the word before it so it just sounds like he's saying something different.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
We're built for shit. Bleep out the this and leave in the shit. And we're the New York Jets. We're built for shit. Also, put your seatbelts on. What Obama said when he saw that the planes were going to crash.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Like, put your seatbelt on. That's a nothing phrase of, like, what's going to happen? Put your seatbelt on. We're going to get into an accident. I'm coaching a team called the Jets.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Put your seatbelt on. Strap it on. It is what a pilot that was going down at sea would say before taking a job. Put your seatbelts on. Like, I don't know what he's offering us there. We're like, heck.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Let's get some more sound because the things in the NFL, I don't know how much information you feel is coming your way that is too much. Like the gossip is high now because a lot of people are just sitting around waiting for the football season to end and all they have to do is talk, right?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana, it is so weird. I don't know. Tell me if I have this wrong because Lord knows plenty of people talk about the Dallas Cowboys enough.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
The idea that the Cowboys would have that season and that Mike McCarthy, I don't know how honest he is talking about how bothersome it is to be run poorly, but for Mike McCarthy to have his choice of whether or not he went back to work after that season or for them to be surprised by Mike McCarthy turning them down, like...
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
what is being said about how dysfunctional this 80 year old man bloated on power is running that franchise because he's in charge. Mike McCarthy very much worked for Jerry Jones and Jerry Jones, no matter how systemic we think these things are, Jerry Jones is the final call on all things and his hands are on everything.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Does he does he listen to yours? Does he listen to yours?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
But what is his appraisal of your podcast? Because it's very popular. And if he's comparing information, he's not just running around. He's trying to get more informed, right? It's not just celebrating the win. He also wants every dollop of information that he can get. So how does he rank you among the things that he's listening to?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
We've done some digging, some reporting. We called the Cowboys. Metal Ark Media did some work here. What happened, Billy?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
But you told us, you also told us before anyone else was saying it, when they started the season slow, you told us that you knew them to be one of the good teams playing. I want to ask you this question before the Super Bowl. I don't know how you feel about this. I believe the Eagles are so loaded and at offensive line that in terms of where you'd rank Jalen Hurts on the offense, good at his job,
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Where does he rank number one to number 11 on that offense just good at his job? Jalen Hurts is 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. Because of what Lane Johnson is, for example. Lane Johnson is better at that job than anyone is at that job. He's probably number one. Right.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
That reporting I have not done yet. What about Jimmy Butler? I have not done Jimmy Butler reporting either. I'm waiting for things to get more interesting.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana, thank you for being on with us. We will punctuate this segment by being unfair to the Jets and Aaron Glenn.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
No, I mean, they're going to keep getting more interesting. I mean, we're going to have a week of escalation, are we not? That's going to bear monitoring pretty, I think. I think there are likely to be sparks any day. Because they're fighting in public in a way that is needed in order to get the separation that you want.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
But Jerry Jones has been for years now saying a phrase that I don't think he knows what it means. And we've called the Dallas Cowboys and we've asked. We've asked behind the scenes anonymous sources and they've told us, look, everyone's too afraid to correct him. They just don't want to correct him, and he doesn't know what he's saying here, and this is just what he says.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
And so you tell me whether someone with the Dallas Cowboys should correct Jerry Jones because of how he keeps saying this. He's been doing this for years.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
He doesn't know what it means, right? Or does he know what it means? And he's just out here saying, you know what? I'm all about the glory hole and I don't care who knows it.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Someone please find this for us. Do some reporting. Let's play some more sound here of Jerry Jones. Doesn't seem to know what this phrase means. Or does he know more than the rest of us?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Greg Cody, are you hearing all of this for the first time? You're laughing as if you're hearing it for the first time.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
All right. So here's the deal on this because this is uncomfortable. But at some point, I'm assuming that there are some people in our audience who don't know what a glory hole is. I'm also assuming that everyone in our audience who does know somehow learned one day what that was in whatever fashion it is that you learned that. How does he not know that at 80?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
And is there a 10 year difference in where it is that this expression would live? That Greg Cody roars with laughter every time Jerry Jones says it. But Jerry Jones is 10 years older than Greg Cody. And to his people, the 80 year old demo, we sound like fools right now as they're like, no, you fools. Glory hole just means glory. That's how we used to say it before we took away the hole.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
There has to be an explanation for this.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Hmm. So, yeah. So the expressions he's making is about money, and he's going to keep doing it that way. He's going to just keep talking about it's not all smiles and money, or you putting your penis through a wall in a men's bathroom.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Really funny.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Lonely Island. Hmm. Greg, Jerry Jones running the Cowboys at this point, running the Cowboys this way at this point, rewarded at every turn, not with wins and excellence, but with a relevance. That's always in play because it doesn't matter like this when the Jags hire a nobody or when anybody or this franchise still matters somehow, even though it's not actually excellent.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
It's more watched than any of the franchises. It's more talked about than any of the franchises. It's more valuable than any of the franchises. It's crazy. He's the most powerful man in the sport, even though he doesn't win anything. He's keeping Robert Kraft out of the Hall of Fame. He's keeping Robert Kraft out of the Hall of Fame.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
What's the first link? Let's not do that.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
What was that sound? It's what it said.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Greg Cody, I'm going to play for you here. And this is I'm going to need if I if I may, because you've been carrying us for a while and you are allowed to be sluggish after bringing it after carrying us on Sunday. Cracking open Miller Lights and carrying our whole Sunday live stream. But I have proof now that your Zagak, which used to be delivered with luster and is one of your signature sayings.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
People come out here and on Tuesdays, if they get one or two of your signature phrases, it's a wonderful day for them. They're looking for it. Here is how you delivered your signature Zagak. Dolphin Lens.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Does Joe Zagaki hate us? Does Joe Zagaki hate us? I did reporting on this. Yes, he does. Dolphin Lens. Zagaki. Okay, so wait. So wait. All right. So guys, please find for me the photo of Joe Zagaki.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
He hates us. Look, if we're going to have minor funny beef with somebody in local celebrity, Joe Zagacki is a legend and a worthy foe. He is a University of Miami icon. He is somebody who has been a media person in this market, who has been successful and high-end integrity for 40 years.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Yes, that's bringing it back to another beef you have, but the one that we're talking about right now with Zagak. Mike Ryan told me he got... Mike Ryan's a very big University of Miami fan. Joe Zagak, he's the voice of the University of Miami sports, has been for many years, and... When Mike Ryan pulls up next to Joe Zygacki at UM games, he feels the ice.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
He feels just because our show has made his name something that echoes throughout Miami. He should be, I think, he should be grateful that we are living in support and service of his local celebrity and we are helping boost the Zagaki brand.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
Yes, because of how ridiculous it is to have that particular character, a lovable local icon who survived the plane crash, having strident political opinions. It's absurd. It's satire. No one would think of Zygacki that way. He's clearly not that. He's the opposite of that. We're doing satire.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
You know what? I'm with Greg on this. I'm going to go ahead and say it. Thank you. If you're guilty, I'm not going to be an absolutist about this.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones' Glory Hole Comments (feat. Dianna Russini)
You've got some secrets.
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Jessica, why are you rolling your eyes at Greg Cody? Is it your love of flight? Is it your obsession with—
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Zeppelins.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
First time I heard any of this, Greg.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Me, Maximo. This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Do you think Jimmy's losing this exchange? Because, like, Jimmy's winning this exchange. Jimmy's getting exactly what he wanted. They said a month ago there's no circumstance in which we will trade Jimmy Butler. And if they don't trade Jimmy Butler, they're just going to have to deal with a year's worth of suspensions every five minutes whenever he comes back from his previous suspension.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Like, they're going to get rid of him eventually, and he'll go to a new team that hopefully will get him the contract that he wants that they weren't going to give him at this time, which is why he kind of started this stink to begin with. He's not losing. He's getting exactly what he wanted. And by the way, if this wasn't happening here in Miami, we'd all think this was hilarious.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Like, we'd all think this is exactly, you'd be talking about how the player has taken the power away from management and how he's doing his own thing.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
It is hilarious. I know, but like. We're viewing this from a Miami prism where we're like, this is no way to behave. And this is exactly how the Heat got everyone they've gotten as of late.
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This is just the most extreme example so far.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
It's kind of crazy that he's getting what he wants while behaving terribly. And supposedly he's getting punished, but he's really just getting what he wants. Like, you think he wants to go back and play these games? No. He wants to go to paddle ball, pickleball tournaments, get screamed at by fans, get into fights with people.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
But if they don't trade him, it's just them being, it's just ego, right? Like, it's just them thinking we need to win every single trade that we're part of, so we're not going to get rid of Jimmy unless we get better, which is not how these exchanges happen with disgruntled superstars. He's costing himself money. Like, he's losing there.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
His hope is that he makes all of that money back on signing a deal that he's not going to get. This is not a relationship that is going to be fixed at any point in time. And he walked out because his option is, stay here and now we're going to embarrass you by not starting.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
If they do it, I believe that it's just because of ego and it's to try to prove a point that the players don't have the control here. And it's not for the betterment of the team.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
And losing millions. Along the way. Jimmy Butler does not lose any sleep at night over whether or not a segment of the Heat fandom doesn't respect him.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
This is surprising to absolutely no one. No one, everyone knew this was going to happen, except we believe that Heat Culture Fairy Dust was going to fix this problem. And no, the Godfather's going to change Jimmy Butler. Except guess what? His contract is up, and he's behaving the way he always behaves at this time in his career. This is not a surprise to anyone.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
How could they be surprised by this? I don't understand how you guys are like, We couldn't have seen this coming. How? How didn't any of you see this coming?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
I would too, honestly. You know some of them are texting Jimmy like, Jimmy, Jimmy, you should do this. Like all the other disgruntles that aren't in the position to be disgruntled. Like, you know what I would do if I was you? And then they go and just, like, poke him proud.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
This is the guy in the class that you know is going to misbehave and do the bad things that you don't actually want to do because you don't want to get in trouble. So you just give him all of the bad ideas. Like, this is what you should do. He's like, you know what? What do you do, though?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
You shouldn't have included me in that conversation.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Because I can't freaking book these flights to Spain, and I have to take it out on someone. Yep. Yes. Greg's not doing his job.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
I just want to maybe go to Spain. It's also a long flight. Very long.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Yeah, but that's a six-week window to fill. And I need to guess the right one. They're not going to start in Spain, right? Probably not. No, they're not starting in Spain. Enough with London, if we're going to be honest. London, look, either London gets it or they don't. We don't need to do three games a year in London.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Yeah, that's true. That is true. And there's a whole green, green thing in the gang wars. Was it real? Was it not? We didn't know. Then they wore green anyways. Everyone was fine.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Not a bad idea. Roy tried to go to Finland, right? Yeah, he did. That was like where we put the foot down on international travel.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
To finally cup champs, you know, and to go cover that. That's where the Dolphins should play, Finland.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
That's a good, that's what they should call the country.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
You think if I get DVN a little liquored up with the rooster, he'll let it slip? Tell the rooster, then the rooster could tell me. The rooster, for those of you who don't know, is Don Van Notta's domino partner. We play dominoes together. DVN and the rooster and me. They whip my ass.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
I've got to tell you, I have bones to pick just about every day with someone or something. I'm constantly picking bones. They call me the bone picker.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Well, not after I'm done with them. Okay. All right, let's go. I want to hear it. Yeah. Well, I mean, you're part of this, potentially. Oh, boy. Reporters, what happened to them? You know what I mean? Like, we're not getting reports anymore. We're just kind of getting things that are put out there. I heard, like, two weeks ago, there's a Dolphins game in Spain. And you know what would be great?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
The date of that game so people can plan to go in advance so that people can book their flights when they're cheap, not two weeks beforehand. No one's following up on this trying to figure out what the date of said game is. Chris Cody came out here and he reported that he thought it was going to be the Bengals.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
So someone told him something, presumably, or he decided, you know what, I'm going to take a one in eight guess and maybe I'm right. However he did it, he put himself out there. I stand by that. He will either be ridiculed or he will be praised or forgotten probably also.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
That's the thing. Well, dig deeper. Someone knows, but Chris is not a reporter. So Chris giving up when someone says, I don't know, that's fine. He's not a reporter. Now, the Greggs of the world, this is what you should be chasing. You should be going out there trying to find this date. Do you not want to go to Spain to see the Dolphins play a historic game in Madrid? No. You don't? Hell no.
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How much more growth is there to do here?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
We're just never going to know when these games are. How are we supposed to plan? How are we to plan, Dan?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Exactly right. I'm getting these notifications saying there's flights to Spain on sale until the 28th. That's today. I need to have a decision by today. Or I'm just guessing. I can't just guess when this game is going to be. I mean, I could take an educated guess. It's not going to be the first week of the season.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
This is how. You want to know how we're doing this? This is the way that this works. As I've stated in the past, I have no interest in going to Europe. I've been there, done that, as Greg said. To Spain, in fact.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
And it was way too long. I was there for like 10 days for a family wedding. I got it. You're a little town. You're by the Mediterranean. It's enough. It was fine. We saw the church. We saw this. We saw that. We saw lots of things. But 10 days in one place was fine. But when you go to these destination weddings, there's so many activities that you need to be part of.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
I wanted to take a train up to Barcelona. It wasn't that far away. They're like, no, we need to go eat with the in-laws. And I'm like, I don't know.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
don't need to go eat with the in-laws i can go to barcelona and see the architecture see the world i'm here when am i going to come again unless the dolphins come to play you know and now i have the opportunity and this is this is the way that you do it you say wife that's what that's what i call my wife you say wife listen dolphins they're going to spain Wouldn't it be great to go to Spain?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Then we can see your family there. Make a week out of it. We'll see your family. Heady play. But also, we're not going to Valencia again. We've been there, done that with Valencia. They're going to have to come to us to Madrid. Meet us halfway. Not even halfway. But meet us halfway. So what you do is you position it as a family trip when you're really going there to see your family.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
football game you know what i mean but i need to know when the football game is because since the last time i was there my family has grown exponentially and sure i'm to blame for that but it has grown exponentially so now things are pretty much double what they were before because there's four of us instead of two of us so i need to get the deals while the deals are there to get got but i need the reporters to do their jobs and tell me when this gd game is so that i can get these deals
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
At a good price. I want to book these flights today before I have to pay tomorrow's price tomorrow. Someone do some reporting, Devin Faronis. I'm back on that. Get out there. Tell me what day this game is. Someone. Anyone.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
I like the idea of them. Not attending them.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
It's a trick, right? People that have a destination wedding are people that don't want to tell you.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
So they make it as inconvenient for you as possible so that you don't actually attend their wedding.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Well, no. And then if we're going to be really honest about destination weddings, the way that they do it is they say, yeah, you know, we're booking it through this person. And then the more people that actually come, the more stuff they get for free. So they don't actually have to pay for their vacation to wherever it is. They're Mexico or the Dominican Republic, whatever.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
They get a whole package. So really, not only are you going, you're paying for their wedding and you're paying for their room and you're paying for their vacation and for their excursions and for all of that stuff. It's really a trick. And Greg, to your point, The cruise, if I'm going on a cruise, don't interrupt my cruise with a wedding. Yeah. Okay? Like, no thank you.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
And if I have to go to a destination, make it a destination I want to go to. Not one that you want to go to. That's true. I think if you're going to have a destination wedding and you invite all these people to go, there should be a committee where you vote on where the destination is.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Jimmy Butler Take
Because, again, we're paying for your entire wedding and we're paying for your trip and your room and your flights and everything because of us going. We should decide where you have to get married. Now, you're going to inconvenience me.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Oh, no.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Well, I would also say, though, that generally speaking, the Cody's are on a cruise together and the Cody's together as a team are unhygienic, the both of them. And Juju is fairly often disgusted by just their lack of hygiene.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
So I wouldn't call you a germaphobe, but I think Juju around here, you come a hell of a lot closer to Samson than you are to the Wolverines around here in terms of just making sure things around them are not disgusting.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I want to have actually a germaphobe off if we can do that between you and Samson to ask you guys questions to see if you are indeed a better germaphobe than him.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
How has Zaslow gone over with the audience? Having more of a homer than all the heat homers we have couldn't have been great.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Because I don't want to eat your ribs? No, this is a different reason. But it is. You're just simply disgusted by anything that is finger food that's going to leave. It's not worth the trouble. I don't have to take a bath after I eat.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I imagine Zaslow is very popular and polarizing. What happens with this seat, the seat of stardom, the Stugat seat, he has now been formally asked to be a guest on ESPN Radio this evening as a featured component of their pregame coverage because stardom comes to those who are homerific around here. So congratulations, Zaslow, on your promotion.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I need to hear your thoughts, by the way, before we get to some polls. And I didn't actually talk at all about that Maryland buzzer beater the other day. But you're wearing USC gear today, and I imagine you like Elle Duncan. I imagine someone who cares about the sport the way and people you do that you wake up with a little sickness in your stomach on last night's story.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
The best ending of the tournament has been the Maryland game, right? Maryland in their conference tournament gets broken by Michigan. Full court, last five seconds of the game against Michigan. That's how Maryland loses. Now Maryland advances to the Sweet 16 on a buzzer beater. Is that the best moment from both tournaments so far?
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That hurts, though, to have like a heartbreaker. But wait a minute, did you have him on the money line? You had Colorado State to win?
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You picked Maryland?
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
He's a radio legend, but a regional legend, not a national legend. He is now becoming a national voice with ESPN. But Juju, what has been the Zaslow commentary over the last couple of days?
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It's a great dismount.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Thank you, Juju. Thanks, Juju.
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Postgame Show: Appreciate You, Hogsmash (feat. JuJu Gotti)
We're going to get to Juju here and his post-game commentary in a second. Our thanks to him for the lift on his new alley-oop show. We'll be hearing more from them throughout the playoffs and on the show here as well. It's going to be an assortment of different people from Juju's life. The The topics today, though, Juju, I don't know what caught fire or what didn't.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
0-1 in their last one. Big losing streak. The Heat, on the other hand, coming in 1-0. I told you, that's the headline I want tonight on TNT. That's what's happening right now. One team, losing streak. The other team, winning streak. Tensions are going to be high if there isn't kind of like an embrace at the beginning of the game, thank yous and all that.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
The experts are saying that's probably not what we're going to expect. We're going to be looking out to see if one Jimmy Butler, who's coming back, gives a look to Pat Riley at some point in the game. But you know what?
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
I don't know that the Golden State Warriors, again, coming in on a losing streak, are going to be able to go up against the Miami Heat and the Heat culture and the pressure that comes with one of the greatest fan bases in the NBA.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
So the fact that the line is minus 5.5 for the road team, again, coming in on a losing streak, facing the red-hot Miami Heat 1-0 in their last one, I'm going to have to take the Miami Heat plus 5.5 tonight against the Warriors. Against the Spurs!
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
That's a Marlins. That's a shortstop, yeah. You're right.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
Oh, wow. Jazz just walked out on the diamond. Big day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Fuzz
I'm watching. No, no. This is batting practice for spring training baseball. He literally just walked out on the field to an empty stadium. It's not open yet.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
We're not talking about the fact that Jimmy Butler completely allegedly trashed the place that he used to rent. What happens if the fuzz comes to talk to him before the game? They're going to know exactly where he is. The who? The fuzz. They come up. They talk to him. The police. 5-0. Popo. They say, you know what, Jimmy? There's been a complaint. We need to do an investigation here.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
A lot of those, like, this is going to be our song. Everybody needs to learn how to sing. Don't back down. Where did that come from all of a sudden? University of Florida loves it, please.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
What did you think of the first song? A little long, the first one.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
You trashed your former residence here. You guys hear about this? Zazzle, you know about this? I do. Yeah, what happens if there's an investigation and he ends up not being able to suit up? Five and a half's a lot.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
Good idea. Just get that done. Cooper Flagg's not coming out this year because he wants to go back to college.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
I took the heat tonight, plus five and a half. I believe in this team. How do you love that? I love that.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
Are we doing this specifically for sandwiches or just in general, like if I want a piece of cheese?
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
I love a good Colby Jack, but that's cheating because it's two cheeses together. Colby Jack is a trash cheese. What? Yeah. You're a trash cheese. He plays for the Marlins.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
I thought we were doing crazy cheeses. Every time I go to Publix, I get some... Sweet hand, and I get some monster cheese.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
There's like giant wheels of cheese, and they go with a blowtorch and light it on fire.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
Mm-hmm. Oh, imagine a wheel of Munster cheese, Zaz, that you light on fire. Yeah.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
You find a place with hundreds of thousand dollars, a million dollar security deposit, you find another place. There's plenty of places that you can live at that don't have a million dollar security deposit.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
Am I right? She's going to look so bad in two years. You know, I have a breakup song prepared if you guys want it. Breakup song if you want it. Totally.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
The Heat were not wrong, by the way, and are not wrong in not wanting to give 37-year-old Jimmy Butler a ton of money. Like, that is crazy reckless irresponsible.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
Yeah, he looks terrible now. Not anyone, hypothetically, of course. Woman. That was the problem there.
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Hour 2: The Fuzz
I'm going to start on the hardwood. Wow. Right across the street, we got a big one today. The Golden State Warriors. What are they playing? Minus five and a half against the Miami Heat at home. Now, here's something not that many people are talking about. There's one person that's been mentioning it, but not many people are talking about. The Warriors are coming on, coming in.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
You're going to separate her personality and see her at the final four, Dan. It's so hard. I will have to see Dan Hurley. So yeah. Hell yes. I love it. Okay. No, it's, I did something unfair to her, but I'm actually curious how she navigates the labyrinth in these political times as someone who has strong opinions. She doesn't navigate. Well, no, I mean, yeah.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Like, but the monkey thing is hard because you can respect her. And also like, be wildly put off by a lot of other things she does.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
No, he ruined the game. He ruined the game. She hasn't seen the DAP. I know. It tells me she hasn't seen the DAP. I know, but.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
And yeah, the heartbreak in that, how did that go down last night?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I pull up something that's classic from Kim Mulkey. Tone, don't get defensive here, Tone. It's crazy. Tone, I need you to go to the penalty box and just sit there for a while.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I don't have time for him this week. Elle was on fire there. We were soaring into the sky. And Tony decided at the very end to throw the ball off her face. Hey, Elle, try and pretend that you've seen this thing I'm talking about. Al, I'm sorry it ended that way. I will try to raise better broadcast professionals.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Elle, good seeing you. Thank you for being on with us. Always delightful.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Thank you. Let's get to our sound tournament. I feel really bad for doing that. Why?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I can hear the laughter through the walls, and you feel like you've bullied them, and I can hear people laugh.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Yeah, Billy, I saw that you enjoyed that. You really roared to life there like I haven't seen since back when you were prohibited from saying things that Zaslow doesn't want to hear.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I know. Thank you for the help there, but you enjoyed that Tony made that drown. You came to life. Like, when Tony threw that anchor on the proceedings, my God, I haven't seen such life in you in years.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Billy loves nothing more than to- My family. Now, I believe that what you love more than your family is seeing Tony fall on his face. Oh, here he comes.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I don't like how defensive Tony was.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Okay. So here's the thing, okay? See, Tony's not wrong here, and I know why he feels alone, okay?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
You're making it better. Thank you. Tone? I'm doing that on purpose, yes. Fine. You don't know whether it's my tone or his tone. No, I know when he says tone, I know it's me.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
No, it's not just that. OK, because we're going to reach into the underbelly of what's been happening around here between you and Billy.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I'm a Dove gal the way you are a Dove guy.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Tony, this is the part that I found funny about everything that happened there and that was wonderful, truly wonderful, including you being enraged by the fact
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
That you're mentioning something that should be obvious to all of the people in this room, but you got no help and were left by teammates to feel like you were drowning by our ignorance when you're mentioning something that a million people in our audience would have seized on and will now support you because they'd be enraged on your behalf that none of us went and grabbed your alley-oop.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Okay, so this is coming back now. You guys are just allowing everything to spill into the show today.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Okay, no, I don't want to move along. Now we're stuck here, okay? We're going to stay here for a minute. Did you finish what you wanted to tell me, by the way, or no? No, Tony, I wanted to say something. Tony, I would like for you to tell us what you think here. Trap, don't do it. Um, because you believe, I didn't see this from your vantage point. You believe that that was monkey triggered.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I believe that everyone in the room is ignorant to the meme that you're talking about. And it makes us, us, all of us, you must've felt alone with something that is fairly common knowledge.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
No, no, no, no, no. Just slow everything down here for a second.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I don't want to play that game right now.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Okay, so you're offering a lot of context there that I want to follow up on because of how this story hurts. The connection specifically to USC, walk us through the history of all of that, culturally, generationally, what that program means to those people and what it means to have this player, this hope go down like that.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I believe that's a good way to clip that there. It just sucks. I can't come up with a better way to say that. And then she cuts out. But that I mean, that that's a good way to describe it. We could use a lot of words, but those two work.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I'm wondering, and I don't know if this is overly simplistic or reactionary because of whatever the emotion of the moment is, but what level of unsatisfying is this going forward or what needs to happen in terms of storylines to take the pall off of what had felt like a giant celebration and a coronation at a time where we know more of the women players than we do the men in college basketball?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching band to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I would like to, Elle, because I remember when, soon after we met, you had mentioned that you loved my brother's artwork and that you loved what I did with my father, and we did C.O. No on Highly Questionable, and I'm just wondering if I can get you to play with us the game in honor of C.O. No. L yes or L no. L yes. Okay, you're going to, okay. You know I'll put my name, Dan.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
You know I'll have to put my name. Yeah, but you didn't even play it right off the top. If I said L yes or L no, you can't say hell yeah. It's got to be L yes. L yes. Thank you. There it is. All right. L yes or L no. Ripped jeans.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
I am delighted to see this face again so soon. I hope that she comes around all the time. Elle Duncan, someone at ESPN that Zaslow is not feuding with and has never said anything bad about. I wanted to talk to her because I have been negligent in this first hour of, like, this was a bit of a devastating injury last night. I mean, not a bit of, like, when...
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
You guys aren't playing the game correctly.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
L-yes. I feel like that's a no-brainer. Okay, excellent work playing the game incorrectly. But L-no to Billy. It's got to be right on the line. L-yes or L-no to racism. I mean, what are you doing?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Not putting your cart back in the cart corral at the grocery store. L yes or L no?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Bringing a Bluetooth speaker to the gym and playing your music out loud, L yes or L no?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Signing your emails, cheers. L yes or L no?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Sending your food back at a restaurant. L yes or L no?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Buying a woman a drink that she didn't ask for. L yes or L no?
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
Oh, I trapped you. I think I trapped you.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
When everyone's watching the sport and the best player in it, Juju Watkins, goes down with a knee injury and gets carried off the court, March Madness becomes like, oh, eee, how am I supposed to talk about and feel about all that? That just stinks. That's just a body breaking down, and I wanted to watch her win everything because I know she can. So anyways, Elle, thank you for being on with us.
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The Big Suey: Elle Yes or Elle No
The reason I said I trapped you is because you love the content of Hurley, and so I'll leave you with this. Okay. L-yes or L-no, Malky.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
What they've done to spring break is interesting. We'll go back out to Jeremy in a second. But I did see something yesterday that I've never seen. And I have to think that no one's ever seen before I saw it because I'm driving and in front of a post office, OK, where you've got a four lane stretch of traffic. There is a woman who is squatting in front of the post office, urinating in a bush.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
But not just that. She's got a yoga mat under one arm. She's got a cigarette in her mouth, and she's holding a sandwich. There's no way, like a sub, there's simply no way that is something that has ever been seen by anybody before. That by anybody.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
But we'll go back out to Jeremy a second. But I want to show everybody here because I need to. I want everyone to understand how much Zaslow cares about this team. I have a photograph from a long time ago.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
And when I see it on your face, I see the rest of our audience outside of Miami.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
and I don't remember the context exactly of this, but I've been sending this photograph to Jonathan Zaslow for, is this 15 years? Because we can mark the date on before a Miami Heat game when the blueprint was at risk, when everybody was scared of, Jonathan Zaslow claimed that he was not scared before a game.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
And this photograph of Jonathan Zaslow not being afraid, being a Heat fan who would never lose hope and would not be despondent. This was Jonathan Zaslow very much believing their season was over.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
I don't know what to tell you? What are you, no commenting? I'm just saying I don't know what to tell you. Big-time L.A. guy. You're a big commenter, though.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
I need to tell you guys, this is funny with Zaslow, because there are a number of things about him that are super curious. Jeremy Taché is saying that he's got another report that's ready to go. I don't know if we should just break into all programming every time he's ready. I don't trust his judgment on this. What are you guys laughing about?
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
So what am I going to do today? I just can't do it, Dan. I can't do it anymore. Don't make me do it. Jeremy just ran across the street for live coverage. He just ran across traffic. What are you laughing about?
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Yes. You've been to North Miami Beach? Have I been to?
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Let's go back out to Jeremy. He is outside of the Miami Heat's arena. Jimmy Butler is approaching, and Travis, or whatever his name was, reports that Jimmy Butler's here to kick ass.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
There are things Billy has not been able to say for 20 years, and he's here to say them to your safety.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
I have a problem, though, because, Roy, you can vouch for this. Who's a bigger heat homer, Zaslow or Mike Ryan? Zaslow. He bought a championship ring.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Pablo who? Let's go out to Jeremy Taché and ask him what the Marlins lineup is going to be. He's going to be on sidelines for the Marlins this year. Jeremy, what is the Marlins lineup going to be? Let's go through it right now outside of the Kaseya Center where Jimmy Butler will soon bring his fury.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Mark Mervis? Well, here's the thing, Tony. I'm actually scared to do this to him right now because we're live, but I actually want to quiz him on what the lineup might be. And he's really good, like he should know, but I'm not totally sure he does. And that would be a bad position to put him in.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Well, that's true, too. But then he'd be on live television. Somebody would know. Yeah, the burger guy's not here anymore.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
No, he's not. I liked him. I'll miss him. They made me fall in love with burger.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Jessica, I've asked for your help today with some things here. Yes, I'm sorry. Should I or should I not ask Jeremy to take a guess at what the Marlins' opening day lineup is going to be?
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
This is harder, though. This is much, much harder.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Okay, Jeremy, what's the final heat report you have for us?
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
That was not a report with information in it.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
I think he owns... That's crazy. No, I think he owns two championship rings that the team gave him. Why did you just accuse him of buying a championship ring? He bought the championship ring.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
That's a great sentence. Make that a T-shirt. I'd love a pack of Marlins fans to go to the game with that as their T-shirt. Jeremy, thank you.
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Local Hour: Heat Stroke
One of the bad spots that we put Sedano in when we ask him about some of his colleagues like that snake Sedano, because this needs to be talked about right now. And I'm going to betray some confidences here. And I'm going to ask Zazz to walk a little bit of a labyrinth with me here as a rising star at ESPN, as he is on ESPN radio, already making people like Clinton Yates jealous.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
If you were not listening during the Shadow Show, I do believe that I just heard Roy make an accusation against Jonathan Zaslow that is the single greatest insult uttered from one person who works here to another that I have ever heard. I read on the face of Jonathan Zaslow more hatred for Roy. Shocking. Who he's loved all his life.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
because they haven't put in the time the way Zaslow has to be a celebrity picker during March Madness. You have gotten to ESPN now and have a rising star, but over your history, a history that has that fandom in it,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
You have a number of people at ESPN who are now colleagues that you have excoriated on the air for 15 years like Brian Windhorst that you cannot see in the hallways without it being a problem, I would imagine, because no one was harder on Brian Windhorst in the regional or national media than you were during the LeBron years.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
But mea culpa, you meant those things when you said them.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
How many people are there at ESPN that you have to look at the floor when you walk by them because you're afraid they know what you've said?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
More hatred for Roy for accusing Jonathan Zaslow of buying a Miami Heat championship ring in
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
All right. So, Roy, that was shocking, okay? I can't think of anything worse in the executive producer seat than to have someone new as a co-host.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
It's unbelievable that you would accuse him of buying his championship ring.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Well, he... made an accusation there that I would also make of Zaslow. He was actually paid to wear that ring because the Heat paid him for years as the pregame, postgame. Oh, my God. How many people on the show have been on the Heat payroll?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
You said that very poorly. Hold on, hold on. You said that very poorly. Are we live? The seat gets everyone. Erase that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Let's start over. Wait a minute. Let's go to a real broadcaster live across the street. Jeremy Taché is in the weeds with the Miami Heat because it's a very serious day. Jimmy Butler is returning to the Miami Heat. Let's go out to Jeremy Taché. He is the first reporter who's out there right around the ambiance. What's going on out there, Jeremy?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Shadow show. Shadow in it. Shadow in it. Jess, I really need your help today. I think more than I ever have in the history of our company because your face... when we talk about the Heat and Jimmy Butler and Coke. Yeah, your face speaks for what I know is the audience outside of Miami. And Zaslow is a bigger homer than Mike.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
All right, that's a live report. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
No, he wants to run between both worlds and then eventually be a sideline reporter who's playing a kaleidoscope or playing a, you know, doing something.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Yes, it would have been a better joke as a xylophone. But he wants to be a sideline reporter who dabbles in the arts, but he's got to go sell his soul with cheese broadcasting first.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
That's good information. Thank you, Jeremy. We'll be checking back in over the course of the next important four hours. He's dying to talk about this stuff. He's going to be out there for four hours? I mean, it's a big day. This is the big story of the day. Well, Juju Watkins should be the big story of the day, but locally.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Okay, but let me ask you guys this question because I would imagine the nation at large is weary of all of this, especially here. I would say that there's just a general fatigue about, really, we're going to make all of this noise about Jimmy Butler?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
when, yeah, he kind of made himself a star in Miami and got the things that he wanted and what was a blessed marriage for both parties for the entire time they were together. And then at the end, he said, I'm more valuable than this. And since then has proved it because the last 16 games, I think we can all say, oh, he was right. All those 40 point games were required from him in the playoffs.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
He had eight of them, never won in the regular season. So these guys were helpers. Bam, all-star, Olympian, champion, you know, winner guy, but you're number two. And you're number two, and look at what it looks like when it's you and Hero is the number one. Jimmy ends up winning there. He's coming back a winner on what this looks like. But what I wanted to ask Jessica about
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
and the audience at large is, what, because I hate pre-games, but this stuff we love, the soap opera nonsense, the narratives, the stories, the things that make it all easy and dumb, but is fun for content. But when sports can be great, What has to happen tonight for it to merit even a fraction of the amount of talk it's gotten when the nation at large says, get Jimmy Butler out of my life.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
He's not a champion. He's a number one who's actually a number two because he's never going to win a championship as the lead guy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Kasaya. So that would make it worth it? It's not game winner. It's not a fight. It's like, what's the ideal situation? Content goldmine of I'm interested in sports and the buildup to a regular season game. This is the last game of the Heat season that will matter because even in those play-in games, we all know this team is not going anywhere. It's broken.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Chicago put up 150 on the Lakers. They love the play-in game, too.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
I don't think that's true. I'm telling you. It's impossible, Dan. I think that Zaslow is more than Parakeet Cortez.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Okay, Billy, thank you for that. What does this have to do with that? Well, I'm going to explain something that's happening with Billy right now. He feels a genuine snort. I'm going to explain exactly what's happening with Billy Gill. He's been very frustrated for 12 months, more than 12 months. Actually, probably his lifetime with our show. Because he believes, what do you mean?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
I haven't even made the accusations yet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Okay, over the course of you living In a world where the Heat are talked about the way this show talks about them, I believe that for largely 20 years, you believe that there are things you're not allowed to say about the Miami Heat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Your voice has been suppressed for 20 years around here. And today's your day, Billy Gill, because this is the biggest Heat homer I've ever met. This right here. He's a journalist.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
He's a journalist. It's not true. Jonathan, look, Mike Ryan criticizes poisonously the Miami Heat. Zazz will get mad at him. Zazz will not rip the Miami Heat the way Mike Ryan does.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Okay, but when I talk about Heat fans and the history of this market, what this team means to Zaslow and now Zaslow's kids, because he insisted on passing it down, as someone who was proud, honored to earn... Working days and nights. His shifts were crazy, man.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
All right, so for seven years, he's doing the postgame and then waking up to do the morning show. And he aged about 40 years in seven years. He arrived here a broken man. He used to be the young one, Tony. Laugh in his face. He used to be the young one. He used to be the kid. And seven years of loving the Heat, he gave his heart and age over to this franchise. I gave them years of my life, Tony.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
So this is what I need your help with, because I think that Jimmy Butler's stuff is going to contaminate the show, poison it. And I've seen over the last, I don't know, 12 months, you have been beaten down by heat disease. Like it's it's there's no subject around here. It's called heat stroke. Any amount of heat talk makes like I see it on your face.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
All right. We go back out to Jeremy Tasche now. Jeremy Tasche is reporting live at the Kasaya Center where there's a lot of mood and a lot of fans. What's the energy out there, Jeremy?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Heat Stroke
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Have a DNR, Dan. It's okay.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
They literally last like 30 years. I've had one since 2004. That's a long time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It's a longevity compiler, but it's also a big-ass car. The trunk in that thing is huge.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I still don't even really understand when it was said, but that's okay.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
What are your thoughts of the team's reaction, Justin?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Can you just tell me, Julie, and thank you for joining us and thank you for the work that you've been doing. Can you take us on the journey of where it is and how it is this story started?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Direct it to somebody because there are three of them there.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
All right, go ahead. Jump ball on a podcast. Really good, Dad. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
That's interesting, though, Julie. What you're saying there, then, is that the NFL would be in a position to be more legally rigorous and punitive than our legal system by leaps and bounds.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Have you, Justin, found yourself or have any of you found yourself, but Justin first, a blowback from Raven fans?
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Thank you for the work and for the time, Julie, Justin, and Brenna. You can check out more of their three stories, Baltimore Banner reporters. Thank you. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Dan Levitard. It's all about me. Stugatz. Wee! This is the Dan Levitard Show with the Stugatz. This episode of the Dan Levitard Show with Stugatz is presented by Venmo.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Greg, you owe a fine from before because your phone went off, and I don't want you to get out of here without paying the fine, even though you've been complaining about things. So just pay the fine. My phone is off. Well, no, but from before. I know it's off now. You need to turn it back on. Greg's got to leave as well. He's having some sort of belly button surgery.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
He has something here on his belly button. You going down under for it? that we've seen before. What's going to happen here with this belly button surgery?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
You know, most of my life. It's known to be benign. He got it checked out. It's benign. But now I guess just because it's there, they're getting rid of it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Yeah, stand up. Let's take this thing for a walk.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I don't think that Greg has any expertise about what he's presently headed into. Oh, yeah, it's a big lump. It looks like a nose. It does look like a human nose.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
All right, Greg's got to go. Before you go, can I just get some rapid fire takes from you so that I could get the best of your final embers of material for the work week so that we can go out with the fireworks show crescendo.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
McGillicuddy? Yeah, uh-huh. What's the recovery time on this? Are you going to be back next week?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Just in case? Are you going to eulogize it?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Is anyone going to? He's going to be fine.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
No, at any age, it's always dicey when anyone goes under. Not any age. extra dicey when it's someone like him. No, anesthesia is always dangerous.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
While you're down there. Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Are chicken tenders something that can be delicious at a gas station? ...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Look, that was one of the best things Metal Ark has ever made. That 4 a.m. segment of Greg Cody going to a wood panel house somewhere in Iowa for a doctor to give him a diagnosis over Zoom.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I strongly recommend to everyone listening on Netflix, Kings of Tupelo, the documentary. It is really great for that region of the country. Greg's got to go. He is leaving. We will say goodbye to him and the flap. Howdy, patient surgery. One more take on your way out.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
No, because coming out of the interview we just did, in the middle of it, or toward the end of it, one of, I think it was, yeah, the reporter, the man, Justin, came out and said that he got wonderful chicken tenders at a gas station. It wasn't just because I was thinking. It just happened seconds and seconds after you got out of that interview.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
That's where it was in the commercial for delicious tendies.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
That is a tremendous video of Greg Cody's nose on his belly button, around his belly button.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
We can't hear you because you're away from the microphone. We know that you have to leave. Do you have any other thoughts on your way out? You were complaining about Venus Williams still playing tennis at 44 moments ago.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I don't like to tell people how they should age if they love doing something. What difference does it make whether or not they finish in first place or seventh place if it's something that they love to do?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Because I believe in the last break you were telling my dad he should retire from writing. It's true. You caught him on that one.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
What I was saying of... It's funny that you guys should mention that because I was just saying that to him. But Greg was...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
The thing that we were talking about was him going trudging out to a Marlins game during the regular season, something he decidedly does not love to do.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I was on your team, but it was just the next segment. You're like, I don't believe in telling people what they should do later in life.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
So, Brenna, this is not just this is not folks seeking you out necessarily. There is reporting that needs to be done here in order to make a difficult thing like this happen. Right. Like this is it's journalism, but it's also activism to protect environments and strengthen numbers. Correct.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I was thinking as I did it, what a ridiculous slap.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I can't believe. We actually got another nominee. The back room was like, hey, we can do better than this. And Fuentes had to get involved.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I'm not going to lie. I heard it. I was like, that's what I meant.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Michael got it for him, though. It wasn't Chris.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
No, it was me. It was me and my wife. My brother would not spend that kind of money on a bag. Well, where'd you get it? Just us. I got it at Sawgrass Mall. We know it's Toomey. The expensive stores at Sawgrass Mall. The Toomey store. Was it like TJ Maxx or one of those? No. You had to pay full price? Yeah, yeah. Or was it like, it's fine if it's sale. I buy things on sale.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
I believe it was like three and change. Black Friday. Three and change.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Oh, so you got it for half off.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Wow. Because there was some sort of sale on it. That's still a lot. Three and change.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
He was surprised that it was a $600 bag. I want to go back for a second, though, because I don't think we should just sort of casually ignore that perhaps yesterday during the beginning of the show, people didn't know that we were talking about Gary Furman. A lot of people didn't know that. The former... I still don't know who that is. Well, yes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
And so the fact that Mike at the end of the show just went directly at Gary Furman without any context, without any pivot whatsoever to what we were talking about.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
He did say Michael. I thought it was from your brother. The idea, Mike, that you continue to attack Gary Furman.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Julie, to that extent, so Justin Tucker, because of the nature of the amount of vetting that has to be done on all of this, Justin Tucker is categorically denying all of this. But it seems where there are this many women with this many similar details, it almost seems impossible to believe that this can be categorically denied.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Justin, what's been the fallout? How much intimidation is, if any, around these women?
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
So, Brenna, can you walk us through some of the details here? Because we're talking more broadly about allegations, but the details on this is a famous person. He is a kicker. This is a part of the body that you would be working on.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
You would be in an intimate setting with women who could not do very much of anything about the power and celebrity you have because they're supposed to be working on this region of the body. And then there's ejaculate allegedly on the table. And some of the details here that would explain what it is that these women are dealing with because you've got the accounts of 16 of them.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
The Ravens have finally said something here. General Manager Eric DaCosta is calling the allegations against Justin Tucker concerning. It has taken a minute to see what would happen here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
No, you can go ahead and explain what it is that's being alleged here. Well, I also want people to understand sort of the difficulty that these women are having in terms of being able to say all of this to people because of the power structure of this is famous kicker in intimate setting.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
Yes, of course. Yes, of course.
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Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
And I've been a little confused that Justin Tucker at the moment is somebody who is working freely with some of the reporting that Julie Sharper, Justin Fenton and Brenna Smith have done for the Baltimore Banner here. Justin Tucker is the Ravens kicker that was until recently the most accurate kicker in league history.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
The women say that the incidents took place from 2012, Tucker's rookie season with the Ravens, to 2016. I guess I'll ask you, Julie, this question, since you talked to the alleged victims, most of them, what was the damage? done here psychologically? What were the difficulties involved with coming forward?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
What kind of reluctances did you have when you're trying to talk to people about things that perhaps they might not want to talk about?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Justin Tucker Allegations
He is currently facing allegations from 16 massage therapists across eight spas and wellness centers in the Baltimore area, two of which said that they banned him. The reporters now are on with us. They've been doing this reporting at the Baltimore Banner for a while here. So let's start here with Julie.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Stugatz. That joke didn't really land the way you wanted it to, did it? We all just stared at you.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
It didn't land at all. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
They bounce back. You're happy how they bounced back?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Yeah. I liked it better when Tony and Ron McGill were not friends. I liked it better when they were enemies and Ron was blocking his shot. But I do like that Tony celebrated one of our most popular guests ever, and it is... Happy birthday to him!
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Good luck. 65 years old. Ron McGill. Is that today? Is it this week? What are we celebrating? Are we celebrating you today? Greg, go ahead and pick up your thermos. Good work by you.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I mean, I got old. OK, well, you haven't played basketball in a while. Is this your birthday today?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Okay. Well, happy birthday this week. We will celebrate it here with you. How are you feeling your age? Are you feeling vibrant or are you feeling decrepit?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Can you walk us through here, Ron, what it is that you're most excited about coming up in your travels? Because I don't know how much more traveling you intend to do to foreign and exotic locales, and I don't know what's left on the bucket list either.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Billy, you offered very little there. Just warning. Be careful in Australia, Ron, if you want to get to 66. Let me get rid of you here in a second. Aren't they weeks a bit much, huh, Ron?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
A woman lost both her hands to a shark?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
You eradicated the myth of the Chupacabra personally.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
That's unbelievable. How am I just learning this now that Ron McGill proved forevermore, ruined the myth of the chupacabra, ruined it by going to a hospital and providing proof?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Guys, it's not a risk that I'm going to be driving in my car and get hit by a buffalo. That's not a risk. Dan? I don't have that risk.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I did not say she had it coming.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
How about this video here of some birds? You tell me these birds are circling a tombstone here. Does this feel haunting to you? What's happening here?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Ron, happy birthday. It's like it's a euphemism for the election. Thank you. Good seeing you, Ron. I do enjoy Greg saying, how does Harris feel about that? I'm guessing that Harris doesn't love... that his or her tombstone is being frolicked on by turkeys.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I'm good. Ron, good seeing you. More than 150 false killer whales have washed up on the coast of the Australian island state of Tasmania. What does that mean? None of them are expected to survive.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I'll talk to you guys next week. See you later, Ron. Good seeing you, as always.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
That doesn't seem like something that would be sustainable.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Wouldn't everyone simply assume that if Luka and LeBron James at 40 are going to be on the court at the same time, it's going to be very hard to find any three defenders in the world who are going to make that a good defense?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
That you can't hide the oldest player in the league and everything that they did to Doncic that made Dallas decide, among other things, we can't have that playing defense in the final.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I wanted to ask you guys something because I'm assuming, now I know defense is always done poorly in the NBA in terms of how... It's measured by the novice. But I'm assuming when you have Anthony Davis that you have a better chance of being good defensively than if you don't have Anthony Davis. And the Lakers, I think everyone can agree with that, even if they don't know anything about defense.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
The thing I wanted to ask you about Anthony Davis is that if any of you have seen that he has a new show on Max. Anthony Davis, foul play. It is a prank show. About birds? It is not about birds.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I am not pranking you. There is a new show that I assume.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
It was off of, I'm assuming, before he was traded to the Mavs. I'm guessing this was all put together in some sort of production deal on the side with the Lakers. Hey, Anthony Davis, you've shown very little personality over your career. You want an entire prank show? Sure. people think that you're more famous than you actually are.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Well, the thing I wanted to ask you is I don't feel like you can go wrong with a prank show. I feel if you give me a prank show, I'll watch it for nine minutes. Sure. I'll give you one prank of a chance to get me with a prank show. A prank show always works, does it not? Yeah.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
He's teaming up with Impractical Jokers. He is teaming up. That's part of what it is that they're doing on Max's foul play.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
That's a good question. Is this the pilot? I only saw episode one, so I don't know if there are more. Was it good? It was with D'Angelo Russell.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
That is correct. I am not willing to say that Vanderbilt is the reason that they are good at defense. I'm going to say it's because they played Charlotte in the first game. They also played Denver. Well, that one was confusing to me because I saw that Jokic went like two for seven from the field and had 12 points.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I'm like, what the hell? I didn't even understand that box score. That is the worst game in a box score I've ever seen Jokic have. It was 12 points, it was two for seven, and I'm looking through minutes trying to figure out, was he hurt? How is there a game Denver played in that Jokic only gets seven shots and misses five of them?
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
That's pretty good, actually. That's better than foul play. Shouldn't it be lowbrow? It's a prank show.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
They needed a brow. Do you know how uninteresting you have to be as a sports star for the only information for Chris Cody to have about your personality to be your single eyebrow? To play as a Laker, this is what I think of Anthony Davis. I think he will be criminally underregarded, the legacy of Anthony Davis, because he had to be number two to LeBron James.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I think him healthy is a number one, but he got undone by what happened organizationally with the Pelicans that has since happened to Zion. Yeah. Anthony Davis is a number one.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
I can win a championship with Anthony Davis as my number one, but because he played next to LeBron, I think he'll forever be underregarded as a basketball player, even though I can make the argument that that guy is a top 50, top 75 talent of all time.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
He doesn't have a lot of personality, though. We're stuck on the eyebrow, a single eyebrow.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
Aquí está, señoras y señores, Ron McGill.
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Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
CHILE NO EXISTE. CHILE ES CUANDO HACE FRÍO. YO VIVO EN CHILE.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Happy Birthday Ron Magill!
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
All right. Thank you, Billy.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Thank you, Billy. I appreciate you doing yes and.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Good use of all you know about Australia. Excellent work.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Can you get for me, please? I don't know if we have the sound of this, but I heard Chris Cody talking about something that is happening right now in both hockey and America that allows the Panthers star, Matthew Kachok, who's been a star down here for a long time, has been a star in the sport for a long time, but is now also a champion, an American champion, and a personality.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Hockey doesn't do this great in crossing over the language barriers make so many guys fighting through their second language on stardom when someone's telegenic when someone can sell the sport the spirit of the sport and be a champion and descends from hockey royalty lineage so he has the respect of Canada and America we are seeing something with Kachuk that is a pretty rare hockey stardom
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
he was playing good at hockey before they traded for him he is now at the center of what represents one of the greatest trades in sports history and he's on the ascent So Jimmy Fallon reaches out and is like, explain to me this whole Canada and the United States thing. And now you're crossing over and you're doing the things locally that become national, that become international.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Was he there? That's how you'd star in a movie, right there. With that kind of alertness, you would be Daniel Day-Lewis. You would be. He's not actually there either.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
So you can be more famous than your family's ever been at this sport because you're now winning in real time. We see how hard it is. And you're at the center of everything. But they told me that Kachuk was great. And Fallon was not. That the questions were very basic. It's sort of like, hey, famous hockey guy, here's America. Want to talk to him? And that Fallon didn't bring out Kachuk at all.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
It's not soon. It's not soon.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
He's going to be out for a while, is he not? Yeah, he's going to be out for a while.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Do I have to accept that, though? Because I can...
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
You have said that a couple of times, and I have seen Kevin Durant weep recently when talking about how basketball moved him playing for the United States overseas. And I think that sentiment is anything that can be understood by our audience.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
I thought that the selfishness of the local regional sports fan was such that if my player is injured, and that's a random thing you're doing, half a year I'm okay. A full year, now I'd have a problem. That's where my patriotism stops. If you're going to go all out in hockey...
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
and play that intense a game and get all of our attention because you're playing that intensely, you're risking the regular season, the post season, you're risking the thing that I thought was supposed to be the most important to your team.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Well, but I'd like to broaden this out for a second without getting too stuck in the mud on this. I understand that you and Chris are giant hockey fans.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
I understand the moment that I just witnessed where hockey made friendly exhibitions matter in a way that now you guys come home and are like, good, yeah, I'm good with my star missing the next half of the season when there are 10 good teams in hockey and it's going to matter a little bit and it's hard to remain champions. And these guys come back from an event that was –
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
All exhibition, I understand the patriotism and the move, but as practicality? Holy shit, if I'm running the Panthers, I don't love this. Kachuk's always playing hurt. Kachuk, I need that torso in the playoffs. That torso was not as good in the playoffs when it was hurt, but he plays through everything. For that guy to care that much about exhibition games, I get it. We just witnessed it.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
It was nice, but my God, is it prisoner of the moment? It's a contrivance. They made that whole thing up for our entertainment. Yes, but it meant something. It was a big tournament.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
For Lax. I love this as Operation Lax because I imagine he's just going to be doing lacrosse championships. And relaxing. Right. Operation Lax. So high. Putting the lax in not working very hard. But we don't know where he is. And Greg Cody sits in the seat, but he's afflicted with some of the same poisons on thinking he can do everything.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
What are we talking about? That's Australia? What do you mean, what are we talking about? That's your wheelhouse.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Why are you so surprised by this?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
You personally. We've gotten to the bones?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
We all knew this was a bad idea, right? Messi coming down here and us promising him, hey, we'll develop that land for you in a year or two. Like, we all knew what that was.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
I know, but Messi knows that he's never going to play in a stadium by a highway near the airport.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
You've asked me if I drove past that. When is that going to be built? When did they promise him that it was going to be built?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Yeah. Like an Outback Steakhouse.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
It's in Miami. You know it's not going to be on the up and up. You know it's going to be sinking into land. You know there are going to be airport problems. There are going to be traffic problems.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
But if you think we have a committee somewhere that is competently planning to have Lionel Messi play giant games near the airport in a new stadium without it being a massive clusterfuck that swallows all of South Florida with people trying to get in there, You are out of your mind if you think that's going to be a thing that's well orchestrated so that it's not.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
It's going to be the Super Bowl the moment he plays in a new stadium down here. You can't put that near the airport in a building you've just built that's surrounded by construction. Put him 10 minutes away from Boca.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
They're hiding him in Boca where you can get... There's giant parcels of land over there near the airport. Have you guys seen how hard it is?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Didn't that happen to Stallone and Johnny Depp? But didn't it happen to Stallone, Johnny Depp for bringing an animal into the country, and Stallone for throwing steroids off of a balcony in Australia while the authorities closed in on it?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
We have talked about this before. Contractually, it was understood when the Panthers, the champion Florida Panthers, moved into where it is they play in the Everglades, that there would be a sinking into the earth because it's on swampland.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
They accounted for the sinking into the earth. You guys realize what we have in this town with Messi and the Panthers sinking into the earth? Because Messi plays a game the other day in negative seven degrees. Greg Cody has been telling you here, and we haven't talked with our soccer expert. Greg Cody has been covering soccer in this market since Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Since before, like, Pele was playing for the Cosmos. Greg Cody has been covering soccer in this market. The biggest thing in soccer is in this market. And you and Mike Ryan... have placed pressure on Messi to win this season as if it means something, as if the business of Messi isn't just being the business of Messi and cashing in on whatever the end of this is.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
It doesn't matter whether he wins a championship or not.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
That's not much of a take, though, to say it'd be sort of nice. You said that there's enormous pressure on Messi. I'm like, no, there's not.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
What's debatable? What's debatable?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Because he was just throwing them off the balcony?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Can you guys explain to me when I ask you the questions of does it matter whether or not there are fans in the building in some future replica of sports that is just all about the streaming? Does it matter if Messi wins anything if they've won the game of getting the stadium built? Messi's legacy is secure even if he finishes in last place.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
But don't you guys enjoy the idea, if it's all made up, if it's all made up for our televised entertainment spectacle, Don't you enjoy the idea that Messi doesn't have to win anything to have already won? He doesn't have to, but he has.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
That's factually true. Whoa! That's a fact. If every company, then every country is.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Billy, yes, Fidel Castro emptied his prisons.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
You did. You very much did.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
You said all of Australia was criminals. That's the broadest brush. I said respectfully.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
It is not a good point. Before we go any further here, because there are a number of things I have to get to, I have to get to Boldest Take, and I also, I'm really happy to see that this has finally happened. I know it didn't work at the All-Star game. Adam Silver's like, hey, can you guys try? Can you guys show some enthusiasm?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
And then LeBron's like, I don't even want to dress for the team picture. But he's finally reached a coach when he's trying to sell, hey, guys, we need to tell everybody our league, it's got a lot of pizzazz, everything's very important, we've got to sell the regular season really matters.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
And finally, he reached the champion coach of the Celtics who sells Adam Silver's sport the way that Adam Silver, with the enthusiasm that you want to sell your sport in these troubled times.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
He doesn't have any patience for us. And can you imagine that amount of success in your early 30s? I can't imagine all of that.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
I didn't understand what that penalty was. I pressed the wrong button. I didn't like my choices. You go. I'll just stay here. No, I want you to go to the penalty box and I want you to apologize to Australia. I did. No, more formally. I want you to go and... I'm actually sorry.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
I know, but I want you to be actually sorry while doing a public apology in the other room surrounded by Australian things. I also want to go into the other room because... Matt Coogler, the unassuming Matt Coogler, producer of South Beach Sessions. I'm going to say he bounded into work today, bounded in, seemed happy, giant smile on his face. And, you know, it was at the end of the last segment.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
And he's like, now that's the heat talk I like. You guys finally showing everybody where it hurts that it's all over. Mike, you underestimate how you've shielded these tears from the audience that desperately wants. If you guys are going to be that annoying for five years getting near the finals, you're going to eat it now as you long for other players.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
And Jessica is going to sit in the middle of it and enjoy heat talk for the first time in a couple of years.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Okay, I'd like to hear from Jeremy. I rarely say that.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
It's not 40 minutes, and it's been 20 minutes.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
They don't deserve it. I wanted to talk about the Panthers, and I wanted to talk about Kachuk being on Jimmy Fallon. But before I do that, near Kugler, I just saw Taylor. And Taylor, I don't know what you guys' experience of Taylor, but I'm telling you that my experience of Taylor is he feels like, because so many people around here who work around here listen to our show for a long time,
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
that he's walking in the middle of the Disney characters, that his daily life is living inside of this thing that's strange to him. And so he's walking around yesterday and all he's doing is giggling to himself, listening to Stugatz talk about Al Troutwig. Al Troutwig passed away. He's a legend in New York.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Al Troutwig, many sports broadcasters will tell you that this is a loss that hurts because we remember how great Al Troutwig was. But out of nowhere, Stugatz had opinions on Al Troutwig. And this is what Taylor was listening to walking around the office out there after Al Troutwig died. I see Stugatz this morning. I'm not kidding you. These are his first words to me. This is good morning to me.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Before he says good morning to me, this is what he says. This bleeping guy. Because he's talking about Phil Jackson.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Hold on a second. What's the rest of that list look like? The list that you have of media members. No, now you're in. No, no, no.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
No, but now you're in. What do you mean, well? You're the one who decided to just sideswipe for no reason Al Troutwig.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Al Troutwig. What a great name.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Guillermo, put this on the poll. When I say the name Al Troutwig, do you imagine him wearing a wig made out of trout?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
But that's what's funny about it. A broadcaster with a wig that doesn't look like it's a real wig because it's made out of trout.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Yeah, because now I got the trout holding a microphone, too. Your dad always wins. I want you guys, because Greg Cody was talking for some reason, I don't know why, earlier. Billy, why did you come back here? Weren't you going to give us an apology, a public apology, surrounded by Australia?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Yeah, well, I just think you have to apologize to Australia because you called... You called the country a bunch of criminals. There it is.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Again, that doesn't seem like it's sincere. It is. You were very eager to take out New Zealand. But before the show, Greg Cody was talking about the SAG Awards and something else that he did. And he's not the only one who does this. But he was yelling about Jane Fonda. And how he didn't understand how Jane Fonda, who's 20 years older than him, looks 10 years younger than him. At least.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
And so you were confounded by how healthy she is. Is she 90 yet? She's 87. She looks great. She acts great.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
But you'd be better as an actor. You'd be just as good, right, because it takes no talent.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Billy, do you know anything about Operation Blooming Onion or Operation Boomerang or when Stu Gatz is going to be back? We were warned that he was going to be in Australia, right?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Again, we're talking about Jane Fonda.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
You're not afraid to say it. What I was afraid of, and it was unpleasant, was it felt like you were ogling her. The whole thing felt uncomfortable to me.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Well, you seemed like you had a hard O. Can we see if Billy is ready to do his... That's pretty good. Is Billy ready to do his apology here?
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
Okay, Billy, thank you. We are not exactly having you surrounded by all things Australia, but can you apologize? Would you do me the favor of apologizing, please? To the kangaroo? The kangaroo is happy to see you. Just to all of Australia for just being reckless.
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The Big Suey: Billy Apologizes to Australia
All right. Good apology until the very end.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
I hope so. Greg Cody, do you want to participate in the Conclave conversation? Do you want to throw out anything about Freddie Mercury?
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
There aren't going to be any bad movies that are nominated, right? There might not be movies that are popular, that people like, but there's not going to be any such thing as a nominated bad movie, is there? I hope Wicked wins.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
What type of film? You have to be shitting me. You think you could star in a film?
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
You think you can star in a movie when the one time we were on stage, you missed your cue and went running right past the microphone.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
The father who's in trouble who keeps going out with his own.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Okay. Oh, come on. Your father didn't recognize your impersonation. He's in the White Lotus conversation. Jennifer Coolidge?
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
How do you not recognize your son's impersonation from White Lotus?
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Not the father who's in trouble on the phone.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
I can't believe that Greg Cody... Wait, Greg, do you know which one Greg is?
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
It's only two episodes. I didn't memorize all the names.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Here's what we have happening here. And I love that people get to see it. OK, because it's part of being in that chair. It's part of who Stugatz is. And Greg and Stugatz have somehow over the years, both of them been diagnosed with Dunning-Kruger. which is that they think they can do anything, even though neither one of them can do anything.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Stugatz is presently not here because he's in Australia right now, and he's looking to secure some sort of digital media company opportunity, and he's calling it, I'm not sure whether it's Operation Boomerang or Operation Bloomin' Onion or Operation Boomerang Bloomin' Onion, but he thinks he can do anything. Cody thinks he can do anything. It is asinine.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
It's asinine for you to think that you could star in a vehicle if we give you a decade of training.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Because I had two lines. It took nine hours and I was stiff.
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I was terrible. Yeah, you were.
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One, three, or five? D. I'd give myself a three. I think a solid three.
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Have I told you guys the story of... Beat that D. I can do that. Jay Glazer stole, ends up stealing ballers from what could have been ours because one of those seasons was supposed to open with Endomic and Sue tackling me on a recreation of the Clevelander set. Like one of those. So perhaps I would have learned something that Jay Glazer learned about acting and become better at it. But.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Thank you, Billy. I don't know why your MMA aficionado moves with those shoulders walking that way. Well, I'm not Jake.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Agreed. I walk it back. I am making fun of him for thinking he's a better actor than he is. You guys are making me the... the butt of the joke as the actor from Ballers, but I was terrible and I didn't think I'd be any good at it either. I'm not afflicted with what Greg is. Greg thinks he'd be good at anything he tried. He's 0 and 3 in cooking competitions here.
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But it's not, how does your self-confidence not get derailed by the lack of success?
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Greg, how did you have all of tennis at your disposal and you stumbled into that?
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
Okay. You can deny that. No, I will grant you. Look, there are degrees, right? There are all sorts of actors who are doing song and dance or doing like things that show great range. It's not a character actor in a role part. You said starring in a movie.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
You could not. You wouldn't.
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Local Hour: Could Greg Be Walton Goggins?
You are delusional here. You are delusional here.
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One of the great moments on this show's history is asking Dennis Quaid what's the strangest thing about his brother Randy Quaid and him saying he can eat an apple in one bite.
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You were trying to make a podcast with him after the show yesterday, Rick Barnes, NASCAR aficionado. You wanted to turn a NASCAR product immediately around for metal art.
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Let me hear from Dennis Quaid on that real quick, please. Give us a wacky fact about your brother Randy. Oh, he can eat an apple in one bite. That is insane. You do realize that. I don't believe him. Okay, that's fine, but I can imagine it.
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Look at me. I am your career. Stugatz.
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I wanted to ask you guys a couple of local questions here about both the Panthers and the Heat. We have talked a lot more about the Heat, and this is as bad as it'll look in Miami. I think we've gotten used to a certain relevance around here in basketball, that when you lose that way to Atlanta, we've been spoiled over the last 15 years, you're watching something die. It could have been foretold.
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You were with Boston at that point, and then you see Jimmy Butler go to Golden State, and he's saying, while there, this is the best team I've ever played on. And they're blowing people out. And you're seeing... Greg Cody called the Andrew Wiggins trade a home run. You're seeing a frustration around the Miami Heat that I don't believe I've seen in the last 15 years around here.
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What I learned is that one time the draft was conducted by Fuentes, which suggests no one's in charge.
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Do I have this wrong, that this is about as bad as it gets? You lose to Atlanta, you're having all sorts of trouble scoring points, and Tyler Herro's your all-star, and he'll give you 40 every once in a while, but you know that if that's what's leading your team, this is its record.
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If Tyler Hero is going to be your all star, this team's record is going to end up being six games under 500 fighting for the play in game.
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Okay, but hold on. When you say not worth talking about, because I want to get to Kachuk on Fallon, and I want to get to the team that is worth talking about locally. But when you say not worth talking about, not quite, because the embers on this aren't going to die quietly when you're talking about 15 years of raging, burning heat Twitter as a community.
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So no, don't say it's not worth talking about, because I'll read you the tweets of all the people and where you get into when you say not worth talking about. All of these people writing things like, you can't continue to be pitiful in fourth quarter, struggle to break 100 points, and not even be questioned as a head coach. What are we doing? The talent isn't that bad.
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Spoh's getting some of it now. And it's not... It's not a little bit. It's like, I don't like this thing. I'm spoiled for 15 years. This isn't what it's supposed to look like. I was promised that if Spoh gets the players, they'll always be 500. Wait a minute. It's all broken down around Spoh. Oh, it's Spoh's fault, right?
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Every GM, every coach, you do the polling, Spoh's the best coach in the league. There is no other best coach in the league. But now they'll come after Spoh too because it's not supposed to look like this. Where are the answers, Spoh? Don't you always have answers? And there are no answers. They're bad.
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He's always bailed them out, though. Spoh has always bailed out wherever the front office deficiencies have been.
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It's our fault. No, but it's not just that they're losing. And it's not just that they're uninteresting. it's that offensively they're bad. There are only four or five teams worse than them. Throwing out an 8.4th quarter and a 9.4th quarter because you get strangled at the end of games because you don't have anything at the end of games.
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To have their offense be bottom of the league bad when you're watching it is something else entirely.
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Uh, that's nice. And where's Hawkins? Where's he been? Uh, like what happened there? Like there, somebody is going to get the numbers on a basketball team. That's a professional basketball team that in the modern age is scoring 110, 120 points a game. This, what we're watching right now, isn't something that we've seen in 15 years. I don't think, I can't remember it.
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Uh, Terry Rozier, the poison, uh, being thrown his way on how bad he's been. Most right. Mike's ever been what? Oh my God. Um, Yeah. You want to take a victory lap on that one, Mike? I think I did already. You already did the Terry Rozier victory lap? Yeah, I'm pretty sure. Okay, because we haven't had a win around here like that.
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It's a good point, Jessica. The fact that we're in reruns on this and it's already happened is an indictment of me.
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You said Wiggins was a home run. You don't get to take a victory lap. You said Wiggins was a home run on the Jimmy Butler trade.
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And Ben Ryder is reporting for CBS Sports that Giannis is sniffing around. Oh, great. Again.
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You know what I enjoyed most about what happened with the last Kevin Durant thing? Mike Ryan is over here with the brave face of, how many times are we going to fail on Kevin Durant? And he's covered himself with the scar tissue. You've got to...
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When your fandom got birthed by 2010 through 2014, not birthed, but just inflamed by everything that happened with LeBron, you come to expect mattering at the top of the sport. And they competed for five years very close to the top of the sport. And now he's insulated himself with this armor of don't hurt me anymore with Terry Rozier.
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I'm embarrassed by what represents our uniform now because it doesn't Boston comes in here and drags them and the franchise has fallen on its face. And so he's scarred and covered up and he doesn't want anyone to see his pain. But he has been right about this team for two years.
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So let me ask you this question because Phoenix is burnt too. The place that I was headed with Mike Ryan's fandom is he can say how many times are we going to fail on Kevin Durant alone but I saw him perk up when Kevin Durant reports came out. I saw him interested yet again. His hope peaked by oh maybe Kevin Durant and then I told you guys that that was never close to happening because
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Ishbia, who's running the Suns poorly, wanted what the Heat were describing as our whole team for Kevin Durant. So do it. And your response is they should have just traded for Kevin Durant.
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Starting caliber player?
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This is disrespectful. It's a good question, though.
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Yes, and you're so mad we're talking about it with you. I'm honestly mad too.
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But no, we're just going to keep... Well, they held on to BAM at all. BAM was not a grabbable piece. BAM has not been available to anybody the last few years.
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You guys are doing something funny, right?
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have a long discussion about whether or not it would have been right at any point in the last two and a half years to trade Bam. But it has not become obvious until the last six months. Like this team, it has not become obvious that Bam is somebody that you should put on the trade market because if that was the case, we wouldn't have been talking about Lillard and Durant.
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They wanted to come and play with that piece. That's the piece. It wasn't Hero.
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They could alpha him. And he does the specific things that now Steph Curry benefits from because Jimmy Butler's willing to do them. Bam? Bam's taking a step back there. No, it's not that BAM has taken a step back. It's they've had to give all the usage rate to Tyler Hero. And so when they do that, all of a sudden BAM becomes less than because they're not playing the game through Butler and BAM.
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You question management, but you don't know Pelota.
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I don't blame them for blaming management, though, because you guys came out strong and you won the championship immediately. And since then, it's just been a lot of division fighting and sending Fuentes out there. One vision, actually. To take Blount.
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Don't tell me there's only one division. Your D's had the trophy.
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I saw management weakened because Highline is pushing Mike around because the Tony tonight from Highline has not run yet. And I saw Mike getting pushed around.
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I don't know if this is true of the rest of you. Too many of my evenings are spent sort of scrolling through trailers on things I don't think are going to be any good and then going to bed because I can't find things that I want to watch. And I don't know if this is happening to everybody. But Jessica is she has embarked on something before the weekend that I think a lot of people do.
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You are not one of them, Greg Cody. I don't know. When's the last movie you saw in a theater?
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Jessica is trying to watch all of the Best Picture nominees before Sunday, and I get tempted by that sometimes when they group it for me, and they're like, here, these are guaranteed to be good, right? But I don't have the stamina for it. And I've tried to do that in years past, and I quit after half of the first one because I chose one that was a little too arty.
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Why are we making faces on iRobot meets Taken? I thought all the boys always loved anything meets Taken.
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That is your father trying to keep up with the conversation. He's proud of himself for knowing who an actor is. This is what happens with age. I'm not even blaming him. I'm just recognizing him.
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That's all that happened there. But I want to get into what it is. And good call by you. You saw your father clearly there. He just wanted to participate, show that he knew something. Was asking as if he didn't know, but knows. I thought I knew. No. I like that move.
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We've made a lot of good memories over the years at Highline. Most recently, Greg Cody coughing until he passed out there on the floor, scaring everybody. But I've never before heard in our offices. Somebody questioning Cyclones management.
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Yes, it is. Well, he's good at that on Tuesdays. But you, Billy, talking about the idea of these Taken movies, I thought that those are the – that's a fine. Yeah, that's a fine. What's a fine?
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Your phone just went off. Oh, it did? How is it that we all – I turned it off. How is it that we can all hear a phone that's near you better than you can, even though it's earmuffs on? We all do. And they're not earmuffs. That's not that's not an earmuff.
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How long is a trailer? I mean, God.
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Well, I would think at this point the theaters are pretty empty and you can get in them pretty easily, I would assume. I thought theaters were largely dying. Do I have this wrong?
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I don't know if you guys wonder about this, right? But as we continue to gravitate toward convenience in a way that makes Bezos so rich... what is happening in movies is the same thing that's going to happen in sports, is it not?
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Where people realize that the convenience from home and the ability to also get ADD from home, where you can check in on other things all the time, is more fun than going to the theater. This is all coming to sports, is it not? I don't know if it'll come... It's not more fun, it's more convenient. Well, no, but yes, more convenient, but also just more.
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If you're at home, you get to be more in the devices and more in the things that disconnect you from the energy of sports. This is not true in college football, but this is what's happening in theaters, is it not? The reason theaters die is because people have the convenience of, I'll just watch it at home for $20 in my underwear.
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Yeah, quite frequently.
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Do you not believe this is coming to sports or is it not? Is it already here with sports? It is coming.
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It's the first time I'm hearing criticism of Cyclones management. And Billy, you mentioned, well, who's in charge over there? And it's Chris Cody's face that's on the giant billboard that suggests he's the owner of the Cyclones. Although Mike kind of acts like the owner of the Cyclones. You're back to stirring some shit, huh? He was dressed in peach.
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I guess what I'm asking you guys, you know how you look back at those photos of baseball games in the 50s and people are going in suits and a top hat to the game? Are we going to look back at this time 30 years from now and be like, look, all those people used to go to the games. Those people used to go and have to sit there because they wanted to be close to what it is that's happening.
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If that can happen to theaters, why wouldn't it happen to sports? It's already you don't want to bother with the parking. Saturdays and Sundays, I think, are different.
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Jessica, you weren't here yesterday, but I still haven't recovered from my wife deciding on Nosferatu at 7 a.m. on Saturday. I still haven't gotten the cold off of me from that movie.
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Yeah, I did like it. Well, but I liked it. Very spooky. I liked it because I just rarely feel these days. I don't know if you guys do this. I just rarely feel these days, especially with period pieces, like a transporting. But I'm telling you, at 7 a.m. on a Saturday, that's aggressive. And I feel like I made a mistake. I still haven't gotten off of me on Tuesday.
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I've got a film on me that feels uncomfortable because I visited the depths of hell.
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No, just eternal love. Eternal love running dark.
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That was the first time I was introduced to dark love. I didn't like it back then in the 80s. Whatever it is that vampires are supposed to represent.
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Are you going to get to Sunday and watch all of these movies, the Best Picture nominees?
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This episode of the Dan Lubbock Talk Show with Stu Gatz is presented by Venmo.
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The block spot on Twitter on X writes that Ohio State beat Oregon by 20, Texas by 14, Penn State by 7, Notre Dame by 11, Indiana by 23, Tennessee by 25. That's 1-3-3-5-5-7. And then calls it the most dominant season in college football history. With two losses. Certainly the one I've seen that has the most losses, that is also the most dominant, I'd be willing to give you.
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I believe that that LSU team that had Joe Burrow on it and Jamar Chase, and didn't they also have a bunch of first-rounders on defense?
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Yeah, they were pretty good for a while, that team. Ohio State did trail for just six minutes the entire college football playoff. So six minutes total. Juju Gotti is with us. You saw some of his work. There will be more from Unrivaled. Juju, it was really nice to see those women have a real appreciation that your fandom seems to go back from before it was popular to be their fan.
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It's a weird part of Miami to have a professional sports league.
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I would tell the audience as well that when Juju says getting in that trouble overseas, that's doing a little bit of work on a lot of details that Brittany Griner found herself in a Russian prison and then was swapped for a known terrorist during difficult. That's doing a lot of work getting in that trouble overseas. What do you have for us on the polls today, Juju?
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Do we have any updates that are worth covering?
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You can't lose to Michigan when it's the most dominant football team of all time.
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Lou Holtz said before the game that OSU has the talent, but Notre Dame had the heart, the culture, and the D. He predicted that Notre Dame would win simply because they're Notre Dame. I think a lot of people enjoyed Notre Dame losing just because they're Notre Dame.
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I'm good. I'm glad we got to the bottom of that. The guy fumbles drop for his life is going to be remembered by Bill Buckner. Hey, get out there in front of the media, jackass. Get out there and talk about your pain. Just sit in front.
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So just to be clear, the majority of the audience says, hey, Mark Andrews, go be a professional. Give us your heartbreak so we can see your tears. All right.
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The Steelers have won more championships. Interesting. The audience surprises me there. An upset.
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Come on. Don't get disrespectful here. Don't be disrespectful.
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You prisoners of the moment. No. No.
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Salute to the audience. No, not salute to the audience. Generational, man. Those disrespectful kids. Barkley's 70-year-old peers aren't on X. Salute to some of the audience.
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Venmo me. No, we're not Venmoing you, Juju. You've got to Venmo us. This is the entire scam. Everyone's running around here. No one is still respecting the Venmo fine bucket. We're going to need to get some enforcer around here to take care of this. Do we have any more polls?
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Joker of the week. Do we have a Joker of the week here? Do you have anything special lined up for anybody? Now, Juju doesn't do a lot of judging. He does a lot of saluting. He wants sports celebrated. He's about sports positivity. But every once in a while, someone's behavior is malodorous enough that even Juju will call that person a Joker of the week. So what do we have, Juju?
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You can't trust Jameson's judgment. I think it's fair to say that in times of crisis, we just need to be careful about the Jameson judgment. I don't think that's slander to say that. Jameson's got enough – judgment impairment that in that spot I don't want him throwing the football.
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Juju, good seeing you. Talk to you tomorrow. Yes, sir.
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He gets immunity all over the place and all of our judges so that this guy, a journalist, is on here saying, yeah, it's unconstitutional, but who knows what the Supreme Court is going to do. Like, to take a hatchet to America like that? Like, how the hell is this the first day?
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Mm-hmm.
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No, but once a week.
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Once a week is really pushing.
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It's aggressive. Would you go once a week? You would go once a week deep dish? Look, I would be 600 pounds if I lived in Chicago. 600 pounds. Because of the deep dish. This show would be my 600 pound life if I lived. Yes, because yes, it's like three pizzas on top of each other. Like, why wouldn't I want three pizzas on top of each other? Why wouldn't I want more?
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What's happening here with this gold chain?
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That is a killer one question to ask in an interview, Billy. I'm going to tell her you said that. You're going to hear from her.
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We appreciate you being on Maiden Voyage. Good talking to you, Chris. Thank you, sir. Thank you, fellas.
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Stu Gatz, there are a couple of things that I wanted to talk to you about that we did not get to earlier in the show because we were just wandering around and Xavier Lucas has entered the transfer portal or he has come to the University of Miami through a portal that his attorney is arguing does not exist. So I can get this right. A secret portal?
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Anyone would figure this thing out that it's not actually my bad. Yes, well, what I loved about it, it bypassed all of the other ways that these are announced. And once I got involved and read... His attorney said, and then I just saw the NCAA backpedaling from, we don't have any actual power here. We like to complain about things and pretend like we're making the rules, but we're not allowed.
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We don't have any jurisdiction here.
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Well, let me stop you for a second because we just got done. Stugatz, this is a reason for celebration, and we can also speak honestly at the greed and the churning of bodies that is making profit out of football on the professionalization of what we watched last night, which is Ohio State beats Notre Dame. Everyone's riveted, and the last Chiefs game is the biggest number in the history of ESPN.
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Goodell comes out and says 18 games, and we're now playing 15 and we're playing 16. Those records up there when Notre Dame and Ohio State are playing are 14-1 and 13-2. That's a lot of games being played, and we just keep throwing more and more into it as Saban makes a lot of money while saying X, Y, and Z on NIL while being a paid lobbyist on behalf of I will protect St. Lee football, I'm St.
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Nick from Alabama. And the business of it is such...
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that cam ward is now worth about six or seven times what he was just paid uh... in one season and leonard hamilton has his players boycotting games and and a lawsuit because they want their one point five million dollars and mike ryan is saying and this is when a discussion like this goes flammable when you turn this amateurism this promptly into just greed capitalism it's gonna get crazy the left tackled about cost and ten million dollars in
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Joining us now from Metal Arc Media's New York studio, where he's hobnobbing around with another one of those obnoxious liberal elites, Pablo Torre. Chris Hayes is with us. He's the host of All In, weeknights on MSNBC, that propaganda outlet for the woke. He's the author of a new book called The Siren's Call. It's not about Trump or politics. It's about attention.
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If he's protecting Cam Ward, you're going to get crazy. Mike Ryan says a step away from slavery. And once you say slavery, you lose just about everybody. A step away from slavery.
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It's what's happening with business. And of course, they're going to try and get the shackles on the freedom. It's been the problem that you don't understand what a great quiet secret this was that we all kept together on the idea like, yeah, just churn through their bodies for profit and everyone will make the money.
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It'll eventually be the ACC and all the guys in the media, or all the guys in the press box in their orange jackets. But then the television executives will steal it from the bowl executives because the bowl executives had this grift on the download quiet for 25 years, running a straight-up crime organization a step away from slavery. Like, they'd been doing it. It was just all agreed upon.
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The terms, we all agreed. Yeah, I'll do rah-rah on Saturdays, and it'll feel good, and I won't pay attention that they're paying Ricky Williams with a briefcase full of watches. Yeah. The watch. The watch.
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And I want to get into some of the inauguration with him because he's written a think piece for the New York Times about how content is king. How, of course, Musk buys talking and Trump rules the world. That content is king now. Attention is the currency of the day. So, Chris, thank you for joining us. And you wrote this because what?
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Jessica has popped into the call here, Stugatz. I was looking forward to her being here today. She was at the game. I was looking forward to crowning her the queen of all of college football as a very ardent Notre Dame supporter. And then they come out last night and the first drive, exactly how you want Notre Dame to play and start that game. And then Ohio State just sort of happened.
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Because you realized you, too, are a content merchant, an addict.
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The next three methodical drives down the field, no real pressure on the quarterback, converting every third down. and then the game gets away from Notre Dame. How was it, Jessica? I'm sorry. I am sorry for your pain.
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It was a great Notre Dame football season, and I wanted that game to be closer earlier because once Ohio State got carried away, they proved over the last month that they were better than everyone else in college football.
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It was exactly the way the game needed to start. It needed to start. It just had to stay there the entire rest of the game.
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Oh, but there's no shame, though, in the fact that over the last month of the season, since December 21st, Ohio State beat two of the three best SEC teams, beat Oregon, the number one team in the country, and then beat a one-loss Notre Dame team. And I think all of the wins were by double digits. I don't know how you argue with that. That is a steamrolling.
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We haven't seen over four games at the end of the season since LSU did it.
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Juju, put it on the poll, please. Does the doink loom large?
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
That's fine.
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Put it on the poll. Does Dugatz have to care about Riley Leonard?
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
He put in one. I do think just... I think people want to know how you felt. Do you immediately go to perspective, great season, oh, my God, Ohio State is overwhelming? Or does it – I mean, certainly after that first drive, you must have been like, oh, maybe. Maybe.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
Well, tell me about how you experienced Elon Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg at the inauguration with better seats than the incoming cabinet, a cabinet that is not unlike the cabinets in many white households, all white.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
We're out of time. I need to know the name of that thing. What is that toy that you got there? It makes it all right. It makes everything all right.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
Look at that. Look at there. That's all you need in times of soothing. There it is. They give her a toy and everything is fine.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
But when you examine it from that angle, right, like, of course, it can be dark humor, but the idea of a party running on against... elite and big tech. And then to see Bezos, who owns a newspaper as a side toy, not give any kind of endorsement, sit out waiting for this moment.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
And Zuckerberg also fights for our attention and Musk tries to outbuy them all while following the president around like a lapdog as if he wants to buy America while he's at it. Like when you're watching all of that, you're experiencing that how as an American.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
You write in your book, The Siren's Call, we have a country full of megaphones, a crushing wall of sound, the swirling lights of 24-7 casino blinking at us, all part of a system minutely engineered to take our attention away from us for profit.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
Under these conditions, anything resembling democratic deliberation seems not only impossible, but increasingly absurd, like trying to meditate in a strip club. The next four years are bringing what?
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
But you're assuming that the government is going to get ransacked, correct? Are you not assuming? Oh, yeah.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
All right, Chris, objectively, though, OK, objectively, explain.
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Explain to me the difference between Joe Biden pardoning his son. And Donald Trump pardoning all of the January 6th people because a proud boy here in Miami who got 20 plus years through our legal system is now at home ready for the next time the violence might be needed. Can you explain objectively the difference between those two pardons? Because both pardons seem wrong.
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
I want your attention. I need your attention. Here is how I mastered my own. It's the opinion guest essay he has written for The New York Times. Why did you write it? Are you you're being introspective during dark times about being complicit to feeding this machine you whore?
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Hour 2: Chris Hayes and His Brass Chain (feat. Chris Hayes)
I did call it an essay. Yes. Brown wave. But what happened to the comma? You called him a whore. I did call him a whore. He knows what I'm talking about. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show, Juju. Being with your own thoughts, is it the stuff of life? No, I think he's... I think the reason... Put it on the poll. Dangerous game, Dano.
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I think the reason that he's written this think piece is because he understands that in some ways the liberal media elite was outplayed by a group of people who realized earlier than the mainstream media did that they were buying up
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People right and left, and this is where not just he gets turned around, I get turned around as well, and I'm on the losing side of a fight where that particular oaf took out journalism. That particular, that thing ended up just wandering around yelling fake news, fake news, and because he's a reality TV contestant, he now gets... He gets immunity.
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Hour 1: Dianna Russini Explains Philadelphia Eagles Fans
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 1: Dianna Russini Explains Philadelphia Eagles Fans
This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Postgame Show: Let's Get Toasty
You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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Postgame Show: Let's Get Toasty
We're not trying to get kooky. We're getting toasty.
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Postgame Show: Let's Get Toasty
I haven't filled out a men's bracket yet, but I have filled out my women's bracket. It's very chalky, except for UConn upsetting USC in the lower left quadrant. But when I fill out my men's bracket, I imagine I'm just going to go straight chalk because I don't know what I'm doing.
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I don't know about you guys. I know you're all college sports fans, but I am a big college sports fan, and I find it really hard to pick teams that I don't like to do well. So I kind of sometimes will just make a haters bracket and just root for the downfall of all of my haters.
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A lot. I would say the best thing in sports is when your team wins everything.
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The very close second best thing is when, Lewis, what are you doing?
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It wasn't distracting at all that you just carried in a ginormous bag of chips.
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The second best thing is when your team doesn't win anything, but the teams you hate are doing worse.
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And it's great. I love it. Who do you hate the most?
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Other than all the teams that the people here support, because that's kind of how it works in our office. Like we all sort of root against our coworkers. You don't like the heat? Really? Like when UCF loses a football game, I get really, really overjoyed. And text me.
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Postgame Show: Let's Get Toasty
Is it Miami? Miami football. The Miami Hurricanes. Is it Miami? That's my favorite one. Miami Hurricanes.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Well, I already did that for the audience in episode two.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Okay. I mean, Walton Goggins... Spoiler.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Being angry while... Nude. Funny. It's not just full frontal. For no reason at all, by the way.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Danny McBride using two episodes of Righteous Gemstones to go full frontal nudity with these two things. One, someone enraged while naked is funny. Someone getting in a prolonged fist fight that goes from indoors to outdoors while full frontally nude with BJ, even funnier.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Yeah, I'm going to just keep doing it how I want to do it, and everyone can get mad. How's that? I'm not going to do it. Wait for Wednesday. He's not going to do any of that. All the power to you, Dan. Yeah, thank you.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
I'm going to spoil things on my own terms. Don't care. Keep getting upset, and it's fine. The ruiner.
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Don Levitard. Surely every time you're watching this, you recognize that your wife is laughing that she married Larry David.
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All right, put it on the poll, please, Jude. You did, Greg Cody, copyright being an asshole long before Larry David.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
I'm totally fine with that as my nickname if you guys want to make me that.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
You guys are making all your own rules when it comes to the spoilers. There's no consensus on this. In the modern age, when people can get things more instantaneously than they ever have, and you're also not giving me...
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
you give me a suggestion but you're not giving me what to consensus because i could do this on wednesday and still be accused of of spoilers since there are no rules i'm just gonna talk about things on our talk show when i feel like talking about that and if people then want to get mad that is ok they can call the west virginia governor and the attorney general and make all sorts of noise about that uh... and that controversy i uh...
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
I asked initially, caring about what the answer was. You did not give me an answer. We definitely set up a day and time.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Do you guys have any opinions otherwise on White Lotus, or are we closing the category entirely on any White Lotus? Because there are only a couple of shows. Is there a third show right now? We've talked about Paradise quite a bit on this show, but when it comes to Righteous Gemstones and White Lotus, I don't think we have a third show as a show that's that we're all paying attention to?
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Is there a close third place on what would also require, hey, don't spoil this for me so that I can have an antenna up for something that I'm going to immediately put that antenna in storage and never pay attention to it again? I don't know that we have a third one.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Jeremy, can we get an update, please, on Tracy Morgan?
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What would you think? What are you just saying? It doesn't seem like you're just saying anything.
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Let me live my life, Lois. Porzingis recently had a mystery illness. Put this on the poll, please.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Does everyone have the sniffles now at Levitard Show? Because we talked about this the other day. I do believe that everyone's just a little bit sicker than they used to be. And when you're talking about food poisoning, you're talking about, you'd know it if you were food poisoned. You would just not have control of
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vomiting and everything coming out of every orifice right you'd be you just wouldn't you'd have less control over that than you ever did because you had eaten something that was bad and Tracy Morgan who's battled with alcoholism has been sober for nearly 30 years your theory that he was hammered
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
He was saying he wasn't saying that while saying it. He was saying, I'm just saying, but he didn't say it. He just asked the question. Yeah, and it wasn't hammered.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
It is a Marlins story, though. Outside of the A's, there's not another organization in baseball that would get the negative blowback of, you're paying amateurs how much to play against your single-A players. What are you shaking your head about, Cody? You're down on the Marlins in general. Another season for the Marlins is starting, and they have one baseball player anyone locally can name.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
They ran off a manager of the year, and they are broken in every way, financial and otherwise, that make it so that opening day, which should be at very least the one day that you are guaranteed hope, you don't really have that either.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
I don't know what. Are you going to finish the thought? Well, Greg was going, so I just... No, go ahead.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
That is one of the great sports phenomenons anywhere that something would grow out of the ground and become. Didn't they get 65? Aren't they making fun of the Rays because they got a crowd of 65,000 for a game and all they've done is make baseball fun?
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
And something that everyone else likes that is also universally thought of as fun that Billy and Greg are tired of.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Yes, I agree. I've often thought that whenever seeing someone sell overpriced water, that that would be a good business. Can you guys please, for me, before the end of the show, find me some short actors whose height would shock the audience? And also, I'd like to ask all of you recently, what is something that you have purchased that you have been alarmed about?
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Please explain how you saw a couple. We started the show with you, a Hall of Fame voter, consistently going to Marlins games and not knowing that for 10 years people have been batting the best batter in a lineup second.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Craig, you're not listening to him. Juan Soto last year? Trust us on this, okay? You're wrong.
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He just quoted again former Dolphins offensive coordinator Gary Stevens who would walk into the media room and say, you're brain beating me.
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by how much the price of that has gone up. Because a lot of people are talking about fruit, a cup of coffee, A cup of coffee is now at a price point that is totally absurd for a cup of beans. I told you recently that a regular small smoothie with fresh fruit I saw for over $9.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Give me some shocking, some sticker shock that you guys have gotten recently on stuff that is a lot more expensive than it used to be.
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I bought gum the other day for $6. $6. What kind of gum was this? Is that like neuro gum or something?
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Let's look at this Michael Jordan Cheeto here. The Flamin' Hot Air Jordan Jumpman here.
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Legs are barely spread. He's calling for the ball in the post. It is not the jump man logo.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
How did you feel about fake opening day today? The Dodgers, of course, win on their path to an undefeated season. They've taken baseball and broken it over their knee. How did you feel? We had a Major League Baseball game and the Major League Baseball season start during our show, start at 6 o'clock this morning and end. The game ended during our show.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
What happened and what are the updates that you want to give people?
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Are you sure that he's not someone who likes to zig when others are zagging? His sense of humor strikes me as somebody who would do something like that on purpose because, like you, he enjoys the occasional awkwardness. Yeah.
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His left eye is looking at the camera. His right eye appears to be wandering.
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Thank you, Chris, for getting me an answer to that question because I think some of those will be shocking to people. Please forgive me here because I was not aware until you guys started making this reference over the last couple of days. I evidently ruined White Lotus for people or I ruined the Walton Goggins penis scene for people.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
Sullivan, can you try and get a hold of one of them so that I can find out what are the practical difficulties in expecting to go to space for a week and ending up there nine months? I would imagine that there are all sorts of difficulties any of us wouldn't understand. I'd like to talk to an astronaut. How do you get eggs? That's the chief question, obviously, that we would all fall on.
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Hour 2: Spoiler Wednesday
You're saying we're trying to do our best, and I cannot make that allegation because I've not been paying attention to what the rules are here, and I'm still not clear as we talk about it here. No, I didn't. I ruined it the next day. You did it the very next day?
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But I was wrong. I thought White Lotus was that. I thought that's something that people watch together.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
I knew the moviemaking industry was in some peril. I knew it was hard to make independent films. I did not know that both people who had made the best film of the year would be saying, hey, zero dollars or close to broke.
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He's taller than that.
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He's taller than that.
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I was dwarfed standing next to him. I felt small. I don't feel small around a whole lot of people. I was surprised by how tall he is. Jeff Goldblum, 6'4". Nicholas Braun is 6'7". I think you can do this on both ends. You can shock us right now.
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He's not playing for that team, but he was cutting the net the other day, and there's video of him cutting the net without having to get on the ladder, where he just reaches up there and cuts the net. There's also video of him on the team plane, a team plane filled with ostensibly other very large people, and he just looks very much bigger than... than everyone else.
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You can shock the listening audience on both the high end and the low end by telling them some actors who are impossibly small and some who are larger than you think they are.
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Feel free to find both on the high end and the low end. The low end can be funnier.
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All of those, I'd like some that are surprisingly small because you think of them as taller.
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Well, there are pictures of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro walking around in like clogs and stuff and high heels on a set meant to make them look larger.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
They'll often find get actors who are similarly small to make them appear larger. There are any number. I think that Emilio Estevez is stunningly small. I think that you can find a number of actors that you will surprise the audience because they look on the screen like they're big. How tall is Tom Cruise? Is he? He's. He's about 5'6", is he not?
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Are you surprised that Danny Trejo is only 5'8"? 5'6". Oh, 5'6".
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
And sports is a great confidence builder for a number of people, success in sports. But when I see someone of this height and think of all the things that are problematic, including just trying to take a shower in a hotel room, just any hotel room in America, that person cannot take a shower. And when, or sleep in a bed, I imagine.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Let's play for Greg Cody what promises to be, or I'm assuming already is, a number one seed in this tournament. And just please put in picture in picture the look on Greg Cody's face so you can see how radiant he will get at any mention of his name or any reference that is anywhere near him.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
Billy, how many more tournament teams do you want to unveil to the audience? You have already got the 68 videos. You've organized them.
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And it's one of the rare instances when I do trust you.
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I imagine a normal bed is not something that a seven foot nine person could sleep in. So when you add the combination of he's seven nine and he's obviously a basketball player and anyone who talks to him or sees him is going to see him as a basketball player, but he's not a good basketball player because he can't move around very well at that height.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
I still hear the echoing laughter of Vince Wilfork and his new wife in the New Orleans airport outside of the bathroom when they saw me.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
Greg, how do you feel? Because you've got a number of different opinions here today that we have not yet gotten to. And I'd like to spin the wheel of Greg Cody issues, if you guys don't mind. I'd like to spin the wheel right now. And I will tell you what it is that's on the wheel. We've got Tommy John is on the wheel. The NIT tournament. Aaron Rodgers is on the wheel. Let's see what it lands on.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
What did it land on, Greg?
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I remember the stories about Andre the Giant and the pain that he was in. When I see someone of that height, it generally fills me with a sadness about the unknown because I imagine that person to be in a great deal of pain.
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You are against the NIT in a way that's strongest among all media members. And I can't wait until the governor of West Virginia and the attorney general are invited to West Virginia winning the NIT tournament and celebrating it with their local politicians.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
N-O-T. Spin the wheel again.
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What did it land on there, Greg?
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How could I have known what your punchline is?
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Did you guys notice, I don't know if this story is something that has gotten traction or if it's something that's happening outside of South Florida, but my wife was very confused recently because it is taking her months to try and get a DMV appointment. That one of the things that's happening with all of the chaos in some American systems failing and the government being actively broken,
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
The DMV is not functioning correctly, but now people have done some reporting to find out what's happening there. The appointments, the free appointments are being booked by people who are affiliated with like the driver's school or the traffic school. And then the appointments are being scalped.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
If you want to get a free appointment at the DMV, you have to pay someone who is hogging the appointments because there are scalpers who are taking the DMV appointments and then putting them on the secondary market so that you have to pay for them.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
I just did not have a circumstance in any scenario non-apocalyptic where DMV would be something that I have to pay for because people are scalping DMV reservations. Is that only because we're a corrupt banana republic or is this happening throughout the country with DMV?
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
Or can't afford $25 to get the reservation or is making some sort of principled stand about not. But it's taken months, Billy. It ain't a week. thing. It's not waiting for weeks. She can't get an appointment for many months.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
This is going – the tickets are going or the reservations are going for anywhere from $25 to $250. Yeah, let's just end it.
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Why wouldn't he just try and wait out the preferred option of Minnesota? So he can stop inconveniencing you because you're accusing him? You care so much about the Giants and the Steelers being held hostage that you think he should choose one of those lesser preferred scenarios to the one he prefers to satiate you?
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
But why does he owe them anything? He's trying to get the best spot for him.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
It really changes your outlook. I've never – when you say 6'7 is a normal tall – I have legitimately never met a seven-foot human being who's not a basketball player. I've never seen what one of those looks like who doesn't play basketball in the wild.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
So you have them being fibs? You have them being fibs? Vikings fibs?
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I have been trying to encourage the audience to be better about its phone calls on this Boost Mobile Boldest Take hotline. The telephone number is 305-486-GOTZ, G-O-T-Z, 305-486-4689. These have admittedly been slightly better, though that's not saying much.
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Hour 1: A Second Greg Cote "Zip Your Lip"
I want more Jim Laranega.
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Anywhere. I remember Amici said to me one time, because he was the first player in his country to make it to basketball, and the way that he started was so primitive in that The first basket that he played on, there was a wall right behind the basket. So there was no place to land on the other side of the basket when he was playing.
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He said to me, there are plenty of seven foot people because I'm talking to him about, well, you had certain gifts being seven foot. And he's like, there's seven. There are plenty of seven foot people who work at Subway. And I'm like, no, there aren't.
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OK, so Billy is informing me that as part of our March Sadness tournament that involves the fans of this show, that we have someone who's very tall, that he can't figure out whether that person is standing on a chair or not. So do we have rankings and seedings for these people who are in our tournament?
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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He doesn't deserve to be in our tournament. Well, he was a 16 seed.
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We will get that in a moment and we will play that again for the audience that wasn't listening on Sunday night because Greg Cody enjoys nothing more than people who reference Greg Cody. So we will get to that in a second as soon as the video team gets to it. But Greg was wearing me out during the break because he was saying, hey, Dan, the West Virginia attorney general is now involved.
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They're formally investigating everything that's happening with this North Carolina being allowed into the term.
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Many years ago, I was talking with Kevin Durant about being tall as a child. And he said that as a fifth grader, he used to pray that every evening that he could be shorter because kids, you know, want to fit in. And he was being gawked at because... He was tall, and it felt awkward for him.
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Greg Cody, your thoughts on the West Virginia attorney general now summoning an investigation? Because I keep hearing... It wasn't just L. It was also you.
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And you wore me out during the break saying that it should just be understood that if the school that you're competing against has that kind of history in basketball, all of the things being equal, including merit, you should be OK with North Carolina making the tournament. And it's the opinion of someone who doesn't actually care about the team being wronged.
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Because if it was your team, nobody would be making the argument of, yeah, it's fine. It's not about this season. It's just about... And I'm with you on the idea that... Much of this is just for television, and you have to understand that it's not about merit. It's about entertainment. But if it were my team, I'd be mad that it were about entertainment instead of merit.
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That's not supposed to be how it works in sports. So I'm sure everyone listening to this is, oh, West Virginia is being ridiculous with its governor and its attorney general, except for people who care about the West Virginia program and except for any of you who care about any program. And if it happened to you, you'd be this kind of mad as well.
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Again, though, if Jessica's Notre Dame is wronged in that situation, or if Mike's Miami or Billy's FIU or Jeremy's UCF... Well, Mike's Miami was wronged in the women's bracket last year.
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Again, though, you guys don't care enough about the—nobody here cares about West Virginia basketball.
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They would have been to a three and 17 team. But I would just say that in the era of gripes. You saying that the minority that feels wronged gets laughed at by the majority. It's why the minority ends up feeling even more alone with their wronged because no one cares about this enough except for a politician who's out here trying to grandstands. Yes.
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About a year ago, we talked about a Florida player, a player who had decided to go to Florida, Olivier Roux, who was 7'9", but wasn't one of the top 50 prospects in America, even though he was 7'9". He ended up going to Florida. Florida, obviously. is good enough to win the tournament this year, a very deep team.
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Just cares about his constituency. And it's wise to care about that particular constituency. This is the easiest possible issue for a politician to get behind and summon his attorney general to help him with because the people. What are you shaking your head? No, about it's just.
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Another a second. Zip your lip.
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There you go, Greg. Okay, very good. Greg's got a lot of opinions. I want to get to most of them. I also want to get to updating our tournament, which we will do in a second. But I wanted to put before you guys some information that I did not have, I did not know, before yesterday.
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Sean Baker, the director of Anora that won so many Oscars, and also the director of The Brutalist, whose name escapes me right now. Both of these people have said, this stunned me, that the Hollywood film market and independent moviemaking has taken such a hit in the streaming age. The business of it has taken such a hit.
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where DVD sales and money you can make after making a movie is no longer available. Both of them have said they're broke, that they didn't make any money on those movies, that the director of The Brutalist told Marc Maron, I made zero dollars. making that movie, and Sean Baker is saying something very similar.
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I could not believe that the industry, that independent movie making is in such peril that Onora, which costs $6 million to make, is unable to pay Sean Baker what he believes is, nevermind a decent wage for an obsessive project that requires a number of hours, but that you're talking about people who are struggling to get any kind of paycheck for exemplary work.
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Okay, it's always splitting hairs when you get between 68 and 69, and it's subjective, but I'm surprised to hear Greg Cody say what he's saying, which is, eh, merit doesn't matter. It's just North Carolina won a lot 10 years ago, so therefore they should be rewarded this year.
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I understand what you're saying, and it's the same thing that Taylor said yesterday when he's like, we're North Carolina and you're Boise State, but it's supposed to be merit-based. Sports is supposed to be based on were you good this year or not. Not were you good 20 years ago.
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Another correction that we want to make is that we said yesterday on the show that the Michigan baseball player who we think... tripled and then tried to snort the third base line. We did not think that was going first to third on a single to right field. We didn't think it was stealing third base. We thought it was a triple and then snorting the third base line.
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That player is now apologizing for his behavior. I would like to apologize for my actions on third base yesterday. I made an immature decision in the heat of the moment. The gesture I made does not reflect my character. I am truly sorry to all those who I have negatively impacted by doing this. How many were negatively impacted? Can we get, by the way, the video of that to show of him clearly?
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And now we have confirmation because you guys were saying maybe he wasn't doing what it looked like he was doing. He was indeed snorting or pretending to snort the third baseline. Who did that? that negatively.
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Okay. Very good. It's good that you're forgiving. Uh, Billy, you mentioned earlier, uh, Tracy Morgan, and you didn't offer anything in the way of context for anybody in terms of details. He threw up during the game yesterday of the Knicks and the heat, and then had to leave during the game. And, uh,
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He has battled an assortment of health stuff, so I don't want to make any fun of this, but I don't know any of the details except what I just said to you.
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But I was surprised to see him at a college baseball game.
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He didn't actually say it. It was just the notes app apology that I read.
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Yeah, not everyone is in a forgiving mood around here. You guys were fine, but it would appear that Greg Cody is not quite as lenient as you guys are about Michigan baseball and snorting third-base lines. He is taking a hard stance on this, and he thinks this is the problem with America,
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is that you guys accept these apologies and then go straight to forgiveness after someone has snorted the third baseline.
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As part of the, were you going to say something there, Billy, before you take it?
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But now you have your answer. Now what do we do? You just stare at me and imagine me having sex? Okay, good. I'm glad we did that. It's good for the whole audience. You guys mentioned not playing the video of Tracy Morgan throwing up. Is that something that also would risk making others throw up? What are the things in both video form or in community that are contagious?
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All right, good. All right, good. I'm glad that you just looked like you were going to say something and then didn't say anything. Let's go to a behind the bit here as part of our 20 year celebration. Stump the Meech is always something that is popular. John Amici, one of our most popular guests, one of our smartest guests, can never tell what Stugatz is saying.
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Like yawning is said to be contagious. Is vomiting something that can be contagious? If I show you... Video of someone vomiting. Am I going to get others all of a sudden vomiting? You guys have decided as a editorial decision not to play Tracy Morgan vomiting.
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When Greg Cody says that he doesn't know what a notes app is, I wanted to ask you guys a question based on a story I was telling a couple of weeks ago around here. I had mentioned... the game in which, the Monday night game in which Derek Thomas was ejected because he just kept getting penalties because of whatever it is that Shannon Sharp was saying to him.
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And Shannon Sharp has said that he will never reveal what it is that was being said in that game that made Derek Thomas so insane. But some others have speculated, whether it is true or not, that it was a trash talk that involved a woman and more specifically, that it was just him repeating a telephone number over and over again.
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Now, again, I don't know what is true here, but I want to ask Greg Cody and the rest of you, Do you guys know any telephone numbers anymore? Do any of you know telephone numbers? Because I know about three or four important telephone numbers. And then if my iCloud wasn't backing stuff up, I would be proper bleeped on just about everything because I don't know any telephone numbers.
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How many telephone numbers do you guys know?
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We've lost all our recipes. At Levitard Show, put it on the poll. Do you know any telephone numbers? Yes or no?
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Elle Duncan joins us now. We're going to talk tournament and other stuff with her because I just enjoy talking to her about anything that's going on. Do you want to play that sound for her, Chris Cody, of the last time she was on and she called you something that is not your name so that we can get a formal apology that you have not yet forgiven her for?
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Do you have any telephone numbers? How many telephone numbers does L. Duncan know?
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Put it on the poll as well. I think most people might at Levitard Show. Do you remember the number at your original home at Levitard Show? Yes or no is the question. Al, how often do you use your phone as a phone?
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Because one of the things that I'm super interested in as we've evolved is the sheer number of people who get annoyed when their phone rings like a phone and have no interest in actually using it as anything other than a computer.
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I should tell people, incidentally, that she's obviously been a mainstay on SportsCenter for nearly a decade. She's the host of the Elle Duncan show on ESPN, and she's leading ESPN's coverage on the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning Wednesday, March 19th. And the tournament is featuring more games on ABC and ESPN than ever before.
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How are you seeing the change around your coverage? Because ESPN ESPN has been the exclusive home for almost 30 years for the women's tournament. So what have you seen change over the last 10 years?
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I want to play for you some sound from West Virginia's governor here standing in front of a sign, the National Corrupt Athletic Association here to get both your reaction to this. and to ask you whether the women's game has had more controversy than the men's game this year, because this is the big controversy from the men's game.
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What are you laughing about, Al? So silly. This is so silly.
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Well, but somebody who does care about her seating is USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb, who says, I never thought I'd be at one seat and feel disrespected, but I thought the committee, I thought there would be very little chance. that we'd be the number four overall number one. You agree with that, yes?
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Let's play a game of douche or no douche with Elle Duncan here. Give me my imaging. I haven't heard it for a while.
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Person who takes their dog to the grocery store. Douche or no douche? Douche. Douche.
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Do you person who insists on talking to you about their fantasy team douche or no douche?
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Person who honks at you because you're texting at the stoplight, douche or no douche?
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A sideline reporter who finishes his sideline interview and then does this while walking away, pumping a fist because he's pleased with himself. Douche or no douche?
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Elle, it is nice seeing you. We look forward, as we always do, to your coverage. Good talking to you.
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What is the first mispronunciation from Stugatz?
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Stugatz just pronounces things very poorly for a broadcaster.
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It's such a great idea because all it is is us taking things that have been said in the natural flow of Stugatz broadcasting as Stugatz and he doesn't finish all of his words and he tries to get to the next thought a little faster before he's finished the other one. And so words get jumbled up. And so we had an endless library of things that Stugatz had mispronounced.
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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The only times he's won is when we've made terrible mistakes somehow. It's not because he ever deserves to win.
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Yes, we would. It's a little bit of sorbet, a little bit of sorbet at the end of a societal conversation that makes your head hurt.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Elle Duncan is going to be here shortly. We should play douche or no douche with her. We have not done that game in a while. I want to play for the audience some sound here of a West Virginia politician, the governor, Patrick Morrissey, really just pandering.
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It's a great way to get your constituency on your side to stand in front of a sign that says National Corrupt Athletic Association, the NCAA. This is West Virginia's governor going very strong at North Carolina and the NCAA tournament for NCAA.
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for a West Virginia school that probably could have made the tournament if in the first game of their conference tournament they hadn't lost to 3-17 Colorado.
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Jessica, why are you making a face? The National Corrupt Athletic Association is the sign that he's standing in front.
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Juju did a great job with all of that unrivaled stuff. It is a great idea. Just a couple of concentrated months of basically it's the bubble. It's put all of these players in a part of town that they would not normally be and just intensely have them compete and do work and make more money online.
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You think so? You think that the players don't appreciate some support that they probably agree with?
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It's not just that he's saying it. It's the language is so strong on what he's saying. Like, what are you actually saying for things that are miscarriages of justice that are egregious as opposed to this one that begins with you losing your last game to a team that was 3-17?
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The rest of politics is so pure these days that that really stands out as shameless.
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Getting involved is different than calling it the height of robbery. Yeah, and standing behind the word corrupt.
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No politician thought that you could get a single vote based on supporting UCF during its undefeated season with pandering.
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On the side, as part of our 20-year anniversary celebration, because many of you are demanding more Stugatz, we expect him back soon. But he's following his daughter around the country. Where was he the other day? I asked this yesterday. He was along the college baseball path for some reason. And I was not surprised when I saw him in Syracuse, given that one of his daughters goes to Syracuse.
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It seems like stronger than a hint. It suggests that if we tune in to the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody, there will be prominent placement where we would get some redundancy on what you just said about your admiration for Lucille Ball.
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I want to get to Billy's tournament here, which we have not updated, which begins on Thursday, our March Sadness tournament that involves the fans. That's something that we must get to at some point today. But also, I wanted to get to the fact that Jessica spent an hour recently just listening to Jeremy. And that sounds like that could.
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Well, unless it's a back and forth listening, just listening to him talk for an hour, listening to anybody talk for an hour can get droning.
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So you're denying what sources say? Well, you just confirmed it beforehand, and then you denied it.
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He sounds broken. He sounds sad. People are trying, getting tired of the trust process.
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Who's broken and sad? Spoh, Eric Spolstra sounds broken and sad. Let's play the sound of Eric Spolstra sounding, you know, we're pretty annoyed at this point hearing this coach talk with these words because it doesn't sound as brilliant or entertaining when they're not in the finals.
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They have blown more leads than anybody in the league. They've now tied Utah for most blown double-digit leads. And as Jeremy mentioned, Eric Spolstra has never lost this many games in a row, and he's wearing it.
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Well, he's just used to saying it. There are certain phrases that he has. Jeremy, I believe a number of Heat fans can do a top five of phrases they are done hearing Eric Spolstra say, but he's so used to saying it that, yes, you need a different course. Go to a different course, whether it's a path or whether it's an instruction that someone's going to teach you. You're in the wrong course.
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You're in the wrong classroom.
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Right next to the condom? Yeah.
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The last two games, they're not really in them. Whether you start or not, you're losing the games by 20 points to Memphis and New York. That's different. The... There were a couple of odd basketball results last night, right? Denver ends up winning at Golden State.
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Without Jokic and without Jamal Murray, it's the one that gets interrupted around here and isn't allowed to speak for an hour straight.
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Everything's tough here. Jamal Murray doesn't play. Jokic doesn't play. And then after the game, Kerr says of Curry, we need to get him rest. He's tired. Curry says, I'm not tired. My back hurts. And then Kerr says he's been carrying the team for a month. And then you get the weird result of Indiana beating Minnesota when everyone is watching Minnesota and saying, huh,
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they might be playing recently over the last six weeks. Like they can climb into a championship conversation that only has four or five teams in it. But Minnesota loses at home because of course, we'll be topping and Indiana. I would love to have Indiana as my team.
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I would love if, if I can't have a championship team, something that looks or feels like Detroit or Indiana is something that I would love to be watching, falling in love with because of, uh, Because they can play in a game like that on the road against Minnesota and put up 132 points because they're going to get their offense against anybody.
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I feel like I just did. Just do it. I don't know whether you were jumping on the unrivaled bandwagon last night, but was that your first game attending? Because what you got was a stunner in the final, right? That's Nafisa Collier's team, the Owls. They had only lost one time all season and they were leading in that game by 20 points.
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That is an inventive experiment, by the way, that John Skipper and others are investing in. Steph Curry is one of the investors. As a made-for-television event, that is created to bolster an economy outside of the WNBA for women who are complaining about their pay, have been right to complain about their pay. And now, recent others are mentioning the idea of, you know,
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creating a work stoppage in order to make sure they are paid better so this league is a made for television event has been what kind of success can we say because in terms of conversation they've gotten a lot of conversation and if you don't need fans and are just existing as a tournament that's meant to be televised because people need programming this seems like a smart idea with women who are underpaid taking their fame putting the i've heard that they've got these great
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facilities and stuff but there is a little bit of cabin fever because as you said it's medley it's not a part of miami that most that anybody is traveling to for tourism it's over by the airport it's a place where my father grew up uh working in factories there's just not a lot over there except for a number of enormously famous women basketball players who are better than most people in the world
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It is easier, obviously, to just take a couple of concentrated months where you can make some money outside of the season and you don't have to go and run the risk of ending up in a Russian jail the way Brittany Griner did because you're trying to get...
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money overseas because they pay better overseas but when you say it's a sound stage a warehouse do you feel while you're in it that it's not quite an arena that the uh that the fans make it an arena or the environment makes it an arena but that you might as well be on the sound stage of a game show
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Can I ask you just a quick question here? How is it possible that you have been trudging out to Marlins games for the last 10 years and it has escaped your attention that the best hitter in baseball now hits second?
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I keep saying to you guys that the future of sports doesn't require fans to be in attendance. And it doesn't even require fans to be watching on television. It's just all programming. And the television streamers need the programming. Sports is one of the few places where people... Tune in at the appointed time. Like, there are so few right now. What are they? Name all of the others.
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Like, I know occasionally Max has on Sunday nights something that everyone's watching, whether it's Game of Thrones. Actually, you'd be surprised how low the numbers are on something like Succession or something like White Lotus. But I don't even know what I would say. Is it award shows? What in programming... What is second place to sports on thing that you do not on your time?
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You go and make sure that you are there. America goes and make sure it is at the television when sports or something like sports summons us. It's no longer. We have moved so far everywhere in America. into convenience. Bezos is basically everything that he is because he's better at convenience than everyone else.
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So what's second place here on something that all of you feel like you have to watch and be a part of at the time, the watch, so that you can talk about it with your friends as it's happening and you don't feel like you're left behind by it?
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Yeah, you spoiled Gemstones.
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Because there's a frontal nudity scene? Full frontal?
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I agree. No, but it just, it doesn't matter to the business. That's all. It doesn't matter all that much to the business.
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I thought something interesting that happened recently because of all the money that Netflix is pouring into live and the danger of live. I saw that Kill Tony is now doing a version of its show for Netflix that begins in April and that Kill Tony's fans are beside themselves with anger about having to share that with the biggest thing.
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Local Hour: The Pressure of The Second Seat
That they feel that Kill Tony will end up getting diluted by whatever they believe, I guess, is the corporate interference of Netflix. An interference that they're assuming that I have yet to see play out anywhere with Netflix. Netflix in terms of content control.
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I found myself actually confused, even while understanding that when you have your own little thing, that when you have the indie band and then everyone makes the indie band popular, it can be something that first arrivers don't like so much. I found confusing. Do any of you like
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Kill Tony watch Kill Tony or fear that Kill Tony will be diluted by the Netflix experience because it's something I'm hearing a lot about but I'm not a Kill Tony person I've seen clips of it I don't watch episodes but yeah I mean I think you're right it's just audiences want their thing to be theirs
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Local Hour: The Pressure of The Second Seat
Greg, how do you not know this? You've been going to baseball games for the last 10 years.
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Okay, so that fear...
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Wasn't it prevalent for Pat McAfee as well? And has it to date not been misguided, that particular fear of, oh, now it's going to become a corporate thing and change, but it hasn't actually changed, right?
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Right. OK, but whether there's a controversy or not, has it actually been changed as do McAfee fans who feared that Disney would ruin their thing that curses and behaves differently and is outside of the mainstream? That fear to date has been misguided, has it not? Like, I understand why it is that people would fear corporate oversight.
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How do you not know that baseball has switched to its best hitter now? I do love when baseball brilliant people suddenly discover, oh, yeah, get our best hitter, Maura Betts. We've been doing it wrong for 100 years.
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Local Hour: The Pressure of The Second Seat
I don't understand why anyone would fear Netflix's corporate oversight. They have been a leader in terms of allowing comedians to do whatever the hell comedians want to do. Yeah, I think that's totally fair.
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Attention at the moment. I don't know that there's anything, including currency, more valuable as a currency made valuable by younger generations that make everything popular and just... Something that is valuable from everyone from Kill Tony to Elon Musk. No matter how much money you have, it appears to me that attention is the currency of the day.
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Local Hour: The Pressure of The Second Seat
Again, not good for Nike. No, great for Nike. Everybody was talking about Nike. That's all that matters. Yeah. Not good for Nike to. Oh, Nike, you're right. They've been really hurting. Not good for Nike to have a shoe be something that could possibly injure the foot of Zion Williamson by not behaving as a competent shoe.
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Local Hour: The Pressure of The Second Seat
Guerrero projected as batting second for someone other than the Blue Jays.
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Yeah, well, we're going to just start the show and see where we end up with him not feeling at all the pressure of being the second chair.
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We're in for an experience today because if you guys are not aware of what happened to Greg Cody the week before his annual I'm going on a cruise and all I care about is just please put me at a bar for seven days so I can stand in the middle of the sea drinking from the drink package. Greg Cody tends to mail it in right before that annual trip.
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He is already sort of he's sailed to sea on vacation. Chris, are you taking this trip with him? Is this another family trip? How often do you does your father lean on you or get carried back to his room by you? Because that free drink package is something that he really he attacks with vigor.
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Local Hour: The Pressure of The Second Seat
I was told that Greg Cody, the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody, has a reveal today that was both embarrassing to you... And that you didn't realize until several minutes after announcing it that it should be embarrassing to you. Why?
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Well, that you apparently reveal when you lost your virginity on the latest episode of The Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody.
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How did this come up?
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Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow in it. Shadow in it. I don't know if this is true or not, but I've been told by informed sources that Greg Cody doesn't like the pressure of the second seat. Who told you that? I want to know your source. Is it true or is it untrue? Or you just want me to betray my sources?
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Your son said that afterward you were sheepish and wandering around saying, is 23 old to be losing your virginity?
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I didn't say you should be embarrassed by that. I said that it was reported that you were embarrassed by that.
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You thought it was okay at the beginning and then you were meant to feel shame that you didn't feel like feeling. And now you're defiant about not having felt that shame because you're just sort of covering up and hiding the shame.
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But that's just I just gave a timeline. I just gave a timeline of factual information.
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It was afterward. If he's 23, he's out of college. It took him a while to get on.
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That should have been your first warning, that journalism was trying to do it on the cheap.
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What is a heyday? Hay Day. Is that for horses?
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No, but I don't know what a hay day actually is.
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I think it has to do with Willie Mays. No, I don't think. That's right.
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I want to go through again what is on the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody. You said top five marches.
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Because I feel pretty confident in my sources that you feel like the third seat is the place that you do your best work, there is less pressure, and that you deflate work. whenever you come in and you hear, as many of us do, as many in the audience do, that Stugatz is not here.
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I've got to tell you, I'm shocked that you would be so ambitious as to think you could find five brackets. And the reason this has made the top five is because of how hard it is to find top five brackets.
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and um but that is not the way that is said a mount gregg five yeah a month greg four What is the name of it? It is not a Mount Greg 5, is it? I don't know.
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Greg, it is so great to see you on your own podcast that has your own name twice. Always go, I don't know. What is it about this thing that I do, Chris? Tell me more about it. I can't be bothered to answer questions or retain information about my own podcast. And you just point to your son and say, I don't know, Chris. him what I think about things.
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Chris, you just rolled your eyes that he pays you as such.
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Well, wait, wait. It's not a different conversation. It's the one I want to have now where he thinks she's paying you well and you think he's not. So he just said, I don't have to retain my own thoughts because of how well I pay my executive producer, who then rolled his eyes at how well he's not paid.
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Repeating your thoughts that you can't retain for yourself.
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Oh, wow. You like meetings for your own show.
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Which of your top fives did you feel the best about? Balls, brackets, baskets? Or marches. Or marches.
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I have failed Greg Cody again, not mentioning his podcast, The Greg Cody Show, featuring Greg Cody. With? Can you tell us, please, what is on the most recent episode of The Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody? And hand me your phone again, please, so that I can pay the previous Venmo fine that I forgot to pay earlier because I just stopped at 20 cents instead of $20. Let's keep it at 20.
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Juju, we're going to get to Juju's polls in a second. We're also going to get to his time at the All-Star Game. Did any of you watch the SNL? Have you been watching any of the SNL 50-year stuff? Surely they're doing it better than they've done it in a while, right?
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Don't rip David Byrne.
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Juju, thank you for being with us here. You've come in from San Francisco. How were the All-Star festivities? Metal Ark really overran the place. I saw you in a couple of clips. Was that you asking Trey Young something?
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We sent eight people to the game everyone's complaining about. No, I'm not saying you're not complaining about it, but America's complaining about what it is that the NBA did this weekend while Mike and Chris just went to drink in Canada and celebrate hockey. What would you maintain are the highlights from what it is that you were doing out there, Juju?
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Put it on the poll, please. Juju for tomorrow. Are this generation of players just interested in brand deals? Oh, oh my God. I just, I just do not like how that's going to be received by that. Just the internet is not going to be great about players getting paid millions of dollars interested in brand deals, but he's not wrong.
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Because it's different everywhere else in sports. We're not questioning the effort of people in football and hockey and baseball.
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Anthony Rendon is the only baseball player, and it's salary-related. When you go around sports, how much does he actually care? That's not an indictment you offer for many professional athletes. Hold on a minute.
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No, but it's not a different thing. They're not playing. The perception is they don't care enough to play all the games.
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Not live. It's several days after he was— It feels live.
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I believe that she's going to be on South Beach Sessions soon. I've been eager to talk to her and Brittany Griner. We're setting that up. Can you get us to some polls, please, at Levitard Show? What do we have from today? It felt like we had a lot of good ones. It feels in general. Roy, I got to think that you're very excited about where it is we've ended up with the polls.
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The polls are very popular again.
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Good, good, good. Thank you, Roy.
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That settles. Validation by Roy. I'm glad you said yes and by just saying yes, they are. And. You said yes and two other words. Go ahead, Juju. What do you have on the poll there?
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They all are, though. Is there such a thing as a convention center that's not vast?
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I get to win a poll. I never get to win polls. I'm always in the minority.
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You were making it up, Billy.
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Juju, thank you, sir. We'll talk to you tomorrow. Yes, sir.
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I don't believe that at all. That sounds like you just edited something and made it.
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Okay, so great. So you've got some editing in this week's episode of The Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody.
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Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
I'm really, really uncomfortable doing this.
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Hour 2: Sir, Do You Know Where I Can Find A Bathroom?
Jared, thank you for being on with us. Dominique, thank you. Appreciate the time, gentlemen. I'm sorry for everything.
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Don Levitard. But it's just his titties are sitting on the shelf that is his belly. Stugatz. He said titties.
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I do remember that you did do that. I want to play some sound here for a couple of reasons. First off, I want you guys to give me the assessment. Dan Arlovsky signing off of NFL Live. Is he taking a long vacation because football's over or is he going to take another job?
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Does this goodbye say to you goodbye temporarily or goodbye he's leaving ESPN as someone who hasn't been critical of some quarterbacks, at least in part because he wants to work in the league again, as accused by Nick Wright. Nick Wright has accused him of this.
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He's also, Nick Wright, who is being quite the media ombudsman, I believe, has accused Stephen A. Smith of going after Bronny extra hard because LeBron won't talk to Stephen A. Smith, which, what's that?
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President A. Can you guys put up, please, the sound here of Orlovsky saying goodbye? Okay.
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I think never knows what the future holds can be just an appreciation for being alive at the moment and saying, I will see you in several months because, you know, I'm going to be going away for a while and don't take any moment for granted.
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Do you happen to know or is that something? No, no, I haven't talked to him this go around. The other sound I wanted to play for you, because this has been a startling reinvention. The fact that Rick Pitino...
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now has, and I don't know if they've lost in the Big East recently, but he was asked why his record recently was 12-1 in the Big East, what he thought of that, and his response was, how the bleep did we lose the one?
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Because Rick Pitino is now back in the game, and they were losing this game at halftime, and this is from Vice Sports, and I think this is a part of something that Netflix is doing, if I'm not mistaken. Here is Rick Pitino going back.
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Maximum vampire coach at halftime of a game he's losing recently.
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Wow. On the back of his jersey, like the college coach lording over the players, does that actually say pray, P-R-E-Y? Yeah. I can't believe he's back toward the top of this sport.
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I mean, that's what we've been doing all show today.
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What I will say on that front is that after George Floyd happened, the leagues reacted differently to the player power and the leagues reacted differently in service of labor. listened to its players more, stronger stars with bigger voices, and as soon as Mahomes said something to Goodell, that then changed. These are two vastly different cultures, these two sports.
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The tight end is going to get the respect beat out of him by men like Pitino on his way up the climb. And they may indeed take strong political stances. But when Kaepernick did it, Jerry Jones got him gone for forever. That's not how that kind of behavior was received in basketball by the leadership. So you are talking about two different cultures and the one in football.
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runs toward discipline more necessarily than the one in basketball because they fancy themselves the military in football so they're doing a different thing culturally than basketball you remember that in the bubble in basketball there weren't any football uniforms that had education reform on them in football it was end racism and that was gone in three years and end racism was only put there because mahomes made it so i guys roger goodell dug himself out of it
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I will tell you one of the differences there. In football, some of the stars are white Americans at quarterback. In basketball, it's the foreigners who are the white stars in basketball. So they're not the lead voices and stars and faces for your team. One of them is the Black League. Football is not looked at as a black league. Basketball is looked at as a black league.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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I just don't think that we can skip past backlash slash... some of the things that are happening in here. I'm not saying it's just, Mike, it can be that. Let me cite you an example. Hold on, let me finish. It can be that and other things, though. It doesn't need to be just that.
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can be that and that the exhibition games stink and that they've got a real problem with the players not playing because for example it skates on this show when Stugat says that Luka Doncic isn't playing that much and he had more minutes last year than any player in the league like it's it's smearing everybody white and black this perception that the black league is is lazy
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Yeah, but they're not Chinese. The labor's not Chinese.
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But it's just the power in having the guaranteed contracts. When your money is secure in basketball, it's vastly more secure than most of the money in football. Thank you.
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Sir is not the same as Dan.
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Like, bro. Well, the 2004 Orange Bowl MVP. Yeah.
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Yeah. I mean, yes.
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You weren't there. You know. Yeah, I apologize again. We brought Dominique on. Yeah, you mentioned that you mentioned it in an assortment of sounds. Do you have any other thoughts on this, Dominique? Because he is much nicer than you, but he doesn't get to decide for everybody what is not right here.
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I did. Yes, I did. I apologize again. I also this isn't I mean, I'm not going to say it's not my only infraction here, because since then I have come back to Miami and I have reported a morsel that what I remember from the conversation afterward when Dominique was witness to all of this. is that Jared came over and told us a story about his father and how it is that his father played.
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And Dominique's face, who is a professional football player, was to be disgusted by what it is that must have done to Walter Payton's feet. I made the mistake of reporting that as Walter Payton wore no socks. Walter Payton wore no insoles.
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This is mortifying. He is the former running back for the University of Miami, played in the NFL, played in the CFL. He's the son of Walter Payton, an exceedingly kind and decent humanitarian. He's a sports reporter for Chicago's WGN9 News. He's the host of the Jerry Payton Show. And he was on the wrong end of being looked at through my racist prism.
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Yeah, how'd you pull this off, racism? And Jared saying, I see you after I literally had not seen him. But Dominique, if I may real quick, and thank you, Jared. I will receive that compliment. I am honored. You are a sweet man. Man, you're a sweet man who descended from a man who was also sweet.
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And I will tell you, as ferociously as Dominique defends you now, originally when we asked for your telephone number, he sent me another black Jarrett, not you. He sent me the wrong black Jarrett. So I don't know if that's racism. I need a ruling, but it wasn't.
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What was the Jared that you sent us? What's Jared Jack up to? Who was the Jared that you sent us the wrong telephone number for? And is that also racism, though milder than mine?
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Why is Greg Cody howling like a hype man? Yeah.
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and stood behind some brochures while on the phone. And because he's a very sweet, sweet man, forgave me instantaneously. But Jared, thank you for being on the show. Please recount this horror for a divided America. And again, I'm sorry. You got my profound apologies in the middle of the convention center. I haven't quite shaken it off yet.
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Hour 1: Perception Is Not Reality
Ich habe NBA All-Star-Weekend nicht gesehen. Ich glaube, die Geschichten, die ich gesehen habe, waren, dass McClung wieder den Dunk-Kontest gewonnen hat, der ein D-League-Typ ist. Du hattest was mit MrBeast, ich weiß nicht, was er da machte, aber die Leute waren überrascht und dachten, dass Damian Lillard einen Wettkampf mit einem Fan verloren hat. Und MrBeast war da, um Geld auszuhandeln.
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Und die Leute sagten, warum ist MrBeast hier? Das ist ein seltsamer Wettkampf. Chris Paul versuchte einen Wettbewerb zu verletzen und dann wurde er für den Wettbewerb ausgewählt. Und dann hat LeBron fünf Minuten vor dem Spiel entschieden, dass er nicht spielen wird.
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Und dann gibt es drei Teams oder zwei Teams und dann haben sie nur einen bestimmten Anzahl von Jungs und jetzt ist LeBrons Team auf sieben Jungs, statt auf acht Jungs. Und dann ist das die größte Storyline. Für jemanden, der es nicht verwendet hat, waren das alle Storylines, die ich gesehen habe.
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Und keiner von ihnen war so, wow, das ist eine Feier des Sportes, das war so ein toller Wochenende, schau dir diese Momente an. Es waren alles einfach so seltsame Dinge, die da waren.
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What are the four nations for the NBA tournament?
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What are the four nations for the NBA tournament?
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Er hatte den Moment bei Field of Dreams. Das war wirklich cool. Das war cool, aber... Das war großartig. Aber er hat auch das Gegenteil gemacht.
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Sie sind verabschiedet, es wird vielleicht bald eine Ex-Wife geben, Dan.
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Ja, es gibt viele Leute, die beten, dass sie sich vor April verabschieden können. Weißt du, er hat keinen Vorabschied? Das ist verrückt.
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Ist er nicht in einer riesigen Schuld? Wenn du dich verheiratet hast und deine Schwester in einer unglaublichen Schuld ist, nimmst du die Hälfte der Schuld? Ich bin mir nicht sicher.
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They also didn't want to be locked in a place for over a month without being able to go out.
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Hat er Geld von MrBeast gekostet? Da sieht es so aus, als hätte er Geld gekostet. Und dann hat Durant es von ihm gekostet.
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Und warum haben nicht mehr Leute gesagt, das wird von jemandem gekostet? Das ist freie Geld. Niemand wird das nach dem Fakt inventieren, oder?
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Yeti got it too. People know about the PFPI teams. What are the names of the teams?
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Ich wundere mich nicht über ein Anthem. Einen Anthem. Ich weiß nicht, was es ist. Wenn du gegen mein Team kommst, wundere ich dich. Ich weiß nicht. Ich habe es noch nie gedacht. Oh, ich wundere mich nicht über ein Anthem. Wenn ich da wäre... Oh, ich wundere mich nicht über ein Anthem. Wenn ich da wäre... Ich mache alles, wenn es der Feind ist.
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Ich gehe nicht nach einem Zeitpunkt und fange Leute an zu high fiven und sage, hey, schönes Bier oder was auch immer, hey, weißt du was ich meine? Gute Zeit. Nein, das ist Krieg. Sorry Chris, go ahead.
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Well, I'm not Dominican, so it's different.
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Puh, that's a good question. One I wasn't prepared for. I'll get back to you.
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I'm thinking of circumstances. You mentioned the Cuba one. That one's tricky because then there's the whole, you know, the Cuban team. Who are they playing for? Because they're just men. But are they playing for the government and the regime? I don't know who I would boo for in that situation. I was quite conflicted at the World Baseball Classic when Cuba came to town, I'll be honest with you.
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With Canada? Yeah. In vielen Kriegen. Proving my point. Why the hell would we be at war with Canada? I don't know, but we're in it. What are we going to do? Are you not paying attention? You ever look around and say, how did I find myself here? I don't know, but I can't just pontificate on why I'm here now. I just got to act, fight or flight, and it's time to fight.
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I've never been so... When it's the Four Nations Tournament, it is time to fight.
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I didn't like being called a Yankee.
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Wie schaffst du es, wenn du im NBA bist? Es scheint so, They're just too big, right? Like the players are just too powerful and successful. You're getting paid 50 million dollars. Yeah, I'm going to sit out this exhibition because why am I going to put my future earnings at risk, right? But like at the same time, you do turn off fans where it's like, okay, well, you don't take this seriously.
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I'm not going to watch. You don't take the regular season seriously. I'm not going to watch. I'll come around in the playoffs and the playoffs coming like, I'm not really invested in this because I haven't been watching all year. So then the ratings continue to go down. But seemingly like TV contracts are
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always go up right so it's only going to continue to have this divide and and theoretically get worse for players are going to be making more and more money getting more and more powerful and the league is going to have less and less control so how do you save this that's the so i think that's the interesting part it's a super challenging problem so i think that what they started to do where they opened up opportunity for the players to be um investors in the teams
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Is this like a dog? Like a dog doesn't say bark, but it sounds like a barker. No, he says asswipe. It sounds like a wolf. Maybe he's just making a noise.
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Cuervo. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Our Panther Group Chat. We're not afraid of the lightning.
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No, this ain't the accent. That's what I was doing there, for sure.
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Kim Ward hat die Liga gefährdet, dass er sich erinnern wird, wenn sie ihn nicht wählen.
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Aber wenn er nicht zuerst gewählt wird.
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Wenn er nicht zuerst gewonnen hat, wird er es erinnern. War das ein Schuss von Restrepo?
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Und es wird diese Konversation ändern. Ich werde sagen, dass ich auf Live-Air verletzt wurde. In the air and went from right to wrong on. I've always said this about college football, which is, yeah, you don't have to play in that bowl game. It's a business decision. And then it dawned on me, well, no, now it's a transaction. That's a professional transaction. And once you do that.
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I won't have Restrepo go to that huddle for the rah-rah punctuation camaraderie of being team guy that Mike wants. I know he'd like to believe in that myth. We're all in it together. Those two guys helped each other. Cam Ward hat Restrepo geholfen. Restrepo glaubt auch, dass er Cam Ward geholfen hat. Ich weiß nicht, was ihre eigentliche Beziehung ist.
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Ich bin mehr interessiert in den Business-Transactions-Portionen von diesem Thema, weil Mike von ihm klingt verletzt. Und ich verstehe, warum. Weil, wenn die anderen Leute genug zahlen, und Mike ist da draußen, um Cam Ward für die Hälfte zu verteidigen, die er gespielt hat, während jeder, der das sieht, erwartet,
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LeBron hat Doug Gottlieb über den Wochenende rausgeholt. Er hat mich informiert, dass Doug Gottlieb in drei Monaten kein Spiel gewonnen hat und dass er 2-24 bei Green Bay ist.
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Das ist der Gedanke, den ich hatte an diesem Thema, nämlich, jetzt spiel das ganze Spiel. Alle von euch sollten das ganze Spiel spielen. Das war die Regel für die College Sports für immer. Und in den letzten zehn Jahren haben sich mehr und mehr Leute in eine Art und Weise geoppt, dass jeder die Geschäftsentscheidung respektieren und verstehen kann.
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Man kann sich nicht im letzten Spiel aus dem Knie schlagen. Aber das Spiel von einer Halbzeit gegen kein Spiel zu spielen, schmerzt deine Gefühle, Mike, wenn du gegen die Internet kämpfst, auf der Halbzeit, die er gespielt hat, weil die Internet gesagt hat, dass sie das Spiel verloren haben, weil er die zweite Halbzeit nicht gespielt hat.
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Wenn er die zweite Halbzeit gespielt hätte, hätten sie deutlich gewonnen. Es gab kein Zeitpunkt, in dem Iowa State sie auf dem Feld stoppen würde. Wahrscheinlich nicht.
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Cody sagt, es gibt keine Unterschiede zwischen dem, was Restrepo und Cam Ward gemacht haben.
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Wir können Restrepo minimalisieren, wie auch immer du willst. Leading receiver in the history of the program that has produced plenty of good receivers. Took him a little more time, but not that much more time. Was a prolific receiver, and I understand why he may think he's a first-round pick, even if you don't think he's a first-round pick.
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Ja. Das ist ein kleiner Sample, um eine gesamte Entscheidung zu machen.
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I betray confidence when I say that Mike Ryan for the last couple of years has been touting how high they were on Emery Williams. And I have seen very little evidence of whatever that high was. But for two years, the thought was that Van Dyke better not sit out too much because he'll never get the job back. Like that was the appraisal. 18 Spiele zuvor.
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I want to know, Chris Cody, I want you to prepare for me, please, because we have a very important distinction to make right now. Mike Ryan, es scheint mir, ging aggressiv von Happen to know, I Happen to know, was die höchste Form von Berichten, die er hier macht, zu With Certainty, was ein Niveau höher war als Happen to know.
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Ich dachte, Happen to know war die höchste Form, die es hier gab, aber jetzt gibt es ein With Certainty und ich wusste nicht, dass es eine war. Ich dachte, Happen to know war die höchste Range, auf die wir auf dieser Song gegangen sind, aber Chris war... Er hat, glaube ich, zwei mit Wahrscheinlichkeiten gespeichert.
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Er hat uns nicht fünf Minuten von Emory Williams gegeben.
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Ich dachte, Jared Payton war da, um mir einen Flugzeug zu bieten.
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He didn't look like an airboat captain. He actually just said, Dan, you know me.
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Well, my wife, after returning from the bathroom, procured for her by Bathroom Man, my wife said, wow, he's sweet. And I'm like, yes, his father was sweetness.
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No, and his father played without socks. Und Billy hat ihn verletzt.
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Okay, so we will find out together. No, we have the answer. Jared Payton's a liar. Okay, we will question him.
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Did you even talk to Jared Payton? And airboat captain.
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I don't know. We're going to find out all of this together and we're going to find out whether he's a liar. Because he did mention to me this person. And he might be a Jared Payton impersonator who has a library of lies that he can tell to make you think that he's Jared Payton, son of Walter Payton. One of which is, my father played without socks. Which is crazy.
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He was against Florida State. He will be on in an hour. Billy, I don't think, you have over 20 years, I will say, that one of the great visuals of my life, I will take it with me as a forever memory on this show. When Mike is talking about something he cares about deeply and you are pretending to care next to him.
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Okay, fair enough. So you tell me where I have what I'm going to allege wrong and I will withdraw my criticism on what I believe to be the glean in your eye that I can recognize that I have a fluency in, that I don't believe anybody else has a fluency in. Du hattest also keinen Interesse in Emory Williams' Sprache?
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And their defensive coordinator got fired for that or just the whole season? If we're making our evaluations in a half now.
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Is it possible that it was just his people there and not him?
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Carson Beck wasn't in the portal. I will tell you, okay, that you have more information than me. And so I'm just using the information you're giving me to arrive at the assessment that if your results... Wenn du dich um den Prozess kümmerst, was du mir gerade beschrieben hast, Mike, ist ein ziemlich schrecklicher Prozess, Every Williams für ein Jahr und ein halbes Jahr zu lieben.
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Und dann plötzlich, wenn du den besten offensiven Performer in dieser Position verändern musst, den ich je gesehen habe, und du sagst, unsere Evaluation war, dass dieser Typ gut war, ein halbes Jahr zuvor. Und er ist jetzt nicht mehr gut. Du wirst mir mehr Informationen geben, um mir diesen Prozess zu vertrauen.
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Und die Coachs wissen mehr als ich.
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Deine Coachs wissen mehr als du.
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The Rare, adequately professional by being unprofessional in one venue, but maximum professional in the other venue. 2-24, his Green Bay basketball team, again, has not won a game in three months. Doesn't matter much, it would appear, whether he shows up or not. They won on Sunday. Wow.
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Ich bin sorry, Billy. Welche Noten nimmst du jetzt?
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Crazy. You're just doing silly talk, but
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I will say in Billy's defense, I will say on behalf of people listening to this right now who have daily unhappinesses that are surrounding the price of things and the inability to afford things and the skyrocketing inflation rates.
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Ich weiß nicht, wo wir gehen.
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Ich habe gerade Eier gedroht. Eier, Alter, Eier.
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Yeah, but the places you go. Yeah, exactly. Oh, the places. I'm just on the beach. That's the beach. That's exactly right. It's outdoors. It's an outdoor market. It's an outdoor market. It's not a fancy place. It's an outdoor place where they're selling produce. Farmers markets are expensive.
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Again, it's $10 though. Yes, I'm not saying that all glasses of juice are $10, but when Billy says that the orange is useless because you need eight oranges to make an orange juice, he's not wrong.
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Why are you flexing, Chris Cody, as if you could get more juice out of an orange than the average weak man? I think I could.
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Put it on the pulp, please, at Levitard Show. No pulp, little pulp, or max pulp in your orange juice. And can we get someone out there please to go run and get us eight oranges to see how much juice Chris Cody can actually produce squeezing them with his man boobs the way that he was when he was doing calisthenics.
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With just your hands? Billy is saying the correct thing.
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Aber hier sind wir. Er war da. Ich möchte... Also er war tatsächlich da. Das klingt ein bisschen verrückt. Was macht er? Fliegen in und aus?
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Das ist ziemlich beeindruckend.
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The other is where... Okay, so he was doing that on Radio Row. I'm about to tell you my racist story. Me being racist.
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It has been too long. And thank you, Roy. You're welcome. And now I'm scared of it and I think it's going to under-deliver. But at... 11 Uhr Ostern, also in einer Stunde und 15 Minuten. Ich versuche zu entscheiden. Ihr helft mir, die beste Art und Weise zu entscheiden, wie ich das tue. Ihr kennt diese Geschichte nicht. Ihr kennt den Gast nicht.
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Ich dachte, es waren zwei Gäste, weil es jemand war und jemand, der es beobachtet hat.
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Ich dachte, wir werden zwei Gäste haben, die mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben, mich ausgesprochen haben,
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In an hour and 15 minutes or just to do it in the build up right before the guest joins us so that you can see the punchline of the guest is going to join us who I did the racist thing to. And so how do you guys think is the best way to do this? Because nobody here have no information.
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No, those two things aren't connected. One of those things might not be true.
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Kugler doesn't know the story either. I'm the only one so far with the story. Well, this is concerning.
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I'm going to need Roy to approve this bit. Roy's race.
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Within the next hour I'm going to figure out how to tell this story. And I now am scared of it too, but I also feel like, because you guys are expecting some sort of horribly overt racism as opposed to what it is that I did, which was an honest mistake, but was also racist, is something I would think that you would trust me with the telling of that story.
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Well, yeah. And this person is exceedingly kind. I don't think he gets to decide for everybody the ruling on this. He's an exceedingly kind person who met this with exceeding kindness that perhaps I did not merit. So I don't think that that's the way to go.
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Okay, wir werden zusammen herausfinden, wenn ich die Geschichte erzähle, und ich werde einen Moment warten. Ich werde es nicht jetzt erzählen, sodass ich, sodass es sowohl die Tease, und auch, dass ich es mit dir in der Pause diskutieren kann, sodass ich es nie wieder erzählen kann, wenn es zu schlimm ist, weil ich habe es noch nie über jemanden übernommen.
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Well, but I'm not sure there is. That's the problem. And I think we're already there because we couldn't get this guest when the story happened. And I think teasing it for seven days has overdone it. It's going to nuke the story.
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I don't think the story now will meet expectations. I think it's impossible for that to happen.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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It is exactly on the spectrum of a mean as a waiter. Oh no. It is. In fact, Chris Cody, you have never exhibited quite such genius here, because yes, now we're here, for those of you who do not know, Now, this happened to me twice at the Clevelander. During the course of the things that we're doing every day, very often I can be lost in my own thoughts.
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Now more than ever with the amount of things that I'm thinking about every day. Just don't have anything to do with the doing of the show. Zwei Mal in meinem Leben habe ich einen Kollegen an der Clevelander verurteilt, weil ich nicht wusste, wer sie waren und ich sollte wissen, wer sie waren und ich hätte wissen sollen, wer sie waren.
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Also eine Zeit, als ich in unsere Studio ging und an einer Table saß mit einem schwarzen T-Shirt, das ich dachte, war ein Clevelander T-Shirt, ist jemand, der Mittagessen isst. Eating a sandwich. And I walked right past him and I thought Amin al-Hassan, who worked with us as a colleague, has been somebody with us for a long time.
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I thought he was a Clevelander employee who for some reason was having lunch in our studio. who just come in to have lunch. And that's how I saw him from the back. The other time that it happened is, I walked right past Diana Rossini in the makeup chair because I thought she was from adjacent deportes that was in the other room for that brief period. And I thought Rossini was Cuban.
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When I was walking past her, she was getting her hair done. So this is what happened. I'm just going to tell you.
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It's not just racism. It's sexism as well. So, I'm in the convention center and my wife needs to find a bathroom. And the convention center is vast. The convention center, put it on the poll at Levitar Show, are all convention centers vast because they all look the same.
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Can I pay? I'd like to pay. You're not fine for those $5, but you do own... Did you change your code since I hacked it last week in an amazing...
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I could get right back in there. It's so good. Do you know how crazy it is that I was able to break into his phone with his number without actually knowing what the number was last week on one try? That's crazy.
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He doesn't, actually, but I am now officially... He Venmo'd Gary the Bag, Dan. I am paying this fine for him right now. What fine? What are you doing? You owe $20 from the last... Now I put it in as 20 cents, though.
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Also, hier ist die Geschichte. Ich bin im Konventionenzentrum und ich versuche, ein Bad für meine Frau zu finden. Und ich werde nicht sagen, dass es einen Kiosk gibt. Was würde ich das als Kiosk beschreiben? Es ist nicht wirklich ein Tisch. Es ist etwas sehr dünnes, das bis in die Höhe des Körpers hochkommt und es hat ein paar Bücher drauf.
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Es ist also nicht wirklich ein Tisch, aber in jedem Konventionenzentrum findest du ein Tisch mit Büchern drauf. Ich würde das immer als Kiosk bezeichnen.
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Aber ein Kiosk könnte mich entschuldigen, weil jemand dort arbeitet. Das ist nicht so. Es ist eine dünne Tafel. Wie ein Hightop? Wie ein Hightop, dünne Tafel. Und es hat etwa sieben oder acht Broschüren drauf. Aber es ist nicht eine Information.
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Ein Mann war dahinter. Das ist ein Kiosk. Es ist nicht ein Kiosk.
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Okay, the distinction between a bar top table and a kiosk is an important one because when I stepped back from my racism, I realized that this would not be a kiosk.
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When I stepped back from assuming that that person worked there because they were standing behind brochures that were just brochures that you'd grab at any convention center that wouldn't be manned by anybody because there are 50 of them the length of the convention center on where it is you can go on an alligator boat tour. But it's not an information desk.
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Und es ist jemand, der mit einem Bluetooth auf dem Handy ist, und ich sehe nicht, dass er einen Earbud hat. Ich sehe nur jemanden, der sich dort befindet, in einem schwarzen Shirt. Und so komme ich zu dieser Person.
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Und Billy, ich habe dir zuvor verliebt, weil ich nicht wollte, dass beide Geschichten zusammengefasst werden, und dann herauszeigen, wer es war, nämlich der ehemalige NFL-Runningback und University of Miami-Runningback Jared Payton, den ich geklärt habe, den ich kenne. Er musste das Telefon aus seinem Ohr holen. Er musste das Ohrloch aus seinem Ohr holen, um meinen Rassismus zu akzeptieren.
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Und dann hat er mir gesagt, dass sein Vater ohne Socken gespielt hat.
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Ja, er dachte, dass er dort arbeitet. Er hat seine Telefonnummer unterbrochen. Er hat einen Geschäftsruf. Er ist ein Geschäftsführer. War er auf Tour? Hast du ihn von der Rückseite angeguckt?
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Ich sage, dass meine Weisens Bedürfnisse für ein Bad übernommen haben, alle Möglichkeiten, Leute zu erkennen. Ich musste sie finden.
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I don't know. I was just gonna talk to him about whether his dad wore socks or not, and you call him a liar.
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You called him a liar. You said you found several photos on the internet of him wearing socks, so we'll just talk to Jared Payton. I don't know. We'll talk to him about socks.
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Let's build out this bathroom man superhero character where he just...
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Ich habe mich in Restaurants enttäuscht, einfach über die Tafeln zu gehen, um jemanden zu holen, wenn sie da sind. Das ist euch nicht passiert?
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Local Hour: The NHL vs. The NBA
But do you not hear the countdown? Do you not hear 5, 4? And then after 1 is when we're starting. Like, do you not hear that?
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Das ist, wie ich es vorhin gesagt habe, ein 56-Prozent-Drop-Off in Ratings, Jahr über Jahr, ist etwas, was dir sagt, dass es eine profunde Unverschämtheit gibt, um die Miami Heat für das erste Mal in einem sehr langen Zeitraum. Und dass die Panthers in den Breach steigen und sich sehr viel wie... Es ist Tampa.
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Es ist das, was am Anfang in Tampa in Florida gewachsen ist, wo man so starke Begegnungen bekommt, weil das die Momente sind, die man für ein Leben erinnert. Die Snapshots. Wenn ich mit Ihnen generell spreche, für all die Rauschen, die Sie über die All-Star-Games hören, nennen Sie bitte alle Momente, die Sie sich von allen All-Star-Games erinnern.
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Wie Ihr gesamtes Datenbank-Memory von tollen All-Star-Momenten. Meine sind alle im Fußball. Ich habe ein paar im Basketball.
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Ja. Ja, ja. Sean Taylor, ein Hitsch auf einen Punter in einem Pro-Bowl-Spiel. Aber die Momente sind die Dinge, die die Stimmigkeit machen, die als eine lebendige Begegnung sind. Ich habe das mit meiner Mutter gesehen. Ich habe das mit meinem Vater gesehen. Ich erinnere mich, wie das Platz riecht.
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Ich erinnere mich, wie gut es war, Teil davon zu sein, ein Panther-Fan in Kanada zu sein, in der Mitte davon zu sein und deinen Mann zu sehen. Nicht der beste Mann auf deinem Team. Aber der wichtigste, der Star, nicht unbedingt der beste Mann. Ich könnte es schon seit zwei Jahren sagen.
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But we have aired, and this is our fault. It's our fault as a show, and it exposes a casual interest that Stugatz and I have in the Panthers. We have three Panthers fans, like die hard, three Panther fans in the room, and they're still at the top of the conference. I guess Roy likes it too. Yeah. They're still exceptional. Okay. Okay. Okay.
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This is the bet you're afraid of doubling down on? Putting up a billboard in Edmonton? Stoogatz!
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Chris, als der Sohn von Greg, der heute die Schenanigans beteiligt hat, weißt du, wo Stugatz ist?
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Roy, you have been compromised. You are the most biased of all of the Panther people that we have around here.
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Unprofessional. You have a press credential, but you guys have to feel like you're at the beginning of what was happening in Tampa. You slay Tampa. Du gewinnst das Wettbewerb, du nimmst McDavid aus. McDavid ist nicht so gut dieses Jahr, wie dein Team ist. Ich dachte, McDavid und sie hätten den Wunsch-Jump, den die Spurs in den Miami Heat gewonnen haben, nach dem Verlieren.
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Aber dein Team ist immer noch besser. Und manche würden argumentieren, mehr Experte als ich, dass dein Team schwieriger ist.
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Well, hold on a second. It's not only one of the great trades in South Florida sports history. That's one of the greatest trades ever made to lock up that guy for eight years, win a championship immediately. Like, that's all of sports. That's both countries. That's not... That's not just South Florida.
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That trade changed the Panthers from being a team that never won in the playoffs to this conversation we're having right now.
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Chris, hast du wirklich einen kanadischen Fan gewechselt und mit einem guten Witz gesagt?
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Billy, as the keeper of the Stugants, do you know what's happened? Because he almost made it to a full work week at the Super Bowl. And then he celebrated it by failing at the end, the tires falling off, inconveniencing everybody, canceling a dozen guests and then not showing up for work on time on Monday.
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Can you guys get me that video? I want to show the video of Mike Ryan and Chris Cody fighting 10 Canadian fans at once. We have that video from earlier in the show. I don't know what country this is from here. Canada, it's Mike and Chris. Zehn Amateure, danke Billy, zehn Amateure gegen zwei professionelle Kämpfer. Und das ist das, wo die Zukunft hier vorliegt. Welche Art und Weise endet das?
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Zehn Amateure gegen zwei professionelle Kämpfer. Wer habt ihr? Die zehn Amateure oder die zwei Profis?
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I don't know where this ends. I haven't seen the entirety of this video. This is good banter.
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Das sind keine Amateur-Fighter, das sind zehn Kinder, die noch nie gespielt haben, zwei Profis zu kämpfen. Mit welchen Geschichten sind Sie zurückgekommen? Wie viele gute Geschichten habt ihr vom Wochenende?
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Es war unglaublich. Haben die Hooters nicht verkauft?
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Ich liebe Hooters. Ich liebe Hooters. Ich meine nicht, dass du es schlägst. Ich frage dich einfach. Ich würde mir vorstellen, dass sie in diesem heutigen Alter nicht mehr überleben. Warum? Warum? Warum? I just don't see them anywhere.
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At Levitard Show, put it on the poll, is Instagram, what was the word you used?
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At least it's done. No, let's have Greg do it. Do what? Stugatz's weekend observations. Let's see. You want to audition for the role of Stugatz? Sure. Since you're in the seat. It's a Greg Cody Tuesday. It's always better when it's Greg and Stugatz on a Tuesday.
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Ich wollte ein Ding machen. Und ich habe eine Familie. Du wirst hier vertreten, dass du Matthew Kachuk nicht liebst, mehr als du jemanden liebst, den du je liebst?
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Chris, seit wir über Musik reden, dachte ich wirklich nicht, dass ich in meiner Karriere noch mehr Möglichkeiten bekommen werde, die Song zu spielen, die wir jetzt spielen werden. Aber über den Wochenende gab es eine sehr lange Geschichte, die uns die Tür geöffnet hat, eine der besten, glücklichsten und peppigsten Songs hierher zu spielen.
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Richie Incognito in Retrospect was... Regine Cognito war einer der schlechtesten Menschen in der Geschichte der NFL, aber er nimmt heute einen Sieg. Weil was aggregiert wird, ist, was er fühlt, wie seine Exoneration. Habt ihr diese Geschichte gelesen? Der Schauspieler hat ein Jahr mit Jonathan Martin verbracht.
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Billy, I do think that the spirit of Shadow Show should have the sound of you poniendo mantequilla on your toast.
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Okay, but when somebody is doing this exhaustive piece of work that Billy is saying is a giant waste of time... Surely it's not lost on you guys that the white-black of this, they get held up as avatars. The story doesn't matter, the names don't matter, the sports don't matter.
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It's all just arguing on the internet to say, see, there is something I can point to that the black guy did and here I can exonerate the white guy.
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Okay, so given, I will tell everybody this, because perhaps you've noticed a general lightning of mood around here in terms of how it is that we've been doing the show for the last four months, at least in part. because I have pulled much of the politics out of it.
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I think that the Shadow Show should always have you buttering toast in the background as you just prepare for the day. Chris, you were just drinking beer in Canada with Mike Ryan all weekend, right?
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And temporarily, I just, I need a break from the fight and from feeling like I am losing as I'm being bombarded with a strategy of, yeah, Sending people to camps on Guantanamo, that's like the ninth story that people care about today. There are planes turning over and whatever. Just a million things happening.
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So I've tried unsuccessfully, largely, to avoid what's happening over the last six or seven weeks. It's impossible to avoid. But I saw that the politics shows made their return here. John Oliver's team gets a really nice break. Bill Maher works really hard. And I saw that Kid Rock was on Bill Maher. And I did not know, this is not the most interesting of things here, but I was not aware.
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Were you guys aware that Kid Rock's name was Bob? I did not know that Kid Rock's name was Bob.
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Okay, I didn't know it was Bob. And there's something about the word Bob that is funnier than Robert. Like if it was Robert, if his name was Robert, it wouldn't seem as ridiculous to me as someone named Bob wearing the costume of someone named Kid Rock.
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Chris, ich weiß, dass du von Kanada zurückgekommen bist, rejuveniert und kreativ, dass du inspiriert wurdest. Können Sie mir einen kurzen Song machen, der Spaß macht, von Kid Rock, der Bob genannt wird?
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You guys had fun, huh? That's well done. There's a little bit of a difference between the exhibitions right now that's kind of startling. Charlie McAvoy is in the hospital as we speak. Look, man. Ich bin überrascht, wie schnell das mit Hockey und Basketball passiert ist. Du hast einfach nur ein All-Star-Spiel besiegt. Du hast ein paar Änderungen gemacht.
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Ein bisschen schneller nächstes Mal, Chris.
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Bitte. Wir haben weniger Politik jetzt. Wir sind zurück. Ich meine, das ist nicht... Das zählt nicht. Das ist eine Parade. Das ist ein Lied. Das ist Musik.
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Das ist kein Sport. Das ist kein Sport. Das ist kein Sport. Das ist kein Sport. It is something between a statement and a flex for LeBron not to even put on the uniform for the team photo, right? I'll get in a second to LeBron talking about why it is that he wasn't playing in the game and sounding like he's fumbling around searching for the excuse.
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There aren't a lot of ways to defend that LeBron couldn't put on the uniform for a photoshoot. Are there? Are there people defending this that you can't... I don't know, like, if Silver's begging these guys to please care, to please care about how any of this looks, just pretend like you care. Ich dachte, es war großartig.
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Also ist das der erste Mal, dass ich gehört habe, dass dieser Take von jemandem gegeben wird. Wo nicht nur denkt er, es ist großartig. Er denkt, es ist großartig, als ein Statement, um das ganze Spiel zu explodieren. Hört ihr das überhaupt?
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Und jetzt sagt einer deiner Star-Spieler, Kevin Durant, dass er nicht versteht, warum alle von euch das sehen. Alle NBA-Fans sehen aus, als würden sie die NBA nicht lieben. Er sprach nicht mal über Ausstellungen. Er sprach im Allgemeinen darüber, dass NBA-Fans existieren, um nur über all die Dinge zu klagen, die sie nicht lieben. Ich dachte, er hat ein paar tolle Punkte gemacht.
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Das ist eine Verschwörungstheorie, die ich hinterfragen kann. Ich kann das hinterfragen. Das klingt gut, dass das ein Akt der Verrücktheit war, dass er nicht wollte, dass die Optiken mit dem, was er wusste, verabschiedet werden, so dass er sich nicht in irgendeiner Art und Weise verabschieden würde und Teil der Charade sein würde.
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Er geht polizistisch zum Party. He's showing up because he must. It's part of his employment contract. But he separated himself. That this was a victory for LeBron. Not being associated with this was a victory.
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Why would the oldest player in the league have any body ailments with more mileage?
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Charlie McEvoy is in the hospital! Okay, so I just want, what I want, and Billy's been beaten down by the Stugatz experience here over the last couple of weeks, but I would say that, Billy, if you say after Mike... dass LeBron Teil des Problems ist, müssen Sie sich erinnern und in Ihren Händen erinnern, dass Mike Ryan nach einem feierlichen Wochenende von trinken kam. Das echte Ding. Hockey.
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Und er sagte, du bist Teil des Problems. Pal. Er hat einen extra Pal am Ende gelegt. Und du musst besser bei deinem Pal werden.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard's show. Is it more fun to complain than to watch? He also said the only thing that people are interested in in the NBA is the trade deadline, free agency and player beef. And he's not wrong there either. No, he made a bunch of great points.
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That is correct. That is absolutely happening. But I really do think one of the things getting lost between The Link is Bubble, Pandemic, George Floyd. They didn't feel like playing back then either. And it's like precipitated. As the things in America have gotten worse and the conversation around that league is, ah, they were so woke and the uniforms with social justice.
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Sie wollten damals nicht spielen, um uns zu unternehmen, als Amerika sich zerstört hat. Und sie wollen es jetzt nicht machen. Und dann wird Amerika auf sie gelegt. Natürlich, weil du Freude mit deinen Spielen willst. Warum würdest du das nicht wollen? Du willst einfach, dass die Athleten ein kontagioses Gefühl haben, dass sie sich um das, was sie tun, so viel wie wir.
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Das ist der Dan-Levatar-Show mit dem Stugatz-Podcast. Greg Cody denkt nicht, er brauche eine Präparation. Greg Cody ist immer bereit. Er wurde geboren bereit. Er bleibt bereit. Und als du heute reingekommen bist, hast du gesehen, wer heute auf unserer Gästeliste ist?
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Na, das ist nicht, was es auf dem Board sagt. Als ich reingekommen bin und auf dem Board bin, schaue ich auf die Gästeliste. Alles, was es sagt, ist 11 Uhr, rassistische Gäste. Das ist es, was es gesagt hat. Rassistische Gäste. Und ich denke, wir müssen Greg Cody schnellen, weil das ein bisschen gefährlich ist, wenn er nicht weiß, was wir um 11 Uhr machen.
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Und es gab heute einen Schramm, weil Stugatz nicht aufsteht. AWOL. We will talk about the things from the weekend in a moment. A lot of people that you love in sports are taking this week off. Taking this week off the way that the Basketball All-Stars took the weekend off because they are tired of that particular exhibition. And it is super interesting to watch.
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dass sie ihre Aufmerksamkeit für ihre Publikum ausüben. Ich weiß nicht, ob ihr gesehen habt, wie hoch die Miami-Heats-Ratings lokal sind. 56 Prozent jährlich. Wie ich euch schon gesagt habe, was die Panthers in dieser Stadt gemacht haben und was Hockey jetzt macht, weil er sich um seine Exhibitionen kümmert. Er geht ins Krankenhaus. Er fliegt überall hin und her.
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Das sind riesige Hits in einem Spiel, das nicht zutrifft, bis du es in Patriotismus packst. Das ist, wo Mike Ryan und Chris Tequila trinken und Whisky trinken.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Wenn ich dich zurücknehmen kann, bin ich nicht verrückt, bis zum letzten Mal, als ich genug interessiert habe, um irgendeine Art von Kritik oder Bedrohung für eine All-Star-Exhibition oder freundlich zu sein. It would have legitimately been back when I cared about All Star Games, which is when there were three channels.
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This Week in Baseball existed because there were no highlights anywhere and they just gave you This Week in Baseball and you caught up on everything that was happening and then all the stars gathered in one place and it was before streaming and a million years ago, obviously ancient times.
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But that is when I started caring about that and about when I stopped as I entered adulthood and then all of the exhibitions were a silly thing. But when you wrap it in patriotism, Greg, and when you have in basketball the joylessness of it doesn't seem like they care very much because they don't. They're giving voice to it. Draymond Green is killing his product, saying that it's boring.
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And Oscar Robertson is coming back at him and saying, it's boring the way you play. All you're doing is running around passing the staff. What else are you doing out there? But they're doing something to their product to see both of them try and fill the space after football. And to do it that differently?
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Können Sie kurz aufhören? Ich möchte all Ihre Gedanken über Basketball bekommen. Wir Kolumnisten können sehr schnell zu den Negativen kommen. Sie waren aufgerollt. Sie waren aufgerollt. Und Sie wollten nicht aufhören. Ich möchte ein bisschen Hockey feiern.
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Weil wenn Sie über Änderungen zu einem Sport sprechen, kann ich Ihnen jetzt sagen, dass wenn Sie ein All-Star-Spiel machen, das die Nationen betrifft, es wird anders fühlen als das, was Sie dieses Wochenende bekommen haben. Auch zwei Kämpfe am Rücken würden helfen.
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Well, there's one man that you can thank for all this. Wayne Gretzky.
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Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadowing it. Shadowing it. Chris is our fearless leader today. Greg, we've started. You need to stop doing that with the microphone. You didn't hear... Okay. We're on, Greg. Alright.
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I mean, you're America. I am. I look at you and I see the bloated excess.
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I look in the mirror. I see everything happening over there. Everything happening over there. I look at you and I see the map of a bloated America.
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If I predetermined an NBA fight for you, you wouldn't eat that up at the start of the All-Star game. What do you care whether it's predetermined?
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Roy, it seems strange to me, okay, because... Ich weiß, er war gut, bevor er hierhergekommen ist. Und offensichtlich musste er nicht mal so gut sein, wie einige seiner Teamleute, um den Wettbewerb zu gewinnen. Denn Kachuk war besser das Jahr vorher, als er war, das Jahr, in dem sie den Wettbewerb gewonnen haben.
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I don't know if I can say this is a coming out party, given everything I just said about who this player is. But to go and fight on behalf of your nation, take the lead on something that is hockey taking the lead from basketball or no, our exhibition is the one that matters. To be the face of that, if you're a Panther fan, that had to feel pretty good.
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I know that we have spent too many local hours this regular season talking about what Kevin Durant says is absolutely so. Player beef, disharmony in basketball sells. So we have talked a lot about Jimmy Butler and the Heat when it's a nowhere season.
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Put it on the poll, please. Juju at Levitard Show. Do you shout free play at your television when someone jumps off sides? Room? Room? The whole room does this?
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Would you guys watch a 30 for 30 on that? Would you guys watch a Meadowlark documentary on why does it happen? Jason Whitlock said, do white people ever do that? Is it ever a white person who drops the ball before the goal line? We can turn that into a mockumentary. We can turn this into a mockumentary. We can.
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They like their Cody Tuesdays and to the degree that some of you didn't notice that he was gone, thank you for not noticing because I notice whenever he's not gone on Tuesdays because he's an endless fountain of content around here. But he will be tomorrow for those of you who miss him. We will check in with Tony one more time and I will tell you again
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Mike hasn't given us the real heartbreak of that. You still feel it, right? You still physically feel that's a season you cared about.
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Marshall. Hold on. If I may, Stugatz, if I can just do this. I'm sorry to interrupt the precious sacred ground that is Weekend Observations. Always respected around here. We as a show made fun of the Pop-Tarts Bowl, and Jessica reminded us a couple of times on Monday, hey, that's a good bowl.
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But Miami's season ending against Iowa State in a bowl for Pop-Tarts is something that's getting the best Miami season in 25 years and the best Miami offense we've ever seen made fun of for ending up in a Pop-Tarts Bowl. That's a thing that's happening. The University of Miami's last game ends as Pop-Tart punctuation that people are laughing at.
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That this toy drive that we're trying to do a little bit at the last minute today with Cuban Santa Tony and tomorrow with Roy, a Roy drive tomorrow. Stoic Santa. Not not going to be a lot of joy at that one. I don't think I'm not going to feel like I mean, maybe. Maybe we can summon Santa's joyous Christmas time and this Roy drive will escalate tomorrow at Vivo Mall. But you guys... Dolphin Mall.
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because they didn't get to one of the big games, they're stuck with the Pop-Tarts.
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You're happy with the Pop-Tarts Bowl. Isn't that the one you'd want to go to?
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Lucy, I believe that we should get you all access to the Pop-Tart Bowl. If they're in on the joke, you should be the media renegade who is selling Pop-Tart Bowl to the country because of how fun the Pop-Tart Bowl seems to you.
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Okay, I'm sorry. My bad. There's no T in Winston. My bad. How dare you?
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Did you say it right? Charbonneau.
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Excuse me. Vivo at Dolphin Mall.
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How would you like me to phrase this? Charbonneau. On the poll at Levitard Show. Do you feel fancy when you say the name... Charbonneau.
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Forgive me. I'm just worried. Today's thing, I'm being told that they're being towed now. That's a famously small parking lot in Flanagan's. Now we've got Cuban Santa and our tow drive is being towed. But Tony's still there trying to keep things together. And when I walked into the other studio, and you guys are going to have to help me here, Lucy, Jessica, and Billy.
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It's Benoit. Yeah.
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Well, not weird, but just not as fancy.
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Of course.
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They were all laughing at Cuban Santa's insecurities. All of them were laughing. That's not falsehoods. Billy. Billy. Jessica. Jessica. You guys.
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You're basically saying of the blizzard, one of the great delights in dessert anywhere in the history of sugar. You're saying that the lactose situation on that, if you have that at night, it's not going to be a resting situation. You're going to get the gurgling stomach for the rest of the evening. That's what you're alleging.
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But is that true for everybody? Or maybe you have a specific lactose intolerance here? Like, I don't think that's true for everybody, is it?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
There were two things in Stugatz's weekend observations that I thought were worth revisiting.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Makes sense. They bring the football, they talk about the football, you can't, and then you watch, oh, look, the cold season, they're in the mix, they're right there, Broncos, I don't believe in them, but oh, where's this game going to turn? Jonathan Taylor's going to just flip the ball at the goal line, and also, oh, shit, right after that, look what happened.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Yeah, Royce tomorrow. Vivo mall. Dolphin mall. People really miss Royce top ten. Farmed and fabulous. They really miss Royce top ten.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
The Colts are playing flea flicker ball and the perfect play goes in the other direction. The dream for any kid playing football in the history of defensive football since the beginning of time happens. It just lays out for Benito's. and he runs 60 yards with the football. But the other conversation that I wanted to have, where are we on the goods and Baker Mayfield?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Because this has been an argument for 10 years between Mike Ryan and Stan Van Gundy. It's been one of the great arguments around here that we've ever had.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Well, but Baker Mayfield's going to throw you occasional interceptions, but we cannot dispute that Baker Mayfield is very good at quarterback, correct? Exceptional at quarterback. I don't know if it's exceptional. No, it is. But it's good enough for goods? Good enough for goods? He's got the goods. He's got the goods.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
All right, so if I may just for a moment, because I know this stuff happens super fast in that sport, just real quick, grabbing, you know, great college player, putting him in the pros, and then putting him through the furnace of, We're going to slice this up real quick. You better be value at quarterback or you're going to break up our defense. So you've got about three years to figure this out.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
And these rookies better figure it out faster than faster. And Bryce Young, you're getting a bench fast. Anthony Richardson, you've got about five seconds over here. Let's hurry it up.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Baker goes into the furnace of all of that and was this far from having his career basically be over before he resuscitated it on Monday night because McVay at the end of a season is saying, all right, we'll try this for a minute or two.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
And now he's going to get, now we're looking at it and wait a minute, that's better than Sam Darnold money. And that's a sentence I just said. That's a sentence I just said.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
What about Ice Ice Baby? So this toy drive is a bit of a gorilla outfit. Look, I want to say something real quick here, Stu, guys, before we get into the sports-tainment stuff that we need to be talking about. Okay.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
But can we now step back for a minute and just say, hey, it might take a minute to be the guy who can go 20 for 30 and there might be some blemishes. Baker's going to play in a way. You might get three turnovers in a playoff game and you can't be too surprised.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I would just ask you to step back from all of it, no matter how much we make the finances of it, the important part of the early part of the career, and just know what you're throwing all these people into the maw of, because it's
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
gotten faster and crueler about how it disposes people in that backfield when you can replace the running back salary with Josh Allen because he runs and throws, when you can be what the Ravens are because you figured out the finances of your backfield.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Even better than... Let's see if we can get Stan Van Gundy on the line to concede this would be a holiday treat. Two people who never admit they're wrong. Stan Van Gundy and Mike Ryan having to go back and revisit. Did or does Baker have the goods? Yes or no? Because it's been an age-old argument around here. I'd like to settle some of these one day.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
i am really grateful for the group of people who have made this startup business something that can exist for three years when everyone's got their own hardships and it's been hard and i just threw a toy drive at them and they're all overworked and they're tired and they would like not a whole lot of like it'd probably be better to stumble into the holidays without more work but now i've insisted on a toy drive out of nowhere so i need to support cube and santa even though i don't trust them with your gift cards or your cash
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
All right, let's see if we can get Stan Van Gundy on the line. But let's go back out to Flanagan's here for the final time today. And I will ask the audience, we're trying to do an old-time radio remote type of thing where we send somebody out locally and you bring them toys. Tony is at Flanagan's today. In the next couple of days, we're going to be at Vivo at Dolphin Mall.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Before we go out to Amin, who is stealing the company's money in Vegas, let's go out here to Tony at Flanagan's, the legendary Flanagan's. There are actual toys behind him. That's right. Well, whenever we ask our audience for anything, they always do this, and we didn't give them much notice.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
So now we're giving you notice on the next couple of days, and Roy will be joyless somewhere in the Everglades in the coming days. But, Tony, what is going on on there? Give us a last report. I'm mortified to tell you that the group has learned that there were some insecurities involved in Rose and how well she did during your segment.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Amateur Santa move, Cuban Santa. We are asking again for new and unwrapped toys for the charity Branches. BranchesFL.org if you're outside of Miami. Tony, what has been the peril? I'm sure you've met. Anytime we ask listeners for help, they do moving things. We're asking for building toys, Legos, jewelry, craft kits, educational toys, action figures, play food, tea sets, board games, Nerf toys.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Remote-controlled cars. It's a really nice thing to think of this time of year. Just basically one kid who might not have somebody think that a lonely kid might be getting something that somebody's thinking about them. So, Tony, what are you finding there? Cash is not good, Tony. No, no. People, we cannot give to him. No. Tony.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Are you just trying to take your shirt off? Is this what's happening right now? You're going to punctuate this segment?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
No, no, I want to take the beard off. Come on. This is uncomfortable. You keep doing this. Pants. Okay, but this is tall. I'm just trying to help, Tony. You don't want to be sweaty, Dan. I'm wearing shorts. I'm wearing shorts. Okay, so is Rose still there? Yeah, Rose is here. All right, can I get Rose real quick? Can I get Rose to just get in front here? And I just want to ask her one more time.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I want to see if I can tickle Lucy here because nothing makes Lucy more. Lucy, this is the funniest person in the world to you.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Say the name. Please try to say the name again.
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What?
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And I got to trust Stoic Roy to go to the Everglades, Stugatz. You said you made a joke. It's Doral.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
What?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
They're not watching us like you do. You just ruined the moment. I've heard her sing it like 500 times. They can't sue us.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Stugatz made a joke yesterday that his three weeks of travel this season are equivalent to what Lucy has done because he went out to Dolphin Mall.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I don't know. I think this is a tough thing, and I think you will enjoy if we don't collect any. I believe the anarchist in you would like the kids to be unhappy. It's not the kids. It's Tony. Well, is it Tony?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Well, something is happening in the tension between everybody in Cuban Santa that makes me not get honesty about where it is that Cuban Santa is not happy how all of this is gone because Rose stole his limelight. I didn't do that. I mean, we all saw it happen. We all saw it happen.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
We were dancing on the line. Look, we were dancing on the line. I was getting approval from the room because nobody quite knew. Are we doing something offensive? I don't know, but it's funny. And offensive two ways, because we've made light of murder in the street now. We do that now. Yeah, it's just murder in the street. Hey, murder's not a real thing. These aren't human beings.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
We all live in a simulation. Luigi Mangione.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Luigi Mangione.
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What do you mean? That time of year, Billy. No, he's in performance as Cuban Santa. You guys know what that Flanagan's is. It lives on a hill. It's a parking lot. It's a very small parking lot. Some people are being towed. We're trying to do a toy drive. Rose is holding up the inflatables that weren't put there by us. She ruined their property. That's not us.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I don't know why she was even back there. But it reminded me of Billy at Tim Legler's house. It reminded me of Billy falling into the bushes as an eagle.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I don't understand what just happened. I really don't. Our toy drive has fallen into a puddle that Stugatz is saying is filled with urine. He is not. But there is another pee story that for some reason Jessica is desperate to get into.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I'm glad I did that. Weekend observations, please.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I don't feel like anyone understood Navy, do it in the Army.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Talk to the heartstrings. Isn't that the reason that you and Billy say that the Lions had to lose a game? Isn't that team the reason that you guys say that? Yes.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I have been remiss in not telling people that Greg Cody Tuesday is not today, is going to be tomorrow. Greg Cody Tuesday is going to be Wednesday tomorrow. I'm sorry for not addressing it earlier. You should be. Yeah, I've grown. to expect him here on Tuesdays.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
You can't. You were stomping around. You were furious around the bacon that you were eating with your bare hands. Just stomping around about this.
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I don't... The point... I'm sorry. I would say that most people eat bacon when walking around with a plate or a napkin or something. It's not just bacon. Do I have this wrong?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
I kind of delight in the fact that you're walking around with bacon fingers that are covered in cigarette smoke, but I'm not even judging it. I'm not even judging it. I'm just saying I don't think most people do it that way. It's more observational, honestly, than judgment. Your observations, huh?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Who are they playing?
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Hour 1: Zach Charbonnet, Baker Mayfield, and The Toilet Grid
Amin is joining us from Vegas because he thinks this is an important game. He got one over on you, buddy. Jesus.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
Yeah, well, Tony, see, here's the thing, Tony. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. This has never happened before in the history of the show, not in 20 years. Whoville? I have never before seen a segment stolen so effortlessly from someone as Rose just stole this segment from you. Rose just, what was happening behind you is the funniest thing this show has ever done.
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We went from Lucy's roaring with laughter to Tony's solo drum act of there's a pitter-patter on the wall. And the big joke at the end is Baker Mayfield had a 40 burger.
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Wait, this is if. Look. Look, I need to aggressively make DraftKings understand in a contract year that if the holidays are not filled with Cuban Santas telling you what to bet on this game from a parking lot outside of a bar, if Feldman and the others don't turn this into Tony making some money the next 10 days as Cuban Santa gives you gambling advice, we will have failed as a company.
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We will have failed as a partnership. I agree. Tony, make it happen. I want you make it. I want it raining money on Cuban Santa.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
Cash and toys. What do you want to tell people about what they can do here for the next couple of hours, Tony, before we go back out to Rose later to see if she can pronounce Luigi Mangione?
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yes we're accepting all toys unwrapped gift cards for kids that are a little bit older um bring those we'll put them right here in this box and you're supporting an amazing cause with the branches uh charity uh thank you tony it is branches it is uh branchesfl.org if you want to just in a real easy way i know uh i know many of you may not be able to get over to the places we're talking about our show is now you know on all over the place so you but if you want to help with what it is that we're doing
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You can participate with branchesfl.org. If you're local, you can drop off things, unwrapped toys at Corner Coffee here at the Elser, 398 Northeast 5th Street, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. The next couple of days, we're going to be out at Vivo where we were for the watch party.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
And so we're going to make this real easy over the next few days. We're trying to do this, you know, in an old style radio remote thing over the next three days where we gather somewhere. And if fans of this show, you have a couple of days to gather or want to just bring us stuff physically, we would love to relay your happiness to kids during what can be a tough time.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
Okay, so one thing I wanted to do, Stugatz, because of what Billy is doing there and what you guys are doing in general, we have gotten to the point of the season where you really like making the confident statements of knowing something when you say 15 weeks in, hey, you know what I know? The Bucs can beat anybody and the Packers can beat anybody. Yeah. That's what I got for you.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
They can beat anybody. And those are two new teams to the they can beat anybody group. The Rams, too. Yeah, the Rams, too.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
All right. Tony struggled through that segment. And Lucy, holy. I mean, what Rose does to make you laugh, I can't believe. that the outtakes aren't filled with things that Rose has done to make you laugh.
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She's filming.
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I know, but that was unbelievable what was happening behind Tony that entire segment. I could not have gotten paid actors to make that look like that.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
Okay. All right. That's how you do it, Jeremy. Teach the man something.
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Yes, let's see. I think it'll fall apart. I think that that's as well as you can do that. Number five, number five, the Denver Broncos. Yeah.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
Okay, number four. Stu got storming his way into the segment with a Christmas song to knock Jeremy and Tony out of the way on This Is How You Do It, Kids. Number four. The Rams.
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Number three, number three. I think it's going to fall apart. The Green Bay Packers. Not bad. Not bad. Number four was my favorite. Just Rams.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
Yes! All right, so it's a different version of the same game set a different way.
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Okay, I would like very much...
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
So, Rose, you got it all wrong? You were talking a language here. Mike Ryan came in trying to support with faux fake. You didn't have it right on Miss Congeniality 2?
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Well, I think this is why Lucy was saying the randomness of that being your favorite comedy of all time. Like, Jessica's response... English comedy.
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I didn't understand why it is that you were showing movies to Rose yesterday and you were trying to get her to explain things. I was watching you and Rose and I'm saying, if someone were filming this, this would be a hysterical language barrier moment where Lucy and Rose are trying to enjoy laughter at the same time, but they're not enjoying things at the same time.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
But Lucy is finding Rose being frustrated by trying to explain why this is funny, funny.
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You guys have traversed the language. She's fighting through it all with an accent. And she is uproariously funny. And now she has replaced Chris Cody in most capable of producing a surprise. This is now two times we've gone to her where she is trying to help out and everything is funnier than what came before it.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
She's a natural born star and she's a singer and she's collecting toys with Cuban Santa, Tony, who better have a gambling sponsorship by the end of this segment. Or I walk, DraftKings. Hold on a second. What? What happened?
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Cuban Santa. I think we need to ride Cuban Santa's top five into the sky.
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Really?
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Yes, it is. Well, you can't explain that it's a callback.
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Jingle balls, jingle balls, jingle all the way. I understand. That's a bad spot for you, Jess. That's a bad spot.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
I've got a shameful confession a couple of them around this song one I Can't tell what some of the lyrics are which hurts me because I am so moved with that song that I will tell you and I have not felt music like that in about five years where it just really reaches me, her pain of like, oh no, why did they pepper spray Rose?
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Take my word for it. I've seen it several times. Is one of the possibilities, Mike, in any of the hypotheticals we're exploring that you might be wrong?
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But you refused to acknowledge that one of the possibilities here might be that you're- I did initially, but now I'm a man, and I'm doubling down.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
Okay, you know what? You've gone now aggressive to lacking confidence. You were cornered by everybody on what your facts were, and you've come out aggressively loud, wrong, and no one trusts your information anymore. You've damaged your credibility. We all saw it. You were kind of faking your way through that. We all saw it, and we didn't support you on it. We all saw it.
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We didn't live the lie with you.
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Okay, if I may, please, because there were two places I really wanted to get here, okay? But I've been trying to get here for about 10 days. I really just wanted to talk about the Bears for a minute, because I know Jessica's so mad at the Bears. And I really do want to talk, as we talk about all the football tough guys, I mean... The Panthers going in last night to Edmonton with a reminder.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 NFL Teams You Don't Want To See Come Playoff Time
What a game. No, but that's a national echoer where you're like, look, I know we're all going to check back in in the postseason and it's going to get ratcheted to another place, but reminding Edmonton on the road, okay, yeah, you can go five goals, but we got six for you, including one from behind the net. It was startling to me to watch the juxtaposition of
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Oh shit, the Heat just lost to the Pistons and I don't care. I'm over here. I'm over here because they got my attention last postseason and I'm watching what feels like playoff hockey because the Panthers want to remind Edmonton, oh, if we see you again, if we see you again... You don't get this sport from us just with a good regular season.
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That's amazing.
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But the reason I want to get back to the Bears, but before I do this, because I haven't been able to do this for 10 days, and we've got a room, Stugatz, that wants to talk about something.
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Everybody wants to talk about it, and it is not a conversation that it includes us, and everyone wants to talk about Wicked, and I have failed at any point to talk about Wicked, and Mystery Crate's going to get it, or there is some valuable... wicked content around how much the people in that shipping container care about. Jeremy's not here.
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It's going to exasperate him that this is the day that he is not here because everybody has wanted to talk about this for about 10 days.
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And in the background, I'm looking at Lucy and she's gazing at the heavens with a radiant smile on her face at her friend being pepper sprayed.
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My wife loves him. He's one of her favorites. Yeah, he's a zaddy.
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I didn't do it on purpose, no.
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I understand that you... This is the first day in any of the days that everyone has wanted to talk about Wicked where I have three of the four people in who want to talk about Wicked on the same day. Your enthusiasm here... We can't produce anything other than that Stugatz wicked bad joke and Chris Cody's bad impersonation there.
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It seems like the other people in that room know they're wicked more than Chris Cody, who's a virgin and is already here to tell us that Jeff Goldblum is overrated as an actor.
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Well, Jeremy's got a Michael Vick song over there. Oh, no. Song for everything.
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Yes, right.
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Can we?
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Can I hear it?
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I think Rose needs, I think Jeremy wants what Rose now has, which is just a natural, organic way of singing in a way that delights us instead of annoys us.
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But it is how I spent the game watching. It is some form of Christmas.
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I want you guys to imagine me, okay? Look, now that it's been unmasked, now that I'm clearly a homer who just votes for Cam Ward, I will be honest with you about how I watched the Dolphin game on Sunday. It's like this.
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All right, Lucy, let me help me right now produce a live what I'm trying to do here, a live radio and television moment. OK, help me do this. Produce this segment with me because I've got Rose out here. We're a bit of a gorilla outfit. OK, we're telling Ricky Williams yesterday that he's got to rain down holy hell on the University of Texas so that you can get into a game. You said that.
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I didn't say that. I know I said that. We got Cuban Santa over at Flanagan's over here and he might steal your toys. He might take your gift cards. He wants your cash. I don't think we're doing this legally or well.
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so far and I don't trust the technology and his mustache and beard don't work right but Rose is holding the camera and he's in front of the camera can we flip flop them so I can ask Rose some questions here and we're trying to do a toy drive at Flanagan's we're trying to get people out there in the next couple of hours Can I talk to Rose, Lucy, and try to make you giggle? Oh, thank you.
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This is going to be so good. So, Lucy, look how happy. Okay, yes, please. I want Lucy cam here. I want to isolate, please.
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Give me all Lucy cam here just as she smiles and looks at Rose because the question I want to ask Rose, thank you, Rose, for helping us in production from what I'm imagining is a puddle in a parking lot because this is not the most glamorous Flanagan's, but it's one of the legendaries. And Rose, can you hear me okay?
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Okay. Can you say the name, please, of the famous, the Italian name of the person who has been accused of killing a CEO in the street over healthcare symbolism?
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Okay. Nailed it.
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It was better than you were doing yesterday. I think you've been practicing. I think you've been cheating for this moment. Can you try again? I want to. Can you try again?
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Okay. Thank you, Rose. I appreciate it. Luigi Mangione.
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Now we're getting it.
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Luigi Mangione.
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Luigi Mangione.
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Luigi Mangione.
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Luigi Mangione.
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She has an accent. That's the game we're playing right on the line. That is the game right on the line. And bring us your toys. At least we're being subtle with it, though.
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So subtle. Rose, hand the microphone to Cuban Santa Claus over there. Bring him your cash, your gift cards, and your gifts for toys, your toys for kids.
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Turn it down!
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Yes, so Tony, tell people to come on out. This is an old-style radio. Stugatz, you remember when we used to do these? Oh, I love them. Yes, it's a radio remote in the streets of Miami. Gather around, Miami. We're asking for your toys. Come meet Cuban Santa, Tony. Today we are at the Flanagan's in Coconut Grove, the famous one. There it is. Look at that. Look at that. Tony's top five.
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Rose, get behind the camera. tony's top five we're going we're going live so we got toy drive and live content that mike sure was making fun of yesterday man that's a high compliment guys we skip past those around here mike sure knows of tony's top five and he thinks it's ridiculous that tony's top five has such basic observations and i accused mike sure of not getting the show right
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Make some noise, BD.
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I accused Mike Schur. He was insulted. Mike Schur, a comedy genius, a giant. He did not get the show because, of course, Tony's top five are the most obvious things. Of course. He's at a Flanagan's parking lot. He's around puddles. He's asking for toys and he's giving you... Those are puddles of pee.
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No, come on. Dan, I am telling you. I love Flanagan's. We're doing a good thing. It's a toy drive. Bring your toys.
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That's not part of our promotion. That's just us. Look, Flanagan gave us a space in a parking lot. We're collecting toys. Don't make us look like fools. Go support Tony. Look, take our incompetence, ride it into the sky. If you support this kind of content live on television, capable of falling into a puddle and electrocuting Tony. Bring your toys, save Cuban Santa's life.
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No, look at her. I missed that. I've not seen that as video content. I have not seen that since Billy fell over. Tony, get out of the way. No, Tony, get out of the way.
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Tony, get out of the way.
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Get out of the way, Tony.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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You're listening to DraftKings Network. Hey, have you checked out that spreadsheet I sent you for our dinner options?
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Ron, what is the status right now of your Sex and the Animals yearly presentation that for many years is one of the most iconic sold-out events that we've ever had in South Florida?
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Oh, wow. Wow. How about that? I think I might do that. A little one-on-one thing. A private show. A private show.
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You guys, okay. That's great. I will find a way to do that for our audience at some point in the future.
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Will Greg Cody, Dan, and Stugatz have sex with the animals? Because that's what Stugatz is insinuating. No, but it's a very popular thing that he does because it's just science.
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And I'd like for you to explain with your expertise, because I've said this before, I know we're spoiled around here, but in terms of national authorities in the animal realm, now that Steve Irwin has passed and we don't really have a lot of people who do this between languages, Spanish and English,
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Ron McGill represents the, I think, the most famous caretaker for the animals right now that we have in America speaking on behalf of, can we just care for the animals?
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And this video right here that I want to show you, Ron, I want you to explain to me how mountain goats do this, what these goats are doing, because I don't understand how they traverse a mountainside this way when this seems to defy the laws of physics. Jesus. That they can...
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that they can have that kind of facility on the side of a mountain where if they were to slip, all of them would slip to their death.
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What would you say, Ron, because I will remind again the audience, I haven't done this in a while, the audience, the reason that Ron is so good to the show and so available to the show as someone who has never made any money off the show except for the charitable contributions with which he buys expensive cars, fancy trips, and the jacket that he is presently wearing.
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He does a lot of big work with the help of our listeners who represent the biggest donations that he gets at Miami Zoo because of how much they appreciate how great he is with the animals. So if you want to help the animals directly, his endowment is always available to you.
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If I were to play for you a bunch of video here that would amaze you the way that that one did, what represents the most amazing thing like that that you believe exists in the wild? An adaptation so amazing that it defies the law of physics.
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That's a good one because it got away. That wasn't a bad one. That was a good one because it got away.
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All right, Stugatz is watching it by himself. He's not helping anybody.
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But that's not helping anybody, Stugatz. You're doing your own.
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You're doing your own private show, Stugatz.
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Alright, we are looking for it, and now, is this the video? Oh, here it is. Here it is. Hold on.
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Watch this.
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Holy shit. This doesn't seem well planned.
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No, it is amazing. I'm not going to dispute that. It's beyond amazing. It's beyond amazing. All right, don't yell at me. I just get so excited when I see this stuff.
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Okay, what do I have to say so you're sufficiently satisfied? Do it until you're satisfied.
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unbelievable stuff yeah oh jesus that's that is a gruesome death just took that thing threw it to its death i didn't like that video that is horrible that's a snuff film you just showed us it's uh this is irresponsible what we're doing i don't i like the animal videos where the animals get away i like i like the iguana running a thousand snakes in the desert not how nature works everything
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Okay, listen to me. I'm well aware the wild is terribly cruel. More cruel than I could possibly imagine. Show me the videos where the iguana gets away from a thousand snakes. I like those better. I like those better than the videos of the thing dying at the end because a giant bird has taken a wonderful stuffed animal and thrown it off a cliff so it could fall 700 feet to its death.
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Amazing that the bird is that smart. Don't want to watch it as a video entertainment experience. Thank you.
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No, this one gets away, I think. Is he going to get away? Are you showing me? No, I think he gets away.
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beautiful hey listen the bottom line is wildlife is amazing whichever way you look at it that is correct i prefer it alive though so let's play uh for ron mcgill here the last video of the day uh explain to me what a service dog is doing here uh in the paying of groceries because i know greg cody has lamented service dogs as if they're not useful comfort animals here's a service dog learning something i did not know that service dogs knew how to do which is pay
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pay cash money or pay credit card for a purchase at a grocery store? Is this stupid pet tricks or is this a real thing?
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I'm sorry, Ron, let me interrupt you for a second. Greg muttered something drunk into the microphone because he starred for two hours and is kind of bored. What were you saying, Greg?
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Why would you not say that loud enough for all of us to enjoy it? Why would you slur it bored into the microphone?
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Look, Travis Kelsey says this is the toughest job in the world.
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Don Levitard. Is there Back in My Day?
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Greg Cody does no longer have the stamina for what this requires weekly, every day. And by now, of two consecutive days, he's usually fading. We will find that sound, and we will play that sound for you in a second.
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I'm about to hear the audience. You don't understand. Okay, listen to me. I want everyone to know what the frustration of my General Tuesdays are. He's had nothing. since shouting into a crowd, do it till you're satisfied. He's run out of material since then. Look at him. Drinking vigorously from the cup of satisfaction.
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You had a spree. You had a hot streak. We fed you the ball. You took seven straight shots. You nailed all of them. You haven't listened since.
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You know what, Ron? I've got no more questions for you. You've got to run to this presentation. Would you like to be here for a Greg Cody back in my day? We're about to unveil the first fresh Greg Cody back in my day, and I'm going to say about eight months. Maybe more than that. I've got to hear it.
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Okay, excellent. He's coughing here at the beginning of it. Are you okay? Are you ready to do this, Greg? We'll see. All right.
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So hold on a second, Greg, and a very worthy return. You're saying that a gym in a cruise ship is like a cocktail bar in a synagogue.
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A cocktail lounge, an important distinction because it's a funnier word, lounge, cocktail bar, not as funny. This is a prideful word thing. It's tough to do every week, which is why we get them once every eight months.
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Are you guys in agreement with that? Every gym I've ever gone to on a cruise ship is filled with people. I know. Sad.
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Put it on the poll. I never get past the casino. At Levitard Show, did you know they had gyms on cruise ships and also is a gym in the cruise ship like a cocktail lounge in a synagogue?
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Tell me more because you haven't been around for a couple of weeks because you've been in the Galapagos. What have you been doing? Another amazing trip. Ron McGill sees the world while wearing fancy leather jackets.
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All right. Thank you, Ron. Good seeing you. See you around. Appreciate it. Always good seeing you. And thank you, as always, to our listeners. That segment never gets old. It really doesn't. I don't understand how it never gets old, but it never gets old because there's always new stories to talk about with him. I'm very happy about the return of Back in My Day.
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I'm very happy and thrilled that our audience has supported these books so much. I will say that it is a great career honor for our show.
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For the audience to respect the written word enough to make books successful, The Pride of a Lion is wildly successful for a local, a small local publisher that continues to publish multiple Greg Cody books because it's profitable to publish Greg Cody books if the people from our world are involved in them, like Ron McGill and Stu Gatz, and the listeners can support those things.
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Because you didn't sell it through the show.
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I like that Jeremy continues to take chances by trying to make songs quickly. We will go to a new collection of music from Jeremy in a second. But as it relates to just Ron McGill in general. and everything he's doing with and for the animals, and Pride of a Lion. You guys are very happy with your book sales, correct? Are we done selling books? How does this work? We're never done selling books.
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Are you going to tell the audience at some point what it has done for you, other than get you more publishing deals? Are you going to thank the audience for supporting the project?
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It is. It's a book. It is the perfect size. Back in my day is easy reading in the bathroom.
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I think that's how everyone thinks of Father's Day. It's the most romantic way to think of it as a whole other revenue stream. That is the way to think of fatherhood parenting in general. Chris, I've been watching here. Billy had to run. Billy's hair's on fire all the time. He's always producing, always producing. And so he had to go do underdogs. And he ran out of the room.
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And you have been working in the shadows with Stu Gatz, concocting. I can see you guys working while we do a live show. You've been trying to find this sound that Greg Cody made. And I've worked with you guys long enough, and we can communicate without talking well enough, that you guys are disappointed by the sound.
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I can tell that it's not good enough to get us the punctuation we need on this segment. But even not having heard it, The part that I want to reveal to the audience is Greg Cody is a professional broadcaster who at this point in his career is largely bored with what we're doing around here. And he doesn't have much stamina for what we're doing.
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So after two hours where he's really been the star and wonderful, like this has been an epic Greg Cody Tuesday. Yep. Epic. An old-school Greg Cody Tuesday.
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I've got to figure out. You're right. I do. I owe. Find the Venmo penalty. Tell me what it is. No, no. You've got to do it now. I'll find it. We've got to get the payment now. We can't just get the payoff. A mistake is $1. No, it's not a mistake, though. I called him Ed Cody, and that's a mistake on a name. It's a mistake. What is the Venmo fine bucket? What are the costs?
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He could have lived somewhere else in witness protection as Ed. I did not kill him. There was no suggestion that I killed him.
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Are you in charge of the fine bucket?
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So let me hear this sound, please, without any further ado, because I am told that the sound's not good enough now and that there's going to be no payoff. But I just want the audience to see what my Tuesday experience has been for 20 years. Which is, I've watched Greg Cody get more and more tired. Me and the woman who loves him just agreed. My God, the comedy has gotten lazy late in age.
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He just throws out a couple of farts and expects everyone to laugh. He goes, hey, buy my books. That's who I am. I'll be working on Broadway. I deserve Las Vegas shows. I'm Hee Haw 3's Greg Cody.
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I sell books and I sell out Las Vegas shows. I'm a musician. I'm a talent. I could have sold out a church, but for some reason that event got canceled.
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Let me hear Greg Cody. Broadway Joe. I just want to tell you, Ron McGill is talking, and Greg Cody, because we're throwing into a video of a service dog that is on a counter paying a cashier in either cash or a credit card. Greg Cody's trying to make the joke that... that the dog would not know if you shortchanged it because the dog does not know denominations.
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Here is that sound of Greg Cody making that joke in the bored, laziest way possible.
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That's what you're supposed to know what it is. Right in the middle of Ron.
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Did you finish the thought? Did you finish the thought? Was it half a mutter?
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I will tell the audience here after a few years of Metal Ark that Tony's story is charming and amazing as one of these loyal gorillas who will... run with our show no matter where it goes in terms of leaving the safety net so that he can go chase some of the things that he wanted in Miami where there are not media companies.
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Tony has hustled his way into something with those MMA hangouts that he's doing where a lot of people are gathering. They are getting popular. Sponsors are around him and he's doing it till he's satisfied. and now he's brought a kid into the world, and we haven't celebrated it here, or we haven't talked about it. I didn't feel like Billy got enough paternity leave.
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I don't even know how much is the right, how much, he says, eating Funyant. Are a lot of people eating Funyuns these days? That's an old school snack. Is it not? Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Are Funyuns still popular? I loved Funyuns, but I haven't had one since I was 17.
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I want to get to a number of things with you, including Funyuns. This is, am I wrong in saying that that's an old school snack? I would assume that many people are still eating Funyuns. I'm just not, I'm not used to seeing what I just saw. Not at 11 a.m., not at any time.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Did you know Funyuns was short for fun onions? I don't know that that is so.
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I just thought it was a fun way of saying onions. Yeah, Funyuns. Funyuns.
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Onion rings are one of the most underrated of all of the snacks. In general, I would make onion rings a Hall of Famer for underrated, criminally underrated. I don't know if it's a snack or if it's a loose end or what I would call it.
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Of a beautiful flower. That's right.
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Yes, a fried flower. Yes, a fried flower. My favorite kind. My most romantic kind of flower. Ron McGill, before I ask you animal questions, can I get your opinion on both Funyuns and onion rings?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Roy, are you noticing, like I am, that the jacket that Ron is wearing, clearly animal skin bought with some of the charitable funds, our listeners, and fine, fine animal skin bought by money that our listeners have donated to his endowment, the open shirt and the chain, where is Ron McGill coming from looking like this?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Sell that book. You're doing a presentation? Wait a minute. You're going door to door with presentations selling the book Pride of the Lion done by you and Greg Cody?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
What kind of crowd will that draw? How many books will that sell? Is there a minimum admission? Don't know. It's generally seniors. It's generally seniors. Well, that's why I was so stunned to see A.J. Brown holding a physical book on the sidelines. I didn't think that people his age did that anymore.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Look, I've got more respect than I did for him before. I thought that bamboo reed thing was a joke. We're just going to move right past. Respect on that. I mean, unbelievable. We haven't had an ending to a segment that dramatic and that victorious for Greg Cody, and I do not know how long. Amazing work by you.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Well, that's what I want to do. I want imaging going forward of Chris Cody as Bamboo Reed. I want you to have a bit of an Indiana Jones character of what you could have been. Vastly more interesting than the character I get today. If you had indeed become Bamboo Reed Cody, outdoorsman. Back when your dad was on LSD. Let's show Ron some video here. I want to show some B-roll here of a lioness.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
She is snarling and swiping at a male lion after what looks like just a greeting, a friendly greeting here. Tell me what's happening and do play-by-play for this on this, Ron.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Wait a minute. What is the, and not insect kingdom, but what is the most prodigious of the animal kingdom in this regard in terms of appetite?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
That's why Earlene gave it up so easily. She's like, eh, I'll be gone for seven seconds and then come home and eat a sandwich. Speaking of sandwiches, let's play the cassowary. The cassowary is very dangerous. The cassowary will disembowel you.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Do not turn your back to a cassowary. The cassowary has a clawed talon. And what is happening here, Ron? She's got a sandwich.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
She's got a sandwich and the cassowary's... Oh, okay.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
It's not as big, right? The ostrich is the biggest of the flightless birds, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Really? The ostrich? Put it on the Polite Levitard show. Did you know the cassowary was the most dangerous bird in the world to humans? The ostrich is not carnivorous? Or it also eats more?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
All right. But so I was saying, but they do eat meat, do they not? The ostrich doesn't eat meat?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
So, but wait, are you saying that basically the ostrich is kind of like a giant buzzard in terms of nutrients, that it's not a classy bird in terms of what it eats?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
The claw of the cassowary we just showed, that's the closest thing we'll find in the animal kingdom to looking like a dinosaur claw, correct?
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Billy, you were asking earlier in the show a question about fighting with a sword, a bull, or a tiger. What was the question? Ron McGill is perfect to talk about this.
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Hour 1: THE RETURN OF BACK IN MY DAY! (feat. Ron Magill)
Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Do most babies look like lizards who need to be put back for the cooking? Anywho.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
No, okay, no. But you guys are talking about the Detroit game, right? And I was thinking of just what is coming up against Detroit and what the bye is going to mean to these teams. My more general analysis that I've been wrong every time because of how much I fall in love with the teams that are good in this round.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
And then when they do run up against teams that have the Chiefs bye, what ends up happening, it's almost impossible to beat them on the road.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yes, it's just in times of measurements that are weird and random. Yes, Eli Manning twice has gone on the road through all his playoff games and won. Aaron once, I think. My larger point is what an amazing advantage it is in a sport that has so many close games that to have a week more of health
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
is usually a pretty substantive advantage because playing a game every two weeks feels differently than some of the shit we were doing at the end of the season where we're playing three games in 11 days and Patrick Mahomes is limping off the field.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yeah, Philadelphia's only given up six points, though, to the Rams. That's pretty close for a Philly home game.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I don't think it's that big a spread. I mean, not compared to what, eight, nine and a half I'm seeing? Right. Lions are going to crush the Commanders. The Texans team I saw beat the Chargers has a chance to win in Kansas City if the weather's not crazy snowy. See, no one thinks that. Okay. Don't say no one. That's a big if, though.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
And they proved me right for the next month or so. The team I saw beat the Chargers with that defense.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Be careful changing your mind. mind. Be careful. I just did this with Sam Darnold. I was good all season. You know how idiotic it is, Stu Gonson? I am on the other side of 55 to fall into the trap of being right all season and then being wrong the day before just because I did my math wrong on how many good teams there are in the sport?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I don't think they will, but I think they have a good chance. If I see the same team as I saw beat the Chargers. No, they're useless. That's right. They showed you a lot in that game today. I don't think they will, but they have a chance.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
What is that? Useless. Just fundamentally, this is how your dad ages in the gambling game.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Okay, let me tell you something about changing my mind. Sometimes it's not about changing your mind, it's about recognizing an evolution. And I'll give you another example. The Baltimore Ravens defense, early in the season, up until about mid-season, was awful. Bottom five in the league, most points allowed, terrible.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
The Ravens' defense changed because of Kyle Hamilton and a couple other things, and they're now a really, really good defense. That's not me changing my mind. That's me recognizing an evolution in that team.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Kyle Hamilton, not since talking about Bob Sanders making the Indianapolis Colts better for Peyton Manning. That guy could hit. Because as a safety, he took them from the 30th-ranked run defense by himself to a Super Bowl champion.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It was unbelievable to watch. I'm like, how is there a safety being a superhero here? I'm so mad that Derwin James is out of the playoffs because these cornerbacks who are superheroes are amazing to me. Bob Sanders.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Not since then have I heard one team get more accolades for one move in its defensive secondary than what the Ravens have become defensively since Kyle Hamilton, which is No. 1 in the league across the board for six weeks now.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yeah, that's right. We like Bob's in America now.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yeah, he's better with Bob.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
How did he get from there to Bob? You know what? You saw me hiccup on Bob Sanders and temporarily forget his name. It's because I don't associate athletic excellence with anyone named Bob.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It stopped me where I'm like, I wanted to change his name to Mike.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Hello. Bob Pettit.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
He was Robert, though. He was Robert.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Looking into it. All right, thanks. Get on that, Roy. Hmm. Bob's.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Oh, you know, that wasn't meant for air. Oh, boy. Because Golden Ray is a beautiful image. That's the name. I don't know if it's a great name.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
What's wrong with that name?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It's a made-up name. I think when parents make up names, they're not thinking of the child, okay? When that child is going into middle school with the name Golden Ray, I think you've got to think about that. Quick example. I wanted to name Christopher Bamboo Reed. Earlene stepped in and went, let's give him a normal name. Bamboo Reed Cody? Yeah, and she used the phrase normal name, okay? So...
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Call her up and ask her.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yeah, but it's a woman. It's a girl, Golden Ray. Okay, sorry.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I need to stop everyone here because I'm now finding our own show problematic. Greg Cody has now demanded that his wife package his things better after taking care of him. And now he is serving as ombudsman for how people name their kids.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yeah, I don't demand anything. I just suggest.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Wow. Wow. That's interesting.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Really? I don't know that we can trust it. AI knows everything. Huh. Demond? Nickname is Bob? Why?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It should be Demi, like Demi Moore or something. Dem would work. Dem? But Dem, it doesn't sound like a nickname. It's like, you know, Dem, who Dem, who that? Bob Bucher.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Excellent. Not athleticism. Not helpful.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Chris, I would like to speak to both my father today and your mother, because I want to ask her some questions, including whether or not he was going to name you Bamboo Reed, because I think your father is a liar. Yeah.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
And I want some answers to that question as well, because I really do think Greg Cody disrespected his union with a woman who is, like, I'm not kidding when I say she is 1,000 times the titan that he is.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
At his 70th birthday, I will say that the most moved Greg Cody was, as he considered everything from love to mortality, is thinking about the ways that he loves his wife, who has raved a 70-year-old toddler. A man who cannot do anything other than brag about making podcasts and his clicks and looking out at his downloads.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
We will ask her. We will ask her that in a second.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I can't keep up there anymore, I will just tell you. I have now lost much of my ability to tell what is real and what is not. I don't know if the rest of you are feeling the same thing. It's on purpose, Dan. They don't want us to know anything.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
And just as we live in a time of disinformation and dangerous times in general, and I ask the public to please placate me on what do you think the apocalypse looks like? Would it look like some of what's happening in California before it started? Whatever it is, the end...
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
looks like whatever you imagine it to look like you do you expect it to just be here within 50 years with an explosion or they're going to just be occasional hurricane forced winds during a fire that we weren't aware of bob saget r.i.p bob morley yeah bobby rest in power
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Whoa, $50 fine. What happened? Did you just kill Bob Dylan? You just killed Bob Dylan. I didn't kill Bob Dylan. He didn't mention it. I just wanted to make sure I got in front of it.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
There are no great Bob Saget. Look, you guys keep saying great Bobs. You're not giving me very many athletic Bobs. I'm not getting an assortment. Big shot Bob.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
That's Robert. That doesn't get to be Bob.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
No, but yes. Bob Sapp. MMA. I know who Bob Sapp is. I don't know. Bob Sapp. Well, there's no way. Lewis, do me the favor, just so that Greg Cody can enjoy the visual reveal of me showing him what Bob Sapp looks like.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Because Bob Sapp is an international superstar for just being a giant physical specimen, beast of a man in here and Japan who could not fight a lick, even though he was 350 pounds of bloated muscle and a bit of a superhero. And everyone would kick his ass in whatever it is the fighting sport was, but my God, he was terrifying walking to the ring. Famous only for being giant.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Bob Sapp was not a great athlete. He was just someone named Bob.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Wow. So something has been done already on the deep dive think piece on can Bob's be great athletes? No is the answer. If you're named Bob, you can't be.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yeah, I like Bob Gibson. Oh, my God. He had to face Teddy Ballgame. Yeah, man.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Another Hall of Famer. Oh, that's a good one. The Indian, back when we called them Indians. Whoa, careful. Yeah.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Hold on a second. Hold on a second. Back when?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Five minutes. Wow. Wow. Major asshole.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Let's not rewrite history. Bob Feller played for the Cleveland Indians. I'm sorry.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
You're right on Bob Feller. We will look up whether I've cross-contaminated generations here between Bob Gibson and Teddy Ballgame. You're going to have to leave, though. You're going to have to leave because what you did is deeply offensive to me.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
And you cannot, I will tell you, Stugatz, that in these modern times, I think the funniest moment since we left ESPN for me that I was not able to make fun of is we had a moment on our show where I said that somebody was sitting Indian style. And then, yeah, well, this is what happened back then. Yes.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I said someone was sitting Indian style and then to correct myself because I got scared of it immediately. Then I corrected it to something you'd write in fiction if you were trying to mock my ego soaked ass. Native American style. And none of you noticed it. And no one corrected me. And we sped through the stop sign. And I was like, that's mortifying what just happened to me there.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I was supposed to say crisscross applesauce, which I'm sorry, I feel ridiculous saying.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
well you kept it moving well enough to avoid the problem we presently have which is Greg Cody who's feeling full of himself today and should be by the way that first hour was a Greg Cody hour for all time and furthermore he came in today with a shocking announcement that he's got a back in my day a fresh back in my day out of nowhere unannounced hasn't done one of those and I don't know how long it's been unless it's for profit through one of his books well it's Tuesday he's right about that Jack
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
We're in a dangerous place with your old man, Chris, in that he ages poorly in terms of saying that his wife, the lawyer, or partner should do his bags better. My mom is joining right now, by the way, so she should be here any second. She's not going to like what's about to be said here.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Two years of overlap. All right. Thank you. I am held clinging to my own ignorance. That is how the sportsman ages right there. You just cross, crisscross generation, 60s, 80s. What was it? 90s, 70s. I don't know. Teddy ball game. And then you point at your friend. That's how the knowledge base have I used to collect baseball cards disintegrates.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yeah, it's an amazing story. For those of you who want to know the legend of Teddy Ballgame, he, in his prime, went off to be a fighter pilot. It's kind of amazing. And then at the end, they cut his head off and put it in some sort of cyber barrack chamber and it lives in ice.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Ah. Yes. Bob hairdo.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
oh no my mother back in my mother's day women it was called a bob harrison yeah yeah i can't explain it still exists back me up on that no we'll get to her in a second hold on a second greg cody let's introduce first your wife who's very busy at a law firm and she she doesn't have time for this nonsense she really does not okay and and she's always available though no she's not always available no she is not always available that's
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
That is not in any way true. I ask for her all the time. And she graces us with her presence two or three times. And it's always to the eternal embarrassment of Greg Cody. So I have a number of different questions to ask you, Earlene. But when he goes Bob haircut there with the joke.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I just I want to know, OK, why she loves this man, a man she's had to take care of for 70 years. And the argument before you got here is, well, he's forever a kid and she likes that he's immature and he's always a kid and he makes her laugh.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
You did say Arlene. You got her name wrong there. I let it slide and I kept it moving the last time. What's your name?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Yes, it's okay. We'll let it slide for now. Sorry, Erlene. Don't mean a man's name too, Erlene. It's not Arlene. Sorry.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It's his longtime love and a man who takes care of this old man. And the question I want to pose to you among many is how is his sense of humor aging at home? Because I found that his Bob joke is lazy even by his standards, that he is getting lazier and lazier on funny with age at home.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Okay. A quick parenthesis here. I just Googled the phrase Bob hairdo. Right. And photos come up of a Bob hairdo. That's right. That wasn't lazy. I wasn't making that up.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
No, there is a Bob hairdo. That is correct. Okay, so why is that lazy? There used to be a...
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It's Bob hairdo. The Bob. It's not a name. It's a thing.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Earlene, when you came on, the reason I started there is when you came on, you made a face like you smelled something bad. Like there's my husband out in public making one of those stinker jokes of his not trying very hard. And I saw something, if not shame, it was not love on your face.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Right. That's correct. You don't want him to change. That is correct. Well, she loves him. I don't know of two more important ingredients. Let's ask her understanding and acceptance. Do you love him? Yes, of course she loves it. Of course. Okay, just making sure.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I have a number of questions. Is what you love most about him that he's a kid at heart? Sure. What's she supposed to say to that? Is there something that she loves more about you? You are fiercely protective and speak in poems about how much you love her. I don't know.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Wow. What a great gift. Yes. Thank you. Six by four.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
That's a lot of banner for $10. Did you wrap it? No, I displayed it for her. I put it up banner-like, banner style.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It's a great question. March. It is a great question. How long is too long for the thoughtful gift that is a testament to Greg Cody's love, all $12.99 of it? Yeah. Wants to be celebrated like Cleopatra around his house because he got a banner for $12.99. That's correct.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
44, that's a big one. It is a big one. Yeah. Thanks a lot.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
You don't wrap gifts. You put them in bags. I mean, honestly...
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
That was the part that was presented poorly? Can you guys please stop disrespecting their union this way?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Shortcut. It's okay. So you'd rather her cheat on you? She's not cheating. And by the way, I wrap more than 10 gifts. Thank you very much. All right, 12. Yeah. And I bow them as well. Nobody cares about the bow.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Bow in it. David Bowie. What? Is that it? Yay! Thank you. What?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I've got one more question and only one, but I really do just want to understand because I don't understand how we've gotten so comfortable with Greg Cody in general that we're just doing the show. And at some point he just shouts across the room in some way that no one notices, do it till you're satisfied. Exactly. And I'm like, no one's going to comment on that?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Why did he just shout into the din, do it until you're satisfied? Do what until you're satisfied?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I just was personal witness in the wild to one of the great love story old man connections around baseball cards and all things that bring sports purity and love to bond to men. The moment I just witnessed, natural, right before the cameras came on in here, of Stu Gantz and Greg Cody talking the love language of men And I'll tell you what it was. I don't have the context for it.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It's an old purpose. Here comes the cough. It's that kind of thing. You know. What do you mean do it till you're satisfied?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It's because you can't think of anything else to say.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
This is where you've gotten lazy as your humor, though. Do it till you're satisfied had nothing to do with what we were talking about.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It has everything to do with what we're talking about.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
The last question I want to ask you, Arlene.
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is were you ever considering or what is was it ever brought to you that great time out it's early it should be an open-ended question you shouldn't say this it was the name you should say to her what was the name that greg wanted okay you know what that is that is an excellent thank you she may not remember it's been a while okay no but i you know what greg i'm going to allow you because i'd be stunned if you were telling the truth on this
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Please get it right like an old-timey game show. Please get your wife to answer correctly without you telling her. Ask the question you like to get the response that will make you correct.
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Okay, if she remembers it. When you were pregnant with Christopher and we were dreaming up possible names, I came up with, you know, we were going through the usual suspect of names. I came up with a rather unusual name that you vetoed. Do you remember what that name was?
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
Please. Come on. That was well after that. You don't remember, do you?
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I started listening at the end, but it was a magical moment of love story between the height of masculinity. Stugatz said to Greg Cody, for reasons I don't understand. Oh, Teddy Ball Game. And Greg Cody didn't give him one point.
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Gave him two points.
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Because of a baseball player named Ted Williams.
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In the 1950s and 60s and the glorious old sports day of when a nickname still meant something.
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That's right. That's how genius happens. Start talking about Teddy Bridgewater, anything can happen.
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Teddy Bridgewater. I've been asking our guest bookers to get Teddy Bridgewater for us because it's a really cool story. It just happened pretty quietly. You don't get in and out of football unscathed with what that game cost. As Chris Cody's arguing, yeah, I don't want to be Sam Darnold. I just want his money. That is, my father's been saying that since childhood. I don't want to be Burt Reynolds.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
I just want his money. That's what Chris Cody just said as a sports argument for why he would or wouldn't want to be a quarterback. He just wants the money. Teddy Bridgewater got some of the money. Reliable backup. comes to our city, dominates state high school football, leaves a champion, goes back to the Detroit Lions, and they might need him for a drive.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
And, man, that's going to be a nice story. That's what I'm saying. If somehow injuries come and grab everybody in the sport and the Lions need a rescue because, you know, there are four other teams that are almost as good as the Lions, and, oh, might the Rams be one of them.
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Might the Rams be one of them because I'm pretty sure that Stugatz, after last night, is willing to say the Rams are going to win the Super Bowl.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
They're healthier, and it's weird. That team is weird. In that it is strange. We can agree on this. It's unusual to have a system that has two of these unbelievably rugged physical receivers that no one can stop. To have two of them and a quarterback who can no-look pass in a Super Bowl because he's so comfortable throwing a football.
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If you can't stop two receivers who the only failure of that team is if their bodies don't hold up, correct? Correct.
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Because one of them was a 2,000-yard receiver and the other one comes behind him and is a 1,700-yard receiver. And you're like, wait a minute, how does that happen? It must be system and coach and quarterback working together rhythmically and all the detours of the thing is health. Like, there is nothing. It's a grinding machine that will win the Super Bowl.
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Maybe it stops at Belichick and Brady because Goff's your quarterback. But if you've figured out system and quarterback and timing, and you've got a durable quarterback, and his skill guys are those two, right? Because I don't know, who do you guys view as the best skill guys in the league? We look at Cincinnati, obviously.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
But when I ask you about this, when I ask you about what this team does with its no-look quarterback and two receivers impossibly built, to get 2,000 yards in a way you cannot stop. I do not care what you do. I don't care how good your corners are. I don't even need totally to throw the ball to the tight end in the seam very much anymore.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
In the Super Bowl at drive time, when I had to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, Matthew Stafford had so much comfort in Cooper Kopp, that even though he's the only healthy receiver left, he's making no-look passes to a person we know he's going to throw it to because some people are so quick that you're never going to actually cover Ladd McConkie. He's just never going to be covered.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
It's not a thing that can be covered either when it's that small and quick. So that team, everyone in the sport is scared of for what I just said, right? Oh no, they've got three guys like that, and those three guys are kind of indestructible. They'll beat Tom Brady on fourth and long when you know he's got to throw it to Cooper Cup in the playoffs. Everyone is terrified of that team.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
More than the Bengals, more than I'd say even the 49ers. Billy's never believed in them, but I don't think Billy would have anything bad to say about the Rams. We all know if that team's healthy, it's terrifying.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
They also have a good tight end who got injured last night, but not seriously. Tyler Higbee. Yeah, and then Williams is an above-average running back. I mean, that is a great offense. I would still say Baltimore has more weapons and is a better offense, but the Rams are great.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
If the Rams could derail the greatest season in Detroit Lions history. If Stafford could. In Detroit. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. You want storylines like the soap opera basketball stuff? Hold on. Hold on. Healthy Rams with Matthew Stafford as the quarterback. Matthew Stafford.
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is the best Detroit Lions player ever who did not quit on the franchise early in his career because the franchise has sucked for 50 years and swallows everyone and everything, even if it's Barry Sanders.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
He got traded. Look, Matthew Stafford is one of the— Look, you say you don't want the expectations of quarterback money? Stafford was the highest-paid quarterback, and I was like, you can't pay him like that. Detroit Lions never win anything. He's their best player. They never matter. He goes to California because McVay says Goff— That's as high as I can go.
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I'm going to arrive at Belichick's doorstep and I'm going to lose 13-3 because that's as high as I can go with you as soon as Todd Gurley gets hurt. If you don't have your running back, I can't do it with just you. So I can't do it with 20 touchdowns in my running game. And so I'm going to send you to Detroit and Detroit says... This is a stopgap. We're rebuilding with Mann Campbell.
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This isn't a serious thing. We're going to take this money. We all know this is bad money in golf. Golf can't succeed like that without McVeigh, right? I don't have any parts of the story wrong yet, do I? No.
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The Big Suey: Bamboo Reed (feat. Earleen Cote)
For him to go back to Detroit and break the greatest season in Detroit history's heart because Stafford can no look past when you, in the Super Bowl, when you get him two receivers or you get him just one. It's like one who won't quit. One who won't quit because of franchise dysfunction. One who won't quit because he's properly supported.
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It is crazy to say that I would take as my Super Bowl champion any one of the remaining teams that you give me if I can just add one. Those three guys. And put it in the middle of my offense. I feel like I can go on the road and beat anybody. I will play on any team in the league and I will just drop in. I'll take out your three skill guys and put those three skill guys out.
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And I think I'll take my chances with Kup, Puka, and Stafford against everyone in the league.
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Was that a cough laugh? What was that sound? It sounded like somebody clubbed a baby seal next to me.
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And it spit up a sardine.
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What just happened? I was laughing at Billy's take because while it may be accurate, it's also part of what makes this a great matchup full of storylines. And here's another storyline. Don Shula's grandson may be the best defensive coordinator in football that nobody's talking about. Right. The Dolphins should hire him. You know what?
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If they lose their defensive coordinator, which they might because he's being sought after.
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I know, but also Anthony Lee.
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Exactly. And Anthony Lee was being sought after.
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Let me ask you guys a question, because for about the last five years, I can stroll in with the lazy analysis of the following. And this week, because of the stakes, because we're starved for football, because we make all things that just happen the most important thing in a sport where health really, really matters.
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For the last five to ten years, I'm always thinking that the team that looks impressive this week can go on the road and then go play a rested team that is better than them and gets the reward in the game of attrition of being rested and playing at home, thinking that that team's chances are better than they ever are.
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Because what often happens in this round is the team like the Rams gets dragged because the better team had longer rest and we're all reminded, oh yeah, Detroit beat everyone in the sport by 225 points this year. They're better than everyone and you always fall in love with the last team you see.
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I stopped doing analysis that way because of how often I was wrong falling in love with the wild card team.
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Okay, in this round, though, the Eagles at least had to play.
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Local Hour: Tying Up Loose Ends
No, we will get to it now. I had my car broken into, which is why I'm—
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If only they saw the way you were dressed. What about twice? Yeah. So, yeah, that's been my morning. And, of course, this is my respite. I'm feeling actually pretty good now. I'm actually wearing something because I'm not thinking about my chariot being broken in today.
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No, no. Most gladiators used to go into battle, you know, hoping to not die.
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Luckily, I don't carry any valuables in the car. I don't think they took anything from Aneed's car because Aneed's car was also broken into. So, yeah, I filed the police for reporting everything. So that's all done. But yeah, that's not a good feeling. Not a good feeling at all. Can I ask their tactic? Was it like through the window? Did they? No, they opened the door.
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Yeah, I forgot to. This is awkward.
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Yeah, you won't get anything. No cash.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Postgame Show: Knee High Fastball, The Count Is 4-1 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Juju, thank you for joining us. What did we get wrong today, Juju? What did I do? What did we do that was objectionable? You've been way too positive, Juju. I know that people weren't as positive about yesterday's show as you said they were.
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I'm going to welcome in Juju Gotti here in just a second, but Amin Alhassan has now written in again and he says that limited fake Ray Romano was fantastic and you dismissed the entire series of calls. Shame on you again. Amin says, shame on me again. Greg Cody just said of Benetti, of Jason Benetti, he just said, man, that was delightful.
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I could feel my face grinning the entire time that he was on.
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Hour 2: Jason Benetti's Absurd Observations & Limited Fakes
I am fascinated by the evolution of baseball and how much better these people have gotten. I could I feel like I can make a decent argument that you're a Scooble is the best left hander in the history of the world, not named Kershaw, that that the person throwing pitches from the left side, that that's not a hittable human being. And I've never seen a left hander throw that way.
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There will be prizes and there will be swag. But what's going on with our corn dog eating contest?
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Don Libetard. You don't remember the idea for a home run call?
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Greg, I don't think you were here when Benetti delighted us by breaking out his SportsCenter voiceover guy. No, I was not. I'm going to introduce you now to him if he'd be willing to do it. You will recognize the pukey broadcaster from SportsCenter who does some of these ads. Forgive me for doing this to you again, but my friend has not met your ESPN voiceover guy.
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So, Jason, if you'd be kind enough to unveil him, I would appreciate it.
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That sounded delicious. You made my mouth water. Have you been working on any of the others since we saw you? You did Sean McDonough. You did Droopy Dog. Do you have any others in the arsenal that we didn't get to?
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How did you perfect the McDonough? Explain to me why the love of McDonough, because obviously he's someone who's viewed as a craftsman in the industry.
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You don't you don't do a bug Shambi, do you?
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Is Vin Scully the best? Or if you have someone close to him, who is your second place?
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Hockey's the hardest, right?
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So you're not going to participate?
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He's frozen. It's not that he's thinking a long time.
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What a question by Greg Cody. Number four, Mike Ryan.
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I hated it. I can't believe that's ahead of Terry Rozier. I can't believe there are three ahead of Terry Rozier.
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Momentarily.
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It was for several years it stopped making you a fan of the Cleveland Browns.
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Tony, are you ready to do your. Dan, I was born ready.
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So carnivals, fairs.
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That's not great analysis. There's a lot of things that they're doing there. Just that sentence.
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Does a corn dog taste better at a carnival than anywhere else?
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Not sexy. Not sexy. That doesn't matter.
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Number one. Benetti has returned from his frozen exile. I want to play for him some sound of Boog Shambi doing robot baseball for us. I don't know. This was many years ago. If any of it holds up. But I want to see if I can recruit him to do a new version of robot baseball for us.
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Hour 2: Jason Benetti's Absurd Observations & Limited Fakes
Oh, Jesus, that's unfortunate. That's unfortunate. That escalated quickly. Would you be willing in any way to to do an advancement to that particular idea that seemed like a good one many years ago?
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That was not something that Boog described as the time of his life in a closet somewhere doing Korean baseball.
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But he's a preparation freak, and they would tell him before the game, hey, we're switching games to another team that you don't know anything about, and here you go. Try and talk about their shortstop as if you know what you're talking about.
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You did not experience that the way that Boog did. Boog did not like not having proper preparation for those games at five o'clock in the morning.
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Boog Shambi was very popular in Korea. They made songs about him there.
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They didn't sing shit about you, Benetti. No, it's not as catchy. It's got too many syllables.
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Are you in agreement that the Dodgers have kind of ruined everything for everybody?
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I've never heard a Death Star described that benignly. It's usually something that is viewed as something to be feared. Benetti is here to sell you on the- Well, I was gallivanting.
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Jason, nice seeing you. Always good talking to you. Thank you, sir.
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It's all right. We managed it.
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When you walk around a Ren Fair, I picture you walking into just mirrors where everyone there looks like you. Everyone at a Ren Fair.
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No, well, wait a minute. Least surprising thing. Yes, a chili cook-off.
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I'm not talking about costumes. I'm talking about pinkish flesh.
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Video, pull up some steampunk.
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Okay, but you're doing costumes at a Ren Faire, and I'm just doing pinkish people with...
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You're saying, though, that you don't feel like the Ren Faire is per square foot a place that has your facial hair.
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Yeah, he does. You do have a Dominican beard. You absolutely do.
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Go ahead and put it at Levitard Show. Do Dominicans love a good Ren Faire?
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I don't think we want an elaboration, honestly. Be careful and don't get any on the chair.
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That is not much of an apology. You'll be the judge of that. It's a medieval singer or musician.
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Cuervo.
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I can't believe Greg just did this.
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dressed like a minstrel, and now you do a Google image search, how's that working for you?
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akin to a court jester okay it was an unfortunate google result all right greg i want you to just simply take some inventory of billy gill's face and what billy gill likes when stuff happens on this show i backed him off of that don't paint it i don't know where you're going i'm watching you delighting in this descent no i like the god want to learn no you should be watching me
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That is correct.
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Can you please get for me a couple of top five lists before we get to Jason Benetti, one of the great play-by-play men of our generation? And he's going to be a guest here in a moment. But we have here a couple of different top five lists. We've got Mike Ryan's top five list of acquisitions for his team that he hated. And we have Tony's top five free agent winners so far in football.
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What's going on with our corn dog eating contest? Weren't we supposed to do that today? Where are you, Greg Cody, on this corn dog eating contest? I saw that there were corn dogs out there. Is that a piece of confetti that has fallen from the peacock announcement that we made? Right here, a piece of confetti. How many months ago was that? They're still falling from the roof here.
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Which would you like to go to first, Greg Cody, since this is your day? I'll take the first one. Okay. Do you remember what it is? No. Top five acquisitions for Mike Ryan's teams that he hated. Do you have any O-L-I, Mike Ryan?
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I think I know who number one is, but go ahead. O-L-I.
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Mike Ryan, I'm sorry. I'm going to put you on hold and do something I've never done before. I'm going to interrupt the top five list as it happens. Jason Benetti is there and I am seating the floor to Benetti. I want to be kind, a kind host to our guests. So just hold on to it there. Benetti, thank you for joining us.
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Can you tell us of a time that you hated that one of the acquisitions that your team made?
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Does anyone ever use the term gallivanting positively?
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One of the many reasons that I love listening to you and one of the many reasons that I love listening to you in baseball, even though you do other sports, is because you have the space to do those kinds of absurd observations. And you seem to enjoy it a great deal more than your musty broadcasting brethren.
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Still worth celebrating. Confetti here from our peacock partnership. A partnership that will include a corn dog eating contest. How did we get to a corn dog eating contest? I don't even remember.
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Oh, but the casual way you do this, I'm going to say it's groundbreaking. I'm going to say that there is a conservative way that this is normally done and you have brought it into the new age the way that you do it. I feel like you take pride in that.
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He watched one? Oh, he went to one.
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I disagree with you vehemently that resemblance person is better than doppelganger. I feel like doppelganger is just a phrase that you've gotten too familiar with. But the first time a person hears doppelganger, that is a better phrase than resemblance person.
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Hour 2: Jason Benetti's Absurd Observations & Limited Fakes
Speaking of which, that Domino tournament, if you don't play Dominoes, there are going to be 100, 120 people playing Dominoes, but there will be hundreds of other people there, tickets available if you want to be interacting with any of the people that are there. We're trying to make this, as I mentioned, very intimate so that you actually get interactions with us.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Jason Benetti's Absurd Observations & Limited Fakes
You do college football. You do NFL. You do basketball. Baseball is your favorite, though, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Und das ist nicht, was ich von meiner Führung will.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Aber ihr sagt, die gesamte Liga ging von 5 bis 13. Also investierten sie immer noch Millionen und Millionen von Dollar in den Pick, 8 Picks später. Das, worüber ihr redet, ist gut bei 13, aber 5? Nein! Zu viel für mich! Zu viel für mich in fünf.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I am now draped in shame because Amin says that I'm wildly irresponsible for simply saying, when faced with something unprecedented, do you ever ask any questions? Because I'm not accusing anybody of anything. I want to make that clear. You haven't talked to anybody. But if you had to guess and be right... If you had to guess and be right, if it was a game show, you gotta be on a game show.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Ein Haufen von Leuten und keine Spielaufgaben.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Speaking of local luminaries, Ron McGill is a local and a national luminary. He had his feast with the beast this past weekend. We have some photographs here of many people. Tony went and Billy went and Greg was mad because he went, but Chris Cody flaked and Greg was mad at his son for not making it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Ron McGill has only media friends. All of his friends are in the media. Do you have any top friends who aren't in the media, Ron? Anybody who isn't somebody who can help serve you in your role as ambassador for Zoo Miami? I can't think of anybody off the top of my head. It's all media people. Your best friends are all media people.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Das ist auch wahr. Du hast recht. Ich habe niemanden von etwas verurteilt. Es wird kein Clip geben, in dem ich jemanden von etwas verurteile.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Did I hear correctly on the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody that you and Ron McGill are in talks on a second book? It's a rumor. But you're not sure whether or not you want to do it or not?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Do you want to share with us anything?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Wow. Das ist, weshalb dein Entschädigung so substantiös ist.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Ich bin nur gespannt. Das ist 0 Dollar. Was ich gerade von dem Lachen bekommen habe, ist, dass dein Cut genau 0 Dollar ist.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Ich habe eine Plattform gegeben? Du sprichst von Chael Sonnen. Ich habe eine Plattform zu einem Verurteilten gegeben?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Was ist das Video, das wir gerade gespielt haben? Lewis, willst du das noch einmal zeigen? Was ist das Video, weil Mike da in den Rauch ging und ein Video ausgesucht hat? Ich kann es sehen, wenn ich die Zähne anschaue, das ist ein Tiger-Schaum.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Also was macht das? Warum macht das das, wie es es macht?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Okay, I hate when I get Ron this indignant. I love it. He's just a nice and decent and peaceful man.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Let's play for Ron. He's talked before about how, I think it's gorillas, eat berries and get drunk. Here are some lemurs. They are using some sort of millipede toxin to get high. What is happening here to this lemur? This lemur, this is millipede toxin that prevents pests from biting and they're using it here to just do drugs.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I haven't made any accusations. There will be no shame placed on me, no matter what Amin is doing with his surplus of shames that he dishes out.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I mean, come on. What am I doing? I played sound from Chael Sonnen saying what Chael Sonnen said. You can make up your own mind on what you think. But it's not news.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Over, under 65 years old, someone who uses the word doobie to refer to marijuana at Levitard Show. Is that really that outdated? Nobody says doobie anymore? Sie seem to react in a way that suggests... I'm with you, Ron. I don't know the... Yeah, look, they love to judge others. And when you have Greg Cody as your ally, that is not what you want.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Do you know what the butcher bird is, though, Ron? Are you familiar? Can you tell us? Okay, I want to play a video for you here. What can you tell us about the butcher bird and what it is doing here with these lizards, where it impales them with weaponry?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Was würdest du sagen, ist das Kreativste von all diesen Dingen, die du gesehen hast, wo ein Tier sein Essen versteckt, um es von anderen zu halten?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
It is. When I've seen, there are an assortment of birds that do stuff like that, correct?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I did neither of those things. Today is the fifth anniversary of COVID being declared a national emergency. So is today the day that Rudy Gobert started touching all the microphones?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Thank you with that breaking news. You made Greg Cody take a vigorous sip and enjoy spectating your news. Look at you. Do you have any opinions on this?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Der Brett Favre-Train geht weiter. Das wäre schockierend, ihn in einem Vikings-Uniform zu sehen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I have an announcement that has been, I want to say, weeks and months in the making, but it might be more than a year in the making. So go ahead and put this graphic up for the folks who are viewing and listening live, because you can catch us on DraftKings Network Monday through Friday, 11 to 2 p.m. Eastern. You can get us more places than you ever have.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Samsung TV+, The Roku Channel, Vizio, WatchFree+, Max, Peacock, and YouTube. But for also Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Sirius XM, Channel 85. But for right now, if you're listening live, we're going to give you an opportunity that most of those folks do not have for an intimate event.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
And you're going to get, I'm going to guess, access that you're going to want here, because I think these tickets are going to sell very quickly. On April 13th, we now have tickets for sale. Poppydominoes.com. Boppy kommt aus der Verabschiedung. Ricky Williams kommt aus der Verabschiedung. Und das ist das größte von den Erinnerungen. Ron McGill wird seinen Sex und die Tiere Präsentation am 13.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
April machen. Das hat sich verkauft. Wie viele Jahre lang hat das für dich verkauft, Ron? Weil du es verabschiedet hast, aber du hast es für wie viele Jahre gemacht? Es war 22 Jahre lang, bis es verkauft wurde. Also 22 Jahre lang, ich verspreche dir, dass es verkaufen wird, weil es immer verkauft wird. Und ich habe es seit fünf Jahren nicht gemacht. Schau, das ist ein großer Deal hier.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Lokal ist es großartig. Und wir versuchen, dieses bestimmte Event zu halten. Sehr intimistisch. Wir wollen nicht so viele Leute da haben, weil wir mit Ihnen interagieren wollen. Die Tickets sind also jetzt auf dem Markt. Poppydominoes.com. Und was kannst du den Leuten darüber erzählen, Ron? Weil du rastig bist. Ich kann nicht glauben, dass du das an Valentinesabend gemacht hast.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Ich glaube, ich war am letzten. Du warst der letzte. Und das war vor der Pandemie. Und was kannst du den Leuten erzählen, was es ist, was sie hier bekommen werden und warum es ist? Das ist nur eines der Dinge. Wir werden ein paar Überraschungen haben. Wir werden Live-Musik haben. Wir werden ein Domino-Tournament haben. Greg Cody wird da sein, obwohl er nicht weiß, wie er Dominoes spielt.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Er wird mit seinem Sohn spielen. Er hat keine Ahnung.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I want to show the audience what shame should be on the audience by going to this Boost Mobile line again. The telephone number is 305-486-GOTS. I'm very disappointed over the course of us farming out the... Hey, ich bin Pauly aus Madison, Wisconsin. Und es ist mir passiert, dass Sean Penn endlich alt genug ist, um einen Penn-Sean zu sammeln. Was geht, Leute? Juwar, ich bin aus Virginia.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
PapiDominos.com, was kannst du den Leuten erzählen, was sie bekommen werden? Und ich muss auch erwähnen, dass es ein Not-for-Profit-Event ist. Alle Prozesse gehen zu Ron McGill's Substantive Endowment. PapiDominos.com, da gibt es Sachen, die du kaufen kannst, Sachen, die Ron mit meinem Bruder gemacht hat. Es gibt eine Anzahl von Dingen, alle Prozesse gehen zu Ron's Endowment.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Was kannst du uns erzählen, was du am 13. April tun wirst, Ron?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Also, ich denke, das ist der Fall bei allen unseren Partien. Da ist viel Penis drin. Das ist meistens ein recurring Thema in unseren Leben. Aber ich bin nicht klar, was du sagst. Ist das eine gute Date-Nacht? Es ist eine gute Date-Nacht.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
BoppyDominos.com ist, wo du hinfährst. Diese werden schnell verkaufen und wir machen nur ein paar Hundert. Wir machen nur 400 vielleicht. Ich sage dir jetzt, du bekommst eine Möglichkeit, bevor andere Leute die Möglichkeit bekommen, weil ich glaube nicht, dass diese durch den Tag dauern. Ron, danke. Es ist gut, dich zu sehen. Es ist immer gut, dich zu sehen. And we look forward to that.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
It's coming out of retirement for the first time in five years. Sex and the animals, not sex with the animals. Thank you, Ron. All right, that's the next show.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Erstmals, lange Zeit.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
That phone line has international access. Everyone in the world can call and be creative.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Should anyone who consumes peeps be jailed at Levitard Show?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Did any Doliak songs sneak into the Boost Mobile line? Doliak!
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Das ist ein Pokémon-Song? Ja, die Kinder lieben es. Josh Palmer ist ein Bill, und ich frage mich hier, habt ihr die Erinnerung von Laramie Tunsil gewechselt, wenn ihr Wort-Assoziationen macht? Laramie Tunsil hat für eine lange Zeit einen sehr guten Angriff gemacht. Habt ihr die Erinnerung von seinem Draft-Tag gewechselt?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Eines der lustigeren Dinge, die jemals auf einem Draft-Tag geschehen, wo sein Draft-Stock verlief, weil er eine Gasmaske anhatte. filled with marijuana smoke and evidently all the teams ran away.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I remember having a conversation with Adam Gase after that in which he thanked me for being on television talking about how stupid it was that his stock dropped because he was being blackmailed and he was obviously and is a very good player. He's now in Washington. He goes for four picks. It makes sense that you would protect your young quarterback by investing.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Es wäre für Houston, und sie geben sich vier Picks von Washington, weil sie Jadon schützen werden. Aber hat er den Stigma oder die Lacht von der ersten Runde erlöst? Du verabschiedest jetzt Laramie Tunsell mit einem exzellenten offensiven Lineplay.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Er ist ein guter Spieler geworden. Es war seltsam, dass er... Ich meine, im Übrigen war es seltsam, dass das, was du verdienst, kostet.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Die Gerüchte sind niemals Marihuana. Dan Marino wurde von anderen Gerüchten verlassen. Die Gerüchte sind niemals Marihuana. Wir sind nicht mehr in einem Raum, in dem Marihuana diesen Stigma hat. Das war ein schmutziger Versuch, der effektiv war, weil es das tat, was es tun sollte.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Aber nur, weil diese Voraussetzungen, die immer die Stärke von anderen anbieten, von etwas Unvergesslichem gefangen haben, wenn sie alles planen und alles versuchen. Wir können aber auch akzeptieren, dass jeder Spieler, der im Draft kommt, der Marihuana-Issue hat, kein stigmatisierter Spieler mehr ist, korrekt?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
But football doesn't even make this something that they're testing for anymore.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Wir sind jetzt in Ordnung, dass es dumm war, oder? Oder sind wir nicht in Ordnung?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Okay, aber der Grund, warum ich sage, dass es dumm ist, ist, weil er so offensichtlich ein exzellenter Spieler ist. Er geht immer noch für Draftpicks, für Draftpicks, und er ist in der Liga seit wie lange?
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Okay, you say tiebreaker, but this guy was seen as a top five talent as offensive lineman. The skill set is not all things being equal. He's better than almost anybody else who played the position in the draft.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
I'm not being flippant. I'm asking for people whose job it is to find value and have vision. To find value and have vision. That's all I'm asking for. Do your job.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Ich war im Offensiv-Lineman. Ich war nicht in allen Positionen. Ich war nur im Offensiv-Lineman.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Amin El-Hassan hat geschrieben und er ist verrückt. Er schreibt, Amin El-Hassan von Oddball, diese LeBron-Konversation ist wild unverantwortlich. Und dann schießt er mich mit dem Hammer. Shame on you. Oh, damn. He took shame and he threw it on me. Wow.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
It's not that I'm not acknowledging that. It's that I'm always asking leadership to risk unpopularity because that's what leadership does.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
Das ist eine seltsame Zeit. Ich glaube einfach nur, dass so viele Dinge in diesem Land verändert haben, dass es wert ist, zurückzusehen, wie dumm wir damals waren. Vor allem, als ich den Show begonnen habe, habe ich mich auf die Schulter geschraubt, obwohl Ameen sagt, dass es mir schade ist und dass es unverantwortlich ist, dass die Verwendung von Drogen in den Schmerzsporten etwas sein wird,
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
And the people who lord over those sports know this, know how many self-medicators there are, know before they draft some of these people where the holes and weaknesses are. And I just don't think there should ever be a lot of or should have ever been a lot of fear.
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
auf whatever it is you think marijuana is because you're a leader and you're an old person and you're not someone who is thinking clearly about how it is that consequences and risk need to be managed when you're in a leadership position and you're saying to me that you want these people to to
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Hour 1: "Sex and the Animals" Returns (feat. Ron Magill)
dass sie sich um ihren Job kümmern, oder dass sie Entscheidungen machen, weil ihre Karriere in Gefahr ist. Alle Entscheidungen sind so. Alle Entscheidungen, die sie machen, die die großen Entscheidungen sind, sind Dinge, die deinen Job riskieren. Und zu oft, was mit Exekutiven im Sport passiert, ist, dass sie nur das tun, was jeder andere macht, weil sie Angst haben.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Ich schätze, das Show wird viele tolle Cameos haben. Es ist ein inspirierendes Show und ich bin wirklich enttäuscht, dass niemand es gemacht hat, bevor diese Leute es gemacht haben. Aber ich warte auf einen Lächeln.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Es war seltsam. Es gab keine Lächeln.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Ich dachte, dass Danny McBride aktiv ein Statement über das Spenden von Corporate Money im Streaming-Welt, dass er nur sagte, ich habe einen populären Show, ich bin derjenige, der Dinge gemacht kann, schau, was ich damit tue. Ich werde nur etwas tun, was nicht lustig ist. Wow. Hast du es noch gesehen?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
selection sunday because it's a fun day to just have a silly party what are we doing that's actually what we're titling it what you just said that wordy sentence it should be yes the america's least informed selection sunday show yes i mean because but between us i i think all of us can name a cooper flag and then everyone else is just laundry that you're betting on
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Don Levitard. Stugatz! Oh, wow.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Alright, put it on the poll, please, Jude. You did, Greg Cody, copyright being an asshole long before Larry David.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Mina Kimes ist ein großer Love-is-blind-Fan und ich habe wirklich genossen, eine Gespräche mit ihr gestern über Sam Darnold zu haben, in der ich glaube, dass sie etwas über sich selbst nicht erkannt hat. Ich schreibe ihr und frage sie, du musst das Sam Darnold-Signal hassen. Sie sagt, es ist eigentlich finanziell verantwortlich. Es ist wirklich nur ein zweijähriges Deal.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Ich sage, du bist ein Seahawk-Fan. Du hast Sam Darnold. Sie machte den GM-Breakdown und nicht den Fan-Breakdown. Heute ist kein Seahawks-Fan glücklich, dass Sam Darnold der Verteidiger ist. Das Team ist nicht besser als es war letztes Jahr, weil Sam Darnold der Verteidiger ist.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Und Lockett. Sam Darnold war ein Mirage letztes Jahr. Diese Skill-Mitglieder in Minnesota sind verrückt gut. Name Seattle's Skill-Mitglieder jetzt. JSN. Du kannst nicht verlieren. Ich weiß, dass sie in den Draft versuchen werden, aber glaubt jemand, dass Sam Darnold Seattle machen wird? Glaubt jemand, dass Sam Darnold so gut in Seattle sein wird, wie er es in Minnesota war? Start da!
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Seid ihr positiv, dass Sam Darnold besser ist als Geno Smith?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Everyone else is Maryland minus five. I don't know who the guests are, but you guys are planning something. Are we going to then unveil what our tournament is going to be on Sunday? Because I just saw, Billy, the ad for our tournament and you've heard my declining trust in our audience to be clever competitively based on what it is that they've done on that Boost Mobile Stugatz line.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Okay, the thing that I did want to bring back from yesterday though, that I wanted to ask you guys, because all of you made DK Metcalf a number one receiver, which I get. But 66 catches the last couple of years, that's four catches a game. That's four a game and that's not a number one receiver. Four catches a game is not a number one.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
The reason I bring it up is because of Aaron Rodgers all of a sudden. And tell me how true these reports are, because I don't know what to believe. And I've been, I don't know why this sneaks up on me every year. But the free agent movement of the last couple of days, and I will go to Tony in a second, because I am told that he has been crafting all week in the top five top free agent moves.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
But since you, Greg, are a football authority, and since we've got Dookie back there, an internationally known insider, Aaron Rodgers to the Steelers was in a report, but I don't know how credible the reports are, and there are a lot of people Er macht gerade ein paar Manöverungen, um zu sehen, welche Jobs vorhanden sind. Hast du die Beratungen von den Giants gesehen?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Shane hat alles verpasst, weil von Hard Knocks gesprochen wurde. Nicht nur wollen keine NFL-Teams Hard Knocks machen, weil der Giants-Vorabschluss Saquon Barkley weggezogen wurde. Aber jetzt will niemand für die Giants spielen. Aaron Rodgers... Mina hat uns gesagt, dass das eine gemeinsame Verschwörung war, aber Pittsburgh scheint im Spiel zu sein. Ist das wirklich so?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Ist Pittsburgh mit Pickens und DK Metcalf etwas, was für Aaron Rodgers Sinn macht?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
What's real though with the Steelers and the reporting around the Steelers? Because you have a lot of local reporters doing stuff that the national reporters aren't doing. And so I don't know what's accurate when it comes to Pittsburgh. And what is Agent Spiel?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Because it behooves Aaron Rodgers and his people to make everyone think that both the Giants and the Steelers are interested in Aaron Rodgers.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Can we explore for a second though what Billy is saying? I know we are all in agreement. dass whatever Aaron Rodgers brings in terms of noisiness is going to be probably unlike any quarterback except maybe Deshaun Watson. I don't even know, or Colin Kaepernick in terms of noisiness. But the thing I wanted to ask you guys was, What are the practical and actual detriments to that?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
When you say, does Mike Tomlin want to put up with that? He got rid of Antonio Brown because Antonio Brown was allowing people into their locker room, was addicted to social media and did some things at the end that revealed to us that Antonio Brown was less stable than we thought.
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
But in real terms, not noisiness, what is the effect of bringing headlines with a quarterback when you're starved for a quarterback?
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
I would make the argument that Aaron Rodgers bringing to that organization no turnovers has more value than whatever fear you have of headlines that don't matter much. That are noisy and unpleasant and the Steelers have only had three coaches ever. But Mike Tomlin is also in a desperate place because he's where...
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The Big Suey: The Jilted Lovers of Aaron Rodgers
Jimmy Johnson und Wanstead waren am Ende mit den Dolphins, wo die Leute fertig waren mit, hey, wir werden da hin, in die Playoffs, aber wir werden das große Feind sein, das gut ist und wir werden nie genug gut genug sein, um etwas zu tun. Ich denke, die Desperation wäre genug für Mike Tomlin, dass er sich bereit sein könnte, Aaron Rodgers zu begrüßen.
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I think that's the case either way though. I think Mike Tomlin is in legitimate trouble there where people are tired in Pittsburgh of what they're calling mediocrity that isn't actually mediocrity because they've been spoiled by him having whatever it is, 15 straight winning seasons.
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Das bringt dich nicht so weit. Die Playoffs haben Seattle alles verändert und die Dolphins getötet.
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Also, die Stealers haben letztes Jahr die Playoffs gemacht. Ich habe missgesprochen.
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Ich mache etwas mit Aaron Rodgers der zweiten Hälfte der Saison, was ich nicht mit der ersten gemacht habe, wo er die erste Hälfte der Saison viel schlimmer bewegt hat, nur physisch. Für mich ist es eine seltsame Sache zu sagen, abgesehen von der Art von Großheit, über die wir reden.
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Aber wenn du physisch verlierst, was er verloren hat, indem er sich nur um die Hüfte bewegt, macht es ihn einen völlig anderen Quarterback. Das ist das, was zu Russell Wilson passiert ist, der acht Jahre jünger ist als er, aber noch mehr physisch gewonnen hat. Du bist einfach so gewohnt, dass er sich um die Hüfte bewegt und jemand ist, der sich von der Brücke entfernt.
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Und es ist nicht etwas, was er physisch tun kann, wenn er zehn Jahre älter ist als die Leute, die ihn fangen.
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That wasn't considered a bad Jets team until he made it a bad Jets team. That was not considered a bad Jets team.
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That Jets team had hope when he was the quarterback.
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You've said that a few times and you keep repeating that and I don't think that's true. I think the Bills were always the best.
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Okay, das ist eine exzellente Anarchie von dir. Ich zeige es noch einmal dem Publikum, dass die große Veränderung, die die Tampa Bay Bucks gemacht haben, von 7-9 bis zum Superbowl zu gewinnen, nur James Winston ausgelöst wurde.
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James Winston, ich bin ziemlich... hat er 30 Interceptions gespielt?
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Es ist live gerade, Billy.
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History. I want everyone here.
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Okay, you're wrong on that. I'm not. Again, I'm gonna just keep saying that. I know that your analysis, Doogie, is eh, when I say 30 interceptions, I know that that's... Yes, four years ago.
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I know, but 30 interceptions is...
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Okay, I assure you, I assure you that Aaron Rodgers will not throw 30 interceptions in any season remaining.
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Even if he's running around out there at 80 years old with a dialysis machine trailing him, he will not throw 30 interceptions in a season. Go ahead and find me the two quarterbacks. Did any two quarterbacks in the sport last season, did Kirk Cousins and Baker Mayfield throw 30 interceptions together? Combined? Ich glaube nicht.
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Okay, Billy. Did it four years ago. They replaced him and immediately won the Super Bowl. Replaced just his 30 interceptions. Just got Tom Brady to stop throwing 30 interceptions.
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I accept that Jameis Winston is who he is. He is not buttoned up after his work for Fox this offseason.
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You will not be proven right, because there has never been a worse fit in the history of the sport for a conservative run-the-ball-team, the Steelers, than Jameis Winston.
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Are we all Delaware fans today? Are we all blue hens today? Is Greg Cody wearing that blue shirt in least in part because he is a hen?
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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People have paid, I think the largest amount of money that has been paid to do any of these silly things with us is $35,000. So yesterday's price is not today's price.
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You really did great work with everything there. Just totally buttoned up the way that I expect from you. Also a contest that is run by you trying to actively annoy me.
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I'll closer. Let's play some video here that I want to show people about. I don't know who is presently playing for the Marlins. I know that Jesus Lizardo is now in Philadelphia. And I want you just to know before I play this video that the entire time that this is happening, they've got Phillies Manager Rob Thompson miked for sound and he's watching Jesus Lizardo pitch.
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Jesus Lizardo's first pitch is a 2-1 pitch with the bases loaded. He throws three consecutive pitches and all three of those pitches go out of the park as Thompson is just totally silent during the entirety of this conversation he's supposed to be having.
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Thomsen witzte am letzten Mal, wie du es wärst, wenn jemand dich erschreckt hätte. Wenn du in einem Raum warst und jemand dich tatsächlich komplett abgewandt hat.
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Have you guys watched any of the Baldwin documentary that's in the middle of his life? Not documentary, reality show. As all of this happens, he's got six or seven kids he's chasing around. I've always found him interesting, arrogant beyond all reason. But do you guys have any interest?
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I judge from the look on your faces, none of you want to read or hear anything or watch anything involving Alec Baldwin's real life.
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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Isn't that what reality shows are, to get you deeper? The whole popularity, you must not be interested in any reality shows.
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Okay, but the reality television shows have to continue to be cheap programming and evolve. And so the way to evolve is be cheap. more intimate that you have been before. This is a very cheap form of programming. Cheap programming right now is all of the rage and just putting cameras inside someone's house and showing you the deepest of intimacies in celebrity.
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This is a currency that all of us are partaking in in social media. We have more access to celebrities and their lives than we have ever had before.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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Well, I want to ask you guys a couple of questions on this front. One, what is the universally considered most successful of the reality shows and which one is doing it right now? Does Survivor and The Bachelor, those count as reality shows, right? I saw that Chris Cody was mouthing Kardashians back there because he says that's the most successful one.
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Das war eine Goldmine. Und jetzt? Und jetzt sind die Besten und die... Sie sind auf Hulu, glaube ich. Nein, nein, aber die meisten populären Realitätsshows jetzt... Love is Blind, wahrscheinlich.
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That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face and the habitual liar.
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Das sind zwei verschiedene Realitäts-Shows. Die Dating-Shows... Ich schaue sie anders an. Du schaust einen anderen Bereich der Realität an.
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The first four episodes of White Lotus are a good two episodes.
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That was wrong. What they did in their first episode was wrong.
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I don't need more Bradley Cooper. I need more Gemstones. I don't need origin stories of the Gemstones. You didn't give me any characters from the Gemstones in the first episode.
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I'll tell you what it is that they did with their first episode. I believe Danny McBride is hellbent on spending as much money as he can. And so he just did a war reenactment as Righteous Gemstones. It was... I'm looking at the cost of what it is that first episode was and I thought I was watching Platoon more than I was watching Righteous Gemstones.
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Can you guys let me know who it is and what it is that's going to be happening on Sunday around here during Selection Sunday, where we're going to be doing a live stream? Who's going to be in with us? Are we going for the show in America that knows the very least about college basketball, doing a live show off of?
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They just decided to do a war episode with real... It looked real and it's not what I want from my gemstone.
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I want to stop you for a second, though, because I do think it's possible for something to be completely unsurprising and still shocking. If that news came down right now, you're not going to tell me that you'd be like, ah, Like, you'd have a reaction to it, and it wouldn't be a... Like, you would feel lied to in some way.
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I don't know how emotional you would be or how much we've changed this over the last 20 years, but you would not be indifferent about that news. We would be engulfed by that news if that were so.
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You know what's funny about you saying that? Is that I would indeed be shocked if the league... actually did that but i would also be shocked if the league consciously and actively covered it up if you showed me some sort of chain that revealed to me how it is that that got covered up by a league protecting its interests and declining to protect its integrity if you showed me all of that
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and showed me knowledge of it, I would find that to be shocking as well. Like, I understand that we're sitting here saying these things in the hypothetical, but now put it on Adam Silver's desk and have him make the decision that that overtly protects something that is against the rules.
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That seems kind of crazy, even if we're now used to corruption in all facets of the space where we're watching things.
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It's closer to your crotch than it is to your mouth, Greg. It is.
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it's it's not the best source okay but i remember the first time that i noticed feel good being swept up by conspiracy theories and cynicism it's when cal ripken jr hit a home run in the all-star game and it was such a perfect moment that immediately was it hideo nomo somebody assumed that the pitch had many people assumed that the pitch channel park oh grooved it.
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You did this to yourself. You did this to yourself.
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No, it's even worse than that. It is even worse than that. You said... You said Chanho Park, and I had in my head that Chanho Park, for some reason, was a first baseman that was Hesop Choi. So it's even worse.
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Greg, these are problems no other professional broadcaster has.
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Thank you. Yes, not a good defense. Actually, all three of them were.
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Again, though, I will say to you guys that that was the first time that I'm like, can we not have good things that we believe in in sports that we're going to immediately arrive 25 years ago or more than that in a place where we're going to take Cal Ripken Jr. 's, as if it's not hard to hit home run in an all-star game, and we're going to immediately apply cynicism to it.
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All the time. Again, though, I simply say to you, as we're watching all of these things that have no human precedent on where the limits of the human body have been. This is not a player. Go look at Michael Jordan's number and his percentages, his numbers when he was 37 years old.
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Strawberries and strawberries. The thing that I'm doing, though, with you guys, I understand, okay, that the playground is this utopian space for us where we do dreamy childhood things. But everywhere else in America, facts. are being questioned everywhere. Things that have conspiracy theories are growing power everywhere. But not here? But not here. No, no, yes, here.
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No, not here, because this isn't a conversation that's actually happening anywhere. And I'm not... I want to preface all of this, even though I'm already deep in the weeds on it.
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I want to preface all of it by saying that I lost my Baseball Hall of Fame vote because I am not judgmental about these people using science and advantages to try and beat all the other people who are using science and the advantages that all of us would love to have a fountain of youth. And I get everything. I'm not judging it.
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I'm wondering that the reaction seems to be around this to just simply accept, yes, something I've never seen before. I believe that to be pure. And we're not doing that with anything else, any other subject matter in America.
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Why did you say before the show, mirror don't lie, and then you said, actually, the mirror does lie? I believe that.
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The idea, man, the idea that anybody would be using human growth hormone to feel better is something that I would understand and say, yes, if your body is in pain, go ahead and do whatever it is that you have to do. The only arguments I've ever heard against human growth hormone are if you have some sort of undetected tumor in your body, it will speed up its growth if you do human growth hormone.
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In fact, I will tell you, because South Florida has been something of a pioneer in this regard, where A-Rod and Manny Ramirez and a whole bunch of lawlessness took place in a way that was sloppy, I will tell you that about
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10 years ago, a urologist suggested, I remember I went to this, I went with my brother and I was ready to do something that actually was inserted in your body that released human growth hormone monthly when it was supposed to. And the last thing the doctor told me as I was leaving is what I said, which is if you have an undetected tumor, because I'm like, what are the side effects?
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How is this something that you're telling me I could just come in here and feel much better? I'm going to hurt less. I'm going to have more energy. I'm going to be happier about life. And it's got no side effects. That side effect is not generally a concern for young people. That's not an absolute, but that's not something...
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that if you're in your athletic prime, necessarily undetected tumors, but I was in my 40s when it is that I was looking into doing this, and I did a lot of research on it, and I totally understand why any athlete would protect the $50 million a year late in their career that wouldn't be available to them because these careers used to always end at 37 years old. Like, there's no...
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There's no such thing as what Taurasi did, what Ovechkin is doing, what Tom Brady did. And yes, you're talking about all-time greats keeping their level from falling more precipitously, which is generally how it drops at 37. I'm simply more interested in why it is that we choose this particular naivete when you're presented with something that by three years has no precedent.
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Even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, what he was doing late in his 30s was all just skyhooks, and you can see all of the ways that he's aged numerically. You can't see it in LeBron's numbers. It's not anywhere to be found except on his defense.
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Well, the reason this conversation started is because I was asking Greg what he thought of Angel's caricature that flips up there on the slot machine. And he doesn't like it. It's a little harsh. It's all one color. Right. It's all gray. It's a bit pale. All of it is ashy. All of him is just covered in it.
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You mention off-season and practice and working out. Let's check in with Tua and how it is that he is looking these days because the internet has no issues on the fat shaming. And now we're doing to Tua what it is we did to Patrick Mahomes last off-season where a little dad belly all of a sudden...
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The internet is doing it. I'm not here. I am not here for fat-shaming others. I have been something of a pioneer in terms of allowing fat-shaming of me.
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Can you guys get for me, please, the sound of Brad Marchand talking yesterday both about the Panthers and the Bruins? I'd like to get to it in a second. But before I do that, I want to make a shameful admission here that – was very different than the rest of you on what was your visceral reaction to the headline yesterday.
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When I saw the headline, Dolphin Sign Wilson at quarterback, legitimately, I'm like... who the hell's Wilson? I had totally forgotten about the entirety of Zach Wilson. Like I'd forgotten where he was, what he was doing, that he was bad with the Jets, that he was still available, that anybody would want him.
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Like when I saw Wilson in the headline, I'm legitimately, it took me five seconds to be like, who the hell's Wilson?
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If he were to emerge from a volcano that had just erupted and was running for his safety, he would look that kind of ashy in his hair and on his face.
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It's a top five quarterback skill set. Those measurables are still the same.
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Well, they're paying him like they believe it. It's $6 million. It couldn't be $10 million. They're paying like they believe that they can make him that.
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All right. Let's talk for a second about both Sam Darnold and getting tired of coaches and what it is that they have to say, because how tiring are these Spolstra press conferences now when you see them lose to Charlotte and Chicago at home? And he's saying all the things about grinding and grinding and face your demons.
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But you said originally you said mirror don't lie because what you said to me was, I guess I got to accept that I am now gray. Mirror don't lie. And then you stopped and said, actually, the mirror does lie. And I don't think the mirror lies. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Does your mirror lie?
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And we're going to get out of this when the numbers eight of their last nine losses, they've blown a fourth quarter lead. They've got 15 blown double digit leads this season. Only Utah has more. They have real problems late in games because their offense is terrible late in games. And I mentioned to you guys how bad Utah is late in games.
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That game I saw where they had the ball in a tie game with 26 seconds left. They're bringing it up court and they get a half court violation because they don't get it up in time because they're just terrible. The idea that they're with Utah in blown leads and is Portland now better than they are? Does Portland now have a better record than...
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than the Miami Heat because the Miami Heat are supposed to be going through the soft part of their home schedule and are losing games and the Spolstra talk. This roster is bad compared to what we're used to. It's not lose to Chicago and Charlotte at home bad.
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40 years from now, not 10 years from now, 40 years from now, the Golden State Warriors are 12-1 now with Jimmy Butler. They have lost one basketball game.
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Let's play some of this Brad Marchand sound to get a bit of a palate cleanser. Let's get some sorbet in with this meal.
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No, but the mirror is more accurate than the picture. You can take unflattering pictures. You can't take unflattering mirror.
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The part that you're not understanding is that when Rat Bastard becomes Cat Bastard, all of a sudden Roy and Chris and Mike are doing what Chris was doing, which is, Greg, how embarrassed are you that your son spent that entire time rubbing his nipples with his hands until they chafe?
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Ekblad played very well. I won't remind anyone that the 2003 Marlins won a World Series with a ball that Pudge was able to hold onto at the plate because he was 40 pounds heavier than he was the next offseason.
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Would you like to see him cry? Would you like to see him cry? I'm telling you, I want to see the Florida Panthers win.
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Okay, but would you like to see him cry? Would you like to actually watch a former Boston Bruin? I've seen him cry funny.
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Do you guys realize that it is fundamentally impossible to surprise the old savvy veteran here with anything we discuss or any thought that you have? He is completely unsurprised by all things that happen.
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Again, though, Mike Ryan, would you like to see Brad Marchand cry? Just say yes.
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Just say yes so I could play the video.
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I don't think you guys are accurate in any way. I believe the mirror is an accurate representation of what you look like. No, I asked Chad GPT about the photographs.
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Put it on the poll. Is it a fact, Jack, that... It's like your thing.
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Except the ones you need to remember. Those you get wrong. How is it that you get your signature lines wrong?
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You want to put Udonis Haslam up in the rafters again today?
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I felt for Roy this morning, even though Roy is affiliated with the only good thing that we have in South Florida sports at the moment. I guess I should say Inter-Miami is also excellent. But among the major sports that we cover here, the top four, Roy has the hockey team. And he was out at...
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Panthers practice and Brad Marchand spoke glowingly of both the Bruins and the Panthers yesterday, but right under his nose, he missed the Ekblad suspension of 20 games and he didn't do any good reporting. He gave us atmosphere from an empty arena, but soon after... Soon after he left the arena, we learned that Ekblad was suspended for 20 games.
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And your reaction, Roy, was what to both this news and being beaten on this news?
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Roy was there. It's not really the cover-up. It's more just missing the news. Just being there to gather news and then missing the news.
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We do that well here at Metal Ark Media. I will have you know that yesterday, Taylor, and I'm in agreement with that listener at Flanagan's who said Les Taylor on the show.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Taylor reported yesterday, because he's our North Carolina expert and no one has more Mac Hollins information nationally than Taylor does. He reported yesterday on X, Mac Hollins to the Patriots. And he had a typo in the tweet. And when he took it down to edit it, someone else reported it. Oh, man. Oh, my God. That's the news game. That's the news game. No, but that's how we do it around here.
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Some people might ask, how do you get beat when you're standing on the ice and Aaron Eckblad is packing up his stuff, but you got beat on that story.
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Okay, well, what is, I saw Bobby Portis got 25 games. When you get these bigger suspensions, that's always, we're always assuming, and in Ekblad's case, I guess we now understand how his play improved, right? I mean, you guys hated him for a while, and then for the last nine months or so, you guys have been fine with him.
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Well, this is why Roy should have broken it six hours early, because I doubt that all of this news came down in those six hours after he left the ice. Mike, when you say off to the races, I know that the expression, what it means, but why are people off to the races? Like, what is it? that makes people go off to the races. And, Tony, I saw you checking your phone. Do you have any breaking news?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
I can. Let me ask you guys the question about Ekblad and just suspensions in general, because I want to play this sound from an unreliable messenger. It's old sound, but it didn't get any traction. None. And Chael Sonnen, because he's, you know, a professional troll, but he's also been someone who has broken news. Chael Sonnen said this of LeBron James flatly.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
Chael Sonnen, for those of you who do not know, produced for five rounds one of the most stunning things I've seen while on Performance Enhancers is he totally dominated the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world in Anderson Silva at the time and then lost at the end because he slipped up. But had him dominated, my question to you is when Chael Sonnen says something like that,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
Shadow in it. Happy Greg Cody Tuesday. Well, we're not on video, so you giving me a thumbs up there isn't really helpful.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
If right now the news came down that the oldest player in the NBA who's still doing things that are completely unprecedented for his age, if the news came down that he was using HGH, would anyone be surprised by that?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
I was going to do it yesterday with Mo Vaughn's HGH admission, but instead I decided to do it today.
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Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
I want to ask the question because I'm amazed at what's happened in sports today.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
when it comes to this stuff we were all naive with mcguire and sosa mcguire and sosa had it in their lockers and it was a totally common thing and we were naive at the time and i'm asking legitimately who would surprise you now and what would be your reaction to specifically the one guy doing things that have never been done before because i would be not only unsurprised i also wouldn't blame him
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
And furthermore, if I were him, I would dare the league to punish me. I would dare the league to find out and try to do that to me so that they eradicate my records.
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Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
How is it that he doesn't know where he is still after all of these years doing this with us?
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Local Hour: Roy Missed The News
I'm asking a career newspaper man to, just for a moment, take a look at results that have no precedent and... have some questions about it as opposed to simply accepting at face value something in sports that can no longer be accepted at face value.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The Child Vampire
It is progress. It is progress. I'm demanding this of the audience, okay? Because I am saying that the people who support this show through their sponsorship deserve the best of this show. And I believe the best of our audience competing on Clever can be better than what it is that we're presently getting. So, 305-486-GOTS is the telephone number. Work on this, because...
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
This is a chance to show how clever you are. I would say that because a lot of people have performance anxiety, that the ability to be clever anonymously with a phone call
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
is vastly easier and less nerve-wracking than having to actually do it in front of a lot of people in fact the secret performer that hides in certain people who aren't quite brave enough to do performing because performing is hard to do this is a place where you can exercise that muscle and i am demanding that the audience get better at this because i want boost to be proud of the takes here.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
And I would like to be proud of the takes because the audience can often be vastly funnier than we are, clever, smarter than we are. And so I'd like to see that theory tested and then proven because it has not been so far.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Don Libetard. You don't remember the idea for a home run call?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Greg Cody, the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody is every week and it's getting more and more popular. What is it that you're promoting on this week's? Because I want to show people something that I did not know. The PFPI trophy. I knew it was big. I did not know it was twice as heavy as the Lombardi trophy. That it is a monstrosity. It means more. It is so giant here.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
What can you tell us is on this week's episode of the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Put it on the pole, Juju. Are we still making Gary's? I don't feel like a baby right now. Any parent would say, you know what? I want my baby, when it comes out of the womb, to be so cute. And then I'm going to name it Gary. See you, Gary. I don't think that's something that's happening anymore.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
You think seven-year-olds always tell the truth? You think a seven-year-old Stugatz was out here truth-telling?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Well, but let's think about this for a second, though. If vampires don't famously age... then it means there's no such thing as a baby vampire, correct? There can be a child vampire, and maybe even, I don't think there's a toddler vampire. A child vampire's a thing, but what's the earliest?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
But there is for voting. Crazy. So the baby vampire would have fangs then, right, when it's teething? No, not all of them do.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
He loves going inside, and look who follows him into the breach. Big surprise. See you, Gary. Ready, Freddy? Gary the Bag, of course, for those of you who don't know. And that's all of you. Everyone knows the Bag.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Don't nails still grow after humans die? That's why I invoked the Nosferatu rule. Please follow along. I am following along and I don't need the condescension of please follow along. I was asking about human beings, not vampires. I was asking about human beings. There will be a quiz.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Good. I look forward to it. I've got another problem, though, because I've got unruly producers everywhere. Racism. Yes. This I want to tell this story. But the problem is that I asked one of our producers to get me the guests that I need. And now I can't get a hold of the producer like so. So I just, it was supposed to, I need somebody in order to tell this story.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
I need a guest in order to make it maximum embarrassing and have a big reveal. And as it stands right now, I can't even reach the producer who was supposed to do this for us.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Yes, and if he were talking, he'd be talking very quietly.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Can one of you get a hold of Kugler for me, please? Because I need to be able to get the payoff. For two days, I've wanted this story. And I thought we were going to do it today. And I'm telling the audience again and again that we're going to do it. today and I'm not doing this as a purposeful tease. I need certain elements that this show requires from production.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
We have thousands of producers around here. I just need an answer to my question so I can get the payoff for the audience.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
They're strong, yes. I don't believe they are. Really? They are strong, Greg. Your beliefs don't matter. Plus, you're a seven-year-old man. It's a personal experience. Look at here.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Garlic does make most things better. It does. Oh, my God. That's great. That's not up for dispute. And I stand corrected. But that's not a matter of strength. That's a matter of you just have good seasonings in your house.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
A hell of a weapon in the Mad Max movies.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
No. Right. Jeremy, can you find out for me why it is called the hammer? I'm sure there's reasoning behind this.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
But they're still throwing things that can kill people. I don't think that's an accurate historical representation of the event. How do you know? I don't know, but I just don't think that's right. I don't know.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
I have seen video of somebody being hit by a javelin as it's being hurled at a track and field event because some of the things that happen at track and field events are a bit crazy, unruly, and you've got flying hammers and javelins and all of that stuff can be dangerous. Medieval. It is a bit medieval.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Stugatz, you can't be right with a sledgehammer being a hammer. That's not what you were talking about. I know, but he was talking about the hurling of hammers. Traditional hammers. Not a giant sledgehammer. The one with the hook on the end. That doesn't count as Stugatz being right.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Unfortunately, I have to apologize to the audience and say that tomorrow, this racist story, the most embarrassing to happen to me at the Super Bowl, is going to be told. But today, I will tell the second most embarrassing story that happened to me from the Super Bowl, which is me walking out of a bathroom... And being greeted by two people laughing at me upon seeing my face.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Vince Wilfork and his new bride. I just see both of them seeing my face and both laughing because of this clip right here. You are very comfortable talking about how you met your wife, how much you love her, how important she is to you, and that's the reason that I asked the question. I've always admired that about you, that you have no problems whatsoever professing your love.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
My wife heard them laughing from inside the bathroom. She asked, who was laughing at you?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
I am a bit stunned, I've got to be honest. I am a bit stunned two days into this week that we have talked for approximately six hours without mentioning what was a very brief holy shit moment from sports news this weekend when ESPN reported that Jake Paul's next opponent would be Canelo Alvarez. Like, that was very close to happening, it appears, before it dissolved, and...
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
The amount of triumph that Jake Paul could allege before throwing a punch in that ring, if that's the fight that he got to. Just to get him in the ring, you're saying? It's just staggering that somebody's internet currency and attention would be bigger than boxing.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
I thought one G Greggs feuded with two Gs. He said that.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
That somebody in the modern age under 30 years old would not have an upper level elite skill set at boxing and would get in the ring with the prize fighter that makes money these days because he's somehow a financial equal. The paperwork evidently was signed. Like, I don't.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
I have not done any of the reporting to find out where and how that fell apart, but that was a thing that was going to happen, and it would have been a giant thing, and Jake Paul would have won forever the moment that fight was signed.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
The idea that that guy has taken over boxing that way, where he gets to summon the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and the biggest draw that that sport has, and be able to consider himself, hey, I'm your equal as a draw. You're doing this as much... with me and for me because you just need to make a little money before your next real fight, and I've made it to the top of this mountain.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
That is correct. But still. And it was probably a negotiating ploy to make sure that all of that could happen. Yes. But still.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Chris Cody, was that a sneeze that you just blew snot into your face?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Yeah, exactly. What are we making more of these days, Craigs or Greggs?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Are Craig's a perversion of Greg's? I've got to get to my racist story. We're running out of show. And Walter Payton socks. We've got to get to that as well. But before we do so, Billy, what's going on with your eye? What?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Have you ever had a sty at Levitard show? Are those stress-induced? Those are stress?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Did Snake Eyes get a zero on Rotten Tomatoes? I believe that Snake Eyes, do I have that wrong? I just remember that being an epically bad movie.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
It's an all-timer. That's a great film.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Put it on the poll. Was Billy Madison a great film, a classic?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Then she went on a cruise. Word association with Crispin Glover. It's the only time I've ever seen it in the history of the David Letterman show, where right before a break, he came very close to kicking David Letterman in the face. And then when they came back from the break, he was no longer on the air like that. They just they just said Crispin Glover.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
They didn't even explain why Crispin Glover came that close without saying to kicking Letterman in the face. But he was removed from the premises and they never said anything about it.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Well, one of the things that has been interesting to me in the history of late night is how many of these people had such pressurized environments that the people who worked for them and with them. This is said of The Tonight Show now with Jimmy Fallon, like things that you would think are fun end up being so pressurized that even David Letterman will tell you now when I hear him interviewed now.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
And I love listening to Letterman. He will have some remorse, some great remorse about how he didn't enjoy any of that more or make it more fun while it was happening.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
It would not be good for him right now. Lucky. Yes, very lucky. The Prince documentary that will never see the light of day would have been very poorly received by people who love Prince because of looking back on things like that and understanding that 40 years ago, 30 years ago, 20 years ago, you could get away with stuff that absolutely is not stuff you can get away with. Allegedly. Allegedly.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
I think it's a terrible... Sports Bang would have been one of the choices.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Wow, that's great work by the both of you. It was 10 years ago at this point. No, but I mean, they're both... It was the 90s. Yeah, they don't know.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Yes. Let's go ahead and just kick them both out. Boo! Minor penalty, two minutes for adding nothing. All of us. Just Billy and Stugatz for not having any memory when they're being asked a question. I didn't bring any of this up, okay? He's bringing up, have you been on talk shows?
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
And when he answers the question, the two experts who would be here who can answer the question can't remember whether they did something. So, you, Billy, and Greg, out. All of you, out for adding nothing. And Billy. Wow.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Thank you. I do appreciate you doing a little work. Yes, I appreciate your work on the way out the door.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
Chris, let's get to our boldest take of the week. I have not been happy with our audience here in leaving bold takes. The takes need to be bold, and this segment, I don't believe, has yet worked, and I'm actively blaming the audience for this because we have a new telephone number, okay? And we had to change this a couple of different times because you people aren't doing it correctly.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
What do you mean by you people? 305-486-GOTS is now the number. And I want these to be better because we've given a couple of prizes that weren't deserved, okay? We've got the entirety of the world at our disposal that can call this telephone number and be funny, be wise, be clever. I know many of you listening to this think you can do this.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
think you can give takes, are good at giving takes at the bar when you're talking to your friends, but then all of a sudden when you call this line, they all stink and they haven't been good enough. So are you telling me, Chris, that we're gonna do this better now? Because I think Boost Mobile deserves better from our audience than what it is they've been getting.
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Hour 2: The Child Vampire
I'm always saying that our audience, when it competes on Clevver, And we've closed the text lines. We don't have a lot of phone lines. Our audience, when it competes on Clever, I'd put up against anybody's audience competing on Clever. I have gotten no proof of that with these calls. So I'm hoping the new phone number gives us more luck here. So what do you have here, Chris?
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Hour 1: Down The Rabbit Hole (feat. Ron Magill)
It didn't land at all. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 1: Down The Rabbit Hole (feat. Ron Magill)
I made a right onto the train track. Where did you turn that, man? I wish I could tell you, but...
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Hour 1: Down The Rabbit Hole (feat. Ron Magill)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 1: Down The Rabbit Hole (feat. Ron Magill)
Stugatz. Don't do it. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Jeremy Strong is somebody, Stugatz, who won Super Bowl Sunday for making fun of himself. It was his idea in that Dunkin' Donuts commercial to emerge from the method acting barrel of coffee in a way that had to identify him in words by Jeremy Strong because you wouldn't have been able to tell from his face that it was Jeremy Strong because of the amount of coffee goop syrup that he had
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on his face. Jeremy Strong did that only to improve his image by hanging out with Belichick and Ben Affleck and all of these people in this commercial that make that commercial such a national winner two years in a row.
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And totally on brand as somebody who is self-serious in even the quotes where he explains why he's trying to make fun of himself.
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That is correct. Yes. We all know this. It's not something that even needs to be stated. It's an understood undercurrent that we have on the entirety of the show.
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Well, Dana White also stormed off his set. We'll get to that in a second because that was evidently a prank. But here's the Jeremy Strong quote from that commercial quote. It was my response to the idea that I don't get the joke. I'm tired of it. it doesn't really serve anything. It's false.
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We live in this age where there's so much attention on all the other stuff that's not the work, and we've become sort of conditioned now to talking about the work so much. It really takes away from it. We'd all be better off going back to a time where actors were able to disappear into the work, and there were more absences than presences. They're present in the work and absent outside of that.
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To which Al Shipley responds, giving a long, earnest interview about your Dunkin' Donuts commercial to prove you don't take yourself too seriously.
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I only watched that movie because he'd chosen it, because I want to see what Kieran Culkin's next choices are.
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There has not been nearly enough Greg Cody in this Greg Cody Tuesday. You want him to read? So I ask you, Greg Cody, Aaron Rodgers leaving the Jets, we have not had enough Stugatz opinion on this as well because...
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That was a pretty spectacular flameout on all things Jets for them to release Jay Glazer's scoopage, hide it in the Super Bowl coverage, just like, yeah, never mind about that whole thing we just did at quarterback. What a disaster.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Do the Jets have any experiments that are not failed experiment? Or put another way, is to call the Jets experiment a failed experiment redundant?
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That's not true.
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I happen to think, though, that and I know this is not popular in sports shout era. I happen to think that both Stugatz and Mike are right about this, because while Mike is saying barely above replacement player, Stugatz is right that in the history of the New York Jets. a 10- or 11-game run of 18-4 is absolutely not Zach Wilson.
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I know that there are numbers that can be cherry-picked to make it look, especially when it comes to wins and losses, like those tenures are the same, and everyone hated Zach Wilson, but I understand how it is Stugatz gets tempted by the last 10 games only because in their absence, he has no idea what's going to play quarterback for him. Right.
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break hearts yes there you go uh so stugatz uh says where's the funny because i believe everyone would take a look at the entirety of my career and say that on radio and television all he did was respect television and radio way too much um the funny is here and the serious and the deeper is there but i'm almost fundamentally incapable of small talk like i i i I don't do it very well.
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And there's not a lot of worse positions to be in, and I'm assuming they're going to draft a quarterback, but there aren't a lot of worse positions to be in in football than heading into an offseason and there aren't good quarterbacks available.
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Or, as there is in this offseason, somebody's going to take a chance on Aaron Rodgers if he wants to play as a starter because they're in the same predicament that the Jets are in. We don't have someone, and we need to sell tickets with some hope at that position.
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Sam would never come. At this point, you believe that the situation of the Jets is so dire that Sam Darnold would never go back there. But you'd be willing to want Sam Darnold because I assure you, Sam Darnold will not look without Justin Jefferson the way he does with Justin. Jefferson.
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But that's not the part that you threw it through that prism with at first. At first, you've made that 2025 is the year that Sam Darnold, that's a thing that's so. Think about what have happened the last five years in football that Stugatz is saying today, Sam Darnold doesn't want to come back to the Jets.
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I don't really want to talk about Sam Darnold.
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The only reason that... We're doomed, man.
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Trey Lance.
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Trey Lance. There is no quarterback in football now that I associate with five interceptions more than Trey Lance.
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Radio Row is a lot of fun that way.
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Yeah, he left.
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I don't have very much interest in it. That's not true. You and Mike Fuentes, I saw before the show, a nice five to six minutes. Ask him how many times that's happened since he's worked here. Go ahead.
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Oh, those are gone. You're not familiar with how people work around here?
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You will never see those again.
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The one thing that I learned at Radio Row that made me wince about football is I learned that Walter Payton played the entirety of his career not wearing socks inside of the cleats because he liked to run with bare feet. And I was like, I can't imagine what those feet look like.
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I can't. The socks.
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Do I get $50 from the fine bucket for keeping him still alive instead of killing him?
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Greg thinks that the Eagles taught everyone a lesson. They taught the entire sport a lesson. What is that lesson, Greg?
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So the most obvious thing. The Parcells lesson.
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It's a pretty good offensive line.
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Greg Cody is spicy today, okay, because ESPN has ranked its 59 Super Bowl winners. Oh, boy. And Greg Cody does not like where the perfect Dolphins have landed. Number one.
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I'm not good at that, but I will say this one is surprising to me. This one I don't have because in keeping, Chris, this might surprise you about your father. In keeping with... your dad having a perspective in his 70s, and I don't know how he came about this, because he's someone who is almost allergic to learning and changing. At this age, it's not something that he wants to be doing.
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Thankfully, though, when Greg Cody says that Don Shula is spinning in his grave or turning in his grave or whatever, Billy and Stugatz were in New Orleans, and they conducted a two-hour seance that is presently being edited for God Bless Football. Tell everybody to see this, Danny.
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A two-hour seance, so I am here to say that Billy and Stu Gantz, and this is why God Bless Football is the number one football podcast in America three of the last four years, successfully exhumed the spirit of... Well, there's no way to know.
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Two hours, they went and talked in New Orleans where you can experiment with voodoo and seance and spirits and death, and it's above sea level.
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That is correct. Their cemeteries are above sea level.
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That's correct, because there is no beneath ground. It's just the sea.
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Not very much, though. Not very... I can dig.
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And yet, more than anyone on Earth Your father, after listening to several two-hour South Beach sessions, will reach out multiple times and say, this is the best work you've ever done, Dan.
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Yeah, I mean, you want to be above sea level.
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This is the best stuff in your career that you've ever done because your dad has some sort of want for this vulnerability that men love to mock about, look at Pat Riley crying in the meeting because he's a coward or whatever it is you think he is. When all he is is greedy about winning and he will do whatever it is that he wants in order to win.
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And Jimmy Butler put him in a checkmated spot where he had to pull out my dad card. An act of total desperation to try and get what he wanted because there were no others.
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It's more hurtful than that, right? Like, we can do all the stuff about leaking and business play and everything else, but this is a notoriously private organization, at least in part, because they like to control the messaging and the optics that has never had anything like this.
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So the most hurtful and embarrassing thing I would think about this, although I did not ask this question, is that you are basically... showing everybody the organization's ass. Like you, this is a private organization that prides itself on that is not how we behave. The lead thing is accountability. And you know, now we'll, we'll see in golden state,
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with how everything is going, where and how that goes with Draymond Green, the faded embers of Draymond Green's career trying to tell Jimmy what to do when Draymond Green ain't in charge anymore but has always been the sort of fire of what it is that that team does. But the part about this is the mess when, if we parse through the details of everything that happened here,
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Jimmy already had a different set of rules than anyone who's ever played here because of what Shaq and Wade and LeBron brought that forced change upon Riley, but not so much change that Riley's ever going to let somebody else be in charge.
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Two years, $111 million. All of a sudden, Jimmy found his joy again. That's exactly how it happened, the moment that he got his extension.
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I'm going to make this the final words on Jimmy Butler, and this will probably end up being a lie because we've talked about this even today, about 20 minutes longer than we should have. But here is Eric Spolstra. And this this part is funny to me, right, because of how it is that we piranha feed on the details of the discord.
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To me, Eric Spolstra is giving the proper voice to what all of this should be before divorce and money and business and everything get in the way. Jimmy Butler has cost himself friendships in that locker room from the way that he has handled his business. But I do believe here is the perspective that is the proper perspective to have from Eric Spolstra about the last five years.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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I hate to admit this, but I'm going to steal that journal.
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What is that, though? I love that music. What was that music?
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What was that music to make it? I could have done with just the words. I didn't need the helpful music.
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You got goosebumps?
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I saw Jeff Goldblum in like a Jurassic Park movie. It must have been the original Jurassic Park saying some form of the equivalent of I'm always looking for the next future Mrs. Jimmy Butler. Like, this was his best marriage, but the marriages are all going to end badly because that's how marriages tend to end.
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And everybody would be thrilled to have Andrew Wiggins if you hadn't mentioned Kevin Durant.
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I can't. I'm trying to get out, okay, guys? But everybody wants to talk Jimmy Butler, so go ahead, Cody. I'm trying. Well, football's over. I know, but I want to talk about other things, and I can't, so please, Greg.
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And that's how I'm advancing the story, but I've done it for 22 minutes too long.
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That's the final word. I thought spose were going to be the final word, but okay, fine. That's the final word. Another bit of bad news, by the way. I was telling you, I told you months ago, Valentine's Day, keep an eye on that arbitration in Minnesota. And if you're a Heat fan, what you wanted is A-Rod not to win that arbitration because that's where the Anthony Edwards relationship is.
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Stu Gatz has been real chatty during the breaks. He was just ripping me nonstop. I don't even know what the starting point of you ripping South Beach Sessions was. I walked into the room, and you and Cody were howling with laughter, and it was about South Beach Sessions, and I don't even know what it is that you were laughing about or what triggered the thought.
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It's with A-Rod. He's here with him in Miami all the time. And so if A-Rod had not won yesterday... the ruling on ownership of the Timberwolves in that arbitration hearing, all of a sudden Anthony Edwards, who's been pretty vocal about how bad they are this year, and they are bad with him.
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What's happened there is a little, I guess it's not confusing, but a whole lot of people think that Carl Anthony Towns wasn't as good as he is, and he's clearly that kind of good, because all of a sudden Anthony Edwards doesn't look quite like the... the league wrecker as a Timberwolves.
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I mean, that's the best. Last year is the best Timberwolves team we have seen. Like, it's better than any of the Garnett teams, right? Did Garnett make one Western Conference final?
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And so that's the best Timberwolf team that there has been. But there are a number of different things that I wanted to get to today, inside and outside of sports. One of the corrections that we have to make, Stugatz, I believe that we have to now acknowledge, put this on the poll, please, at Levitard Show, is Howie Mandel, now America's greatest prankster.
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because he had everyone believing that Bill Burr and Billy Corgan are brothers, and evidently all of that was nonsense perfectly acted throughout by Bill Burr, who pretended throughout to be, and still pretends, to be irritated by the revelation from Howie Mandel and Billy Corgan that they were brothers who descended from the same father.
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Chris, he was their lead player last night and they scored 85 points, the worst of the season. Understood that it's discombobulated out there. He cannot be your best player. He cannot be your most important player. And he cannot be weakened as you make Tyler Hero your best player because of the usage rate.
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Don Libertard. Billy, somebody has written in here, I need way more.
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This is clearly not good enough. It leads me actually to another conversation about the Swifties today. Do they understand what just happened? Like given that they've just been winning, like Taylor Swift is getting brooding boyfriend for the first time in three years. Like he's gonna go home and he's gonna need some nursing here over the next 14 days of hiding.
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Hiding because of how much this hurts and when,
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You talk to Travis Kelsey today because the not good enough, the acknowledgement to know that you're not good enough, it's so easy to say from over here, and I think Billy's right too, and Mike's been saying this for two years about the Miami Heat, and Mike ends up being more right than heat management about Terry Rozier and keeping everything together because they were this close, but the self-awareness of not good enough.
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Does Travis Kelsey know today? If you sit in front of Travis Kelsey and say, you guys aren't as good as the Eagles. Does he acknowledge that or does he say, no, we just had a bad game? Like, does he acknowledge, yeah, that team is just a lot better than us and that's it. If we play them a bunch of times, we're going to lose every time.
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Or does the mind of an athlete and the perspective of an athlete that's different than ours get it wrong because the confidence has to be there to think that you're better than others?
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The thing that he said there, I just want to examine it because he is legitimately the only person in the world keeping alive Gary Stevens, the former offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins, walking into a press room 40 years ago before a game in which the Dolphins were going to play the Bills with Bernie Palmoli as their running back. And he walks into the press room, Gary Stevens.
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I don't think he acknowledges that. Really?
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No, I don't think that he thinks the Eagles are just flatly better than they are. Well, then he's lying. I don't think that he thinks that the Eagles can do that to him in every game they play against him.
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Yeah, but you're saying flat out better than them because that's what the scoreboard says and it's what we all saw. I'm telling you that the perspective of the huddle is very often to never acknowledge that.
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More than he's ever been sacked in a game because he's elusive. Mike Ryan came in here today. This was funny to me, Stugatz, the way this turned, okay? This was really funny because Mike Ryan came in here today and he's like, you know how you beat that? You just run draw plays.
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ball yeah in mike's defense he did re-watch the super bowl i mean crunch of tape the draw was the time in dan the draw was there all game long they didn't they didn't shock draw they didn't run the ball that's true and this this is simple math right if you're getting pressure with four and kansas city's adjustment was to not try and block their four with five but with six like
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If they're still getting the pressure with four when they're using the running back to chip and they're using six guys, you've got a problem in your secondary when your receivers aren't good enough. But the thing that's interesting about what Mike's doing, I think... is just the very idea that you can watch that for one half and be like, yeah, I know more than Spags and Andy Reid. I do.
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Like, they haven't thought about the draw play. They have not considered it. They're confused. That is not Spags' job. No, Andy Reid right now is calling Spags and texting me. He's like, why did we forget about that?
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the draw play but Checo was doing that so well on Tuesday excuse me only one in this show was trying to take credit away from coaches yesterday and that was you with Fangs I am gonna no I'm it wasn't with Fangs it was with all of the Eagles because if you think the Eagles suddenly got smarter than Andy Reid and Spangs you guys just want to credit coaching for stuff like Andy Reid and Spangs were supposed to be the standard going into that game not Fangs if I asked you before that game who's got the coaching advantage what's your answer everyone would say the Chiefs yep
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Well, but I don't think that them losing is because that had anything to do with coaching. Like, I really, I saw so much yesterday. Patrick Mahomes choked, and Andy Reid and Spags, well, not so much Spags, but Andy Reid was undressed. exposed. And I'm like, that's not what happened.
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Lifelong offensive coordinator. Never graduated to a head coaching job, even though there were protests and people in Miami and every corner of the University of Miami were rooting for him to get a head coaching job he never got. He would come into the press room, usually smoking a cigarette, because back then you could do that.
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Yes, he would be right. They ran the ball seven times when it wasn't Mahomes running the ball. But I just want you to, I want you all to absorb, I want you all to just let this soak in, okay? What you saw on Sunday was so shocking that Mike Ryan is boldly coming in here with the argument, you know what needs to happen? I need to take the ball out of Mahomes' hands and give it to Pacheco. And Hunt.
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Yes, I need to take it out of the hands. That offense was so limited all season and we forgot just because Hollywood Brown comes back and they scored 30 for the first time all season against Buffalo. That offense was bad this year. And Mahomes was the one always bailing him out. It wasn't Pacheco. It wasn't Kareem Hunt.
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It wasn't running the ball unless it was Mahomes running the ball on third and five for seven yards.
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The thing that is always funny to me about this is, and I remember this all the time, when Dallas and Jimmy Johnson were winning their championships and they would hit any kind of hiccup of any kind on offense, the suggestion to Jimmy Johnson would be some form of, why don't you guys run more screen passes for Emmitt Smith? And you know what his answer was? We're not good at that.
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The Chiefs are like 22nd or 23rd in the league in running the ball. And it's not like the Holmes was stolen for 300 yards every game either. Their offense was limited against bad defenses. Their offense was limited.
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And he would just say, who needs me? Dummy.
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He has put together a tremendous roster. One of the quiet things that happened on Sunday, and I'm not used to it, right, because every time you win a championship, whether you're Tom Brady or anyone else, you better have some defensive help that's not going to get acknowledged as we give all of the credit to the quarterback.
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Man, that was an awfully quiet Chris Jones Super Bowl, and it wasn't just an awfully quiet Chris Jones Super Bowl. On the goal line, he's curled up in the fetal position trying to keep the tush push out of the end zone and what happens? He hurts his neck.
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He's just laying on the floor trying to get lower than their offensive linemen and he's getting pushed by that force so much that they have to tend to his injured neck and my guess is that if I ask anybody in our audience, maybe some would go with McDuffie, hey, the championship run, who's the most important defensive player?
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Who's the guy that's always going to make the play on third and fourth down when you need something in the backfield? Tell me all the things he did on Sunday that made you notice him when you guys know what kind of a champion menace that person is. They were losing games when he was holding out. They were just losing games when he held out.
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After that play. It was after that play that they started dealing with that.
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It may have been nobody talking much about it beforehand. That ceases today, though, because even though the quarterback, even though a lot of people are talking about Jalen Hurts and trying to elevate him a tier the way that Stugatz is, I think most people acknowledge how it is and where it is that that game was won in a way that was obvious.
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The thing that I was trying to tell you guys yesterday about throughout the history of football, when the line advantages are that obvious to the eye, because Mike's sitting here saying, well, we don't know what the scheming is. Right. We don't actually know. We don't know enough while we're watching to know what the adjustments were in the second half in the secondary.
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But what we do know and what all of us saw, overt to even the biggest of amateurs, is offensive and defensive line play that if I put the advantages on any team that has played a game throughout football, that team will never lose a game.
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If it's that obvious that you don't lose at football because the whole thing is can you get 10 yards in three plays and you're going to get it every time and you're going to prevent it every time if you have those pressures. The idea that the Chiefs went for 23 yards in the first half? Crazy. When Mike Ryan says, why did Patrick Mahomes look like he didn't want to be out there? Who the
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bleep would want to be out there for that the world is watching and I can't do anything and I'm trying to throw a three-yard pass to Travis Kelsey and I'm so scared I'm throwing it at his ankles because I don't have time and I need him to get down and cradle one of these balls because I don't feel like I can do anything down the field that I don't have any time to do anything down the field I'm sure you could look at Super Bowls in which you could find a distinct advantage along the lines and that team doesn't end up winning but what it never happens is the team with the advantages along the trenches gets blown out never
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I will tell you that one of the few times I have ever seen a team that had those kind of advantages lose is when the Miami Hurricanes lost to Penn State in a Fiesta Bowl, and it's because Jimmy Johnson wouldn't stop throwing the ball. But on that game, it wasn't Mahomes throwing two interceptions. It was Testaverde throwing five of them.
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Like, it took a ton of interceptions to make that even a close game, which it was right up until the very end.
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I blame Jimmy. Jimmy would blame Jimmy. It's Jimmy's fault. It's the most haunting loss of Jimmy's career because he's like, nobody ever loses that game.
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Thank you, Billy. Appreciate it.
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The thing that you guys have to enjoy about that that is lost in the lack of context of a story that nobody remembers from 40 years ago is just how sad that press room was. Like, it's not what the dolphins are today. Like, this is not St. Thomas Aquinas, right? But this is soon thereafter.
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I wanted to get back to the Kevin Durant heat thing because Jeremy had a thousand things that he wanted to say and he continues to get boxed out. Do we get that sound of when Terry Rozier was traded to the Miami Heat? Worst day of my life. It broke Mike Ryan. Come on. He's rivaling Antoine Walker and Eddie Jones as one of the most unpopular players right now in Heat history.
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And I am told that a sideline discussion broke out yesterday among media members about whether or not Terry Rozier is the worst player in Heat history to ever wear that uniform and get those kind of minutes. That game in the modern age of offense last night is an abomination. It's hard to watch them be that far behind the Boston Celtics, even if you understand that Tyler Hero's not playing.
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right this is a bad press room this is a you are taking inventory of your life and don't think it has much worth when gary stevens is blowing cigar breath in your cigarette breath in your face yeah it's amazing how everything has changed like back then
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But the 85 points, the 85 points make it an unwatchable basketball game. But Jeremy will always have the 22 to 13 start they got with the hope of Andrew Wiggins.
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Great point. Yes, it is a great point. What's going on with the investigation?
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Well, you say they had one practice with the team. Jimmy Butler played his first game, knew three plays. Hadn't done anything with the Golden State Warriors. And without, not a meeting, not anything. Just showed up and... That's fair. No, that's fair.
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One of the things that people are very excited about is that Mitchell and Wiggins with the Heat are two of the top eight perimeter defenders in the league. The problem is the 85 points when Tyler Hero is not playing. And one of the things, can you give me the stat of the day music here, Chris? Because this is, I believe, something that doesn't have a precedent in NBA history.
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And I defy someone to come up with a statistical precedent to what it is I'm about to say.
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During his entire Heat tenure, Jimmy Butler, during the regular season, had zero 40-point games. In the postseason, he had eight of them. That can't exist anywhere in the history of basketball. Playoff Jimmy. There must not be such a thing as that, and it's been interesting to watch him in Golden State go for four for 12 last night, but go and get all of the free throws.
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There just aren't a ton of people playing like that. Shea Gilgis Alexander doesn't object to the criticism that he's a free throw merchant. He's like, I get a bunch of free throws because I'm hard to guard.
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I think you do know what happened there. Things are so bad between Jimmy and his agent and the Heat. He'd have no time for his agent, like, at all. That guy was talking to, like, a lot of media members doing his job, doing what the agent is supposed to do. But the thing is so bad that they can't even agree on who called whom unhinged first.
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Because Jimmy Butler is claiming that Pat Riley was unhinged in the meeting, but they think that he got the word unhinged from them saying that he was unhinged about things.
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Well, I want to talk to you guys about this because I started doing this yesterday. Crying? The thing that's happened over the last five years with me, and we were talking yesterday with Chris about his dad crying later in life over things, the idea of using crying to be male weakness, that is so weak, honestly.
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Like the idea that what is male is to repress the feelings, push them down, and secretly not show anyone that you're hurt about the death of your father. Like that you would want, that you keep that buried inside, you'd private, and if you need to blubber on the toilet with the door locked, fine, but don't show that to anybody. It's so uniquely male and so uniquely repressed and stupid
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that it's totally unsurprising to see it used to slap Pat Riley across the face when Pat Riley is somebody that I have known to cry when he talks about his father since I've known him.
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I have been embarrassed by crying a number of different times and I will tell you that I'm doing a substantive amount of work through acupuncture and a whole lot of medicines that I don't totally understand holistic medicines to try and lubricate whatever it is that this thing is here that makes you shut down around where your emotions are in order to let them go.
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The idea, I began to say this yesterday with Jimmy Johnson and where it is that he decided to quit on coaching.
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because he had been an unfeeling cutthroat mercenary creature who was disgusted with himself at his mother's funeral because he did a lifetime of regret on, I haven't been the father, I haven't been the husband, I haven't been the son that I wanted to be, and breaks down sobbing for the first time, letting all of that go, to use what Mike is saying there, what is particularly dirty.
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The Heat obviously did not like that athletic story. The ESPN did a more even-handed one than that. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald did one that was more pro-Heat than that. Everyone's got their truth here. Jimmy Butler says, I haven't even told my part of the story, and when I do, it'll be with Shaq. Why will it be with Shaq?
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Because Shaq was outside the facility and wouldn't be allowed in to get his stuff back when he wanted to punch Pat Riley. That's why Jimmy Butler is doing it. We'll do it with Shaq if he ever tells his part of the story. But I don't actually know what the truth is here. Everyone's got their own truths and everyone is self-interested and biased about what those truths are.
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Who was he talking to with the dumbing? Who was that director?
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They had Thurman Thomas and Jim Kelly and Andre Reid and Bruce Smith.
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So the offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins kept coming into the press room and saying, how the hell am I supposed to win in Buffalo with Bernie Parmelee, a former UPS driver?
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So I have a little stuff for you here, Stugatz, surrounding, I think, the part of the Heat trade deadline that most people were interested in, which is the Kevin Durant part of it. And Kevin Durant was, as it relates to the Miami Heat, Kevin Durant was blindsided, according to Shams, that he was going to be traded. All of that is a mess. And I will tell you, after the Heat dealt with
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
the Suns, Ishbia is a nightmare.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
The guy that owns the Suns trying to play general manager is making a mess of things, is the rich person who's in charge of everything and wants to run his team and is doing so poorly as an amateur rich guy with toys and doesn't know that you don't try to make a trade for Jimmy Butler and then just ruin everything by informing your superstar who came to be with you through means that aren't direct.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
that he's going to be traded. Like, that's a poison. You can't have that, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if Kevin Durant left after this season because of it. But he's saying about an ESPN report that the Suns locker room has been toxic the following. Quote, I heard that Ramona Shelburne came out and says our locker room is toxic. I try to tell people who aren't around this game much.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
that it's easy to say our locker room is not connected when you come in there 45 minutes before and guys are in their game mode and not talking to each other. Four or five guys might be in the training room, a few guys might be in the weight room. It's not a welcoming environment right before the game. That's part of getting ready to play.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
I think it's unfair and lazy to categorize our team as toxic when you come in there for five minutes throughout four months. That's the only time you've been in our locker room and then you can make a narrative? I don't think that's fair to us, but like I said, that's part of the game. Part of the business we signed up for.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
Shit is not fair in this game, but we've got to deal with it and accept it. What are your thoughts there?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
I do. He's denying the reports.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
I don't think a lot of people have said that he works in toxic locker rooms. I don't think that's followed Kevin Durant.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
I find usually very interesting how different the player perspective can be from everybody else's perspective. So he's arriving at this conclusion that you don't know what you're talking about because you're not in here. But Ramona is not someone She may not have been there very much for four months, but she's talking to the people who are there. She's doing the kind of reporting.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
This is not just some gas bag saying something on television or on the radio that hasn't done the reporting on that. She's not going to make stuff up for clicks. She's never done that. And Sugantz is right that the credibility there is in place in a way that I think we should treasure at this time as things become more and more murky. what's true and what's not true.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
I saw that Hank Azaria, AI, is now trying to create his voices so that all 21 of the Simpsons characters, he can not be paid for them. Because I have no idea what's coming for our future in terms of what's real and what's not real.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
Are you aware that... Mike, get away from his snout. Are you aware that we're on?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
keeps ai on its heels the entire time that it's just left in a perpetual did you mean wait i can't actually reason with this maybe this is the perfect leadership to have during these times elon musk it feels like is running our country and furthermore he's investing in all future ai technology because the amount of power that he wishes to have over a future that is uncertain and scary
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
is a bit terrifying, especially since he's a descendant of apartheid and you've seen some of his behavior and how shameless he is about grabbing at power, money, and attention.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
So I wanted to explore, though, the parts of this that happened with the Miami Heat as it relates to Kevin Durant. First of all, you should know that was not close. It was never close. There was nothing close there. So not a whiff?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
It was not a whiff. It wasn't close. Well, it's a whiff if you think. This is where it is a whiff, okay? The reason it wasn't close is because of the heat, not because of the sun, and because the ask was, according to the people I've talked to, our entire team. It wasn't one of these young players. It wasn't Jaquez and Ware. It was they wanted our whole team.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
And Ishbia isn't going to trade Durant. He's not going to trade Durant for pennies on the dime. He's not going to blindside Durant unless he was just sort of sniffing around on what's the most I can get for Durant. I know the Miami Heat are interested in this.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
I'll get back to the Durant part of this in a second. But last night, the Warriors won against Milwaukee in Milwaukee. And I don't remember this. I'm trying to do it off the top of my head. Steph's been very good the last four games, especially the last two with Jimmy Butler. Has he ever played with somebody who can get 15 free throws a game?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
Because the way Jimmy's playing there, it doesn't even matter that he's four for 12. He's just going at the rim. And I'm wondering, have they had a player in Steph Curry's entire tenure that'll cave in the defense at the rim so that he's getting 15 foul shots a game?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
But has there been anybody? Has there been anybody in – has Steph Curry ever played with a player? Like, I know they went – at the beginning of all of that, they were throwing boguts and bigs and just bigs at that – at the rim. And I just don't remember whether Steph has had that ingredient before or not. But, Billy, do you – like, if I say to you – I don't even know, like –
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
I don't have the contract matchup, and I didn't ask about particular players, and they wouldn't tell me about particular players anyway. But when they say the whole team, if I say it's some combination, if it's Ware, Jaquez, and Bam.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Greg Cote's Piano Man
And like if that fits up and and and Joe and Jimmy and Joe and Jimmy, like if I if I make it all of those players, you want a 36 year old Kevin Durant to just play with Tyler Hero and not guard anybody.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Thank you. I appreciate all your contributions to the show. Cannon! You can also get out of the room. I don't want to talk to you anymore. You got it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
A known winner in Juju Gotti joins us now to celebrate. Winner last night in college basketball. Winners over the weekend in UConn and Florida. Great champions. Hello, Juju. What do you have for us in the way of analysis on the championships over the weekend?
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Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Billy, last night when we were with the winner of our March Madness tournament, you pointed out that our less than beloved Ethan Badowski here in the other room has been wildly annoying as a Gator fan. It can't feel good as Miami people to see the Gators enjoying themselves this way.
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Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Everybody on the show, Juju, seemed to want Houston to win, even though I thought Houston ruined the championship by knocking off Duke.
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Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Eager to get to Juju Gotti and what he has to say about today's show. But before we do this, I've been negligent today in not talking about two giant losers in college baseball. We have two losing streaks that are colliding in minutes here in an epic baseball game. Yeshiva has a 99 game losing streak. that dates back to 2022, and they're facing Lehman.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
You did something there that I think has been happening throughout the tournament. You brought a delight to the cherubic face of Chris Cody by simply saying the name Con Canipa. Yeah, it's great.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
I'm going to call him Knipple. I'm going to call him Knipple. What else do you have for us today from the conversation we have in terms of criticism from the audience, critique from the audience?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Let's update some of the polls here. What were the best ones from today? Or do you have anything more on that particular subject? Because I know that you are a very strong advocate for mental health here. And I probably droned on too long, but I do.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
I do find interesting the conversation of whether or not the striving to be the best is an active obstacle to real and true joy, because the two things can have trouble coexisting, especially if you don't get to be the best, but even if you get to be the best.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
I also feel like those are pretty close to synonyms. Oh, no. Everyone knows exactly what he meant. They're not, but it feels like they are.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Let's update some of these polls, Juju. What do you got that was best today?
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Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
I don't think our audience gets to decide that one. I think our audience is predominantly male, and I think our audience isn't giving sex symbol to anybody.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Please put up that video again of Jay Leno. It is comical seeing him come into the picture on a street in a tank that's moving very slowly, attempting to parallel park. Chris Cody, are you trying? I'm work chopping it. It's not good. No, it's not good. Let me hear your Jay Leno. I know it's not good. I'm just going down the street. Yeah.
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Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Lehman has lost 42 straight games since 2023. Now, unfortunately, Lehman is 17 and 0 all time versus Yeshiva, and they average 15 runs a game. So Yeshiva seems to be a special kind of terrible. We bring in our loser correspondent, Jeremy, and I say that in the most loving fashion. to give us an update on this, a preview, a rare preview from us on this baseball game. What do you have?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
His jaw expanded and he became his face. He was morphing into the character. He doesn't have the voice. Keep working on it. Juju, what else you got?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Thank you. I feel validated by our audience. Thank you, audience, for saying that my fear is okay to have the jaw, the specifics of a jaw implant. I fear it less than nose, than something with your teeth. I don't know that there's a place on my face that you could go. Maybe I, maybe LASIK, I would fear the same way, even though I shouldn't. Go ahead, Juju. What else you got?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
All right. The Outback is not Sydney, though. The things on land that can kill you in Australia, Sydney is not the place that you find those things, I don't think.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Yeshiva-Lehman Baseball Preview
Awkward ending. Sorry. I'm glad you got that point across though.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
I can see myself living there. Maybe not anymore after this segment.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
You're an empty nester right now.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
What just happened to the math there?
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Way to go. I try to take inventory of them. So from what I gathered, even though he's an empty nester presently, he still has at least one of his daughter's cars. And he uses that occasionally. I guess it's a Miles situation. When she's not in town, he drives that here. But often there's a courtesy vehicle decal on the cars too, to which I agree with Chris. He's got some sort of shady deal going.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Would you guys do this? If I had faith in it. No, but that's my point. It sounds like the dream to hop in a car and not have to worry about talking to anybody. That sounds great. It's the reality. The last time I was in L.A., my rideshare driver did get into an accident with me in the car. I didn't stick around for the questioning.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Aren't those like sensors and cameras for the self-driving part?
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Negotiate with some estates. Get the rights to Elvis' ghost. Ooh.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Really? Seth MacFarlane's like the perfect guy for that. I don't know. Did you see the trailer? They made O.J. Simpson canon, which is great.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Well, it wasn't just the first time. There was a second time and a 33rd and a third time. So it's been like 30 years since we've seen a Naked Gun movie. And quite honestly, that entire genre, that spoofy type of genre, has kind of died with that specific type of humor. And it was warm nostalgia.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
I read the book that Tarantino put out around Once Upon a Time in Hollywood that really delved into Clint Booth's history. And it was just like uber nerdy. Not at all what he came out... Thank you.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Exactly. Yeah, the places that you would but couldn't. Yeah, that's a good question, Chris.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Yeah, but it's going to help us get the whole thing because I think there's still like a disconnect on the camera. Costa Rica is another place.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
What is it? It's over. the number's over 12, right? And occasionally some of these things spill into social media and then it's usually an effective move because Elon Musk replies and says to the world and the person tweeting at them or posting at them, I guess that's what it's called these days, exactly how much money he's going to be giving them.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Yeah, these NDAs probably got to be pretty fascinating.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
He does, but sometimes people aren't satisfied with it. I don't know. It seems as though, from what I've deduced on social media behavior, that he is paying for these children. Sometimes the means in which some of these mothers need to go about doing it are really bad optics.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
for whatever reason, really on the train that we gotta repopulate the earth. He's not a charmer? No, like, I know he was, maybe Grimes, there was some romance there, but again, these NDAs are pretty airtight, but a lot of these, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of romance. It seems like, as far as the public knows, like,
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here?
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
So the last three that we've known about that have played out in the public space with social media postings, Grimes saying that I don't usually do this, I cannot reach my child, Elon, get a hold of me. They have multiple children that, we'll put that one off to the side, that bubbles up occasionally, but then it dies down. There was a Fox News contributor that went out publicly.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Elon never really denied that this was his child. She was posturing after it became known for perhaps more support. And Elon, something to the effect of on social media, said that that was granted. And then this one... He actually did not know if this child was his. So that's a bit of a difference between the most recent one.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
But he said, regardless, I'm giving her something to the tune of a half a million dollars.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
The plumbing situation is a great one. You've got to be careful with the plot of land that you get in Costa Rica. Make sure that they have plumbing.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
I'll be here for support. $5 million plus college education.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
I'm trying to play the game. We don't know. We don't know the nature of the agreement.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
Well, he's looking up at the hills because the money's coming down.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
I'm the same way. Is that a toxic trait? I'm like, well, this might be the time they get me, even though I'm well-intentioned.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
I saw a video of Lindsay Lohan. She had a Middle Eastern accent because she lived out there for two years.
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Hour 1: Stugotz's Rental Car Deal
You seem like such a cop, though. I do. It's just Pappas going up to all these different groups of servers.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
has a 10-part documentary that Netflix has paid $50 million for that I'm sure is going to be riveting because Jerry Jones, accomplished mercenary salesman, has been a great actor for many, many years. And so to see him acting well is not surprising because I've been watching him do it since he was a nobody who didn't know anything, who just sort of stumbled his way into Oil and the Cowboys.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
and then spent the next 30 years not winning much of anything after Jimmy Johnson, but always keeping his team. So interesting that it's the only 10-part documentary you're going to get on a Jerry Jones. Metal Art finished second there. That hurt. We could have made that one. We could have made that one. That one would have been good. And I'm sure it will be good. If you win first, you're last.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
But let's play the acting of Jerry Jones recently here and see from the audience and you guys how surprised you are by this.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
That is opposite Jon Hamm and Billy Bob Thornton, and he owns the room for two minutes of acting.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
See if you can get that. Diana, what are your thoughts on what it is that you just witnessed there? Mike is stunned in the back room, floored.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Come on, Diana. You've got to be shitting me, Diana. Like, you can find any reason to criticize this man.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
It is a good question. Arthur Blank? No, Arthur Blank could not do that. I would love to see the audition. Woody Johnson? Arthur Blank?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
You think the owner of Home Depot, who we've accused because of his mustache of having a house that's haunted, you believe that Arthur Blank can throw down in acting with what we just saw, which is John Hamm and Billy Bob Thornton silently awed by the tears in Jerry Jones' eyes.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
You know what, forgive me. Have you not gotten familiar with the work of Jimmy Haslam? Can I get some more Jimmy Haslam auditioning for this?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Good. Better. Thank you. Thank you for helping him, Diane. If we can craft that character a little bit. You know, it's the content generation right now. Everybody wants to get in the game. Jerry Jones is a 10-part documentary as Mike McCarthy sniffs the Chicago Bears job.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
You need to, Stugatz, get jerryjones.com, please. You need to purchase that.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
I think Robert Kraft would do well. I do. Don't you think Kraft would be good?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Wait a minute. I saw Kraft acting with his 20-year-old girlfriend. I saw that tape, yeah. That tape, he was not acting well, Diana. Are you not familiar with this tape? I'm not. Okay, you will revise your answer. Video, see if you can find that for me and throw it up somewhere.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Just die. Just die. Diana, I want your commentary here to the degree that you can. I know we can't telestrate this, but if there's a way to show you, Mina Kimes is still an amazing... novice sometimes when it comes to the very basic tools in this business. Now keep in mind, I watched her on Netflix and I saw her be better than RG3 and Manti Teo on football, more informative.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
And I was like, man, she is bringing heat on a Netflix telecast that I was stunned how well all of that went. the televising of these giant things live are not easy, these things are not easy, and Netflix crushed it on Christmas Day, and Mina crushed it on Christmas Day.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
But what I miss most about Mina was the rawest version of her here, where she just doesn't know where things are, she gets distracted by the smallest things. Let's play for the audience here, Mina Kimes having no earthly idea where she is on television as she just sort of walks into a camera shot. And Diana, I want you to break this down for me and just explain your friend to us.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Hold it up and hold it down. Like, I know what you meant there because she did hold it down. But you corrected yourself and you meant you said hold it up. But she held it down. Like, which did she do? She she held the women held down the Netflix telecast. And that's a positive. That's a compliment.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Which would you rather, to hold it up or to hold it down? Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Hold it up. I'd rather lift something up.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Yesterday, Billy, you told me that if the Dolphins had a backup quarterback who could have just merely held it down, they'd be championship contending.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
You made it about the backup quarterback. You kept telling me that the Dolphins season was all about the backup quarterback. And if a quarterback had just held it down, gone 2-2, gone 2-2, well... Well, Tua was away.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
I've got a pretty good stat of the day to get to in a second, but before I do that, there are a couple of things that I wanted to put in front of the audience. One of them, Stu Gatz, that I'm having some difficulty with is that we had two weeks off, and yesterday I was bombarded, bombarded with questions about
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana, the Houston Texans are always playing this game. They own this game. This is their game. They don't necessarily win it. There's a Hoyer. There's an assortment of bad quarterbacks I've seen for the Texans play this game.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Not with pressure up the middle, though. No one can play the position if your guards and center can't block anybody. No one can play the position well.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
No, he's got to be a backup somewhere. I will not live a day on this earth where Brian Hoyer is not a backup for somebody. I will not do it.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Why is it, Billy, that you're back there grinning as if you've done something bad?
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
about something that happened in and around sports and only one thing in a way that was really unusual. And it was because the last two weeks have had a lot of sports in it, a lot of interesting stories, a lot of stuff. I've seen the numbers. If we talk Jimmy Butler and Tyreek Hill, you guys love that. Just the transaction, the mess.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
It's not what I was thinking. If you'd allowed me to finish, you would have known what I was thinking, and you would have just listened. But instead, you've stayed where you want to stay. The story you were telling about ESPN not securing our domain name, that was the beginning of the end. And I don't know whether anybody wants any more information on that or not.
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The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
I think people would find that interesting. I think that. But, Diana, can you walk us through this? Because I talked to Dominique about this yesterday. And I know that we're going to get into the playoffs right now. And it's going to be an insanity. And everyone's just going to forget. Oh, the Cleveland Browns. They had all of those expectations. They ran off Baker Mayfield. He's pretty good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
And then they made the most disastrous financial decision a team has ever made with Deshaun Watson and wrecked everything that was hope in Cleveland. And the thing I was asking Dominique is how closely can we tie together something that doesn't, to my recollection, have a precedent in the sport, which is a top five quarterback in his prime.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
They were still fighting over him to guarantee him all that money. Short circuit, pretty obviously, because of everything that was happening off of the field.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Look, he went from a top five quarterback in his prime to one of the worst quarterbacks in the sport. And I'm assuming, and I ask you this, Diana, I'm assuming, is it the body or is it the mind?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
This is content eating time for all these people that Billy can't criticize because everybody's in the content business right now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Wouldn't everybody just say, though, that all of what has happened there, at the core soul spirit of what the Cleveland Browns are, selling themselves out to make that particular dysfunction the thing that they were going to guarantee money to? That's irreparably damaged, is it not?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Like at the core of the being of who you are as a human and who you are as a football player and who you are as an organization, there is an irreparable damage that has been done by that transaction at that position to a person who's broken.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Oh, no, it's got to be a prison to go into that huddle. Look, look.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
We can all agree that the shame of that walking into the locker room, like, you're a changed person as a leader walking into the locker room.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Haven't even gotten to Laranega yet. No longer the University of Miami's basketball coach. Like the seventh thing on the list that happened locally. But that Fox Sports lawsuit is something that people really want to cluck and gossip about. And it's also something, Stu Gatz, that is in this amazing content sweet spot of the mainstream is not going to discuss it in any way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
I'll let it go after this. I'm trying to come up in my head with where it is I have a precedent for something like this. Like, hey, there are seven guys in the world who can do that that well. And now he's terrible. And it's over. And it's done.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Well, they've got a top two pick, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Fall after, fall, not fall, fall after. No, no, fall before. It's a classic. Falling in, down, hold down, hold up.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Here, Diana, is who you were saying was going to be acting better than Jerry Jones. This is Bob Kraft at an audition with what I believe was his, I don't know.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Take it back. Take back what you said, that you thought Bob Kraft would act as well as Jerry Jones opposite Billy Bob.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
And the Internet is going to chew it up. Fairly or unfairly, and it does not matter that a lawsuit can be just anything you say to a lawyer. And that doesn't mean it's fair to any of the people who get dragged by this. Now, I don't know, obviously, what is true or what isn't true.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana Rossini, she's the senior NFL insider for The Athletic. She's the co-host with Chase Daniel of the Scoop City podcast. It is very popular. Thank you, Diana. It's nice seeing you, as it always is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
We seemed to distract her with the coaching carousel stuff. She powered through it. Mina would have stopped in her tracks and started asking all sorts of questions. She just powered right through it. We did distract her, Chris. You noticed we were doing that, right? She was talking about the coaches and the coaching carousel. We never got to Mike McCarthy as the Chicago Bears coach.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Like, how happy does that make Packers fans? Like... I didn't think Packers fans could laugh more at Bears fans, but them going after Mike McCarthy, who would come without whatever it was Aaron Rodgers was doing for them in Green Bay, we didn't even ask her about that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
in that lawsuit but i do know that man for all of the people who complain about how often i talk about sports media this one you want me to talk about like you're desperate for me to say the things that show you the inner workings of what might be true or might not be true in that lawsuit and so i'm gonna talk about some parts of this that i find interesting in in a second but before i do that i just want
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
to point out to you guys what was happening during the break in here with Stu Gatz. Still happening. Stu Gatz is not listening to me. Stu Gatz, since the last segment, has been on a busy, busy search of the internet. Stu Gatz has always been, since I've known him, get rich quick guy. And so what he was saying before the break is, I can't believe I didn't grab dicks. He wanted the domain name
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
12 years ago, and he's like, can you imagine the fortune? He's been looking up nothing but domain names for the last 10 minutes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Well, Billy's making faces at you. He's tired of your get-rich-quick schemes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
I heard it hasn't been great so far at North Carolina with Bill Belichick. We will get an update there in a second. We will get a stat of the day in a second. We will get to Diana Russini in a second. We'll get to that Fox Sports lawsuit.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Check it off. There's a lot of stuff to get to. But if you guys had heard what it was during the break, Stugatz actually said to me, he's sausage fingers hitting the keyboard. He's crushing it. And he actually says to me, can you imagine if I had gotten the domain name to DraftKings? And then there's like three seconds of silence.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
And we both said at the same time, they just would have changed their name.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Purdue was like one of the Three worst teams in the sport this year.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
So what did you want to ask Diana Rossini, our foremost NFL insider?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Jerry Jones, Bill Belichick, and Cyber Squatting (feat. Dianna Russini)
Stu Gatz has a top five list of most pressure in the playoffs. I want to get to that in a second. I also want to play some video here for Diana. A lot of people were stunned by this. You guys give me all the information I need here on Jerry Jones.
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Okay, very good. Jeremy is a little tired today. The Heat losing double overtime yesterday. The stuff going on around the Heat doesn't have any precedence, Stugatz. It is... amazing to watch the Miami Heat suffer what it is that they've done to everybody in acquiring the best talent that they've acquired over the last 15 years.
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It goes back to when it is that I watched Goran Dragic do this to the Suns and I'm like, somebody had to tell that guy who's a koala bear how to do that. Like that is not his instinct to go out there and say, hey, Suns management, get out of here. And that's where some of that stuff started.
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And now the Miami Heat is a victim of having a guy whose trade value diminishes by the day because... Well, they're not a victim.
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I mean... They got Jimmy Butler a lot.
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Look, you guys can do this, but I think the part that's unfair is you got the best Jimmy Butler, but... That there's been. And that was at least in part because everything that was built was built around him. It was built to make sure that he was the one with the usage rate and Bam was the all-star doing the dirty things. And Tyler, you sit over there for a while.
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All right. So some things that have happened here that I think are interesting are the following. Because I understand that the job of Pat Riley is to anticipate what the future looks like. But... I do think we are all allowed to be surprised by a couple of things here. One of which is how much the game has changed, okay?
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I don't know that we all could have anticipated that given that Pat Riley spent the majority of his career throwing the ball to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning in the post, and taking the contested least valuable shot in a sport also most inefficient.
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Chris, where's your father?
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Like that's how we were playing football, just like we were playing football once upon a time, but just running the ball all the time. Some things changed here that I understand where it is that the Miami Heat fall behind to how Boston is presently playing.
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Agreed, but since they were even with Boston at the rim in the bubble, what has happened since then is the sport has changed enough that the Celtics are great at threes and crush everybody at threes because they got five guys and a 7-3 guy who can do things Bam cannot do because he does not have the range that Chris Bosh might have developed over his career.
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So, understood on the criticism, I'm just telling you, okay, that can be one that's hard to see. The next step on this, though, when you look at, yes, they missed on Damian Lillard, they missed on Kevin Durant, they missed on DeRozan, they haven't gotten any of the players that they needed to allow Jimmy Butler to age with grace by having him become the second best player on the team.
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But the thing that I think you can forgive the Heat for not seeing is that I always thought Jimmy Butler was supposed to be the help not need the help. Like I always thought that he's Philadelphia's third guy, like that that's what you need him to be if you want to beat Boston. And so I understand where it is if your leadership there, you get caught off guard,
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And you hesitate on Bradley Beal because you don't think he's worth the $50 million because he's not. And everyone wants the pressure of you've got to make a move. You've got to get Jimmy Moore. And you're not wrong to do that. You're especially not wrong because of how Boston did it and rewarded.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Is something going around? Stugat seems a little sick, but also said to me some of it might just be old age. Because I'm like, you know, there's that norovirus that's new. And I'm like, what are you feeling? And he's like, well, my body hurts, but it always hurts.
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got rewarded for doing it because they made the moves and the Heat fan is sitting here still hurting from Kyle Lowry as the move.
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The mess has been here for a while.
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All right. I want to talk about something because you guys mentioned Spoh here and this season. Spoh has blown an eight-point lead in overtime, a 22-point fourth-quarter lead in Orlando. There are a lot of blown leads. There's the timeout at the end of a game when they didn't have a timeout, a decision that will haunt him for the remainder of his days and a few after he's gone.
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Put it on the poll, Juju. Perhaps six. Has something been going around for five or six years?
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That timeout will chase Eric Spolstra into the beyond. His spirit will be chased by that timeout that was called at the end of a game that he did not have.
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Yes or no. One of the things that's been going around here for 20 years is Billy trying to annoy me. So you guys should have heard him explaining to me what our March Madness tournament is this year.
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Chris Cody, please get that sound. And I agree with Stugatz on this. There were some people yesterday, and this is a tricky one, because where do you draw the line in the lack of nuanced debate culture of today, of firmly backing someone and also being critical of them.
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Because it should go without saying, Stugatz, this part should go without saying, that the reason Mike Ryan is accusing Pat Riley a bit prideful, no, it's more than a bit prideful, it's arrogance and it's earned. One, every single place he's ever been, he's entitled to think he's the reason that happened. Because it was in New York, and it was in Los Angeles, and it was in Miami.
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And I saw what he inherited when he got to Miami. This was a spring break dump of a basketball franchise. Next to a hospital gym, he left Madison Square Garden in one of the greatest jobs there are in sports, where he was the head of fashion in Los Angeles and New York for creating the model of executive leadership that looks good and is in charge. And he reinvented a nowhere franchise down here.
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So yeah, he's prideful. He's Belichick. And when you tell Belichick Brady's the reason you're winning, he's like, I made Brady. Who do you think made LeBron? He didn't win shit before he got here. That's what you're gonna get from, you think he's being a bit prideful?
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Bleep yeah, he's being prideful when he's in Vegas and they've got him waiting outside the door of the hotel with his trophies because they're watching the World Cup and he can't get to LeBron James to recruit him.
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that's losing for ten years and he's got pridefully hold onto that because it got to seventy having all the power and winning for how many years like in what world you have pat riley not being prideful
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Deproved. I don't want it approved, and I'm hearing about it for the first time, but it seems constructed just to bother me.
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Let me talk for a moment about standards because I do think the micro of the moment does tend to engulf the macro, even if the macro is half a century in the making, okay?
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The Miami Heat will be interesting at the trade line, trade deadline, and I'm guessing beyond it because my God, in my history covering sports in this market, there has never been anybody who makes seasons interesting more than the person who's always win now. That team has a standard that is much different than what the Miami Dolphins have.
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Because the Miami Dolphins don't make the playoffs and you're like, yeah, they never do. The Heat's expectations are, no, you've got to be better than Boston. That's where Riley put the standard. Third place ain't good enough. They weren't close against Denver. But second place is as close as you can be. And it's a failure. And no, it's not a failure.
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Like, I'm not going to do that over the last five years. This ending? A failure. I don't think that can be disputed.
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How do you say everything I'm saying and also point out, yeah, the game is player acquisition. You taught us that. The game is player acquisition, star acquisition to win a championship. You're the one who taught us that there's winning and there's misery. And that's it. And none of the seasons have ended where you expect them to end every season under Jimmy Butler.
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Okay, don't reveal it then.
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But stop with somewhat delusional, because you know what's delusional? Gabe Vincent and Max Struess carrying me to the finals. That's delusional. They did it. The thing about the arrogance. Yeah, why wouldn't he believe that he's going to be right? They haven't been good at Boston and Bam Adebayo takes Tatum down at the rim. They weren't as good as their team.
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Like that Boston team has all the top five picks. That Boston team had to be tested like that to get to where it's gotten.
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I know, but Mike, here's the thing, though. Yes, it's absolutely flimsy that they made that run. But they made that run. Beating Giannis in the first round with Jimmy playing that way proved to all of us, what do you mean Jimmy can be better than Giannis in a series? What do you mean that Giannis can be the favorite who just won the championship? And Jimmy's gonna take him down.
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That changed Jimmy's reputation forever. But let's play because we can get up and caught up in prisoner of the moment. Stugatz has now changed his tune. In defense of Pat Riley. Yep. This is Stugatz talking about Pat Riley and Dwayne Wade before Pat Riley got LeBron James and Chris Bosh for Dwayne Wade.
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Well, this is where I caution you, right? Because I expect it at the trade deadline. Look, I... I told you guys a while ago, everybody was laughing at me. You need to keep an eye on that Minnesota situation. The Minnesota ownership situation, I told you, watch out for Valentine's Day. I may be wrong here, because this is the last time that I heard this kind of noise around this man.
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I do not expect the second half of this heat season to be a quiet thing. Mike Ryan says getting up there. Pat Riley's 78, man. He's talking about mortality, not career mortality, actual mortality. He still wants to win now. He's not convinced Boston has been tested in the playoffs like they got tested by Miami in the playoffs and won.
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So you can believe that he's not going to pull off some three-team deal. And I haven't heard any of the experts be able to explain to me how it is that can happen. But I also didn't think they were going to be able to get out from under Whiteside and Dion Waiter contracts. And they did that because they got Jimmy Butler when they didn't have anything to get Jimmy Butler with.
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So you underestimate this person at your own risk because I actually believe always that he will fix it. Eventually, eventually I'm going to be wrong, but I've just been doing nothing but watching him fix it since I've been here.
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But because the Stars run the league, wherever Anthony Edwards wants to go next is where Anthony Edwards is going to end up next.
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You've been on vacation. You came back to a microphone after two weeks without talking. You've been on Jimmy Butler too long, and I was just tired of listening to you.
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Let's slow it down, fast channels.
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Billy, while you're cooking, and thank you, I appreciate you cooking like that. When I was watching a Dick's, because you guys have been enjoying just saying that word over and over again. Yes, you've done it. Don't pretend like you haven't. Dick's Sporting Goods, I saw a commercial for Dick's the other day, and it said that their website was Dick's.com, and I'm like, that can't be.
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There's no way that that can be, but it is.
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You would think. I'm saying not. Don't get on it. I'm on dicks. Do not get on. No, don't get on. Don't get on dicks. He wants to.
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Billy, since you're cooking, tell us about the Listener League, please.
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You know the worst part of that is that you're making me watch the national championship of college basketball.
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Obviously it's still early in the year, but I already have what I will describe as my most embarrassing personal moment of this year. Wow. I don't believe there will be another one this year, but give me time. I just walked out of the room.
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And because we get a lot of stuff sent to us, like DeMar DeRozan socks, I am very grateful for, people are always sending us gifts, very thoughtful gifts, but I don't always know where it is that things come from. I get in today and on my desk is the baseball cap I am presently wearing. And I did not recognize it. And so I walked out into the other room and I just asked, does anybody want this?
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And I'm standing right next to Izzy. And with a nice comedic pause, Izzy says, that was my Christmas gift to you.
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Not so much. No, I'm giving it away because my face is round and I have to have a particular kind of hat and it's got to be at about seven and five eighths. It's got to be fitted and these things in the back. Like, I don't want to look a gift, a Christmas gift in the mouth. But what happened here is this hat, my face is fat and this hat makes it fatter. And so I can't, I can't wait.
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You remember that? I do now.
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No, I do because Izzy's often talking to me when I'm going through an assortment of things. And now I remember it was in here that he brought all of that up. But I was standing, like, if you had a scene in the office, the camera would have panned to Izzy right next to me as I'm coming out and just saying, does anybody want this? For a split second.
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I have to be careful with the hats that I wear. I've told you before that Barclay makes the very good joke that when I say some version of, yeah, television adds 10 pounds, how many televisions did you eat?
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It was a shitty gift. It... isn't really what I want to look fatter. Like that's not, that's not gift giving, but I'm, look, there are any number of things. This time of year, it was that.
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The number of things that I have gotten recently that during the holidays that I can be confused by is pretty long. And one of them, you guys tell me if this has happened for you. I have gotten via text. an assortment of family holiday cards where people are sending you that picture they take with the kids and the dog and they wish you a happy holidays.
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And I thought to myself every time I got one, this is the laziest way this could be done. This needs a stamp. Like this is not an act of thoughtfulness unless it has a stamp.
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I disagree on a number of counts. I disagree. I think Chris Cody is right when he says the laziest thing, the laziest thing is to send someone a Merry Christmas text. But this is the laziest way to upscale to a card.
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And I'm saying that the Christmas card requires a stamp, that technology and advancement cannot get so far ahead of us that you are sending me the AI equivalent of a Christmas card that at some point you're not even going to have to do anything in order for me to get it.
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It is actually, if you think about it, if you just consider it for a moment, one of the great values in the history of America is the fact that you can send something like that far away for cents online. For pennies. It is. Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Is the stamp one of the great values in the history of America?
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Well, no, you don't want it sent back to you. You've got to put the second one on in the event.
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I would like for you guys to help me find all of the things that are like this, where the generation gap is so. Cash is obviously like this. I've learned this much to my bitter dismay while railing against America over the fact that people will not take my cash.
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I imagine that that is what is in the Greg... I would love to look through the Greg Cody drawer that Chris Cody goes to when he goes looking for the stamp. It is, by the way... The least adult thing that you do, and it's a long list of things that you do that are not quite adulthood, going to your parents' house when you need a stick.
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You're right. It's too early in the game yet. Things are evolving. We will get to that at some point in the future. I want you guys to get me a list, though, of some of these things where I am perpetually shocked. Tony, Jessica, Jeremy, when there is something I am talking about and they have no idea what it is that it is. And I thought it was just a common knowledge thing.
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Panthers Drums is a Cuban-born guy. I don't even know what that means, Cuban-born guy. I wasn't born in Cuba.
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That's what they did, but I don't even know what that means.
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I told them to put in alleged journalist and not Cuban-born. They left in the Cuban-born and didn't put in alleged journalist.
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Juju, we will get to the polls in a second with Juju and we will get to a couple of other subjects, but Mike, hurry through please your final Mount Rushmore of the day. This has been too much today from you on Mount Rushmore.
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
War es in den Bahamas? Nein, es war in der Miami Beach Bowl, aber es war in Morelands Park. War es in den Bahamas Bowl? Was ist Nummer 3?
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Wow, he's so right about that. Number one already. Never scanned my ticket. Juju, do you have any nominations on any of the Mount Rushmores that have been submitted today?
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Ein einziger Spiel, das ist ein ziemlich guter Spiel. Es ist wegen dessen, wem du es tust, richtig? Es ist großartig unter allen Bedingungen, aber Belichick und Gronkh sind die letzte Liste der Verteidigung, wo du am Ende lachen kannst, weil er schmutzig ist. Du bekommst keine bessere Punktuierung als das auf alles. Was sind die anderen Gedanken von heute?
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Hattest du irgendwelche Gedanken über Mike Ryan, der rassistisch ist, über Michael Strahan, der nicht die nächste Bond spielen konnte?
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Okay, very good. That's true, actually. I wonder how many people actually know that Tiki Barber goes to bed at night furious, that Michael Strahan took all his jobs. That was all supposed to go to Tiki Barber. What else do you have for us here today? Kyrie Irving, the Dallas Mavericks, man. I feel so bad for Nico. Look, you're in mourning right now.
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You love sports and you try and spread positivity. Why are you wearing the Irving gear?
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Ich habe gehört, dass manche Leute sagen, dass Episode 7 von Paradise wie Episode 7 von The Bear ist, wie einige der besten Fernseher, die man je gesehen hat.
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Juju, werden wir die Vorträge veröffentlichen? Hast du gute Gedanken über etwas drumherum?
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
End of my seat for sure. You really called him on that one, Chris. The big twist at the end got you, huh? He was leaning up in his chair. How does this end? Let's update some of the polls here at Levitard Show.
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She respects him more, right?
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Postgame Show: Billy's Big Advice (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Thank you, Juju.
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I'm with Jessica on this. You can't have more than one corn dog. It has to be one corn dog. It can't even be two corn dogs. It has to be one corn dog. Oh, man, that's gross. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Can you have more than one corn dog?
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I saw it as a streak across Jessica's eyes because... Being in the chat when the chat is competing to be clever at my expense is one of the funniest places to exist in the history of our show, where the creative community is enjoying being creative, mocking me. I miss that community. I feel like Jessica got, if not introduced to it, I saw it on her face as she was watching them be clever.
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What are you reviewing these days? Like, what are you recommending to people? What are the shows that are best? Have you seen Paradise on Hulu? I have just started that. The first episode makes the premise great.
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And I've been disappointed that those people haven't come over and helped our sponsor Boost Mobile when it comes to telephone calls. that those people have been better in the shadows, not performing, just sort of being anonymous and being in a YouTube chat. And it's easier to be clever there than when it is you have to perform. These callers have been disappointing to me, Chris Cody.
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I do not.
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Yeah, that's not great timing.
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Yeah, not excellent.
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uh it's four seasons and we're on season three and it's kind of tailing off but so i guess i would season one and two i thought were quite good season one's really good your recommendations have always been good what else do you have for us uh these days because you like uh slow horses was something you were recommending obviously the the leftovers is something that is uh one of your favorite shows one of mine too um what else are you giving us though these days oh
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I have not.
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You've got a bit of a spy weakness here. Do you have any 007 opinions? Mike Ryan earlier in the show was arguing that Michael Strahan cannot be 007.
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You're talking Mike Ryan's language here whenever you bring up anything Tom Cruise related.
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That's a great idea right there. Also, the entire Internet would set fire to your every thought.
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If you think there's controversy about making 007 black, go ahead and make 007 forever a woman. Dan, they did it with a black woman. Last one.
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I have found that Boost Mobile has not got its money's worth sponsoring this segment as we've asked for better and better takes with a phone number that has been purchased and has Gatz's name on it. Why are you shaking your head no?
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Yeah, go faster.
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Your thoughts on Greg Cody saying the Scouting Combine is unnecessary?
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He's saying for the teams. He's saying for the scouts, for the evaluators. Unnecessary.
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What's going to happen with Miles Garrett? What's his real power here?
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But if I would, Mina, can you please tell me, given that he's their only star, given that it's locked up with Deshaun Watson, given that he's going to be wasting the next few years here, if you allow me the hypothetical of it's not about the money, there's no amount of money that keeps him there, how messy does that actually end up getting?
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Uh-oh. And now we're here. Okay, so that would influence your opinion here, right?
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Homer Simpson into the bushes.
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It sounds like it.
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Can you explain to us the Giants and Aaron Rodgers?
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Pittsburgh is going to do what at quarterback?
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What happened to Orlovsky?
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That was one of the sounds I made. It's also wildebeest mating in a small bathroom.
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It's exactly that context. I think you just made Jessica gag on food.
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Orlovsky, he did a very tearful, emotional goodbye to NFL Live and then popped up two weeks later on first take. What's the story with him?
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But he said, I'm not going to be seeing you guys for a long time. People don't know what happens in the future. And it seemed like he was saying goodbye and his contract was up. And then he was back a couple of weeks later.
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What are the Raiders going to do?
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Mina, always good seeing you. Take care. Thank you.
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Greg, Billy was giving you good material there, and you were just giggling at it, it seemed like.
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305-486-GOTS is the telephone number. G-O-T-Z. Also, Video, I think you revealed something earlier in what it is that we're doing that you weren't supposed to reveal. So go ahead and just put that out there now. It was during a commercial break. We have now revealed that this is a domino tournament. But Boppy is going to destroy an NFL legend. We want you to save Boppy. The date, April 13th.
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We are going to make that a very limited thing, and it's going to be a very good party. So just make sure to save the date, and we'll have more announcements in the coming days.
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People did seem to like Steve as the guy who always got run over. And yeah, you're probably in the minority on not liking him, right? Miranda?
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He's just aging. It's awful.
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Greg Cody has a take that I have not heard a lot of as I have seen football explode and any kind of football content to be something somehow that never gets old, that people cannot get enough of. Oh, Debo Samuel was traded over the weekend. Give me football information wherever it is that you have it. Greg Cody. is down on the NFL Combine. He says it's unnecessary. Right.
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I don't think you can say that. I believe they've turned this into an event like they turn everything into an event. You may say this, and old media may say it. Look, I don't know if it's got millions and millions of people watching it, but it's got plenty of hundreds of thousands of people who are super interested.
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And so you might not have interest, but you do not speak for the pocket of people they're feeding here.
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Well, the thing, though, that I have seen happening that is amazing to watch football as a content factory, and they've created another weekend for people to get together and make some television out of it and have some parties at St. Elmo's. and turn it into a bit of an annual event. But Billy Gill doesn't want to travel down the common sports media paths. He goes out to FIU baseball.
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He goes out to corn dog contests. Billy Gill is not interested in your big popular things that everyone seems to like.
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Mike Ryan has that look in his eye for wherever it is that you get your Mount Rushmore fixes. For some reason, I think all of us, I think everybody here, this might be the new 80s or 90s baseball, what that was once upon a time, where we all liked doing Mount Rushmores around here. I think everybody likes doing Mount Rushmores. But happier than Mike Ryan today.
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He's going to destroy this NFL legend. In a fight to the death. I'm going to just say he's going to destroy this NFL legend, and you'll have to wait for more information on this subject. Is Domino indeed coming to our Domino tournament?
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OK, so this this person, though, that I'm assuming that all of you, when you hear six corn dogs in a minute and eating them that way, I'd be afraid of splinters is what I'd be.
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Tell me more about the corndog tournament. What were the highlights? What was the competition?
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Jeff Strike 3.
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Tast like Miller time! Bis zum nächsten Mal.
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Wow. Wow. Wow. People forget about the final four run. We almost didn't make it past Drake, but Nigel Pack saved our bacon. Pudge the block at the plate. You saved our bacon. And then Ray Allen, you promptly saved our bacon. That was a big shot. Big shot.
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It's gone as bad as you could possibly imagine in the last month and a half.
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You like him so much better when he's not here.
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Listen, boys, we gotta talk about Jägermeister. A go-to guy at home, at the bar, or maybe even out at the rink. A drink so ice-cold, it deserves its own video tribute at every sports bar across North America. No trash talk, no running its mouth. We love the confidence on them. Jägermeister sent us an ad to read on the show, but they're so confident they said, don't do any of that normal ad stuff.
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Tell the listeners two things. Jägermeister is great, but everyone's been drinking it wrong. Damn, that's cold! Well, how should we be drinking it? They're so glad you asked. Ice cold at zero degrees Fahrenheit to be exact. Ice cold shots of Jägermeister. That's it. That's all they want to tell you. So, wherever you are, if you're hanging out with friends or at the bar, call the shots.
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Cheers with ice cold shots of Jägermeister. Damn, that's cold!
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Drink responsibly. Jägermeister Liqueur. 35% alcohol by volume. Imported by Mass Jägermeister US. White Plains, New York.
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Versteht nicht, dass ihr pantert, sondern pantert. Ich verstehe, dass das euch zerstört, aber das ist nichts, aber eine Ehre.
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Ist das so, wie du über jede Entscheidung gehst? Überdenkst du alles so? Und warum sagst du mir nicht, dass er nicht hier ist? Du hast mir ein Mikrofon gegeben.
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Ich denke, dass Dan alles überdenkt. Er macht keine Entscheidung selbst. Er folgt auch nicht dem Sport. Wenn er den Sport folgt und die Stadion-Champion-Spiele verteidigt, wird er wissen, dass es eine große Ehre ist, dass sie das nicht nur vor jedem Spiel machen. Am besten weiß ich, wirklich hoch auf ihrer Liste.
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4 Tickets in an exclusive suite or 20-25 people in a regular suite? 4 tickets in the exclusive suite. Yeah, because then you're there with luminaries. You're there with like owners potentially. In a suite you're just having... You're not there with your friends from the show. No, who wants to be with Ethan having chicken tenders when you could be with like Vinnie Viola?
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Du hast gute Leute um dich herum. Du willst dich nicht von so einem Riffraff befinden.
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Es gibt einen wunderschönen Moment und das ist gleich nach den ersten paar Schlägen des Drums, weil du Angst hast, dass die Leute dich nicht kennenlernen, dass die Leute nicht in deinem Wissen sind, was du tust. Sie schreien.
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Also nach deinem ersten Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum, schaust du auf und hörst den Publikum sagen, lasst uns Panthers gehen und gibst einen kurzen Scan und dann bist du wirklich in es. Es ist wirklich wunderschön.
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No, no, no, in the speakeasy she said, you hit it first and then they'll say, let's go Panthers. But he's unsure about this, how that workflow goes. So after he hits the drum the first time, he's vulnerable, as vulnerable as he's been. And he looks directly in front of him, sees people going, let's go Panthers. He scans, it's really cute. Look at this moment right here. Oh, oh, oh.
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Es funktioniert! Sie sind drauf!
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Er wurde geblasen. Er hat gesagt, geh für fünf. Das bedeutet, was er gemacht hat, war kochen. Okay.
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Sean did a great job. One note for you as a parent though, very mouthy kid.
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Tast like Miller time! Bis zum nächsten Mal.
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But Ethan is fine.
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Does anyone talk to him?
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He's not picking on them, his people are.
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Now is a good time to remember where Tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented Tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads like... Cuervo. I think you could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots.
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Die Sekunde, als sie dich ausgesprochen hat, um mit nur einem Mitarbeiter zu sprechen, hast du entschieden, mit ein paar Leuten zu sprechen. All of them.
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Wir haben keine beste Saison. LeBron war besser. Ich mag das. Das ist eine neue Meinung.
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Yeah, but LeBron wasn't on it before. There's no way that Cam Ward's individual season was better than at least three of LeBron's seasons down here.
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I'm doing just one season.
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Cody Ross. Dwayne Wade 09? Dwayne Wade 09, der, den Kobe als MVP genommen hat? Pavel Burry? Russian Rocket, du bist verrückt.
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Manu Ginobili. Greg.
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Greg, come on. Huberto. Huberto? Huberto, like four years ago, I had Hoopy for heart.
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In Bezug auf Punkte? Statistisch? Sein Spiel ist anders.
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Willie Burton. Das ist ein Spiel. Na ja, das ist ein neues Spiel, das wir machen. Bestes individuelles Spiel. Wow. Bestes individuelles Spiel.
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Dan, was ist das beste individuelle Spiel, das du je gesehen hast in der Geschichte von South Florida Sports? Was war das Panthers Spiel, in dem wir schreien, wir wollen zehn Spiele?
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Ich würde sagen, Jimmy Butler's Game 5 Performance, Staving Off Elimination against the Los Angeles Lakers, where we're wearing the Kobe jersey.
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Nein, nein, nein, das sind Bilder. Das ist ein anderes Spiel.
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Best individual performances for the home team.
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I just remembered what he did. What did he do? Well, he turned on... My whole thing is, alright, so I've had 48 hours to process this, right? John Cena turns, we outlined his motivations, we get that. He's chasing 18, he doesn't have it anymore, so he needs the extra help. What's in it for Travis Scott? Was ist mit Travis Scott? Was ist mit dir?
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The tequila that invented tequila. Proximo. Cuervo.com. Please drink responsibly.
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Und die Berichte von Dave Meltzer von der Wrestling Observer sind, dass Cody Rhodes einen Popped Ear Drum und ein schwarzes Auge in den Händen eines Travis Scotts. Was ist sein Problem mit Cody Rhodes? Warum mag er nicht den amerikanischen Nightmare? Was ist mit ihm? Weil er bereits am Top der Rap-Game erreicht ist. Warum ist er der WWE-Champion? Ja.
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It's the nicest anyone's ever opted out of that. Forgive me for not having any interest in this.
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Lamar Smith gegen den Colts. Ich dachte gerade daran. Der vierte ist der schwierigste. Ich habe Game 5 Jimmy Butler in der Bubble. Game 6 LeBron in Boston, um den Blueprint zu retten. Game 6 Josh Beckett im Yankee-Stadion.
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Das ist ein ganz anderes Spiel. Individuelle Spiele ohne Steaks, LeBron mit der Maske gegen die Charlotte Bobcats. Und dann haben sie die Maske gebannt.
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Was war das größere Spiel? Bigger individual play. Matthew Kachuck at the death sending the Florida Panthers into the Stanley Cup Final in the Eastern Conference Final to complete the sweep. That's news to Rob Brendamore, I understand that. A buzzer beater at the death or the Panthers just freezing the puck on the boards for like 13 seconds.
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So, which one are you going with?
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That's some of the best games that ever happened down here.
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Dee Gordon's home run also. Nebraska failing for two. Okay.
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That was a great one, Billy. I would put Marino's comeback. You're really good at this. Thank you. When you're trying to be helpful, you contribute a lot. Thank you.
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Look at me. I am your career. Stugatz.
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Jimmy Johnson, I meant to get to this in the local hour with Greg Cody because I do want, every once in a while, to give trilogies on people while they're still alive, what they meant to me. And I've talked to Jimmy the last couple of days, and he wants to be left alone for a while because he's not going to do what he's been doing for a while.
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This is the end of his career, and he knows, as Bobby Bowden said, that when you retire from this stuff, there's only one more ceremony where people gather at this age. He saw Wayne Huizenga, who built Fort Lauderdale, who brought the Panthers here. He saw him at the end. you know, lose his faculties.
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And Wayne Huizenga, owner of the Dolphins, is people who built things down here, gave Jimmy Johnson, like he gave Nick Saban, a wide berth to coach the most prestigious thing that there was in this town. And Jimmy Johnson didn't want to do it so much after his mother died, and he kind of wanted to get to the rest of his life and be with his kids.
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He's proud of one son who's fought really hard through addiction, and he's developed real family ties. And this is
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The end of Jimmy's career, and I understand that he's an immortal and he's mortal, but when you retire after 31 years at Fox and you're part of building that network, you're part of, Fox became the power that it has, at least in part, because it was a serious network that had to be dealt with because Jimmy Johnson was broadcasting football games on Fox.
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That career, I mean, I don't know if I could say the second part of his career is more impressive than the first, but I would say it from this respect. He developed real friends and family in Jay Glazer and Terry Bradshaw. There is nothing like that on television except inside the NBA where you see friends grow old together and you see that they love each other on television.
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And they welcome in Strahan and it fits. And they can welcome in anybody and it would fit. because that's a group of people who have learned to be professionally adult in front of us for 30 years. Jimmy Johnson is now retired. He is done with all of this.
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You, as someone who has covered him in this market and knows what he means to this market, would place him where in the pantheon of epic sports figures we've ever had here?
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Well, but the part I'm saying is better, right, is that when Jimmy Johnson was a professional football coach, he speaks of that time now with a retching sound at the man that it made him because the friendships felt real. And I'm sure they are with Norv Turner and whatnot. But the fire of all that. the intensity of all that.
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The job he had to do as a boss to overlord a guy like Tony Wise who would be a lifetime disciple because Jimmy Johnson had these people he was running through a furnace because he was taking them to the top of football. Those friendships can get burned up or become stronger. I'm sure they went both ways. Wanstead, you always see these guys golfing.
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Whatever they went through together was a beautiful, hard thing. But he wretches at the thought of it because he wasn't as close to those men as these who make him cry all the time now because he can get emotional easily now because he loves Jay Glazer and because he loves Terry Bradshaw most of all. Yeah. Yeah, best friends. But best friends who became best friends in adulthood.
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Think of how many of those you have. Best friends who became best friends after 50. Because it's a different thing, right? You choose your friends early. You work through things with them. You go through work with them. Jimmy Johnson and Terry Bradshaw became best friends on television.
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And they became best friends in a way that I'm guessing Jimmy Johnson has more access to what real depression looks like and what it is to care about someone who can sink into real depression and needs the help of someone who loves him.
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I, my guess, I haven't talked to Jimmy about this, but if I had to guess what their relationship is, I would guess that Terry Bradshaw has allowed to Jimmy Johnson to come out a little more vulnerably late in life and talk about things that Jimmy probably wasn't analyzing very much when he was, you know, working too hard, uh, getting up to 50 years old.
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But I ask you as an expert on this town, they disagree with you here. Like the shipping container I feel like disagrees strongly with your Mount Rushmore. And I would like you to defend your take because I don't think it's as absurd as they think it is. Although Marino, you're talking about some symbolic things and Marino- I think Marino has to be like- But he built a children's hospital.
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I was actually legitimately doing like sort of community stuff, too, though. I'm talking about impact in a market.
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Here's the thing in the middle of that that went, I think, largely unnoticed. Just like a stray rocket of enthusiasm. Chris Cody. saying of Cabrera, oh my God, that home run.
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Was the scene behind me my moment? That would be sad.
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For me only. Yeah, but Cynthia and Roy and... Well, they allowed your crew to come with you. But you are my crew. Not if, no.
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Guys, you are not going to turn this into you guys didn't have access to this.
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No, I'm talking about of our people. Yesterday? I don't believe that.
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Sean McGill was in there. Again, with your crew.
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Yeah, but you're my crew. I don't know what it is. One, Roy. You're my crew. And Roy sent it. Roy had a credential. And Chris sent it. Okay, that's four.
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Four of the other five. And then there were tickets for Greg and Chris that they did not use.
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One of them was 40. And two of them were Panther PR people. Yeah, so those weren't our people. Was Kachuk's dad in there? Slow night. Big Walt? There weren't that many people in there. DeChambeau?
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Yeah, yeah. It has not felt this with my friend Greg Cody. There's very little about this with my friend Greg Cody that has been shared in positive. Would you not agree?
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I was surprised I was not booed. I was surprised by that. Why?
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Wow, this has been a real nostalgia tour here today. Are you done with me on this subject? The integrity joke is a good one that we're going to make for the rest of our lives, right? And you will always be able to point out, because this is forever. The internet is forever. So I'm experiencing this very differently between you and them, okay?
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Because everyone's making fun of me, but they're doing it positively, and you are legitimately pretty close to ashamed of me.
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You were a little quick with the beat. You're pretty close to ashamed of me for doing it.
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What? Are you ashamed of me for doing it? Ashamed is too strong a word. How close to ashamed are you?
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I was able to sign both the drum and the wall. That's big status?
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Look at me. I was too busy enjoying myself.
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Guys, I will tell you again that I was scared. I don't understand. None of this is comfortable to me, and I was being weighed down by the withering criticism of my friend here, my supporter who couldn't be bothered to show up, but criticized through rocks from afar. to make fun of me so that he can have this moment where he could be very close to ashamed of me.
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I didn't know if I was doing the right thing. It was something I didn't want to do, and I didn't want to do it, cloaking it in journalistic responsibility, but it's mostly because I was afraid of it, because I thought I was just going to screw it up. I thought I was going to do something wrong. I thought, how hard do I have to hit this, and is there the chance the stick will fly out of my hand?
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It is the thing I was most afraid of. They're like, hit it hard. No one's ever done more than five, so I was going to get to five. McDaniel got to five. I wanted to go to six. I did.
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When I just saw Luongo do it, I was not as bold and confident as him. I feel inferior by leaps and bounds to Luongo.
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Greg, the show was moving too fast for Greg. You're 70. Greg.
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So Greg, just carrot top. They went quickly from Wu-Tang to carrot top. And this is the first time anyone has brought up Wu-Tang to my face and it still hurts. I will tell you that I am exposed here. And you talk about shame. You talk about a shame. No, a splayed, a shame, all of it. Oh, my God. That's the first time any of you have mentioned it.
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I was hoping we would go the rest of our lives without anyone doing so.
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I don't know why. Yes, this is as close to death as I've probably ever been, given that a hot air balloon on our honeymoon crashed into the African... A hole burned into it, and it crashed in a field that was dangerous.
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Twice. Well, that was a gift from Ron.
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Ron might be trying to kill me. It seems possible. He welcomed his son into our life yesterday.
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How did everyone feel about that? How did everyone feel about Sean McGill's run through here?
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Her profile at the company and her voice.
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Her profile at the company and her voice. The deep shot to left field. Her profile at the company and her voice. It sounds like a rocket, man. That ball was hit 400 feet. Her profile at the company and her voice. That ball was pulled.
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Okay, put it on the poll. Miami? At Levitard Show. Should Adrian Brody ever work in this town again at Levitard Show? Jessica, I'm a little annoyed. Mike has been just hot the last couple of days. Days?
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Mike is feeling good about himself, but he's also revving very high. And so he has twice hit us now. One was before the show. where he's just coming in hot and he's just hitting everyone with a cleaver of, read the room, that phrase, read the room. And so I look up and there's just yelling involved. And I look up and it's just, read the room.
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And it's an argument that's broken out about James Bond. about the idea of Michael Strahan as James Bond and Mike Ryan screaming at everyone in the room that Michael Strahan needs to read the room. Nobody likes the guy that tells everybody else to read the room.
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Can we hear Michael Caine's over here? Can we hear, Greg Cody has said he could be, he could see, we with some training, he could be a movie star.
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So let's hear yours. Can you do one?
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Can you guys put up that graphic, please, for March Sadness? Because I have done a very poor job of, and Billy's drowning. Billy's drowning. God bless football. March Sadness. The work never ends. And he's been into, are you in charge of this tournament? Because I feel bad.
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okay i believe uh... lately around here we've done a lot of disrespecting of a lot of forever franchises and uh... so we've been making a lot of double oh seven jokes but what was happening before the show between mike and carl was not a joke carl and i'm not hearing a dissenting opinion around here and i was i was busy so i didn't catch i was busy with all of greg cody's mocking of me uh... giving away my integrity as a journalist that i didn't catch what the argument was about however
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I believe it's passionate, as I've heard Carl be, about anything around here. And so I'd like to hear from the group here that doesn't respect 007 in defense of the franchise, because I believe that Mike Ryan, when he's arguing on behalf of James Bond, or anyone's arguing on behalf of a black James Bond, Mike Ryan's saying, not now, read the room. No, no, no.
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I'm sorry. The way you just threw so many people under the train tracks so quickly. I'm just—all I'm telling you, this is—I'm only catching pieces and shrapnel of an argument because I was involved in my own thing, which is trying to avoid Greg Cody making fun of me mercilessly for selling my soul and journalism to run this company.
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I just heard Carl arguing with you, and I heard you arguing with him, and I heard Michael Strahan, and I heard Black 007, and it was just a lot of words. I wasn't processing any of what was being said.
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I just felt the heat of it on my neck. I wasn't reading the room at all. Classic shit stirring. It really is. That really was incredible.
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I wasn't trying to. Carl was arguing with you. Was he not? Carl, were you not arguing with him?
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I just wanted to talk to Carl about this.
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Yeah, Mark, I appreciate you doing that to me. Carl, thank you for all your good work. I appreciate it.
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Oh, but it would stand to reason, right, if we're going to give movie star franchises, action franchises, to 50- and 60-year-old actors the way that we would, that Strahan would, of course, think he could just be 007. Like, hey, I'm a 50-year-old, and I'm a lot fitter than these other guys. I've kept myself in shape, and why wouldn't it seem to...
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Confident people competing for money and entertainment that they could all be James Bond in their 50s because all the action stars are 50.
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I misheard it. I'm sorry. I will apologize publicly to both you and Carl. I caught pieces of the argument. I wasn't listening closely. And I'm publicly sorry that that happened that way. I did not intend for that. I misunderstood it.
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Well, where you guys make fun of me on this stuff and where it is that there are sales in journalism, I will say that I have really just had my breath taken away by what a marvel Stephen A. Smith is in terms of being able to climb to the heights of power in a country where the power is given away. To people like Trump and Musk.
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And we keep giving all of the power away and fame and attention to the things you need to have. He has masterfully played his career so that he has a ton of options. And it is somehow unsurprising that his betting odds for Democratic presidential nominee are higher than Michelle Obama's or Kamala Harris's. Like, he's cut the line because it's fame and celebrity just on betting odds.
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OK, but just for the moment, it's it's look, man, you say that's no way to judge it, but I just saw a reality star like I'm I'm in the middle of an apocalypse. We all are where you're like, wait a minute. OK, so we're this clearly in bed with Russia.
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where we're no longer the face of democracy this overtly because when greg comes on and says duh duh donald trump is in bed with russian oligarchs they're trying to create the same thing here they're trying to make russia here and now and and they're just land barons like ah go make gaza we'll make it a strip mall like yeah buy greenland no but i'm serious like what's happening with the power we've given it away to idiots like we've given it away to fools they've
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These people who are, who are leading us to war. What are we doing with Russia and Ukraine? Anyone in America would look at this and just say, what are we doing? No?
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It's very bleak. We're going to make the United States Russia. That's what we're going to do. Just all white people. Just, like, make it all white people. Run everyone. Run all the other bloodlines out.
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like to see them run correctly by management have class to be able to do things correctly make the right trades it's disorienting to go out to a swamp in the everglades okay because it's impossible how much if canada saw where this place was it you think messi's funny playing in a in a in a in a dumpster in fort lauderdale like i mean it's only a couple years old
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No, but I'm saying, you think that's funny? The idea that this exists here? If Canada knew that it's called Sawgrass because that's how airboats travel through there. That is so far out west that my childhood has no recollection of anything being there other than dangerous. A champion lives there.
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Yeah, I mean, look out the back of the Edmonton Arena, too. Ain't much to write home about there, either.
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I'm just saying, what this thing has built that has competence after 30 years, like, yeah, there was something to being able to share with my wife the sound of a first goal, and also we left soon thereafter.
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I will say the Panthers and other things have shown me, but the Panthers are a great local example of what instituting a culture means, provided that that culture is positive. Having worked for the previous ownership group, and I know I was there throughout a lockout and whatnot, but a night and day difference. between cultures. I mean, the ownership group has West Point ties.
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It's pretty regimented. They have done everything first class and well, and it's trickled down to the front office and onto the ice, and they're reigning champions.
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He was pretty good last night.
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Spencer Knight, by the way, looked tremendous in his Blackhawks debut.
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But what's Cody doing? He's the reigning champion. What are you doing? Right. What are you doing to Bobrovsky?
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He was better than Vasilevsky last night, and that's no small feat.
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What are you doing to Bobrovsky? Like, why are you retiring him?
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Yeah, he's in his mid-30s now. We also wrote him off like two seasons ago. Oh, did I hate him two years ago?
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The two of you were terrible to Barkov, too.
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No, Barkov was terrible to us in that postseason, but now he's an all-time legend of the franchise, probably the franchise's greatest player. Dan, did you have the smoked old-fashioned?
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I had it as a mezcal, yeah.
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For my money, the best one in South Florida.
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I didn't do that with whiskey, yeah, because whiskey will, brown liquor will give me terrible sweats and I will look worse than here. But when I'm telling you about class in a place, right, and this is where I can be bought as a cheerleader, but in my history of going to, when the dolphins open live because they want to be the cool thing or
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The Heat are opening nightclubs in their arena before that's a popular thing to do. To have a speakeasy that is that private for 30 people where you're transported into the past. I invited Cody to come with me last night. He declined for all the mocking he's doing of me only lasting two periods. He declined the VIP tickets of this experience. I offered it to him.
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There are cheerleaders that don't wear skirts.
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He can't be bothered even though it's just a few feet from his house. The people here in Dade will not make it out there. Mike will go there sometimes, but that's a Broward. The people will not travel from here to there. The folks from Metal Ark who showed up last night are people who live in Broward. It's too much of a hike for people in Dade. It's three hours.
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From the 90s. It's pom-pons? No, it's pom-poms, I thought.
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I know what you're trying to do. The Lakers probably deserve credit for inventing clubs in arenas. But anybody can really gain access to Hyde these days at the American Airlines Arena. What you had is for VIPs only. Yeah.
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Yeah, got to know somebody or be somebody to get in there.
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So this is what you're walking into, right? Because what I'm saying, it's one thing for a champion to just be a champion and then you know you're walking into class. You remember in football when the DeBartolos were running? the sport and it felt like they were a little bit classier than everybody else. They did a lot of nice things for their players.
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They spent an inordinate amount of money and San Francisco was viewed as winning championships and also doing it with class and having sort of like a mafia crime family feel.
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I think you're just doing an Italian thing. Carmen Policy did look like a boss.
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No, look, thank you. Please, Carmen Policy and DiBartolo, put them up here and tell me if I'm doing Italian mafia or if they were actually mafia. No, go read about DiBartolo's crimes.
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Policy was with the Browns when they relaunched. I'm well aware.
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Okay, go read all of what that was. The Panthers, what I'm what I'm walking into in that speakeasy, that's just the class is already there. Right. Like I've I've been treated well at any number of places that I go in South Florida. But in this place, I was treated well when they opened the door. It's what everybody gets there.
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And so like we just don't have a lot of places like that in South Florida. And it's a speakeasy because it's hidden.
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I've always thought it was pom-poms.
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I do think you're probably reading too much into them treating you like you were the guest of honor. Because you were. You were the guest of honor. And I'm just saying, if I'm traveling down from the 300 level, I'm not going to get the same experience.
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This is quite literally the first time in my 40 years that I've heard pom-pons.
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Howdy, folks. It's Mike Ryan. I talk to you about Miller time all the time, but we're in the wintertime right now, and one of my favorite pastimes is to crack open a Miller Lite and enjoy myself some Miller time during the wintertime because when there's a brisk chill in the air, it just makes everything right.
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My friends and I who live down here in South Florida can actually sit outside because it's not super muggy. We can thoroughly enjoy our Miller time together. And for you listening, I know there's a lot of things going on right now. Sports news. Cheap among them. Nothing more important than sports.
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From basketball and hockey to game night, winter means more moments with the coolest people in your life. Make these moments even better with Miller Lite, the great tasting light beer for people who love beer. Now's the perfect time for friends, family, and a great tasting light beer. Taste like Miller time. and you know Miller Lite is brewed for taste.
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It hits different than other Lite beers, and at just 96 calories and 3.2 grams of carbs per 12 ounces, Miller Time is always a good time. Miller Lite, great taste, 96 calories. Go to MillerLite.com slash Dan to find delivery options near you, or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Taste like Miller Time. Celebrate responsibly.
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Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
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Stugatz. I want t-shirts made for this Panther run. What could be this Panther run? Our Panther group chat, we're not afraid of the lightning.
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That's a tagline for World R3. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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I hate that that's how the messaging got to you guys because Cynthia and Roy and Kristen were all with us and it would have been all of us there but nobody came from here. We would have all been in the speakeasy and had it to ourselves and we would have just sat there for a while with Sean Thornton. Who I met. So I meet Sean Thornton like this.
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No, no. You'll find this funny. You will find all of this funny knowing what you know about Sean Thornton and his entire career. You know what? It's 20 years he played in the league as a fighter. I shake his hand and it is it reminded me of like the way the Heat people run a military organization over there. Like Sean is in charge of revenue. Thornton. I'm sorry.
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Sean is in charge of revenue over there because he like knows how to be a champion and knows how to fight and has some sort of military discipline that keeps him in the league 20 years. And so I shake his hand and upon shaking it, it was a reflex. I couldn't even help it. I'm like, you look like hockey.
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It's almost the worst question.
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And he stared straight at me and he didn't know whether it was a compliment or an insult. And I'm like, it's pretty neutral. You just look like hockey. I think you should be proud of that. I think you were formed by hockey.
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No, he's actually like a really bright guy, and he's been in that role for a very long time as they've turned their whole finances around. Yeah, he does look like hockey. That's a good job. I'm wondering how he would absorb that. What do you look like?
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Well, this is the thing. Yes, I look like a meatball. But what he took it as, because eventually after a moment where he was trying to decide whether I was complimenting him or insulting him, and I was neither. It was a reflex. You just look like hockey. he finally said, yeah, I've had my nose broken a lot. But it's because he had a square head, I would not want to punch.
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Yeah, so he took it as an insult. He probably meant it as an insult.
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I did not mean it as an insult. I am impressed by people. The battle scars of hockey are crazy. Mike's sitting here always arguing that the hockey players are tougher than football players.
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They are. They're the toughest athletes. What they put their bodies through daily to go out there, their lack of complaints, I think that they are the toughest athletes in sport right now. And it's ingrained in their culture. They stay quiet about it. Matthew Kachuk is out two months because he dared try to play with something that is just as hurt today as it was then. It's a crazy sport.
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They're really tough guys.
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It wasn't the only one. Charlie McAvoy is going to be out for an extended period of time. Everyone's kind of upset with the training staff, actually. Jessica.
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I tried to make that argument to these loons who flew up there to drink beer in Canada last week, and they ran me out of the room telling me how important it is to play for your patriotic country and try your very hardest, even if you lose. You've seen what the top of hockey is. The margins are very small.
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There are 10 teams as good as the Panthers, and we assume the Panthers will win because we just saw them do it. But hockey is funny that way, and you can get knocked out in the second round because there are a lot of good teams in hockey. I wouldn't want to lose Kachuk for the second half of the season. Worth it. Worth it. Totally worth it.
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close the deal you didn't so now was it worth it like if you win the four nations it's definitely worth it now I think it's a debate I think that's one of the more iconic moments in American hockey going up to Montreal beating them and the tone was set by the two brothers fighting inside of five seconds of one another that's like in terms of marketability those siblings are going to be in tons of commercials I think it was a great moment for the sport Matthew Kachuk went on the Tonight Show a week later and
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Yeah, I think it was great for the game. That tournament was great for the game. And the fact that one of our best players got hurt during it, look, it's going to happen. And I'm happy that he went all out for it. As someone that paid hard-earned money to go up there and support the U.S. hockey team, I'm glad that the effort matched the investment.
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Sean Thornton. Why didn't you go? Why didn't I go? It's 10 minutes from your home, and I gave you four hours notice.
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He wouldn't have been alone. We were there with Cynthia and Roy.
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What is meant to represent my integrity? What did you just pull? Oh, okay. I thought you actually picked something up and put it there.
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It took a physical form to me. I actually saw you put something there. That was better than Adrian Brody's performance in The Brutal House. Maybe he could be a movie star. Maybe as well, if I'm there, to fall for the joke, hook, line, and sinker. Because I was looking, what's he doing? Is this going to be competent comedy executed? Integrity.
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So I would think that you would want to come see that up close, though, so that you could laugh in person. Because you and I have been covering sports in this market for 30 years. Jimmy Johnson's retiring here. That was announced yesterday, finally, after they teased us at the Super Bowl and we wondered about it for a while. And we've seen what sports has become in this town.
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You and I aligned journalistically throughout, had a chance to celebrate me at the top of a champion's den in a speakeasy. And I invited you to the party and you declined. It's 10 minutes from your house. What were you doing?
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I told your wife it was maximum VIP. She couldn't go, so I invited you and your son.
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Well, they were fighting. Chris and... At one point, Chris and Greg were fighting over the second ticket because I invited Earlene, and I made her make a choice, and she chose Greg, who declined to come.
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Well, I thought Chris was going on his own tickets, and I wasn't sure what was happening there, and I think he gave away his tickets because he thought he was going to get the ticket with Greg.
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But yesterday, I heard your father. Speak into his phone, speakeasy, into his phone, no sweet, period. He texted to you, no sweet, and that was you two checking out, well, if we don't get the VIP treatment, then we're not going. And then I gave you the VIP treatment, and your family was fighting over it, and she chose you to go, and you declined.
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You watch the game there from seats. They're good seats from the speakeasy. Yeah. No. Oh, wow. There's seats in the speakeasy.
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Well, there was confusion here because when I left the studio, I was I was I told your wife the reason your wife was going and wanted to go is because I told her this will be maximum VIP, maximum VIP. Right. That's what I told your wife. And so she knew, and that's why Chris wanted to go. And this was after you had texted, no sweet, period. And now I'm telling you sweet, S-W-E-E-T.
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This is the good stuff right here. Yeah. And you said, no, thank you. I've got man stuff to do.
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I don't know if the rest of you are as disoriented to see excellence rise up there. Mike, you worked for him from the beginning, man. You know that there are so many skeletons. They're digging up from 30 years of bad management. Like it's it's hard to explain to the country how to to to the continent. How close this thing was to falling apart because the business of it was handled so poorly.
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Was constantly bandied about as a team that was going to relocate. Probably the worst ownership group in professional major sports down here in South Florida. And that's saying a lot. Yeah. Night and day difference. Thank God for Vinny Viola and his team. They all have West Point ties over there.
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And this whole organization top down got regimented and disciplined and had to rebuild and dig themselves out of not just with the community, but with local businesses, too. Michael Yormark had a lot of shady sponsorship deals. Oh, Yormark. gave a lot of added value, set terrible precedent.
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And it was very difficult for the Florida Panthers to price out sponsorships given what Michael Yormark had given away so flippantly. So from a business standpoint, they even had a tougher road to cross than they did on the ice. And they had plenty of road to cross when it came to the hockey operation side. But yeah, it's a great story. And
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They've built a young nucleus that should really, for generations, make an impact because they're aiming for their third consecutive Stanley Cup final. They still have a youngish core. They've had guys, which is insane to say because Barkov has been here for a decade, but he's now entering the prime of his career. They have a marketable face in Matthew Kachuk, an American face.
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Everything about this franchise continues to point up. It's not a flash in the pan. And the only thing that's unfortunate is Where they're located can't really revitalize an area the way that the arena and the Lightning have revitalized downtown Tampa.
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If they did that now, if they were having this run in downtown Fort Lauderdale, you would see a real community come together as opposed to just one kind of popping up in the parking lot.
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No, but no. Yes, you're talking about a larger community and how a sport grows in a market that can make it difficult as they do the things that Tampa already did. And it disorients Canada to see Florida dominates hockey because this is like what I was watching last night. All of it. Barkoff, two goals like it's you could tell you're at the top of the sport.
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It's Monday night, and when you mention community, no, those people, that place is sold out, and it shakes, and it's... The crowd was loud.
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You got them fired up. Well, that's... You did. You did. That's a big job. Game 7 was haunted for the Stanley Cup Final. As terrifying of a venue as I've ever walked into, everyone was scared. And then Roberto Luongo... goes out there and hypes the crowd up with an epic drum performance, and he kind of could rest a little easy, get into the game a little bit. You set the tone.
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I mean, I'm scared. That doesn't surprise you, right?
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So you were nervous before you did this, right? I told you I didn't want to do it. Because you thought you were going to, like all of us, you thought that you were going to screw it up somehow.
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I was going, no. Yes. Yes. Of course. No, but no, that's part of it. But that's only, that's one small part of it. The other part of it that is legitimate for me, man, I turned down two Miami Heat parades, okay? And those people are my legitimate friends.
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Like, the organization, I've been around those people for 30 years, and I turned that down because I'm not that far in sensibilities from where Greg resides on this. I deserve whatever mockery he's giving me today because this is the end of my career selling out the morsels of journalism that I used to be.
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That was 11 years ago. Years ago and 12 years ago, you were an actual journalist back then.
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He had the smoked mezcal.
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He's playing a xylophone. He's playing a triangle.
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does seem just it seems just as loud i don't think there's a trick to it okay it's all in the wrist okay so i don't i don't know how i i don't know maybe we can uh play it out here i'd actually like to discuss this with you i believe all of you would have been more confident than i was doing this every one of you i don't doubt that not at all how we played out I don't know.
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I think we should go get a drum in another room and show... I think we should show everybody how... Because everyone's going to have their criticisms today.
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No. We're... The only person criticizing you is... Universal praise, honestly. Your artist still thinks that you're a journalist. You're the toughest critic here, dude. Your face was awkward, but it always is.
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I thought you fainting was a high probability.
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That would not have surprised me either. You crying.
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Emotional night boy. Come on, man. Really? So if when the camera comes up to me, instead of waving, I'm just weeping? Yeah.
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Drum, you look like Drum. Howdy, folks. It's Mike Ryan. I talk to you about Miller Time all the time, but we're in the wintertime right now, and one of my favorite pastimes is to crack open a Miller Lite and enjoy myself some Miller Time during the wintertime because when there's a brisk chill in the air, it just makes everything right.
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My friends and I who live down here in South Florida can actually sit outside because it's not super muggy. We can thoroughly enjoy our Miller Time together. And for you listening, I know there's a lot of things going on right now. Sports...
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cheap among them nothing more important than sports from basketball and hockey to game night winter means more moments with the coolest people in your life make these moments even better with Miller Lite the great tasting light beer for people who love beer now's the perfect time for friends family and a great tasting light beer taste like Miller time and you know Miller Lite is brewed for taste.
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It hits different than other Lite beers, and at just 96 calories and 3.2 grams of carbs per 12 ounces, Miller Time is always a good time. Miller Lite, great taste, 96 calories. Go to MillerLite.com slash Dan to find delivery options near you, or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Tastes like Miller Time. Celebrate responsibly.
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Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
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I think so. I don't enjoy what you're presently doing. Dolph Andani is presently on the screen, if you have never seen him. Dolph Andani. He's really insulting me by calling me Dolph Andani. Yeah.
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Yama Yama Man? Maybe. No, that's Yama Yama is the University of Miami.
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A guy with pom-poms on his shoulders. He had a mustache and a hard hat with a dolphin in it. What's his name? He had a regular name.
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Well, that's old school dolphins right there. That's pathetic, though. Put that back up again so people can see, like, this is one of the worst mascots in the history of mascotting, but beloved for a time in South Florida because he was leathery, he was sunburnt, and he was enthusiastic, and he was a good mascot for the team. That's him?
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That's actually him? He was ridiculous. That's Mike Ditka. Because it looks like a Donald Trump Photoshop.
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He was a ridiculous person. No. No.
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Is he still with us? No, he's not.
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Ditka's still with us.
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Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads, like... Cuervo. I think he could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots.
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He looks like Cowboy Bob Orton there.
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We also had, find Yama Yama, please, if you want to go through ridiculous mascots in South Florida history. Mike, are you even too young to remember Yama Yama at the University of Miami?
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I don't think I get the reference, Yama Yama.
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Okay, we'll put him up in a second.
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I do know the other guy that you guys were talking about with the pom-poms and the dolphin on the hat and the mustache. Everybody did look like Mike Ditka in the 90s.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Did everyone look like Mike Ditka in the 90s?
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You didn't regret to inform me that. You delighted in informing me of that.
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Chad says it was a good job. Surprisingly good from Matthew Kachunk.
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Happy Fat Tuesday. Greg, Greg, you got the room rolling. You can't just, you can't keep going. You got to stop and go, that's all I got. I got that one joke. You got, yes, Happy Fat Tuesday. And then you just throw the show right back to me.
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If I may just echo Chris's sentiment, I was really worried about this. I thought you were going to embarrass yourself, maybe drop the stick. Embarrass us. Be socially awkward and totally botch the cadence of it. I am so proud of you. This is a top three drummer that the Panthers have ever brought in. Yes, you were a little fast, but you almost have to be.
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because you're in an arena and the chants lag a little bit. You were great. The energy that you brought to it was phenomenal. The hockey chat blew up. You did a really good job. And most importantly, I faded the Panthers when I learned that you were doing the drum because I thought this is going to be a disaster. You knocked it out the park, and the Panthers won a great game.
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You might be invited back. You're in the Pantheon now.
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They told me. Well, I'll get to some of the stories from last night.
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I definitely heard someone's phone go off.
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I didn't. That's your phone, Greg?
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His phone's on. I can see it from right here.
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No, you've got to pay the fine. I will pay the fine. You've got to pay the fine. You now know how to do it.
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Yeah, Eric Eckflab. Nailed it. Yeah.
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All right, please. Please. I implore you because I have not checked in on any of this because it was actually it was a delightfully silly night. But I do feel totally compromised in a way that makes Greg Cody's criticisms and criticisms be totally fair. I've given I don't know how you guys felt yesterday.
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about having Sean McGill, Ron McGill's son, around, because we have tasked him with trying to put together quickly, because we have some problems with Nimble around here, quickly, in 24 hours, something that celebrates or looks at last night in a way that is actually showing where it is that I'm compromised,
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in the places that journalism has changed where I look like a fool up there doing that but also Chris and Roy and Billy and Mike and Jessica are like go well Jessica I don't know Jessica understands the journalism of this so she's like well you haven't been a journalist in a while go do that thing but that would have embarrassed me at one point in my life and it wouldn't have been very long ago when you say I haven't written anything in six years I've written the forward to two books
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Two very popular books, but I've sold my soul to this thing, clearly.
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That's not journalism. Not at all. Is Stephen King a journalist? Yeah.
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Yeah, you should be. Well, that's the only time in my life I've ever worn a jersey.
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You look good in it. I'm so happy that you showed up on time. How early in that game did you leave?
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That's the over-under. That third period was electric.
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Over-under is second period. No, listen. So I insisted that my wife, who has not been to that height. Like, keep in mind, I'm going to that game, okay? I've been there five or six times over the last few years. But I'm going to that game. Okay. with my wife to show her, to show like a new fan, no, you're really gonna love this.
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Wait till you see what it feels like when the Panthers score a goal, okay? So I wasn't going to leave. Barkov scores two last night. It was a great game. It's top of the food chain. And again, you push Tampa Bay's face in it where you're like, no, we've passed you. And your goalie's great and our goalie's better.
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And at the end of the game, seven-tenths of a second left, they're hitting the post on a shot that should have been in. It should have gone in. It's fun to watch those teams play hockey.
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Right, but you caught that on TV because you were no longer there. I left after the first goal. What?
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Why? It was a... Why would you leave early? Yeah, enjoy a night out. It's an honor. It's an open bar in that Panther Bar. Yeah, who got the tickets?
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We didn't even talk about the tickets. Okay, we can get to the details in a second, but Ron McGill's kid is going to produce something for us that tackles some of the conundrum in this. He works hard. I'm fine with you continuing to go down the path of questioning how stupid all of this is. Look at this. This is the most unflattering photo I've ever taken, and I've taken a few.
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Like, go ahead and close up on that.
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You are selling yourself short. You've taken way worse photos. That's actually, that counts as a good one these days.
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Hit the road, Jess. You can't call Rita Rhonda.
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As the centerpiece of your joke that falls apart as soon as her name's not Rita.
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Don't worry. He's going to get one wrong in like a couple minutes. He'll get them back.
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It's the first time I've seen one leave early. I've been in the Panther Bar with such luminaries before, and they're always there in their jersey, proud to be there and rep the team and see the victory through.
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Oh, look, listen, just so everybody knows here and like all the secret pockets that Miami has in cool places, the Miami Heat were trendsetters in a club town of like putting lounges in their facility. What the Panthers have in their speakeasy for 30 people is the best thing I've ever seen in South Florida in terms of having taste and class. I have never seen anything like that.
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We've thrown live in nightclubs and stuff, but we've not done something like that. Like South Florida does not have that kind of class. In its sports arena. So what they know when they know when they honor you, they do it correctly. Like I will make fun of this today. We'll make fun of me. But it is a pleasure to see how it is that those people turned into champions like that has been.
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So I'm taking my wife. This is 30 years. We've been we covered the first game of this team together to see it as a champion that's organized as something that's disoriented.
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I disagree with that. I brought you on in order to get an honest assessment of this.
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Well, but I don't know if we want his honest opinion. It puts Juju in a bad spot as someone who doesn't want to be a hater at any time. I'm just saying, I'm not even saying, as soon as I heard the song, I'm like, I wonder what Juju thinks of this. And then I thought, I don't think it's going to be positive. And now I'm going to put him in the spot where he has to speak ill of somebody's work, who
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Five, four, three, two, one. Greg tapping to start the post. Greg, are you tapping? What are you typing so eagerly right now? What is in your throat?
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put themselves out vulnerably.
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Is that bad? Is that a complaint? David Sampson is looking for ways to cut budget, and he thinks we should change up the food. He thinks it's too expensive. I love...
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Okay, an important complaint to be making here during Super Bowl week. Juju, Greg, give me an opinion. Tell me what I should do here, because I've already put Juju in the tough spot, and it's hard to have a day where Juju, in every awkwardness that there is here, is second on the awkwardness scale behind only Gabe... in terms of things that I've done that are awkward.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't ask. Here's what I will speak on behalf of Juju and then we will move on. Juju thinks that's an excellent rap song for the contingent audience of Greg Cody. It was well received by Greg Cody. That's nice for everybody involved. Play the song again.
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What are your thoughts, Juju, about the halftime, the Super Bowl halftime show in general?
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I like it for Greg Cody. Yeah, that's my audience. Hee Haw 3. Like what? You're pleasing the leader of your musical heroism, the singing sports writer. You have reached across the aisle, and the man who invented song on this show grants you approval for your song.
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I do want to talk for a moment, though. Are we expecting anything from the halftime show that is a cultural moment? Whatever nerves Kendrick Lamar has about playing the Super Bowl, this is going to be a pretty special misery on Sunday for Drake, no? To just watch this, to have to watch this.
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Let's talk about this part of it for a second. When you talk about epic rap beef disasters ending up with a loser having to watch The Other on the Super Bowl after winning the Grammys, which is the part in here that hurts the ego most on Drake? Because when the headline of Drake suing the record company because Not Like Us sold too much is not your top embarrassment moment?
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I didn't know that lunch was still in my throat. My forgiveness. Please, I solicit your forgiveness for being disgusting. It's a piece of chicken with a little pita. We didn't have very much time here. A lot of people are sick. It's a lot of excuse making. Sugatsu's mom died. God bless football is on Radio Row and part of the celebration. We'll be bringing in Pablo Torre.
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you have done some major public losing. So where does the Super Bowl... Performing this song at the Super Bowl, where does it rank in terms of indignities for Drake on this timeline?
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Salute to everyone, including Jeremy, Jeremy Song. We're going to be positive about Jeremy Song. Before we get to updating the polls real quick here, because Greg Cody is legitimately mad about this. Forgive me for doing this, Juju. Greg Cody did write a column that the Dolphins should trade for Miles Garrett, and he's mad at me for not allowing him to talk about it seriously.
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So as you gather yourself here, Juju, and give us some poll updates, you have the platform now, Greg Cody, to give us your serious Miles Garrett opinion.
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David Sampson, every reinforcement that Metal Ark has so that over the next three days you get maximum Super Bowl coverage. Juju, I made a terrible mistake earlier in the show, and I promised something here that puts you in a terribly awkward position. So before I put Jeremy's work in front of you and ask you for an honest appraisal of that work, I want to acknowledge...
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Their defense was the best in 22 years empirically. You're saying everybody wants to add Miles Garrett.
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Tomorrow, Miami Herald column, the Dolphins need to get Cooper Cup?
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He oversold him. He won a championship having one of the most historic wide receiver seasons in terms of productivity ever. That's a fact.
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Juju, forgiveness here. Let's get to the polls. We cannot get to the polls. Let's close the postgame right there.
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what the awkward position is, and I will offer on the front end, do you want to partake in this as an assessment, or do you just want me to play the music again without comment from you, or would you just prefer I not play Jeremy's rap song again?
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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I'm just trying to give a little context on why I did it.
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You're teeing off?
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That's what we said back here. You were just saying it privately.
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Look at you.
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How far did your drive go?
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That's a long par 5.
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I'm trying to give context.
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Is this like a straight shot or are you going like a... Straight shot.
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No dog leg.
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Are you hitting a hybrid or like a five iron?
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I think they're still laughing at the cuck jokes.
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Thank you.
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I agree with Greg. You obviously made a mistake, and he had every right to be angry, but picking up your ball and throwing it into the water is kind of insane. I've never seen someone do that before. It was juvenile.
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Chris, you got to do like the flat Midwest mile and hold your hand up like.
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Yeah, that's true.
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You were obviously in the wrong in this situation. There's no dispute. Which is why I did that. Was the reaction appropriate?
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I don't give a shit.
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The reason is because as golfers, we live in a society. We have a code. We don't do what Chris did.
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no Gabe Kaplan at all I love that he had to read that off his piece of paper what a debut legend
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I understand that every great run comes to an end, but I also understand somewhere in our obsession with the transaction where it's OK to point out, oh, I understand how Cooper Cup would be hurt by all of that. Like, yes, I know it's tons of money and I know it's business.
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And I also understand why he wouldn't love at the end that the organization would chew him up like that, even understanding that the organization doesn't really owe him anything other than a paycheck.
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Yeah, but he wants to remain there, does he not? Diana, do you not understand why he'd be hurt about this? I'm not surprised that David would go maximum business on this. An employee is allowed to have human feelings.
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I would assume that that is kind of how it is that Luka ends up happening somewhere in there in the confusion of everything that happened there. Stugatz, what can you tell people? Because you're about to take over for the entire week. God bless football is celebrating itself and football for the next three days in a way that I will say is gluttonous and flatulent and wonderful and award-winning.
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And award-winning. And so you're going to basically start the Super Bowl party. As soon as you stop now, what are you looking forward to over the course of the week?
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And you have Bloody Mary. Don't forget that if Billy Gill gets better, Bloody Mary and whatever it is you guys are doing. You guys are resuscitating Don Shula, are you not? I don't want to spoil too much here. I think you've said enough.
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This episode of the Dan Levitard Show with Stugatz is presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Man, am I excited to talk to Diane here.
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Diana, are you going to play May or May not with Drake May?
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Diana, are you indeed jealous of Stugatz's guest list? No, you can't be. You must not be.
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Look, I want everyone to know, okay, and I will say this publicly. I don't mind saying it. I know this is going to be so. Diana Rossini and Poop City are going to kick the ass of Adams all week long.
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Wow, that is overly exuberant there. What just happened? What just happened that I wasn't listening to and did not hear?
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No, you can't offer that invitation. You don't have that power over Kay Adams. I do. I don't think you realize what a rising star in the business she is. Oh, I do.
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She shamed me before we joined here because I don't have enough energy when she joins normally, so I wanted to make sure I...
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Okay, so urinate or defecate.
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What do you guys want to hear from Kirk Cousins since we're producing all my stuff?
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Yes, we can start with urinate or defecate with Kirk Cousins and then just ask him, hey, that was pretty funny the way that happened. They gave you all that money and then your career was over after eight games.
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Actually, how do you feel about this? I think this is the most fun game that you can play anywhere in sports. Kirk or Jerk? No, that's a good one. Kirk or Jerk. Kirk or Jerk is a good one. But I want to do, would you attend their funeral is what I want to do with David Sampson. And I want to see if I can play this with Diana Rossini. It's hard to play it with liars, okay?
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fix that well she's got to be excited because she is sitting next to the number one football podcast host in american football uh three of the last four years god bless football has arrived diana it has been lovely to watch the two of you maximum stugats uh and and watch you two in the wild tell me about schmoozing out there on radio row we've been watching you and it's been delightful
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So I don't think I should play it with Stugatz. The thing that makes it difficult is that people... David Sampson is very good at he'll tell you the truth, even if it's uncomfortable. And so when I ask you, would you attend the funeral of Glenn Geffner? What is your answer? Marlins broadcaster Glenn Geffner. How long was he in your employ as a broadcaster for the Marlins?
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Diana Rossini, do you want to play this game? Would you like to play?
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I'm not going to ask her about Glenn Geffner. I'm going to ask her somebody for her, Stugatz.
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I don't believe that you would. So let me ask you this question. You're saying you would go to the funeral of Jeff Darlington?
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Forgive me.
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My bad. I did not obviously know that Jeff Darlington was your best friend. That was not something I was aware of. Of course.
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That ends up being a bad question. David Sampson, would you attend the funeral of longtime Marlins broadcaster Craig Minervini?
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I am sorry, Greg. Would you, David Sampson, attend the funeral of longtime Marlins broadcaster Rich Waltz?
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Well, let's see. Let's see. Diana, would you attend the funeral of Adam Gase?
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The game gets ruined when you play it this way. We're learning David's the only one that can play this game.
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Mike Vrabel, you'll attend his funeral?
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Poop City, go where you find Diana stinking. Poop City, over by the bathroom on Radio Row.
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Stu Gantz and Diana, they're disturbingly similar.
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Well, I also don't think that Diana has been going to funerals nonstop all year. Like, I don't think that Diana actually attends as many funerals as she alleges on the air. But I may have that wrong. She really befouled that game. The game has not worked with anybody but David Sampson. I'd like to play.
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That speech in Cartersville, Billy is still looking that kind of awkward. He did beat the freeze.
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And while we're talking about Billy Gill, let me remind people that you can join the last one of the season, GBF's weekly contest, DKNG.co slash Smirnoff, presented by Smirnoff, the world's number one vodka. Please drink responsibly. Dan, for the Super Bowl, are you going to be playing this week?
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I will not be. I will not be participating in the Listener League again this week. I hope Billy Gill is. He will tough it out no matter his state because this is a difficult circumstance that he finds himself in.
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Don Levitard. Surely every time you're watching this, you recognize that your wife is laughing that she married Larry David.
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Stugatz. Oh, wow.
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All right, put it on the poll, please, Jude. You did, Greg Cody, copyright being an asshole long before Larry David.
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There's something here I have not talked about for three days, and I'm curious about how it's being covered because I don't actually know how it's being covered, but I know that since Friday,
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This has been something that's available as a talking point, and if I'd been watching all of the coverage on Deshaun Watson, I would wonder why there isn't more coverage on what's happening and being alleged on Justin Tucker in Baltimore, where it's nine women, five spas, and one would assume on the allegations, one would assume that
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He didn't have the great misfortune on what's being alleged of being caught every time he's doing this. So we've got something that is big and might be growing. And we've also seen that the coverage does not have nearly the intensity that the Deshaun Watson coverage has had. And a lot of people are going to notice, oh, it's the quarterback being famous versus the kicker.
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And a lot of people are going to notice, oh, it's the black guy versus the white guy. A lot of people are going to notice it's the first guy versus the second guy. But this kind of deviance and predatory behavior is something that I'm negligent in not talking about publicly. for three days. But I also do want to see as many facts as I can.
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And I don't think I can lend any benefit of the doubt on these allegations when there are this many and this different and many different people. And there are receipts like it would go to a great...
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there you'd be going to a great length to concoct all of this and I think the day and age is gone where you can dismiss this as gold digging when you have multiple accusers this is a Baltimore icon who is presently through allegations my guess is falling in disgrace right now in a way that's very different than Deshaun Watson did in moving from another city and to another city as hope this is a guy who had a terrible season as maybe the best kicker ever and
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I don't know where these allegations align with that. It's secondary to what it is that we're talking about. But I do know that it's not being covered with the same intensity. That can't be disputed, correct?
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Yeah, that's totally fair. It was a two-hour show, and I wanted more information to come in, and more information did come in over the weekend.
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Why are we taking out Doug? Diana, has Stugatz promised you that he'll get you a better spot?
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I can take that criticism and it's fair. And I'm apologizing for it on the front end and not getting to it. And it's an easy trick to do to castigate others for behavior that I too am guilty of. But it's hard not to notice what has happened since in the reaction. What are you shaking your face about, David?
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Well, I don't know what far different, though.
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It's nine women, five spas, and one would assume it's just the ones who have come forward.
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Well, it would assume that it's the beginning of it. But once this story arrived as Deshaun Watson, the intensity was fierce and immediate and then only grew over time. Here, the intensity has not been fierce and immediate. And Justin Tucker, there are a number of reasons for that, right? It can be.
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That's right. And he's more and he's more famous. But what's and what? And so there's money involved as well. Yes.
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OK, well, you do understand, though. I mean, it. it doesn't escape anyone's attention, right? Why it is that black people would notice the differences between the intensity of the coverage on the two things. And maybe it's money, or maybe it's a color of a different kind.
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What's the point of that, though? What is the distinction that we're making there? What's the statute of limitations? I don't think there's a statute of limitations on some of this stuff.
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And there may be. I mean, well, this is, if I recall correctly on how it is that it happened with Deshaun Watson, is that once the whistleblowers come forward, the way that this tends to escalate is there is a rallying cry from an attorney where a number of different women then come forward with the freedom, permission, courage, strength to do the same thing because
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I mean, if you had to guess here, what are you holding over your ears for, David Sampson? What's happening?
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We were just talking back here.
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Okay.
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I'm sitting back here saying, like, I just don't know. Do we do this conversation well? I'm just I'm asking the question. Maybe that's why it's just like if you're going to have this serious conversation, are you moving the conversation? Are we adding to it? It's just I don't know if we do this well. So like I almost am glad that we don't.
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And maybe we should be drawing more attention to these things. Maybe that's that's not a good job by us as well. It's just what's the way to do it? Well, I don't know. Don't be scared, Chris.
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I was saying in general. That would have been a good way to do it. I don't mean us. I'm not talking about specifically this show. I mean, in general, does anyone talk about this?
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Diana, you deserve better than this. You're hustling. You're in Mobile, Alabama last week. What is happening here? Who do the complaints go to? David, you've been making faces the whole time. Are you saying you feel like Diana's spoiled or something? Why are you making faces?
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So Stugatz is not entirely wrong, and he's especially not wrong that when Billy goes out with the stomach flu and Stugatz disappears, I have been, I'm not joking, in the last break, he will tell you, Greg Cody will, I held him to my bosom gently. And told him, you know what? You've taken an unfair beating the last two hours because Billy and Stugatz are not here.
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And nobody is paying attention to where Greg Cody needs his feelings supported. And I held him to my bosom. Yeah, awkward. And he forgave me because I explained to him, but however... The last two hours have been really good. They've been a bullying. They've been unfair. David Sampson piled on. Not good for David Sampson. Not good for Cody.
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But David Sampson hit him in the face twice with the microphone while interviewing him. And thank you, Stugatz, for standing up for Greg Cody because you're right. Can you tell me about the schmoozing out there? Can you tell me about because we were watching you guys and basically it seems like you're being paid to just meet people you really want to talk to.
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His texts are probably so huge.
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Look, we really don't need to be this invasive on his privacy there.
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That's good coverage. I'm glad that we've sent everybody there in order to get all of the information on the drinking habits of others. Diana, is this week a bombardment of stimuli for you that you enjoy, or is it stressful?
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Well, walk us through what that means. Just take us through Miles Garrett exerting this means what's going to happen.
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But Diana, hold on a second. As someone who has admired your climb through the industry and the brave things you've done, correct me if I'm wrong because my memory has been elusive on this. Wasn't the first year setup that we had at the Super Bowl something that made us feel small compared to what we used to have when we were at the Super Bowl, Stugatz?
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Because I was fairly awed by what we were able to do last year, at least in part because it represented a growth that stemmed from feeling exactly the way Diana does today, which is like, man, we used to be a bigger thing and here we landed a little softer than I would have liked.
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You might have gotten the primest real estate there is, Diana, because, yes, put it on the poll, does everyone pee at Levitard Show? I believe that that is a, like, anyone who comes through that facility who has to go to the bathroom, if you tell me, hey, what can you have on Radio Row, that or the field? I think I take that.
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I think I take the bathroom because that's where the guests will be at some point, at least in part to avoid Nester, Nasty Nester from Baltimore.
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I want to see the report that Sal Powell's been to the bathroom three times in the last hour. I want something like that.
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That's good. That's good.
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Yes, Poop City is great, and I think what you also need to do is give us invasive reports from the Super Bowl of who's in there too long.
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Who's been in there too long? Because that's an unpleasant place. David Sampson would never use that bathroom that way. There could be nothing happening in David Sampson's life that would make him use the Radio Row bathroom.
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Yeah, Stugatz, where are we with this? Because one of the key things Billy does while at Radio Row is rein you in. So how problematic is it going to be or how much better is God Bless Football going to be? Because now we've got Stugatz who can be less controlled.
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Is that what you asked me?
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Yeah.
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Okay. Jenny is really in charge out there. I hope that.
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I don't know how many Metal Ark employees we have out there, but you guys were listening.
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when we were talking about cooper cup i don't know what the main storyline is after miles garrett i imagine the game storylines aren't quite in play yet uh so uh when when it comes to cooper cup and that are we so now numb to the transaction that nationally a receiver who for one year uh was a record-breaking receiver unlike almost any we'd ever seen
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who connects very well with Stafford, that his career with the Rams is over and it's just this overtly about money and he doesn't really want it to be over. Like, does it matter at all that he won a championship there?
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Lucy, what are you looking forward to at the Super Bowl? Are you going to learn from the master Stugatz, who I already see is getting into position? I have a camera here. He is in position, and you're headed out to meet him. What are you looking forward to?
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Okay, so Stugatz, we're looking forward to what Stugatz is going to bring us soon. Do we know, have you gotten any reports? You're just learning, I guess you've got to go now, but you're just learning now that Billy has been knocked into a gutter, right? That part of our Super Bowl coverage has been derailed. Are you going to be on God Bless Football?
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Okay, that's not good news. I need people working.
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work no and it's okay uh thank you for all your efforts uh thank you for saving the company money yes uh the billy gill is getting our uh coverage off to a rip-roaring start we are sending reinforcements uh did uh other people here have fomo anyone else here have fomo about the super bowl Jessica, did you want to get back to the Super Bowl?
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Yeah, you get your feelings hurt when you're not invited to things around here.
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Wait a minute. What? And you would?
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Well, so you guys noticed when these podcasts, these stupid podcast awards came out that we are celebrating overzealously. You guys did notice that Pablo very much did say in a category that I don't understand, sports documentaries by podcast form, that he was the very fine French restaurant upscale and that David Sampson and God bless football are hot dog water.
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that comparatively, that what they make compared to what he makes, you're telling me he was too... He didn't say the water.
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No, but it was the inference. Look, I went straight to the water. Like, he went straight to the hot dog stand. Yeah, hot dogs are also delicious and can be award-winning, but it's not fine dining, and we all know it. And Pablo is lording over Hee Haw 3. Like, he's saying that what he does is more important than the artistic crafting that was Hee Haw 3 being a breakout band in Vegas?
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Well, this is what Billy does, and he's out. Like Billy Wrangles.
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Fuentes! Gabe has passed you in the company.
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Fuentes? No room in the budget. Fuentes, we need Diana Rossini. They are hobnobbers, the two of them. She's got a lot in common with Stu Gotts. She does. Oh, my God. She is. She... Her and Stugatz are something close to kinship, soulmates, and we will not find them because if there's a Golic around, we've lost Rossini and Stugatz for a while. Any kind of Golic, a Golic of any kind.
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But Stugatz is trying to get something from them. Diana just genuinely likes people, but also wants information. So she, too, wants to get something.
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No, Samson, this is the experience. Please put it in picture in picture. We will have a live cam, and that will take the consequences of however Stugatz behaves. I heard in my ear, one of the reasons I was distracted during the first hour is because I just heard a stray, hey, Stugatz went for his morning breakfast of two heaters and a bottle of water.
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And so I'm just hearing a stray from Radio Row as they get us uplinked. I've got people there, and this is Stugatz's life for four days. Nobody knows where he goes at night. He gets into some crevices, but during the day, he is for 12 hours nonstop, maximum hobnobbing at the top of the industry.
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This is not work to him. You guys got to understand, we are paying everybody to be Lucy in some form. Stugatz is also there to just enjoy himself and belch out content while just getting a hero's welcome because our podcast is popular. Because everyone loves them there, right? You have to understand what Radio Row is. It's a cacophony of the same noise making predictions about the same game.
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So whoever there is in that place that is a little bit rebellious, a little bit rebellious about the nonsense that we do, they think Lucy and Stugatz are hobnobbing heroes. Stugatz will be slapped on the back by everyone who works there, except maybe Mad Dog, who lords over him. I think Stugatz is, maybe Jim Rome, too. Jim Rome goes with bodyguards.
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Bodyguards, plural. Bodyguards, plural. Jim Rome has been dominating Radio Row for a long time. They bring him all the important guests and those guests who are celebrities because everything there is a piranha feeding frenzy. If Snoop Dogg is coming through... That person needs security to bring him to where Jim Rome is.
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And Jim Rome himself uses that security to get around the building because if he has to go to the bathroom, seven people will grab him trying to get him to do something. Are they armed? I think so. Yes.
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She could be referring to either one of us. Yeah. Either. Because you've you've also you have locked horns with me today. You are done with being called disoriented. You don't like. Right. I can sense sometimes with you as my lifelong friend when it is that I'm landing on the wrong side of you.
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Lucy Rodin is smirking, I'm going to say mischievously, and that smirk generally creates fear in me, but also wonder, because she is a content creator extraordinaire, and now she has to do some sort of challenge in order to see if she's part of our late-rush army that we're throwing around.
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It's delegated. It's stuff. It's kowtowing?
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Grandma getting caught in the algorithm is a lot of fun. I also enjoy the idea because I've told you guys the stories about my 80-year-old grandfather where I asked him one time to answer a cell phone and I come into the other room and he was answering the television remote control. He didn't know the difference between the two things. A cell phone was something that was foreign to him.
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I've also told you the stories of, like, showing my grandfather ESPN Classic, you know, the Jim Leyritz home run.
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Like, walking by the television, he thinks it's a live game because he doesn't have any perspective and understands why his son is an expert or grandson is an expert because they say it looks like Wohlers is going to throw a pitch here that Leyritz is going to turn on and hit over the left field fence. That's what happens. My grandfather's amazed, coming from Cuba, doesn't speak English.
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He's like, wow, my grandson, he knows so much about sports. The idea that we have an 80-year-old issue around here where people are, what are you smiling about, Samson? What are you laughing about? Because I love the idea of her grandmother getting stuck in a YouTube algorithm where she thinks Jessica is the biggest broadcast star in the world because all she's getting is videos from this show.
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And television just becomes her daughter because I don't know at what point 80-year-olds don't quite understand what the technology is doing to them.
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Look, you guys are doing. Pat Riley is too old to do that job at 78. I'm not.
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But wait a minute. We just got done with a bunch. Look, tell me where the line is here, because we've done it to two of America's leaders here. We've been making fun of a delirium that can happen at this age between 78 and 80 years old. I don't know. Yes, there are very. I don't. My fault for assuming that your grandma is lapsed into some form of senility.
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I might be wrong that I can assume that most 80-year-olds aren't dealing with YouTube.
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at the Super Bowl we will get to her in just a second to find out whether she gets I don't know if she's ever been to New Orleans I don't know if she's been I don't know if she has been to Radio Row and seen the Stugatz experience but Lucy reporting on Stugatz would be fun content just following him around in the wild yes Lucy
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Chris. Chris. Chris, you interrupted everything we were doing with an important mom alert that you then just delivered in a way that confused everybody. I'm confused.
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Out of here, Chris. Just get out of here. I don't know what you were doing there. Still wrong, Chris. I don't know why you were doing it. You can yell at everybody. You can take it up with everybody. Get out now, please. Thank you.
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Okay. You can leave with him then. Both of you can get out of here.
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The thing that I wanted to ask Greg Cody and David Sampson in the business of sports that you guys have seen. Oh, I'm sorry. I hit it again. Minor penalty. Two minutes.
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I'll pay the fine. That's fine. Disoriented. I will pay the fine. I pressed it because I thought when I lost my executive producer that that sound wasn't going to stop. So I pressed it again because I had the cheering involved.
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But I wanted to ask you guys, as people who have studied the business of sports, when you see, I'm going to call it the disloyalty of what Dallas just did to their biggest star, although you can call it just the evolution of teams trying to get a hold of the players on, if you're going to leave in a year and a half, we're not going to let you have all the control and everything.
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Damian Lillard is going to try and shift it this way. And we're going to watch what Jimmy Butler does. And Luca, we're going to do this. Like if there's nothing else here, we're going to do this 18 months beforehand. So you don't go to the Lakers on us 18 months from now. And you get to leave as a hero.
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Okay, I don't remember. I don't remember anything that happened last year.
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We sang songs. Yeah, I don't remember on Radio Row. I remember there. We carpooled. Downtown, yes. I don't remember. Forgive me. I forgot that I went and talked to the Goliks on Radio Row one day. I was there for 15 minutes, yes.
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The news that I saw yesterday in football that results in one, Miles Garrett requesting a trade, which is not a normal football thing. I know it happened some, but usually in football, a player doesn't quite have the power to do that publicly and garner support the way Miles Garrett just did, which is like, okay, can that power come to football now?
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But then also coldly I saw, and this, the business of this kind of was like, man, really? Cooper Kopp wants to keep playing for the Rams. The Rams announced yesterday, yeah, we're trading him. And Cooper Cup doesn't rip the organization, but just says, I'm highly motivated to get the next money on that contract.
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And as I'm watching that happen, I'm like, OK, so Cooper Cup basically won the Super Bowl for that team. If you can have an allegiance to a region, he made Matthew Stafford this because in the Super Bowl, when they were down on the game winning drive, nobody in the stadium didn't understand that the ball was going to Cooper Cup and Stafford is throwing the ball to him with no look passes.
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For that person and that memory to be so disposable at the end that Cooper Cup is now like, hey, see you later. Sorry if that hurts, but we've got Puka now and we can't have two of you because we understand the finances of the league.
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It makes me long in some ways for the 1972 Steelers that were able to stay together and not have any sort of free agency because those teams could stay together for a while then build something that I would remember for a long time without having the ending be contaminated like this. When that should be a beautiful thing with him in that relationship with the city.
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Like they did a beautiful, really hard thing together and did it on a body that has taken over. all of the abuse because those receivers play so physically that you're basically churning them through a wood chipper. Like Puka's body is gonna age really fast because of how physically those receivers play and Puka's job now replaces Cooper, takes his money.
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And so at the end, what am I supposed to do with all of that when something is that cold of a business transaction in the age of the transaction?
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Okay, put it on the poll. Does Lucy seem like a great carpool buddy? Let's go back into the other room, though, real quick, because I want to see what's happening with David Sampson trying to motivate Greg Cody to do better show. Sampson, what do you have?
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David, yours is a bygone time, though. You're using old executive privilege there. The players have more power than that. Now, Miles Garrett can exert something over Cleveland. Like, you can say all you want. Organization has to ignore that he's unhappy. Not once he goes public with it. That's not the world we live in anymore.
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The metrics were obviously supported that he wasn't trying very hard. By taking fewer shots? Just all of it. Just all of it. Running slower. It was obvious. It could be obvious to even the human eye. But what are you saying? Like, if that power is not an irrelevant one, the ability to just quit on your team.
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I think most of sports would say that basically, if you don't want to be here, we don't want you here. Like... The way that those locker rooms unite around whatever it is that they're doing, he'd have turned on Jimmy Butler. Those are real friendships that have been fractured by what's happened over the last three weeks. Those were real, hey, we shared those memories just a couple of years ago.
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Oh, you're gonna throw those away? Those relationships are legitimately hurt. They don't want him around.
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No, but look, I don't know what will happen here. I don't know what the Cleveland Browns' statements will be about what they do. I do assume that once this salvo has been fired, he doesn't want his guaranteed money in Cleveland. He wants his guaranteed money, and he'll get it because he's at maximum leverage. He's the most fearsome thing that there is, and he's done the impossible.
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He has made Greg Cody rise from the old days and write the old newspaper column in the Miami Herald, Miles Garrett. It's a column Zaslow's been making fun of Greg Cody for 25 years. Greg Cody was called by Taylor and told that that was a good column. It had slipped, it had slipped, what? It had slipped his attention.
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You detour based on Chris and Taylor and will give them no credit for giving you the column that made you not write the previous column.
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Hold on. Okay, well, you did it very poorly. If the object was to hit him in the face, it's funnier if it makes a sound than if you just drop the microphone.
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Okay, we'll come back to you in a moment. Thank you. That's $5.
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All right. Five dollars, please, for coughing into the microphone. This is Venmo fine bucket account. Because all of this is in play, the Venmo fine bucket, which is now going to be more vigorously enforced because of Lucy, because of Lucy and because of her refusal to pay a fine for killing somebody on the show and disrespecting the rules. does Greg now have the Venmo account on his phone?
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Because he swore to us that his wife was, that Erlene was going to do that for him.
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I will just say that some of this behavior around the fine bucket is self-destructive. Jessica, you were making, I'm going to say, hundreds of dollars there for a while when you had the contents of the fine bucket, no?
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But I'm saying you got paid for the better part of two years every time you were getting fines all the time. Are you not counting those? It was just a total of $80?
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Yeah, we've got some problems, but now Venmo is now securing the entirety of the thing.
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All right, so we've been teasing this here for weeks. Lucy, where are you on whether you're going to the Super Bowl or not? You have to fulfill this challenge. If you do not fulfill the challenge, Greg, do you remember what the challenge was?
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I can't recall offhand. It was your dinosaur.
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You brought it up out of nowhere. It was the whole funny reason for the pit.
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You're the worst, dude. An iguanodon. You're the worst. An iguanodon. You already said it.
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You understand the whole thing was born of that word being funny and coming out of nowhere. Yeah, it's a funny word.
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Have you done this, Lucy? Are you going to do it? The challenge is you're going to dress as an iguanodon and walk through a mall?
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Thank you. Thank you. This is not a penalty to walk through a mall with a shirt that says Iguanodon.
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Samson, I got McAfee giving away $100,000 for field goal kicks. I got Jay Williams going into his own pocket going $100,000 for half-court shots. We can't afford $900 on a costume?
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On Radio Row or in a mall where she's a content creator. She's an influencer.
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I want Lucy on Radio Row. This seems easy enough to fulfill. This is not the way to fulfill it. Cheap before going to the Super Bowl is not the way to do it. Do you remember last year's show? There was music. Wu-Tang Clan was there. We're going from that to we can't afford a $900 costume?
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That's all I remember from last year is that and that Wu-Tang Clan mistake.
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Yes, that is all correct. We were so close. You understand? On the floor near the pool of fragments and pieces and rubble of Wayne Newton just being on the floor. A Las Vegas icon. We could have killed him.
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Oh, okay. So not actually killing him in pieces.
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No, I fall. Greg, what do you mean you take a pratfall? The last time you took a pratfall, we monetized it for profit. Your son didn't sell enough T-shirts, and he produced a video of you falling in the bushes after drinking too many beers.
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the last 10 plus years and how is this still come on come on this he got sick there he had to have gotten sick in cartersville uh i don't know what to do about a ruling here because we're too late in the game and we're understaffed like lucy's gonna get to go whether she commits to the challenge or not like we botched this we have not gotten the penalty that we need to get here
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
Oh, jeez, I hit the wrong button. Yeah, you have to, Samson, you have to get out of here, okay? Like, just...
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
That was a joke we were going to be doing for three hours. You just shit on it. You just shit on that joke. We were going to do it for three straight hours where that comes in and you're like, hey, it's a loop, everybody. I'm the Ruiner of Fun.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
You fined the entire company $5. I diligently went in there and paid the $5. Who's keeping track of the Venmo fine bucket? Because it should by now. If everyone in the company has to pay $5, that's hundreds of dollars. We have a lot of employees. Including Gabe, who I just met.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
Are you more aware of how many people we're paying than I am? Yes. Okay, because I don't think you are. And if I say $5 to everyone in the company and we're paying 100 people, that's $500. Like, if Chris is fining everybody in the company, that's a significant amount of money.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
The company is not just Gabe. Yes, there is nobody out there. The company all went to the Super Bowl. So Lucy's going to have to go, but we botched this. So what are you looking forward to doing there? Congratulations, I guess.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
This is not the way to do this. Chris, are you upset that you're not going to the Super Bowl? Because we all did go last year. Now because Samson has to rein in the budget, we can't all go.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
Who was talking to you? Who are you saying exactly to? I'm looking at Chris, Jessica, and Jeremy.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
Was it Gabe? Greg. What? This is what just happened. Okay.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
Okay. Okay. But how would you just. That's a great point. Agreed. Agreed. But it's not because I'm distracted at all.
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
What do you imagine it stands for?
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The Big Suey: Listen Here, Iowa
I'm not going to take a quiz or you know it?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Just stop. It's lovely. Lovely, funny, and 100% on brand for Billy.
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Well, Billy certainly got it before the star of their town because he got it like six years ago. This is the anniversary. He's returning for the anniversary of this. Trevor Lawrence was barely a sparkle in Clemson's eye.
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Wait a minute. Lewis just yelled three minutes at me. How did that get longer out of nowhere?
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I will say that sinking deep into the awkward and Greg Cody, I don't know, he may have learned this from Greg Cody. 21 years of the PFPI gala is a beast. We use the hard A. Okay, sorry. The idea that Billy would be hearing his resume given to all. And he would have his hands in his pockets and be shuffling around looking at the floor a lot because his wife and daughter are there with him.
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He spent the weekend there. And I think in Billy's ear, this is going on too long. This needs to be, I'm fully embracing the awkward. I need the awkward to be 90 seconds instead of a minute and 20.
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You've got to fade that down. Get that out of here. I cannot.
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This just can't be still going. It's real. So you're trafficking off. You're smart about this. Your producers do good work. So you are going to have the exclusive interviews with all parties involved on what Billy Gilday was at Cartersville. But it wasn't. Billy only attended the sixth, right? This is the sixth anniversary, sort of. It's not even the right week, I don't think, but sort of.
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Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Shadow Show. Shadow in it. Shadow in it. Chris, is there any reason that Jessica isn't wearing the, I don't know what that was, the blanket that she was wearing out there because evidently it's cold here, but it's not cold, it's not really winter, but it often feels cold in here because in the humidity we've got a lot of equipment that make it necessary for us to keep things a little cold.
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But he didn't attend the first, did he or did he? I don't remember. He did, right?
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But not for any of the others?
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Do you want to tease anything from the episode of The Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody?
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Greg, you are, hold on. You're on fire today, buddy. This is terrible. Well, Greg is getting confounded. Look, I will tell you that as soon as the shadow show ended, as soon as it ended, Greg Cody looked up disoriented by the lights and just said to me, what happened? Because he was still talking. Right. And he didn't realize that he doesn't know quite where he is.
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I don't know what's happened here this morning. Have you taken any medication?
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The reason I worry about your health is because I said the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody. And for many years, you have corrected me. You didn't even hear it. You just launched into, you know, saying podcast things, promotion. I'm not used to you mentioning my podcast.
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It's the same as David Sampson with fewer?
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But you guys are just wandering around doing janitorial work on corrections? I have been told in the past, because I have been guilty of this, If the person knows what you meant, to make the correction makes you an asshole. To assume that that's a teaching moment for someone or that someone wants that teaching, I would have assumed I would want that correction.
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I would want to know that I had gotten something wrong so that I don't keep getting it wrong. But it's a personality type and most people would say that's assholian behavior. If you know what they meant, you don't correct them.
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Greg Cody, you're in agreement with this?
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To correct. The words that were just spoken.
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You know what? You know what, Greg? I'm going to just kick you out for a second and allow you to gather yourself. I'm gathered.
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No, you're not. You're not.
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I don't know what's happening, but you haven't been prepared. I don't know if you're disoriented from a different seat, but you don't know what's going on. When you say what, it's what we were just talking about. Like, all you have to do is listen to the previous couple of sentences.
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I want to know all about the gala. But you need to leave for two minutes. Okay. And thank you for being here today. Bring in Gabe.
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Is there a reason she can't wear that indoors? I'm going to make a ruling.
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Well, Jessica, are you routinely taking that off? I know you're often cold around here, but I did not know that you were toughing it out every day, playing in the cold elements without a blanket.
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Gabe, come on in here. I'm told you have a beautiful voice. Gabe, come on in here. Good suggestion, Jessica. Thank you. Now we've got some real leadership around here. Now some things are happening.
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Gabe, come in here. No pressure. Gabe, just come on in here and uphold the standard of intelligence.
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Gabe, sit down. Go ahead, Gabe. I've been told that Gabe has a wonderful voice. Gabe, you don't have to put that on. I just need your best 30 seconds on Luca and that trade, and then you can get out of here. Welcome to the company as an editor. Go ahead. I'm told you have a lovely voice. I've been told by one person, really. Okay, so you want to enunciate, though. You want to get in and broadcast.
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Taylor's loving this. Well, and hating it, because Taylor wants so badly to be in that seat. So, Gabe, give us your best 30 seconds on the Luka trade.
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Thank you for being on with us a terrible spot I perch you and welcome to the car. I want to see his armpits right now Yes, so good work by you gave Your rising star it took me four years to like get comfortable talking on a mic and as you can tell how comfortable I am now
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Look, we need to speed up the curve because, yes, you guys didn't speak for years around here. Yes, that is true. I remember Amin coming down, flying in for three years and trying not to say anything at the wrong time.
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That is no longer the standard. The standard has been diminished by Gabe because we'll allow anybody to have a microphone around here.
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I thought you would have prepared. You know what? Help me. Do me a favor. Do me a favor. Go into the penalty box. I need some leadership around here. Go into the penalty box. Get mic'd up. And I would like you to give Greg the motivational speech to get him back in here and get him to be better because he really is unusually disoriented today.
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Chris, even you who get very frustrated with your father, it's been weird how much he's trailing the show today where he doesn't seem to know where he is exactly.
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Jessica, you have risen to straight evil. You have learned well. Thank you. You have learned so well about how it is to just beat up on somebody as soon as they arrive.
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Just stunning. Just flog poor Gabe. Gabe, do you realize that in the history of media, very few people are going to drive home from a work day and revisit, oh, the things I could have said. if I hadn't been put on the spot. Like if I had unspooled in those 30 seconds, something that had like mesmerized us, it would have made for instant stardom, just like Rose around here.
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Hold on, hold on. I just want to be clear on what your executive producer judgment is here.
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The blanket looks really comfortable. It's important for a blanket. It doesn't seem like a cheap blanket. When I'm looking at you out there, I was jealous of what you had. I'm not cold. I'm not warm. You just seemed in a cocoon that seemed comfortable.
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Oh, wait, okay. But for Gabe... You may be right, but are you also trying to flog Gabe here and trying to teach him the lesson early? Hey, show comes first. You singing poorly is funnier pressure to put on you.
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So you think that we could have had an America's Got Talent moment where we go viral because all of a sudden what Gabe unleashes stuns the nation because he's such a songbird.
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Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Well, we will see. Somebody take care of Dave right now. I feel so bad for Fuentes. Tell me when it is that I can go, please, to David Sampson in the other room with Greg Cody. Okay, David, thank you. Please, just give him a pep talk because we've got three more hours. It's a long week, and we need a lot of help from a lot of different people. We've got sick people. We're understaffed.
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Please give the old man a pep talk so he comes in here and gives us three better hours than the one he's given us so far.
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All right. Get in here, Samson. That's good work out of you. Good Lord. He hit him right in the face with the microphone, and he pissed him off, and those aren't open sores, and I'm not his mentor.
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Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Okay, Chris, this is a bit of a fire drill today. You may have heard Greg Cody laughing in the background. We've gotten Super Bowl week off to a rough start. Billy Gill is out of commission. He has had to come back with stomach pain. He was fully functional to attend Billy Gill Day at Cartersville, Georgia over the weekend with his family. Super Bowl week starts. He's not available.
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That's exactly right. He's having a bad arm life, though.
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Let me explain this to Samson, who might not understand, and please put the video up again, because I do enjoy going through Greg Cody's house, and you don't understand, okay? how strange Greg's brother is. Greg is very strange. Uncle Dick, though? Uncle Dick did not have an Earline, did not have kids.
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So Uncle Dick is whatever Greg would have been if he'd been roaming the earth alone and then went to sleep at 3 o'clock just after having a TV dinner. Just wouldn't know how to take care of himself in any way. Just wouldn't know. He's 70 years old, doesn't know how to get a haircut. When he leaves the house and he wants to know how cold it is, he blames his wife for not telling him before she left.
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Like, you understand that your father is a toddler, correct? and he's got this celebration that he has and it is a family heirloom it is a sports treasure for twenty one years in the family Be careful with that hand gesture. What are you doing? For 21 years in the family, in that room, right? In that room.
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When you and your brother were kids? Yeah. Fantasy football? Yeah.
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Okay, but from the 60s? Who won? Somewhere? Where is it? In the garage?
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Because walls the color of jaundice. are part of the problem. Walls the color of jaundice, like of liver failure, like of the 80s. It's the popular color for walls. I'm not even saying it hasn't been repainted. I just assume that Greg isn't repainting. And so this is a home. Look, I will tell you that wandering through this home, there in the back somewhere, a Ms.
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Pac-Man machine and a pool table, it's like walking through my childhood. But it also hasn't changed all that much. Greg Cody has lived as a comfortable man. for as long as I've known him. And there he is, the center and star of his own show. The blazer we were asking you about, please be careful with that gesture. Get out of here. What gesture? Get out of here. Go two hours. Why am I leaving?
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Because you delayed the game. Two minutes.
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No, it was you delaying the game because you don't know where we are in the show. He asked you about your blazer and you looked at your shirt and said, I didn't know this was called a blazer. Right.
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Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Jessica, I don't know how I make this a ruling from on high, but all questions about is it a bit, isn't a bit, is it not a bit, off air. Never on air. Please, coming from you. Off air, please. No, so I can't make the ruling? Oh, please. Okay, so that may explain why I have a leadership problem around here, where I'm trying to make a ruling.
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Well, I will say that as much as we've made fun of this gala over the last 21 years, I have had conversations with Chris about like, what's the stuff that you will end up remembering when it is that you, you know, talk to the old people about what the past was. And you do disrespect your father, Chris, you and your brother both do it by not taking this as seriously as he does.
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To him, to him, he views it, the fact that he does this every year for hours, goes and gets dressed up, your dad ain't getting dressed up for much of anybody these days, goes out in the middle of the room and videotapes something so that you can have it.
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Forever, ridiculous though it is, as a snapshot for who he is, your dad is trying to pass this down and I'm not sure he has anything better to pass down. Like in sports, like in terms of things he cares about, quirky representations of his personality, right? Like if you could put it in a time capsule, hey, who was grandpa? Who was he? Give me something better than this thing.
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And put it on the poll, Juju, what's better? What do you trust more, an archive or a Google Doc?
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Thank you. Good leadership. You know what? Go on and get out of here.
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Look, I want everyone to see the snitch in plain sight so people can see what Samson does.
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Listen, you did snitch. You are right. You upheld the accuracy of the penalties around here. Not a lot of people do it. I was complaining just before the show today. You weren't even there. I was complaining. I'm like, okay. So how many times do I have to tell somebody that they have to pay their grid of death penalties? Like this is going on three years and I'm not doing this on behalf of me.
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The audience wishes to have its payoffs. Like what are we doing every week with the bucket of death if someone doesn't have to come out here and be laughed at? And so I've made it this order several times now for years and it's not an order. It's just, it falls flat.
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because nobody's actually in charge of it except that anarchist, Billy Gill, who is sick with the stomach before he goes to the Super Bowl, but not too sick to go to Cartersville, Georgia.
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These are giant plans, okay? For those who do not understand how many people just left with Billy Gill to support Billy Gill on what God Bless Football is doing this week on behalf of one of the biggest American podcasts that there is at a pretty important time, Billy Gill has done an amazing job with God Bless Football.
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Billy Gill's reputation producing that pod with Stugatz beats the Kelseys, beats Shannon Chart, beats Dominique, beats everybody. Best football podcast in America. This is Billy Gill blowing two tires right before the finish line on a season from hell for him.
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Trying to chase Stugatz around and then it ends with the punctuation of trying to chase him around this week when all he wants to do is hobnob.
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Did he get sick during the ceremony? Did a viral strain run through the room from that nearby Peloton class on the other side of the curtain?
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Look, it was a good pep talk, and it looked to work, but at this point, you understand what happens here, right? There's a stamina issue at seven. He can give you a burst. He can be great for three or four seconds, but he doesn't have the stamina to bring it for a full show anymore. I'm not going to say he's washed, but he's not in his prime anymore. You've got to be shitting me.
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Yeah, I am. I feel absolutely like the hot dog meme, the pointing at each other. This is a terrible start. Hello, David.
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Well, we've got Billy Gills out. Mike Ryan was supposed to be here, but something requires his emergency presence in New Orleans. We have a lot of people who left for New Orleans. So David just did nothing personal. And I think he did it into his pen. I don't think we had for all the equipment we're trying to keep cold around here. I don't I don't think we had anyone here who could work on it.
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How to get a haircut?
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How does that work? You're 70 years old and you don't know how to get a haircut?
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Remind me, please, Chris Cody, at the end of the show to ask Juju what he thought of that as someone who, no, who actually, I'm serious. Just remind me to ask him. I don't want to forget. Everybody, today I want to gather around and celebrate something I did not celebrate yesterday, which is Happy National Monday. Everyone knows how great it is to have PICS Day. Just picks, like getting picks.
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We're all about getting draft picks now. And if you only get one instead of five, you have done it poorly, even though we don't know what any of those are. I want to, before we get rolling today and get into other subject matter, just take a little air out of the tires right now, right off the top.
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And from Greg Cody, David Sampson, and Jeremy, just get 30 seconds each on everything you've got on Luca. Get it out of your system. Whatever it is you think wasn't said yesterday that needs to be said today. And then we will move on to other subjects.
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Well... You know, I'd be okay with that if you actually want to do it that way, or if you want to keep going after 30 seconds and someone wants to start exactly at the next 30 seconds. I just want to get it out of the room before we get started so we can get on and do a Greg Cody Tuesday and celebrate all things Greg Cody. We're hurting today, okay?
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Chris, can you tell me whether that person in the other room, who evidently has been working for us for a while, and when I saw him this morning, I'm like, who are you? evidently we've got a Gabe in the other room because we're down a lot of bodies. I did not know Gabe before today. Gabe, you're mic'd up. Go ahead, Gabe. Congratulations to all of the people. Okay, so who are you, Gabe?
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What is your story?
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Okay. Good job, Gabe. Thank you, Gabe. Excellent, excellent start. Thank you, Gabe. Good work. One of the best debuts we've ever had around here. Thank you, Gabe. We'll check in with Gabe Cam a little bit later on. Greg Cody... Give me your 30 seconds, please. We're going to get to your gala in a second because I can't believe we're in 21 years.
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And I can't believe, can't believe that Chris Cody said to me that at the end of this year's 21st PFPI gala that you actually said, I think it's time to have a Hall of Fame.
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David, are you familiar with the PFPI gala? Do you know anything about it? Jeremy and Jess, were you guys tuned in on Sunday night when Greg Cody was this interested in showing everybody the insides of his... Greg.
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He's just saying, get closer to the microphone. Your son is telling you, he was waving commands to you in ways that were super distracting to me. Exactly. You sound like you're far away from the microphone. You've been doing this for a long time. It's strange that...
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All right, David, give me your best 30 seconds, please, that haven't been said anywhere in the world on Luka.
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No, the reporting has been done on this. And anonymous GMs everywhere have said we're shocked and can't believe we weren't offered a chance at the bidding. I don't think everyone's in collusion lying to us.
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I understand your skepticism. Just curious, though, you think. Just to be clear that the truth is so hard to believe that everyone is in cahoots in unison on lying about this.
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So we can stay here if you guys want to. I don't actually know when the audience will tire of this during Super Bowl weekend. As Stugatz has landed, are we checking in with Stugatz? Because God bless football is about to take over the entirety of this week if we can get Billy out of the hospital to go do Billy things. Again, do we know if he got sick in Cartersville?
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Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Do we know his Billy Gill day that was not... He wanted even fewer people there for Billy Gil Day. It was one of the most awkward things that I have seen. There is the picture of Stugatz landing on Radio Row. He will soon dominate and take over the entirety of the premises.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
But, Chris, in the history of us doing things, I think this, while wildly on brand for Billy Gil, is one of the funnier things.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
things that has been done around here where somebody went to celebrate a day in their name but wanted to do it even more quietly than they did it, so was disappointed, I gather, or I think, that 12 people showed up to a banquet hall somewhere in Cartersville as opposed to three or four people or just one person with a video camera. Billy was looking to make that awkward, correct?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Hold on just a second. David, you're new around here, all right? Was that fewer really necessary? Like he's talking and I don't see your face and he's stumbling toward a word and he needs support. He clearly is in need of some buttressing. And you get in there with fewer in a way that just distracts him and makes him worse at his job. Like, why would you do that?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Gabe's 30 Seconds On Luka Doncic
Hold on, fade that down. I'm sorry to laugh during the middle of this. I'm laughing because someone just cued me to my headphones. Two minutes left in this video.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Yeah. No, he took some liberties with the polls and I'm glad that he did because there's a good one coming.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
When everything just melts into one? This is what men look like. This is what the men on the track team for North Carolina look like. In 2075.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I got an award for stop me in my tracks award. Wow. Hawk said an opposing player once told him that he was cute, couldn't do anything with it. Wanted to, but I couldn't tell. Just stopped me in my tracks. Good fourth down stop right there, Hawk. Thank you, absolutely. I think you stopped the tush push. I really do. I did.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Way to go. That's how we won game two. Yep, for sure.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I'm going to go with Taylor's headband. Taylor's headband.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You look nothing like Michael Jordan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I think it had more to do with Miami Music Week.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: 4.97 Is a Black 5 (feat. JuJu Gotti)
The Beatles. We are the Beatles. We smoked them game two. Covered the spread and everything. 1-1, baby. But bad news. Tomorrow, interviews are back. No, we had a day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads, like... Cuervo. I think you could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
Hey, everybody. It's Mike. 50 incredible years of Miller Lite. That is right. It is Miller Lite's 50th anniversary. And I know, speaking personally, Miller Lite has been by my side through weddings, birthdays, even a couple of sports championships that I'm really lucky to have enjoyed. Miller Lite has made all those perfect moments. even more perfect. So cheers to you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
I know I'm speaking to a fellow fan of Miller Lite. And cheers to Miller Lite for providing great memories and a beer with a taste you know you can depend on. A great beer trusted by beer lovers for 50 magical years. Miller Lite is brewed for taste. Simply put, it just hits different. And at just 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces, Miller time is always a good time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
The original Lite beer since 1975 and still iconic 50 years later. Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to MillerLite.com to find delivery options near you where you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
There were a lot of photographers there taking thousands of pictures. One got that photograph. Okay, good retort. Stugatz.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
I have an update from ChatGPT and now Hawk. I know there's a sordid history between you and ChatGPT.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
Wow. There have been clips of him launching deep passes during warm-ups and off-season workouts, showing off his impressive arm strength.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
It definitely knows that John Morant is a basketball player.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
I asked ChatGPT for proof. And it was prepared for that question. While specific measurements of John Morant's football throwing distance aren't publicly documented, his athletic prowess suggests he possesses significant arm strength. For instance, during a game against the Knicks on February 28th, Morant attempted a full court shot throwing the basketball approximately 94 feet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
This action resulted in a technical foul.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
So racially ambiguous. That can. So racially ambiguous. I'm even more confused now. We think Italian.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
I don't know what's happening right now. This is the lightest I've ever seen his complexion.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
He doesn't like when Taylor talks about Taylor.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
I don't even know. That guy's just wearing a jersey that says Jason. Does it say Babson? When does UNC race Babson?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
George Mason? Or a guy named Mason? I don't think.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
It would be. That's an astute observation.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
I like Taylor, bro. Taylor's been an athlete. I like him. Let's throw up that photo again because it does. I mean, we could deduce. Is that guy in first place? Is that guy in first place? He's cut. Or is that an official at the very back?
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
Ronald Curry. Ronald Curry. Taylor Vipolis. Three. Julius Peppers, man.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
So Taylor's a better two-sport athlete than Michael Jordan. In North Carolina history, for sure.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
But you're still on the Mount Rushmore. Yeah.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
So many big games, so many concerts on the horizon, so many great comedy shows, so many tickets in demand. But what do you do if the tickets that you're looking for are all sold out? I'll tell you what you do. You download the GameTime app, you create an account, and you use code DAN for $20 off your first purchase. Terms apply. Download GameTime today. Again, that promo code is D-A-N.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
The vote on the Tush Push has been tabled.
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Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
And what I love so much about the GameTime app is they got all in pricing with a little push of a button. No surprises at checkout and you get panoramic seat views, especially if you're going to a venue you've never gone to before. You want to know exactly what you're looking at before you purchase. GameTime offers you that opportunity. Last minute tickets, lowest price guaranteed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
Steve Williams looked us straight in the eye and said, Tiger had no off-field distraction.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Hawk's Lying Uncle
As an aside, a quick PSA to our audience. I received word this morning that Poppy's Domino Tournament has been postponed. So if you purchase tickets to that event, don't worry. We will take care of that. You'll be issued refunds in the coming days. You'll hear about more information on that and when there will be a new date. Game time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: The D.C. Plane Crash Tragedy (feat. Jeff Wise)
Don Levitard. You are a fool.
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Hour 2: The D.C. Plane Crash Tragedy (feat. Jeff Wise)
This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 2: The D.C. Plane Crash Tragedy (feat. Jeff Wise)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 2: The D.C. Plane Crash Tragedy (feat. Jeff Wise)
Don Levitard.
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Hour 2: The D.C. Plane Crash Tragedy (feat. Jeff Wise)
And I'm old now. I can't deny it anymore. Now, this is the Don Labatar Show with the Stugats.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Let's play a new round of our favorite new game, America's favorite new game, bigger as entertainment than the show Matlock with Kathy Bates on CBS. It is would you, will you attend their funeral? We're going to play with Pablo Torre right now. Oh, God. And the first nominee is Woody Page.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I'm not sure this is a good game to play with him because he'll go optics instead of honest. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
The game doesn't work if you're going to just say yes to everybody because it looks good to say yes to everybody. You ruin the game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Jackie McMullen.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
All right, there they are, the first ever ruiners of the game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Goodbye, Pablo.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
What is on Pablo Torre Finds Out?
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Yes, of course, because it's easy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Do we know what plays opposite the Super Bowl halftime show now on other networks? Because In Living Color put on something that actually stole audience from the Super Bowl. And that's where the Super Bowl realized that it needed to go entertainment with his halftime show and was aggressive and strategic about making sure they didn't lose the audience.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Jeremy, can you give me some Roger Goodell contract facts, please?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
to try and find out. Excellent. Can you find out for me, Otani's payments are deferred. I don't know what Soto has paid for a year. How many athletes make more than Roger Goodell does in a season of any kind? Is there an athlete that makes more than that for a year given the Soto contract and the Otani contract? You don't think he deserves it?
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Yes, probably as someone who continues to make profit for the league.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
i understand how there are stars that are really good at their job that you would argue are better at their job but he oversees those stars doing their job like he keeps the machine coming i i mean the only way that i disagree is just because of how tired i am about all the inequities that make uh for labor bodies to be worth less than ceos that create the divisions in this country that make people celebrate when a ceo for a healthcare industry is murdered in the street because of how much money he's making off of the pain of others
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Joe Scarborough.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
It wasn't, but he ruined the game. We can agree that that is a universally popular game, but you have to be honest. Like the...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Yes, you've created rifts in relationships that I have because you surprised me with that game. And for some reason, I was intent on holding up the integrity of we're going to try to make this entertaining, right? We're not going to save Jeremy's feelings instead of making the show worse because you're afraid of hurting Jeremy's feelings.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I did. jeopardize my friendship with Michael K because that's got to be here. This funeral's got to be in Florida. I'm not going to New York for that. And Cody's not going to Jeremy's funeral if it's not super convenient and everyone else is going and he's complaining the whole way. Chris is driving him and he's complaining the whole way.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Never.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Well, I actually, it's funny that you say that because I recently put that in my will as part of estate planning. No, you didn't.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
This episode is brought to you by Marvel Studios' Captain America Brave New World. Starring Anthony Mackie as Captain America and Harrison Ford as President Ross. Don't miss the explosive return of Captain America as Sam Wilson uncovers a mysterious plot that threatens to destabilize the globe and confront an enemy that has the entire world seeing red.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Stoogatz.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Mike, I will tell you that one of my favorites favorite things over the last couple of years of floating adrift at sea is when stugatz makes it to the shores of a new fan base like the 49ers or the chiefs with uh no understanding of what the character is and get getting truly enraged by the character and that take on alex smith he's i don't know i understand that this is a shameless human being
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
But I really don't know how it is that you are so immune to wrong that you feel comfortable still giving Kansas City Chiefs takes when you have been spectacularly wrong the last few years in a way that's like historically wrong. That Adam Schefter is now tweeting out to America, look how wrong this is because no one dared to say something this dumb about Kansas.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
The previous incarnation of Andy Reid and the previous incarnation of Patrick Mahomes. It is crazy. This sound, Hall of Fame worthy sound. I don't know. I'd like at some point before the end of our 20th anniversary for us to have a ranking that indeed selects some favorite show moments, some historic show moments. I would put this sound up against any ever set on our show for being most wrong.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Enter a brave new world in IMAX and 3D on February 14th.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
You just talked yourself in from average. You just went from average.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I mean, that's a record for contradiction. It's on Andy Reid. The only reason Alex Smith is not better is Andy Reid. That sets a world record for Stugatz not paying attention to any of the things he said the sentence before. They've made seven straight AFC championship games since then.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
¿Hablas español? ¿Hablas español?
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Which he is not, by the way. So Schefter has tweeted that out to his How Many followers to bring attention to Stugatz being this kind of wrong. 11.4 million. Now that is going to end up feeling more historically wrong than me saying that the Lions of Roy Williams and John Kitna were going to make some noise in the playoffs and then they went 0-16. Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Well, he got hurt. If he had stayed healthy, that's when Orlovsky's running through the back of the end zone and stuff. Like, I'm watching that season. They were so good in the preseason.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Well, let's see if we have the Lions sound. Is it just as bad? Lions are going to be very good this year. The Detroit Lions are going to be very good this year. I own that comment. Calvin Johnson is going to be really good this year. You know what you've seen so far from Ted Ginn? You've seen all of a sudden you've seen Ted Ginn's second year. You're like, oh, wow, look at that.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Look, he's figured some things out. He looks a lot better than he looked last year. Calvin Johnson is a lot better than Ted Ginn. Sure is. He's a lot better than Ted Ginn, and he's a lot better this year, and he was a lot better last year, and he will be a lot better every year that they're healthy in the league at the same time. Could be the best pick. And I like that.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
What a great pick. Again, it became the 0-16 Detroit Lions. I believe no team had gone winless before that. Do I have it right? Was that the first winless team in the history of the sport?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
or alcohol? It was just Stugant. It wasn't any of the other things. And it is, I will say this vulnerably to the American public in a way that leaves me a bit crestfallen. It is a bit crushing to sound, to hear that sound and not only sound younger, but clearly sound thinner.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I don't believe that that's something I could have heard before now when I can't unhear it. Like, before now, I don't think that you could have told me, could you hear someone getting fat in their speech? Can you hear someone getting old in their speech? I don't think, unless you play old sound for me, that I could have gone to the grave without ever having that as a realization.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Instead, now everyone has it.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
so thank you for pointing that pointing that out you are correct i do sound more exuberant those lions were the first non-expansion team since world war ii to go winless do you guys not think that is a good idea for our show that at some point at the end of our 20th anniversary to have like a suey of all sues where we just pick some where we just announced here are the single best moments sad moments cringe moments whatever it is those moments are
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
and what would qualify for most wrong you've been. Like, among you guys making public predictions, what would you guys put up against? Stugatzis, you can't bench Alex Smith for Patrick Mahomes, and me suggesting that the Lions, who were 0-16, were going to be very good. What would you put up? Your most famous embarrassment is that you traded Dan Marino in a column.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
This is the Dan Levitard Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
He was not right. Yes, I was. He was not right. He wanted to replace Dan Marino with Scott Mitchell. It's a terrible take. It's an enduring take. I've said before that he did an interview in front of the Miami Herald building and his face was pixelated and they distorted his voice because it was such a blasphemous thing to say at the time. Chris Cody, do you have an eternal echoing embarrassment?
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Surely you do. I mean, you got caught looking at porn during the finals. That's not, no.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
The Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody. The YouTube channel is something I'm asking you to support because I'm telling you that the funniest thing comedy has going for it right now is when... Comedy is the word that I meant to say.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
The YouTube channel I am asking you to support of Greg Cody has in it what I... Roku.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Cinephoob. No! No! The funniest thing going is Chris Cody being able to spot when his father's laughter has gotten to a point in the wheezing that it's going to become a cough.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
What did you call your son in a rage because you got hard networked out there?
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
The here it comes. It's just, it's such a tight window and I don't think you miss. Like, I think that you might be betting a thousand on knowing with perfect clarity when it is your father is about to cough.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
And I can see it on you. I can see it on your face that you don't want him to be right, and then you start coughing, and then you get mad at yourself, and then you start coughing more.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I am urging the listeners to check out Brad Williams and what he's doing for a remake of Spinal Tap that I believe Chris Cody really showed his ignorance on, not even knowing the name of the movie the other day.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Well done. Amazing, the chemistry that they have. I'm telling you what. Your podcast is growing in popularity, and I need your son over here. What am I going to do about the fact that your son is the executive producer in the acting role of executive producer, and I need his help over here, and I've been trying to get him out of that podcast, and I can't get him out of that podcast.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
You've been trying to sabotage me?
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
It's bare minimum. And you expect your son to put it in on your behalf, and now he's only giving you an hour, and you're getting mad at him, and now Yeti is trying to produce the both of you by teaching both of you how to work.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
There hasn't been a staff meeting unless it's a meeting you're walking into with a staff.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Pablo Torre joins us now. Pablo Torre, finds out, is the name of the ever-growing, ever more popular podcast. Wanted to throw some subject matter at you that I have not talked about in a couple of weeks. On first take, Cam Newton was objecting to how it is that Mark Andrews was getting ripped for
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for not meeting the media after dropping the ball and uh... he mentioned by way of comparison why reporters get to tell mark andrews that he has to come out and talk when f s one has this uh... lawsuit all around its sports department and none of those people have come out and talked i understand it's a false equivalency
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Wait a minute, you laugh at me, but when Gilbert Arena says something, you say, well, this is the player's perspective. And I understand that you might not like the equivalency, but this is the opinion of some players, most publicly Cam Newton.
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And what is your take?
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here Pablo in what is fair play when it comes journalistically to the lawsuit in general for example I've made some mistakes over the years most recently I would say in talking in any way about the Dwight Howard lawsuit and I only did so because I got the permission from Dwight Howard once he talks about it publicly now it becomes a news item that's always been my standard on these things what is the correct standard now as all of these things change
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Because anyone can allege anything in a lawsuit. And in the modern age, we're going to feed on it whether it's fair or not. There aren't going to be many standards.
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And furthermore, the mainstream media is going to lose by exhibiting any standards because it's going to be feeding frenzy on the Internet and sort of like there is nothing that's happened with Fox Sports recently that has been talked more about than what's going on with that lawsuit.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I think it's not a terrible idea for a Pablo Torre finds out investigation to find whatever it is your theoretical ground zero is on when all of this changed our obsession with the money and athletes. It's the biggest reason that there's a gulf between them and the customers. It's a poison.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
We all know all of their salaries and there's a ground zero on when that started because that stuff used to be private and then it didn't become private anymore and
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people who were giving out that information end up getting rewarded by it because we know what everybody in sports makes except Belichick sometimes when he coaches, a coach here and there, and then Goodell gets really mad when his salary is out there.
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I think it's more private because he didn't like that it was out there. I think it's harder to find out now because he didn't enjoy that it was out there before when it was in the 30s.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I don't blame all of those people for realizing that that's not something they need in their life anymore, that it's invasive. And while it prevents me from doing my job and does hurt me and I'd prefer it not be that way. I understand exactly why it is that they don't want us around anymore. They don't need us anymore.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
And you can do it even when you don't have pedigree like Leon Rose in the biggest market. You can do it because you can just decide it now. And the commissioner of the league has been trying to to make access something that's contractually important because he believes that these relationships are important and his employees keep telling him, we don't wanna do that.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
And then you hear him publicly say, yeah, I'm not gonna be able to keep doing this forever because you can't help but notice that all of those seats on the sidelines that used to go to the media have now gone to people who are paying much more for those seats. Like that's happened in the last 15 years.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
I got good seats at the Final Four.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Oh, but it's also funny. You say, quote, used to respect us. Also, had us sit in expensive seats to sit atop the injustice and sell it for them. Like they'd give us the most, they'd give the watchdogs the most expensive seats.
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Dan Lebitard.
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Hour 1: The Worst Takes In Show History (feat. Pablo Torre)
Savannah Bananas. Yeah. This is the Dan Labatar Show with the Stugats.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Wave, waves back. Yes. Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Do you know what an Iguanodon is? Because I do not. Is there any more information that you wish to give me on this creature that would explain to us a little better how it is that you arrived here?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
You've explained it pretty well, but I'm imagining an iguana that sort of runs a crime family of iguanas and is the don. That's what I'm imagining.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
that's right collect the prehistoric life at guanadon vinyl oh that's a toy we don't want that no we want the real thing it's only a thousand dollars too yeah it's but it's on the screen and it's wearing a hat like you guys are making it a full human you're making it a full human being i still don't understand greg how you ended up there like why and how did you end up there you seem to think it's totally logical can you explain to us how
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
your mind works.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Okay, so we've got a bid. We've got a bid on a challenge. Not a very good one.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
How long does she have to walk as an Iguanodon through the mall in order to make this work as a challenge?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
How do you feel, Lucy, about Jeremy revealing the other day that sometimes he will just wander around the mall as an exercise to meet people because he wants human contact? He wants...
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
And hey, how's your day going? Being social. You having a good day? He's not bringing negativity and acid to the relationship.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
What are your thoughts there, Lucy? Are you judging that or are you saying good for Jeremy? Let him live his freest life.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
It is what he's doing.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Yeah, you were dating friends on the internet, yes.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
That was a time, right? Yes, it was. Not well.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Didn't work. Before we get you out of here, what do you have for us on Jim Knowles? We've been talking about a variety of college sports upheaval. What do you have? What are your thoughts there?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Mike and Lucy, the coach that is going to command the most money and deserve it as an assistant is blank. Like that is going to make such a big difference because we're going to make that person the highest paid assistant in one of the places that you don't have to worry about marking a ceiling on what you're paying people. You can just pay them whatever you want.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
No, but it's a good pick to get someone who's good at recruiting. I just am surprised that you're going with a former wide receiver of the Dolphins and a former wide receiver of Ohio State being better at recruiting than everyone else is. How the hell did he develop?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Lucy, do you have a selection?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Well, that's happening right now. They're making coaches take pay cuts. They're doing it all over. Norvell did it. Yeah, Norvell. And that's smart. Gundy did it, too. Yeah, well— didn't win a game in the conference. He should give all his money back.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I honestly cannot think of a business plan anywhere that works this way. where the players are paid, but not by the colleges.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
What it's been is super weird to say, look, yeah, okay, all right, we should pay players, and then go beg for it. Yeah, you got us. You got us. We should indeed pay. You guys want to take care of this? It's like going to dinner with Greg. Yeah. It's like, hey, want to go to dinner? Sure, you're paying, right?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Do you want to hear the phrase rev share when talking about sports? And also, Lucy, I think that nifty is an old person's word. Do I have this wrong? At Levitard Show, put it on the poll. Is nifty an old person's word? Because I don't believe that that's something that should come out of the mouth of anyone who's under 50 years old.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Greg Cody seems to agree with me.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Well, I think of it more as like Happy Days Frisky, like frisky as a as an expression for sex. It's not something that anyone's doing anymore. They were doing it in the 70s on television because you couldn't say sex in the in the 70s. Fresh is another one. Are you getting fresh with me? Yeah, my mother always used to say that.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Fresh is a good one. Lucy, thank you for being on with us. We'll figure out this challenge. Right now, the highest bidder is Iguanodon walking through a mall for some reason for an hour. Hashtag Lucy Challenge is where you go anywhere on the internet if you want to submit over the next couple of days. We have to get this done by Monday. Thank you, Lucy. Thanks.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Oh. Oh. Let's see. Stugatz. I hope he has the day he deserves.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
That's beautiful. It's leaving it to the cosmos to sort it out.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I want to get to this sound from Stephen A. Smith, but before I do so, did you guys have any thoughts on Bill Belichick saying that they should rename the Lombardi Trophy maybe for Tom Brady? That they should just rename it the Tom Brady Trophy?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
His point is players win, coaches do not win.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I would have preferred if he had said they should rename it for me. There you go. Not me, Dan. Oh, him.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I find that you cannot do this stuff for people who have played this recently. These trophies have to have some sort of past. You can't name it after somebody who stopped playing a couple of years ago. Right.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
But Belichick should replace Lombardi, though. Calling it the Belichick trophy, I mean, Belichick is more successful. What do you mean, no?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Not helpful. So let's play for the people.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Less helpful even than before. Pretty nifty impression. We have even less helpful. Let's get Lucy back and see if she can be less helpful. Let's get some sound here from Stephen A. Smith here. And you guys tell me if I were to tell you. that this was a private conversation and this was not for television.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Stephen A. Smith was pulling a father aside to tell him that he should not have his son deployed to fight in that particular war that seems to be going poorly if the tone and the cadence and the advice wouldn't be comparable.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Can we put that back up there, please? Because this is jarring. He's listening the entire time, and I feel like we could have put a papier-mâché mannequin of... Mad Dog up there, because that lighting is so bad, it makes me think.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
That color is very poor lighting. It's doing him no favors, but that is a good look. That right there, that's how he got the job. That is the reason that he is the giant that he is in the industry, why it is that he can share a space with Stephen A. Smith. I'm gonna do it now. He invented sports radio. He started his own satellite channel. Hold on, tell me that's not a good one.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
That is a Simpsons character on stage who is also on the screen who is also yellow. It is. Uncanny. It is the same thing, really. Same haircut. What do you make of this just general parental concern when Amin says of Belichick and when Mike says of the idea of any time you put content out there, what it is there for, especially in the Internet age, mostly in the Internet age, is to be made fun of.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
It's to be a source of jokes. Duvall. To create a content factory around what is a parental concern that I think is a little bit extreme, right? I mean, this is a professional basketball player, son of a famous person who's been famous since he was 16 years old. The level of concern, and furthermore, Whatever you're thinking of his basketball talents, in the G League, he's been better, correct?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
He's allowed to grow some, correct?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Well, hold on a second. We are allowing it, and there are a lot of stops between the parental concern that Stephen A. Smith creates performatively to create content around the guy that you're going to be talking about... and owing him an apology. There are a couple of exit ramps between those two things. I don't think I owe Bronny James an apology because he scored 30 in a G League game.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
We can agree, right, that the greatest thing produced by the process of losing in Philadelphia for a decade or so on purpose, it felt like a decade anyways, even though it wasn't, is Joel Embiid, correct? Like, that's the best result, and then whatever is second place is a distant, distant second.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
But I do want to just address, this is just another way to talk about LeBron in a way that connects with audience, correct? It's a new way to talk about LeBron.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
in a way that connects with your audience that has fathers in it and now you can say on behalf of fathers you can have an interesting conversation about whether you're doing something good for your son or not by giving him a shortcut in a world that doesn't really allow those when it comes to roster spots very often.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I mean, what's real here? What's true? Between the two spots, what is the accurate basketball appraisal?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I'd go way higher. Way higher than 250? Yeah. How much? Where would you go? I'd go above 350. I'd go... 400. It's exactly 400.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Lucy joins us now. Lucy Rodin. She is the creator of Off Rodin, which is not Rodin. It's Off Rodin, but that doesn't make sense, so we've made it Off Rodin. She joins us now. It is nice to see you, Lucy. You're in New York. And we still haven't gotten the correct challenge in front of you to see if you will do a challenge by Monday that will allow Meadowlark to send you to the Super Bowl.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
So where are we on challenges that have met your approval because the listeners are being challenged? What is the hashtag? How are we doing this contest to submit challenges to Lucy to see if she does one of them, whether or not she's allowed to go to the Super Bowl with God Bless Football?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Where are you with this, Lucy?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I think that's a good one. And it's like a low lift, no? No, that's a lot of reading. You're going to spend hours and hours doing that. I like how Lucy does that, though, in her casual laissez-faire way. Not my fault. It is 100% your fault. You're choosing the ones that aren't challenges or punishments.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
You're not choosing the ones that would be somewhat arduous because they've got to be a challenge in order for you to go there. We're not just going to pay for a trip for you to go to the Super Bowl and give you another bonus before that by having a lovely day at the spa.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I wonder if the people listening to this have the ability in the modern age to even find a bookstore, like not using any computer equipment, just you have to go find one. We used to have one on Miami Beach. It's no longer there. It's one of the most culturally symbolic things I can say about Miami Beach, that it doesn't have a bookstore. Put it on the poll, please, at Lebitard Show.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Could you find your local bookstore without the help of your phone?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
No, I'm saying, do you know where your local bookstore is? Because so many of them are closing. Because where your local bookstore used to be is not where it is anymore. Because all over, since the pandemic, all I see more than anything is quarantine buildings and empty offices.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I don't know how anybody found anything before the phone. I don't know how people found each other outside of a stadium. The phone book. When they were lost and didn't have cell phones.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
You only said all of that so that you could get there at the end. You had no other goal when you started all of what you were saying than to get to the promotion of your book.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
How about reading Greg's Back in My Day on YouTube, Toilet Reading, a much shorter book than Stu Gatz's. Chris Cody, how do you feel about that as a challenge for Lucy? Because we have to do this by Monday. By Monday, she has to execute on the show the challenge if she's going to go to the Super Bowl. I can't have yet more spoiled behavior around here where she gets a spa day and the Super Bowl.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Everybody here wants to go to the Super Bowl except me. Spoiled? Yes, spoiled. Spoiled, yes, in a way that's uncomfortable for me.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Let's play some video here. I mean, were you fooled by this? Who was fooled by this? People who are not familiar with alligators and crocodiles. and who are now getting fooled in general by everything happening on the Internet that passes for misinformation.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
This story, Amin, that involves the very real fear that people have that alligators and crocodiles have evolved to a point where they could fake stuff. These are very small-brained animals. These are not... This is the stugats of the animal kingdom. Like, this is not an animal... that can trick its prey under any circumstances, but were you fooled by this with the species?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Well, tell the people what it is that this is meant to look like here. So it's supposed to... It's so ridiculous. It's an alligator in a river.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I'm sorry that I didn't. Those look like the, and this is how people get tricked by it, the arms of a baby. It doesn't even look like the arms of a crocodile that is drowning. It is toddler arms, and then you jump in, and next thing you know, you're being eaten.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I don't agree. I don't agree. I think he gets points for accuracy because I've seen his arms become that small when the check comes my entire life. The next check that Greg Cody picks up will be the first. I have thousands of dollars spent at Sweet Tomatoes.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Are Chris and Greg the only bowlers that we have among us? Lucy, are you a bowler? When was the last time that you bowled?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Lucy, why are you looking with the face as if a boulder is rolling toward you and there's no escape? Boulder.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
There's a DJ in there. There's a DJ. Ew.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Whoa. I've had enough. You are blaspheming against the musical drug culture that permeates our entire society. All of this music that's only good if you're using drugs.
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
What are you? How dare you disrespect the entire Miami music economy?
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The Big Suey: The Iguanodon (feat. Lucy Rohden)
What does an iguanodon explain this? This is something between an alligator, I'm sorry, an iguana and a dinosaur that walks like a human?
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
There you go. Paul George is saying he is wondering why it is that Indiana is so salty about him leaving for the right reasons, and he's saying he hasn't even gotten a tribute video. And I'm wondering what the line is on tribute video, and is it Paul George? I'm asking. I'm not condemning Paul George as a player. I'm just simply asking what's the line...
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on returning tribute video where you're like, you know what? I don't think that requires an honor.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
Well, he says it sucks that he's never gotten a tribute video, and he clearly feels he's the one making this a topic because literally no one but him is thinking about it. It's not something that anyone is giving any consideration. He's noticing it. He's volunteering it. And I'm asking, what's the line on this? I know Miami's going to get made fun of when they celebrate Udonis Haslam this way.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
Like, however it is that they decide to celebrate Udonis Haslam because it's something they've been trafficking on for about 10 years. They already did, right? They retired his jersey. They're just going to keep doing it, though.
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Don Libertard. Billy, somebody has written in here, I need way more...
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Playoff P eventually became Halliburton, right? However it is that you arrive at doing all of the transactions that make that team Halliburton's now instead of Playoff P's?
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
I think that Paul George is right about at the line of where it is we'll find the tribute video. I don't know where the line is. I'm asking you guys. I'm telling you it's going to be whatever Udonis Haslam gets next. That nationally, everyone's going to wonder.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
Indeed, if it's a statue, if it's a statue for Udonis Haslam, that's going to be something that people in Miami understand and no one else understands. No one else.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
Well, I want to ask you guys about this because Adam Silver's now talking about making the quarters 10 minutes instead of 12 minutes. And if we keep making these adjustments for television, we're really going to distort all of these numbers even more. I don't know if the numbers matter to anyone listening to this anymore. We tend to obsess with the numbers in sports pretty frequently.
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But Asterisk Man is telling you that they need to matter. You've got to respect, asterisk man is here to tell you that you guys are bleeping with the numbers in a way that's not okay. I know you hate math, and I know that you occasionally, if you're Greg Cody, you don't want any more new information with your sports. None at all. You don't want to add any learning to your sports experience.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
One of the great things about watching sports today is seeing how it distorts how dumb all the coaches were previously doing all of the math. the incorrect way, like wear it all on fourth down or throw the ball in the post for an inefficient shot.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
One of my favorite stats, I don't know where it is that you guys, what you guys have for favorite stats, but I'm pretty sure that Magic Johnson, his rookie season when he won the championship, I think that year he was either 0 for 16 from three or one for 16 from three. Something totally absurd that he was able to play the game the way that we're no longer playing it.
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I'm not going to say that that player would be Ben Simmons now, but not having a three-point shot would make it very difficult for someone like that to thrive today, would it not? Not as a basketball player. Obviously, he would figure other things out, but I don't know if you can be Magic Johnson, the way that he used to play, I mean, which is, it was all packed into the paint.
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It wasn't something he was doing around the three-point line.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
Can you look up for me, Jeremy, what it is that Magic Johnson did that fourth season? Like, what did the team do while Magic Johnson was going 0 for 21? So the next time I say that this is one of my favorite stats, I actually use it correctly. Seven.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
But the rookie year wasn't the one that I'm thinking of. I got pretty much everything wrong in it. It was the fourth year and it was over 21. And that is kind of amazing. And it is also kind of amazing to see that immediately go to 38% as soon as, you know, survival of the fittest evolution makes an appearance.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
I want to ask all of you, and if you'd get me an expert on this, I'd appreciate it because we need our renowned Jacksonville expert, even if he's on paternity leave and even if he's busy, you know, fathering a baby and taking care of parental duties to explain what it is that's happened with his beloved new coach. Ever since Tony alleged that Jacksonville Jags We're a good football team.
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Local Hour: Asterisk Man's Thoughts On The Tribute Video
They have basically not been. And now I think Liam Cohen is going to have a hard time, since they're not playing games anytime soon, living all of this down, including the sensual caterpillar of eyebrows that run across his forehead.
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Tony, what is the correct way to say that? Do you want to help Cohen and welcome as Jacksonville's biggest supporter in the national media?
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You really could have. You could have done it to have all the L's in their schedule by just making Duval a little smaller.
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Oh, wow, the Basselli candle.
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Duval. That sounds like a ghost. Like, if I told you, if I told you you were sleeping, if I told you right now.
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Duval. Who did I love starring opposite Sean Penn in Cops, the 1980 movie?
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All of us together are having a good time. We're out. We're drinking beers. We're having fun. Miller Lights. And it's midnight. And now we're walking into a dark cornfield.
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Horrifying.
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Tony, how is he going to live this down? What is going to happen? He can't live this down until he's played a game. Sirianni was wearing that terrible press conference until he coached a game.
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And so he's like, watch this. I'm gonna show them personality outside of my repressions, but I'm not confident about what I'm doing, and I'm a little scared, and showing these people big personality might not be something that I should do, and so now I'm leaking confidence as soon as I've started. I didn't think that that was confident. I thought he was leaking confidence as he did this.
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I see in his eyebrows the fact that he doesn't know if he's saying it right.
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Let's play it again. You guys tell me if there's pride in these eyebrows. Play it again for the people and watch. Again, I will tell you, the audio of this is funny, but the video is funnier because of what his eyebrows are doing during the Duval.
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Well, but that doesn't really answer my question because he keeps leaving here. He's supposed to be here. We brought in the biggest of reinforcements wearing one of his finest shirts. Amin will be back from the bathroom shortly, but at the moment, Greg Cody is holding up his book, even though we have no video at the moment.
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One last refresher, Tony, on the correct way to do this with your helpful video aid, please. Absolutely. So, again, Coach Cohen. Duval.
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Noel's in Duval. Excellent analysis. Worth you coming back from paternity leave. Thank you, Tony. Appreciate that you are forever a jag off. Thank you, sir.
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I want to backtrack a couple of weeks here. This has been a glaring omission by our show, and I'm embarrassed by it, especially here in the local hour. We have not talked.
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beyond a one-sentence mention of Jim Laranaga leaving the job at the University of Miami and the total state of disrepair that is the University of Miami basketball program, where completely squandered is a Final Four appearance from a couple of years ago.
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in a way that is jarring to see a program not only not be able to capitalize off of a Final Four appearance, but to do the very worst of the opposite of whatever capitalizing is, where you're losing games at home to Charleston Southern by 25 points because the program is completely broken. But I do want to celebrate that.
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Instead of the fleeing at the end, the fact that that was a monumentally successful career at the University of Miami for a coach. One of the best runs across... the sport that you will see. The greatest coaches in the University of Miami's history are him and Leonard Hamilton, correct?
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Jim Laranega retires as not only the best University of Miami basketball coach that there has ever been, but we're on the list of best coaches, period, with Jim Morris, with Jimmy Johnson. Where does he go on the Mount Rushmore of Katie Meyer on University of Miami coaches?
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He still doesn't understand that there is not video to this portion of the show.
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Oh, but I never go a day without pooping. There's no such thing.
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Yes, correct. But there's never a day. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you go an entire day without pooping? Yes or no?
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I would love to have an honest conversation, like a truly honest conversation with... with these coaches on what it is that they're dealing with with families and with teenagers now that they're more powerless than they've actually been because of the stuff that you're talking about.
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Like a truly honest conversation about what happens when it's teenagers and their families fighting over your money and you have no control over making anybody listen because there's nothing that you can do to exert power over somebody who's unhappy. They don't have to eat it anymore. It's not old coaches. It's not just old coaches.
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Sure, I want my coaches to connect across generations and cultures and everything else, but that has to be something that's hard for anyone who's in management right now trying to govern something that can't be governed.
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Let me see. Well, the red hair's not helping him here. What up, though? I don't know if you can pull any of this off as a ginger. Let me see that again, because he is again going with sensual shoulders and the head monod.
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That's right. He did just put up his biceps and flexed.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Does coughing relax the anus? at lebitard show sure does opens it up there's a the initial tense but you know after you after you tense up it'll just yeah you can't it's like magic uh i wouldn't call that magic i'd call that the opposite of magic no if you're stuffed up and you gotta go a little fake cough oh there it is
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You can't sneeze and pee at the same time, correct? That's not something that any human being can do. A human being cannot sneeze and urinate.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Does your heart stop? Does the human heart stop when you sneeze? Because I don't believe that that is accurate. I believe Chris Cody just made that up.
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I have some sound that I want to play for you of Stephen A. Smith lecturing LeBron James in a way that you would if somebody, if a father were making a decision about his son, that was sending him off to certain death. Like whatever that decision was, you know, that he was adamantly against. We'll get to that sound in a second.
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But I erred in not giving Amin enough room a couple of places yesterday, and one of them in his accusation that I am asterisk man. That I because you made one you made you volunteered one example of me being asterisk man, which is me saying that Saquon Barkley can't have Eric Dickerson's record or OJ Simpson's record if it takes him more games to do it.
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If he's playing in more games, you accuse me of being asterisk man. How else am I asterisk man? Well, no. So it starts with.
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I'm fine with arriving in a I think it's a pretty good description for me to be the guy who shows up and is like, well, hold on a second.
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And then finally- I think that's where the asterisk in sports was invented for its usage. Like I think it's the spot that everyone points to and says, that's the first time the asterisk was used to diminish someone's accomplishment. Right. And then eventually-
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But wait a minute. We've got it on Roger Marris. Roger Marris was your example. Roger Marris does have the asterisk.
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Greg Cody of the Miami Herald is in with us on a Thursday. Stu Gotts is feeling beat up but confident as he heads into Radio Row. I'm enthusiastic about whatever he produces on Radio Row, but I thought it was super instructive yesterday.
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the different ways that Stu Gatz and Billy interpret the same experience at Radio Row, where Stu Gatz thinks he's the most reliable version of himself on Radio Row, and Billy says, no, that's an appearance by Lieutenant Fullershit. captain of the lieutenant of the Stugatz army. Like there's he's not reliable. He's just at the Super Bowl. We've seen it before.
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He's just at the Super Bowl to shake hands, to slap people on the back and to feel important about being Stugatz. It's his army. He's not even a general in it. He is not. It wouldn't make any sense for him to be the general of his own army. He can't be in charge of anything. What are you kidding me?
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The army would march straight into a corner with its bayonets and stab itself in the face while trying to grab more money. It's not an army that would try to defeat anybody. It would just be an army that would try to accrue funds by illicit means.
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What I remember about that, some of you may not remember. that song on this show and song in general in sports media, 20 years ago, Greg Cody was the singing sports writer on ESPN Radio. He had that lane to himself. It was not everyone else at that trough. He ran out of songs about a dozen songs in, and everything became row, row, row your boat. So sad, sad, radio row, like everything, every song.
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He just ran out of songs after about a dozen songs. He stopped trying, not unlike with his Back in My Day. Right.
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Well, I recall it as you stopped trying the moment that you descended into an assortment of songs that were row, row, row your boat, that made it clear that you weren't doing any prep on the songs for Sunday morning.
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Thank you. I knew that was coming. He's fairly useless in that regard. He's got a Tourette's now. Roy, you're laughing at it, but it is Kornheiser's sense of humor for 20 years. Someone says they vacationed in Rome, and he goes, Jim Rome. And that's it.
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Jeremy, can you help me with something since we're correcting things and adding nuance and asterisks? I said the other day that there was a position in royalty in which a person would stand next to the royal and absorb criticism and blame for their farts. You were unable to find this job or what it was called because you were searching the Internet for English royalty.
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My error was in telling you or not telling you that it's Japanese royalty. Wow. Yes, this was in Japanese history, so if you can find for me whatever that job was called, the fart absorber.
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That's not true.
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It's not true.
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It was clearly a bun. Someone hand me a bun we were eating at the Super Bowl.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
That was our disconnect from the world. So you're out at two and three in the morning because you're not supervised?
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We know what's going on, but we don't really, you know what I mean, we don't really know what's going on. Because I was just gonna ask you, it sounds like you had your childhood stolen, but you're saying children don't know that they're having their childhood stolen necessarily.
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How it is you got to where you are. And so these are meant to be intimate. They're meant to be biographical. And we will see how close you allow us to the truth here because you you're a very creative person. And I've loved to see what it is you've been trying to do in your city after from afar. Yeah. When I watch your career and I'm like. This guy loves LA, gets to UCLA, blows out his knees.
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And I don't know how you are taught or learned what love is. Never mind trust. You've got trust is one thing. I don't even know how all of this would impact future relationships for you or just general distrust on what your relationship is with women, with men, with authority figures, with any of it.
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And what does their relationship look like? Like, what are you learning in the generational gap there about how a man and a woman get along to provide safety for a child?
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because you're seeing your mother beaten or you're seeing?
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So that story doesn't go quite the way he wanted to. Gets to the league as a sophomore, way too early to get to the league. Then gets his dream with the Clippers and has a racist owner who makes everything awful. And you thought it was going to be something and it became something else. But I don't want to speak for you. I do want to get to the roots of how all of that was made.
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Right, of course. I mean, yes, a saving grace even more than basketball. Before we get to, though, how it is or what it is that you remember about coming into their care... Beyond being in the backseat, think as an eight year old thinking about how do I rescue my mother here? What do you regard as the most turbulent or scary or trauma inducing event?
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landmark before 10 years old that others would say, okay, there are the roots of where it is that Baron Davis started to be stronger earlier than he ever should have had to get strong because he overcame X, Y, and Z.
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Okay, cool, the day was cool, we got through the day. You know what I mean? So you're waking up with anxiety every morning.
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have you as an adult forgiven your parents? What is your relationship?
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That must be freeing to forgive, to have gratitude. It was incredible.
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Well, and you have to crave it somewhere. Like if you're always the kid who never has his parents at the games, there has to be a craving somewhere in there for like even no matter how tough, how many scars you've got, something that feels like love or, hey, be proud of me. Yeah, like that would feel good. That would feel good to have someone be proud of sharing that with someone.
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In retrospect, I don't know how you feel about it now, but God Almighty, what a blessing to forgive him and make amends before losing him.
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Whether he gets to see the game or not, you gave him something that felt like happy. It might have been the last happy thing he felt.
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Bits and pieces. You were eager to ask those questions.
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So his dealer is one of the people giving the eulogy?
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So you got some of that, though. You got some of that.
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I wish I were better at forgiving myself on some of that stuff. I haven't gotten to the freedom on the other side of if you get good at being gentle with yourself, you can make some of the mistakes without ravaging yourself and look at the light instead of the dark.
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I would say that if you make me get to the roots of that, wherever it is that I was smothered by exile parents in a small world and because work was the thing that would get you to freedom and they were scared – that whatever it is I was doing was not quite enough because I had to be a little bit better because the only way to freedom. I don't have any of these traumas.
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I got into my 50s without realizing how strong I was. But that hardened me, like trying to always be better made for a striving because it was like the one thing that I was taught. But it's unforgiving.
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As it must be to get to where you got, right? Like you got, people do not realize how obsessive compulsive you have to be about the sculpting and all the lopsided shit you have to be that like falls. I still don't understand how you were able to get to the league as a sophomore, even with, you know- Everything it is that you're talking about.
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But in talking about your parents real quick and your father and how it is that you arrive in a place of forgiveness. A child, I have a lot of friends who lost parents to addiction or alcohol, and because it happened as kids, the feeling that they had is, why did you choose that over me?
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So you never did any of that because you're talking to me about it as an adult. And so you didn't even do that as a kid.
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Or a disease has a grip on you and you're not choosing much of anything. You can't.
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Tell me more positively, is Leela your grandmother's name?
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Oh, so at the end you're not recognizing, you don't have a diagnosis.
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Well, it's nice that, so what you're saying is in the stages of grief, you have gone through the guilt and forgiven yourself so that that's, the guilt is no longer there for you because I was ignorant. I just didn't know. How could I know? But in remembering her in the most positive ways that you remember her, her with what you're saying is an unconditional love. She was giving you discipline.
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There was discipline there. There was safety there. How about belief?
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You can do whatever you want for a job. And then a friend dies at the bus stop and she sends you to a private school. How was that possible? It's your basketball skill that's making that possible in Santa Monica, right?
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And you fit in, or was there culture shock? Yeah, it was culture shock. I mean, there must be, right? On both sides. Yeah, I'm sure. But also, okay, this is a totally different world, and there are opportunities here that weren't available to me before.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
everybody else right but why if you're living in a gated it's not a gated I wouldn't call it a gated community but you're saying it's a gated that you don't there's nothing outside those walls for you and furthermore if not for I mean many people never get outside those gates if not for grandma and basketball and AAU coach and everything else the odds are you never get beyond those gates totally dude
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You're still in school, like you're just wandering.
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But suspended, I mean, I don't want to say you're feral, but suspended because you're arriving. You haven't had very much. There's some church, there's some grandma, but you haven't, like, social norms?
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You didn't think of the consequences of what you were luring into your life with that story.
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denying it now he's like ah yeah i was like um if there are like yeah understood yeah yeah i mean i if it was true i'd i'd give you the real right but you were just bored look i've got experience with you being bored during the interviews like i know what you do when you're bored during interviews uh but your high school team is great because of you correct
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Did you have other options that you were seriously considering out of high school other than UCLA?
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Not so little though. Those things aren't little. Like the idea of staying home and all of those things you just mentioned and the connection to love that you didn't want to be on the other side of the country away from.
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But you don't regret it, right?
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Your freshman year, you dunk, you blow out your knee, and I don't know if that is the first time, but you then, over the course of your career, have an assortment of injuries that is your body betraying you. You want to go through them? Because it's a lot of them.
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Right, because you can't have tension on the ligaments and stuff.
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And you go to college, so you go in your sophomore year, after your sophomore year, you declare. Are you in any way ready for everything that comes with that? You are now a professional at, are you even 20 yet? No, I'm 19 still. So you're an adult in some ways, but not an adult in the ways that... No, not in the world.
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Oh, so this is where your business interests started.
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Yeah, I'm into it. You are somebody who cares about financial acumen, and this is where it started. Yeah.
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I want to talk to you about creativity as an escape from all of that stuff and imagination.
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You know what I mean? See, that's not even what I was asking you because I'm assuming you're not ready for the social parts of it. You're not ready for all of a sudden so many people who want to be in your life. You haven't learned the skills of who you should trust, who shouldn't you trust. All manner of temptation is coming your way on people who don't actually know you but feel like they do.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
So that's what I was talking about. about you not being ready for it.
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to be able to dream for you what I've noticed in your post career in observing you is how much you gravitate toward possibilities and I was wondering sort of the source of the inspiration of that because I'm like hearing you with John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell over here just choosing the opportunities that Hollywood provides but let's go back just because I want to do this not necessarily chronologically but biographically so you're an adult by 10 years old right like you've
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So basketball is still the escape everywhere. All of the shit, all of the shit is always around you since childhood and you don't escape it by going to Charlotte. And you wouldn't have escaped it going to Duke.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
But it's not even bold to ask. They're also coming from a different place. There is real desperation there. If they're calling you for $1,000, I don't even know how close you are to these people, but I'm guessing at the beginning that didn't cost you much. But when you're noticing that it's everybody. It's just starting to add up.
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Well, this is the thing. All of your relationships start changing there and you start seeing things perhaps you didn't want to see that are a circumstance around. Imagine telling your mama no.
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And it's real desperation. Yeah. If she's asking, it is last resort stuff because she's already embarrassed you plenty and she doesn't want. No. Hell no. I can't do it.
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And somewhere along the lines, I don't know when this happened, you learned to love and appreciate LA, at least in part because of how tough it made you, I imagine.
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Do you remember what she said when you said no? Like what, like that. In just hearing it. Norma got a bad mouth.
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Where, where, when? Like I imagine.
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If you can say no to her, you can say no to anybody.
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How did you get to repair with your mother?
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
Welcome to South Beach Sessions, West Coast style. I'm very excited about this one. I'm gonna call this man my interview nemesis because he only wants to show you so much of himself. He likes this creative process a little bit. You tell me whether I've got anything wrong here. Baron Davis, two-time All-Star, but so much more than that.
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We've talked very little about the professional basketball part of your story, which is ostensibly the thing that probably people care about the most. But before we go through some of that, can you take me through the injuries? Because when you say it could have been to the Hall of Fame, and when I say at the beginning, two-time All-Star is interesting, but this was a talent that I recognized.
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Like when Dwayne Wade beat you in the playoffs, I'm like, oh, okay, Dwayne Wade, going to be something that's an all-timer because I know what's happening. I know what this is here. But your body, and I don't know how this starts, right?
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Whether you hurt your ankle in high school and then you break or you tear up your knee in college and then other compensations happen no matter how healthy you are and little pieces of you start physically falling apart no matter how careful you are. Take me through all of the injuries because there are a lot of them.
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You're always playing with some sort of pain, some sort of compensation. Because that was my life. You know what I mean?
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Roy Williams thought you were handicapped, though?
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I really appreciate throughout all of this, the intimacy and the vulnerability. Over the course of the years, I have at various times tried to ask you some form in short interviews where you're not in a totally trusting place about the Clipper experience, at least in part, because I thought to myself, my God, that could have been and should have been for him such a beautiful story.
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that seems from afar like he expected one thing and it was the complete opposite.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
Of that thing. Basically, get out. You're being heckled by the owner in the stands and that person turns out to be very publicly a racist. There are all sorts of reported stories about him bringing people into the locker room and looking at showering basketball players and talking about their beautiful black bodies. Oh, man.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
You have never shared any of these stories with me because you know they're going to get aggregated and you know it's going to be a whole thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
Well, not just that, because they were at the center. Before George Floyd, there's all sorts of stuff being moved around politically on black-white causes. Doc Rivers has to decide whether to boycott a game.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
I've noticed that with you and I want to give you the space and context on all of it. But what if I were to push back with saying to you, look, basketball players for the Clippers also had to live in the same world that you experienced of where all employees of this.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
Lord have mercy. Hold on. We'll get back to this stuff for a second. But how is it that you could be so wrong signing, thinking that the Clippers were going to be one thing? And is it ego? Is it because you thought you were good enough to be able to be the change you want?
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
You didn't know any of this beforehand?
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
What is the context that people would need, again, with the space to do it, not worried about, because I'm so appreciative that we've done this this way, and I hate for you, the entirety of your career, I have felt like the back and forth with journalists isn't stimulating enough to you, isn't something that appeals to your greatest curiosities.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
What are the things that people need to know as someone who was in the fire of that, the context that they don't have when you say, that wasn't actually a race war that was just a basketball team that was stuck under an owner that had an organization a profound dysfunction man it was it was just extreme dysfunction like it wasn't
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
There's got to be some joy around what you're doing. There has to be.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
uh we are out of time unfortunately we were just getting to some of the good basketball stuff but i will come back dude we will do it again and before you leave here just tell the people what you want them to know about what it is that you're doing in tech because you're a business mover and shaker you have a great deal of financial acumen and artistic interest so tell the people uh where it is and how it is they can support
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
I will tell the audience, which is a very supportive financial audience, that BlackSanta.com is a thing that you want to be supporting because he is very interested in helping people. Yes. Thank you for the candor. We finally did this one right. This was good. No, you've been fucking right. We finally did it correctly. It's nice seeing you again, buddy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
You've been fucking with me for 20 years.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
Like, I don't know if two-time All-Star is the least interesting part of his story, but he's got more story to tell here. But I feel like what you have felt during the process of interviews over the course of your career A lot of gotcha, a lot of journalists trying to get you to say things and not totally understood.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
That was the last stop for grandma. She's like, we gotta.
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
And if you're walking, you can't walk. And she can't take you either, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
A safer tunnel than everything else you were dealing with. I want to talk to you, and we will get to all of this, about how it is that you walk with gratitude now and may feel like you don't deserve all of the opportunities that have come your way because the odds, I don't know that people understand what the odds are against you arriving in the places that you arrived when you talk about
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
So you play with the form and don't actually reveal anything intimate because you are careful that way. So I'm hoping that over the course of this, I can get to know you a little bit better.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
the anxiety and the PTSD. But I don't know the story and forgive my ignorance here as to how it is that you came to not have parents when the other kids are seeing that you don't have parents and are being raised by your grandparents.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
Yeah, yeah. So but how do you go from having, so you see the crack epidemic sort of just sweep through your living room? Like you see the deterioration of your parents?
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South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
and you have the childhood snapshots i remember so little of my life at that age i don't have but i grew up exile sheltered like my parents were just afraid and that was not coming through my neighborhood it was just small keep it small and and and your grandmother your grandparents were trying to keep it small but i'm talking about before then You are, it sounds like you're becoming an adult.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Baron Davis
No, I'm going to see. Yes, during the pandemic, he just made a total mockery of everything that we were doing at ESPN in a way I found delightful because at that point we were ready to leave ESPN and I felt like you were in on the joke. But I don't feel like I've gotten to know what your actual roots are, not just L.A., but like how you were raised by your grandparents.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
What were you saying, Juju?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
I don't think it's a waste of time. I do think, though, that people that are listening to this feel like they may have been sold a bill of goods because they did not think that this was going to be an area of the world where LeBron would be found in the middle of a germ off. But the last question of the germ off is to David Sampson, and it's the tiebreaker. They are now tied.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
The answer to Juju on this one I know to be, it's never happened. Has this ever happened to you, David Sampson? Have you ever broken into a veteran's house to take a shit while you're running a marathon and clogged the toilet and left without flushing? I think Juju did that too. Yes, I have. Sampson's the loser. Juju is the winner. He is the best of all the germaphones.
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Thank you for participating.
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
I am surprised by the level of confidence you are showing. Uh, David Sampson seems delighted here. We are finally at our germ off our germ of phobe off. I don't know exactly how to do this because we haven't done it before. I'm going to need honesty from the two participants. So, uh,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
in order to keep this authentic what i'm going to ask both of you to do is give me a number from one to ten ten being the worst of how you feel about what i present to you and you tell me uh honestly how you feel about the scenarios i have here so that your objective is to just be honest not win the contest because juju says david that he's more of a germaphobe than you are
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
So let's begin with Juju and let's begin with using an airplane bathroom. One to ten, Juju, on your disgust of using an airplane bathroom.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Juju, how many times have you used an airplane bathroom?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
He could smell it. That was Yankee president Randy Levine. Please put his photo up the way we did last time to embarrass Randy Levine for stinking up a bathroom airplane. I don't know whether he denied it. Did he deny it? I don't remember. Did he deny it, David? Do you remember?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Roy, how does David Sampson say the word on Juju's shirt? Teitas. Water parks, David Sampson. Water parks. How do you feel about water parks?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Nice. How about you, Juju?
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
All right. But can you give me a number of times you've been in the water at a water park, David?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Have you ever been in the water at a water park?
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
All right. I don't know if this applies to this question as well, but taking a bath at a hotel. Taking a bath at a hotel.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Juju, number of times in your life you have taken a sip from anyone else's water bottle? I already know the answer to this one.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Juju, allowing another person to feed you a bite of their food from their fork.
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Getting in bed after a long day without taking a shower, David Sampson.
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
You saw me and Matthew Kugler doing what? Touching each other's keyboards, apparently. Valerie, no? What did you see us doing in the other room? David, how do you feel about this?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Any objections, Juju, to the outdoor shower?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
I have for you here one that I think is the best one I'm asking you. But from among those that I've asked you about, which is the most disgusting one for you, David? Of all the ones that I have asked, which is the one that repulses you the most?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Amin is trying to fix my headset because I could barely hear you, Juju. And I'm also just fixated on your gear. I don't know how you got that. Everyone is trying to get the gear you're presently wearing. I'm sure they can find the sound of David Sampson saying tetas as awkwardly as David Sampson does it. Where did you get that gear?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Samson. Yeah, for sure. Bowling shoes.
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Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
All right, it's time for Thursday Thunder presented by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Juju.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
Juju bowling shoes? Have you ever worn bowling shoes? Have you ever?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: The Germ-Off (feat. JuJu Gotti & David Samson)
I think Juju is more of a germaphobe than David Sampson, but we're going to close it out with a couple of questions. And I think this is the best one I'm going to ask you. David Sampson, being involved in an orgy. Oh, wow.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
Atop your ivory tower.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
It's a song. This is a full-ass song. We should let the whole two minutes play out.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
I know that. That's one of the first things I remember in my whole life, honestly. Iconic Super Bowl commercial. That's such a lie.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
He's saying it's sad that I'm saying it's one of the first things I remember in my life. I didn't say sad. I said it's bullshit. There's no way. Am I a liar or am I lying? Lying. Number five.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
I hate Nazis. Man, we all almost yelled Mein Kampf earlier in the hour. Number four. Oh, Daily Double. Yeah, that's a sound. That's great. Number three.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
Get me a new 16. Yeah, just let it play out.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
I'm throwing Mike Malley under the bus.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
We're going to miss you. No, Dan. No, please don't go.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
No.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
Do you think that there's a chance that they did it once and then as soon as they found out, it was an immediate like, what are you doing? We have to bring the cookies back because apparently the cookies were back. So maybe the nutritionist will slap on the wrist and then continue from there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
That's great. Thank you. Yeah, well done. Look at you guys with puns. Huh? We try, man. Wow. We try out here. We're one big family.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
Was it Northern Iowa? Yeah, I think so, right? Northern Iowa? Yes. That was amazing. That run was remarkable because what it was about him, it was the receding hairline. It wasn't just that he was a short guy. It was the receding hairline as if he looked like he was already the 35-year-old accountant that he was destined to be. I was just informed that he just got the Colorado State job yesterday.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
What?
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
How do you like that?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
There you go. Bloodlines. Speaking of white guys in basketball, I mean, you and I were talking about this a little bit yesterday, but a friend of the show, Zach Harper, has been launching a campaign to really push a nickname for Nikola Jokic that is already out there, but isn't really his number one nickname.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
The number one nickname for Nikola Jokic is obviously the Joker, everybody playing off the back of his last name. But the nickname that Zach wants to push, and I want to support him on this, Big Honey. Love Big Honey as a nickname for Nikola Jokic. This giant polar bear of a man. Polar bears don't like honey. All right. Well, this giant bear of a man. Thank you.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
Who is so smooth with everything he does. Did you guys see the pass that he made yesterday? I mean, he is so ridiculous out there. And I just think the... Big Honey is one of those throwback nicknames to, like, the 1970s when we had these crazy nicknames in basketball. I mean, look at this pass that you'll see. I mean, he's ridiculous. And I love the idea of giving him a name, Nikola Big Honey.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
Does anyone here agree with me?
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
I think I'm very easy to get along with. Earlier, we were out in the commissary, and Billy walked up to Tony and Taylor. and looks at both of them and goes, he goes, hmm, I gotta change something that I said to you guys a while ago. I had told Taylor that he was in better shape than Tony, but Taylor, you're losing it. Tony's in better shape than you are.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
Which prompted, about 10 seconds later, both of them dropping to the ground and doing push-ups. I did more, by the way. And of course, Tony did more to prove his manliness.
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
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Hour 2: Enough With These Good Murderers (feat. Ronan Farrow)
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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Well, let me ask you guys this question, because the cookies and ice cream came back the very next time that LeBron wanted them. Do you believe if Pat Riley ordered that, that that's how that would have gone?
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
If Pat Riley, if LeBron is right, and look, I'm not interested in a liar, although I was really surprised to see Stephen A. Smith to simply call LeBron a liar on ESPN's airwaves because it's not something I've seen him do before. And when you say blurring the distinction between reporting and analysis, I have not seen... I'm going to try and think about this.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
If I've ever seen someone of Stephen A's stature say in this scenario, call someone like that a liar. That's something you see in the lower standard form of sports radio from people who aren't Stephen A. Smith. One of the first things Dan taught me, he said, don't call people a liar. Just say he's lying. Right. The action, not the behavior.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Yes, not the person, because you're attacking the character of somebody there. And it's just, maybe I'm wrong about this. Answer for me. Have you guys, in all the time you've been listening to Stephen A., because maybe he has done this, have you heard him say of someone, that person is a liar? Because I have not, and so I was a little alarmed to see the stakes escalated to a point.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
If we need to keep pushing the boundaries on entertainment, if we keep needing clicks, if you're aging in an industry where you have to keep up and you have to continue to be ahead of everyone else and you are Stephen A. Smith, a conqueror, you keep pushing the line toward places where it becomes what a mean of all people is pearl clutching on. Commissioner, please save me from the content.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. If you lie one time, are you a liar?
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Billy, I need your help with something here because I found that my lack of enthusiasm for our March Sadness Tournament is something that has crippled the last couple of years of tournaments that we have thrown together. Can we update our March Sadness Tournament, which I believe is aggressively trying to annoy me?
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
The Caspian. But what are you defending him against? Because our show can thank its economy to LeBron James. Sure. The entirety of our show, given what South Florida sports has been for 20 years and given what ESPN built for us specifically upon LeBron's arrival in Miami, what are you objecting to? Brian Winhurst is exceptional at his job, hard stop.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Again, it's fan voting, and he's going to sit right next to you. When this was being discussed the first time, I heard Billy enjoying. He didn't know I was hearing this and not enjoying it. I heard Billy enjoying the idea of fans being able to vote
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
just learning on their own, figuring it out on their own, that the person who needs to win is the one that Dan would least like to spend four hours with. And I'm someone who loves our fans. More than any of you guys, I actually spend time with these people, talking to them for hours the way you do not. What?
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I just want to be clear on how it is you have me doing this. You have me in a fine robe in some fabric of, what is it, silk? I just want to be clear.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Brian Windhorst is an incredibly hard worker, hard stop. And Brian Windhorst is also disliked because people simply think that he has been at the economy of LeBron since he was young, which he has been. It has been very profitable for a lot of people to be around the economy of LeBron.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I'm behind a velvet robe. I'm in Shangri-La.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I do not want to call our listeners the most loyal I've seen in this medium, Gen Pop. I'm part of them. I'm in the general population. That's what Gen Pop stands for. It doesn't make it any better that you're a fellow prisoner. You're calling our listeners criminals who don't deserve freedom. And I'd like you to not do that while saying that you're better with the fans than all of us are.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
It's lots of people. But when you say ignorance is repeated, I've told you this before, and it's one of the most dismaying things, maybe the most dismaying thing about my professional feelings about journalism is that I care about what it is deeply and the minutia of it. And people do not. They just and furthermore, I can't think of an maybe maybe lawyers use car salesmen.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I don't I can't think of an occupation that will get a more visceral reaction from somebody. I don't like that person. Then media like like media creates a great people. Really? I underestimated how much people hate the media.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
An emotional Amin keeps talking during the break about his and our beloved Brian Windhorst, inaugural member of the Jonathan Zaslow Toole Hall of Fame. Amin is friends with Brian. No, I've never heard him say it out loud. I like Brian Windhorst and I know him a little bit. I cannot call myself a friend of Brian Windhorst, but I have admired the work that he has done for a long time.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
But isn't that happening all the times in arguments where there's a confirmation bias on you want to just reaffirm your feelings?
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I just don't know well and know him well enough to I would say we're very friendly, but friends like I don't you know, you got to you have to if you have someone who you consider a friend, isn't that a person you've gone to dinner or lunch or coffee with once like or that you've done something socially with them outside of work?
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Isn't that generally where it is that you guys would put friendship or it's just most of my friends are work friends. So maybe maybe that's not your trainer. Yes, that's correct.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Yesterday, when you guys talk about some of the stuff that happens around Windhorse and journalism, and do you guys not know how this stuff works? I found myself somewhere in the center of this yesterday, appropriately enough around the food, because a lot of people were informing me. that something that I quote-unquote reported was also rebutted by LeBron, and people believe LeBron's side now.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
After Dwayne Wade said it and after Mario Chalmers said it, now LeBron has confirmed it. So this is the only sound I actually want to play from that LeBron and McAfee thing.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
i mean d weighs millions and my cookies i was like okay maybe i made it all the same i was like okay it wasn't that bad so uh what happened yesterday because i had uh said that never in my life covering the heat had i heard from so many people saying that that story was not true so people hear lebron say it and say see lebitard you're wrong and i'm like i don't
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I don't know if I'm wrong, I know LeBron thinks that this is the reason this happened. That's clearly why he and all of his teammates think the reason this happened is because Pat Riley took away his cookies. But I received calls from a number of people who weren't Pat Riley, because Pat Riley would not care about this, and I sure as shit would never waste his time by asking him about this.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I received more calls from people in protection of Pat Riley than I've ever received about anything. And it wasn't because they were wanting me to report that. Why would anybody report about cookies and ice cream? And why would I care one way or the other about cookies and ice cream? They were doing it because they simply, well, I would care about cookies and ice cream.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
And your defense of Brian Windhorst during the break, what were you getting mad about while you were staring at your phone?
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
Yeah, that's true. But for some reason, they all pointed out that it was the nutritionist who made that decision, that it was not Pat Riley. And I told you that. And so I was reporting that sort of with a wink. But a lot of people enjoyed the idea that I might be wrong when those same people are calling me yesterday after LeBron says this and saying it's not true.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
But I'm telling you, though, that people assume because of what they think of journalism that that's me speaking wrong. Through Pat Riley for Pat Riley. And I'm telling you that it wasn't that that's not that's not how any of that came to be the denial of that story. And the reason that story is being denied is because it's being told 10 years later at a time. Right.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
I understand why those people are reaching out to me because they see the heat and crisis and they see at the end of his career that Pat Riley is, is being portrayed in a way that's not in any way player friendly. Like that, that, that is, that is hostile to someone who is valuable that you don't want to piss off.
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Hour 1: Atop Dan Le Batard's Ivory Tower
And it, I understand that he players believe that, but there is a real disconnect between whatever it is LeBron thought that was or whatever it is that felt to around his teammates and who was actually responsible for doing that to LeBron.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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You're asking them to understand journalism when they hate media. Not understand journalism.
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I didn't ask anybody anything.
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I'm surprised, Billy, at the delight you're taking in Restrepo being bad.
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Billy, why are you taking delight in... I didn't take delight.
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Stugatz. Yeah. La Careta is a place where the best of the celebrations has to be the 97 Marlins celebration because it was Levon Hernandez.
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Do you guys all feel that? Do you feel opening day? One of the best play-by-play announcers in any sport. You can hear him on Fox calling college football, basketball, and NFL games. He's also the television voice of the Detroit Tigers and has been appearing enough that I think he has graduated to friend of the show. Has he graduated to friend of the show yet? Oh, look how happy he is.
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He doesn't want to be. If you guys want to vote on this, I think he has, and he seems excited, but we can vote if you guys don't think he's yet qualified and needs to audition more for Friend of the Show.
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Billy Gill, that was some pizzazz that you sold all of that with. That was some energy. I want to tell you guys a story here from this morning that made me laugh. Did any of you see this morning Dave McMenamin on SportsCenter? Because I was walking past a television with my friend, and I asked my friend,
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All right, so that's a vote for yes, because I thought it would be funnier if you guys all voted no.
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And your mental health. Oh, that's good. Yes. Let's do it. Let's do it that way. Let's in a different voice each time. Answer the questions. Give me some poems about opening day. Jason Benetti, thank you for joining us. But opening day is such a charming time and such a beautiful, romantic time for baseball purists where they can speak about hope.
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So in whatever voice you choose, please give us some baseball poetry.
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All right. Can you hear me now? Hello. Yeah, go ahead. Go ahead. All right. Let's put him down and get this right so that the enthusiasm. Not put him down.
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What is with you and the impressions today? You've launched like seven of them. I mean, it's very theatric.
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None of the other impersonations. I don't understand what one of those impersonations was. Which one? The grandfather?
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The German one. No, no, no. That was not the problematic one. I don't know. The Italian one? No, no. There was another one in there somewhere. You'll never be lonely with me, kid. Akbar?
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There were a lot of them in there. And I guess that I don't know whether you guys remember sort of when... journalists, writers specifically, wrote about baseball in a way that sports has never been written about. Like Frank the Ford, do you mean? Yes, it was all the poetry of baseball representing America and representing all the best things about America when you can just go home.
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The goal is just to get home. And so I asked Jason Bonetti, a baseball poet, hopefully that has a Zoom that works this time because he's dangerously close not to being a friend of the show. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no. Not that.
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Well, friends of the show need to have working communications. I know, I know.
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Very near Albuquerque. Go ahead and give us a baseball poem of some sort about what baseball opening day means to you.
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Is that a haiku? You know what I'm talking about, though. A different time in America when the baseball writers would write about what this day is, but it is this day for people like you. For people who love baseball, I don't know if this is the best day, but it's the second best day.
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because he had what was normal skin color everywhere except around his eyes, I said, is that a makeup issue or is that a sunburn because he was wearing sunglasses? And I thought those were the only two options.
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That's up to you. You're the entertainer here.
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Billy, are you laughing because Benetti chose an obscure impression for us?
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Yeah. uh sure no no don't listen to him no but eddie you're a professional but okay i'll do whatever i want don't listen to him he like him offering you advice on how to be entertaining request is is the wrong is the wrong way to go but eddie make you be your own man okay so what if i learn from really good people like norm mcdonald is that okay yes that is much better
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Jason, don't listen to him, please. Oh my gosh.
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That is correct. He enjoyed weird and awkward.
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What are you most excited about this baseball season well beyond your Tigers?
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but my friend matter of factly with great confidence and this was a bit startling to me because again i hadn't considered a third option said just walking by out of the side of his mouth tanning booth And I thought that was a great accusation to make. And I thought it was more accurate than what I was saying. Because I've had makeup done like that before.
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You said super team to beat all super teams, and I was having this discussion with David Sampson the other day when I said, when you've got an over-under on wins for the season of 104.5 for the Dodgers, that I can start assembling the argument that that's the best roster ever assembled, if that's where you're going to put the expectations. And he countered.
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by saying that the Mariners won whatever it was, 116 games one season, but they weren't expected to do that. No one's ever expected, Jason, to win 100. The idea that I could lose a bet before the season if the Dodgers win 104 games is not something I've ever seen in baseball before.
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And we've seen Joe Zagacki, the local broadcasting legend down here, when he got sunburned. And this, that was quick. This summoned that thought today, seeing McMenamin on television. I thought he was sunburned. And I was surprised that I could make confidently now the accusation publicly of tanning Booth.
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No, I'm so glad he did ask. I'm so glad. I asked you to not listen to him, Benetti. You're very bad at instructions.
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Or was it? There he is. Don't listen to him, Benetti.
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Well, you know what's funny about you asking that question is I was going to say, because I was in the gym here in the hotel, the gym, but I didn't want the mockery that I was going to get. No, that would have been cool.
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And it was my trainer. And I didn't want those jokes either.
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No, she tried to do it.
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That's why he's in the gym with the trainer, making sure his core strength's right.
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Okay, no, but all of this is why I said. Do you guys have any idea the number of things like that I have to do daily in order to avoid the piranhas feeding? To just hide from us. Almost every sentence requires me to edit it before I say it because I know where the piranha are on this show.
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And that's one of them. That's one of them with the biggest teeth.
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But the problem was McMenamin was on today. No one cares. We wouldn't have done that.
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Again, you guys don't seem to know the internet. Be a better liar. Yeah, you guys don't seem to understand how this goes for me.
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Well, I was camouflaging it today. is what I was trying to do. Okay, thank you guys. You guys are great at being able to figure out what I need to do to avoid the internet's cruelty. This is constructive criticism. It's helpful.
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Did you call it hippoflage?
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What would that mean? It is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
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What an incredible enthusiasm for the last Boy Scout.
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I know, except that was the improbable football story of someone being shot with a gun during a game because the running back had a gun. Could happen. It could not happen.
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I guess it could happen. I suppose it could happen, but it seems unrealistic.
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Yeah, I remember Billy saying this back when we were in the Cleveland area. Kevin Nealon just said it to Burt Kreischer's face where Burt Kreischer was showing him photos of him sculpted when he was young and Kevin Nealon right to his face, deadpan. You've let yourself go. And this is after Chrysler's lost 50 pounds and stuff.
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I'm familiar with those faces. I mean, one greets me in the mirror every morning, 7 a.m., when I walk past McMenamin and make fun of his face with my fat face.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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You guys, please reach out to McMenamin on behalf of our show. Do some journalism here and either get him on or ask him whether he can just verify for us whatever it is was happening.
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Just see if you guys can reach out to him, please, for me so that I could just get to the bottom of this, even if he has to no comment. I want to do the hard hitting journal journalism. Ronan Farrow is going to join us later in the show to do less hard hitting journalism. Billy, how do you feel about opening day and your beloved Marlins, but mostly opening day?
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Everyone's in last place. No, wait. Everyone's not in first. Second to last.
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The Dodgers have played two games, so everyone's a game back. A game back, okay.
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Well, I wanted to ask you guys about, I don't know if the nation at large cares at all about Sandy Alcantara, even though he has won a Cy Young, but it is legitimately, in a lifetime in sports, one of the very few times that I was up close to physically something that represented something I had never seen before.
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When I saw Michael Vick for the first time and he made an athlete like Jason Taylor look like Jason Taylor wasn't an athlete and I'm on the sideline watching it, I just couldn't believe what I was seeing.
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You mentioned yesterday being surprised by the amount of international flavor at the arena to see Steph Curry because when you see that in person, you simply don't under, when you're close to, when you're physically close to the court and you can see the size of the people and you can see how far The three-point line actually is from the basket. What's happening there doesn't compute.
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When I sat behind home plate and I watched Sandy pitch, I'm like, no one can hit that. And Skeens is supposed to be better, isn't he?
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Like, I don't think there is a pitcher that can be a lot better than Sandy was the Cy Young season, but Skeens' rookie card that's one of a kind that goes for $1.1 million does so because the Pittsburgh Pirates have someone who's supposed to be better than Sandy because he throws 100 miles an hour instead of 98. Yeah.
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Yes, you're right. It's all pretty ridiculous, more so than it's ever been, because every bullpen arm can do something like that. But it isn't the same. I will tell you that it's not. What I was watching, there were any number of pitchers who threw in that game, and watching that one, It looks different. It all looked and it sounded different.
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It was something that I was having trouble processing because I covered Major League Baseball for a season and when I didn't. Here you go. You wanted this?
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Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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He is a nine-year college player.
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Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo.
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I think? LeBron on McAfee? That's what my guess is going to be, LeBron on McAfee. No, well, it's adjacent. Stephen A. I love the confidence. I love the confidence of I absolutely know what it is I think. That should be a life principle for you. Like to peter out at the end with I think. I absolutely know something I don't absolutely know.
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So Amin said in the middle of that, Amin said, who cares? And my answer to that would be, he does. He cares about the cattle? He cares about working on something for many, many years and not being able to show it to people. While people journal, I will tell you that when I write, I don't write to put it in a drawer.
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But I want a small, I want to stop for a second and just ask, as I often do, too much, way too much about origins. Why is there smoke blowing up an ass? Like, what is happening there? It feels good, Dan. Does it? It does. You ever had smoke blowing up your ass?
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I don't know whether that is yuck or yum. Tingles. I'm unfamiliar.
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I'm very pro-yum. I would say that that is exactly the kingdom that he rules over. Yucks and yums. King yum, that's me. And he just makes them collide together. So yesterday, and this was interesting to me because we have seen over the years sort of the morphing of...
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Sports reporting and sports entertainment and big stars merging so that whatever the entity is, in this case, it's ESPN and Stephen A. Smith and LeBron James. And I cannot resist the sirens call. This is all great content for the machine. It is funny to me that everyone here is being more childish than Bronny because Stephen A. is calling LeBron a liar, which I have not seen him do a lot of.
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Like, that seems like an escalation. Stephen A. calling anybody a liar on television. I don't think that's something he does all of the time, I think.
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that is very strong as we continue to push the boundaries on these relationships and as Stephen A gets rewarded for all the things that he is, and as LeBron goes on McAfee and they create content between all of the shows and try to get integration between all of the shows, You get LeBron saying, yeah, sure, Stephen A wants to sit this out. He says he didn't want to talk about it. Sure.
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And then he puts him in tighty white. He's eating ice cream, enjoying that LeBron confronted him during a game. But the childishness in it, beyond I would have swung at him and he would have kicked my ass and all the nonsense that men do. when they're being silly around the soap opera. The idea that LeBron is mad and that Stephen A thinks he's mad and keeps coming at him with, you're not my goat.
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You're not the best. You're the second best. Shannon Sharp thinks you're the best. It's seven-year-olds. That's how seven-year-olds would do all of this. And it is passing for content I cannot resist. You can't resist it.
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Where do you get your media news these days? Where do you get the trades? What are the trades?
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I haven't. A lot of NBA players texting me, and I couldn't, like, sort through that.
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It's embarrassing. You're interesting in this respect because two things are in play that have been interesting watching you in this world over the last several years make a career, the career that you have as you, like all of us, have aged.
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You're not wrong in saying that this is shameful, but you are protecting your beloved sport and asking the commissioner to step in on famous people doing what is the natural evolution of everything we've been doing over the last 15 years in media with and around LeBron. This is all part of the game for the last 15 years on what these two human beings have wrought near and around this sport.
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Several people. I think it's Ryan. I don't think it's Brian. I said Ryan. Oh, did you?
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And when you say it's bad for the sport and the commissioner should step in, I think you're wrong. Now, it could be bad for the sport in that you're tired of storylines that we're talking about drama instead of that. As the oldest player in the league, he makes the last shot against Indiana on the road last night at the buzzer. And we're going to talk about all the other garbage instead of that.
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Instead of the game, you'd be right there. but you sound like you're clutching rosary beads in protection of your sport. As the media and game evolve around it, and as those two aging superstars, Stephen A and LeBron, try to keep up in the modern game of attention is currency.
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You really, on opening day, you showed your baseball ignorance there. Jessica thought I had a bad analogy. Bukshambi against Jazz Chisholm is not Stephen A. Smith against LeBron James.
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Yes, but it's a different age, and the two people, no? Is it still money? Is it still money? It is still money, but I will tell you, having run into these clashes at ESPN with Rob Manfred, who was trying to control what I was saying,
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that espn could not do that to me and while steven a is the only person at that company who has told me on the phone after a conflict with that company hey dan you can't go against the company i would say that steven a's present power is such that he could absolutely buck the people involved and if
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Adam Silver calls him, I'd say he's got a responsibility to report that, that he's got a responsibility to tell people that Adam Silver has called him and tried to mute the conflict as a journalist.
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I don't know when Russell Wilson's professional career began, but if you had told me in 2010, if you had come up to me and said, you're not going to believe this, but in 2025, you're not just going to be talking about what LeBron James said. You're going to be talking about what he did in 2025, 15 years ago, while a Russell Wilson signing makes you profoundly sad.
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I would not have had the ability to understand what you were talking about because Russell Wilson going to the Giants, I saw that happen. I'm like, oh, two lonely people met and are not going to find love. That's not going to end in the way that anyone thinks it's going to end, and it just made me sad.
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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I think it's a fling that you regret, though, at the beginning. You don't regret the fling before you partake in the fling. You don't regret the fling. Like, I think it's something that you're in your house afterward and you're a little bit of, you don't like how all of that went.
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Okay, except for... He's not old. He's not an old person. Russell Wilson, to me, if you give me word association, that's a vibrant, spry, athletic personality that plays the position differently than a lot of people do. How old is he?
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Brady played another 10 years. It's not young, but the Giants just took Russell Wilson over the 42-year-old guy who might be your quarterback in Pittsburgh. That's the only remaining door that's open there. How do you feel as a Steeler fan about what just happened there?
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You lose Russell Wilson, who gave you a winning season, and it would appear that the only option left, the only musical chairs left for Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, are the loneliest of lonely meetups because Russell Wilson and the Giants just paired up, leaving them no options.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
Amin just hit me with a voice that was kind of between on the spectrum, lecherous and seductive. And he said to me by way of good morning, and I'd be curious what you guys would guess he was talking about. He's like, Dan, are you going to be able to resist the sirens call? Are you going to be able today to resist it? Do you guys have any guesses on what the sirens call is? Opening day.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
Yes, Roy, that was an Italian impersonation, but he only did it with his fingers. You couldn't tell from his voice.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Is my culture your costume?
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
That's a good idea, Billy. You're always helpful that way. Excellent work by you. Always helpful, Ally. We'll work on it. Luckily, there's a lot of source material you could go off of. Exceptional. You want to try that one? Billy, since you're so helpful.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
I was. Taylor was in the kitchen, and I know I said less Taylor, but Taylor had an opinion that I wanted to put on the poll as well, because he's like, smoothies are fruit. He didn't like that there were green smoothies over there, so just put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Smoothies are fruit, yes or no? because the greens are still out there.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
Like I saw that all the smoothies, whatever the colored smoothies were.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
Now I don't even want to say fruits.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
So you guys do this one all the time. I want to ask you about this because I understand when people have a lot of money or are married to someone that you think is wonderful, how it is that we arrive. That person can't be sad because they have things. Hold on, Dan.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
You guys are assuming that I'm sad for Russell Wilson here. Just the whole thing.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
The whole thing made me sad. That something has to exist in the sport to feed at the bottom of the standings in that division that is only existing to lose to everyone else. That a champion's career ends with that as the punctuation bums me out. But not for him, just for everybody involved.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
Yes. And I think he still wants to be great, and it's not possible. And I think that part, when anyone is afflicted with it, is something that when you're a champion and have had that kind of confidence, is a hard thing to overcome. But the reason that I wanted to tie it back into a conversation that we were having yesterday that we just sort of skipped past, because you guys are like, well...
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
That's what Jeremy whispered to me. That was a different conversation. Oh, I can't wait. It's going to be a fast opening day. It's going to take an hour and a half. What did you say, Billy? I didn't hear you. You said I might earn my bonus tonight. Would have been a funny joke.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
gets his money, gets his things, what difference does it make? We were talking about what I thought was the very particular awful pain of Ezra Edelman going from making the O.J. documentary to having to meet the expectations after the O.J. documentary, spending years with the Prince documentary, and then not being able to show it to anybody, probably got a sum of money. Do you think that money
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
makes him feel okay about what happened there? I'm guessing that if I talked to Ezra Edelman, he would say there was no amount of money that would keep him from releasing that to the world, and you guys were all shrugging your shoulders.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
That seemed like a particular kind of imprisonment for a creative person, to spend years obsessively compulsively working on something, to know that it is great, and to not be able to show it to anybody. Well, release it then. Can I? Why can't he? Because it'll be a lawsuit.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
I'm saying there's not an amount of money he could get to not release that, that he could get. There's an amount of money you could take away from him.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
trying to make a great analogy compared to Russell Wilson. I'm tying it to an incomplete conversation that we had yesterday about the ways that you guys dismiss pain because someone gets something in return for the pain as if the pain is not pain just because you get a few dollars.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
I'm not doing that anymore as a conversation. I transitioned already.
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Local Hour: Dan's Great Analogy
It's fine. Move on. What do you think the siren's call is? Hmm.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
What's going on here, man? Hey, hey, hey. Oh, oh, oh. Famously black Louies.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Did anyone call him a loser? Did anybody here call him a loser? Dan tried to project that on us while he was stirring shit, but I think we all pushed back and said, no, it's a tale of what if. What could have been? And we also gave him Olympic gold flowers.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Well, he mentioned that he was a fan of Jessica's prior to that. So it made me think that he was listening to our show.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Well, but this is the thing, though, that I later in life, okay, as I have spent a lot of time examining where it is that I've been competitive and discarded some of the things later in life that... Ich habe so viele Athleten und Trainer gesprochen, und ich habe immer das Vergnügen gehört, dass ich es mehr genossen hätte, während ich es gemacht habe.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Ich war so bedroht von der Menge von Leuten, die nach mir kamen und das Gleiche wollten. Wir sprechen über meine Lebensqualität. Ich sage nicht das. Ich sage viele der Dinge, die dich erfolgreich machen,
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Let me ask you guys this as it relates to our environment, because we've been talking about for a couple of weeks here, I thought you guys wanted a loose rein. I think most people listening to this would think that they would want to work in this environment. But this environment has a general lack of consequences. I'll give you one example.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
I've been saying for I don't know how many years now that I would like people to wear costumes and Oh, du meinst dieses Umfeld? Na ja, ich spreche jetzt über dieses Umfeld. Ich spreche jetzt darüber, was Menschen erfolgreich macht und ohne Folgen.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Ich schätze, dass wenn morgen, und das wäre lustig, es wäre lustig, wenn ich jemanden zum ersten Mal verabschiedet hätte und die Grund war, dass er keine Kostüme trägt. Ich schätze, dass dann die Leute ihre Kostüme tragen würden und die Audienz den Ausgleich von der Krise des Todes bekommen würde.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Agreed. But it would be better. It would be better as a show if we got the costume. That's my point.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
That is correct. But the show would be better. To Amin's point. It would not be better if we lost Chris Cody. No, the show would be better if that day... Costumes were worn and then the show would get better every time costumes are worn.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
I'm saying that a means point on this one would be, yes, people would like to work here less, but you might get a better result on consequences and accountability because we do have those problems here. They're legion.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Ich glaube, diese Geschichte, die Jordan Schultz-Ian Rappaport-Geschichte, wurde von PFT verbrochen, von Pardon My Take. Ich glaube, er war der eine, Inter, ist das nicht der eine, der sich verbreitet hat?
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
The argument to have is, do you get better results from your employees if you make it a nice, comfortable place to work or if you make it an uncomfortable place? Aber wenn es um Kostüme geht, ist das ziemlich einfach. I'll give you costumes.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Okay, dann schauen wir mal, ob es die echte oder die falsche PFT war, die die Geschichte des Kombines verbreitet hat.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Was ist es mit Medienkampf, das etwas macht, was alle interessiert sind? Als ich gestern gesagt habe, dass einige der Nachrichten, die aus dem Scouting-Kombin kamen, weil die Informationen die Leute mit den Fußball-Mitgliedern sammeln, Das ist ein Teil der News, die gestern rausgekommen ist, dass Jamar Chase der höchstbetroffene Nicht-Quarterback in der Liga sein wird.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Louis hat gerade in meinem Hals gesagt, vielleicht habe ich den Satz richtig gesetzt, auch eine hostile Arbeitsumgebung. Das ist nur der Kommentar, den ich gerade in meinem Hals bekommen habe.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Ich habe gehört, was Amin gesagt hat und ich frage mich, ich weiß, dass der Publikum, ihr habt mich vorher gesagt, Sportfans wollen, dass ihr Team von einem Boss ausgerüstet wird, den sie selbst nicht haben würden. Und Amin sagt dir, dass im Grunde genommen, je beseitiger der Arbeitsumfang ist, desto mehr wahrscheinlich ich bin, die Ergebnisse zu bekommen, die ich möchte.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Is he still tied to the headset in the other room? That cord is gonna break and hit someone in the head. That cord cannot be this long that it allows him to be stuck to things. Is it still interfering with your board over there? You don't get the show. Is it still knocking over buttons and stuff?
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Es macht keinen Sinn, dass er da stehen würde und die Tony-Musik überknocken würde, glaube ich nicht.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Das wurde verurteilt, dass Gronkh einen Comeback machte. Gronkh negiert das, aber die Raiders könnten für Cam Ward handeln. I guess we're doing Don't Look Now, even though that's not what I thought we were doing.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
It's long past annoying. Mike, you need to look now. Yeah, you need to... I release... Are we gonna get Jordan Schultz? Because he was a friend of the show and now he's running away. Ain't told Monday. It's a little late.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Everyone's gonna have fed at that particular trough by Monday.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Jessica, du artikulierst eine Leidenschaft, dass jeder in St. Elmo in Indianapolis an einem Event ist. Was ist das Spaß, das du von diesem Event bekommst, das ich nicht sehe? Ist es nur die Waffe des Fußballes?
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Do all of you wish that you were there? The scouting combine is something that fills you with yearning and oogling?
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Wann hat Armstead, der Dolphins Left Tackle, am Combine gespielt? Ich glaube, das war vor 10 oder 11 Jahren. Ich weiß nicht, wie groß und wie viel er ist, aber er hat einen 4-7-1 gespielt. Ich glaube, das bleibt der schnellste Zeitpunkt, den ein offensiver Mann am Combine gespielt hat.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Der Scouting-Kombin produziert viele Athleten-Freak-Nummern. War es Worthy, der die schnellste 40-Tage in der Geschichte des Kombins hatte? Denn diese Jungs haben so gut an den Mechaniken des 40-Kombins gespielt, oder an den Tests, ob es mit dem Fußball zu tun hat oder nicht.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Von den Nummern, die wir gerade diskutiert haben, weiß ich nicht, ob die am meisten erstaunlichste Sache in den Nummern ist, dass der schnellste Kombinierzeitjahr jemals wert ist und dass eine halbe Sekunde später ist, als Armstead den 40-Jahr-Dash als left tackle beendet hat.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
dass die Unterschiede in der Geschwindigkeit zwischen dem schnellsten Mann im Sport und dem schnellsten Mann, der bei der Kombination testet, und einem linken Treffer eine halbe Sekunde sind.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Denkst du, dass jeder von uns in einem halben Sekund einen 4-7-1 von Armstädt kommen könnte? Zu hören, dass ein offensiver Lineman einen 4-7-1 hat, ist total verrückt. Er hat auch einen 34,5-Inch-Vertical-Jump.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Können wir bitte den Sound spielen von Mike McDaniel, der diese Woche darüber gesprochen hat, was es ist, was die Dolphins brauchen? Weil die Idee, dass die Dolphins immer noch... Ich habe den ganzen Jahr lang gehört, dass die Dolphins darüber sprechen, wie sie sich auf der offensiven Linie verbessern müssen.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
How people win at football, correct? Like I understand that this has been true since the beginning of time, but we had a space age movement to all the young coaches, all the guys throwing quick routes and scheming and then they go back to, no, we're just going to maul you. We're just going to maul you with our offensive linemen and we're going to have Sirianni do it.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
und Saquon Barkley wird dir in den Mund gehen. Heißt das, dass wir jetzt auf Teams schauen, um alle Offensivleinwohner rauszuholen? Denn eines der großen News-Items, die aus der Liga kamen, aus der Scouting-Kombine, war, dass ein Team über den Tusch-Push verurteilt hat. A-Team wants it banned. And then Diana Rossini reported, that team is the Packers.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
The Packers have said that they don't want that play to exist in the sport. The Eagles and a lot of people say, if you don't want us to run the play, stop it. But... Ich würde sagen, der Tusch-Push ist schlecht für diesen Sport.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Ich würde sagen, ich möchte nicht, dass meine Kunden von vier Scrums im Spiel unterdrückt werden, wenn ich nur 11 Minuten Action habe und vier von ihnen dumme Rugby-Scrums werden, die nicht nur Leute verletzen können, sondern nur sagen, wir werden versuchen, 6 Inch zu bekommen, weil du uns nie von 6 Inchen stoppen kannst. Das ist nicht unterdrückend.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Wenn das, worum du dich interessierst, für ein Fernsehprodukt hergestellt wird, dann ist das nicht etwas, was deine Kunden lieben werden.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Well, they lost. Their season ended because they weren't good enough at it at the end.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
You say it's unstoppable, but it's been stopped. For the Eagles, specifically. No, but they have also been stopped. I understand that they're exceptional at it and they don't get stopped very much. I'm just talking about what is entertaining and what's not entertaining. Already, you've got too many of these games are 1917.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Already, there's too much, there's been a reworking that makes the defenses, they've caught up some to the offense.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
You must bounce on it. That TikTok. Crazy style. Oh!
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Oh, remember that? Just empty it. Empty the clip. I mean, I got 20 seconds of show left and I couldn't do anything with offensive linemen. He wants to wander around. Gotcha!
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
He just fell. I'm gonna fire somebody today. I am gonna fire somebody. And watch, everybody will be wearing costumes. Hey, Stugatz was right? Holy s***, Stugatz was right!
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Ist es nicht ein schlechtes Draft? Ich meine, die Top 10 sind gut, aber wird es dann nach dem Draft nicht schlecht werden?
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Ich dachte, es war ein schlechtes Draft im Allgemeinen. Habe ich nicht Adam Schefter gesagt, dass das, was du an Nummer 10 hast, normalerweise an Nummer 35 ist? Ist das nicht das, was ich gerade Adam Schefter gesagt habe? Schau dir das jetzt an, aber Mike spricht nicht mit dem Mike.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Anthony Richardson hat gespielt wie was? College und Pro? 20 Starts? Wie viele Starts hat Anthony Richardson? Ich schaue nicht.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Thank you. One of my three favorite words.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Yeah, we do have it. Let's check in with some podcasts.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Let's go to some podcaster on podcaster crime here. We've got two very good podcasts that may or may not be feuding with each other. It is what it is with Cam and Mace. And you've got Shannon Sharp and Ocho Cinco have Nightcap. And so let's play the sound of Cameron going after Ocho Cinco in a way that caught some people off guard yesterday.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Oh mein Gott. Wir haben hier nicht genug Fleisch. Wir machen nur Gary Furman.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Yeah, that's what he wants. You love beef.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
I don't need to make you guys beef. You guys beef naturally. Yesterday's my note-taking was interrupted by Jeremy, who's the nicest among us, shouting at Fuentes, you're a short-sighted moron. That's right.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
How dare you accuse me blasphemously of producing that particular popcorn? You'd know it was mine. It would be sprinkled with all sorts of mysteries and magic.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
You can't? Mike, get away from the computer, please. Yeah, Mike, Mike, just, you're all tangled up here. Nope, it's not time for a game.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Mike, get back in your place, man. You're just fouling up everything with your Don't Look Up thing. You were supposed to tell him he could... Don't look now. Were we supposed to release him from Don't Look Now? I don't know how this bit works. I don't know what it is.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Can you guys tell me whether or not you met yesterday's news of the NFLPA polling of franchises that treat their employees best with a yawn when we celebrated it when the Dolphins were winning and Mike McDaniel was turning things around. But when you get the reports that yesterday... für das zweite Jahr lang.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Die Vikings und die Dolphins sind die beiden Teams, die ihre Mitarbeiter am besten behandeln. Es fühlte sich wie eine charmerere Geschichte an, als alle ein bisschen mehr liebten, was Mike McDaniel und die Dolphins gemacht haben. Jetzt sind sie unter etwas Druck und Wärme, und es landet so, als ob er die Mitarbeiter ein bisschen schlimmer behandeln muss.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Sie lieben Andy Reid. Was lustig an Andy Reid und den Chiefs ist, dass die Chiefs als Organisation sehr schlechte Grades bekommen, Grades, die wie Woody Johnsons sind, aber jeder liebt Andy Reid. Sie legen also alle Fälle andersherum. Keiner hat die Verantwortung auf den Mann, der die Kultur kreiert.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
You guys think that that... You guys are going to do correlation, causation. What are you guys going to do with the idea of... Because Belichick notoriously... Darkness. It was dark and cold. Everything Patriots was dark and cold. You're going to make a link. I guess I could probably do it in football. Maybe I can make a link between...
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Die Menge an Disziplin, die Menge an Iron Fist, die die Spieler bekommen. Aber ich würde beachten, dass die meisten Spieler es nicht mögen, unter Bedingungen zu spielen, die es machen, dass Woody Johnson ein F bekommt. Oder wir sprechen nur von Abständen, die die Minor League fühlen. In einigen Fällen sagen die Mitarbeiter, das fühlt sich nicht professionell an.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
Es fühlt sich nicht an, als wäre es die Major League. at the top of my business.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
I'm shocked by what Amin is saying. He is basically saying that in order to win, you've got a better chance of winning in sports if you're an asshole to your employee. That's what he's saying.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
We only have an hour left and a postgame show to hunt down Jordan Schultz, a friend of the show, on a verbally accosting Ian Rappaport at a Starbucks in Indianapolis. We need more information on that story. All of us are interested in what the accosting consisted of.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
I think anywhere I find competitive people and excellence, I'm going to find a lack of general balance. I think I'm going to find a whole bunch of people who are lopsided. It is very difficult to compete against everybody who's super competitive at being excellent when... They're doing things that give them life balance and you're consumed by your job every day.
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Hour 2: Don't Look Now
But I'm talking about two different things there. I'm not talking about life balance. You're actively saying, you're saying that there is a link. I'm going to win more if my employees have to make sacrifices that make them feel unappreciated in their environment because, say, the amenities in the kitchen are less than the dolphins or the vikings have.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I feel like people here find Hoosiers overrated. Oh, I'm sorry.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
That wouldn't even be in his top ten, I don't think. Put it on the poll at Lebanon. We'll be right back. Before you came on, I was talking about how the news anchor is dead. And I remember when it happened, actually, when Jon Stewart became America's most trusted newsman, replacing all of the previous network anchors. America said that they wanted their news from a comedian. How did we get here?
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I wish that hadn't been. I feel like we could have done that better than we've done it.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
That's what he chose. Michael, thank you for joining us. Thank you. Which of those careers is lonelier?
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Are you somebody who is trying to laugh to keep from crying at the daily news events that are happening that make America shake?
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Excellent dismount. Thank you. Thank you, Michael. Good talking to you. Again, a reminder, the name of the book is Lucky Loser, and it's available to pre-order now, and it'll be available everywhere March 11th. Pleasure talking to you, sir.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
All right. I preferred your previous one, but you get to choose, sir. Thank you. Nice talking to you. Thank you. Bye.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Aggressive description. I mean, what is that? I'm just saying.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Lincoln, who you outed the other day? Don't make this a rejoin. This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Amin, I wanted to talk to you about the numbers that came in on Luka and the Lakers versus Dallas and the fact that 2.5 million viewers, which seems like a small number to me, but it represents a giant number for the NBA in regular season. Now, even though it's a million less than White Lotus did for its second episode.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
So that's a real good number. The part that I wanted to talk to you about, though, it's a real good number for the time. It doesn't seem like a real good number, but I question all the numbers these days. But the thing that I wanted to use that to discuss is all of the smearing and leaking that the Mavs are now doing privately.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
And one of the leaks, right, I saw that a lot of people were making fun of this, was the general fear of Luka's physical deterioration because he likes the beer and the hookah too much. Those two things combined. And while I know a lot of people are looking at that and saying to themselves, this is a ridiculous way to smear a professional athlete who is as great as that one is, I got to be honest.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
If you're someone who likes the beer and hookah a little too much, I don't trust you as much as I would as an athlete either.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I'm just saying, I'm not going to say it's a lot less, but if you like the specifics of the beer and the hookah too much, I'm not even talking about liquor, I'm talking about beer, that you love to drink beer and you love to hang out with the hookah, I am also going to have a question about whether to give you the Supermax by one degree that I wouldn't have had if you didn't like the hookah and the beer so much.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
That's correct, and I've seen his deterioration. I've seen that he's asking when he comes in this week, why do I look 10 years older than 89-year-old Jane Fonda?
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
The person who likes beer and hookah too much, do you not just generally, whatever their occupation, do you not say that probably is somebody who's not giving 100% all the time?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Agreed. Agreed. I am not disputing that they're benign vices. I'm saying they come... with a certain stigma that I attach to, that person doesn't wanna work that hard. That is not a person who is type A competitor. I'm willing to use beer and hookah as something, just those specific things, as somebody who might care slightly less about their work than the person who's got a heroin addiction.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Okay, again, though, I do not want to turn this into something that makes beer and hookah some sort of terrible affliction. I'm just saying that I could have told you, based on looking at his body, that he loved beer and hookah. And it's because of something I'm doing with beer and hookah. Like, that's not Luca. That's hookah. That's what I'm doing. I'm doing with you.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Anytime I walk on Lincoln Road and I see somebody sucking from one of those bongs, what just happened? Sucking as a verb caught you off guard?
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Do you think that one of the careers is harder than the other or more competitive than the other?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Get the stat of the day music for that reference that you just made on Zion at Levitard Show because we have a stat of the day that's Zion related. But put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Which is it that you fear the most? Is it the athlete who's eating too much or beer and hookah?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I mean, that's a quiet bust that's happened in New Orleans, where you're wondering if the Knicks would even want him. No, I'm just saying reputationally.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
No, no, no. He doesn't want to listen to you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I checked my watch, Jeremy. I'm sorry. It was a good stat. How many watch jokes are you guys going to make? The watch. Zion, his reputation. is in total tatters. It's crazy. It's shocking. So you're giving a stat of the day that is shocking because it's factual in nature, but in terms of, if I say word association in the league, to bust right now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
It's either him or Joel Embiid that's going to come up because of what the expectations are for these people because you know how physically dominant they can be.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
If you throw the ball to Zion Williamson in the post, there are no other options for you as a defense. You must send help. It cannot be guarded one-on-one.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Yeah, it's coffee on an empty stomach is what's happened there. Can you guys tell me when you think, because Ben Simmons is somebody that I forgot there, because that's probably the top of the list on somebody who's got the reputation of being a bust.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I wanted to ask you guys, were you guys aware, put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show, did you know Max Scherzer was a Blue Jay at Levitard Show? The reason I asked the question is because the quote that he just had, which was amazing, it's just a great quote. It's like part Blade Runner and part something you'd expect to hear in the year 2050.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Max Scherzer said, quote, can we just be judged now?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
by humans because he doesn't like this electronic robot umpire thing like a lot of the people don't can we just be judged by humans i saw that football we haven't talked about this today football is now going to electronics they're going to use the chains but the chains are going to be a backup the the main technology that they're going to use to officiate is not going to be human
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
What is that? What is that act that you're turning into a career? You're a man who works with words for a living. I don't know what it is you're describing there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Do you guys want to lament the idea of can we just be judged by humans? The longing to be judged more imperfectly than perfectly.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Okay, but the chains are how it is that we're used to doing the finality of the measurement. And they basically just changed the rules because Josh Allen lost. So we're off the chains now? Give me the sound of the Major League Baseball umpire who is also a bit bothered by the idea that the electronics are coming.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I am still, I know we complain about officiating all the time, but I'm stunned at how accurate baseball umpires actually are when I see that tiny box and how precise that tiny box is and how often they get the call right when you're an inch outside of the strike zone.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I know we noticed the mistakes, but the humans, on at least plate umpiring, I have found outside of Angel Hernandez, most of them do it correctly.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
But the answer to his question is also no. There aren't a lot of major league players that are umpiring. I don't know that there are any.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Plate discipline is important, though, but there is that other part of having to make the contact, yes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Just think of the Barry Bonds ego deciding that what he's going to do with his life after his career is travel around the country and be calling balls and strikes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Yeah, probably. A bowling alley tour, 14 grand a year. Whose line is it, anyway?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Have you ever been so embarrassed that your feet begin to sweat? How competitive is The Daily Show hosting? You guys are friends, but obviously that's a prime platform. So how does that one work? I imagine you all want it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I did not ask that question. But I do want to know how competitive you are, because I imagine whatever it is that made you a professional tennis player, I know comedians are competitive and the stand-up comic world is competitive. So how weirdly competitive and unreasonably competitive are you?
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
We've really gotten stuck in the quicksand here. We can look it up. It'll be easy enough. You can continue, though.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
If you keep doing this, if you keep doing this, if you're just going to go through the whole circuit.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
I was certain it was true. And then it was weird to watch the confidence leak out of you, and then you asked the question, am I right about that? When you were asking us a question that we didn't know the answer to.
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
OK, fair enough. You came on to talk about Lucky Loser. Why did you write it?
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Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
Hey, look, there's Michael Kosta of The Daily Show, the former tennis player, stand-up comedian. He's got a new book out, Lucky Loser. It's available to pre-order now, and you can get it everywhere March 11th. I did not know, I should have known, I did not know that he was a former professional tennis player. That seems like a very lonely way to make a living.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
But why do you have binders filled with jokes? What were you doing? Clearly you were doing something.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Michael Kosta Is a Lucky Loser
But why the binders, though? You were thinking about it? It was something you wanted to... Oh, sorry, yeah.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Jeremy, I'm stunned by something that I think is the first time I've ever seen it happen in 20 years doing this show. While you were talking, Amin looked at his wristwatch. I've never seen someone on our show do that. We have clocks all over the place here.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
We are doing a show live, and I see my co-host do this in front of the cameras. Did you think he was bored by Jeremy?
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I got a little weird. What I know is that he wasn't listening to what Jeremy was saying.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I wouldn't say necessarily that Stugatz had a talent for getting reservations. Stugatz has a broader talent of getting whatever it is that he wants. by whatever means necessary. Sleaze disguised as charm, greed disguised as I'm your buddy. Stugatz knows how to get things. I don't know that he's got a greater skill of any kind than how to get things for Stugatz.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Look, you're sitting here saying you just got done. I didn't even correct you on this. You just got done saying that an Achilles injury was out of his control when they rushed him back on that team. You've just made this out of his control when he's the one looking at his watch while we're doing the show.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
It's a rude action. What was Jeremy talking about? He was talking about the decisions that Kevin Durant made. More specifically. You be more specific. I'm not going to take a quiz. You distracted me with your watch, and now I'm just embarrassed because I really did think you were looking for the time. I didn't think that you were looking for notifications on tweets that you're missing.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Not a tweet. I'm not Greg Cody.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Catch it right now. You've mentioned that a few times the last couple of days as the movie star that you are. I'd rather talk. Can you guys get for me, please, the call from last night's game? Because I thought it was a perfect call. You've got Michigan State and Maryland at the end of the game. I've enjoyed watching Maryland this season. Michigan State doesn't.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
uh have the ball michigan state is on defense and the game is tied so maryland's got the ball and you think at home they've got a chance to win the game with very little difference between the shot clock and the game clock but what happens after that as a call is a perfect call because the sound the sound if you can close your eyes the sound of the ball
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
going into the basket from more than half court on the buzzer beater to win the game, and how quickly the announcers got there with the guttural sound that all of us make when we're stunned was perfect broadcasting. Got to go.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
That sound of the ball, like you have to hear this swish from more than half court. The violence of the speed of the ball's travel makes a sound that you never hear with a buzzer beater. And then right after that, the announcers. There can't be a lot of feelings in basketball better than that, right? Not just making the game-winning shot, but making it from there. Just watching the flag.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
That's something you will remember for the rest of your life. You'll be Gene Hackman's age, and you will be thinking about feelings don't get better than that.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I want to play this again and I want to tell you that this is a watermelon being dropped 12 stories into a dumpster. That's not a basketball shot. That is awesome. That ball is traveling way too fast and heavy. Half court for the win!
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
the hammer throw. Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! Well, but do you know, I have one of the reasons that that's so great is because of all the times that I have listened 99.9% of the time for the announcer to go into for the win! Not even close. We go to overtime. Because that shot never goes in, but it certainly never goes in after that sound.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Let's figure out, do you have a nominee better than a watermelon being dropped 12 stories into an empty dumpster?
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
That's not the way a game winning sound, you want to hear the net. Like the net is what you hear, not the collision. It also sounds like somebody banging on the side of a dumpster.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Mike, is there any particular reason that before the show today that you were talking about a Bruins fight from 50 years ago?
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Didn't he throw his shoe? No, no, he took the guy's shoe off and beat him with it.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
One of the great videos that we've ever shown was the reflexes of George Bush avoiding a thrown shoe as an insult. I was not aware until that moment that the thrown shoe was an insult, although I could have inferred it.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
You believe that hockey players on skates can't walk around or run around the way that the rest of us would in running shoes because they are always in skates and know how to treat it as their foundation?
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Or seen as more threatening in video where people are fighting. The Kachuks are not the same as Steven Jackson and Ronald McDonald.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
You do realize why this is so personal to him, right? He had a team that was championship worthy that got derailed by the rule changes forced by Amari Stoudemire taking a step off the bench once they changed all the rules.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Well, we didn't talk nearly enough about how grainy the footage was that we were watching back in 1979 because if that was the video that we had in the modern day, if it was that grainy, if it looked like it came from the Jacksonville Jags facility, we wouldn't air it anywhere nationally because the footage is too grainy because the televised sports were so shitty.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I wanted to discuss with you guys, after seeing Paul George get dragged yesterday, a whole lot of people making fun of him for canceling or postponing his podcast, which is very popular and has been good, at least in part, because he gets very good guests to open up. He said he is concentrating on working on his body and chasing a championship that the Sixers have no chance of getting.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
But the thing that I wanted to talk to you about, because we have talked a lot about how shitty the podcast business is for most because of how oversaturated it is, and everyone thinks... They can do it and do it well, but people do forget that it requires a constant intake of content that can become a pressure. It can become very difficult.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
It can become, for some of these YouTube influencers, a total life consumption because you have to keep... feeding the machine. So Kendrick Perkins has said of the Josh Hart and Brunson podcast that if that was his locker room, those guys would have smoke with him. He wouldn't allow that in his locker room, that those guys need to stop doing that podcast.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Now, Paul George, because they're so bad and I'm imagining it's taking a lot of his time, is checking out on his podcast for the moment, which is successful. What are your thoughts there? And Travis Kelsey says podcasting is the hardest job in the world.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Like, I do wonder if you have an honest conversation with Jason and Travis Kelsey, if they're running from place to place in a way that's making them wonder if they should have said yes to all the things because of the amount of responsibility that comes when they start paying you that kind of money.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
This has to be the onion. This has to be a spoof. To concentrate on a championship. You could have said postpone the podcast. It was the part about concentrate on a championship. Absolutely.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
What? Yeah. I don't know if you guys noticed yesterday in Houston, the oldest woman in America died. Elizabeth Francis at 115 years old.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
She died without seeing Joel Embiid get to a conference championship. 115 years old. The idea that the Phoenix Suns could be as bad as they've been and not be the biggest disappointment in that league because of how much we love the splashy transaction. I remember Mike Ryan and many others saying,
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
celebrating how great Daryl Morey is at getting the guys, because he does get the guys, but that Sixers season, that being that bad, good timing, I expected you to play the Gene Hackman sound. I expected you to play the Duvall sound 10 seconds late. Confirmed. The Sixers season is an apocalypse. No one could have seen this coming, right?
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
You could see Joel Embiid hurt, but you'd still expect Paul George and Maxie to do something.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Can you guys look up for me, please, the worst team to ever make the playoffs? Because I have not heard of an 18-game-under-500 team making the playoffs. So if you can look up for me. I remember the Royals one year made the playoffs and may have won the World Series as largely a 500 team or close, but 18 games under 500.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I mean, I know a lot of people say that the playoffs have too many teams in them, but that's asinine. What you're saying is patently ridiculous. Like when that team season ends, it needs to end. You don't want that to be undead. That needs to be dead when it gets to 82 games.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
You can't be 18 games under .500 and talking about a championship. Like, what are you doing? That would be fun, though. Don't let the heat get in.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
We have discovered over the years that Stugatz's gross and shamelessness is a mountain of content willing to be made and molded into perpetual laughs.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I do understand that, but I don't believe anything good other than mockery has come from Stugatz alleging that he holds a scoring record at Clark University in lacrosse that none of us believe that is. I don't remember the internet's.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I don't remember the details about that team, but I think what we surmised was, what ended up being true there, that you do indeed hold the record, but it was a series of teams that finished in last place, and it was clearly inferior lacrosse.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
That's part of the secret, right? To keep them on the hook, right? To batter them around, to disorient them.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
It's all an elaborate kind of torture of like a Navy SEAL would learn this in Guantanamo on how to disorient an interrogation subject.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Don Levitard. It sounds to me like everybody could use a hug because a hug is always the right size. Stugatz. All I have put in my body today is three cups of coffee and an entire cup of honey.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I miss those calls. He needs to try to do that again, resurrect that again. I want to get to the Kevin Durant news because it's now just sort of being reported as fact that he's not going to be with the Suns anymore in the offseason. I wanted to know what you thought his value was at 37. And I will tell you, I don't know whether Jeremy...
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
And Mike Ryan got excited for the third or fourth time about Kevin Durant's availability. But I will tell you, the Miami Heat are not in that game anymore. And it's not just because they don't want to be in that game. It's because all the Suns want are picks for Kevin Durant. And Kevin Durant is going to get a lot of picks. The Suns are starting over because that's the highest payroll ever.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
and the highest tax ever, and they have to get out from under it because they're not even a playoff team. You can't have the highest payroll ever and the highest tax ever and not make the playoffs. So what's the value of Kevin Durant? He's being talked about as a fit in Dallas.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
That's the ask. The ask is picks. I'm just surprised that we're there. What a spectacular failure, man. That is what a giant failure to have an owner come in, and I know that we are critical of all the things that Miami Heat didn't do, but we were critical at least in part because the Phoenix Suns were doing those things, and those things have not worked.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
You guys say, though, that this has been botched at the end. And I just I want to rewind, OK, because we forget what our criticisms are in the moment. I know how popular what Phoenix was doing was. It was really popular the way that Phoenix got into the game. Now, hold on a second.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Kevin Durant's career, the choices he made, when you look at the pressure around these people, Barry Bonds, wherever it is that he was using steroids, it's because he was watching Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, lesser players climb above him in all the ways. Kevin Durant got left behind because of the choice LeBron made and then had to make a series of choices, felt the pressure to please us.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
Like it felt like that's what we wanted from him. Hey, keep up, keep up with what's happening here. And now we criticize it, but he was trying to keep up with what was happening with the most competitive people of the day after what LeBron built. So the choices he had to make is, remember the Sports Illustrated stories of I'm always second place.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
I'm one of the best there's ever been, but I'm always second place. There was a pressure to keep up with all the things LeBron was doing. That's why the choices got made.
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The Big Suey: I Got Engaged Here Five Years Ago
So yesterday, we tried to get a Valentine's Day reservation. We're like, we're going to send Stugatz out on Valentine's Day at about 5 o'clock, and he needs a reservation in a couple of hours at a very busy place.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
The opposite of what you have now learned and lived in adulthood where you're walking around with gratitude, you're walking around with an assortment of negative energies and just chasing the next high because you're addicted. I've got a number of questions about what you just said, but when you talk about the household and –
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
I wouldn't have had access to getting that kind of addicted to anything without people noticing before it got. This doesn't mean that my parents could have done anything, but I was just too afraid of disappointing them that that maybe I would have also gotten grabbed. But people would have noticed very early on.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
14. Okay, so your high school experience involves, how functionally were you learning?
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
Bacchanalia is what it is. It's everyone coming to South Florida and having sex with food and just pumping our region for a few days and then leaving. And then leaving. On airplanes filled with indigestion and gas.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
So tell me about where it is that the drugs – because you're a conqueror, right? You are high achieving. You are – I imagine you were at the time almost totally controlled by your mind and then the drugs allow you to not pay attention to the revving of your mind. That's right. And so you're talking about two totally different lives but functional. Functional.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
You've said, though, when things got really, really, really bad. And I don't know how much shame you have that's unexplored because I've heard you're very revelatory with the worst of these details. And in the storytelling, you remember which are the ones that land most unpleasantly.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
Welcome to South Beach Sessions. I'm looking forward to this one, and they paired this man with me for a reason, because he'll crack open and he'll give you the vulnerability and the shame, and you know that the grief eater loves those things. Andrew Zimmern is an award-winning host and television host and chef. I don't know what it means to win the James Beard Award.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
I don't even know. Is there anything for you here that hasn't been shared? Are there shames that are a bridge too far for you?
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
It's so interesting though for you to explore rock bottom of rock bottom. I don't know what it is. I don't know if there's anything worse than the shame of The loss of dignity that makes suicide a solution to stop the pain.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
That suicide is the answer to my problems because I've quit on. I can't navigate my problems. There are too many of them. I don't I am hopeless.
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
I'm an empath. Yeah, I'm an empath. And I also speak my feelings more than feel them for the entirety of my life. So my curiosity is...
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
Profound around people who are willing to tell you what they've learned from the darkest parts of their sense of their past Yeah, because they shape you and they make it so that someone can walk around in life grateful for the human experience as You know age sets in and mortality thoughts of mortality you get to live a life that is more complete because it has the sharing of this story and a thousand percent
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South Beach Sessions - Andrew Zimmern
I want to talk to you about the politics of food, and I want to talk to you about your story and all of these things, because this is not what you're doing here. Here, this is a party, right?
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And the human connection that allows you. You run all your businesses. The thing that you said, one of the things that you said that landed on me hard, though, as somebody who is trying to get more and more access to his feelings is what all of this does to relationships. Because even now, in whatever it is that you're sharing of your life with others, your ambition and your workaholism.
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Your workaholic imbalances must make it very hard to still take care of others in relationships.
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I deflected your question and in deflecting it and realizing that I deflected it and doing what I do, I will better be able to answer your question now that you asked me about how it is or why it is I get interested in people. It is an excellent way to avoid intimacy. If you ask people about themselves, because people are delighted to talk about themselves. And I am genuinely curious.
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That's a great phrase. I feel like I've been on that all my life. The hamster wheel of excess.
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And that has been rewarded all my life in the reporting of details that make for my career. And I get a lot of my identity from my career. And it's how you become a workaholic like you can hide.
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in all of those details. I realized some of that while at my brother's deathbed, right? Because you have to understand. So you grow up in a family of exiles. It's just a small community of fear. It's one of the things people don't understand that's happening right now in America, where all the divisions are.
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So your family is this big, and the way to get out of a family this big is to just work, work, work toward freedom, and that'll get you all the things you want in life. And my brother did have many of the things through his art, but
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burn through artistic, physical paint in a way that like, you know, in just burning through his creative arts, feeding some of the selfishness, not paying attention to the places where you hide and become a workaholic, like just burnt like a comet through his life and in being next to him there and
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having my old parents come over and them having procedures at a nearby place, like the frailty of life lapping on your shores when you're sitting at a bench with your dad and being like, was it worth it? Was it all worth it? Like, yeah, like you you learn about what matters in life. But it doesn't stop me from wanting to achieve.
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It doesn't stop me from getting the fulfillment that comes from having meaningful conversations that that I can profit off of.
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What would you say you've learned through, I like these things to be a platform, it's obviously a broad question, but if you could point to one thing that ends with the most enlightened you that sits in front of us right now through everything he's lived and experienced, what do you feel is the highest form of learning that you've done?
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Of course I can. What else am I going to do? Forgive me for interrupting you, but I would imagine that you just viewed from afar that you are, this is presumptuous of me, a generally happy person because you can't believe your good fortune that people keep grabbing you by the ear and say, will you please put your face and voice next to my food, my party, given where you've been in your life?
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given that you did not have a home for a year, for you to find yourself, it must feel like a version of heaven on earth, just the gratitude of it. I'm not even talking about the life.
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Well, I would say – I don't know if I – I think I can be generalized about this, but I know I've lived it, the idea that – If I don't live in my feelings and I'm male and not self-aware about where it is that I'm male, I have blind spots about maleness, then of course I'm going to lapse into just problem solving or how do I fix this? as opposed to just feeling whatever needs to be felt.
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All you're articulating about what you've learned through your life's journeys is human connection. Really value it. Just really treat it as a treasure. Any opportunity you get to have human connection.
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You make a lot out of – you have learned through radio, through storytelling, through the connection points that allow you to tell someone how many different ways they can arrive home angry and not connect with their other.
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You have learned the art of connecting with human beings.
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It is one of the many things that makes you an artist in the culinary world. What do you remember? Because Bourdain was happening at about this time. But what do you remember about November of 2006? That is when the pilot episode of the first... of 140 episodes of Bizarre Foods that day. What do you remember about it airing, the pilot?
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This is the height of what all of your addictions could manifest to produce.
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Great television, indisputably great television. You know it when you're making it, and now Jay Leno knows it, and soon America shall too.
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You're ushering in, right, food as content?
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Emeril had a lot of ego. I've told this story before on this show. The reason that I did the BAM introduction on Pardon the Interruption is because one night he had come over. It was a charity dinner. And he'd come over at his restaurant. He comes over and he asks us if everything was okay at the table. And I'm an idiot.
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And so the person I was with, she had asked for a vegan dish that hadn't come out yet. And I just said, well... And he didn't like it so much. I'd insulted the great chef.
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Four of them. You've made somebody nice food, and their response is, could have used some more garlic.
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What was your relationship with Anthony? We became really good friends.
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Is there some discomfort for you in having some public pride about all of that? You're allowed to have 100 percent.
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You've done it multiple times, but it means you around food, one of the best America has to offer. Thank you for being with us, but the reason that I wanted to talk to you,
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Do you like competition? The reason I am insanely competitive you are still Still insanely competitive. I have found that later in life, I have found that that is less helpful than it used to be.
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I was just going to ask you whether moderation is a governor in any of these places because it sounds like in the places that you jump in, you just jump totally in.
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The reason I asked about Bourdain and competition is, was your relationship able to get into the place where you and he would talk about the deepest of the stuff so that you would have a unique access?
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Are you articulating there that you've been rewarded for being public with your shame? Incredibly. And that was a choice to go from hiding, you were hiding, and then... A thousand percent. And that choice was scary? A thousand percent.
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The question I was asking you, if you also had an access to what kind of pain he was in, the two things.
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You're enraged by the manipulation of mental health.
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Thank you for the work that you do. I am sure that many people will find your honesty helpful. So thank you, as always, for being as open as you are with the things that you're open about.
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Look at this. I spent all of this on tissues just so that vulnerability can be showcased here.
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Not a one. Useless. The whole thing was useless. Didn't get what I craved the most.
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is for all the interesting parts in your journey, it begins somewhere with radio, with a love of radio, with understanding where it is that radio connects with people, and you've been allowed to reveal your personality to people in a way that has been, I imagine, life-affirming. But thank you for being on with us.
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It's your new addiction, right, to feed this particular thing and have these transformational moments daily, I would imagine.
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I want to get into that. But take us back to where it is that your life was that you arrive in 1990 to being
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You're in the middle of the you know, this food and wine festival is one of the best things Miami does. Miami doesn't do things consistently well and you've seen it grow. So this is a hugely busy time for you. Your relationship with food, your relationship with this city, your relationship with this festival is what?
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Okay, but when I ask you loving home, and again, I'm not being presumptuous. They're doing their best, and you're meeting them with the forgiveness of adulthood and all the things that you've learned that makes you happier to let it go because you don't want to resent them for the mistakes they made. But where they made the mistakes around –
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I don't know how much discipline was in your home and how it is that you came.
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The star, I need to get that television person who's associated with just news giving, not opinion, not this is the political perspective of this person or attitude or charisma or personality. This is a news giver and I trust this person as a credible source. That's dead, right? Joy Reid.
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But the Adidas jumpsuit thing, is it Tony Sperano-ish? Is it Bob Huggins-ish? What is he going for, like, in terms of just throwing on gear that represents I'm Miami through and through, and also I'm a dad?
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It's got to be like a Barkley. It's going to be a Barkley, but as an information person, what I'm saying is the objective one, someone who does, Scott Van Pelt, whatever his politics are, I don't believe anybody would know them. Like he is there to give the information, to host the show, and he's got a personality, but it's,
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You will not see on SportsCenter an assortment of strong personalities that are strong opinions that are going to be polarizing. Like that's not something that, you know, that's not something that that's the domain. The people getting paid there are the Barclays, the Stephen A. Smiths, the people who have very strong polarizing opinions.
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But you guys have seen the change in how it is we consume all of this stuff so that we go to people we like. For example, maybe you check in with The View. And Whoopi Goldberg is somebody that you like to check in with because it's not news. It's a personality. And Diana Taurasi is appearing on her show after retiring. And then this is how it ends up going with Whoopi.
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Okay. That's an easy mistake for me to make. He's the old Dolphins coach, Jess.
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That was well done. Can we just check back in with Whoopi, though, so that you could look at her face, and she is seething the entire time. She's mortified. She cringes. Just watch her face at how mortified she is the entire time.
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It works for both. Oddly, it works for both. He's no longer with us. I did mean to say Tony Soprano. Okay.
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I'm telling you, people don't know how cruel she is. Dark, dark inside.
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The reason I bring it all up is because I don't know if you guys know, as Mike has told you, and Mike's been publicly critical of their athletic director, so when you're in this company, it can be a little awkward, but while all of this is going on, where Mike is in a group of people,
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Don Levitard. While there's nothing official and conversations are still ongoing. Was that a fake Schefter? I tried. It was pretty good. It was excellent. I feel like there's legs. I tried at the beginning and then I lost confidence in it. Why? It was good.
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There's nothing official and conversations are still ongoing. Stugatz. It is trending towards Nick Sirianni remaining the head coach of the Eagles.
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that have heard him say some things that can be critical of the University of Miami, he was stunned and surprised to get a hello from Zagaki.
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Yes, exactly. I don't know if the rest of you remember Gene Hackman being on this show, Transition, but Gene Hackman has passed away at the age of 95. And the last couple of times I had seen him, he was being photographed by paparazzi and he was aging in a way that physically made him hard to recognize. He no longer looked like the person anymore that he used to be because he was 95 years old.
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Some of the details, he died, he and his wife were found dead. And they're not suspecting foul play, but that seems like a together pact, right?
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But foul play is others. I had assumed, and I don't know what happened here, obviously.
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Well, I think they probably make the decision for the dog. I just assume when they were found dead together, I thought that was a choice made by them. I mean, that's where my mind went initially, but that might be irresponsible of me regardless.
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Well, if it is carbon monoxide poisoning, then of course that would explain it.
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Can you play for me the sound of Gene Hackman? Seven o'clock in the morning is too early to watch that movie.
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Can you play anything that we have from Gene Hackman's appearance on our show?
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You said that about Gene Hackman? I don't have the context for this, but we've got to empty the file.
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Yesterday we felt old around here when the I See Dead People kid was a guest on our show and we learned he's 30. From... From the Sixth Sense movies. I've told you before, Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood being 88 is totally disorienting to me. They're such a different kind of 88, too, right?
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Like, you guys don't think that I would lose a fight against Gene Hackman, but you do think I'd lose one to Clint Eastwood.
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Come on, man. Come on. Even if you think my fighting skills are those of Paul Giamatti, I still got to put it on the poll. Who's winning a fight, Gene Hackman or Paul Giamatti? 88-year-old Gene Hackman? or 51-year-old Paul Giamatti. That doesn't mean I can't fight. Now, my fighting game has been, I haven't used it in about 19 years. I mean, have you ever seen Every Which Way But Loose?
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Man, he would kick your tail. I mean, if he brought the orangutan, if he brought the, was that a chimp? I don't know whether it's an orangutan or a chimp.
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You can't throw things at me. Oh, Gene Hackman doesn't play fair. No, he does not. Come on, guys. Guys, what do you mean I can't win a fight? You do not want to cross Gene Hackman. You don't.
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It's certainly not a 2018 phrase. Is it a 1918 phrase? Because I think it might be a 1918 phrase.
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No, I think the shed held the wood. Well, that's a good question. Now we're playing a game. Now we're cooking with gas.
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A woodshed stores wood. Why are we spanking people out at the woodshed? Are we hitting them with the wood?
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I'm with the confusion, though. I don't know if it's a shed made of wood or a shed holding wood. Put it on the poll, Guillermo. Taking someone out to the woodshed, is it a shed made of wood, or is it a shed where the wood is kept?
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I remember from that interview him saying that he didn't watch any of his movies ever because he was so self-conscious about how he looked and was so self-conscious about his acting that he would not want to watch all the things that he had done wrong.
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Tails funnier. Tails funnier.
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The private show that I got during that woodshed clip was Rat-a-tat-tat. In one ear, I heard Chris Cody say, listen to Stugatz in his prime. And in the other ear, because he said he was so quick. And in the other ear, Mike Ryan said of Stugatz, how does your laugh lose a step? Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Can a laugh lose a step? Yes or no. Mike Ryan mentioned Crimson Tide.
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But there's never interaction, though. Mike has felt the ice off of him. He's pulled up next to Zagaki in a tailgate. He's felt the ice off of Zagaki, who will not talk to him. But you've got to hello this time.
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What else do you have there from the... Gene Hackman. What a run in his 70s. Yes. I mean, he had... That's a Hall of Fame acting career. He was in The Dirty Dozen, wasn't he? Gene Hackman was in some of those action movies from...
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The French Connection he was in.
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He was in the firm with Tom Cruise, and I'm not sure who the bigger star was at the time. It was Tom Cruise. Well, you love Tom Cruise. I think people forget that Tom Cruise, do I have my history on this right? Tom Cruise is the biggest movie star ever. Okay, you've said this before.
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Do I have my, no, no he's not. There are many, many smaller. Who's taller, him or Stallone?
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I was stunned in Nosferatu how small Dafoe is.
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I have here a text from David Sampson on this. So you're saying... Duvall. Your timing wasn't great on that. I could have used that about 10 seconds ago. I saw you say bleep. I saw you mouth bleep and then run to the computer.
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He said Robert Duvall. He said it three times. I'm staring straight at you.
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You literally are the one who has every sound at his disposal. Wow. The text from David Sampson that informed me. Pardon me? Speaking of small people. David Sampson sent me a text that informed me that Gene Hackman had died because he is the person, not surprisingly, like many of you are, who likes to be the one informing others. Taylor more than most, but yes. That they had died.
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But the way that he did it was... was in the most Samson way possible. Gene Hackman may have just gotten the final photo for Sundays in Memoriam because the Oscars are Sunday.
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Can you guys get for me the sound when you mentioned whether Gene Hackman was one of the greats? Yesterday on the show, we were talking about Timothee Chalamet and his speech. And I want to play this again because one of the things that we didn't get into enough, Jessica had said, I think, that there was a negative reaction to this that.
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And I found that part interesting because I'm used to in sports, we want you to fake the humility, right? We want you to give us humility even if it's false instead of arrogance, even if it's the truth. And I'm used to it in sports. We want our athletes to be humble instead of too cocky, although we'll allow cocky if they win.
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But I was surprised to hear that this was meant negatively when all he's telling you is I don't take this for granted. I'm going to work really hard because listen to how much I care about being good at this.
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Do any of you have a theory for me on you want your artists to care, obviously. What is the objection, given that all of us would like to be confident, right? What is the objection that we have as people to somebody knowing they're good?
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But what he says, though, this is a person who has all of the acting options in the world. When he simply says, I poured five and a half years of my life into this, like, I'm good. Like, whatever you say about what that experience was, seems like you cared about it a hell of a lot more than I've cared about most things when you've poured.
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You've got all the choices in the world and you decide to tackle the degree of difficulty on that. Right. Bob Dylan, let me do this because this could be cheese like this.
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If I do this poorly or if I do this a note off, this is a monster failure because the degree of difficulty on playing Bob Dylan when you're a young person and Bob Dylan is sort of mortified by the entirety of what this entire Hollywood existence is.
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I wonder if people think that the people who have gotten to the top of things did so easily. And I say this because when I'm reading Will Smith's book, I'm still surprised at how much he cared about working to the detriment of everything else, because that tends to be where climbing people end up arriving. But on this particular person that we're talking about, we all know he's good.
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Why he why is he not allowed to know it? Like we all know it. It's why he's one of the few people. Do you realize how splintered this all is now? There are very few movie stars you're going to a movie to see now because of the choice that person has made. He's one of them.
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He can do it. You shouldn't. I call him by his name.
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Roy, why do you have a giant smile on your face? There had to have been another mic around.
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Amin stopped us all dead on tracks with a reference from I Think You Should Leave. And the thing that I think of about when I think of the show I Think You Should Leave is my brother's widow one time, I was telling her about that show and that she should see it at a crowded place and that her and my brother would like it.
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But when she heard me say, I think you should leave, she thought I was telling her in a loud place that I thought she should leave. And so I have an awkward moment with that show that in terms of sketch comedy, that's the best we've had recently in terms of a breakout sketch comedy thing. Correct. Because they've gotten other opportunities because of how popular I think you should leave was.
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And I don't think it was a cult hit. There are so many things that you can choose from these days. The idea that that stood out and that a sketch show. What was the Showtime sketch show, Zoe? There was a Showtime sketch show. Showtime didn't do this well with Desus and Mero. That disappeared.
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Well, they started it as they did. They were doing sketch stuff, which surprised me because it's hard to do sketch stuff. And the expectation of funny changes the dynamic on that sort of thing.
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Well, Tim Robinson doing the maximum awkward thing. There's nobody really occupying that particular lane. And when you say having a moment, no, I mean, he is now a star, correct?
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Who else is occupying right now this lane of just making things maximum awkward? Because that takes a different kind of bravery.
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And as comedians complain all the time these days about comedy being harder to do because of how sensitive we are, is there anyone else bravely occupying the lane of, I'm just going to go and make you laugh by just making things so uncomfortably awkward and silly that I'm going to consistently get you with the awkwardness? Are you talking about Z-Way? Yes. Oh. Oh, yeah, I called it. That's a fine.
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I called her Zoe. Yeah. Seaway is what that show had some funny stuff in it. That show that show got canceled too soon. Like a lot of them are these days.
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Also awkward, though. She would do that on purpose. She was going purposely awkward.
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Shadow in it. Shadow in it. Jessica, how many University of Miami games have you gone to with Mike Ryan?
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I still have... I have on my phone, and I will just check in every once in a while with him in Righteous Gemstones doing an imaginary lasso during a congregation preaching he was doing and pulling someone out of their physical seat because of... How well he does awkward almost everywhere that he appears.
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Speaking of awkward, the big story from the scouting combine, which had a whole bunch of NFL news yesterday. We did not get to all of it, but there was a ton of NFL news. Big wheel. At Starbucks in Indianapolis. Conflicting reports about Brady and Stafford meeting led to Jordan Schultz, an information insider from Fox. Friend of the show.
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Verbally accosting Ian Rappaport at a Starbucks in Indianapolis.
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I do. Does anyone else know?
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Yes, I do know and I think people in our group know because it did make me laugh out loud when I got to the sixth paragraph of the story. I was not sure that this detail was true and I was surprised by it.
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No, that's incredible, isn't it? That he would be in a Starbucks and that they would get into a fight. There are a number of things about this that are funny. I also want to just I want to review with you guys and get a formal definition for how it is that you define a costing.
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Because I will tell you that Sal Palantonio in New Orleans came up to me also in a Starbucks and it felt like an accosting to me. Just because it was early and I didn't particularly want to talk to anybody. But I don't know what a costing, like what that means exactly. Like if I'm accusing you of a costing, what happened? They're just shouting at each other in a Starbucks. What is a costing?
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And what has it been like when you've been with him at those games? There's a reason I'm asking these questions.
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Well, no, no. Again, Sal Palantonio just came up and said hello. I had not talked to him in a long time.
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I didn't think he did. And I've said some things on the air that are funny about him. We've made some fun of him. We've also pointed out the teeth, which is something that we do to some of the people at ESPN, Mike most specifically. But that stuff all gets attached to me when when your teeth seem to be veneers or not real.
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But he came up to me and I didn't have any I haven't had much of a relationship with him and haven't talked to him a long time. And he just started talking to me about how long he had been at ESPN, one of the longest tenured employees, 33 years, still doing it. And it felt like an accosting.
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Jeremy Schaaf does. He has been great for a long time for ESPN. How many people does ESPN have that have been there longer than Sal Palantonio? Like, it cannot, at this point, it cannot be.
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Well, but I feel like he's more ambassador or he's got tenure.
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But that's because they're not counting Berman, correct? Correct. Because Berman is now part-time or ambassador.
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Oh, yeah, Dickie V is another one. Hannah Storm, has she had a total of 33 years? She wouldn't have had a total of 33 years at the network. No, not at ESPN. Is the network anchor or the star anchor, is that dead? I'm not even talking about sports.
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Lester Holt is what classifies as what used to be Brian Jennings and Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw. Peter Jennings, not Brian Jennings. Sorry. Thank you. Brian Williams. That's a fine. Another fine. Damn it.
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No, I'm asking the question. Look, obviously the nightly news isn't what it used to be. That goes without saying. Obviously there's no one credible source that you go to that is the established standard for American news now that we've politicized it all. But even beyond that, when he said...
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star free agent anchor I thought to myself is that even a thing anymore in sports like can that even exist like obviously Scott Van Pelt is that thing but a star free agent anchor Matt Lauer's a free agent The wronged Matt Lauer, the terribly wronged victim Matt Lauer, according to Bain. Charlie Rose, too.
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We've cheapened it, though. And in sports right now, there isn't somebody that would play the role of traditional anchor that would move to places. Like, Tirico's the last one. Van Pelt, yeah. But I'm saying he wouldn't or hasn't done it. Van Pelt would be somebody, but that's not a thing that's going to happen anymore is the idea of that dead.
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I'm telling you right now.
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The furniture behind you is so very Cooperstown. It smells from here like Cooperstown. I feel like somebody in the 1930s has sat in that chair after being on a train riding across the country with Dizzy Dean.
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Don Libetard. You don't remember the idea for a home run call?
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. What would you be more likely to drive, a Porsche Candiati or a Lamborghini Scalabrini? at Levitard Show, which one of those two automobiles would you be more likely to drive? David, I know that the audience and everyone here is tired of Jimmy Butler stuff. Do you
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have anything interesting that you believe is not being said at this trough of pat riley's way is uh is being undermined from the inside on a way in a way and one of the reasons this show is reacting this way is because we've never seen it before
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Jeremy, would you look something up for me, please? Because I should make a correction. While I've never seen it happen to Pat Riley in Miami, I did see it happen to him in New York. One of the famous funny stories is Anthony Mason was one of his players. Anthony Mason, Jay Fiedler's brother at Levitard Show. Put that on the poll.
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Did you know that Anthony Mason and Jay Fiedler were brothers at Levitard Show? He was having all sorts of problems with Anthony Mason. He suspends Anthony Mason or there was a fight or something. And Anthony Mason was seen at a time that people thought he should be taking basketball very seriously in the audience of the Ricky Lake show.
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And this was a very big controversy in New York that Pat Riley couldn't get control of Anthony Mason. Look up the details for me on that because Anthony Mason had a number of different conflicts. It's what he's doing, David. What you said he's doing appears to be what he is doing. And I was just talking about what a misery it would be to step into that place.
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Like, I understand the player's got the power and stuff and the player will make a mess. But man, what a misery. Like, if Jimmy Butler thought he wasn't having joy playing basketball before, to show up to work just to collect your paycheck so that your entire team could be looking for things you're doing wrong so that they could suspend you again?
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Like, that's a horseshit situation to be in, to be walking into every day as an employee.
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David, good seeing you. Thank you. The podcast is nothing personal. I urge you to check it out no matter where he is in the world, even if it's a haunted hotel in Cooperstown. He is doing it daily. Thank you, sir. Appreciate the time.
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I should have mentioned to him, and I will tell the audience, he did some very good work on Ichiro. He knows Ichiro, and I know that Greg Cody had his Hall of Fame ballot and was passionate about it, and we never got to yesterday all of the arguments that were breaking out all over the studio about an assortment of things. I heard you telling your son that you regret not voting for Juan Pierre.
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I thought you mishandled yesterday's show. I thought you creating the illusion that you were the voter who had snubbed Ichiro, the one vote that didn't make it unanimous for Ichiro. We still don't know who that voter is, correct? I believe that that voter has been called a numbskull by John Heyman, protector of the Hall of Fame and all sacred baseball things.
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And that voter hasn't been smoked out yet, correct? So that people can shame him or her for his or her terrible vote?
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Well, Greg Cody has a list, thank you for asking, Jessica, that is expanding throughout the show. Stugatz was helping him with it. It used to be a top five list of old people insults because numbskull is very good, but now we're ready to do top ten. Top ten Greg Cody old people insults. Any OLI or are we going straight to number ten?
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What is that? Strong 10. What what is that?
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OK, I've got other questions like this because I put it on the poll. Do you know what a dipshit actually is? Because I don't know it as anything other than an insult. But I was thinking the other day out of nowhere on Mother Bleeper. Is that someone who bleeps mothers or screws them over? Like which mother bleeper is someone who has sex with mothers or just screws them over?
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Someone who betrays mothers. I don't know which one of those two things it is. I lean betrayal. Do you?
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You guys don't, you don't, okay. I would have assumed that that's someone who's having sex with mothers.
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That motherfucker.
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Nitwit. What is a nitwit? I got your back. It's just something that rhymes with wit?
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Have you ever heard the insult gutter snipe? Number one. That's very high.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. I think the audience is going to side with me on this. I also think it's not something the audience has considered. Mother bleeper, question mark. Someone who bleeps mothers or bleeps them over? At Levitard Show. I got your back. Hang on. Thank you, Mike. I do appreciate you chasing all of these things down. Like the old days, it feels good.
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It feels good to just have Mike Ryan chase things around for me.
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Where did you land, Cody, on E-Trial? Because one of the things that I have been trying to celebrate in sports around here over the last, I'm going to say, 10 years of watching everything become content, argument, culture.
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everything is to be complained about in sports instead of celebrating is just that we're living in an era of real mastery like to see LeBron postering people at 40 is crazy even as LeBron and Anthony Davis are saying we don't have enough help it's just crazy to see Otani doing what he's doing after seeing Serena Williams do what she did but what Ichiro did as mastery
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Because it came from another land and because he wasn't revealing in interviews and it could be hard to traverse the cultural language barrier, I don't think that people understand what we're talking about with what Ichiro could do with a baseball bat that had no precedent in the sport. I remember being in a clubhouse one time with Rafael Palmeiro and a baseball bat.
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And he is holding the baseball bat and he's bouncing the baseball on the baseball bat and he could do it for an hour.
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tiger did he could do it for an hour because he just knows how to land the ball on the part of the bat that he wishes it to hit and ichiro was more than whatever that mastery is like when i'm watching this documentary between greg maddox and barry bonds and i'm watching the two of them talk about the level of expertise that we're talking about here it's something that you'd hear from lebron on his jj reddick podcast which is better partnership than the one they have in basketball
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What Ichiro did professionally from another land is a bit of one of these mysteries where you're like, I don't understand how he was able to combine the arts from his homeland on discipline to do something that is a failure game. And he failed at it less than most because of how he could control a baseball bat.
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How about that? That's a stunner right there. ChatGPT, man. People say they don't learn anything from this show. I'm saying everyone in the audience just learn that right now. I'm saying there's not a person who knew that out there, not one human being out there.
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Juju, please put this on the poll, and I ask for the audience for submissions as well. At Levitard Show, which of these cars would you be most likely to buy? The Volkswagen Bolitnikov? The Ford Tagliabue? The Chrysler Concepcion? The Chevy Taurasi?
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You think the Dodge Durant is better than the Dodge Dorsett or the Dodge Saberhagen?
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I don't think we've beaten Tagliabue yet either at Levitard Show. David Sampson is with us. His podcast, Nothing Personal, covers an array of topics that is super unusual, and I don't think there's an individual host I've heard anywhere in sports with the—
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terrain that he is covering in sports business and complicated issues uh david thank you for joining us before we get to the sports things of the day though the oscars you are obsessed with the oscars more than just about anything in entertainment everything just came out uh What is your experience with this stuff?
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Are you waiting somewhere at the appointed time to make sure you get the information because you care so much about whether or not the things that you thought were great in the movies are validated by the Academy?
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Why is there such a disparity between nominations and a Rotten Tomatoes score? Is it because it gets politicized? Because anything on the internet that is made by someone who's a minority or a group that is transgender, you're going to get a wild fluctuation on the politics of a review?
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What are we doing? David, I don't think that Mike Ryan and the time works out so that Mike Ryan can indeed nominate Mission Impossible for this year's Oscars. But it has been reported that someone had a heart attack while watching. Almost.
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What's an almost heart attack? It's a heart attack, but it didn't end in death. It's still a heart attack.
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Samson has very little interest in the Mission Impossible movies.
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That's not true at all.
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I will apologize to you. I simply don't think of you and action movies because you never come on here wanting to talk action movies. I didn't think of that as a genre that you partook in because I can't recall in 20 years doing this with you, you coming on here wanting to review an action movie.
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I want to ask Mike and David a question. When you both said during this segment, as you know, to us, did you guys think we really knew or were you faking it? As you know, as a crutch, were you confident that we knew or were you just lying to us being polite?
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Do you recall what both of you said to us on As You Know? Because I don't know, but I didn't know when you said it. And in both instances, both of you were saying something that I thought was obscure enough that the audience and me did not know, would not know, could not be expected to know. I may have that wrong. I did kind of stop listening because it was so condescending.
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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More information on this job, yes, because one would assume that peanuts would also be part of the payment. But $45,000, is that enough for any of you to be willing to do that job? Because the novelty would wear off shortly, and then you're just the person who's driving around in a golf cart that's shaped like a peanut.
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$45,000 a year makes it less than $1,000 a week, which then makes it less than $200 a day before taxes.
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Billy and I walked in yesterday just genuinely confused because I had a parking brake problem on my car, and so I was driving a loaner, which meant that my car was next to Stugatz's car, which was yet another rental. A loaner. But we're really curious, right, because you come in here every day with a different car.
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And I know we've asked you about it before, and you've sort of explained that it has to do with your daughters being in town and how many cars you now have and don't have for multiple people. But it is jarring to see the number of different cars that you come in with. It's rarely the same automobile that you're coming in any day or any week, and it's weird.
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It feels like you're changing cars every day, like Joe Pesci in Casino trying to get away from the authorities because there are helicopters chasing him, and they've got too many people following him everywhere.
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But do they know you by name at the rental car place?
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How does the whole relationship thing work? Because surely you guys have thought this. Chris, you have thought this too, yes?
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He's saying you're a VIP, that you roll into the rental car place and you are the king of that place, that you're throwing around all of the servers there, like at the restaurant where the guy walks in who's super famous, that everyone knows your name and is always giving you the best of the rental car perks.
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It's a big car. It's not actually just a golf cart.
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like it's the good year blimp is the same thing but in the air as the wienermobile so the invention you're claiming is just a sponsored vehicle of some sort famed for being uh not just a vehicle but famed for giving the corporate sponsor a great deal of fame you're saying the inventor of that was the good year blimp that you know that nowhere before there
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Was there a vehicle that was sponsored by anybody? What was the Goodyear blimp before the Goodyear blimp for the vessel category? Because it's a good question he's asking. I think that I would also think of that as the most famous of the inventors, but I'm trying to remember what I forgot.
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How many blimps do you imagine there are in the world? It seems like an inefficient vehicle. It's a novelty vehicle. There can't be that many.
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You think Goodyear has half of the blimps on the globe? I think so, yeah. That can't be right. That can't be there are six or seven blimps on the entire planet.
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MetLife just has one. MetLife looks at Goodyear and it's just mad about, man, you got four hangers for the blimp and we only have one. We feel so inferior to you, Goodyear, as MetLife because we only have one piddly blimp. You're telling me the blimp is endangered then? The blimp is officially endangered if there are only 20? I don't think he was ever thriving then.
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Are there differences between blimps and zeppelins that I don't know about? Are there like 40 zeppelins? Is that a different category or is that just a synonym for blimp?
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Can we look that up, please? And I want to know, even though looking things up on the Internet can be dangerous...
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Don Levatard. Is there Back in My Day?
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I need some clarification on something because, again, I don't know if I'm being fooled. I don't know if the Internet is fooling me. I don't know if Billy Corgan and Bill Burr are fooling me. But I think it should be bigger news if indeed Bill Burr and Billy Corgan realized recently that they are brothers. I think that that's something that if it's real, it's something that should be bigger news.
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But I'm not sure because it happened on Howie Mandel's podcast. I think of Billy Corgan as an amazing interview and someone who is clever enough and funny enough to be in on a bit. And I know Bill Burr is funny enough to be in on a bit. Is this true? I think.
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He stormed off threatening to never be on podcasts again.
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That's Billy Corbin, yes. Billy Corgan.
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That is such a good acidic line for Bill Burr to spit. You think we're just going to play catch now. And visually, it's uproarious to just put them next to each other and say, yeah, they're brothers. Just visually.
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to make the joke if it's not true but that was uncomfortable enough and i've been in at least one uncomfortable situation with bill burr you do not want to be on the wrong end of everything that's happening there in fact there are comedians throughout the comic world who love bill burr and won't pick up the phone because they're terrified when his rage is coming their way like
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There are so few people doing it at present who have graduated from the Dennis Leary time in comedy to still be doing angry comedy in a way that's likable. He has been so good on the health insurance stuff, and he's been so good as a comedian who connects – with every man out there spitting bile all over the place. You know what I saw the other day that caught me off guard?
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For a couple of reasons. On Tubi, which I don't watch, there was a movie The Thicket, made by Tubi. I did not know the Tubi made movie. It has Dinklage in it. Juliette Lewis is great in it. It is a Western, and it has commercials, but also good in it, and it surprised me. Andrew Schultz, I've never seen him act before, and they were asking him to have a character that had some range.
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And my wife practically spits at the television as soon as he comes on, just his face. It's just his face. I don't even think it's the comedy. It's just Andrew Schultz's face, which is pretty perfect for a Western. You have to admit, because he looks like somebody who would tie somebody to railroad tracks. Did you guys watch Tubi at all? I did not know that Tubi was making good movies.
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I just wasn't from, I was not. You were sprinting away from Tubi.
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No, I'm just, I'm pointing out that this was a source of discovery for me. I'm not, I'm not, I'm not meaning to disparage Tubi. I just don't want to watch stuff that has commercials. And now you're giving me a movie that's got Dinklage and Juliette Lewis in it, but you're going to make me watch commercials on it. And I did it because I enjoyed the movie.
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But did you know that Tubi was making its own big movies?
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And also put on the poll, did you know that Tubi was making its own independent movies? Juliette Lewis, again, was great in this. She's great in general, but I had never seen her like this. And I don't know that I can give a higher compliment these days, the way that they've made our options,
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so specific and removed so many inconveniences, I don't know that I could give a movie higher praise than, okay, I'll watch it with commercials. If I have to watch it with commercials, I will. Because I don't know when this happened to me. I wasn't even aware of it happening to me. But at some point, I made the choice,
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Very few movies of any kind are ever going to make me sit through commercials ever again. I don't feel like I chose that. I feel like that was chosen for me by just the general movement these days to put so many conveniences in front of you that Stu Gatz is going to get tricked because he can't remember to cancel his free trial.
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Their father got around. Like Betty White. Yeah. That was the joke I was making.
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So it is a blimp or it's not a blimp?
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So you've got 25 blimps, half of them work, and you've got 20 or 25 zeppelins, and we don't know how many of those work. Do we know the difference between a blimp and a zeppelin? What kind of distinctions are we making between those two things?
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But the blimp is also, is it not a rigid airship as well? Like, I think of the blimp as almost entirely impractical.
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It would obviously not be street legal.
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Chris Coney, your disgust with your father is so palpable. Way too comfortable. It's how good he is at it. Look. Look, don't turn your back on him. He's the best bleeping host in the game. There you go. How dare you disrespect your father by expecting him to talk close to a microphone?
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Your gems are so good that the microphone should come to you.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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It's okay. The joke runs its course the moment you get four out of 12.
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I defy all of you to use all of sports names throughout the history of sports names in order to find... Something better than the Ford Tagliabue.
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I only think of T.I. saving the life of a suicidal Scott Stapp here at Fountain Blue Hotel.
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I'm telling you, I've got the better story than you do when T.I. is rescuing the lead singer of Creed during a dark time.
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Before the show, Mike Ryan was legitimately thrilled with something that Jeremy said. It doesn't happen very often. And he was thrilled specifically by the sports take that Jeremy has that the MVP conversation, contract conversations, that as value increases in the sport, we're always talking about money. that the MVP should be measured differently than it's presently measured.
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I know I keep saying that people are sick of this Jimmy Butler story. I just want to put in front of you the idea, because I don't know how the rest of you have felt about what are your greatest public embarrassments. The worst you have ever felt in public because people are... laughing at you.
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The reason I bring it up is because of the part of this that I'm interested in most now, which isn't, Jeremy was saying during the break to me, he was saying it's crazy to see someone burn up all of the collateral they have with the fan base at the end. And I'm like, it's what Damian Lillard wasn't willing to do. And this is why he didn't want to do it. He doesn't want to ruin the five years.
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But I'm asking you, what do you imagine after Pat Riley's resume is what it is with the added bonus of this? He's 78 years old. There is no reason for him to keep doing what he is doing, except it's everything he is. It's who he is. His identity is never being embarrassed like this in public by, I don't have the power. Like, that's a dinosaur in basketball now.
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He wrought it, and now it threatens at the end to try and make him extinct because he's still leaning into, oh, yeah? Oh, you're going to do that? Okay, here's another suspension. And here's another suspension. And watch how unpleasant it is to come to work every day. Oh, do you realize what you're fighting here, Jimmy?
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Because all of the conflict in this furnace, this building that feeds us to get us to Boston, all of that conflict now turns against you. Because as Udonna says, you're either all in or you're all out. And they got somebody in the building walking around who's clearly all out. And I'm like, how does that land with someone who's 78 and more than Mark Andrews? as an immortal?
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Like how does that legitimately land to be publicly, to have the thing that you are?
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publicly embarrassed you're about you will respect me in this sport i'm still doing this approaching 80 even though i've won for six decades everywhere i've ever been and damn sure he believes he's the reason for the winning you could say it's the players and he'd say it's an awful lot of different players in an awful lot of different cities and the only one who's always around the winning is me
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So he's Belichick and Butler's not Brady. And even when Brady didn't like Belichick, Brady didn't do this in public. Like there was not an attack and a disrespect of who Belichick is and the identity and the principles he believes in that is basically urinating on mid court. Like that court's named after him now. And it's basically just pissing on mid court.
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And that part's super interesting to me. Who wins when it's the dinosaur of authority against everything that's been empowered by the last 15 years of Heat basketball?
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Oh, I understand what you're saying. I'm saying this is personal the moment you embarrass his organization. I'm not, yeah, no, it's not any words on it. It's your being the antithesis to what it is that I demand. Like my core principles on how it is I arrive at excellence, you don't abide by them anymore, even though they've benefited you for five years.
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The part that I'm saying to you guys is whatever Jimmy Butler's ego is here, Riley's is larger.
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Let me show the audience a couple of tweets here. One is the first that Chris Cody says has ever gone viral for him. Chris Cody has never in his history of just sending out his thoughts, down the middle Chris, has never had a tweet go viral. What is the tweet that you recently had go viral and why did it go viral?
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I want to show you guys another tweet that made me laugh because I don't know if you guys have realized this, but since being publicly punched in the face, Jordan Poole hasn't said very much publicly that is disparaging.
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about Draymond Green, talk about being embarrassed in public, by the way, when video leaks of you just being punched in the face by a teammate, it can short circuit your entire career, that embarrassment. So Jordan Poole writes on Twitter of his former Warriors teammates, I love most of the guys over there. And then, sneaking into the comments, Draymond Green, I really am sorry.
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Draymond Green has done several podcasts, I think a docuseries, if I'm not mistaken, about everything that's happening here.
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They're going to get it worse. It's addition by subtraction.
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Yeah, they did good work. Is the asterisk a punctuation? Of course it is. It counts as punctuation. I just don't think of it as punctuation. I think of it as something sort of numerical for some reason. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you guys to... Dumb of you. Yeah, I feel like a real fool for this. Something you put next to a tainted championship?
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Put it on the poll. Is the asterisk considered punctuation? I wanted to ask you guys in this economy, okay, if it is a good job. There is a job open right now that I wonder if any of you would want. I saw Patton Oswalt doing a bit recently, and it wasn't a bit because it happened to him, but it was part of his act where he was saying that the planters, nut people,
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sent him their car wanting him an offer to use the the planters nut mobile to take him somewhere and evidently the driver of that thing now is a paid position it has has benefits and what do you think that job would pay and would you want the job or does it depend on the pay do you think it would be fun to drive the planters nut mobile actually i know someone who used to drive the wiener mobile
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How much do you think that job should pay? A load. Not the Wienermobile, the Nutmobile.
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$45,000. So yeah, that's what it pays.
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is being accused of so many crimes you would think that he did most of crime since he became popular you know well what do you think is true and not true and wherever it is that the pathology gets some completely contaminated on fame and wealth whether it's bezos or musk or in a way that would make
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Diddy comfortable enough to think problem resolution is blowing up Kid Cudi's car because that's how I live because, and you can have all the rumors around maybe I did kill Biggie or Tupac, you don't know.
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Like seriously, when we're getting to these distortions of you give the billionaire so much money he wants to live on Mars, here Diddy, here's everything Earth has to offer in your 20s, now what?
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
And for them. It seems like unhappiness to arrive at all your dreams, not have any more dreams, and then romp off on criminality or whatever insanity it is because your human experience is... I can dream no bigger than where I've already arrived. Yeah.
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It can be. I like thinking about it that way. I've achieved all my dreams. You know what I'm going to do now?
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I'm going to get to a couple of the other topics du jour, but when it comes to your dreams, whatever it is that you were dreaming about when you were a kid, how many of them have you arrived at? How many of them have you exceeded?
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
We'll do this on Mars. It'll be a Mars session that you'll you'll because you've yeah, you've how old are you? Forgive me. I don't know. OK, so the people you're working in circles to have learned some things in show business. that make you somebody who's had a lot of good fortune that is also earned. So what were you dreaming of when you were a kid? What were you studying to be?
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What did you imagine your life was gonna be?
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So I've got it right, so the North Star is change the world and also become a monk of comedy community stylings, where you welcome in, you wanna change, and I'm not being facetious here when I say. Your North Star, because you mentioned a couple of times now, I wear what I wear. So you're fairly obsessed with the craftsmanship of what you're doing and its impact.
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And what you're saying is if I can make people laugh and have community, that community will listen to me at times that I have important things to say. And that's lovely. And I'll just keep building that.
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I don't, I don't talk to you all of that though. Like where did, where is that? That you didn't just come upon that. Did you, is that, that's hand me down from somewhere or who influenced you there? Yeah.
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So it's not as if I'm- You've been touring for a year, but you also toured with Trevor Noah before that. But your own voice, your own economy, your own things, you're growing into those now, right? You've always been a writer for others, correct? You've written for yourself as well, but you wrote for Fallon, you wrote for Conan. Now you are writing for you.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
It's a totally different proprietary thing, right? Yeah. And comedies also tends to be selfish, does it not? Like one of the things that I've seen in that world is what you're describing there. Most people are out for themselves. I know you're out for yourself as well, but it's not in service of any kind of community so that they could be spiritually aligned with the laughter.
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Can you explain to the people the process of I don't do anything else, all I'm doing is writing that makes you somebody who's curious about the world. This is a unique time in the world. There are a lot of people at this trough trying to make things. I imagine you're super stimulated so it doesn't even feel like work to you.
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How did those people in Alexandria, Louisiana, when you mentioned them, family of all kinds, how were they supportive? You've mentioned how they influenced this shaping, but how were they supportive of a job? This is a tough way to make a living, all of it. It's not poetry. Poetry is a harder way, but you want to take all your talents and you want to do what with it?
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
You're trying to figure out how can I get paid for writing things? You're just trying to figure out the economy of where can I get payment for making people laugh?
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It's just a bombardment of stimuli 12 hours a day of things on television that are happening that aren't funny but are funny.
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But no safety net of an employer. Yeah, no safety net of an employer at all. So now you're in crazy town. Yes, 100%. You're going to try and believe in your dream, but you've got to write the rent. Yeah. You've got to you've got to conjure from a piece of paper. Yeah. The money that you are printing to pay a landlord for rent.
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And need 12 buyers so you can have $240.
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Art and business co-mingle uneasily and with contaminants.
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Wait a minute. You're writing the Tonight Show monologue while doing what at the grocery store?
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And you're going in there and then you're writing, you're cutting up 40 jokes and they're using three of them in the monologue?
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Well, how did they find you, though? How does all of that end up happening? So how much crawling is there? Is that your big break?
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Yeah, if you're lucky, one of your jokes will be used. It's a failure game, and you're going to be grateful for it, because what's interesting about what you're saying is I'm sitting here talking about the pressure cooker and how hard it must be to write to make money, and you're telling me some form of, do you have any idea what I was doing at the time and what I come from? Right.
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I've arrived there. The pressure cooker is my dream. I'm not going to complain about what the environment is. I got a job that's not at the grocery store and isn't in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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But you're a content furnace. Like comedians tend to be precious about this stuff. They sculpt and hoard and then they unveil in three months, right? Like you're belching jokes. And I don't mean to cheapen it by saying that. I'm saying like you have refined and honed a craftsmanship that this is the thing you like to do so it doesn't even feel like work to you because you enjoy it.
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There's no way to do all of this without a distortion from everyone's prejudices.
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I have two follow-ups on specifics. Yeah. Do you remember the first joke that made it on the Fallon Show? Do you remember what it was? That is a great question. You would think I would remember. I've got a follow-up. If you can't find that one, if it's hard to find, that's fine.
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Do you have one that didn't make it that you're like, come on, that one, or you recycled it somewhere else because you're like, that deserves, that one should have gotten, that's as clever as I can be.
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No, that's OK. You failed. You failed spectacularly. All I care about is that I asked a good question.
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I'm thinking of myself in that circumstance. I don't care about you or the audience. I'm just thankful that I asked a good question. You did do well and I was bad. I really blew a plume of blue smoke in your face, disoriented you, and now I am standing over you victorious. I have a couple of other questions as it relates to the topics du jour that I will get to before the end of this.
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But you mentioned that your father never got to see you perform. You've had your family give you the proud moments, and that one is absent in a way that you would have liked because he meant what to you along this path?
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consider that that's what was going to visit. The last conversation is going to suddenly visit is not a way to carry yourself until you felt it one time. And then you only have to feel it one time. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Cause it hurts so much that you won't, that you won't take it that much for granted.
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Like there's, there's real life wisdom in death that way I've found in the early stages of, of grief. I don't know how much that has to do with you choosing therapy, espousing therapy, uh,
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
Well, if you're just going to rummage around in your bin of narcissism and self-involvement as opposed to going there to get the tools open-mindedly to see yourself clearly, to have tools so that you can go to work on yourself, on the things.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
I liken it to just why wouldn't – if someone has some expertise, someone you trust has some expertise in me, they can feed my narcissism and help me be a better me, get me closer to the things that I want to be. Like that's – And make me more gentle with myself and all the things that you need to learn because you don't quite know everything about yourself that you think you do.
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You used a phrase, epidemic of loneliness, and I think you have a chance because of the style, the way you're doing this generationally, new voice. You have a chance to speak to some things in comedy that are new because pandemic is new. Loneliness of pandemic and everything that changed with the anger of the loneliness.
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I just got done talking to Lewis Black who said he could be at home for like 12 hours and then he started looking at all his problems and he thought he was going crazy because of what the pandemic did to us. I read the other day a stat like 74% of adult American men feel moderate to high levels of loneliness. The epidemic of loneliness, it's new, isn't it?
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I haven't heard about that, but I've done it.
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Like, now that I'm not working... And I don't use my phone as a phone. I don't want to call anybody.
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I don't use my phone as a phone.
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A bar is lighter fluid on loneliness.
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Don't need a friend right now.
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Before I get you out of here and before we get to the last two topics du jour, I will tell everybody that tickets for Josh's 2025 Flowers Tour are available at joshjohnsoncomedy.com. And you can subscribe to his YouTube channel at Josh Johnson Comedy. Luigi Mangione, what do you got?
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uh it's a lot there's a lot there and i was uh mortified but understood about a general reaction filled with so much desperation from people who are tired of being bleeped by insurance companies by government by rich people by health insurance that they just want to kill somebody yeah i mean i think that one of the things that luigi is that uh
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
I'm gonna test this with you right now because one of the things I wanna show the audience is what an evolution this is in the standup comic to have this sharpened tool on things everyone's talking about. Can he or she find the things? That are different and stimulating. So I'm just going to I'm going to go through five of these with you.
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The world could have been a lot different if Al Gore had won and wanted to change the climate and succeeded in doing something about what would be protecting the Earth.
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No, that's where the disconnect is. It can feel like caring to simply not feel hopeless for five seconds.
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OK, I'm just going to hit you with topic du jour and see what it is that you got on any five of these things. So if I present you just here's Elon Musk. OK, what do you do with all of that? like just Elon Musk right now, just Elon Musk right now, the minute that we're speaking as he's chasing Donald Trump all around the country, clearly trying to buy the power of being the guy who runs America.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
He's going to end up being a vigilante hero slash saint slash whatever Hannibal Lecter cool because he defied the system and he broke the rules and he spoke for quote unquote all of us? I think that...
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Revolutionaries don't know that they're revolutionaries while they're in the middle of the revolution always.
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All of these things are clouded and stained by our own prejudices when viewing them.
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Flirting with a public that wishes the bad boy murderer to be everything they wish him to be.
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No, I've seen him wink and I hear the ding on one of the sparkling teeth when he turns to the paparazzi. I have not talked to you about sports, so I'm going to take a random sports topic and throw it in your lap because we're in Miami. I don't know if you know anything about sports. I have no earthly idea what your sports knowledge is or isn't.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
But do you have any opinion on Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins? The season that began here, I'll do it locally, began with an arrest outside of the stadium. And then I don't know what you do or don't know about Tyreek Hill.
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Like police brutality or any of that?
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Hello, welcome to South Beach Sessions. I'm saying this to this man right here and to you as well because I'm excited to have this conversation with Josh Johnson because, among other things, a hot... comedian who's doing stand-up comedy differently. He's been an Emmy-winning writer for The Daily Show and other shows. I am fascinated how all this came to be.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
You're right. But while I would be willing to basically say I'm willing to make the absolute edict that everything in traffic, no disputes, is a three. Once you press the roll up the window on do you know how long I've been famous, officer, that escalates. If everyone comes to their own conclusions about what their prejudices are on a situation, that disrespect right there is going to escalate.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
You're playing lotto with cops on where am I going to hit this cop in a sensitive spot that's going to turn that three into a nine.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
It's defiant. It's disrespectful. And he's been famous for a long time. And he's got bad judgment. And he's just generally reckless.
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He's not a perfect victim, but he is a pretty imperfect victim. He's really good at the imperfect parts of this, and he can be right and he can be wrong. Josh's 2025 Flowers Tour tickets are available at joshjohnsoncomedy.com, joshjohnsoncomedy.com, and you should subscribe to his YouTube channel at Josh Johnson Comedy. It was a pleasure. Thank you.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
You're awfully young to have had some of the successes that you have now in doing the stage work that is different than just about anybody is doing these days because you're doing it topically. You're a content furnace. You're able to do comedy sets from club to club that change with the news. That's not something that's been seen too much in my
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
Leather jackets, like, yeah, it's the same high school thing. They're all high schoolers, right? He went away. They're trying to wrap insecurities, normal human frailties in billions of dollars.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
Diddy is is what just happened to you now? I'm sorry. Forgive the transition. It was clunky and I hit you with just three words and there's a lot I unspooled at your lap.
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South Beach Sessions - Josh Johnson
Like, I mean, you would think that all of these parties are total bacchanalia and that famous people behaving poorly because if... Okay, we're talking about Bezos and Musk, but now make it somebody who gets all of that in their 20s and comes into billions of dollars with whatever it is. I've got to feel alive. Get to Mars or let me see if I can abuse my power all over the place.
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Yeah, I mean, I just I guess I just don't do anything else. So that helps. Like if you just if you just are.
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Yeah, and also, I mean, did he...
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But how do you defend this? How the hell do you defend any of this?
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Local Hour: The Prolific Dick Wolf
that something happened to Pat Riley in how it is that that hurt that he had never experienced before in his life because of how the pride gets stung on, man, everyone thinks of me a certain way and I just got turned upside down by a player and his friends who are now starting a $5 billion league and realized, no, we'll grab the lessons there and we'll take them with us and we'll do some stuff with that.
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and got played publicly in a way that everyone saw, I will say that having seen him go through that and having seen him really legitimately hurt by that, that I wouldn't be surprised in this circumstance if he finds the urge to be petty about, I'll send you to Utah. Like you're not gonna win this with me if all the offers are equal. You're not gonna be the one who publicly embarrasses me.
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Here's another suspension. Here's another suspension. I don't think that's a wise game to play with Jimmy Butler. I don't think the way that they're doing this is the way to do it if you want anything that maximizes return on Jimmy Butler. But I don't know for sure that the pettiness of being embarrassed this way
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Local Hour: The Prolific Dick Wolf
wouldn't grab somebody in a really human way and I'm saying that not having talked to him about it at all just having covered the man for a while and realizing that this he does not like like if you're going to put him in front of people for a power struggle the reason the thing that LeBron hurt so much wasn't just that he took the titles with him
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Local Hour: The Prolific Dick Wolf
and wasn't just the embarrassment, is that there was no move after. Like, there was no, I can punish him now, that's it, he's got his freedom and there's nothing that I can do about this embarrassment. I would not want to work for that man after I've embarrassed him.
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I'm just telling you that where all of these tensions reside, this is an unusual one. I'm saying throughout sports. It's an unusual one to have in this setting.
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Imagine Bill Belichick keeping a player he does not want to keep, who continues to desecrate the Patriot Way in a way that makes the local columnists call him quitter and selfish and celebrate that they're just going to keep finding reasons to punish him and take away money. And Jimmy's not going to want to work under those circumstances.
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So what you're saying is because it's Dick Wolf, you're saying that it should just be law and order, Chicago, FBI, CIA. Yeah. Yes. That we should just keep.
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When you read the description of FBI-CIA, but I still don't totally understand what it's about. It's not FBI versus CIA, correct? Because I think I might have them taking each other on in a series of competitions. I think I'd be more interested in that.
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What is this idea, though? I still don't understand what they're doing.
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I was kind of following you. Oh, you're locking in right now? You're locking in on us? Yeah, right. Let's drop the gloves, pal. You should be thanking me. For what? Every day. For what? For what I've done around this character. And the second shit gets real for you, you want to come at me and call me a fool? No, no, no. Seriously. Seriously, pal. I've added 10 years to your career.
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This is the Don Levitas show with the Stugatz.
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I wanted to ask you guys something that you do not see a lot of. And I would say that if you're not a fan of the team or the person, generally this is not going to be something that sports fans receive well, even though all it is is a blunt truth honesty that most people aren't speaking out loud. Dan Hurley.
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The UConn coach, during a mic'd up moment, yelled at a referee in a moment of really, I got taken aback by the arrogance, even though I understand that this arrogance often exists in people. And I understand that anger is data, that it's information that just sort of reveals things to people about themselves and others.
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Dan Hurley yelling at a referee when I talk about, I need you to imagine what Pat Riley Petty feels like. When you have had the career of a thousand Dan Hurleys and a referee turns his back to you and that respect is met with saying to him, don't turn your back on me. I'm the best coach in the effing sport. Couldn't believe that came out of his mouth.
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Can't believe it came out of his mouth.
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I think we need to rename a show in the Dick universe, NCIS FBI Law and Order AFP Chicago.
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Just put them all together and see if you get it. Just an entire demographic of my parents and Stan Van Gundy watching.
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just keep throwing firefighters and workers and CIA and FBI, throw a couple of spies in there. Put Angela Lansbury in there somewhere. What? CBS. Now there's a show with punctuation that is an all-time banger. Murder, she wrote.
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I was looking for the commas. I was hoping for commas. You guys went all. I'm still stunned by the exclamation point on Jeopardy being something that you guys object to when I do believe that when a contestant finds him or herself in Jeopardy, it needs to be urgent. It can't be question, is there Jeopardy? It can't be period, there's Jeopardy. It's got to be, holy shit, someone's in Jeopardy.
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Like, it needs the exclamation point. You're a writer. I figured you'd know that.
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The impression doesn't work without the Scranton. Why would you forget the only part of the impression that makes it an impression worth listening to?
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Do you know what MASH stands for?
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you know what MASH stands for?
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The reason that I bring it up is because when you mentioned that you don't want any punctuation, I thought for some reason of the old television show Motorcycle Cops because we were talking about all this and C-S-I-C-I-A.
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Let me ask this question, and it may be a stupid one. I've got to be honest. While I know that it should have a comma between the murder and the she, I don't think of it as having a comma between the murder and the she. I thought it was just Murder, She Wrote, three words with no comma.
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You're right that it doesn't make sense grammatically, but also it would have a period at the end of wrote if we were trying to make it grammatically correct. Like, that's not what we were going for. I know. I just thought it was murder she wrote. I did not think of a comma being in there. I'm sorry. My apologies, I did not expect the punctuation conversation to break out around good riddance.
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No, that's no fun. No, that's wordy. And you seem to be objecting publicly to the idea of everybody's in such a big hurry that they've got to make it an acronym instead of just saying all of the words to make it convenient for you.
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I actually just came up with what I think is a decent idea for a professional sports team, which is put an exclamation point on your name. Make it Yankees exclamation point and create an entirely new marketing stream.
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be the first right there is no team that has an exclamation point on its name that punctuates its name with an exclamation point but you're thinking you don't use it very often i know that in writing it's frowned upon that uh the exclamation point is a bit of punctuation that other punctuation looks at and says you're too loud yeah you're you're too much you're not you have no subtlety it's fake excitement it's just it's not fake excitement it is in time it's just
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It's just too overt. Punctuation is meant to not get in the way. Exclamation point is a little bit look at me.
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I want to ask Greg and Stugatz something as people who are vigilantly and militantly against learning and new information. Because while Jeremy was talking, giving what could be seen as good empirical information on Jimmy Butler for how you would quantify quitting, Stugatz muttered in my earpiece, Numbers. So many numbers.
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We've got a couple of tensions, Stugatz, that we could ride today. We've got a handful of people here, I'm not going to name names, who appear to be angry at Dan Patrick for big-timing our show. We can start there, or... On a rare Greg Cody Thursday, Greg Cody has hit someone in sports with a good riddance.
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And stopped listening to Jeremy entirely, even though Jeremy was giving facts that would quantify quitting, which I thought is something that people love to yell about in this particular endeavor that we do. Loved calling someone else a quitter. I think fans love, media people love to do that.
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I've been talking with Greg and Stugatz about this for probably a decade, and I think I just end up being wrong, even though... When it comes to content, people really want information right up until it's not information that they want. And to me, it's a bit confusing because I would want anything that proves to me something that I suspect. But you guys don't want that information.
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I saw Stugatz actively stop listening on the second or third number that Jeremy gave because the math, and this is an American affliction, the math is something he doesn't want to play with. He doesn't want math anywhere near his sports.
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Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Should we all be so lucky? She's not old at all, Jessica. Should we all be so lucky to live Betty White's life? And also, have you ever heard Betty White accused of getting around? Because that's the first time I've heard that accusation.
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I'm asking if you've ever heard it, because I've never. Betty White. You have heard it. You just did. It's the first time. Betty White is an American icon. Betty White is one of the rare people who gets to be universally beloved. Her and Dolly Parton. I don't know if there's a third.
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Saying a woman got around tends to be viewed as pejorative.
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Once we've arrived at good riddance, I saw you and Cody working feverishly on a top five list of old... old insults that Greg Cody would use in a top five. Which would you prefer? Would you want the general stomping anger of producers who feel the Dan Patrick show is big-timing us, or would you like Greg Cody's good riddance?
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Cody, you. I owe $12. I'm going to do it right now. I owe $12 from before, and I'm going to do it right now to get us started because we have not done this right with Venmo. So let's see here. I'm going to do it.
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Wow. Pay. And it's saying, what's this for? And I'm not telling you what's it for.
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Do you have a Venmo, Greg Cody? Do you have it installed and ready to go because you owe money and it's a new day around here? Once Venmo gets involved with the sponsorship of these things, we have to respect the sponsor. So what are you doing, Stugatz? Did you do it or not?
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No, we're going to do it before you leave here today.
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It's back on CBS. For like the fourth time. Pyramid is now $50,000, is it not? It's $100,000. Only place where inflation's keeping up. Is that a Game Show Hall of Famer? Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Is $10,000 or $50,000 or $100,000 pyramid a Game Show Hall of Famer? Because I think it is Mark Andrews, an immortal. But I don't think that everybody would think that.
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Because the immortals are Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy and Family Feud. Right. Once you get into that second tier of game shows, there tends to be a pretty big gulf between the first ballot Hall of Famer and somebody who gets in on the 15th pick.
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The way that I assign Hall of Famers is if you're in your last round, Am I watching? No matter what's happening, am I stopping what I'm doing? Like, I will do this on Price is Right, right? If you're in the showdown portion of the show or if you're spinning the wheel, I'm going to stop for a second. I'll do it with Family Feud as well. There aren't that many that you will do this with.
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Okay, so I have to be careful here, okay? Because our relationship with Dan Patrick includes a partnership that has tickets still on sale at Tipitinas.com because Wednesday of the Super Bowl at the great Tipitinas in Uptown. It really is a great bar. We are doing a Super Bowl partnership thing.
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But I, too, find myself on mornings when Dan Patrick summons feeling like I'm being summoned like in the morning. Hey, Dan, can you get over here as if we don't have a show at exactly the same time that he does and that I wouldn't be busy keeping the same hours that he does over the last many years?
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What are we going to do about all that? You know me, I'm all for the more the merrier, but we do different shows and have different temperaments. And I don't think he liked it in the last segment. I wouldn't blame him if he didn't like it. Last time we were on with him, Greg Cody very obviously came to the mic to me looking to talk.
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And I'm like, what, Greg, did you want to talk about Fifty Shades of Grey? and there was music playing in the background that was sensual, and I understand why Dan Patrick, a creature of habit, might not like the unpredictability of me not being able to read whether or not Greg Cody wants to talk.
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I love people fighting on the air. It's crazy. I did not name you. I did not bring up your anger for any other reason other than you were angrier than I was about it.
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But I didn't say it was you who said it. Yeah, but I didn't want it on the air.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Greg, are you ready with your top five list of old man insults, or is that not ready? Because good riddance is something that is not said by anyone under 70 years old, correct? That's not true, Jessica. You'll say good riddance. I said it yesterday. Yeah, but you're a fossilized old person inside. Thank you. You're in disguise. You do watch a lot of Columbo. I do. You're hiding.
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You're wearing a costume that pretends that you're not somebody with old person sensibilities. But you came in here today talking about a new CBS show.
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No, I don't watch CBS except on Sunday morning. That magazine show that shows the sound of streams for 90 seconds. Great.
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This is the laziest show I've ever heard.
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Why isn't it law and order, FBI, CIA?
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Those are without pay. Those suspensions are without pay. And I think he makes like $500,000 a game. So those aren't small penalties.
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It really is a surprise, though, for it to be a confession. Rare is the immediate Stugatz confession to a crime. Usually it's an assortment of moves. Don't go get cash, though, Stugatz. You've got to do it on Venmo.
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Let's think about this. What is the greatest TV show with punctuation in it? MASH. Whose line is it anyway?
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MASH is pretty good. I don't know how much better we're going to be. How quick was Roy? Roy's been waiting all his life for that question. When can I reference the 1978 television show MASH? He was ready to pounce with a swiftness and speed that was really uncommon for the proceedings.
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What do you mean it's unnecessary?
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It should be a question mark.
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No, there's got to be an urgency around it.
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No, there needs to be an urgency to the Jeopardy. If you're saying the exclamation point is not needed here, then you're saying in general the exclamation point is not needed.
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Well, I really was looking more for colons and sort of the fringe punctuations. You guys went straight to question marks and exclamation points.
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Excellent. X-Files. Why, Greg, would you be so aggressive about saying there's never been a show with an ampersand when you don't know that?
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It's from the Stugatz textbook of how to do this.
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You are saying you're right. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. The same way you were saying you were right that there's never been a show with an ampersand in it.
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At Levitard Show, put it on the poll. Has there ever been a good show with a colon in the title? But you are saying good riddance to Jimmy Butler. You're calling him names.
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Well, this part is interesting to me. This is the lone remaining part of this that's interesting to me until it becomes something that continues to escalate. Last week, Mike Ryan said something about Pat Riley in which he called him a little bit prideful. I will tell you
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that in my experience with Pat Riley throughout the entirety of his career in Miami, that after what happened to him on LeBron James, the specifics of the overt embarrassment, overt public embarrassment, Something like that had never happened to a man whose public image has only had the hit of New York on it, which was very painful, the way that he left New York.
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When he's fighting with management, it becomes, you're a quitter, you're a scoundrel, and the reason he left New York is because he wanted this kind of power. He did not feel like he had this kind of power in New York. When he came to Miami, he got this kind of power. So I ask you, because I will say,
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And Jonathan Zaslow's placement in a strange place that I wasn't expecting to find him. It is a strange thing. Jonathan Zaslow was under the banner headline. Celebrity picks.
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When you're doing something like paying $44 billion to be the popular high school kid who has bought Twitter, my guess is that he had not accounted for the backlash on, we don't like you. I thought that was what he was trying to buy. It wasn't just power and influence that he was trying to buy. I thought he was trying to buy also— You think he thought this was going to make him popular?
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I thought he didn't think it was going to make him this unpopular.
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I don't know how it is that you get to likable when what people associate with you is you're the richest person in the world. And he's not anymore, right? Like the amount of, if you can give me some of the numbers on how much money he has cost Tesla recently and himself, it is a bit breathtaking.
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And I don't even understand it, how it is that you can lose these sums or make these sums of money, even if you are on the cusp of innovation and the future and a gasless society that runs on electric cars.
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to then still be there. Bezos gave away, I'm sorry, lost half of his wealth in the divorce and then quickly made it right back immediately after being divorced because of the separation between the wealthiest people in the world now and the people who don't have money.
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I don't understand how you're a celebrity. I didn't understand entirely how Jay Billis would be considered a celebrity at ESPN. These are just expert picks. They're not celebrity picks. And somebody's mad that Jonathan Zaslow gets to make picks and that they don't get to make picks.
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Don Levitard. No one else here is willing to do a Trump or a Biden. That's not true, Dan. Okay, Tony, you can catch up. I have a thousand impersonations. That's not bad, man.
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Yours is not. You're biting me. What do you mean?
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Let's go now here to this highlight thing that Mike and Tony did. I'd like to watch this together because what would you guys tell people by way of tease on what this is?
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Put it on the poll. Hang with him, Clinton. Yes or no. Roy, I saw a look across your face. I didn't know what it is that the thought was. So if you would like to share it with us, I'm here for it.
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did not have Mike being more pear-shaped than Manu. Was surprised by that. Got caught off guard.
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There was more of him then. There's less of him. Just more to love. Less of him to love these days. The Boston Celtics have just sold for a record amount of money for a North American franchise, topping the commanders that went for about $6 billion. The Boston Celtics have sold a good time to sell coming off of a championship win.
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I'm a little surprised that it's more than the most expensive football team.
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I hope they lose the team. Did I just hear you mutter or whisper? I was a mutter whisper. F them.
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That's a lot of winning that's being done in Boston, though, with their basketball team where they win the championship and then sell for more than a football team. Or sell for more than any football team ever. Do they get a banner for that? They should.
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Did you just no comment me? Yes, I did. I'm with him on that.
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We were talking about Shane Gillis Alexander earlier, and for those of you who do not remember, this is something that happened. The Oklahoma City Thunder traded Paul George for Shane Gillis Alexander and five first-round picks.
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Well, I will talk about Kawhi Leonard for a second here because I find his story to be hugely interesting in the shadows in that it would appear that
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that his body broke down during and with the watch and care of the San Antonio Spurs and that whatever his gripes are that have never been made public in his voice that he left San Antonio at least in part because of everything done to his body that has subsequently harmed his career in a way that is obvious because we do not talk
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I don't know what the look was on your face. I was confused by the look on your face. Clinton Yates is complaining about something.
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No, but my point on that is it is in the middle of the super team era, Kawhi Leonard won a championship by himself. And whatever that cost his body is something we haven't seen that dude since. Like it's been six years of what should be his prime or something close to his prime when he was at the height of his powers and at the top of the sport, his body has clearly betrayed him.
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Come on. I don't feel like any of those people should be classified as celebrity pickers if all they're doing is being experts picking games on that website. Like, might be celebrities outside of ESPN, but I think if they're...
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They could have won the championship last year if they'd been healthy.
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Going back to Boston and trades for a second. Can we look back at the Mookie Betts trade? Can we examine the Mookie Betts trade that has to have Boston Red Sox fans still upset?
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We were talking with David Sampson earlier this week, and he objected to what was a prisoner of the moment contention. He alleged that I was saying that this Dodger roster, you can make the argument that's the best roster that's ever been assembled. And the over-under on wins for them this season is 104.5. And he mentioned the Mariners team.
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of Randy Johnson, Griffey, that won, was it 111 games or 115?
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116 games. But that team wasn't over under 104.5 before the season. I've never seen a team that is expected to win 104 games. That's not something that I've seen in my lifetime.
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I mean, what is that? Like, you can assemble the argument that Betts, Freeman, and Otani, you put those three together, that whatever you thought Babe Ruth's murderer's row was in 1927, a hundred years ago, that it's not the Dodger lineup of today because they got Ruth and they got Betts and they got Freeman. They got Freeman. Like, they've got Babe Ruth.
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Have you risen to the point that you should be somewhere on the marquee with Dick Vitale?
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I was going to ask Tony what that look was on his face when I called Zaslow a celebrity and why it is that he looked like he had walked into a bathroom that had left a lingering bad smell. But now I have my answer, which is he doesn't think you're a celebrity or an expert.
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He thinks you're just somebody whose face has enraged Clinton Yates on the website because it doesn't belong next to Dick Vitale's.
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I can't believe Roy no commented me. You're talking about Clinton Yates here, man. I don't know what your relationship is with Clinton Yates. I don't know why.
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Clinton Yates came after you. I heard. I heard. I believe that Clinton Yates has a justifier. I do that with Y's and J's all the time. It's a Cuban thing. I can't help it. I called him Ya Morant.
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I believe Clinton Yates has a reasonable gripe because he's been at ESPN a lot longer than our beloved Jonathan Yaslow. How do you feel, Zazz, about White Lotus?
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I think that's a fair criticism. I've said before, some version of White Lotus has had four episodes so far this season and produced about an episode and a half of material. But when he says a little incest, spoiler alert, because I've gotten in trouble for that this week, I did have a visceral reaction. It was a strangely visceral reaction.
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Again, spoiler alert here, so that he's left it vague enough that you don't know who the incest is between. And I'm not actually sure, because I don't know how this particular definition works, but brothers...
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kissing on the lips in a way that's not french kissing made me recoil even though they're actors and not actually brothers that's the right response they tricked me they tricked me into thinking that they're brothers and i did have a recoil on that that was instantaneous on wait a minute adult brothers kissing that feels an uncommon kind of wrong for me in a way that i haven't seen on television before unless you betray your brother and michael had to kiss freight on the lips in cuba to let him know
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I want to put this on the poll, even though I know the answer to this question here amid our audience, just because we talk so much, too much about Chris Cody owning a Sesta Cyclones highlight team. But I just want to put on the poll at Levitard show the question. Do you know what Highline is at Levitard Show? And I also want to put on there, is the sports anchor endangered? Yes or no.
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And a boat. Again, I should have said a bunch of different spoiler alerts, and I did not.
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It happens every time. But I thought I was okay because it was last Sunday, and now it's Thursday.
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Well, that's another spoiler.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
Did you see that? We don't need to be doing foreplay after incest. We don't need to be. I'm not talking about the incest. They literally gave you that last week. They gave you what is the promise of whatever that party is going to become between brothers and others. What are you guys smirking about back there?
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
You did create, Jeremy, for everybody the discomfort of really, Jeremy, you're going to be confident foreplay guy.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
But that one, look, a lot of people can be confident about their abilities with foreplay. Very few would say so out loud among their friends. Real ones though. The number of people who would say, put it on the poll, at Levitard Show, are you good at foreplay? At Levitard Show, and do you want to hear your friend talk about how he's good at foreplay?
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
Because there are two things that I don't want to imagine among any of my friends, any of them. I don't want to imagine any of them embarking upon foreplay. I don't want to imagine any of you wiping your ass either. Those are the two things I'd like to keep out of my life forevermore.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
I thought it was Sid Sipas. I thought that's what you were doing. Depends. I don't want to talk about this anymore. I find myself to be deeply disturbed by everything we're talking about here.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
I didn't need that in my life.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
I really don't want to think about any of this anymore. The thing that I did want to ask you guys, because I'm watching something happening here that I haven't seen a lot of, and I would ask you in my entire life, I haven't seen a lot of it, and I would ask you if you guys believe... that what is presently happening is going to be enduring for Shane Gillis.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
Shane Gillis is the most popular comic in the world right now. What are you guys laughing about back there?
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
Taking what? A walk? Why don't you run up the flagpole and see who salutes? And you? Please, I don't want to. I don't want to imagine. Oh, no.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
The thing that I wanted to ask you guys about Shane Gillis is he is presently selling out arenas in less than a day where he puts the tickets on sale and they sell out. right away. And that's not something I've ever seen in my life of any comedian.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
Jonathan Zaslow, who's in with us today, will have a segment on Highline here with Tony and Mike toward the end of this hour. But Jonathan Zaslow is in here today. He's a rising star at ESPN and he's a rising star at ESPN who's creating sports. ESPN on ESPN crime because a co-worker is mad at Jonathan Zaslow.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
but whatever it is that you imagine to be the most enduring comedians because i remember kevin hart famously sold out a football stadium and was the first comedian to do that not just in philadelphia but that any of us had seen and the question i'm asking you guys is shane gillis going to go down with richard pryor and all of these all-time greats as he's done saturday night live
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
twice in the last 11 months, and he is helping Saturday Night Live more than Saturday Night Live is helping him. And he's done it twice in 11 months after being let go by Saturday Night Live without ever appearing on Saturday Night Live. So there aren't a lot of stories like this.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
Shane Gillis Alexander is the joke he's making there. Oh, that's what it was?
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
You didn't even say get out of the West in what sport?
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
Joe Rogan's numbers, as he continues to help an era of comedy that looks different than most before it, his numbers have dropped. He's no longer the number one podcast in America. Midas Touch has almost doubled his numbers recently. And part of the reason for it is a lot of his listeners are really upset about
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
about the Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, that class of richness, talking to them about the sacrifices that they need to make on behalf of America. They're upset about Elon Musk. Elon Musk, you guys have been watching what's been happening with Tesla and the Tesla stock and how it is. He is just getting obliterated because we were talking earlier about likability.
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
It seems like Elon Musk isn't polling well with anybody because it's almost impossible to be likable when you're that rich, when so many of the people absorbing you have the issues that they have with and around money. They just I don't know who gets to be the rich person who's hugely, hugely likable. Who's the billionaire who people?
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Hour 2: Jonathan Yaslow & Jeremy Foreplé
The place that Elon Musk finds himself in at the moment, I'm curious whether he knew what he was in for, whether he could have had any idea. Because anyone can get around and get behind the idea of, yes, please, slash government inefficiency. That seems like a great idea to just slash that. But the intended and unintended consequences of that
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Hour 1: That's What's Best For Business
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 1: That's What's Best For Business
Money Williams' dad is named Money. And one of his sisters is named Monet. There's an apostrophe in there.
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Hour 1: That's What's Best For Business
Not the joke no more. This is the Dan Lebitard Show with Stu Gatz.
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Hour 1: That's What's Best For Business
everywhere in television than he or she has been almost the entirety of my lifetime well that that part is go ahead i'm sorry well i don't think we're losing the highlight show i mean sports center is going to expand it out to disney plus with gary streisand and randy scott those are the best two doing it in terms of chemistry with each other right now i know like linda cone's still doing it and there are still like no they're the new guys they are together they're a
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I know that I all of a sudden.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
It really is. It's super easy to say, yes.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Yeah. All of a sudden, I'm asking my wife all the time to repeat things, and I've got to imagine just given how loud. He's only 31 years old. Thank you for joining us, Ryan. But I got to imagine that one of the many drawbacks that happen from doing a dangerous thing like this for a living, this has to affect your hearing, how loud all of this is, correct?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Can you give us the most extreme example of you being a Star Wars dork?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
You knew better or know better than to try and insert any Star Wars theme into your wedding, correct?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I would imagine that a NASCAR wedding, if you've got Bubba as a groomsman, I would imagine that a NASCAR wedding would be a frolicking, debaucherous affair. I think any wedding is.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Put it on the poll, please. Do you think that a NASCAR wedding is more debaucherous than the average wedding at Levitard Show?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
He wears a cap well. I appreciate that.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
You don't know if you're on it, Ryan.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Wow. Congratulations.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Congratulations. The highest honor of your career. You were the inspiration. You could watch the number 12 Team Penske Ford car as the NASCAR Cup Series hits Homestead, Miami Speedway. It's this Sunday, 3 p.m. Eastern on FS1. A pleasure, sir. Thank you, and congratulations on all your success.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I wanted to ask the group a few questions here. And the first one is I am asking everyone here, including basketball expert Jonathan Zaslow, to pronounce the name of the San Antonio Spur who scored 34 points in fewer than 20 minutes last night and then during the sideline interview brought out his good friend Flavor Flav to be a part of the shenanigans.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Does anyone want to take a chance, a shot at this person's name? Sonaro is the first name, correct? Nope.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Okay, Sandro is the first name, and the last name is? We've got nothing? No. Nobody here can name the spur who scored.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
That's right. I misread my handwriting. That's what just happened. Sandro Mamoukalashvili. That doesn't sound right. Mamou Kailashvili.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I don't know his name. He was 13 for 13 from the field. I'm sorry, 13 for 14 from the field and 7 for 7 from 3. That's a good game.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
That's got to be a pretty good feeling, right? I can't imagine that there is stuff that feels much better in sports than feeling like you're six for six for three and taking that seven three and you just know everything is going to go in. I've only felt that. Anything like that one time in an intramural basketball game I was playing in college where I was able to make four shots in a row.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
One of those nights, huh, Dan?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
One of those nights. I can't imagine how good that has to feel to be wandering around after an NBA game saying that you don't know what happened.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Did you take a heat check? Yes, I took shots from further and further out. But what I remember about that game is how the shorts I was wearing and how short they were. And I'm pretty sure they were terrycloth because I'm pretty sure they were something like the material.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
How dare I wear terry cloth shorts to an intramural game? What's wrong with you?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. We were overmatched. We did not have a very good team, and I was the only player on our team. We lost by a lot, but I was making a— You had to put the team on your back.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Did you have a choice in terms of what you were going to be other than a driver? Because anytime I'm around you guys, everyone starts at eight years old and everyone inherits it from their family.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
For a stretch, they were coming out to guard me a little deeper than they would. Guard Terry Cloth shorts over there.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
That was when I was younger. My father still hasn't let go of the fact that I was a hot dog as a soccer player when I was young, wearing headbands and wristbands, and he would always say to me, what are you doing? What are you doing? Why do you have to do that?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
and terry cloth shorts usually not what you go with in uh intramural basketball either short but i remember they were short short is back by the way short is back yeah but this was the 90s uh yes tony thank you i've noticed this i don't know when this happened but this recently i have noticed that very short ass hanging out of your shorts is back it's back in yes but also baggy is back it's a weird time baggy is
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I'm sorry that that has happened the last couple of days. I haven't really been buying in on Vroom or Vroom Vroom.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I'm good at that game.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Do you want to play the game with us or you only want to play it with NASCAR drivers?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Well, this is something that I have found interesting in a couple of different places when it comes to how do you go about selling your sports and when you get to the most popular of sports, how do the burdens of fame make athletes or coaches be in a position where they don't want to be doing sales, which is what it is.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
So, obviously in NASCAR and racing, it's the sport most associated with sponsorships and you have to take care of the sponsors. But one of the reasons over the years that I have always objected to having college coaches on any form, television, radio, anywhere, is just because The whole job is sales.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
So much of their job is just to be a sales person and so they just say anything that fits under the umbrella of sales and it's not quite what that interview was where you've got a willing participant who's answering questions honestly as opposed to going to his sales talking points which are meant to reach recruits.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
It's one of the reasons that I hate talking to coaches so much because I don't want to spend a lot of time in any place that I am talking to salespeople.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Do you think that most people listening to this as sports fans are ever doing any kind of conscious watching of the college basketball coach when they're being interviewed, Bruce Pearl or whatever, and saying, that person's good at sales. That person's job is to be a sales person.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Well, but part of the job, I don't know what you would say it is, but whenever it is that these interviews are taking place, one of the things that's in play is very often, is that person qualified to be face and voice for our team? It's not just coach the players, right? Like obviously someone like Belichick was aggressively against that.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
And football coaches don't actually have to do this because their sport is so popular. They don't have to do sales. They have to do media obligations, I suppose, but they don't. There's no importance in them having any charisma because the point is almost to get away from the microphones without showing anybody everything.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
But your sport is so popular that you don't have to do anything in the way of selling it. But college sports... College basketball and college football, every time you're at a microphone, if you're a coach, you have somewhere embedded in your understanding, you may be talking to a recruit's parents while watching for the first time.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
And so, therefore, what it is that you're doing has to be packaged a certain way.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I'm surprised, though, that more of them aren't more charismatic, right? Because when I run through that list of over 65 coaches that are now in the tournament, Bruce Pearl is that, Tom Izzo is that, it's a likability. It's a charisma. It's slap you on the back, hit you on the knee, and make you forget that they're in sales mode because they're presenting as a leader instead of a salesperson.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Patino's good at that. I wouldn't say Rick Barnes is particularly good at that.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Do you have other places where you're an adrenaline junkie?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
It's also reps.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
You don't think Pitino's a good interview?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
That doesn't really work in terms of the sports debate culture. Let's create a show, Agree to Disagree.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Do you drive too fast when you're away from the track?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Do you have a number of tickets you've gotten? Like, is there a number that you would assign to how often you have broken the law while driving away from the track?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Wasn't a great one. Give me the details. What were you doing? You were going 175 miles an hour.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
what do you want me to do uh that that part really kind of grinds my gears a little bit put it on the poll please at levitard show uh what annoys you more a no turn signal signal or somebody who has their turn signal on all the time because that's the problem we have in south florida the problem in south florida is old people who always have their turn signal on but we also have the other problem as well so i just want to know
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I was laughing on the way home yesterday because it is a particular kind of funny to speak to somebody who's not nicknamed Iceman and call them Iceman. Like of all of the nicknames, calling someone Iceman who doesn't go by Iceman is funnier than just getting a nickname wrong.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Yeah, we have it. Well, have you noticed? I don't know if you've been driving very much around Miami when you're not at Homestead, but it's gotten really bad down here. You're not going to be able to get anyone while you're here and you should travel by helicopter.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Well, you're the 2023 Cup Series champion and the runner up last year. So when, you know, some turbulence strikes, does doubt make an appearance or is your confidence so solid that you assign it to other things and it's not your fault?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
You mentioned that you're not out there white knuckling it. I suspect that there's not a lot of emotion. I suspect that you're pretty disciplined about how you drive. Can thoughts make an appearance while you're driving about other things? Or are you so focused that thoughts about other things can't be allowed because you might hurt yourself?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
Yeah, I mean, just it was ridiculous what I did yesterday.
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
The nature of what you do is so competitive and obsessive compulsive. When you actually sleep, do you dream of racing? Like, are there things that make appearances because you have to be obsessed with this?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
I don't know how common a dream that is for everybody, but I've found it to be a pretty common dream for people who have an enormous amount of responsibilities and constantly find themselves under a certain kind of stress. We talked yesterday with Christopher Bell about the pressure that surrounds this particular economy. So you love driving, but what about everything else around it?
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The Big Suey: What'd You Say? (feat. Ryan Blaney)
That is not just AI. It was also Wikipedia. So we're joined now by Maverick. Ryan Blaney is with us. And I'm very pleased to have one of the most popular drivers around with us as Homestead. Miami Speedway is hosting the NASCAR Cup Series this weekend, Sunday, March 23rd. That is FS1, 3 p.m. And I wonder about this because, Zaz, I don't know how your ears are doing in radio.
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Local Hour: Mark's Wife Emmy
I have another video that you guys can put picture in picture, and it's just, and I think all of us will stop on this. You correct me if I'm wrong. All of us will always stop on the video of somebody falling on a treadmill. Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. This is your thing.
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Yes. Anybody falling on a treadmill.
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I'm not alone. I am not alone in finding funny and always stopping on the person at the gym who falls on the treadmill.
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Mike says you love these. Who doesn't love these? I know we can't get consensus on anything, but you can't tell me that there are people in the world who don't love videos of people falling on treadmills.
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Local Hour: Mark's Wife Emmy
Zaz, what do you do about the Miami Heat? I'm not even talking about this year when I suspect that most Heat fans would just lose all of the remaining games except the one against the Warriors.
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You and Mike Ryan are on record, and I've seen this move from Mike Ryan before. It's a crafty one where he puts himself in a position where he gets to win no matter what by trying to be classy about Jimmy Butler and saying, I'm rooting for him in the event that he does win so the pain hurts less. I'm not rooting for him. No, I know.
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He says he's rooting for him so that the pain will hurt less if he is hoisting the trophy. But when you guys say that you believe this, I haven't talked to anybody at the Heat, but... I do know how angry Pat Riley is, and I'd be surprised if he puts down that anger in the name of optics. I'd be willing to bet the other way that you're not going to get the glory.
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Local Hour: Mark's Wife Emmy
You might get something, but you're going to get a token something so that it can't be a conversation. Oh, the Miami Heat were super small in this instance, but you will not get the biggest grateful thing.
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I don't believe that they're going to get past all their pettiness while possibly in the middle of an 11-game losing streak that they blame him for.
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I didn't say ignore it. Yeah, they're not going to ignore it. I didn't say there would be an ignoring of it.
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Look how hurt they are. You guys say you have more memories, good memories than bad memories, and that's true. But you also have as the bad memory something unprecedented in the history of the franchise. You have a mess unlike any other, and I don't think either – I don't think two things. I don't think that the Heat will put on some grand display.
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And I think you guys are giving Miami fans more credit for how it is that they behave when they're angry than I'm willing to give them for when they're angry.
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Well, Jeremy, we've got something for you today because I can't believe what I saw last night. Why? What happened? We'll get to it in a second. You at the center of things in a way that's amusing. Because I'm a star? Because your team stinks.
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You are applying logic to something that's emotional. It's not really how rage works. Like, that's not... You're saying that Jeremy's making a good point by taking into account the history, being reasonable, and if you attack this unemotionally, all of you are right, but that's not the nature of fandom, to be unemotional. Well, but which was worse?
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Those people exist. I've never understood either the mentality of the heckler or the booer. It's not something... I'm not saying that... you shouldn't do it or that it's not right to do it.
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Oh, yeah, that's true. Zaslow, I thought Zaslow not there anymore.
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David, no, I have not. But David Sampson used to be a heckler before. As a fan, he was an actual heckler. I've never understood, because it's not just boo, okay? You're suggesting that to boo is just to get your frustration out. No, it isn't. It's so you can see all around you that people are watching you and your frustration.
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You're trying to be so loud that you make sure that everyone notices you're disgusted. And the reason that I don't agree with you guys on what he's gonna get in terms of a return is because you guys aren't paying attention to how many unhappy people there are in Miami who want attention for their unhappiness. And the state of the heat right now,
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No matter what your logic is, the state of the heat right now is it didn't feel like this the five years he was here, it didn't feel like this until he did everything he did at the end. Whether he was right or wrong to do it, what you presently have, which is what feels like a hopeless future right now, right? Because you're like, how are they gonna fix this?
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You could blame it on one of two people and only one of them is gonna have the opportunity if you give him a video in order to express your frustration with him because it's either him or Pat Riley and your frustration is just gonna be about the nine game losing streak.
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Not there anymore covers a lot of ground because Zaslow was a pre- and post-game fixture on the Miami Heat. Then he left, and then they stopped mattering.
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Stugatz. Yeah. La Careta is a place where the best of the celebrations has to be the 97 Marlins celebration because it was Levante.
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I wanted to ask you guys about our tournament and the tournament that begins today with a plethora of action everywhere. What are you guys doing? Well, we have our own tournament of fans going against each other for the right to watch the national championship game that I don't want to watch with them.
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Well, we have an assortment of videos, 30 seconds or less. We have seeded them, and we've asked the fans. I need to clarify, by the way. I didn't mean to say I don't want to watch the game with a fan from our show.
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Though I don't want to watch the game with a fan from our show.
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What I was meaning to say is that I simply don't want to have to watch the national championship game. I don't, I don't want to be obligated to do it. And it's been given away as a prize because I'm pretty sure Billy just wants to bother me. It's not watch the game with our show.
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It's just watch the game with me, which is also less fun for the fan than it would be to watch the game with our entire show.
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He or she, I don't know what the rules are to this.
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No one has informed me. So far, all the videos we've shown are of men. What do we have to update our tournament? Because the thing I wanted to say about the tournament that I didn't realize until reading it this morning, the eight one and two seeds. five of the coaches are 65 plus.
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I mean, they tend to keep the people they love.
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I mean, I just spent time last weekend with Larry Nagin and Leonard Hamilton on our show where both of them were like, I'm out of here, man. This is crazy. What is happening out there? You got Leonard Hamilton's team is boycotting because they want more money. Larry Nagin, two days after he gets to the Final Four, eight of his players are like, love you, coach, I'm leaving.
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And so to have five of the coaches who are the top seeds and the favorites to win this tournament be 65 plus, See if we can name them here. Bruce Pearl, Barnes, Pitino, Izzo. Who am I missing? I'm missing somebody.
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Well, one winner. The fans will vote on whatever is the best video here. Can we play some of these for Zaslow so he can see what it is that we're doing?
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Since we have Zaslow here as part of getting us ready for how it is we're going to cover the NHL playoffs when the Panthers start kicking ass there. What happened, Tony?
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I know you guys like to pretend around here that I'm in charge, but a lot of things happen around here that have nothing to do with me ever knowing about it. And I saw as Jonathan Zaslow, Greg Cody's nemesis, comes into the studio looking very much like radio. I saw that out of the shipping container, the framed Greg Cody trade merino column was taken out.
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Do you realize that the way that you did the apostrophes, Chris, that fan was allowing me to have his wife Emmy?
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Let's play some more of these here to update our tournament and see if Chris Cody has any more trouble with apostrophes.
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I mean, come on. How is that a three seed? Oh, wow.
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That's a lot of stuff that guy's got.
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I mean, come on. Signed copy? It's not as good a bribe as the Gaston on Bobblehead. It's not as good a bribe. You get the idea. 64 guys. No, no, no. Numero uno. Gracias, Mante. Give me a shot. These are largely video instead of audio, actively alienating our audio audience with our tournament. Go ahead and do the last one.
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I don't believe that you get feathers in your cap for anything Cade Cunningham does. A bandwagon?
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Excellent work by you as always, Chris. It's why you're in the chair that you're in. I still maintain that the penguin feels to me closer to a fish than a bird just because I don't think of birds spending a lot of time swimming underwater. And so forgive me for that error, but I still put it on the poll. Put it at Levitard Show. To you, what is a penguin more of, a fish or a bird?
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Can you guys give me the history, please, of feathers in caps and why it is that people get feathers in caps? But last night, the Miami Heat lose for the ninth straight time. They are in a particular hellhole that I don't think we've seen around here in 15 years, unless my memory. Well, your history, Zaslow, is good. Is this the worst Heat team we've seen in 15 years? Yeah.
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I just want to see what comes back.
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I don't think it's a thing. I think I'm the only one who does it.
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I think of them as sleek. I've never seen a penguin feather away from the penguin. That's not something that I've seen. Is an otter a fish? Yeah, pluck it. You think it's like a killer whale? I think, yes. I think of the penguin as having a... They're just wet because they're...
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I learned a lot during March of the Penguins.
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I know that they're birds. I'm saying that before learning that they were birds, I thought of them more as fish.
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In terms of things not holding up, I remember, okay.
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When Jack Nicholson played the Joker, it was seen as seminal and groundbreaking, and then you see Heath Ledger or you see Colin Farrell do the Penguin, and you look back at the 90s and how we were doing those things, and none of it holds up anymore. You seem disgusted.
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Can you guys just find for me, please, what I associate always with the best and funniest video ever produced by Batman in any form, which is the original Batman television show. With him running? No, this is a great one. If you have not seen this. George Clooney's nipples? No, I'm going to the original. I'm going... It's from the movie.
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Yes, Adam West Batman, and it's the helicopter scene where Batman is hanging from a ladder and is attacked by a shark, and it's the graphics from 1960s, so he's using a shark repellent to get a shark that's off. The helicopter is hovering over the ocean. This is groundbreaking for its time, but it's clearly a toy plastic shark, and...
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I want to find that video and simply put it up on the screen, and I just want to watch it together, even though this also alienates the audio audience. I just want to enjoy this together so that we can howl with laughter the moment that this shark attacks. Tony has not seen this. Please just focus on Tony's face right now.
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so that you can see his reaction to when the 1960s, our friend Adam West, the late Adam West, has a problem with a shark that emerges from the water because the TV graphics and special effects aren't quite up to snuff. Just stay on Tony's face.
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Let's examine for a scored 34 points in less than 20 minutes last night, seven for seven on threes, 13 for 14. And even he, after the game, was wandering around the locker room saying, I don't know what bleeping happened out there because he scored so much so fast. And last night, you may not have noticed this, the Pacers scored to win 135, 131, 45 points in the fourth quarter.
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That used to be the average Miami Heat half. And is again, I think. I feel like it. It's the average second half now. It's the average second half now. Before we get to the game winner, though, that I want to play, I just want to ask Zaz, because I do find this part to be a bit staggering in the last 16 games. We talked an awful lot about Jimmy Butler. We argued a lot about Jimmy Butler.
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But how many more examples would you like that he didn't have enough help while he was here? Because it's been flooring to me to watch Bam and Tyler Hero do this. Be this. Because those are two all-stars that you have, maybe in name only, but they are all-stars. And the way this team is playing is a far sight from you have two all-stars. I can't believe how bad they are.
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And I'm surprised that taking Jimmy Butler away 16 games proves this.
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out of the shipping container and placed. Now this is, you have to understand, this is an heirloom. This is a treasure. This should be something that would be at the center of a church if the church worship bad takes. And I'd like to know who made the decision to take something that is a family heirloom and remove it from our walls in here and put it outside. Is anyone accountable on this?
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hold on all right this again so this is a bank this is great defense by bam and there is jeremy his shoulders he looks in oh what's gonna happen dejected uh let's uh let's put that picture in picture here in spot shadow jeremy tache so that you can see what is uh this is i'm gonna do this for the audio audience okay so he's got his microphone at
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the center of his chest the way Shane Gillis does stand up, okay? He's got the microphone at the center of his chest.
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And then, as soon as the shot goes in, if you're just watching Jeremy, you're seeing the microphone, his only useful tool, other than the ones that are inside him, of course. And the microphone just drops with a sudden disgust, and it goes to where the hand was when he fist-pumped after doing his sideline interview. He is crushed there because that's your best defender. He's defending well.
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It's still crazy, okay? It's still crazy to me that Bam is the one that you send out there at that size and that Cunningham's not getting a good shot. He's getting a lucky shot. He made it, but that is good defense, and that's just unfortunate that the Miami Heat lose there.
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That's what I said the other day, too. I need to explain to people how rare it is for a body under any circumstances to physically sag that way with overt disappointment. Like, you give me all of the times. I've said this before about sports, right? Whatever you'd think is the happiest moment of your life, you weren't jumping up and down when your child was born.
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The way you were jumping up and down wherever it is you were when your best sports moment ended up happening.
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And I'm asking you guys to tell me on what circumstances you would find yourself so visibly dejected. That's an argument with your spouse, right? Like, where are the places where you're so physically dejected that you see his shoulders go from where they were at a man's height of about 5'9 or 5'10, whatever it is that he is. Yeah, you got it.
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to the height of a man who is now 5'6 or David Sampson size because his shoulders sag so much in an arena full of people whose shoulders are sagging that way after several years of feeling like your shoulders are sagging that way.
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Put it on the poll, please. Juju at Levitard Show. Do you know why anyone was putting feathers in their cap?
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So just to be clear, I just want to be clear. So someone has done something in war. They have killed a person. They've come home. And what we do is then pluck a bird and hand them a single feather as a noble act. Sometimes.
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You don't want to mess with the guy who has a bunch of feathers in his cap. I've got one from Cater. It's a huge feather, by the way. I also want to play for the audience the greatest spinning leg kick that I have ever seen in my life. Tony probably knows this. I don't know if the rest of you know this, but someone who has perfect form on the spinning leg kick, which is the...
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deadliest of all the kicks. There's no more power that can be had from a kick than what we're about to show you. But someone who's got exceptional form on the spinning leg kick is Joe Rogan.
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It sounds redundant. A lot of people say ATM machine, that's redundant. A lot of people say NIT tournament, that's redundant. Spinning leg kick might indeed be redundant. I know when they specify spinning back heel kick. But Tony, I got this right, right? It's not spinning kick, it's spinning back heel kick.
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He did not die, but that is a reasonable assumption for you to make because in the center of the ring, as he gets a foot under the chin that makes him fall to the center of the ring, his sweat goes 10 rows deep into the crowd. It goes straight up. It's a punt. It is. The sweat travels the way a punted football would travel.
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And how does the decision get made on this? Zaslow, how did you feel about that column? And you've made fun of Greg Cody a couple of different times to his face.
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You see Netflix has a special on basketball patriotism that has Kevin Durant crying. You have on HBO, We Beat the Dream Team, a documentary that's running about all of the college players that beat the dream team in a game. It's a good documentary. There's so many good stories in there of just...
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dass Mike Krzyzewski glaubt, dass Chuck Daly das Spiel durchgemacht hat, weil Michael Jordan nicht spielen konnte. Christian Laettner ist also für das Dream Team da, gegen Chris Webber und so weiter. Und Mike Krzyzewski verurteilt Chris Webber, Grant Hill, was ein Leben lang ein Erfolg war, indem er das Spiel durchgemacht hat.
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You're the old white guy columnist who always castigates the athlete for misbehaving and for urinating on sportsmanship.
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Chuck Daly hat das Spiel durchgemacht und Grant Hill geht, um ihn zu konfrontieren. Coach K, es ist ein tolles Dokumentarfilm. Das Geschäft dieses Sportes ist jetzt mit der Televisionspartnerschaft, die es braucht, das Sport als soziales Medien-Sport in der neuen Zeit zu verkaufen, um die Zuschauer mit MrBeast und die Zuschauer mit MrBeast zu bekommen. Aber es ist ein soziales Medien-Sport.
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Jetzt musst du nicht in der gewohnten Zeit auf Late-Night-Television schauen, um Late-Night-Television erfolgreich zu machen, weil es durch deine sozialen Medien-Feed geht. Basketball ist in der neuen Zeit, und sie haben alle Geld in der Welt, um etwas in acht Jahren herauszufinden, was ich schon hier erwartet hätte.
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Weil, wenn sie davon beeinflusst werden würden, wäre es nach der Bubble, nach Kyrie Irving, nach Load Management, und es hat es nicht beeinflusst, Stugatz. Sie haben Monster-Dollar, weil, wenn es Bezos ist, die gegen Netflix kämpft, weil wir den Inhalt brauchen, There's a never-ending stream of money that makes the customer irrelevant. It makes you and me, the media, irrelevant.
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They don't need us. They just go into business together and we just become collateral damage on what the business of it is because they've already got the guaranteed money. It's been fascinating to listen to John Skipper and Samson tell fans again and again here, you don't matter and I don't understand why the media keeps talking about ratings.
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Ich denke, Teil dieser Gespräche ist die neue Frauen-Professionelle Basketball-Liga in Miami, die Unrivaled, die essentiell eine TV-Liga ist, die sich nicht so viel um die Fans kümmert. Sie lassen max. 850 Fans bei jedem Spiel, sie sind da für die Hintergrund, sie sind da als Fenster. Diese Liga braucht die Fans nicht, weil sie TV-Konferenzen haben. Keine Liga braucht sie.
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What side are you on in this? Well, I want to make two points. Number one... I mean, back in my day, I used to build forts. You know, Fortnite was nothing you stared at. It's something you built with your hands, like Man 101. Please explain the hard network out. Well, I've missed so many of them. Apparently, I don't know what a Hard Network Out is.
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No league does. You can play in empty stadiums. They did during the pandemic. Like, I know you prefer, they prefer the concessions. They prefer to have arenas filled with people, but the televised product is more important than the in-person product. You've seen this for a decade. It's more fun, easier to watch it at home than it is to brave the parking.
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Like, it's the new age of getting disconnected from your sports team while you think you're more connected to it than you've ever been.
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Du sagst das aber, und ich würde dich fragen, wenn die Ratings niedriger sind, wenn die Fans im Gebäude sind, als sie es während der Pandemie waren, weil die Ratings immer niedriger sind. Und wenn das ganze Konzept des Geschäfts ist, dass wir nur die Programmierung brauchen. Ich brauche nur den Spieler. Ich brauche nicht mal die Star-Spieler zu spielen.
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Ich brauche nur zu wissen, dass ich an dieser Nacht meine Veranstaltungen spielen kann oder was auch immer es ist, dass ich versuche, deine Abonnenten zu bekommen, weil wir die Spiele am Abend haben und das sind die drei Stunden, die wir haben. I'd like for you guys to hear John Skipper and David Sampson explain this to you with more expertise than I can offer.
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But they've been saying this for years, that the customer becomes less and less relevant, whether or not they're actually watching.
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White Plains, New York. I heard that as a woman faking pain. I didn't think that sounded real. I really didn't. You know? It was not fake. It was in no way fake.
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Stoogatz! Yes, I can, Jess. Expert. I've been married 40 years. This is the Dan Leventhal Show with the Stoogatz.
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Is it as good as Tony's new segment Don't Look Now? Is it as entertaining? Oh wow, you were ready in that moment to do Don't Look Now. Are you looking at me? Before we do Don't Look Now, and I'm not looking at you right now. I am. I want to... Stugatz would like to be wearing that blindfold in a more private, intimate setting with you, Tony. Baby! And only that blindfold.
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For some reason, the listeners seem to enjoy it when I miss a Hard Network Out. They all enjoy it. But it doesn't happen intentionally.
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We have creeped well into sexual harassment here with Tony in a way that's not comfortable. I do declare everything's fine. Chris Cody hat mir gesagt, danke, dass du uns gesagt hast, wer du da impersonierst, Skip. Er hat mir gerade gesagt, dass John Skipper einen 20.000 Dollar Turtelkopf trägt.
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Was macht ihr mit der Information? Was denkt ihr, was die Publikation merkt, basierend auf der Wahrnehmung der Liga und dessen, wie sie gespielt wird und wie sie berichtet wird und wie jeder die Liga löst? Trippled! Trippled! We're talking about a league as if it doesn't have value when the TV rights during a difficult time tripled.
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Okay, es gibt viele Leute, die das machen, und ich verstehe, warum viele Leute das machen. Es gibt viele Gründe dafür, dass es so viele Sportarten gibt, dass man nur ein paar Orte ansehen kann, weil man es nirgendwo hinbekommen kann. Es gibt tausend Gründe, warum es so ist bei der NBA. They do have a perception problem. There are too many people talking about what a bad league it is.
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And it includes the people who are Charles Barkley and Stephen A. Smith and all the people who are voices for these partnerships who have turned on the sport. Draymond Green in the middle of it, telling you that it's boring. I'm not saying that people aren't verbalizing that this is a problem.
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Aber wenn dein Geschäft ein Problem hat, dass die Leute reden und dein Geschäft die Rechnung der TV-Reihe erhöht hat, dann hast du es nur aufgeführt. Das ist Chris Codys Theorie. Es ist egal, ob Zion Williamson's Schuh explodiert. Es ist nur die Aufmerksamkeit. Es ist egal, wie du die Aufmerksamkeit bekommst. Basketball bekommt die Aufmerksamkeit, auch wenn es schlechte Aufmerksamkeit ist.
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But the two least watched and lowest rated all-star games in NBA history were the one from last weekend and the one before that. Is Adam Silver not supposed to be concerned about that at all?
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It just doesn't matter, is what I'm saying.
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Okay, so Adam Silver is like, who cares?
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He can be concerned about it and then he can go and drink a very nice wine with all of the money he gets from the owners because he's running their business very well. With great concern, he can drink the most expensive wine you've ever seen in your life.
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No, but see, this is something... Because Mike doesn't watch the NBA anymore?
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He's not the only one doing it though. This is the language around that entire league right now. He's not the only one doing it. As content, it was the easiest thing in the world over the last week to both fix basketball and fix the All-Star game. It's the laziest possible thing and everybody was doing it.
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Well, and beyond that, let's play this sound here.
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Well, perhaps, but we also have the added element of a former Heat player in Tim Hardaway doing one of the things that we love about the league, which is just call Jimmy Butler a crybaby and we'll make content out of it for days.
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Ich glaube nicht. Ich glaube nicht, Crybaby ist redundant. Es gibt viele ruhige Babys. Du hast so ein tolles Baby, ich habe nie gehört, dass es weint. Du hast nicht die ganze Nacht mit ihm verbracht, das ist der Grund.
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Tim Hardaway hat es verändert. Er ist ein Baby zu Crybaby. Und ich dachte, das wäre das gleiche. Ich dachte, das wäre das gleiche Entschuldigung. Ist Crybaby schlechter als Baby?
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Ja, ich denke so. Crybaby ist ein schlechtes Baby.
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Aber denkst du nicht, wenn er ein Baby nennt, dass er es nicht ein gutes Baby nennt?
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Crybaby is necessary. Crybaby really hammers at home. What about Boss Baby or Baby Driver? Baby Lando. That's difficult. Tim Hardaway was right, by the way. He sounded like an old player criticizing a young player. We don't have to do the Jimmy Butler conversation again. I just wanted to do Crybaby.
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Crybaby is necessary. Aber was ist die Unterschiede zwischen einem Baby und einem Schreie-Baby? Ich dachte, ein Baby ist auch kapabel. Also, wenn das originelle Baby schreit, dann wird es ein schreiendes Baby? Nicht alle Babys schreien. Aber wenn er ein Baby kauft, sagt er, dass er ein schreiendes Baby ist. Er sagt bereits, dass er ein Schreie-Baby ist. Das ist der schlimmste Kind eines Babys.
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Wenn er kauft... Jimmy Butler, ein Baby. Er sagt, er ist sauer, er wimpelt, er ist schwach. Das ist die Entschuldigung. Er weint.
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Es klingt falsch, ja. Es klingt so, dass du es falsch machst, wenn du das Arsch aus dem Arsch burpest. Es klingt so, als würdest du das Baby verletzen. Ja, es klingt so, als würdest du es so viel burpen, um das Arsch zu verkaufen.
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Als ich die Frage hörte, wie war euer Burp-Spiel, werde ich meine Gründe dafür nicht erklären, weil das hier Journalismus ist, aber bevor das Show begann, in einem intimen Raum mit mir und Stugatz, hat Stugatz sehr laut vor einem Kollegen geburpt und dann sagte er, dass er es entschuldigt hat, in einer völlig insinceren Weise.
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Schockierend, dass er sich entschuldigt hat. Ich habe mich entschuldigt, dass ich mich weggeholt habe. Er hat sich gefälscht und es riecht wie Bacon. Das ist gut, ein Bacon-Fälscher. Er hatte ein Stück Bacon, das zu einem anderen Stück Bacon gefälscht wurde.
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Wenn du mich fälschst, mach es ein Bacon-Fälscher.
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Aber das, was mich erschreckt hat, ist, dass ich gesagt wurde, dass wir einen besseren und öffentlicheren Fälscher haben als Stugatz in unserer Firma heute. And I don't think that people know that that is Jessica. I believe I'm not going to reveal any sources, any betrayals, anything of the kind. But I have been told that our most prodigious belcher is Jessica.
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And I've never seen that or heard it or smelled it.
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What? You're brave, Chris. Chris, that was an act of bravery with your American flag.
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Listen to Tony. You're right, Tony. Thank you. You're right. Her body, her choice.
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It's got to go somewhere, buddy. Again, you guys are misinforming the public. It's not that I cannot burp or fart. It's that if I burp or fart, my body has consumed something it should not consume. I am not a repressed orb of farts that cannot escape.
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Misrepresenting me. I'm a sleep farter. I was just informed of that the other day to my mortification. And it's after I've eaten in restaurants where they've lied to me about the ingredients. Because I'm like, no dairy, no gluten, I need vegan cheese, I need garlic and no paprika, and I need to make sure there's no turmeric. Yes, just pecans and occasionally some macadamia nuts.
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Embarrassing. Es war schrecklich für mich. Ich wusste es nicht.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Hatte sie es auf der Kamera? Wie Audio-Evidenz? Meine Frau hat das bei mir gemacht, als ich im Schnurren war. Sie hat Audio von mir im Schnurren genommen. Das ist ziemlich schlecht zu hören. Hast du sie jemals gedreht? Ich habe sie nicht gedreht, aber ich sollte es machen. Sie hat im Schnurren wie ein Lumberjack geschnurrt. Wow. Ich meine, lasst uns nicht damit anfangen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I am sorry if I publicly outed you with sources and journalism.
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Still? She still is a prodigious burper in her 80s? Prodigious is an understatement. So it's an heirloom passed down in the family.
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Are you able to manufacture a burp? Can you burp on cue? Not a good one. What's an example of your burp? Is it a dainty, quiet burp?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Let's do Don't Look Now. I don't know why Tony took his blindfold off. I am not looking anymore.
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What are we doing with this?
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Keine Ahnung jetzt, aber ich würde dir fragen, und ich würde versuchen, ich habe das nicht gesehen, ich würde einfach versuchen, dass das drei oder vier erste Runde Picks kostet. Ist es nicht? Nein. Du wirst das nicht für zwei Erste bekommen, oder? Sie wollen ihn überhaupt nicht wegnehmen, also wer weiß. Aber was würde das kosten? Ich würde mir drei vorstellen.
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Wenn ich dir Miles Garrett als Pass-Rusher gebe, bringe ich nicht mehr zurück, als ich für jemanden, der nur ein Quarterback ist?
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Greg Cody, do you have any expert opinions on this as a football expert?
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He still doesn't know. No, he keeps talking through them. We're taking advantage of an old man. He doesn't know what time in the show we are, even if I'm wearing a clock that says so on a baseball cap. Eventually it got so bad that we're like, okay, we're just going to make this a joke and we're going to see how we can trick him into tripping over this finish line. And it's never once been faked.
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I think you could get him for two first round picks and a starting caliber player. Keep in mind, he's almost 30 years old. I mean, he's still great, but he's not... In his prime getting better great. I mean, he's gonna plateau.
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I looked, I looked. I'm sorry. You can't look.
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He won't get three first round picks. Mark my words.
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Weil sie da draußen sind und du sie markierst.
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Warum trägst du gerade Sonnenblasen? Ich will nicht schauen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Ich will nicht schauen. Ich werde versuchen, diese Worte ohne zu schauen zu markieren. Du hast gesagt, du sollst nicht schauen.
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Ich schaue nicht. Du kannst immer noch mit Sonnenblasen schauen, aber du siehst ihn nicht.
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Ich sehe dich gerade nicht.
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Deine Augen sind weit offen.
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Ich sehe, dass deine Augen weit offen sind. Die Sonnenblasen sind schwarz. Meine Frau sagt, das sind Frauen-Sonnenblasen. Ich habe keine Ahnung, ob sie das sind oder nicht. Aber ich sehe nichts. Es ist schwarz. Er ist 29 Jahre alt.
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In dieser Position? Wahrscheinlich, ja. Wahrscheinlich 27, 28. Er ist über seinen Primum.
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Also du denkst, er wird nur von hier her schlechter werden, ist das, was du sagst?
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Ja, ich sage, dass ich, wenn er drei erste Runde Draftpicks erzeugt, dann nehme ich das Bowlingball direkt auf den Arsch. Ja. Wow.
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Don't look now. Don't look now. He stopped trying. He had a great start. He has stopped caring that he's on the air. He has stopped caring that this is televised on Peacock and Max. It's an adult show.
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Er ist auf dem Rekord. Er hat öffentlich gesagt, dass wenn Miles Garrett das 3-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
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Du musst die Uhr schauen. Wir sind acht Sekunden vorbei und zwei Fragen zu viele und nicht aufschauen.
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Everyone thinks that some of them are so perfect that we must have maneuvered him into position with him acting with us. Never. It's never faked.
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Aber wenn ich jemanden schaue, den ich spreche... Oder wenn ich da schaue... Man muss sich multitaskieren. Und der Clock ist da oben. Ja, das ist viel zu tun. Ich schaue auf Leute, ich schaue auf Augenhöhe. Ich gehe nie so hin und schaue auf den Clock. Du kannst es sehen, es ist sehr schwierig. Ich habe nie einen Watch gewonnen. I don't use my iPhone as a clock. I don't care what time it is.
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The group Chicago said, does anybody really know what time it is?
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Yeah, after several tests, they found a tumor in my chest.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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We can't do better than that. Comedically, we can't do better than Tumor and then him starting the next thought with, uh, and then just a foghorn all of a sudden. That was perfect.
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We knew as soon as that happened, that that's as well as that bit of incompetence.
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Yes, one, one and a half. If one of the words is Tumor, just a couple of syllables, one of them is Tumor. Du hast komische Ziele.
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Wir hatten genügend Angst und dann sofort Lächeln in seinem Gesicht. Lächelndes Lächeln. Wie ein Tumor.
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Als sie ein hartes Netzwerk ausgetauscht haben, um mich zu beschreiben, die größte Surgery, die ich je in meinem Leben gehabt habe. Das musste ich lachen, weil es so absurd ist. Und das hat mir gesagt, dass, wenn sie ein hartes Netzwerk ausgetauscht haben, um mich dafür, Nothing is off limits.
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You know, it's all about the show first, because, you know, I'm talking about a major big fist-sized tumor being removed from my chicken. Benign tumor. Benign for everyone out there. It was benign, yes.
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Ja, ich musste zuerst einmal lachen, weil ich euphorische Erleichterung hatte, weil es eine große Surgery war. Und eine Woche oder zwei vorher war meine Frau und ich in einem Onkologen-Office, um Testresultate zu finden, ob das Tumor in der Mitte meines Körpers krank war oder nicht. Ich war verärgert. Es ist Dan, Stu und Greg Cody auf ESPN Radio.
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Oh, that's a good call. Thank you.
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Und es ist auch egal, wer es schießt. Du nimmst es nicht zu einem bestimmten Namen. All das Jazz, du kannst das nicht machen.
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I have to admit here publicly that I am a little concerned at the general amount of Greg Cody fuel gasoline that we have pumped into the Greg Cody vehicle today, because he was just staring at that. Oh, a segment about me. He has never been so engaged for two hours of this show because of how self-involved the first two hours of this show have been.
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We have neglected to mention in a wondrous and wild Greg Cody Thursday that last night, quietly, while many of you were sleeping, the Charlotte Hornets had the single greatest play game that they have had in their history. They beat the Lakers on the road. Sie haben Luca gewonnen, sie haben LeBron gewonnen. Ich weiß, dass ich euch viele von euch informiere. Der Basketball ist zurück.
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Es ist der einzige größte Moment in der Geschichte des Basketball-Charlotte Hornets. Nicht, weil es ein großer Moment war, sondern weil die Charlotte Hornets nichts Wichtiges getan haben. Sie haben gestern auf der Straße gegen LeBron und Luca gewonnen. Oh, das ist nicht großartig. LeBron dunkt auf ihn. Das ist eine gute Analyse.
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Alles, was ihr gerade gesagt habt und Charlotte gewinnt am Ende, LeBron verliert, das ist nicht gut. That's not at home to Charlotte.
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Jessica, danke, dass du die Ratings erwähnt hast, weil wenn du die Sporting-Klasse gehört hast, wo Pablo Torre, John Skipper und David Sampson leiten, um dir alle Sport-Business-Geheimnisse zu geben, super Geheimnisse, die Menschen generell nicht wissen, auf diesem Podcast zu finden.
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Und das ist einer der Gründe, warum ich sage, dass David Sampson so gut im öffentlichen Gespräch über Business gekommen ist, seit gestern. Wir flogen gestern in Darren Revell, um mit David Sampson etwas zu tun, was wir heute im Show haben werden, weil David Sampson behauptet, dass er mehr berühmt ist als Darren Revell und mehr in der Geschäftswelt kreierbar ist als Darren Revell.
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Also werden wir sie hier gegen einander schlagen, irgendwann in den letzten zwei Stunden dieses Shows. Aber auf dem Sporting Class Podcast... The thing that Skipper keeps saying that I think is somehow being missed throughout the entire country on the business of basketball when we're having this conversation about ratings slipping in basketball. They don't matter.
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The guaranteed money that NBA now has, it doesn't matter if you watch or not. The business of it doesn't need your eyeballs. You can say the sport is dying, but that's become a social media sport. People are still consuming it. They might not be consuming it at the minute that you want them to. And that might hurt the next contract. But what they're getting now? Those arenas can be empty.
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They've got their money. It doesn't matter whether they play, whether load management, whether the all-star game. Television needs the content. They, despite the ratings decline, have gotten all the television money, because all of these rich people are competing for, I need to televise this, whether people are watching it or not. It literally doesn't matter. Ich verstehe.
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Ich dachte, es wäre jetzt. Waren die Ratings nicht gerade runtergegangen? Und dann öffnet sich das Geschäft und es gibt unglaubliche Mengen von Geld für das Geschäft des Basketballers.
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I understand why you would think you're better at business than Adam Silver. I'm telling you... Nein, aber Stugatz, jeder denkt, dass das der Kontrakt sein wird, wenn das passiert, weil die Ratings runtergehen. Und was passiert, wenn Amazon und NBC, Stugatz, die Menge von Geld, ihr seht, was passiert. Ich denke, ihr seht, was passiert.
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You guys were mentioning the dirty alleys of South Beach. Can you guys tell me, get me some details, please, on Floyd Mayweather evidently is having a big birthday party that's going to include the Versace mansion. And it brought back a bunch of long ago memories. We are about to play a behind the bit for you here to celebrate our 20 year anniversary. That is the hard network out.
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It is one of the things that Greg Cody is most affiliated with as we do some nostalgic things around here over the course of a year-long celebration on our 20th anniversary.
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But Floyd Mayweather evidently is having, it's not even, I don't know which birthday this is for him, but I think he's having a $5 million week-long birthday party that's going to include the Versace Mansion and where we used to be at the Clevelander. And I'm just wondering how you can spend $5 million in that area.
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We love it. How is the orange stuff going? Can we get Billy Gill?
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I think Sturgatz may have done it in bankrupting our original owners with a party at the Versace mansion a long time ago during the Super Bowl. It's the coolest we've ever been. Shaq's birthday party was there, but I think it bankrupted the company. I'm not totally sure. And I don't understand what details.
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Can you guys tell me how you think you could spend $5 million on a 47th or 48th birthday party?
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That can't be right. It might have been then. It can't be now. There's just no way that house is a couple million dollars now. Maybe then, during a larger heyday time of what that area was. But that area is not what it used to be. There's people in the back alleys giving blood and look like they're doing heroin in the suburban of a car. It can't be millions of dollars a week.
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In the trunk, I should say. I believe that it is.
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It's the only beach house on a famous strip of land. It's a beach mansion that is worth, I'm sure, that plot of land is, if not tens of millions of dollars, possibly a hundred million dollars. But I don't think it's million dollars a night anymore to stay at the Versace mansion or millions of dollars a week.
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The glass experiment that we're doing there has how many oranges in it?
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The night that we were there, Matt Leinart and Eli Manning showed up too early. Matt Leinart was blasted out of his face. He was in the whirlpool by 5 p.m. Yeah.
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We told him so. He arrived. He was a little stiff. It was a good show. It was a good week. It was a good week of shows. Roy right now is searching deeply through the archives to find out what it is that can be found from that show. I remember telling Reggie Miller to his face that he wasn't a Hall of Famer. That one hurt.
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Yeah, Boog made me do it while squeezing my knee.
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I did do it. A lot of pressure. See if you can find that, Roy, of Boog Shambi purposely, actively trying to sabotage me because I said that Reggie Miller wasn't a Hall of Famer, making me say it to his face. Also there, you know what I remember from that night? It was lovely. McCheesy from The Longest Yard. Terry Cruz. But he wasn't there. He wasn't that.
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He was just McCheesy on The Longest Yard back there. Oh, you've got it already, Roy. All right, go ahead and play it. Are you a Hall of Famer?
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Yeah, obnoxious. Just one of the most shameless things I've ever seen. What a time. After ripping Nick Lachey. Like, oh, just brutally scummy. Just shameless.
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Find out for me what Floyd Mayweather could possibly be spending $5 million on and why. Get me some details on what this birthday is going to be. I think we should send a correspondent out there next week to see how close. What do you imagine that this is?
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What do you imagine a Floyd Mayweather $5 million party that stretches out over a week to celebrate a birthday that's not even one that most of us would celebrate with great vigor?
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That's also not a lot of juice. Just under a half a glass, yeah. It's half a glass and you... If we got Billy in off of his day off to make a ruling, he's alleging that the juice isn't worth the squeeze. That if you squeeze these oranges, what you're getting isn't very much. And right now, from what I see, despite all your bragging, that's not very much orange juice.
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That is small potatoes compared to what we're talking about here. That is something he has done in South Florida when a pool party is too crowded. Somebody just reaches into a backpack and pays $10,000 cash. But this is a different stratosphere. And, by the way, this is Jake Paul before Jake Paul, and this is a man who has been a mastermind, even though he is pretty awful.
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at the center of all the things he represents outside of his sport. He is a mastermind at being able to game the system of boxing is dirty and I will be the one who profits off of all the things that involve my name in a way that no one ever has. in the history of the sport?
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I don't know. Put it on the poll. Does anyone have 400 friends? 400 friends. I guess it would be friends and family, though, right?
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It's not something that I understand, and I imagine most of the people listening to this could understand the idea of being able to celebrate yourself that way. But if Greg Cody had $5 million, he would find ways to spend it on celebrating himself. What makes you say that? That way.
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If you had $5 million of disposable income, if it didn't matter to you, if it was an amount of money that was irrelevant to you...
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Let's play this out for a second. Bring Rick Shaw back from the dead? Hold on, let's play this out for a second. Let's figure out, like the old Richard Pryor movie, Brewster's Millions. Great movie, by the way. How can Greg Cody spend $5 million on his party in a week? Now, the Brewster's Millions conceit was that he couldn't own anything after the purchase. That's correct.
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So you can't buy a radio station and have ownership over it. But what you can do is spend all of this money in Greg Cody extravagant ways. I imagine that you would go bowling. Have we given Greg Cody the slab of Marvel that is not a bowling ball from yesterday because it does not have holes in it?
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You've been sent a gift from a listener that was said to be a bowling ball, but it's not a bowling ball. It's just something that doesn't have holes in it. Right. Have you seen this or not? No. Oh, Greg, you're going to love this.
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Greg, do you want me to bring it in there for you? Did you see the other side? But it's not just Miller Lite. Just toss it to him. Look, it's your favorite team. It's your Homer ball.
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It sounds less than appreciative when you say, here's how the gift could have been better.
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Yes, of course. That's what you know. But that's not thank you for the gift. I really, really appreciate it. Here's how it could have been better. Someone sent you something for free that was thoughtful. That is not gratitude, what you just articulated.
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i'm thinking about the radio station that i know i want to stop for a second okay because 95 95 comedians on tape What I would like to stop and do for a moment because his narcissism has totally run amok is I want to examine a joke he just made because he's doing stream of conscious Tourette's in a way that only he finds funny. He's not heavy. He's my bowling ball. Great song.
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Give me all the details, Greg, that you have, and please, Tony, Jessica, and Chris, find me all the details you can on the song that Greg Cody is now referencing, that it was an inside joke for just him, and... The three people Jessica's grandmother's age who wants, or the kind of humor that Greg Cody brings with, he's not heavy, he's my bowling ball. Go ahead.
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Give the people what it is that you just did there so they understand the nuance and layers to that great comedy timing that is Greg Cody.
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Chris, why are you eating pancakes?
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Butter's enough. No, the pancakes need maple syrup.
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Butterbaby? He's doing his own show.
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Well, I saw this. Oh, yeah. I like that. You lucky bastard. Thank you. Let me explain to you what happened this morning, because it was amazing to witness this particular protein... Gluttony and shared communion between slobs that Chris Cody and Stugatz had in a silent moment. As Stugatz is wont to do with our community breakfast, he sticks his hand right beyond the tongs and just pours.
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pulls the bacon out of a tin. He holds it while it drips grease in front of Chris Cody's nose, and Chris Cody gave him a double thumbs up, and they had the celebration of Stugatz's sausage fingers, sausage and bacon in the sky. Disgusting, no plate, no napkin, no nothing, nothing that would indicate that he cares at all that oils will soon be on his fingers, pants, and floors.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Hey, Canada, your ham's not bacon, yes or no? This game tonight, please give me some context for caring about an exhibition because patriotism is involved. It has much of nothing to do with the Olympics or actual steaks, right? They're invented steaks. They're totally contra...
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He's right. With confidence. He's right. Isn't that a thing?
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Why? All right, I've had enough of this. I can't deal with, like, he's just.
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Tony, he's. Put salt on his bacon. Shout out to Uncle Dick. Tony, he's full bloom narcissism. I got to get out. I got to get him out of here in order to just get our shit together.
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The Big Suey: Letting Greg Cote Cook
I thought that was the me maximum. I don't see the me maximum out. It's not on here anymore. Get out of here. Uncle Dick salts his bacon? Just get out of here. That would kill Dan Levitar. Just get out of here. The bacon's already salty. Believe it or not, I can have pork. Really?
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I can have salt. I can have salt. I can have proteins.
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No, I can fart. It's just if I fart, it means I've eaten something I shouldn't have eaten. I can fart. Well, same for me, right? I'm doing it. He could fart in his sleep. What do you have me doing? You have me muffling a lifetime of farts? I can fart. You have me with an inability to fart?
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He's trying to prevent himself from farting. I think everybody else likes it. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. I'm trying to not screw up my digestive tract in a way that poisons farts. Wait a second. Farts do that?
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Okay, put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you like to fart? Yes or no?
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Okay, I just want to see. I want to see what the... It's not going to come back 100%, right? It never has. Never in the history of the show has it come back 100%. What do you think the answer is going to be? You think everyone's going to say yes? We're going to get a resounding 80 or 90 percent, do you like to fart?
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I am not. But I will tell you that all of this started – I don't want to bore you guys with all of this, but I'm doing acupuncture three times a week. Stugatz is still making fun of me for how I'm getting my blood tested. We'll get to that.
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The Big Suey: Letting Greg Cote Cook
But I'm doing an assortment of things that, and this is darker than I meant to go here, but the way that my body inflated, absorbing everything that was happening around my brother's deathbed had nothing to do with eating. I gained 50 pounds of weight that were just whatever that is. Stress. Shooting up the cortisol into my body. My eating didn't change at all.
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And then I look up one day and I'm 290 pounds and I haven't changed my eating. It was just all sitting by that bed for 10 months. So I'm trying to do whatever I have to do through whatever holistic medicines I can to get rid of those sort of cortisol inflations.
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And it involves me giving blood every two months in the back alley behind my house, which Stugatz thinks is uproariously funny and wasn't quite quick enough yesterday to make fun of me until the microphones were off. But then had an avalanche for me. So what do you have on this front? Because I talked to the blood woman who comes by, and I'm saying we're going to have to. Vampire?
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Jeez, blood woman. Melinda, blood woman.
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I call her the blood fairy, actually, and that would have happened 200 years ago as well. Yeah. We have a number of things in play here that are in a back alley that caused me... If someone saw it happening, if someone photographed me doing it, they would think I was doing heroin in the back of a Suburban with somebody who was administering it clinically.
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The Big Suey: Letting Greg Cote Cook
I was getting... It's even, Mike, get my heroin, that I can't do it for myself, that I need somebody else... And so we're going to, we need to talk to her because I want you guys to understand just how dirty an alley this is. Right. Like what I'm doing here is something that to anyone going by would look vaguely unclean because of where it's being done.
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That's correct. But the back of her car is plenty clean. And if someone photographs me, it'll be in the tabloid.
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To get my blood tested so that I can do the proper things daily to not pollute my body with things that they shouldn't be polluted with.
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I am trying to stay alive and healthy so that we can have a company that functions.
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Melinda, does it come to your back alley? I know you guys are not doing acupuncture three times a week. No, our insurance does not cover that. Neither does mine. And I will tell you that with all... I mean, look, I can get in my way in terms of the mysticisms with my cynicism, but it's working.
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Like, everything that I'm doing that these people are putting me through is something that is making me feel physically in a way that is different from any way I've ever felt in my life. So we will mock it, and it is a funny way. I wouldn't go to these lengths on allergies and food. I like eating. You've seen all my inflated life on television. I'm a fat pioneer. I'm made...
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Look, I ate so that Windhorse could gorge. I'm a pioneer on fat men on television. Yeah, you are.
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So I like to eat. I was affiliated with nachos as word association for about 10 years of my life.
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I don't think that Greg Cody has ever given me a greater gift than being able to go to his house and just make nachos.
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That's the least surprising thing in the world, that he would have a 1980s video game that doesn't work in his house. Not surprising at all. Gotta get that fixed.
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Good use of the content space. Way to respect the platform.
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Roy, I still don't feel like your confidence is where it needs to be on those reads. There's something pressurized about those reads that makes Chris Cody quiver a little bit.
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Where's the me maximum? Like, what did you guys do with the me maximum? It is not here, and I need to get control of what's happening around here because his narcissism has run amok, and I need to attend to somebody else's narcissism for a moment because Pablo Torre is sending out newsletters again about how many awards he's won.
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And I think we're all just, we're a little tired of his sub stack and his newsletters and his emails celebrating all the things that Pablo Torre is as if he's bored by winning all of these awards. Chris Cody, how has this gone over in the office? Because God bless football.
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Outside of Stugatz's weekend observations where he did a little bit of an acceptance speech, Stugatz and Billy haven't been running around telling everybody three of the last four years how many awards they win. This is an exclusive.
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This is like an exclusive Pablo domain where he can't stop telling his listeners, subscribers, and readers what an award winner he is. What does the latest newsletter from Pablo say?
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No, I'm just looking at it as obnoxious. Who else is out there telling you all the awards they won? I don't know how you made it about us. You're your father's son. You cannot stop making it about yourself. I'm talking about Strictly Pablo here.
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Because it hasn't won any awards. No, that's not true. What awards has it won? That's absolutely not true. What awards has it won?
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Focus. Yeah, focus. Something's wrong with that guy. Focus makes him aloof, makes him distant. Thank you. He's trying to concentrate on baseball. It's hard to be excellent at baseball. I may not be as warm as you need me to be at 45 minutes before game time.
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And there wasn't time, though, because you just mentioned your first marriage. Your focus had to be such on what it is that you were doing to remain excellent at it. And also, all the business and opportunity that comes with arriving at success, you're saying, I couldn't be the husband I needed to be. What the game demanded of me, and I wasn't mature enough.
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The balance is hard, though. I'm not even sure it's possible. Maybe it is. Maybe some people have spiritual maturity and enlightenment that allow them in their early 20s to figure out both adulthood and being a Hall of Fame player. It seemed to me that what you went through in your 20s and early 30s seemed to me uncomfortable— and that it would require a lot from you in a lot of different ways.
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You remember it how? When you're looking at the 15 years of you being great at this.
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Was there time to enjoy it, though, or was it too busy just pursuit, pursuit, pursuit, pursuit?
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A kid doesn't know that, though, right?
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That's a bit startling to me because it makes me wonder how much better you might have been the first 14 years of your career, the first 10 years of your career.
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If you could have absorbed I'm happy and grateful instead of making your world as small as that baseball, which is what you did for eight years because of how hard it is to hit just a baseball, and then you decide you're going to be a leader. But when I'm saying to you that it all felt very pressurized,
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And from where I was standing, it seemed unpleasant to be you, even as you were having all of the success, because it just felt lonely.
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Frank, do you realize, though, from my position how much it sucks to hear a baseball Hall of Famer say, I couldn't really enjoy being a Hall of Famer because of everything that was bashing against me? It's what it looked like from down here.
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She was how as a disciplinarian? She was the youngest of 14 children? Yes, yes.
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That's super interesting. The Defiance served you, though, right? Yes. Going in there with a bleep all you. Do you know how hard it is to be as good at this as I am? None of you are as good at your jobs. None of you. They took it for granted.
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you would have preferred to end your career in Chicago with the White Sox. Yes. No knock on Oakland or Toronto experiences.
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Hello and welcome to South Beach Sessions. I'm excited about this guy. I've admired him for a long time. I've told him so for a number of different reasons. Two-time AL MVP. He's a businessman now. He has been great as a broadcaster, but his baseball excellence makes him super unique.
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They should be happy with that. Were you made sad by Oakland losing baseball or everything happening in Oakland at the end?
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And she did what other than your father? Because your father was a deacon, a bail bondsman. That seems like a difficult job. An animal catcher. Yes. I don't know what that is exactly.
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You're a champion, so you're saying the time in Oakland was the most joyful time? I'm not saying necessarily the best time. No, no, no.
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It's crazy, though, to say that that season was your happiest ever when you're a champion. Every time I ask an athlete what was the most fun you ever had, they do some revisionist history and they say the year that I won the championship because they got the ending right. Doesn't mean that the whole year was fun up until the ending.
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It's crazy to hear you have a non-championship year as your most joyous year. But it makes sense.
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That's cool. Do you have a best Milton Bradley was crazy story? Because there are a lot of those. Yes. There are a lot. I had a great one.
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Let's go back for a moment to what you were saying about being in an all-white high school and just how you grew up. I believe that a lot of people look at you and your physical size and imagine that a holy man reached into a crib and just gave you an assortment of athletic gifts. Amateur draft in 86, you go undrafted.
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And I would imagine that right around there, maybe a little earlier, is when Frank Thomas develops, again, observing from afar, don't know this about you, a work ethic that he would put up against anybody.
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You would have been a professional football player.
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You did get drafted in the first round after going to college, but going back to being undrafted, why were you undrafted if you saw six or seven players in the... And it was like 50, 60 rounds back then.
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What was the relationship in and around Bo Jackson there at the time?
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So what did that look like? Explain to me how this balance and this support at home, because I am hugely interested. What you did, Frank, was so difficult. I don't think people know how hard it was to be as excellent as you, to hit 500 home runs in the big leagues, to be the best in baseball football.
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But you're a Hall of Famer. You're the big hurt. What do you mean? I don't imagine anybody giving you a hard time.
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Take me through now. You get drafted, and you go to the minor leagues, and you're feeling how about things? You're obsessed, right? Because you didn't really answer the work ethic question. There was nobody who was outworking you, right?
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But what was the level of obsession?
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for a good amount of time and doing it clean while everyone around you was not doing it clean and going to talk to the Mitchell Report, being the only active player doing that.
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This is the part I don't get, though, Frank. I keep saying versions of it seemed like it was hard to be you. And you're not taking any of victimhood there. You're not taking the bait on that. Because I'm looking at it and I'm like, man, this guy could use some positive reinforcement. It would be nice if this guy wasn't getting all the pride he was getting from the stat sheet.
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And it came from human warmth of he's being surrounded. But all you cared about was the admiration and respect of your peers, it would appear. And that you had.
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This, have you explored when you say I had to be great? Good wasn't one of the options. Have you explored what's happening there? Like how much does that have to do with your dad? How much does it have to do in the childhood? Is there some not good enough in there? Like what's happening that's making you someone, it's not okay for me to just be good. I'm going to have to be better than everybody.
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But Frank, you were doing naturally what others couldn't do on drugs. You were surrounded by people who were cheating. Right.
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I betrayed a confidence by saying that you said on the way in, I just can't believe it, that he might be better than me. And I know you probably don't want to put those expectations on him. I just couldn't believe you were saying it, though, because there are very few who have ever been better than you. So the idea that your son would be able to do that was a bit jarring.
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The idea of being great instead of good is as simple as I wanted things and there was real freedom. If I could be better at sports than everyone else, I could have the real freedom of getting anything I want from life.
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Your son is now getting all the joy of that coaching?
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But you're not coaching any – that's where you're coaching. Yeah, I'm coaching him.
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What do you regard as the greatest things that you've overcome in your career? Injuries.
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Frank, you're one of the all time greats.
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So the injuries are just because my will doesn't help me at all here. No. Usually I can will myself into – No, and football hurt me.
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I don't think people understand how flatly inhumane 162 games and that travel schedule is. Can you explain, can the Big Hurt explain how much pain he was always playing in? Because once you're in, at your size, once you're playing game 130 of a season, waking up in a different hotel room, there's just a pain you get used to.
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But how much pain were you in?
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Where are the places, not just the business of baseball, maybe this is also a broadcasting question, or the other places where you do business, you're an entrepreneur now, where are the places that business have hurt you, hurt your feelings?
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Were you better? than everybody? Because you could have played professional football as well.
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My question was slightly leading in this regard. I imagine that you were hurt not trying to get out of trying to be with the White Sox in a way that was most dignified in respecting and remembering your contributions to that franchise.
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but also not knowing the specifics of how it is or why it is your run at Fox ended, or if there was another answer outside of that that might be triggered for you where you would think, oh, here's where I took business a little personally.
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Who's going to lead this team? Who's going to be in charge?
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What did you handle poorly there? I don't remember the details.
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But is that the way to handle it poorly if you're being asked to take a pay cut?
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So what does support at home look like when you've got the disciplinarian, you've got a great foundation of love?
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Both of these places that you've mentioned have a certain disrespect in them when you are somebody who obviously respect is very important to you. I saw again just now in the original part of that story, you still get indignant about the idea of being asked to take a pay cut.
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The second one has some disrespect in it too, though. It sounds like I don't want to make any... No, like I said, I...
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But why was it devastating? Was there disrespect in it? No, I'll be honest with you about that. Did you get an explanation?
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Do you talk to any of them about it, Poppy?
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That is your way of soothing yourself always, right? I will bet on myself.
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That's just the way I am. The reason I ask the question is because I haven't gotten good at it either. But in baseball, there is great learning in failure, and it's a sport of failure even though you didn't fail all that often. Short-term memory. Get back in the tool shed.
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Why didn't you and Alex have a more personal relationship?
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Oh, you know what's interesting about this one? And forgive me, because Alex has done one of these with me, and I've known Alex since he was a high school kid. I've known him since high school. This is what I want to say, though, because you were the only active player who participated in the Mitchell Report. The only one.
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You have had a career, those numbers, 16 years that could have been 19 and a half if you hadn't been injured. you did it the right way. You did it correctly to be sharing a stage late in life and midlife with Alex Rodriguez and a show that was yours.
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And now with the idea that Alex is here to be the show, when you pride yourself on kind of being a good teammate, there's a lot of garbage here that would be very easy for you to be like, well, you weren't actually a better player than me. You did some things I wasn't willing to do. And I could see some of that getting involved there too.
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So you have six kids. What do you take from your parents and what do you push aside? One of them, you came in here, couldn't talk enough about somebody that you're saying in your family that you think is going to be a better baseball player than you were.
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It's very classy of you and it's very nonjudgmental of you. I guess the better way for me to have asked the question would have been.
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How alone did you feel throughout being someone who was surrounded by people who were doing something that you weren't doing and you're the only active player talking to Mitchell, the investigator, because it was important to you in some way to be like, it's not exactly fair that I have all of these expectations on me.
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I'm doing it clean and I see that I'm surrounded by a sport that's not doing it clean.
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One of five athletes anywhere that has a statue at both his college baseball excellence and his professional baseball excellence. Frank, thank you so much for making the time for us. It was a pleasure, Dan.
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What is the proudest thing on your baseball resume?
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It's great, though. It's not only very forgiving. You're not doing a whole lot of moralizing that would be very human to do. No, not at all. But the idea that you wouldn't have bitterness about that, it would be very easy to have bitterness. I'm over it.
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Do you do much in the way of bitterness?
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Does any of that come from upbringing? I don't know what dad being a deacon, I don't know what was happening in your childhood that formed your principles, morals, and where it is you arrive at, right up until you disrespect me. You're not gonna disrespect me.
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Can you explain that part to me? Because you've said it a couple of times that you look at the world a little bit differently. Are you telling me, look, I see where all the cultural frailties are and I meet everyone with forgiveness right up until don't disrespect me.
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It's interesting that you say that for a number of reasons, but one of them is because I would like for you at the end of this here to correct viewpoints that I have either incorrect or lend credence to them. One of the reasons that I admire you so much, even though you had your occasional flare-ups with the Chicago media that I thought they earned every bit of your wrath on, is because...
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At an age that now feels prehistoric, but I didn't know was prehistoric at the time, you're a Chicago sports superstar in the city of Michael Jordan in a largely white sport where a lot of people are telling the Latin and black players, don't be too flamboyant.
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You're working under the gaze of Jay Mariotti and Skip Bayless who bring upon the advent of cruel sports writing that tears down athletes that from where I was standing, I couldn't help but notice, that's a big black dude and those are two white dudes just burying this guy every day.
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So I saw, without accusing them of racism, I just saw a racial element there that made me feel bad for you in the middle of it and made it seem to me from afar, and you're confirming it now, like your joy was diluted in the daily experience because you were always fighting something off and hitting a baseball is hard. Tell me where I'm wrong and where I'm right there.
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I get it, but it almost seems like in this way, I'm not going to say you liked it, but it was fuel.
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Frank, it was a pleasure. Thank you for spending this time with us.
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You love him. Yeah, I love him. He makes me laugh. That's the only reason Frank is doing this.
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Are you the same kind of disciplinarian?
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What do you remember about that stress? I've got a number of questions about what you just said. What do you remember about the stress in your household? Because that sounded like a lot of jobs for dads. Yes. Mom's an inspector at the mill. Yes. And the kids are a handful.
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Well, this part's interesting because you, for your nieces and nephews, you'll close out a Toys R Us for them. You'll send your father a Mercedes on a flatbed truck. You've tried to buy a home for your mother, and she says, no, I'll stay where I am.
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I want to know a little bit about who you are, how you are, the things that shaped you, because I was always fascinated by the roots of how you became a baseball Hall of Famer that was that excellent. but also how you carried yourself professionally. It seemed from where I was standing like it was hard to be you and you always carried yourself with uncommon grace.
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I have heard your sister say of your father's death, Frank has not gotten over it. Frank has not actually dealt with it. I don't know how old those quotes are when she's saying that. I don't know if you've gotten any better at handling that.
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
It's the first time I've ever done that. I don't have an athlete's bulletproof mentality, right? So something that has served you for a long time is sort of the feeling like... Even if you're the big hurt, even if your body can break down, I can overcome. Just recently in losing my brother and then just feeling my age in other places, the mortality visits you in a way that is unavoidable.
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
As someone who has problems with cheaters and rule breaking, should he be in the Hall of Fame?
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
So begin, if you don't mind, by telling me a little bit about Charlie May.
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
I don't know why I would assume this about you because I couldn't possibly know you this way. But...
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
It's hard to imagine you breaking down, at least in part, because when watching you from afar as a professional baseball player, I always found you to be a stoic, that it would be hard to get to you in any way emotionally, that you sort of had this perpetual armor on playing in a tough city like Chicago. The columnists were awful to you, like terrible.
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
The things that they were writing felt cruel and misguided and... to me, had some race stuff in it that made me uncomfortable because you looked lonely to me as an athlete that the ownership was white, the media was white, the fans are white, most of your teammates are white, and yet you always gave off stoic professionalism.
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
So it's hard for me to imagine things, even like death, getting to you and making you sob, break down.
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
Was the Chicago... press experience as unseemly as it seemed to me from very far away? Do I have it wrong when I say you were a guarded pillar of professionalism who was hiding a lot of big hurt behind stoicism?
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
the columnists were Jay Mariotti and Skip Bayless. They were adventing the idea, like they started the idea of sports debate television and they were critics who were loud and I remember this in baseball specifically. Baseball players did not have, athletes in general, a lot of respect for people who are critical in print and then don't show up in the clubhouse.
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South Beach Sessions - Frank Thomas
That's more important than anything.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
You know, he coughs. Well, so here's the problem that we have. I don't have a lot of confidence in what's coming next. I'm worried about a lot of things about what's going to happen next, okay? Because this is a matter of timing, and when we ask him to sing and hit comedic notes sometimes, he does what he did in New York.
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Okay, we were doing that. And you were going, wow. Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. If you want to focus on the task at hand, can there be donuts there? Yes or no?
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which is run out on stage when we're doing a live performance that we had rehearsed and run right past his lines and run right past his singing and his cue because he was just awash in applause and just lost track of where he was. He was just so happy to be entering a place and being cheered that he forgot what he was there to do and ran right past the microphone.
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Don Levitard. It's all about me. Stugatz. Wee! This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Chris Cody, where did we land? Let's find out what Jessica and Tony think of how much juice Chris Cody is going to actually be able to get out of those oranges when he says that you can't get that much juice out of oranges. And Billy says it'll take eight of those to make a glass. And he's alleging that he can make three glasses of orange juice with that number of oranges.
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But this is why we brought it up, because yesterday he was squeezing his man chest together. He was squeezing. He was doing a lot of exercises.
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When are you doing this? Are you doing it now? Yeah, I can start now. We'll see how we do here. That's messy. It's going to leave a lot of stickiness. That seems like an unpleasant place to do it.
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Billy is not going to find any of this pleasant to have orange residue in his workspace. Yeah, this isn't going to go well.
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We are asking the singing sports writer, who at this point we can all agree, the voice shod. Likely to produce laughter and then coughing. Not what you want around the anthem. Two things, not what you want around the anthem. Correct? We agree? Everyone would agree.
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Classic Billy. Can you tell us, Chris, when you're going to start, please?
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But it seems like you're cheating. Once you go down the path of microwaves and kneading and rolling around oranges, and Jessica, do you want to go out in the street and see if you can throw one of those 100 yards?
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My wife loves those oranges and says they're the best oranges that there have ever been. These giant oranges.
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I would say that once upon a time, I don't know if this is still so, but Florida was famous for being able to produce those kinds of oranges. Just oranges. Wait a second.
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I don't know if people still associate Florida with oranges.
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At Levitard Show, do people still associate Florida with oranges?
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Well, you guys were making fun of me about this last week. So let's talk about it because a lot of people think that I was lying about this. So let me explain something to you. I have seen... some athletes do some of this.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
Once upon a time, there was a nutritionist, I don't know if she's still doing it, Sari Melman, and the way that she would do athlete diets is they would test a variety of foods to see what their blood allergies mixed with and didn't. And so you'd have professional football players eating for a day nothing but garbanzo beans to test garbanzo beans, and then they'd get on a scale.
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If you lose weight or gain weight, you can tell whether your body is agreeable with these things. clarity? Yeah, so I just did a bunch of blood allergy testing and you guys didn't believe me either when I said I don't fart around my wife. Unless I've eaten the wrong ingredients, my body will simply tell me.
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It'll just reject it and then I'll start farting because I'm allergic to a thousand different things that I can't have. Everything from paprika to garlic. So I have to be careful with what the ingredients are and I'm testing things like salt every day and that's what you have that day in order to test whether or not you can have salt. But if you have it, you'll fart?
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So Chris, when we were practicing this, I was saying he's going to cough and he's like, I won't cough. And then he started coughing.
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If I haven't and it doesn't fit with my body, yes, whether it's broccoli or kale.
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Yes, yes, agreed. I've learned recently that I'm a sleep farter. I didn't know that because I'm a sleep farter. So you are literally unable to season your food. Well, no, I can do it with the things that agree with me. It can't be paprika and garlic, but it can be an assortment of other things, whether it's ginger or turmeric. Yes. So now I bored you to death with all of these details.
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Nothing less interesting than someone's diet. But I'm not lying to you about the fact that every ingredient you guys were having with those chefs are something that I cannot have. And you are doing something maddening when you're eating it in front of me and only describing. The only thing I can have was mango and every ingredient you guys gave when those people were here. Mango and protein.
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Did you run out of thought there? You just wanted to do the promotion? You wanted to throw it in there?
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But you didn't have a segue of thought?
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You weren't thinking about the audience or content creation there at all. You were simply thinking about how to promote this thing that you wanted to talk about and then didn't have something else that you wanted to talk about.
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Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.
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It's your fault. No, you brought up mango publishing because the only joke you have now because you're Kornheiser is somebody says a word and you associate it to another word and it's Tourette's of not funny.
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There were several athletes doing this particular diet that I did not understand how they were fueling themselves on these ridiculous things, but it's because they were trying to eat in accordance with their blood type. Yeah, weird. Okay. Ricky's body, though. Did things yours couldn't. All right.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
But hummus isn't as good without garlic, unfortunately. At Levitard Show, can you put it on the poll, please? Garbanzo beans. Do you like them or do you not like them? They're great. What's wrong with garbanzo beans? I can only have like a couple of kinds of beans. Pinto beans and kidney beans. Off-putting texture. Is it? Yeah. Put it on the poll as well at Levitard Show.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
Does the garbanzo bean have an off-putting texture? And what are the other foods here that you're willing to, you know, downgrade in classification because the texture is a bother? Because that's part of taste and eating. Jessica is just mouthing back there. I love everything. I'll eat anything. I don't care what the texture is.
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Yes, we did make a musical. It was an achievement, that thing. It made us all sound like we can sing.
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All right, we'll wait for it. That would be the definition of taking a quiz, though. But we'll wait for it. That's fine. You're answering the question. Let's do that. You're giving us your top five. We'll do this, shall we?
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I've got to come up with it. We will start from the bottom. I'll give you some time as filler. You may have heard, because... I don't know if Florida's fresh fish is better than other parts of middle America where you might not be able to get the freshness of fish that you get here off of our coast because it has to be shipped in or whatever. But,
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Jessica's mouth watered thinking about a Key West caught fresh fish and it made me think of Joe Rose Big juicy cheeseburgers a Philly chicken.
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It is weird. It's a weird reaction to the making of a musical. Mike hasn't forgotten it.
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I'll have what he's having. But you hear, what you hear, okay, Joe Rose, bit of a Neanderthal.
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That's right. It still lives. It lives a vibrant life. though not a Grammy-winning one, to Mike's eternal failure. He wanted to win a Grammy for musicals.
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Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Maybe he'd disagree with this. I don't think that he would. He would. The most primal of creatures, if presented with something delicious when they're hungry, their mouth will water.
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Like, whatever that creature is, whether it's a Joe Rose big dog or Jessica, who doesn't care about the texture of things, if something delicious is posed to you and you're hungry, it will be a mouth-watering situation, caveman or not, but cavemen... are going to be particularly primal here when he's just talking about all of these foods.
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It's making him hungry, and by the time fresh fish gets to his lips, his mouth is filled with water.
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Is it still $50? It's got to be more than that by now, doesn't it?
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Do you? I don't actually know. I don't know. What do you imagine right now in radio a live read goes for? What do you imagine somebody in AM radio today doing a live read? I'd like to know, what do you imagine each live read is being paid? It's got to be more than $50, doesn't it?
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
Can you guys call Zaslow and ask him, somebody get me modern radio fees. I'm on it. You guys make fun of a dying medium, but it still represents about 75% of how people consume audio, although podcasts are the new thing, the new intimacy. There's still a lot of value in having value on radio, and I think you're vastly underestimating what those things pay, even if it's a dying medium, which it is.
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Why are you laughing at Mike for not winning a Grammy?
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You might be right. It seems that inflation's prices, that $50 a read 20 years ago is probably not what it is today. But I don't know. I've never made any money from the reads. This is your department.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
That is correct. And so I actually don't know. I don't know enough about the radio business. I was talking about this with somebody just this morning, just because we were talking about Saturday Night Live and how disrespectful I find it. And you're allowed to find funny or not funny, whatever. Obviously, you find funny or not funny.
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But just the marvel today of being able to celebrate 50 years on television and have it be respected universally is not something the Internet's going to give you. because we're in cruel instant satisfaction times and the expectation of funny is a burden.
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So their brand has been funny for 50 years, but I'm marveling as well in a podcast business that sucks that this thing we have has lasted 20 years and has evolved into the new media intimacy
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somehow without dying because the podcast connection is the stickiest of all of the connections and radio used to be that like that's that i i grow up appreciating the intimacy with just great gratitude of the idea of people welcoming you into their cars with their kids in the back so that now we're meeting 30 year olds who were handed down the show from their parents and they're still young people and they remember dad remembers the singing sports writer back when he was starring at espn radio
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The old legend. The old mule, Greg Cody, reinventing song on AM radio. And eventually five songs in, just making every song row, row, row your boat.
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Christ, man. I would be in a recliner right now if they had one for me. Tone, let me explain to you what just happened there, lest you be a bit of a novice around Abuelo. He was so delighted we were just talking about him that he just leaned into it and forgets that he's doing the show. His narcissism is a monument to behold. It'll always sneak up on me and it's always funny.
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He forgets he's doing the show and he's just like, you're talking about me and it's the best thing. It's the greatest of the things.
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He's been getting that for many years, right? Yes, I have. And he's a staunch and loyal friend, and everybody knows that by now.
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Well, what is the explanation? Since we're celebrating Greg Cody, lean back into your chair and just do this as maximum relaxed as you like. You can lean back to the chair. Let's talk about your career as the singing sports writer. Just lean into it. Please tell us about what this lovely ride has been. You outlasted Jimmy Buffett.
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You were hoping your last song here would be him singing it to you here and that you would then die on air after Jimmy Buffett sang you a song about your career.
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He's gone now and you're still here. So I don't know how we're going to do it. Do you give us permission to broadcast live from your funeral?
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Can you tell me, please, before we go to Greg Cody, what you have for Mike? Because the Shadow Show should be a place to release office gossip. It should be a place just amongst us.
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Somebody's going to be eulogizing and I'm going to shout from the back row, ah, swipe.
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For those who don't listen to the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody and aren't as self-involved as our host, who thinks you all know what his youngest son's name is.
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Tony, you just saw, like, whatever it is, okay, that life will become for young people with abuelos. Greg Cody just sinking into just chatting with his son about, wait till you see what Michael does at my funeral, and then starts laughing at the telling of the joke that only Chris gets.
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He's no longer doing stuff for the audience. Like, when you go to his self-involvement, there's nothing else there. It's just him looking at his stuff, gazing fascinated at, like, I...
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They always are. Every Duval I've heard is spooky. None of them. It's not creepy. It's spooky. It's also creepy, but it's spooky. It's haunting. The Jags are run by a ghost. Somebody who is his introductory press conference was somebody who I now associate with an element of haunting.
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I did listen. McDonald's episode? Well, but Fuentes Brothers, Lewis and Kristen are not exactly the company secrets I was looking for.
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Where are we, Chris? You just ran into the other room. I don't have confidence in this, Chris, because all we need him to do, it's a good joke. He just has to nail the comedic timing of it. We've never had a meeting before where we're practicing with him.
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Oh, can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed? That Connor McDavid's still overrated Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watched The kachuks gallantly scoring And the rocket's red glare The pucks bursting in air Gave proof through the night that our power play was still there.
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Both say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and Connor Hellebuck's next great save? Yeah!
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He doesn't have much breath yet, but he's did it. How dare we underestimate the great and historic singing sports writer, the one and only Greg Cody, who brought song to the radio as a journalist. It has not been done before or since by anybody. It was exclusively his lane. These are the last embers of his career we toy with, a mighty career it has been.
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Local Hour: Greg Cote's Funeral
Way too competent. Roy, do you have the sound of Greg Cody coming out at Gramercy? Our first live performance, probably our best live performance, I think. I'm not sure. This was the one where Greg Cody runs out on stage to start our performance, to welcome New York, to salute New York, and Greg Cody just ran right, you didn't run right past the microphone, but
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you found yourself in a position where you were entirely self-involved. Let's play that sound.
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Okay, don't want you doing play-by-play. Oh, I do.
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No, that's okay. I thought that you had the audio prepared. That's fine. We'll find the audio later. Greg, welcome.
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Turn his microphone on. All right, Roy. Not a great start.
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How did you feel? Was there too much pressure on all of that? Because you nailed it, I thought. I thought you did very well, but I'm also guilty of perpetually underestimating you and your son.
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That was the joke. See, look at that.
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If you had to do it over, you want to give it a couple of more cracks? Yeah. How could you have done it better, do you think, if you got a couple of cracks out of it?
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Well, see if right now you can go and get the joke by summoning with great enthusiasm.
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Yeah. Do you need to stand up or anything? Because I was practicing with you and we were talking beforehand.
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Shadowing it. Shadowing it. Did you see what me and Cody were doing? Could you guys hear in the other room what me, Cody, and Chris were trying to do in this room, even though it's soundproof? Could you hear it? No, I couldn't really hear it, to be honest. Did any of you see what me and Greg were practicing with Chris and how how operatically I was trying to sing?
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I'm not your muse. I'm simply saying that I was here practicing with you. That's not something we do very often. And I was also like going down to the ground to sort of explain to you that this has to be like throwing your barrel chest into O Canada. You gotta get, okay. Like you gotta go and- Down and get it. You gotta go down and get it and do like a squat. I understand.
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You're the legendary singing sports writer, but I wanted you to get more emotion in the feeling of Canada. Look, you were scared. I understand. It's a lot of pressure to sing a song, but this is a big game tonight. And we wanted to meet the moment of patriotism, enthusiasm, countries fighting, 51st state. Everything is falling apart all around us.
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And in the middle of it, we're going to boo your anthem. And which anthem is it going to be in? Are you with America or are you against America right now? In hockey, who are you with? Who are you with? Are you with Canada or are you with America? Because we've got a big one tonight.
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It's been a while since an exhibition game matters so much that we're waving the flag around and starting with that instead of what the hell are we doing with Messi playing in negative seven degree weather? Like, what are we doing to Messi? That was weird.
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What are we doing to the end of his career putting him in Kansas City running around in negative seven degree weather to play soccer at the beginning of the MLS?
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He doesn't have to play in that one. The rest of you play in negative seven degrees. He'll sit that one out. Load management. They would have lost.
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Don't do that to the man. He's holding up all of your companies, your league sponsorships, your stadium deals. They're all on his back. He doesn't have to play. I've got a contract clause with all of my partners. I don't play in negative seven.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Can a goal both be gorgeous and should have been stopped? Because I'm going to say all of that. You can say it's curling and everything. Negative seven degrees. No one wants to be out there. No one wants to be doing that. Please make it end. I don't care that much about winning at games that I want to be playing out here.
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I would not say that. What? I would say that he needs to not be playing in that game.
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Greg Cody, you may have noticed, this is some of the things that you notice in your loved ones when you've been with them a long time. When we start out aggressively by summoning the singing sports writer, he comes in here super elevated. He is through the roof on smelling his own fumes. Like, yes. Yes, I love to sing.
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Like, it's a side of me I don't think Chris Cody has ever seen. Correct. Like that in the history of I've known you since you were a little boy. In the history of you and I knowing each other, have you ever seen me sing operatically?
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What you just saw, not unlike sort of a Johnny Cash-like character, you saw the egg and the rust break from around the lead singer for Hee Haw 3. The lead singer for Hee Haw 3 has not been allowed to perform. He's been shackled since Las Vegas, and he just had a coming out party, and now he's just revved up. So the last time he was this revved up, I want to just set this up correctly, okay?
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We've sold tickets to a theater. We're going to do something, and we don't know exactly what we're going to do. And we rehearsed it a couple times, and we got the beginning down, and the rest of it we don't know.
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We're not going to do, yes. And nobody, and Stugatz didn't come, and Greg practiced it.
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And Greg practiced, and this is what happened. He's supposed to come out, and he's just supposed to greet New York with song. Easy winner, right off the top, and he just runs on stage, hears the applause, and gets lost in the smell of his own farts. Greg. Cody. No!
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Wow. The crowd is singing. Wow. I'm just so happy to be in front of people.
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Play that for me again, just so that I can sink deeply into. Please don't. Where it is. I just want you, it's Greg staring at the crowd at the applause and just forgetting that song was even in the background because this beautiful music was so much better. The applause was better music than whatever he was going to do. Greg. Cody. Look at that outfit. Oh, it's fantastic.
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It's a song. You're the legendary singing sports writer.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Okay, excellent work. Next year, I think we need to have competitive Santas, rotating Santas, more aggressive Santas to see who can collect the most toys and make it a competition where everyone gets mad at each other.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
So I'd like to do it that way if we could. We're going to go to Juju in a second. But Rose, thank you for all your hard work. Thank you. Enjoy the holidays. If we don't talk to you again, you're the breakout star of 2024. I believe at the end of the year, we've got a giant run that has you as the breakout star. So thank you for all your work on the show over the course of the last month.
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We love you. Yes, I'm sorry. I just, yes, I'm sorry. I see a lot of clattering in the background there.
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Sorry, did Rose break the Bill Belichick story? No, Taylor can't be a star.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Freddie Kitchens coaching the Fenway Bowl.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Okay. No, Taylor doesn't get to be famous around here. Les Taylor, thank you. More Juju. That's what I'm saying. Juju is one of one of our growing stars here on the network. And his Thursday Thunder has been hurting. He and Billy Gill, when they give you gambling advice, they want you to win. They care deeply. They don't want to cost you money. It's that damn fourth leg. The fourth leg, yes.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Well, four team parlays, I think. You guys are crazy. You guys weren't winning the three-team parlays, and so you went to the four-team parlays. That does not seem to be the way to do it.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Thank you. Like, there's progress here. There has been nothing funnier today than the audio audience hearing you talk each time, knowing that you've got a bag full of nickels in your left cheek. I hear it every time you speak. It's my favorite when you're making serious good points. Can you do me a favor?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Ken, by the end of this segment, you nailed the dismount of this show by making a really great societal point that is filled with a great deal of philosophy, wisdom, and unique, a mean perspective, but is also said in a way that makes it clear that you have a bag full of nickels in your left cheek.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Juju, let's do Thursday Thunder right now. Let's play the imaging for Thursday Thunder.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Want to thank everyone who participated with the toy drive this year. We will continue to make that a thing that's less hastily planned by me than this year's was. The Santas got skinnier over the course of the week, but not less entertaining. We went from Tony at Cuban Santa. Very big. Very, very physically big, yes, but fit. And then we went to Roy, who is skinnier or less thick.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
I think the way we should sell this is by saying not a poop on the street. This bet, we don't promise much around here. We just promise we'll be above a poop on the street.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Forgive me, on the screen right now, I have 9.5 points. I have on the screen 9.5 points.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
So Juju's saying 10.5 points. You're saying Kessler's going over both of those.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
He cares about this deeply. He and Billy. I don't know what happened. Do we know what happened to BBB this week? It took a shit, Dan. Yeah. I think he got them all wrong. Don't worry about it. That's old stuff. Don't worry about old stuff. No, the only reason I bring it up is because he's mad at me because I brought a lot of attention to it.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
And Juju and Billy, they care about this in a way that's not reasonable. Like, I want them to just make the picks and let go of it and be good with it, but they feel all sorts of bad for costing people money.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
I want to. Listen, we're in a DraftKings contract here, and I should tell DraftKings, DraftKings, you want me to be a part? I've never been about commercialized content. I've never done it before. I don't do that. But I might be willing to do it as part of negotiations.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
I'm saying me personally.
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Making picks... And putting my ass on the line the way Juju and Billy are, that's not something I've ever done before. That's a big line.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
That is correct. Juju, what else do you have in the way of critique on today's show, on people being mad or titillated by anything we did today? I'm hoping they found this funny every time. If you listen to this just on audio, I'm hoping they found this funny every time I did the way Amin sounded, reminding me that his face doesn't work.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
And now we are on...
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The skinniest? Well, this is the skinniest Santa I've ever seen, though. The laziest one as well. I don't think in the history of Santas there has been one quite this pathetic, really, if I'm being honest. She's barely given any effort to the beard, but she collected more toys than the rest of you. The rest of you didn't do anything spectacular in the way of collecting toys. You got some.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Where are we on this? Are we going to come to a conclusion on this? Roy was a pretty good example.
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He does not drink more than Greg Cody. Chris, I was with your dad last night. Can we put this up again on the screen, please? I want everyone to see.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
What it looks like when a 70-year-old man who's already eight beers in and he decides to do a tequila shot off of a hockey stick ends up next to David Dwork in a moment of real community, and the two of them throw their arms up in the air triumphantly. I did not have any of that happening at the holiday party.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
It was a moment of soulful connection that I was just shocked by, primarily because Dwork was right in the middle of it.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
You know what? Look at... Troy. Troy. Troy. Dry Roy in the background. Longing. As Greg Cody steals his good friend Dwork, there in the background is Roy staring.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
A totally dry Roy. A Troy...
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No. I can't believe that we have the shot live of Roy losing his friend Dwork to an older man right there, stolen out from under him at the bar.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
Are you jealous? Are you jealous there that it's drinking or that your partner has run off with a 70-year-old man? Which is making you jealous there?
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Troy. Troy. Juju, what else do you have for us? Any critique or criticism from today's show?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
All right, you got to see it on YouTube. There it is in the shadows. Troy being jealous that his partner has been stolen by Greg Cody.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
You did well. But I am told that Rose has done better than any of you. Not that this is a competition, necessarily. It's about the kids.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes With Juju Gotti
kids Dan who's making it a competition Rose thank you I don't know do you know where I can find an answer to my question I will conduct an investigation immediately I will put myself in charge of that investigation still dumbfounded don't know how it became a competition uh Rose what is happening out there conclude our toy drive please
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
The highest compliment you can give in sports, which is, I do not dislike this man, even though he broke my heart. I must respect it. His excellence was such, I saw what those Miami teams became, and he slayed them, not by himself, but it damn sure looked like it was by himself, with him and J.J. Baret on his back like a spider monkey, like a howler monkey, carrying them and beating Dwayne.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Dirk, I'm so tired after 20 years. Like, always the diplomat. Like, stop, all right? We love watching those teams. You can say, yeah, we would have won a couple of championships. We should have stayed together. We would have had a shot. Yeah, you were great together. We loved watching it together. Ever the diplomat.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
He is being basically brought to you on behalf of basketball. He's sponsored by basketball. It is December 21st. It's Saturday. It's World Basketball Day. It's brought to you by Dirk Nowitzki and Basketball. Dirk, thank you for being on with us.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
So thank you, Dirk. Thank you, Dirk. No, but you know that that's what you did to Miami that year. Dirk, people were questioning you.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Don Levitard. Bob Kraft. The only reason your organization is good is because of Bill Belichick. Stugatz. Belichick has done nothing since Brady left. He made the playoffs once. I think at the very least, he should not be a first ballot Hall of Famer. They should make him wait like 10 years to get it. He's an overrated coach.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
In the history of South Florida, there have not been a lot of enemies like that dude that the echo and the enduring thing is, ooh, I really have to respect everything that was because he beat the respect out of me. Like I knew the squad I had. I knew what I had, and Dirk beat them, and holy shit, how did he beat them? What a great presence to walk in a room with.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
I wish I could carry something that felt like that around. Walk into a city, and it's like, no, I took down your dragon. You were really proud of that team. And he couldn't even move laterally.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Couldn't move laterally and go ahead and recognize the second best player I had on that team in the street. Like, that's crazy what that dude did. Can we do Stump the Meech? It's long overdue. People love Stump the Meech. We've got to go out to Rose. People love Rose. She's becoming a star quickly around here. And she's got some legitimate toys now, finally, so we can show off some toys.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
I told them to hurry up and buy all of those. They're making us look bad.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
I'm not going to match what I already just paid to put those out there. Can you please just, do we have imaging for Stump the Meech? We don't have imaging. This deserves imaging. How do we not have imaging for this? All right, let's begin, Chris Cody. How much do you dread this, Meech, or are you excited right now? Not at all. I've won many times.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
You have not won many times. It's an impossible game to win. He's never won. Let's play the first Stugatz mispronunciation.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
If I told you you were sleeping at night... Where is that thing?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Outside your window. I want you to imagine. Is it moving? You're hearing its ribbit. It looks like Stugatz.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
This is not great for Meech to come out on one. No, no.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
That is someone who's been electrocuted.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
It is an animal. The world's most terrifying farm. That is a toad that doesn't have two of its legs. Falls off on its side.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Because? Is it former Panthers goalie John Van Beesbrook?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
What? This is not going well because he's 0-2. It's fine. You're 0-2. It's not fine. You're going to lose.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
I want you to be in it at the end. I want it to be close.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
What animal is this in this haunting? It's like a rabbit. This haunting garbage garden.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Let's do two frogs arguing with each other in the night.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
I'd be curious, Dirk, given how that went in 2006. Like, I know a lot of people in retrospect will say, ah, we were the better team. But you'd have a pretty good argument if you thought those three games, Avery Johnson never stopped doubling Shaq. Like, if some things had changed there, it felt like Dallas was the better team. Would you ever say that, having lost?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Okay, so you have that being the sound of a moth hitting that thing that kills them on the porch because they're attracted to light. That's exactly right.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
That's doctor. And then him tased in the middle of doctor.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Do you realize even if you told him it was doctor, you would stump him so much he would not know it is doctor.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Moneyball, if you get this one, we're tied. This will be a Moneyball. If you get this one, we will be tied, and then we will have a fifth one we can go to because everyone enjoys this. And everything's fine. Okay, I don't agree. Let's see what we have here. Brought up. Brought up.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
It really is. It is. It is. It is a frog farm. It is a farm of frogs. Brode up.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
I was going to guess protocol. Wow. Let's see.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
It does feel good to win. I wish he'd ever felt it.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Let's see what we have here. Give me another one.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
This is the only way you've won, and I will grant you the victory if you get this. If you get this one, you win. Can you remember that you say this, though? This one is worth six points. You never win this way.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Let's just say you're not going to guess. It's worth a lot. You want to take a guess? You might be able to win for the first time ever. Just take a guess. Maybe you'll get it right like we got lucky on protocol.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
All right. He is saying is a... Here it is. Danism is a more relaxed person. Danism is a more relaxed person. Danism is a more relaxed person.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
You've missed a piece.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Disqualified for cheating. He wins because you're disqualified.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
But I want the innermost thoughts when you're in a room together and you see him and you're like, I'm not going to talk to him. And if he comes over here, I'm not going to talk to him. Like, I want your innermost thoughts in there.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
So you're pretending he's invisible. You're like, I'm competing with him at not letting him know I know that he exists over there.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Well, perhaps I can make you giggle with this and bring you closer to your good friends because insults and laughter are the shared intimacy of our language among men in sports. So here you go. I'm going to tickle you a little bit. Give me all your honest thoughts here at this Dwayne Wade statue.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
You can't say that that looks like Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool after he's been burned?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Meech, what are you laughing about? It's just incredibly diplomatic. It was so good. It was so nice. I tried to bait him into it. He wouldn't do it. John Amici is here. Dirk, do you remember ever playing against John Amici?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Amin, can you find for me, please, some head-to-head stats in Amici's games against Dirk Nowitzki? Why would we do that?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
He was asking you, we didn't want to hear from what your jump shot was at five years old. We wanted to see whether you could, whether you feel like you, if you played Dirk right now, how do you think you would do?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Okay, but he is in my studio in the back row and he thinks he can beat you.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
When I grew up watching, he'd hit it on me. But what if you miss one? But, Dirk, what if you miss one?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Dirk, I feel like you're moving all that well these days. 20 years of running up and down at that size.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Dirk, do you have one moment? I'm not talking about winning the championship, but at any point in any of these games, do you feel one moment that feels better than all the others that at the end of a game, something you did where you were like, this is the best that this can feel trying to be excellent at this all my life?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Mike Ryan has fled the studio the way that Amin once fled the court when Tim Duncan roared after making a game-winning shot. Mike Ryan has left because he's seen this face. He's seen this name. It's a 14-time NBA All-Star, MVP, Finals MVP, NBA champion. And when I look at him on behalf of Miami, I think Izzy will vouch for me on this. It is...
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
and probably the best i've played over over seven games stretch in my life we will tell the people about what you're doing with december 21st world basketball day but i mean just get me the head-to-head stats between dirk novitski and john amici did you find it what a jerk i got him right in front of me uh you guys met seven times seven times okay i must have been on the bench a lot
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
You also held Dirk. You raised your average those nights. I really picked it up on those days. And you also held Dirk below his averages. Like those numbers are not as good as Dirk numbers. You're basically a Dirk stopper as far as I can tell.
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Tell us about what you're doing, Dirk, because you've become an ambassador for the game, World Basketball Day. You've always been an ambassador for the game. The global impact of basketball, unity through the game. You are doing what now in terms of selling the game?
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Hour 2: Dirk Nowitzki And Stump The Meech
Because right now, the NBA is taking quite the hit when it comes to people are saying ratings are indicative that the sport isn't as interesting as it used to be.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Don Levitard. Mike Ryan's in there, and he's the one with the baby. He's the one who's got to, like, worry about what the future is. And Mike Ryan bet on DraftKings because Mike Ryan bet on us. This is the bet you're afraid of doubling down on? Putting up a billboard in Edmonton? Stoogatz!
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Can you guys do me the favor of putting on the screen what's going on right now at our toy drive when I was watching Rose sort of hula dance, Hawaii dance on her back, not wearing her Santa beard. No, Rose, this is not how we do a toy drive. Santa does not lay down on the job. I need you to get your beard on and I need people to get to Dolphin Mall, get to Vivo and conclude our toy drive today.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Rose, how are you doing out there? Why are you not wearing your beard? This is not, you're very skinny for a Santa. How are you the skinniest Santa that we've had?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Okay, that's very good work for you. We'll come back to you in a second to see how the toy drive is going. What's going on? Airplane over there? It's on the track.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
All right. Hopefully it'll pick up. It's good, though, that we got a fan bringing a toy. That's a good start to the day. Let's see if we can make it hundreds of fans bringing hundreds of toys. We'll come out to Rose again at Dolphin Mall in a second. But I want to play a couple of other songs here. Taylor's Long Past Annoying Me.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Taylor likes singing awful songs, and we've given him wide, wide berth on liberty to sing these songs. Mike, what are you doing? He's there? Oh, no. All right, so a listener thinks that they can do a song better than Taylor does a song. Yeah, well, I don't like Taylor's songs.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
They're all saying. All right, let's see what Amici's thoughts are on Taylor's song about Bill Belichick.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
You're most welcome. All right, let's pop his clogs. Get him out of here. Get him out of here. Thank you.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Let's see what we have here from a listener. I don't know what this is about. Chris, do you believe this is better or worse than what Taylor made for us?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Chris, you got to use better judgment. If you can't, like, first of all, those songs have to be called Taylor made. And every song we play needs to be better than whatever's Taylor's made. Like every single song. It's impossible. It's impossible.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
May I continue, please? I want to play more Stephen A. Smith sound for you because he's talking about Miami. And I do want to get to this Tyreek Hill story because he set the Internet ablaze with something yesterday that I was genuinely confused about its punctuation and whether or not he meant something else. But here is Stephen A. Smith's point of view about women in Miami.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I want to talk some more about Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I mean, when you came in here today, did anyone comment on your face? Because it felt like everyone noticed only when I said something. Because I'm looking at you, you look like you're in pain, and the left side of your face looks like it's swelling more as the show goes on.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
But you've got some of your teeth look like they still have blood on them. Your mouth looks like it's bloody. Does it? Yes. That's a bloody mess. Yeah, you mentioned that. Back to the well. So on the way in, I mean, I'm sorry, Meech. Jesus.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
No, with me it is. With me it is. I think they look exactly alike.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
And look, let's stop hiding. Okay? When I see Amin, I often see Meech. When I see Meech, I often see Amin. I don't know why that's happening. Sometimes I see Roy. But all three of them... Yeah, with Meech, it's pure racism.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
So we've... You've always said that. You've always said that. Don't hide behind the hood.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
But we were driving in on the beach because of what Stephen A. Smith says and because there are a lot of beautiful people. There was a man running shirtless with six-pack abs, and I'm like, there it is, Meech, all over South Beach.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
God, he looked so hot in that movie, too. This person also looked hot, oily, oily, and... Yeah, it wasn't sweat.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
And the other thing that it led to a conversation on... Can you trust anybody who has six-pack abs? and doesn't have a six-pack for their job. Right, so not a professional athlete that's taking care of their body in order to make money. Yes, that's a good qualifier.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
It's a good asterisk because I'd maintain if you care that much about that, there are other things that you're not caring about that I need you to care about. Like climate change.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
No way that anyone has a six-pack without exercising.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I don't believe that you can have a six-pack without exercising.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Can you have six-pack abs if you don't exercise? And can you ever truly trust somebody who has six-pack abs?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I would say to you that if you care about that, that obsessively, there are probably other things in your life that you're not caring about. It's obviously a blanket generalization. But if that's something that's that important to you, If you're a bodybuilder, I'm going to think the same thing.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Like, if you're a bodybuilder who's doing that obsessively, I think of bodybuilding almost as a body dysmorphia, really.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Yes, and I would say also that if you give me a great defense, it's generally going to look like that.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
He was not talking about Cushion for the Pushing. I don't know why Cushion for the Pushing made an appearance other than Cushion rhymes with pushing.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I don't know what that means. I don't know what I want. Can you guys get for me, please, the sound from the Kanye West deposition? Because I do want to get to that in a second.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
And I also want to get to this Tyreek Hill tweet that was out yesterday that I keep promising to get to that I have not gotten to. But let's just this deposition was amazing. And I can't I don't know how much else here was as amazing as this. But let's hear this.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
And I would say in the case of Philadelphia, for example, you could tell me their offensive line is tougher, or I can tell you they're running back squats more than anyone in the league, and therefore there's going to be some problems tackling him low when they have that offensive line also that is very good and very strong.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
You guys cut that short. He then put a mask on and it was a wrestling mask and he started doing it that way. And you guys said, I ruined things and you're smiling happier than I've seen anybody smile at metal art media.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I've read some stuff recently about because one of the things that he said, I'm the richest black man in the history of the world. As he continued to talk on some things that can almost easily be clinically diagnosed from afar as something in the realm of manic or bipolar, the way that he cratered.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Adidas as a sneaker business because of the crazed anti-Semitism and other things that he was doing. And he was so valuable to Adidas. I saw that they gave a lifetime contract to Damian Lillard.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
But go read, I'm forgetting where it is that I saw it, a story about the way that Kanye, the way Adidas had to backpedal from the size of his brand and name and everything else in a way it never wanted to because he was responsible for... their entire ability to do business in the sneaker realm because of how giant his brand is. And he's been that.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I've seen him be some form of that since getting punked by Ashton Kutcher on MTV, like where his arrogance as an early producer before he was even any of this was something to marvel at in his early 20s.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
It's funny that you should mention that because one of the things that I couldn't believe where it is that people get lost in their character. I'd like to have this conversation with Stephen A. Smith because I think it's happened to him some. But one of the places that on South Beach Sessions, I noticed it just this week with Louis Black.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
When Louis Black performs, he doesn't know that his fingers are moving like that because he's putting on a costume. He's been doing it for so long that he's putting on a piece of his identity and then getting out of that identity so that he doesn't actually become that.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
And so one of the things I enjoyed about talking to Louis Black was just seeing the other side of him because it is he was talking about it like if you would put on a robot costume.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
and that when he's done with his performance if he sees video of it he does not know that he was moving his fingers like that that he doesn't have any any awareness of it the thing that sports television i've told you guys this with max kellerman and all the places where people talk too much including here where it distorts me too if you talk this much for a living you become Colin Cowherd.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Colin Cowherd becomes some form of what it is that he's trying to do, or he has to consciously take that off and leave it at work in a locker and go home because the character will envelop you if everywhere you go, that's all that people are seeing. Like what Stephen A. Smith's life has become over the last 15 years is an insanity.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
It's a true insanity where he is just delighted at how he ends up in all of these amazing power brokering places with those people desperately wanting to be around him because he's a cartoon character on television.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
You think it's irresponsible of me to diagnose Kanye after the last three years as some sort of, on a spectrum, he's behaving in a way that suggests this isn't just fame and arrogance.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
diagnosing him like he'll reveal that yeah he's but even even if he didn't reveal that though you don't feel comfortable with that assessment based just on the behavior like when you're saying to everybody some form look i saw this happen to my brother a lot of weird stuff happened with my brother at the end and one of them was this like where the mania gets to such a point that you feel like you're the biggest and most important person in the world and
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
But much as I said with Ricky Williams, who was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, and that disorder is, you go to the grocery store and you think everyone's looking at you. But when he went to the grocery store, everybody was indeed looking at him. If you're predisposed to a certain arrogance here and then you spike because of your brain chemistry and stuff to a place where, is that genius?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Because he's been rewarded at every turn. When you can crater Adidas with your thoughts?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
That's what Mike Ryan used to say when I was talking about all the Antonio Brown malfeasance. And I'm like, how is that not something that's happening that seems to be brain issues?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
And Mike was saying, well, no, there are plenty of people, nevermind brain issues, there are plenty of people who have any assortment of depressive tendencies or otherwise who aren't behaving in sports or anywhere else like Antonio Brown.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Because that's what the sport requires. All right, but if I'm looking at Miles Garrett, you know, thrashing around on the field after getting poked in the eye Sunday, I can't say, what is that? That's not tough. Now, I happen to know Miles Garrett is obviously a superior physical specimen, and I'm assuming at every turn that he is tough.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Can you be someone who has an eight-pack with no exercise whatsoever drinking beer like Mike's friend?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
No, I counted six. Yeah. I also counted, too. Chris, were you laughing? I saw you laughing during that segment. I think you and I were laughing at the same thing. I'm not totally sure. But you can hear that Amin's lip is fat.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
But you guys are coming after Joel Embiid, and he's somebody that I assume is tough. He's playing through all sorts of injuries all the time, and people are always questioning how much he cares.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
All of his analysis. I want him to give the most serious analysis, but also I want him to go viral with that sound on audio that makes it seem like his heavy tongue is slathered on every word he's speaking.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
perfectly fine.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I'm going to get you right now the printout so that you can read some of this story. It is a banger. Again, she works for The Athletic and the news story she's talking about inside Woody Johnson's Jets. It's the most dysfunctional place imaginable. We'll get to that story in a second.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Juju, put it on the poll, please. Can you really be tough if you read books at Levitard Show? Diana is very busy typing with one finger on her phone, texting, getting to all of the information. And I will tell you again, inside Woody Johnson's Jets, this time I'll say it better, I hope, it's the most dysfunctional... I'm not going to say it better. It's the most dysfunctional place...
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
imaginable uh i think the best detail in this is that they turned down a trade for jerry judy because judy's madden rating wasn't high enough i think that's the best detail in this story we're gonna have meach read some of the story but uh diana do you think there's a better detail in this story than that one it might involve woody johnson's teenage sons
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Diana's got to go. She's got a hard out here. So unfortunately, she's going to miss Meech reading some of her story. That's unfortunate, Diana. We will talk to you next week, OK?
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
Thank you. Meach, we'll have you read it in a second, but you were shaking your head when she was talking about the teenage sons and how normal that is in football workplaces.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I have two songs to play for you guys. Taylor has one on Bill Belichick, and we have a listener that has produced one to compete with Taylor's terrible song, but we're going to end this segment with John Amici reading from Diana's story.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
There's something soothing about his voice. It washes over me like just soft ocean waves.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I send them to sleep. You do, but... You should do the Calm app. Let's do something with John Amici and the Calm app right now. I want to put something together now, but make sure it's got enough facial hair to be properly masculine. That's right.
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The Big Suey: The New York Jets Mess Continues To Grow (Feat. Dianna Russini)
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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Hour 2: Sam Morril Misses Mitchell Robinson
Because I would never ever joke about a 5G network that has invested billions building 5G towers across the country. Not even once. Not even if Mr. Boost Mobile himself asked me to. There is nothing funny about it. Boost Mobile is now a legit nationwide 5G network and also provides coverage across 99% of America. Seriously.
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Visit BoostMobile.com or your nearest Boost Mobile store location to learn more. The Boost Mobile network, together with our roaming partners, covers 99% of the U.S. population. 5G speeds not available in all areas.
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Hour 2: Sam Morril Misses Mitchell Robinson
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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So I must take a break from the jokes here for a second and put on my serious voice, because I would never ever joke about a 5G network that has invested billions building 5G towers across the country. Not even once. Not even if Mr. Boost Mobile himself asked me to. There is nothing funny about it. Boost Mobile is now a legit nationwide 5G network and also provides coverage across 99% of America.
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Hour 2: Sam Morril Misses Mitchell Robinson
Seriously. Visit BoostMobile.com or your nearest Boost Mobile store location to learn more. The Boost Mobile Network, together with our roaming partners, covers 99% of the US population. 5G speeds not available in all areas.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Adnan, before you get out of here, Golden Globes, do you want to give me as much information as you can? Let's speed the music up on him as well.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Well, this is the thing. Here's the thing. I don't know what exactly are the inner workings of him and Samson. I will have to find out the details. How much more apparent can I make this clear to you, Dan?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Well, what happened? Showing up, what did he not show up for? Listen, you were on the text and you asked him to come on. No, but I haven't seen my phone because I've been busy talking at you.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Adnan Virk, Golden Globes recap. As much information as you can give us, as fast as you can give it, because the real Adnan Virk cares about this, spoiler alert, more than hockey.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
And more than tennis. And he loves those things. No, you love the arts. You love getting those little gifts from Scorsese.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
give me brody on his way to an oscar give me the joy that you get in your life any kind of being able to wave at us that i get this dvd because of my movie credential that's not what it is i'm just trying to establish credentials dan because people say who is this loud mouth who do you think you are that you get to opine about films you're just some sportscaster mlb network you're a hack
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
No, I'm just asking you, what I want to know is, if I give Ednan Virk the moment that he can show America what his credentials are, and he could hold up in front of America, let me show you, America, how credentialed I am. Somebody sent me this, and it's Robert De Niro's sock or whatever it is, which you sniff daily as part of your morning mantra. What would the thing be?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
What would the one thing be?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Adnan, good seeing you. He's the host of Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey. If you want to do fast 30 seconds of baseball, we can do it through a lot of speed. He can do it on. You saw what just happened. I thought I'm a bit offended that we just eulogized Bob Euchre with that music playing right before you started.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Mike, I will take you up on your challenge as Adnan Virk leaves us, but I will ask Adnan Virk to tell me if I have anything wrong here, because Tim Kirchhen and Adnan Virk are very good gatekeepers for baseball, baseball's history and the things about it that are special. And yes, when someone dies at 90 now. Yeah, a long life, we will not remember them correctly.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
But as it relates to Bob Euchre, as a player, wherever the trulogy resides, he was fine as a player, a known player. But the career that he had 50 years after that was being a clown prince face and voice for baseball that was almost eternally lovable everywhere it arrived in public.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
And also Milwaukee can tell you a lovely dark undercurrent of a baseball man who lived with all of the insane bitternesses that come with traveling on the road for 50 years following a ball team around and was great as a human being in a way that ties him regionally to something, but nationally through the movies as well, to being a voice, face, and...
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
time for baseball that was allowed to age lovingly on radio of all places, on radio, right? Like it's a specific thing in a specific market with a specific relationship with the ears of a regional audience. Milwaukee is crushed today that this man, a historic clown prince of representation to America through the movies and through baseball, a historic figure in the region that transcended sports.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I've got a photo here of you guys blocking David Sampson out of the Zoom, not allowing him in the personal meeting room on my text here. What is happening here? I'm just looking. Ah, man, what are you doing, David Sampson? Why am I being sent? What is happening? Oh, you guys invited him, and he says, I'm not coming on today. He just threw a temper tantrum. Yes, I told you. Correct.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
We'll put you on next week. Thank you, Adnan. Appreciate the time.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Stugatz. I hope he has the day he deserves.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I've got a bit of a corporate problem on my hands. I've got a renegade star diva rising up the ranks of the media elite. She's getting on the field with the help of Ricky Williams. She's breaking rules. She's clawing her way to stardom and she thinks she doesn't have to pay fines around here. And I got into corporate trouble trying to sort of like send an email to everybody.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I was trying to be democratic. Let me send this to 13 random employees. Hey, Lucy killed somebody on the air. That's a $50 fine. She refused to pay it. I've never had anybody who just refuses to pay. Can we take it out of her paycheck? Somebody vote. And then everybody ran scared. Oh, no, you can't take it out of her paycheck. It's $50.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
And so then what she does is she kills the person and the company having fun because I want to take her money.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
and she should pay the fine but she's too big a star to control anymore and so now i have to get venmo involved the corporate sponsor and they're controlling the fine bucket and we have to respect the fine bucket and she still hasn't paid the 50 so lucy where are we i never saw you answer the email that i sent i sent it to 13 people amin agreed that i did amin agreed that you should have it taken out of your pain paycheck fine her i i would say that
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
But what was the democratic process? Lucy, did you see that email chain? You didn't respond? You ignored the entire thing.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Well, you have risen to stardom, and you are evidently going to go to the biggest of games. Well, she wants to. No, no, I wasn't talking about the Super Bowl. I'm talking about Notre Dame. Are you not going to be around Notre Dame, Ohio State? I would assume you are. Are you not? No, I'm going. There you go. I got my big games confused. Why did you think the biggest of games was the Super Bowl?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
You're going to the Super Bowl?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Well, you've got to pay fines, though. Stars have to pay fines. You might as well come on reading a book and be A.J. Brown. You've got to pay the fines. Jimmy Butler. You got to pay the fines. It's now sponsored. We have to respect the sponsors. I understand you don't respect the boss. You don't respect the company. You have to respect the sponsors. Jeremy, were you on this email chain?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I asked 13 random people.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Okay, but I asked. It was 13 random people. And I got how many answers?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
It wasn't one. Jessica, did you have a vote here? I don't remember a specific incident.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
It works. There it is. Well, what's the challenge? And what's the Venmo? Is anyone going to tell Venmo? They know. They know. Ven knows.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
OK, Venmo, Ven knows what are the challenges? Because, yes, we've got a dirty history here. When we did Freedom, there was a whole pepper thing. So what we're going to really ask her what the challenges should be. No, we have to present her with challenges. Let the audience pick. That's a good one. Oh, no, that's a good one.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
And then we will choose one of those. The audience selects with a hashtag. Ven knows.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
You're obsessed with this.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Change the game.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Well, you laugh at her, but I feel like this is a very real pain. We're taking away a sugary addiction for her. Lucy, it must not feel good.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
That's the big one. It must not feel very good to have everyone laughing at the idea that you've lost your TikTok.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I want to get to the college football of the moment, but just to explain to people what Metal Ark is trying to do in the modern age, the media is under siege. Information is under siege.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
The rich people who run things want to spend how many billion on Twitter so you can be where you are now as Elon Musk taking over newspapers and even staring down Bezos with, yeah, you're going to not have your newspaper say anything bad about Trump because the rich people are going to be in charge of the money and the media.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I hate that TikTok has taken a form of income from her that now makes me have to present challenges so that we can pay in this modern media age to send her to the Super Bowl because her income has been harmed and she doesn't pay fines and I can't take them out of her check.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I'll need it. I'd like that. You will have to say something in Chinese, yes. You will have to learn.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
You ripping the Chinese government in Chinese for whatever.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Okay. Very good. I'm glad we got close to the fire.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
That is a good challenge. We will find out what the hashtag should be for this challenge to send Lucy to the Super Bowl because TikTok has affected her income, but she's still not paying the fines, and I still need those $50. Well, I can't.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
That's $51 if you don't have the amount of money that the fine is. So now it's $51 that we should be taking.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
No, there's a multiple fine. There's a $1 fine for not paying or not having the fine. Should it be incremental? Like, I need help from Venmo on figuring out how we're doing all this. We need to please the corporate sponsor in these difficult media times.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
All right, speed up the music. Lucy, give us the best that you have on all college football things as we head into the biggest game of the biggest games as I try to cancel Martin Luther King Day to get Jessica to work on Monday and celebrate Notre Dame football on Tuesday. Are we going to be celebrating Notre Dame football on Tuesday?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Yesterday, I was lamenting why it is that Chris Sims, Chris Sims unbuttoned, that Chris Sims can't be on NBC exactly the same person he is on God Bless Football or... roaming around Earth in a way that makes me feel like Chris Simms should be allowed to smoke a cigarette on television if he indeed smokes because he's hiding his real self from us and only shows it to us on Chris Simms Unbuttoned.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Thank you.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Adnan Virk is a similar creature. I really like Adnan Virk. I've liked him for a long time. But the real Adnan Virk is a hell of a lot more interesting than the guy who hosts Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey. But I don't get the real Adnan Virk on television. I get great at television, Adnan Virk. Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey hosts. I know everything about hockey. I'm charming.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I'll do television. But my secret side? Oh, you'd love that. My dark underbelly? God, the comedic timings I have. If I could free that man on television, I'd be a free man artistically and not be the slave to the sports gods of broadcasting. Do I have anything wrong here, Adnan Virk? Because this is why I'm bummed. I'll tell you why I'm bummed, okay?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
It's not just that I have not been able to unleash the real you on the American public in a way that would be appalling and delightful. It's that I've tried to combine you with David Sampson to talk movies, and kids don't want to hear about you guys talking about Back to School with Rodney Dangerfield in 1986.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
And so I haven't been able to make you Siskel and Ebert, but I just heard you being onboarded by Chris Cody, and I just heard David Sampson is pissed, and it's all I heard. And I don't know what he's pissed about.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I don't know what's happening with you and David Sampson, but I've been trying to combine you for a while, at least in part, because I think that that Oscars party that you guys did one night was, I mean, that is one of the best things Metal Ark has done. I had so much fun around what you guys made of content. I want to be something that covers the Golden Globes correctly.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I think we're out of time with that, man.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
That's like Bill Maher. That's how he does it on Club Random. The narcissism gets so good sometimes that you end up talking over your guest. Adnan, what's happening with our Oscar party, and why is Samson pissed?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
That is the greatest threat. Shannon Sharp does it his way to Kirk Herbstreet, and Adnan Virk does it his way, firing about. Like, that is company-on-company crime right there. I have not heard any of that.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
That's fine. He sounds ridiculous saying it. Oh, you don't see the difference between Malcolm X saying it and Adnan Virk saying it to David Sampson.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
No, it's fine. Just I want to do a Golden Globes recap with you. I want to talk to you about Mad Dog and his desperate begging to meet Timothee Chalamet, ending up in him meeting Timothee Chalamet in a way that all the corporate entities work together to make Chris Russo stugats.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Like you get to just get to the top and start asking for things and they'll start happening for you because you're shameless.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
That's what's cheapened it by not. That's where it's deserved. That's where. That's exactly where.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Go ahead. Please tell me again your credentials.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Given the degree of difficulty, I ask this question sincerely. In the history of made movies like this that a main actor would take and try to Hollywood up, Is there a biopic creature less likely to have any interest in this being done on him than Bob Dylan in the history of cinema and art and music and everything else?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Wouldn't Bob Dylan be the most likely reputationally to absolutely hate in the history of human being celebrity that this movie is being made about him?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
Reclusive. No, but no. No, a famed recluse. This is purposeful. Look, this misremembers history so much to have this actor try this role for an artist who would think this the most deliberately. despicable thing in the history of capitalism and commerce. What would Bob Dylan say, honestly, he really feels about the doing of all this?
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I just don't understand how any of it is allowed to exist by America. Bob Dylan's supposed to represent art and would find all of this offensive. I would think, or am I just attaching what people... He's really good at having people assume that about him. Yes.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
He's the host of Amazon Prime Monday Night Hockey, and I really feel a bit of shame that I'm not out here talking more about Spencer Knight being a god and the Panthers and the Bruins playing amazing hockey. The sport is moving very fast for the regular season. It needs to slow down. Just all of it needs to slow down. I need to have a life.
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Hour 1: Adnan Virk Takes Out David Samson (feat. Adnan Virk & Lucy Rohden)
I cannot care about why it is that Winnipeg's power play is so good or Connor McDavid is slightly less than what I thought he was.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I know, I know. But what you summon from them is a little disconcerting because you have a bit of sex symbol to you as well. And I don't like to see that part of my mother.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
And he's realizing that Miami is built by Cubans and he's got a built-in demo where those sneakers and those socks are going to sell.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
And his sons are free labor. Free labor. You guys think you're going to deal with McDonald's. He's paying you nine cents an hour to buy you a Happy Meal.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Did your dad, my dad did not understand. Did your dad understand a pursuit of the arts instead of staying in the business?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Well, my father was not supportive. He didn't, he wanted me to be an engineer. He came, he made all, all the sacrifices he made were so that I would go to the private school I went to in high school. And so when I told him sports writer. Yeah. It was worse than just this. It was like, no, don't talk to me. What are you talking about? I've made all of these sacrifices.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You're not going to choose that. Thank God for my mother. Otherwise, I'd be a really unhappy engineer right now.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
But I mean, like the idea of making money with freedom, why, what, how would they have access to the idea that you could be like free, like a painter or an actor in Cuba? What, what concept would they have of that?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Could you have done it otherwise? Because I don't know that I could have done it. I don't know that I would have. I was too much. I don't know how this works for you. The Cuban family can be sort of like. Yeah, I had to go.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Yeah, but it's Abuelas. Abuelas, yeah.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
But quietly. What an act of love to never show you that that would look like a lack of support to allow you to dream.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
But he had to have been heartbroken. I mean, to go from a dime to a fragrance business to I can provide safety for my kids forever. What do you mean he's going to?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You have had a career that. I'm an abuelo now, by the way. Oh, congratulations. An abuelo with Americanized kids. I want to ask you something about where it is some heritage gets lost with the kids growing up in this country because you are so proudly Cuban in a way that I identify with. and I understand and you have made artistic projects.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You're the failure in the family? Your brother's the extremely successful one?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
the grand majority of people listening to this and everywhere in the world who have unhappiness in their life much of it can trace back to most of them are doing something they don't love every day with all of their hours because they have to make money and there's you know there's a slowly corrosive soullessness that i think so and even and if you even if you have you know if you're chasing a dream and it's not immediately there for you there is a struggle to all dreams there are there are obstacles to all dreams but i i really believe
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
And now look at you. And now look at you. No tie. You've arrived at real freedom, Andy. You don't have to. Well, you should tell dad, La Guayabera, in Cuba, they don't wear ties.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
One of them took you 16 years to make because of how important it was for you to represent Cubans on screen that way. Is it because you know what it is that I'm saying, that you are such an inspiration to carrying on a time that is literally dying with the old people as the young kids get Americanized.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
When you say, though, that the arts chose you, I've heard you quoted as saying it's like a virus. It chooses you. You don't choose it. How did it choose you?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
But the bandshells, so that's 10 blocks from where you're growing up and it's still there. It's still there. And it hasn't changed much, unlike Lincoln Road. Lincoln Road is no longer whatever it is you were experiencing at Lincoln Road.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I want to live. No, I was an athlete.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You realize you're sort of him, right? Like, I know that you probably might recoil from the size of that, but he's the first Cuban representation that there was on American television. Cesar Romero. Okay.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I've been blessed. you get here and you start, uh, how, like, what does that look like? What do you have? What year is that? What kind of money do you have or don't have? Uh, a friend of mine, Steven Bauer, Manolo from Scarface.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I'm the gypsy. Yeah, because it doesn't sound like a place anyone should be living. No, no.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Is this 1978 to 1985? Like, how long are you?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I want to talk to you about love in a second and how you keep something alive for as long as you've kept that alive. But are we talking about seven years? When you say hard, explain the details of hard to me. You have some.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
78 to 85 because I feel like you might be underselling hard it sounds like you chose to leave in pursuit of your dream what could have been a family that was taking care of you in the family business to basically take on the life that your parents took on when they got to Miami it was a second exile yeah it was a second you chose that or it chose me you know but yeah I chose to go on that journey
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
So you've got 10 months worth of rent to figure it out. If you don't eat. Right.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Well, you're a bit like me in that you can say, I'm assuming, of your parents, they made all the sacrifices so that you wouldn't have to make much of any sacrifices comparatively. That's my case.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You are answering the question about how hard it was, though, with both emotion and structure. You're talking about the emotional parts and the structural parts. What about the day-to-day parts of just being able to earn enough to survive for seven years in shitty jobs, dreaming because you think some things might be available, but there's no light.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
There's no light yet, and you're covered in doubt. And have I made the wrong decision? This woman.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
So how much doubt was there for you or were you not doing doubt because it survived, survived, survived? And so you're not even there. You're young, still youngish. But but now you got but now you also have a child, which changes all of the math.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Because I know you're a man of faith. I guess so, yeah.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Craft is such an interesting word because viewed from that angle, you've been all your life a bit of a sculptor. You are making of your soul a work of art that you are now displaying to people and it makes you a craftsman.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Yeah, that makes sense. So how soon after that?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You got to choose one or the other.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Not really things you are, no offense. You're a thespian and an artist. You being a gangster and a boxer, you're really getting typecast there by some Hollywood bullshit.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
So you were just full of soaked arrogance.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Do you know how many movies you've been in? Do you have a number? No. I don't know either, but I thought I heard you in an interview, the interviewer said it's over 100. Maybe. I don't know. I really don't know. I don't know which one of those is the one that resonates with others the most.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I want to ask you something about your parents, and I will ask you plenty about this part of your life that you're so proud of in shaping you. But when you talk about work ethic, in my life, that was the only way to freedom. So I want to talk to you about that as well. But the distinction you're making between exiles and immigrants, can you explain it to people who might not understand?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Yeah, it's a good film. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, a criminally underrated movie. Both criminal movies, yeah. Do you regard any of your movies as a criminally underrated movie?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
My mother is always proudly saying to people, I'm not an immigrant. I'm an exile. I
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Yeah. Well, I mean, you you channeled jealous, Hispanic, rage filled husband very well in the movie like that is.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I love movies and music that make me feel anything, even if it's a bad, even if it's a shitty thing.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
That's a crazy way to make a living, fighting another man for money.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
So when you look at when fans come up to you and want to talk about one character or one movie most, is there one above all others? Because it's such a broad...
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Do you have one that you're prouder of than any of the others? Because I would imagine the loss. No, not really.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
That's what I thought your answer was going to be. Yeah, well, I would say number two.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
For those who don't know the story of the Lost City and why it was important to you, obviously it's about Cuba. My mother's favorite musician is Arturo Sandoval. I have an idea, but for the people who may not, a 16-year project that you were insistent on making the music for yourself, why did this mean what it means to you beyond it being your life story?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
But it was important to you to stay with all of it for 16 years.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I'm talking about what you put on the story. I'm not talking about the Cuban people haven't had their story told. I'm talking about told that way. with somebody who cares enough about the story to spend 16 years learning the piano so that he can hit the right note. I'm talking about that kind of care. Yeah. It shows in the film.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I tell people all the time, right, when you have to flee for freedom or fight for freedom, you have a certain appreciation for freedom that perhaps others don't have. My mother and my father leave Cuba at 15 or 16, thinking they're going to see their parents again soon, and then it takes 10 years before they see their parents. Right.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Oh, but I like your sort of, I'm not going to say immunity to criticism, but the way that you've arrived at a confidence that you can say Godfather III because all the things it represents, you chasing the light, Francis Ford Coppola, and you do not care what the critical acclaim of that was because you made it
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
a work of art that represents your dreams and the starting point on you wanting to do all of this so you can choose that as something that doesn't care at all what others think of it because you make the work of art you release it into the world and whatever anyone thinks about it you do not have to care it doesn't it doesn't matter because everybody has an opinion on anything
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Getting to do it. I like to tell people that. The success is that you get to do it.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
That ocean between Cuba and South Florida is the biggest graveyard in the world because of people literally throwing their lives to the wind. Yeah, no one's going on a raft back to Cuba.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I promised you a chance to talk about your wife and love and what it means to have somebody by your side for the ride. 35 years a movie star, but someone who was there when, is this going to work? Are we sure this is going to work? Believing in you and then getting to share it with that person.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You have had, and I'll let you go on this note. I appreciate you spending so much time with us. You have sung with Cher on screen. You are friends with Gloria Estefan and the Estefans for life. So you represent the only man to have kissed Gloria Estefan other than Emilio Estefan.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Welcome to South Beach Sessions. We are again very far from South Beach. This man grew up around South Beach. I grew up around South Beach. And I will say that this is not merely my mother's favorite actor, perhaps her favorite son as well. I'm not even kidding you when I tell you, you are a remarkable inspiration to the entirety of my family because, because Andy Garcia,
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
When you look at one thing you would put in front of the audience and say, I found myself even in that moment saying, holy shit, how did this happen? How did I get to here where I am nervous or awed by finding myself in a position that even exceeds my dreams in terms of just absurdity of where it is? You go home and tell your wife or the kids, can you believe that this happened to your dad today?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Is there anything that... Well, there's been many. I would imagine. I'm asking you to... You can give me more than one if you want.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I've heard two different versions. You tell me what's accurate here on what your parents got here with. I've heard you say my parents, my father got with a dime to the airport. Well, we borrowed a dime. Well, hold on. I want to know which one of these is true. I've heard two stories, a dime at the airport or $300 and a box of cigars. No, no, no. $300 and a box of cigars.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Andy, it was a genuine delight to spend this time with you. I will tell you, and I think you know this already, that my mother will be insane with jealousy that I got to spend this time with you. But she will be asking me a lot of questions about what this was, and we'll listen to it several times because you are an inspiration to our people. Thank you.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
No, we did not. You're desperate. I don't want to talk about the Dolphins. You want to talk about the Dolphins? I don't want to talk about the Dolphins. They're broken for 25 years. They're busted up. If you want to, though, if you want to, I'll give you the floor to say whatever it is they've done to you over the last 25 years of breaking your heart.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
I am, yes. My earliest memories of loving sports are my father taking me to the Orange Bowl across the street from where your father was doing cantinas.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
No blocking, no parking, no parking, no blocking.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You're doing early, late 60s.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Oh, the opening kickoff. Yeah, I was there.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
All the time. They haven't broken your heart so much.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
They haven't won a playoff game in more than 20 years. I understand. I understand. I mean, come on. The league is based on equality. They reward you when you don't win playoff games. There's a salary cap. There are very few teams. The Lions are good now. Yeah. The Lions are good.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
That's right. With Dan Campbell, we made fun of him for two years. Man, Campbell, you can't win like that.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Oh, you're just... So you're a positive sports fan. You're about your team, and you don't have anything in the way of criticism. You're just a Dolphin fan, and you are... No, I mean, my criticism is like...
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
You're in an abusive relationship. He's smarter than you are. He's learned that his dad's a fool.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Yeah, but only last year against the Ravens and against the Patriots with the kickoff. It's been a bad 20 years, Andy. Your faith and your support have been misspent.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Thank you, Andy. You're welcome. I really did enjoy this time with you. Likewise. Finally, I got a chance to hook up. Thank you.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
FIU, the most famous FIU grad that there is? I'm not sure about that. I mean, it's pretty close. I don't know.
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
Well, I want to ask you about how supportive your parents were of the arts because it's probably not something usually exiles imagine. It's usually doctor, lawyer, architect, something safer than the arts. But what do you remember about the first apartment? How many people were living there? What do you remember about the childhood struggle?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
How many people are under one roof, though?
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South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
And so not meant for six, right? Too small for six.
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I can only see in retrospect that I grew up amid some fear. Could you feel it as a child? I couldn't feel it as a child.
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You were Cuban representation at a time that there was precious little permission anywhere on television for a Cuban kid to dream about the idea of, oh, we are on television and in the movies, too. So I am thrilled to have you here, but not as thrilled as my mother will be that you are here. That's my fan base. Oh, my God. You are so good with the Cuban woman, old Cuban woman demographic.
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Pero se dice en español, no? You're translating.
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The way that you remember it. It sounds more poetic in Spanish, as most things do.
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Here we are. We're still here. How does it come to be, because I don't understand it, that you go from a dime in the airport to running a multimillion-dollar fragrance company? What are the steps I'm missing there?
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Rage running and loving yourself at the same time. I have a lot that I want to throw back at you guys because, Chris, do we have sound of Mike doing Chubby Checker the last time that Chubby Checker ran down the sidelines? I don't know if we have that sound, but I do want to ask the audience.
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Don Levitard. But it's just his titties are sitting on the shelf that is his belly. Stugatz.
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Put it on the poll, please. Does Al Golden have early onset paterno? Because Al Golden, I have to explain to the audience, you don't understand how confusing it is.
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to be somebody who hoped that Miami could build these championship dreams, and Al Golden came to town with a tie, an orange tie, and a binder on how it is he was going to fix Miami and get them to all these things we're talking about faster than anybody, because he was given the keys to the kingdom long before Mario Cristobal, and he drove the program, and wearing that tie the entire time, sweaty on the sidelines all the time.
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care deeply was a young man when he was here And the job did that to him, has turned him into a mutant with early onset paterno because Al Golden was a clown in Miami, cared deeply, knew what he was doing, but failed miserably. Everybody ran him out of town, and now he's trying to climb back up into coaching, and he's done so at Notre Dame, bringing the rah-rah. Man, he gave and gives.
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We laughed him out of town. Relieved.
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I want side-by-side photos of me and Al Golden immediately because you're telling me the point I was about to make, Jessica. I cut him. The point? No, you know what? No, Jessica, it's okay. I deserve it.
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Not a kick-save and a beaut. Jessica, I swear to you that... You rage running and taking me inside the thoughts on wherever it is you're meanest to yourself. Like, I'm fine. Whatever the last three years have done to you being in the middle of this slop. University of Miami people yelling at you about how much more special University of Miami time is than Notre Dame time.
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Because we wear the scars of those wars back when Mike's allegiances were made, even though he didn't go to the school. Because Miami fighting Notre Dame was the top of the sport. And that was amazing fun. And I need to celebrate the fact that Notre Dame is here because the stakes for them. I can't believe that what I'm about to say, what I'm about to say. We laughed Al Golden out of town.
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We laughed Dan Campbell out of town. That laughing hardened those men. And now one of them looks like Al Golden and one of them looks like Dan Campbell. Because the sport will do that to you. Its stresses will do that to you. Climbing to where Marcus Freeman looks beautiful atop the sport. You do look older than that.
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I can't, I honestly can't believe I'm about to say what I'm about to say. I really can't. It just dawned on me because I was coming in and I am going to get out ahead of this and I'm going to come out today and be against Martin Luther King Day on Monday because I want to work on Monday. I want, I just learned that we've got a company holiday.
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I will get to putting my glasses on. Dan would speak up. Okay.
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You still got the Mowglies? Jessica. At least I hope he would. Jessica, I swear you have not insulted me. I'm insulted.
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Dan, I'm insulted. No. I'm insulted on your behalf. Okay. Thank you. That was the picture I was hoping for, though. I would like the help of the group, okay? This is what I wish for the crescendo of whatever this is to be. I want it to be a Golden Off. I want two pictures on the screen of your choosing, whatever unfairness or fairness the video department wants to put together right now.
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What the sport has done to Al Golden, it has also done to be here, to be adjacent to those sports and try and build a media machine, and that, too, has aged me. And my brother died. My face got gray very fast.
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Look, I ate my feelings and my cortisol shot up and deathbed stuff is gruesome for 10 months. Thanks, Mike, for doing that. But I want you guys to put a picture of me up at my worst, if you wish, because I want to have a contest here.
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Okay, it's totally fair and I'd like to stay here. You look like if Chris Penn got sick.
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How dare you? No, look, I will travel this path wherever it is that everyone wishes to take it, and may Jessica be able to mock me from here forevermore. Please, play this game with me. At the end of this segment, I've got a couple of different things happening because Jeremy is... Look, Jeremy hasn't said anything. He... He shouldn't.
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Well, okay, just... But Jeremy has breaking heat news that we haven't been able to get to. He's an inside information guy. He's got news that no one else has that he can break right now, but he can't tell me what it is. And he's like, it's fun. It's fun news. It's good news. And I'm like, you have heat news? And I'm like, yes. And I'm like, well, let's do it. And he's like...
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No, we've got to embargo it. And I'm like, what? We're bought and paid for like the rest of the heat media? We've got to embargo things? We're doing the heat favors now? Like, if we've got news, we break news. If we've got news, we break news. We've vetted it. We know that the news is news. And you're an insider. And we have the news. We haven't been able to get to it. When can I get to it?
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Because I want to betray the Miami Heat. I wish to I wish to break this news before the Miami Heat wishes to have this news broken.
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No, I am. So wait a minute.
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Yes. Yes. Yes. Especially you. Yes. Mostly you. Yes. But also, I'm not comfortable with... with how it is that i have staked my national reputation on i am miami heat adjacent I'm a homer. I'm journalistically bought.
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And then that births Mike Ryan in the LeBron years, and he's bought, and Parakeet Cortez, and he's bought, and a yet more extreme and more extreme bought Heat media member, and you represent either the best or the worst of that evolution where you're hiding news on behalf of the Miami Heat. I don't work for the Miami Heat. You may.
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Well, okay. Technically. So I want that news. If you have the news, if it's vetted, if we're a news organization or we're a network, and if I don't want to be a heat mouthpiece, I wish to break the news you have.
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No, okay. How much time do we have? When's it been embargoed to? Because I want to break that rule. Now you guys are just being kind to the heat.
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I will nationally break that story in seconds, but getting back to whether I look worse than Chris Penn getting... sick after he's dead. Getting sick after he's dead. Getting sick after he's dead.
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Well, Chris Penn is Sean Penn's brother. Oh, okay. He was in Reservoir Dogs. Is that his most famous role? He was in Rush Hour. He was the guy in jail who sold the C4.
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Put it on the poll, at Levitard Show, Chris Penn's most famous role, Reservoir Dogs or Rush Hour?
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Absolutely. Jessica, this is what I'm telling you is that this is not a mean joke, that since I've been on television, I've been compared to, visually, two people, Chris Penn and Flounder from Animal House, facially. Yeah. Jessica, you're finding that too funny. The woman who's rage running saying, being a mean, saying you, saying the things you say to yourself.
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Yeah, I mean, look, I'm on your side, Dan, but damn. I'm fine with this. I've endured the scars of 20 years. Look, man, when I appeared on television, I was a pioneer for fat people. I was representation. Oh, I think Oprah. Oprah, then you. I opened the door to win horse worldwide. That was not allowed before.
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So that's going to be a giant content day, and I was looking forward to it. I've not done this in the history of our company. Carl will tell you this, not once. I don't have anything to do with the schedule. On Thursday, I said to him, please make sure Jess is in here on Monday.
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So I wear the scars, and when I'm meanest to myself, I'm mean to flounder?
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No, I said so little on purpose. Okay, it's my scar. Allow me to play with it. I've been fat on television for 20 years.
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Well, young me, broadcasting legend me begins. You guys can find the bowels of that. I think my youngest internet photo would be covering Udonis Haslam in high school. I think the Miami Herald High School sports show, I think, is me stiff. And my friends now, my college friends, do an impersonation of me from back then. And it's, wow, what a play. Because I didn't know how to be a broadcaster.
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It's like he's right here in front of us. Right here. He's grown up, all bloated, all fat on your television for 30 years, really.
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If I may, that story, you guys have no earthly idea, okay, what it is you've now opened that is just a real sneak peek into some of my real vulnerabilities where there is maximum shame. Like you guys are going to basically right now see me naked because People Magazine wanted me coming out of the shower naked.
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Okay, listen to me. There was a man in this. There was a stuntman in People Magazine's 100 Most Eligible Bachelors who was on fire. There was a man, you know, he was on fire because he was a stuntman. They made three requests of me. This was the least bad of the three, the only one I was willing to do. However, while I was doing it... What were the other two requests? Yes, of course.
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I mean, I know how to do my own show. Yes, I'm right here. I'm doing this. He's here. I'm in the middle of doing it. You still have this shirt, by the way. Listen to me. I wore that shirt because it was in that magazine for about nine years after that because it's the only shirt I've ever looked good in.
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So I am really vulnerable here, as I probably don't need to tell you. Really? We're going to do a People Magazine photo shoot, and you guys are making pretty ridiculous requests. Okay, I guess I'll do that one. I'll squat on the pool table. There's a camera crew there. People Magazine is throwing money at whatever this ridiculous photo is.
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Please make sure that I can have her on the Notre Dame game. Please make sure that I can have the content of whatever that game is because she's going to care about that game. Your first ever...
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My front door opens, and with a laundry bag of dry cleaning, coming home, my roommate at the time in a home, Cubs announcer John Boogshomby sees his friend and roommate in the middle of a photo shoot and says, What the f*** are you doing squatting on the pool table?
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Do you think he'd be jealous there? No, because he's only mocked me for it for the rest of my life. He walked right into the center of, I shouldn't be doing this, but this seems like a decent way to not be single and date. No?
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Because life is moving very fast on me away from here. Forgive me for this. I thought I was asking for Jess on Monday after a national championship game for some reason that I had in my head on Sunday as a giant football weekend that was pro in college. So not only did I not know it was Martin Luther King Day and then promptly come out against Martin Luther King Day.
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I also was putting a white woman to work on Martin Luther King Day and punishing her for not being able to go to the championship game on the wrong day because I didn't want to do a preview. I wanted to make sure we had you after the game, not before it.
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Okay, but I don't feel... You guys, honestly, correct me if I've got this wrong, because time and space have moved for me in a way that's been just disorienting and confusing. I can't quite keep up with the sports schedule. You all do know it's all sped up, right? There's more greed everywhere, and we're being bombarded with... the ability to consume more at all time.
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All I'm telling you is, look, this is a feeling. I will tell you this as someone. You guys have been talking recently about how even the inside the NBA guys don't seem to love sport. They like making the television, but what they're watching, all the jacked up threes, you got two guys who played in the post, who played muscle ball.
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Yesterday we're talking on the show, and Jessica offers us something I had not considered, that the mailman, one of the great sports nicknames of all time, might actually be obsolete as a profession. before it is as a nickname because it is an antique of a nickname.
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I came in thinking about Monday's show today because I want to talk about the things that are gonna happen this weekend that people are really excited about. The reason that I haven't wanted to be doing all of these preview shows all of my life is because for the last 20 years, this thing has burnt me crisp on belching out content all the time around it. And I'm like, yeah, yeah, I get it.
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It's an important game that the Colts played against the Giants. And neither of them knew how to handle it correctly. And that game changed the entirety of how now we are all interested in the stakes of this weekend. And all of a sudden.
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Just like we're fire experts on how it is we can handle what's happening in California better, we all know what it's going to be like to watch Buffalo and Baltimore play in conditions where human beings shouldn't be trying to do athletic things.
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Snow and three degrees below zero.
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Is that what you guys want? Because I want that game badly, but I was hoping to see that game where I wouldn't be able to do the Monday show. Oh, Lamar choked. He only got 13 points because the wind was blowing the ball around.
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Are we not, wait, hold on.
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We are now the show that has grown into having so many kids that we literally put the kids to bed early.
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Before a 6.30 Bill's, you're putting the kids to bed before a 6.30 Bill's Raven game? I'm putting my parents to bed.
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So, Jess, this is the problem that I had as I came in today, wanting to make sure that we get the most inspired of content.
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It is refreshing to see something around here that isn't University of Miami and Jimmy Butler come to life with real, roaring, inspired fandom where you're being soothed by the mothers of the players in the stands because you get the joyride of a lifetime, play for a championship, be around the team, be seen publicly as one of the coolest things we've birthed around here.
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People now know you as something that's associated with Miami. That football team, football team adjacent. You're going to the game. You went to New Orleans. You came back battered. You haven't thanked us yet. I wanted you to be on after the game, and I'm hoping, Tabaskan, you wearing a crown because you're a national champion.
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Like, I'd love to have our show have something be adjacent to that and feel like it did with the Panthers.
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So I think you underestimate how you might feel both ways on Tuesday or what I thought was Monday, which made me against Martin Luther King Day, because I want the content of this. I'm down for the idea, Jessica, of making the stakes something similar to that, where
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If they actually win, you get some sort of Metal Ark bonus package that sends you off to an island somewhere for a couple of days to be the champion queen of Notre Dame or whatever. Jess wins a trip of her choosing as the public sportsman for Notre Dame when it's very much us against the world, Jess.
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Yeah. Look, she's doing the brave thing. This show's been us against the world for a long time. Nobody's rooting for Notre Dame except Notre Dame. Who the hell's rooting for Notre Dame?
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So why don't you know, though, Jessica, like where where do you stand on this? Because, Cody, I never got to this because we were riding the joyride of Greg Cody, a prime time performance this week by Greg Cody. Back to the old days. And so I never was able to get to this part with you.
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Greg Cody believes that America believes that they would like for Ohio State and Notre Dame to play each other on Monday night and for both of them to lose. that what America is watching on Monday is hate watching. It's like everyone here lose, and then you make sports a religious war because they are the two most religious teams.
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At a time where the presidency is surrounded in a religious war and Donald Trump holds a Bible upside down because he's so religious and the things that he hides in the Bible, then we can turn the sports thing into Greg Cody is here. I wouldn't mind hearing from him on this.
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He thinks both teams want to lose, and both teams should lose, and I think he's on the right side of how America feels about it.
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You guys are doing that, though, with an indifference. And what I'm telling you is when you talk about regional prides and the stuff that college football taps into, do you guys not understand that the indifference of, hey, Ohio State's a nine-and-a-half point favorite. That conference kind of dragged the SEC. That conference has kind of taken the top of the sport from the SEC.
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It is us against the world. It is a situation where Ohio State is feeling what Miami Heat fans felt. I don't know if – No, no.
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Jim Phillips sucks. Is anyone going to be watching Monday agnostically?
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You're listening to DraftKings Network. I want complaints. I want commentary. I want critiques. Juju Gotti is listening to the show throughout the show. He is listening to our fans throughout the show. What are they complaining about today, Juju? What did I get wrong today?
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You watch too much hockey. Everything's so straightforward.
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I believe that all of the best stuff that gets made these days, I don't believe any of it gets universal applause. The people who are taking the chances are the ones that are getting those conversations going because we have a standard of expectation that is higher. Than most for the best things that are made.
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So it's only the greatest compliment I see that Danny McBride is making the rounds everywhere now doing interviews. Well, he is somebody who's graduate He's been wanting to make a more movie since Tropic Thunder like that So that's where he started to break out and that's what he did with the first first. Did we do a Thursday Thunder Day? We haven't done Thursday Thunder.
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The Lopez brothers, I thank you. The Lopez brothers, I think, have a home on the Disney World property, which just seems magical as seven-footers who are giant toddlers.
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Did we find out how many medieval times there are in the United States? Nine. There can't be that many. Is that yes or no? Juju, do you have anything for us in the way of commentary on today's show? Any of the subject matter land poorly or well?
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There is the rear view mirror chop in the streets of Miami across the street from us. Juju did not like that video the first time that it appeared. I will say, though, that Amin is indeed wrong when he says that the vehicle should be a vessel for huge resentment, a tube for your displeasures, and that the way that you should engage with others is by leaning on your horn aggressively.
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You are asking for a fight in Miami.
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Good advice. Cyclists throughout South Florida, don't die in the street. What polls do we have to update here, Juju?
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We ruined his big day.
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It's a tight one, though. It's particularly funny because he's such a professional. He's horrified by making that sound publicly.
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Marty, to put the sharpest possible point on this, you have spent your career dedicating yourself to the right things in journalism. When the owner of your newspaper is compromised by business interests so much that he affects how the news is told, I would assume that that offends your core principles on what your identity has been for half a century.
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Not in darkness, but in front of 20,000 people. In the lights of a champion. In the glorious lights of a champion. Marty, thank you for being on with us. I do have one more journalism question.
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You have a pirate already, Mike? Whoa. What do you mean you have a pirate already? All right, who's on the air here?
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Marty, it's nice to see you. One last question. Is this a slurp?
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Marty, it was lovely seeing you. And I haven't told you nearly enough recently, a giant admirer of all your work, even post-Miami Herald, which was somehow better than the work at the Miami Herald. Thank you, sir, for being on with us.
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Oh, I'm sorry. You said that already.
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This is one of those guys who created that National Pirate Day, Stugat.
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Yeah, I'm sorry.
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Is that a slurp? Whittingham is mad at us. Yes, he should be. I don't blame him.
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So how do you feel about pirates being in the news? What's your name, Captain Slappy? Nice, Captain Slappy. Okay, I'm sorry I forgot. I know you mentioned that already. So how do you feel about pirates being in the news so much, Captain Slappy?
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You haven't really. You were embarrassed by it.
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But you haven't confirmed the root source of it for sure. We don't know if it's a game winner, if it's a success.
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Hey, that was great.
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The thing about that walk is it is exactly how I would do it if I was asking an actor to... Produce something that would make that actor self-conscious if it were seen by others because he's feeling a little too good about himself, a little too cheery, a little too positive about having done a job well that involves asking tall person questions.
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Oh, I do notice that.
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That looks like someone who's about to put potato chip fingers in his mouth, pleased with himself, unbuttoning the jacket because he's happy about the job well done. I earned my salt and vinegar. Earned. Pirate. His reward. A little bit of a reward there. His bounty.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Jessica, why is it that you feel like Miami and living in Miami now for four years or five years? Four years, Dan. Has made you deteriorate as a moral human being?
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
He's an entrepreneur. This is not the kind of pirate I wanted on the line.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
It is all of those things at Levitard show. Juju, please put it on the poll because I are people leaning on the horn more often because I do believe this is a worldwide affliction that people are taking their anger into their cars. I also think that while everyone I'm assuming complains about traffic wherever it is that they live in big cities.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
It really is. It's really the kind of crappy pirate our show deserves, to be honest with you.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
I don't think that I can say that it's ever been close to what it presently is here, where not only do you have just overcrowding, impatience, anger everywhere, but the number of people dying on bicycles because this is supposed to be a place where people can ride their bicycles that has ceased being a place where people can ride their bicycles because they're angrily shooting the bird at each other in the road.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
I want a Somali pirate. All right, Captain Slappy, thank you for being always so accessible.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Well, that's up, too. I've seen a number of people. I mean, scooters and hospital scooter accidents and motorized bicycles, all of that stuff. I'm assuming... that all of that stuff through Florida is higher than it's ever been. Pedestrian deaths, bicycle deaths, hospital accidents, scooter accidents.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Coco Plum, though, is just... Whoa! Slurp. Coco Plum is just one circle. What Amin is talking about here is eight lanes of a highway going in a circle.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
You have a pirate already, Mike? Whoa. What do you mean you have a pirate already? All right, who's on the air here?
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
A real diffuser you are. How many lanes is the Champs-Élysées? Champs-Élysées. Champs-Élysées.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Is this Chum Bucket?
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Oh, I'm sorry. It's not great.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
The last three weeks have been crazy. Better here than anywhere in the United States.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
She speaks for all people who have been enraged in traffic. And I also think, and I can't get around this, I'm assuming that nobody wants to hear about our traffic problems. Nobody wants to hear about your traffic problems. I'm assuming that most people are saying to themselves, I don't have time for any of this. But it's worse than it's ever been. I've just never seen it like this.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
It's a different pirate. We're about to have on, I think I can say this, the best boss I have ever had. I don't know how many of you saw the film.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
It's just repressed feelings leaning on your... This is why I don't think you love God. I love God.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Okay, this is just so wrong.
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It's just so bad. Is that Chum Bucket?
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
the film Spotlight on the investigative work that the Pulitzer Prize winning work that the Boston Globe did on the Catholic Church.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
He was the executive editor of the Boston Globe then and for about a decade was the executive editor of the Washington Post as well and has won a number of Pulitzer Prizes and wrote something here recently for The Atlantic that I want to discuss with him because I was a little surprised that he wrote it. Did something happen with his Catholic Church? Thank you, Amin.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
I appreciate all your help on that subject. Yes, that's all that matters, that Fuentes was laughing in the other room. That's great. That's what I'm going for there with, yeah, child church sex scandals.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Okay, it's not the way to discuss that. And I'm fine with that being a punishment for you for an entire week, that all you have to do is produce the names of baseball players in a pirate accent.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Closing loop. What is the real name of Kevin Bacon? Is Bacon his actual last name? I don't think we ever discussed that yesterday. It's probably like Baconi or something like that. I don't know if his name is actually Bacon.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Amin called him Jamal McGlure. It was offensive. What happened yesterday was offensive. It was blasphemous to the career of Kevin Bacon. He was blasphemous to Tracy McGrady, who you guys tried to compare him to.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
So anyways, I was willing to offend John Skipper, the CEO of Metal Ark, because I do believe this is the best boss I ever had. Marty Baron, as I told you, when he was the Miami Herald, was the executive editor during a golden newspaper time and then parlayed that into a career at the New York Times and Washington Post that was at the top of making headlines. Award winning journalism deserved.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
And in The Atlantic, you have written a piece where Jeff Bezos went wrong with The Washington Post. Marty, it's good seeing you after all these years. It's been a very long time, Dan. You're looking good. Likewise. Sir, thank you. Was it difficult for you to write this?
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Because you must be fascinated by what is happening in America and the way that journalism continues to be clubbed over the head so that the place that you used to work and cherish and value gets compromised because its billionaire owner wants to be in bed with the money.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Can you take us through the corridors of power here on how it is that you get separated from the owner here? And like I said, you are an old time journalism newspaper man. You writing this has to come from a place of indignation because I don't think you've ever expressed ideas like this publicly, have you?
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
In 2023, you authored the book Collision of Power, Trump, Bezos and the Washington Post. In 2018, Bezos spoke out forcefully and eloquently against Trump's assault on the press. Quote, if you're the president of the United States or a governor of a state or whatever. You don't take that job thinking you're not going to get scrutinized. You're going to get scrutinized, and it's healthy.
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
It's dangerous to call the media lowlifes. It's dangerous to say that they're the enemy of the people, end quote. What changed?
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Hour 2: Ahoy, It's Captain Slappy! (feat. Martin Baron)
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Well, the thing that I find interesting about the economy of comedy, right, because especially difficult during the pandemic, you see even the best comics threatened by the inability to tour and the idea that 300 people get to make a living this way and the streamers exist. So that comedy may boom, but it's a tough way to make a living. And, you know, you've got health insurance.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
The self-employment of it is difficult. And these guys fear not being able to make a living that way. And so they have to make some choices on what's good business. Where are my customers? Where do I meet my customers where they are? And that's where comedians sometimes can end up not standing for very much. Right.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Like during the modern age, you do have to make a stand on whether you're going to interview Trump or not for the clicks. Yeah. Like you do have to make that decision. And it's fine. It might be good for business and you might choose business there. But.
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Bill Burr is doing something that is just actively outraged as he begins the grumpy old man stage of his career where he's got the confidence to say whatever the bleep he wants because he knows he's as good as anyone who's ever done it. He's been a grumpy old man his entire career.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
I know, but I'd like, the best of them that I remember for all time are the enduring ones who didn't just make it funny. They were good about, they were the best at navigating the times. Like George Carlin isn't remembered by everyone in comedy because he didn't know how to see this stuff 50 years in advance.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Josh Johnson's doing this right now with young people where he's really connected in a special place and the reason he can do it is because from day to day he can change his act. Because the news is changing every day. All these people are doing is daily radio shows now. All of them.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
The comedians have all realized, wait a minute, I could just sit in front of a microphone and just work material for two hours and people will eat it up.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Yeah, I would be. Aggressive description. I mean, what is that? I'm just saying. That's me.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
But the ones that we respect for all time are the Richard Pryors, the Lenny Bruce's, the ones that did, that were of their time and spoke.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
What Bill Burr's doing is interesting. What's it say, Dan? How much would I have to pay you to never talk to any of your friends again? We've done this one. It's a rerun. Why are we throwing that in? Put it back in the box.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Just pick a new one.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
I'm embarrassed by this. Would you rather your partner always talk in medieval old English or pirate slang? Ooh.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
I'm genuinely confounded on what medieval is, actually. Medieval Old English, because he just did hear ye, hear ye, which is just sort of a bugler's announcement of some sort. That's not all medieval accent.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
The hear ye, hear ye? What beyond that?
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
You know the one they call Beowulf? Yeah. I did in high school. It was many, many years ago. The reading of Beowulf was confounding to a young lad who didn't really understand.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Well, that's cheating. That's not. I mean, you landlubber. Landblubber. It is a lubber. I know, but he just wanted to do the blubber joke. Look at him. Look how pleased the pirate is. The old pirate is so pleased with his fat joke.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
I will get to that in a second, but first, let's play. All right.
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That is much more annoying than a pirate.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
What is that? That's a Mountie. It's insecure, and I don't blame you because what you've just done here.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
You guys have to agree at this point that the pirate is less aggressive than the medieval. No, the other way.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
But this one, the medieval. There's a noble quality to the medieval person. It's noble right up until it's annoying two sentences in.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
You don't plunder that. And why is he hoisting anchors? Those are bricks. You hoist anchors. There's not touch on the hoisting of anchors.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
It's Stephen Adams. Yeah.
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A fight involving Stephen Adams.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Steven Adams, I would imagine that what keeps him in the NBA is that he is physically stronger than most human beings. He survives as a bit of less athletic than the average person his size, but he's stronger than everybody. That's how he stays on the court, is it not? It's the same way all Plumlees stay on the court. All Plumlees throughout the history of Plumliness.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Stephen Adams fighting Plumlee isn't terribly interesting, except for if you think about fighting Stephen Adams, I imagine you would feel like you were fighting the side of a mountain or hitting something that felt like rock.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
I'm not going to do that. Ron artist. Okay, I don't want to do pirate shows again. Why was there in the magic crate the same friend's question that was there from the last time the magic crate was open?
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
I don't like the fact that the magic crate of content is something that you're going through and checking and inspecting. I thought it was a magic crate that produced its own content that wasn't governed by anyone here.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
You've got slobber in your mouth, and I believe, can you look up, please, Chum Bucket? Because we've done, we actually celebrated an international talk like a pirate day early in our careers. I'm embarrassed by it. I'm sure it doesn't hold up. Chum Bucket. We did an interview with a pirate called Chum Bucket. And I find myself just looking at you guys.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
I miss that. What a show. I miss Bobby Valentine on Valentine's Day.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
It put a lot of pressure on you to have something beyond hear ye, hear ye. I was just a critic. I had no solutions for you. I felt for you wandering around medieval times searching for phrases that were difficult to come by.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
How many medieval times are there around the United States? Oh, business is booming. Is it? Good year for that last year. I find it hard to believe that medieval times would be doing it in the modern times in a way that was wildly successful.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
Chris Cody, what are you waving at?
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
If you've been listening here for a while, you have heard me really be fascinated over the years with the way that in the last 25 years of news, someone like Jon Stewart on a comedy channel could rise to a trustworthy source when you're not totally trusting where your news and information comes from. And so you lean on a comedian.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
And I saw all the polls I've told you about that made him the most trusted newsman in America over all the anchor people who were doing the newscasts. In the modern age, it's been really cool to watch Bill Burr navigate the comedy space and the acting space because he's doing Glenn Gary, Glenn Ross on Broadway.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
He's directing films, but he's also speaking for the everyman on some stuff when it comes to going after Elon Musk or going after health care greed or going after the places where people just can't afford to keep up. Bill Burr has been a stronger voice on Elon Musk than almost everyone in America.
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Hour 1: The Magic Crate of Content Saves the Day
And it's been amazing to watch America connect with a comedian that whether you like his style or not, or whether you think he's too angry, he really has broken through as somebody who can master even what people are regarding as difficult comedic times.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
I mean, Mo Cheeks had a distinguished either borderline Hall of Fame career. Mo Cheeks was a great player. This is what I associate. I associate him with a moment of kindness, even though I loved his Sixers teams. And like I grew up on some of the basketball Mo Cheeks was playing. And I associate him with a tender moment where somebody was falling apart and
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Hell, I felt like Mo Cheeks got contracts after the kindness of that moment.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Dude, it's crazy. They did win that game. We haven't even talked about Mike walking out of the Bruins. After all that Marchand talk that we did, the Bruins scored three goals in the third period against the Panthers.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
There are compromises made in the pursuit of glory and Mike says that bringing on the haunted remains of Brad Marchant is bringing in a double agent meant on nefarious behavior that begins with his spirit haunting the team as it returns to Boston. And they wasted a lot of money flying him back and forth for no good reason. Can we play that song by Jeremy?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
I can't believe that Ray Hudson stole that clip from Whittingham. Ray Hudson's an old man. Ray Hudson. Ray Hudson's still a legend. He's got to be older than 70, is he not? I think so.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Are you in any way jealous that he is now friends with Ray Hudson and you love some of the things?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
I'm wondering how it is that folks think all of this feels to someone like Eric Spolstra. I mean, I know that the wheels have fallen off of the Miami Heat, but at the center of it is a man who's, over the last 15 years, nobody's reputation has been improved more by being around the Miami things than Eric Spolstra has. Widely regarded throughout the sport as the best at coaching.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Yeah, but what position is he in, professional broadcasting slurper?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Oh, we're just joshing?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Did they? Hmm. Yeah, so there's some bias being alleged here. Maybe adrenaline. Okay, but those people aren't behaving as if that's a buzzer beater situation. So you are biased. You're bought. You're compromised. And it's okay. Thanks.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
The Marlins and the Heat, you're working for both of them. You're spreading yourself out. Not working for them.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
You are asking questions.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
And then I fist bump. That is literally what you're doing. So the song that we're going to get to here, this story is the third day on our show. It's rare for that to happen. But it's an obvious place where we can very easily lead the Americas in uniting you and understanding where DEI could have been helpful this just one time in sports.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Just this one time, we understand that you don't want diversity or equality or inclusion, but where it regards the Texas hat, I thought we would have someone in the building, a Hispanic in the building that would tell you, you cannot have a situation where you have a T replace the X in Texas so that it says Teotihuacan. And it's a great hat. And now it's got to be a more valuable hat, right?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
It's out of stock. Everyone wants these now. Secondary market's going off.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
What? So that's David Sampson yesterday trying to say tatas. Tatas. It's got a question mark on it. Tatas. What's tatas, precious? Tatas.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Tatas. How does that happen? I mean, he explained it to us yesterday, but how do you not have anyone in the front office who can raise a finger somewhere? Somebody Hispanic. Perhaps an executive order.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
We actually had to ask David Sampson. This is amazing. It really is strange. I'm going to ask Amin. I don't think I've asked this question. The former Oakland Athletics, when you were to refer to them this season, they're going to play games.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
This season has been an apocalypse. Bam Adebayo is a mystery. I don't understand why I'm ever watching an NBA game where he's two for seven. Yeah. I don't know. I don't understand how that is happening now.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
All right. Do we have the Tetas song? Tetas?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
and what happened to a team that uh... uh... i'm gonna say revolutionize basketball or was trying to play a position was basketball the time that the sport was changing and now the at the era of that collapses at the finish line with portland having a better record than the heat but where where spolstra is in the middle of that who's never seemed like the joy
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
He's a bit of a mystery figure, right? Because he's boring on purpose, talks the Spolster cliches, but, you know, underneath, a Miami Heat lifer, loyalist, and there's some misery in being in that cooker. Like, the pursuit of it is 80 hours a week.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
But it's not just that. It's that the whole thing has collapsed. And it doesn't mean that they can't get other players, but the two that they were building around, they're out there and still in the fourth quarter, they can't do anything.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Nobody cares that they get along better.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
They stink. Nobody cares. I know. I know. I know. Nobody cares that they get along better. Nobody cares that they've got a nicer workplace.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
Jessica, why are you smirking?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed that we are a show now that talks for 10 minutes about, did he double tap the ball? Did he touch it with this toe on an instant replay? I know. We got a slurp out of it. I know, but the silliness of it, the ridiculousness of it.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
All right, so take me through this. Okay, we're here now. So, Jeremy, I do not want you to feel alone with this, okay? You're allowed. You don't. No, no. You just delivered the news. I want to know. You just delivered the news.
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
This is wrong. Let the man feel good about himself after a job well done. And there's pressure on the job. And you shouldn't be embarrassed that that vulnerability is just you feeling good about yourself because you did your job well. But what had you done well that produced that as your response?
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The Big Suey: We Just Delivered The News
So, no, he was singing before the show. It was nice to watch. It was actually because it's not just that Metal Lark will crush your spirit when you are otherwise happy. Sometimes they birth an environment or an environment is birthed that produces Jeremy wants to partake in song and song he's confident in.
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Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
I liked his better. Locked in on the cock. Keep it locked on the cock. Okay, you're doing something here.
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Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
The way that he does it, though, you don't understand. It's like he's stomping on the ground, and there's a little Popeye in it, a lot of lumberjack thick. And Breen is a bit of a statue. Breen is a statuesque broadcaster. His bang is all pipes. It's all pipes. Yours, it feels like it's got rage instead of broadcasting range. Bang! There you go.
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Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
So what is happening throughout the sport? I ask you this because this was curious last night. Coleman Hawkins, this was the most expensive player in the portal. After Kansas loses here, he appears broken. And a lot of people are talking about the pressures of money with this clip. As you hear, this seems a little...
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Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
It seems a little early for this kind of, the pressure hasn't yet ratcheted up to where it might be, but when you throw money into the equation and when you make them professionals, some of this stuff lands hard on kids, you know, kids maturing into expectations.
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Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Yeah. So, I mean, that's the kind of professionalism he's bringing to work in the morning while you don't know that we're on air because you're yammering with Jess, the makeup artist. I wouldn't call it a lack of professionalism. No one said, all right, we're on air in three. Well, they were saying that in my headset. You were wearing headsets as well.
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Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Brutally honest. Too honest.
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Bang. Yeah, I did not immediately go to where is PR. When I said brutally honest, too honest, is he's sharing his vulnerability with the same people who are making him vulnerable. And so the exchange is an unpleasant one when it comes with expectations and he's just giving you, he's spilling his guts on, I care so much about this and I feel like I've let everyone down.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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To back, to back, to back, to back home runs. Bang! Yes, five of them. Five, five bangs. Bang!
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You got to throw one high and in after the fourth home run. Oh, yeah, at that point. You cannot allow a fifth home run in that spot. We all agree on this. Look, after the fourth one, no. Some people would say after the second. Right. So I'm making it a very liberal thing here. After the fourth one, you cannot throw a fastball. You cannot throw anything in the strike zone. That's ridiculous.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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It's a totally empty stadium. So the only sound you're hearing in the stadium is ping, ping, ping, ping, ping. There's legitimately no one there. No one is there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That's what you've been working on while this other one is just going bang, bang, bang all over the place?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Had to go in there for a second. Okay, so what is the point? The larger point that you made so artfully there is... They play a lot. Right. And when they get to the playoffs and lose to Cleveland, people will say it's because the tires fell off.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Laugh at the Knicks, Amin. Wyatt? Has been around for a long time. No, no, no. Wait a minute. You're predicting now that this Knicks team, that it's going to fall apart and it's not going to feel the way the last... The last two seasons were feel good at the end. You're predicting that this team is going to disappoint? Well...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And you guys are wrapping yourselves up. I think that's a bit incriminating to Willow. She's not here to defend herself. She's got a surrogate. Jess had me jealous last night. And I have not said this of the Knicks in 15 years. But Jess got to experience one of the most joyous things, which is to be awoken by the double bang.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Don Levitard. Oh, it's good to see everybody despite the fact that everyone appears to hate me.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Stugatz. Yeah.
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I love you, buddy. That's on you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yeah, they said that you both suck ass and were bitten in the ass. So those are both things that you were accused of during this.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You're a rough day for my ass situation. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Of the two games, Jessica, the first one was more interesting to you, but your boyfriend is very enthused, Lehman is very enthused about the Knicks, and so you're getting roped into more Knicks games than you'd care to be roped into, correct?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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At what age did you guys check out on West Coast games because you couldn't make it through regular season, you know, a Tuesday night, 1030 to 130, even if it means Bridges is going to hit a ridiculous game winner to beat Portland?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I don't know where Russell Wilson goes if Aaron Rodgers ends up in Pittsburgh. And I do like to think of the best Steeler offense I have seen most recently does have Ben Roethlisberger doing nothing but throwing five-yard slants, running the football. playing defense, just holding the football. Those are the best Steeler teams.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And if he's just going to throw slants to DK Metcalf five yards at a time with limited offense ball, like you can feel it fitting. But I didn't realize we had reached the blanket on the beach contemplating photos stage of the Aaron Rodgers attention-free agents. I'm here. I'm available.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I mean, the last three. So they lose at home against Chicago. They lose at home against Charlotte. And then they lose last night. A Bogdanovich tore them up. A Bogdanovich. Zubat. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yes. That's where the bridge blows up.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And you've got F1 returning.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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This is unfair. Okay. I just delivered the news. I'm so sorry. I hate you guys.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, no, Witty's too cardboard professional, my friend. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Witty would do that at home when no one is looking. No, he wouldn't.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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It had to be surreal for him yesterday to be at the center of a place where a brunch... Oh, he's here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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A pint. Witty is sitting next to Ray Hudson, and there is confusion and weirdness at the top of the sport, and he handled it with grace. That can be a nightmare for people, the confusion of... How are we stopping penalty kicks for a moment and seeing if somebody did or didn't double touch a ball? And then we get into rule parsing. So Whittingham was in the middle of that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Do we have the audio of some of the confusion around this play? Because Whittingham just popped up here on the screen. And I believe that he would look down on Jeremy fist pumping himself after a good interview. Do I have it wrong, Whitty?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yes, you do have it wrong because that was me yesterday for about three hours. From the end of the broadcast to about, I would say, midway through my flight home back to Connecticut, I was either actually fist pumping or watching the video over and over again going...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, he still doesn't know what to do with Rudy Gobert.
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Good job, lad.
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Good job, lad. Good job, lad. All right, well, take us through it then because it's weird to have everyone just milling about waiting for a result, and I know people in this board are frustrated with all of the instant replay stuff.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yeah, and it's also one of those where I think there's a real difference between how American sports are administered and how European football is administered because there is no announcement. There's no announcement. There's no, after further review, our call is whatever. There is no... Even the referee didn't do the little TV screen VAR thing yesterday.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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It was just we came back from a replay, and he points at both of his legs and then does the wave away thing. And I'm supposed to know what that means, having not been on site, having not seen any of the incident. We're actually in replay while we kind of are hearing some boos. And so I was trying to remember almost what are the moments that that's happened before.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
I remember covering a Europa League game last year where there was a free kick and the ball hit the crossbar and hit the crossbar so hard that it came back to the original taker. And he played it from there. The team scored a goal and it got ruled out because that is a double kick. You're not allowed to do that, even from a free kick. And so I actually went and read the law on double kicking.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And that is how I remembered that for that moment. And it's one of those where, You don't really have a ton of information. You don't have a rules expert in your ear. And you got to figure out in real time the information that the viewer will need to know to process the information.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Because if I don't explain that rule, or if I don't say this is what they're looking at, and all of a sudden the referee's doing this, that's really confusing for the audience. And I actually talked to a few friends yesterday that were watching the game on mute and didn't know what was going on and still don't really know what happened.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And so it was really gratifying to sort of know in the moment and be able to deliver that to the audience.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That would be a double touch. Thornton just slipped. Let's see. Doesn't really look like it there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And I think the referee is saying that it is a double kick. It won't count.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That is the kind of expertise that you can get nowhere else. How did you not clear that up for him? Because what Mike says is strange. And At the crux of, like, can Denver beat Minnesota, Rudy Gobert stands in the way, except when the playoffs start and then the matchups make it so he can't play anymore.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Well, to be fair, my producer didn't say much to me. It was only after the game where we signed off. He counts me back to the studio. I tossed back to the studio. And the first thing he said was, man, I thought you were wrong about that. And I was really scared in real time that you got that wrong. But it was definitely almost like a gamble.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
It's one of those where you say it, and you're wondering why everyone's standing around. I think that's the biggest thing. And to be fair, having watched the video like 100 times now, The Real Madrid players, Jude Bellingham most prominently, is standing there going, dos tocadas, dos tocadas, which is Spanish for two touches. And so he was standing there kind of saying they had seen that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And I was trying to piece it all together. And realistically, I was just waiting to see, because again, we don't have the announcements. I was just waiting to see what the announcement was. what the signal was going to be. And the referee kind of points to both of his legs and go, double touch, wave away, and you're kind of context clue guessing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And for me, the sort of moment of vindication was... So immediately, Real Madrid take their third penalty, which was converted by Federico Valverde. And the next... So they show the replay, they come out of it, and they do that little score bug thing where it has the green squares and the red squares that show converted or not converted.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And when the red square came up for the second Atleti take, it was like, okay, I got it right, and we're moving on. Now, to answer your second question about what happens after the game, it was kind of theorized that maybe they have semi-automated offside technology and it determines kick points, meaning there's some kind of way that they figure out... when and where the ball was touched.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And so they could use that technology maybe to figure it out. But according to the people that were on the ground, according to UEFA, They only determined that it was a double touch from the video. And like you said, Mike, it was incredibly quick to determine something that has been analyzed so granularly since.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
It was Brazilian TV actually that found this one angle and they kept back and forth and back and forth and back and forth. And you finally see that first initial touch where he gets it and then he kicks it onto the onto that first leg that went slipping. So yeah, it's remarkable that they determined it so quickly and then they moved on so quickly.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
It wasn't like, oh, the Atleti crowd or the Atleti players or the manager started arguing. There was no, it was just straight onto the third take and you're kind of going, I hope I got this right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Yeah, I really think that it is just sort of pigheadedness in my mind. So in Major League Soccer, they brought in referee announcements starting last year. MLS would be kind of the league that's most progressive in this respect, given that it is kind of an American cultural tradition for the referees to be Mike. So that started last year and I think it works really well.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
It certainly helps me from a broadcasting point of view because I can just say, and now the referee will give his decision. And he actually comes on and gives it as opposed to you do this thing, the VAR screen. And then sometimes when they say it's not a foul, the referee will do this, which is raise his right hand from bottom to top. And you're kind of like, well, what does that mean?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And that means play on. That is kind of the referee signal for play on. But you have to be really in the weeds to know what that means. If you're a TV viewer, you don't know what that means.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
I thought play on was too long. Enough of this glorification of all of this. Ray Hudson carried you with a sound. We're talking about, oh, what a majestic Whittingham, able to handle the confusion when Ray Hudson's the star of this clip. He always is the star. Yes, he's always the star, and you have to be. The ghost is back. You sound and look like a pilot.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
You sound and look like a helicopter pilot. I would trust you. I would trust you, and I would trust that flight. because you handled that in times of crisis, and you look over, and you're with Ray Hudson, and that's as good as your career gets, correct?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Totally, totally. I mean, this game, which even independent of all the controversy, if I may bring back an old... Oh, for the love of God.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Oh, for the love of God.
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Yeah, I mean, in the midst of all that controversy, to be able to... to figure that out. But even independent of all that, it's a brilliant game. It's one of those that's sort of rich in story. It's the two Madrid teams. They played in the Champions League four times over, I want to say, six years. And Atleti lost all of them. They've never beaten Real Madrid in the European Cup.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
They've never won the European Cup. And Real Madrid have won it 15 times. So it's one of those where it's a big sort of narrative game where can Atleti finally do it? They score in the first 30 seconds of the game. They're grinding it out. They're defending the entire time. They go to penalties and think, oh, maybe we can finally win this lottery.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And instead of actually finally winning it, they have a double kick, which is the most absurd, crazy way for that to have happened.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That was a slurp?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That was a slurp? Wow, after one of your finest professional moments. That was a slurp. Really, a slurp. That was an intake of breath.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Well, all three of those guys, Vinny Jr., Mbappe, and Jude Bellingham can all take penalties. And so Vinny actually has a good record over penalties in his career and in this season. I think he's two for two this season and something like 17 for 20, don't quote me on that, over the course of his career. So he's a good penalty taker.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And earlier in the season, when Mbappe was really struggling to integrate into this Real Madrid team, when he was the big signing and everyone was talking about Mbappe and the fact that he wasn't really fitting in, he was kind of fitting out, he missed a couple of big penalties earlier in the season. And he has had these sort of up-and-down moments. I agree with you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Generally, the player who wins the penalty in that spot should generally take it. But Vinny has a good record, and I'm not surprised that he took it. For me, the interesting thing that happened later in the game was, basically... Ancelotti, the manager, took him off because they didn't want to put him in a spot to have to take a penalty late in the game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
They took him off in the 115th minute of the game with only five minutes to go. You're only really making subs at that point for the penalty shootout. And he basically said, I'm not putting you under that spotlight. If someone else misses and we go out, that's fine. I'm not having you be the guy that misses two penalties in one game when we go out of the Champions League.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And it actually is really good management. And in some ways, I think that would have been a bigger story if not for the fact that Atleti had this crazy situation happen to them.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And also, Chris Cody, did you locate the slurp? I need you to know that you are on the hunt right now for the slurp. Did you find the slurp?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Whittingham from the height of broadcasting.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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He probably takes him in training.
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Four and a half out of five slurps.
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You said for three hours, you said you watched it a hundred times. You said you like winning him. This was you.
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I felt great, man. I felt great until I came on this show.
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I had to humble you.
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fun basketball night last night and I came in today and I say to Jessica what is the age that someone starts checking out on West Coast games during the regular season because whatever you got to work in the morning and it's hard sometimes on Tuesday night to stay up till 1 in the morning so that you could watch Bridges beat
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
portland uh... at the buzzer with with a bad shot good shot bad shot like i don't love that shot but it went in and and and so in the middle of the night the knicks win and This is the most interesting Knicks team there's been in 20 years, right? Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, but it's gotten better. Yeah, every year. Each year it's gotten better.
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Okay, but no. But in the middle of the night, Mike Breen produces his ninth double bang. A record ninth double bang for Bridges, and the Knicks woke you up last night, Jessica. You can't make it through even a regular season.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yeah, I mean, where are you on this? Because that was the less interesting game of the night. Because watching OKC go into Boston, for some reason, it's one of the rare regular season ones that feels like it matters. When you're watching it and you're like, no, Boston kind of... It matters to Boston to win this, and it's interesting that all they're doing is shooting all threes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And if they make more of them, they'll beat OKC. And if they take that many in every game, you're going to get the game totally distorted.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
The existence of the Celtics is the only thing that makes people believe that Cleveland will not be in the finals. That Cleveland, are you still practicing your bang back there? He's got a good bang.
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Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Yes, well, you're red-faced. It's a nuclear shade of red that you are, and I would say, though, that you're going from your feet, and I feel you grabbing it from under the chair, and it's coming out of the right side of your mouth. Bang!
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That's going to get annoying. You got to be careful with that. All right. Use some judgment there. It's good, but it's also you pace yourself.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
I mean, Mike checked back in with the NBA last night, but I ask you, which is the bigger story, just in terms of in the weeds in basketball and the places that you find more interesting, that the Knicks would win at the buzzer on that shot by Bridges or that Bridges... A key piece, a key third piece, you know, who a lot of capital was invested in.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
I mean, the shadow show is going on right now while you're getting makeup, and that's the spirit of the shadow show. I just want you to know that we're on the air because you were yammering as if you didn't know that things had started around here. I didn't. And we've got a chaotic situation this morning because... In an overcrowded Miami, there's been a number of accidents.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
This guy has to be good for us to be championship good. He says before the game. that his minutes are too high, and that Thibodeau, feeding into the narrative of Thibodeau, he'll run your knees into the ground, he'll run Derrick Rose's career into the ground, he'll play everybody too many minutes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Bridges feeds that, and it's an interesting messenger for a number of reasons, but one of the reasons is he leads the league in minutes, and he never misses a game. So if he's telling you, hey... off my body, I need some load management even though I'm a guy who's out there every single time.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Which is the bigger story, the dramatic one or the one that's gonna create narrative around Thibodeau again?
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All right, can I have, though, a macro conversation? Thibodeau is known, like there are very few coaches that are known for this. He's going to run your dudes into the ground.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
In my lifetime in basketball, no one is more associated. I mean, it was Dusty Baker with arms in baseball, but my father refers to him as the butcher because he looks like a butcher. But a lot of people accuse him more than any other coach of he's going to wreck your knees because you're just going to play a ton of minutes. Like that's a reputational thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And now this part was the interesting part to me. New York fell in love with that team the last couple of years, and it's Hart, and it's Gritt, and now it's Cat, and it's what? We've got to reduce the minutes, and Bridges goes for a bunch of picks, and now he's talking about minutes?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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They fell in love with Hartenstein and then he's gone and all the things Hartenstein represented. And now this team is something different. It's got more talent, more expectations, but it's harder to love if it's gonna become between about what Thibodeau used to coach up and now what's objectionable to the new guy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
And so a few people have not been able to get in. The pirate ship is in battered waters right now. And Jeremy, the entire time, is running in and out of the room in a panic, singing a song at the top of his lungs that no one else is singing with him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (feat. Chris Wittyngham)
Bridges is such an interesting messenger, don't you think? When the voice on that is, no, I play more minutes than anybody and I play every single game. And nobody in the league does that. I mean, when Embiid's body breaks down in Philadelphia...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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When all of these guys know that they're economies, and in New York, you've now got the economy built around three stars and the team, they fell in love with Brunson and grit and all those things. Brunson took a discount, all the things you love. But the bodies, they're playing a lot of minutes. And I wanna know what you do with the messenger.
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Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
You love Malanga, Dan. Don't do that. My mom loves telling the story. When I was a little kid, loves telling the story. People would come over and I'd tell them not to leave. And then I would say, we have Malanga. That's like, I was trying to keep the guests staying. I was 36 years old. That's hilarious.
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Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
The rareness of these guys, it's a tribute to you, I think, Janine, them being able to itemize the ingredients because they taste each of them. They're not exactly experts here. It suggests that what you've made here is very fresh.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Did he get it right with the cassava flour as well?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Thank you, Janine. Thank you so much. Thanks, guys. Thank you. You get into the big room and all of a sudden you're the one deciding who wins the thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
What do we need to know here as we go to the fourth dish?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Exactly right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
All right. We are ready for Jose. We are ready to see. I think he's in the bathroom. If Jose, that's good. That's where I want my chefs. I want them to immediately emerge from the bathroom. Make sure he wipes his hands.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'll turn his mic on and see if we can hear what number he's doing. Yes, thank you. Not helpful. Nobody here is helpful. Billy's making things worse. Oh, Stugatz now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
So, Janine, so far, I don't know where Jose is, but I thought we were going to a fourth dish now. Can we allow Jose to get in? Okay, we're going to keep waiting. We're going to filibuster because he's not quite ready yet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Stugatz, would you like some of this malanga? It is delicious. It's a malanga fish dip taco.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Okay, but I fear that at this point we are just in a position where we're making the audience listen to us have lunch. No, no. When we can't find one of the chefs?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
And thank you. This is Jose. This is Chef Jose Mendin. I will say again that the Pub Belly restaurants are extraordinary. And so is Stiltsville Fish Bar in South Beach, by the way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Oh, come on, man.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
No.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I can have the gluten-free soy. What is that, tamari?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Tamari.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yeah, I can't. I can have some.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I thought we had agreed that the two of you, thank you, Billy, for corny. That's useful. I thought that we had agreed that you were going to make an assessment of the food, not just describe it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
It's not as good as what happened. I didn't hear what you just said.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Jose, dumplings are delicious. Dumplings and soup are even better than that. What is it that they are eating here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Hold on just a second, Jose. We've got a little bit of chaos here when Billy's in this room when he shouldn't be.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
They seem to be real connoisseurs. I'm sorry, Chef Jose, you have lost this round, even though we like the dumpling. The dumpling is delicious. The reason you're getting disqualified this round is because of how hot and soupy the food is in a studio that requires plates, and these people eat sloppy, and there's slurping going on. So you are now tied one to one. I'm sorry. It was a challenge.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I don't mean to insult you. Incredible. It is one to one now. I'm sorry. One of the things that happened here as I filibuster and Jose leaves the room. Oh, we're back to back. Hold on, Dan. Rocky Mountain Oyster. Is that Billy and Tony promised me that they were going to insult the dish and then didn't do it. And then they didn't do it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Pub Belly. Oh, Pub Belly's good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Oh, I love Stiltsville. That is so good. Both of those are good. This is one of the best events that Miami... Miami does not do a lot of great events annually that are consistently great. This one never has failed. This one never falls down.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Don Levitard. I heard that as a woman faking pain. I didn't think that sounded real. I really didn't, you know. It was not fake. It was in no way fake.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yes, I can, Jess. Expert. I've been married 40 years. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Janine, come on in here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Oh, this looks like the best of the things I've seen in terms of presentation. And she's been good with the presentation.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
That's a different story for another day, Chef.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Do I need a fork? Oh, that smells so good. Oh, that smells so good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I can have some seeds, but not sesame seeds.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Pecans? I can have some proteins and vegetables. That's what I'm eating. No dairy, no gluten.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
It smells good. The eating of it sounds good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yeah, but much better. The pastelitos are usually dry. This looks moist. And tell us what it is you've made here. There's sweet too, though, Dan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
A real stunner that he threw the mango chutney in our face. Some real expertise there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
It's not up to me. I haven't tasted Jose's food yet. We have one more dish. We got one more dish. I'm going to tell him it tastes terrible no matter how bad it is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Let's go. Disgusting. Let's see if Jose is ready because we're really bringing people in and out of here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I will tell them again, I am going to be hosting a Sunset Feast event on Saturday, February 22nd. That is not this week. It is the weekend after. Tickets are on sale now at SobeWFF.org, S-O-B-E-W-F-F.org. Where is your friend Jose? You've insulted Jose with the cup of noodles comment.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Oh, wow. I know what this is. This looks like a prank. What do you mean a prank? It's only for you, Tony, though.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
What do you mean a prank?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I can see it all over the console here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Gluten-free stuff. I can have gluten-free pasta is what I meant to say. Yes, I can have potatoes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
It's pretty great, and I am doing something with Belkies. Why have you put Tony in this room?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Exactly right. What's more annoying? Guy with a bunch of allergies or a foodie? Foodie.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Did they get?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
See who makes the best toast with butter. What do you think, Dan?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Jose, for laughing at what Billy and Tony said, for being Tony's friend, and for following Billy down the paths of destruction that he has caused here, our winner today, Chef Janine Booth, is our winner today.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yeah. Well, not Tony. Billy for putting Tony in this room to make a mess of this because he does not know how to eat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
He doesn't.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Thank you, Chef Jose, and thank you, Chef Janine. We very much appreciate you cooking for us. It is an honor. I know that you guys are artists, so it is an honor that you would take this time out to be with us today. Thank you for doing it. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Gracias.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
It's a great smell, though. It's a good smell, yeah. It is a good smell. Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Let's escort them out here because this train stops for no one. We're not going to stop doing this and then have human interaction and say goodbye. We're just going to keep rolling along for five more minutes so that we can get out of this time commitment.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
It's nice to see you again, Stugatz. Yeah, thank you. Nice to see you guys. What have you been doing with Chris Sims? You guys can all go back to where it is that you came from.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I've only been in one car accident in my life, and there were people in the car, but I don't know why you would have met Kip Kudak over there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yeah, I do not. You can leave and take your truffles with you. It smells really good in here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
You're saying that somebody went from fellow media member and announcer voice to judge? Yeah, judge. That's not a thing. He still does it. He does both at the same time. Did he get it right? Is it Judge Martin? Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. It's all coming back. I do know who you're talking about now. I know exactly who you're talking about. That guy is a giant University of Miami booster.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yes. Why are we striking that from the record?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
You think that judges are wandering around in their personal life with no conflicts whatsoever? That's right. Just get to the courtroom and then reveal their conflicts and recuse themselves or are just entirely corrupt?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
All right, put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Should a judge be allowed to be a college football booster?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
The funny thing that I remember about being, because I don't remember the accident and the cab and all of that stuff, but what does get jostled back to life is when I assume, when I think of this judge that you speak of, what I do remember doing is calling him when I needed legal advice because I'd gotten into a bar fight soon after college.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'm sorry. It's been a long time. Please forgive me.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Is his name Jose?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I don't know anything. We have Jeremy Taché's allegation from earlier in the show that he was saying that if you go to the third Google image, you will find Jeremy Taché, gluttonous of face and finger, sticking his fingers in his hands, eating Cheetos. That is not the third image that comes up when you Google search Cheeto-fingered Jeremy Taché. That is the third image.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
album cover of jeremy tashay ai in the water is that not ai that's me in the ocean that's you sexy wearing soggy clothes trying to give off dark brooding musical talent yeah that's exactly right yeah about 22 years old right there and you know what dan was pretty sexy
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'm standing in the ocean.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Old soggy pants.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
So who is coming in here? Is it Jose Mendin first or is it going to be Janine Booth first?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'm going to run over there now. All right. Thank you, Billy. You're doing a lot of different things here. You're spinning a lot of plates.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yeah, go ahead and handle that. Yes, a little more chaos would be good. I don't think she'll stay there. But help Janine in. You guys are going for maximum chaos here. I don't understand why Tony's in the room. I don't understand why it is that Greg and Stugatz are no longer in the room. Careful there, Jessica. Jessica almost broke her ankle, and we almost had a dog thrown at a camera.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
That wouldn't have been good. Sasha, yes. Janine, thank you for being with us here, and that looks both delicious and healthy. That looks both of those things. Wow.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'm going to grab one of these right here. Yes, and so you guys explain to me, Billy, how this is working. You're the game show host.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
So this is tuna. Whoa, whoa, whoa. It looks like it. It looks like it. It looks like it. Let the experts do their job first. I shouldn't be looking then? I've ruined it?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Okay, so I'm sorry. Well, I mean.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
For the audio audience, we're looking at.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
What is that crunch? How would you describe what the wrapping is? It is not a taco. It seems like some sort of healthy, crispy thing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Chicharron is not healthy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'm not allowed to have any of this. This is what we're doing here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Chicken-y tasting? There's a chicken taste to it. Billy does not win whatever this contest is. The winner for best description goes to Tony, who did not describe it as chicken-y tasting.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Janine, now what is the payoff here? You're going to tell us what it is they just consumed?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
she's got five of them here jessica jessica and jeremy are they allowed to have she brought five in for you guys and how good how good was it because i'm sure that's i can have about a thousand of them yeah i guess i would love some yeah sasha wanted to try it too so okay we're not going to give it to the dog that's probably disrespectful i think i think that is insulting to the chef
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
But that's probably got dairy in it, right? That's dangerous with the dogs. You've got to be careful. All of a sudden, Jessica's going to have a mess on her hands she doesn't need.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
So, Janine, thank you. We are not rating this dish against the next dish, right? You're just going to keep bringing these out?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'm just hungry now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I'm having a Pavlovian response. If you're watching me on video, I'm being bothered by how much this has become a bit of a suffering here. What should be a festival of joy. I'm not sure about that either.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I just offered you guys, and then Jessica gave hers to the dog. Sasha loved it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
So this is Jose Mendin. Thank you. Those Potbelly restaurants are good. Personal friend of mine, Dan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
All right. And who's describing what here? This is also making me hungry. I can eat this. I don't know if you can eat this.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I don't trust what's happening around here. I see that Jessica is in the back and she is rubbing her hands together like a sinister villain of some sort. And she's doing something with her eyebrows.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
You guys... This is like feeding wolverines. It's like feeding people who haven't been equipped with human etiquette. The best of our eaters is Jessica, and she eats granola tidbits by the pelican bite.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I don't think you're supposed to give away the tuna. I'm not certain that it's tuna. I got reprimanded at first. Why don't we go to the, should we go to Chef Jose here? Could be a tomato. It looks delicious. It looks like it's also replete with dairy and it would make my face explode.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Excellent work, Billy. I thank you for putting Jose.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
What is with those eyebrows? What are you doing? Okay, I don't know what's happening here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yes, thank you. When we're in a more private setting. Jose, what would you describe as the most overrated of the fancy ingredients? Of the fancy ingredients? Yes, the overrated fancy ingredient where people, like when I get something and they say it's pecan encrusted, I'm like, get out of here with your fanciness.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
What are you guys doing? Why are there people? I hear clamoring pots and pans in the other room.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Where are you guys on the descriptions of these food? Who wins? Are we pitting one food against the other? Or is it just you guys are eating in front of me and I'm getting frustrated? I'm pitting their descriptions against each other.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Based on the description, yeah. And what you saw. Well, I'm going to say that Jose won just because Tony, as soon as he took the first bite, he screamed, wow, but he also is biased and he's trying to help his friend.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
No, this is a very corrupt situation. It is. All right. It's incredible. Jose, congratulations. I'll give you that victory, but I will also tell you Janine was robbed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yes, it was, but you tricked me, Tony. Janine, are we going to a third dish here? How many dishes are we doing this week? We only have eight more. Okay, 740 more.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Jessica, I'm as puzzled by this as you are. Guys, Chef Janine's coming in right now. This is what happens on a wild Philly Thursday when you put him in charge. Oh, my goodness. All right. These look like tacos.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yeah. You got to be careful what you need in the wraps.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Jessica's mouth is now watering with mine. Jessica, do the Jessica mouth watering cam, please. I see what's happening over there.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Can you have some sort of plate or something underneath?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
I can only have banana peppers. Oh, my goodness.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
Yes. The only nut I can eat is the pecan, too.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: How Do You Milk a Tiger? (feat. Chef Janine Booth and Chef José Mendin)
A pickle onion. A little bit of pickle. How right did they get that, Janine?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Schatz Fired
I will share with the audience what is happening there on a wild Billy Thursday. Billy is executive producing his own show for the six fans who find him the most uproarious because he is the most uproarious when he makes these particular jokes for these six fans.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Schatz Fired
And I close my eyes during the break and I hear that show sometimes when Stugatz is talking to whomever it is that he's talking to off the air. And when my eyes are closed, it sounds like the voice of the devil wandering around trying to tempt people into bad things.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Schatz Fired
So A to B, Billy Gill in charge of executive producing has just decided because I stared at him three minutes ago and he saw the furnace in my eyes. He saw the rage in my eyes that we did not instantaneously have the Aaron shots, shots, shots music. So that is Aaron shots laughing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: Schatz Fired
No one in the audience knows that except for three people who know that Billy's producing the show and he's shots fired. It's Aaron shots laughing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Why can you not find in the library the Shots, Shots, Shots that plays every time we have Aaron Shots on answering your fast phone calls? I don't think we got that from ESPN.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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What Greg Cody just did there where he turned shots to shats.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And so what I just heard that put a smile on my face while my eyes were closed and I had gotten the breath, you know, the the blessed relief of Stugatz, not machine gun talking at everybody all day. I heard our radio show when he simply said to somebody, I do not know who it is. Google obscure porn names and see if any of them sound like a fullback.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Can you guys get for me, please, the sound yesterday from David Sampson when he was on with us? Because I came in today and people were arguing about it because Billy wasn't on yesterday and Jessica wasn't on yesterday. But Billy was delighting in the idea that David Sampson announced to everyone listening that he himself should be in the Marlins Hall of Fame.
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And so I ask you, are those convictions or those allegations? Like, what, are those settled? Like, I think that lawsuits, I think.
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I don't know. I remember one time. This will make you guys laugh. I went one time as an entrepreneurial reporter back when you would go to a library and actually just like look through things in film records and stuff.
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I thought he was talking to Mally. What I'm telling you about what's happening around here, because we've got so much spinning around at all times, The audio stugat and please video. Let's check in right now with Jessica as she shovels oatmeal into her face. She's taken she was very she was very good about waiting today instead of eating it like the bird seed last week. But you must be hungry.
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And I remember because I was an intern and they had assigned me some things asking me to become a reporter when I wasn't really a reporter and didn't know how it is to go about this. And so I was looking up and found that the Miami Heat had been sued seven times. And so I'm looking at this and I'm like, OK, I've got something here. What is this?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And alphabetically, right after Heat is Miami Herald. It had been sued hundreds of times.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Like, I'm sitting there reporting on lawsuits, so I don't know here what is true and what is not true, beyond what Jeremy is saying, which is, yes, if enough history passes, people will forget the bad things that you have done because there is no circumstance under which anyone in this town would make an argument on behalf of David Sampson for a Marlins Hall of Fame after...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yes. Hall of Fame worthy? They didn't do anything illegal with the ballpark. They did things that would be considered, I guess, business immoral, but everyone investigated everything. He got a ballpark built in a town that does not thank him for building that ballpark, and he's not wrong. They didn't want it. But he's not wrong.
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No, they didn't want it, but he's not wrong when he says the business of baseball still exists in Miami because of that ballpark. It would be Oakland if not for that.
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I want to explore what Greg Cody just did there, because thank you for taking up for David Sampson there. Greg Cody said, as does Chris Cody. I like him.
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But you would not allow him into the Hall of Fame even if wheeled in on his deathbed just as a visitor? Like a paying visitor to the Hall of Fame.
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Would you be okay? I don't care. You just said not even on his deathbed that he will never get in.
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There's four people. Billy, given that you're somebody who cares about the Marlins still. I don't have a vote. I understand that you don't have a vote. You're not as important as Greg Cody, who has many Hall of Fame votes.
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You are a big Marlins fan. And so I'm telling you when David Sampson is on his deathbed.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I don't know why we're doing this. That's fine. How about you just let me do the show? David Sampson is on his deathbed, and he is outside the gates of the Marlins Hall of Fame because he wants to get in.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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We've gone to very fast hours and and there hasn't been a lot of fuel around here.
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Understood. I'm making you on this one day the gatekeeper. I'm okay with you protecting Marlins fandom and how the fans feel about the Marlins. Do you allow a dying David Sampson on his deathbed to be wheeled in by Gurney into the Hall of Fame as a visitor?
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Look, I know he's not... It's a short trip.
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I know he's not going to say... I know he will not say that he will allow him to be in the Hall of Fame enshrined. Right? Or would you?
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Would you be okay with him enshrined in the Hall of Fame for the Marlins? Okay, so the only way you will allow him in is with a paying ticket on his deathbed.
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What do you mean? You love the Marlins. I mean, I don't want to talk about the Marlins first class.
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I'm wondering why Eric Gregg's not in it, to be honest. That's why. He was just setting up that joke.
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That's a funny thing to put in the Marlins Hall of Fame because I would also put in that Hall of Fame the Roy Halladay thing. He threw a perfect game against us and we sold the ticket stubs afterward for profit.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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The thing that I would say about Greg Cody and Billy Corbin has been making fun of Greg Cody about this particular thing for years because, Jeremy, you would indeed be wrong. Greg Cody was very much for the idea of bilking a very poor region so that Greg Cody would have a place to park for free and go up to the press box and have free media hot dogs.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And he wanted the taxpayers to pay for what is good for Greg Cody and the business of Greg Cody and sports of Greg Cody. We all vote with our own interests. And Greg Cody was very publicly rooting for David Sampson because it was good for business down here in South Florida, as opposed to Jessica, who's bad for the business of just sports and football because Nick Wright says she's a doofus.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You're right. You were voting for you there. Greg Cody, Billy Corbin, and you do not get along. You don't like Billy Corbin.
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Is there honey on that? How do you sweeten that up? Or is it just oats on oats on oats?
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Keep working on it. We will see what we can get off the ground there. Fullback? Fullback.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I think it's got some potential. Porn star or fullback. Or we could do it this way. We could listen to Dominique Foxworth here, and I want to get the analysis of the group on this, and I will see if I agree with your analysis or if I disagree with your analysis of my analysis.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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The name of the podcast is nothing personal because he prides himself on business not being this kind of personal. Stugatz, I was surprised, and perhaps I shouldn't have been, that the other day I got aggregated on some of the reporting that I was talking about as it related to the Durant and Miami Heat stuff. And it was specifically...
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about Ishbia, the owner of the Suns, and how it is that he is a nightmare, I thought that that was the most common of knowledge. I thought people understood in no uncertain terms that the owner of the Suns was running the Suns in a way that made it pretty obvious that it was his toy. Different Suns than the way that the owner of the Jets did it. But that...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I thought you guys all understood and everyone knew that Ishbia was being meddlesome owner guy. And because he has the money and the power, he's allowed to be, he can be, and we can object to it. But it won't change the fact that the money and the power gets to run those teams the way they want.
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Was it not something that everyone already knew?
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But let's see Dominique Foxworth talking about whether or not analytics have made the game less fun to cover, talk about, watch.
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nobody can be surprised that Israel would want to be like Dan Gilbert while fighting Dan Gilbert when you've made your money at the top of the mortgage game and just like, given what the housing problem is in this country. A big one.
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You're just cleaning up in late life the clutter that is in your mind. You don't have time for those things in the attic. You're doing some house cleaning and you're like, I'm tapped out on all of this. I've got enough information. More information is not helpful. So you're making anything that's more information, you're making it extraneous.
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You're hip because you know something from the early 90s.
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That's different, and we should stop talking about this now.
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As we celebrate 20 years around here in this particular room with my friends who are beat up and tired and have a lot to do. Greg Cody's got to run out of here in a little bit before the chefs get here. Stu Gatz has to run out of here because he's got a ton of things to do with God Bless Football, which is growing great. And Chris Sims is great. And Bomani Jones is on a recent episode.
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One of my favorite things between Billy and Tony, it's been happening since I met Tony. When Tony geeks out on sports and gets excited about sports and makes a bunch of threes on Instagram, Billy gets there in a hurry to be like, you shouldn't be that serious about sports. Right, right.
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Well, no, he's just excited about what he's talking about. Tony is still excited by sports.
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But because he's passionate about football, football is one of his wheelhouses. Football is where he gets to unravel some of his personality and what Jessica's talking about. She says it's hard. Can you in short bursts give me information and entertain me so that I want to listen when you're talking? And you're not droning. But you mentioned, Jessica, schools of thought.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And I do believe that people do not want schools with their football unless they're around the NIL money. Like they don't want to think of classrooms. They don't actually want to think too much about thought. But that part is confusing to me because we have an industrial complex that really feeds this thing that is filled with thought.
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So at the beginning, Stugatz, of my radio career, one of the things that I was doing is I was talking to Billy Bean about Moneyball. I was doing a lot on the air, off the air. And Billy Bean was like sort of interested in the way that mainstream media wasn't interested in the math of what it is that he was doing at a time that he was, you know, exploiting inefficiencies in his business model.
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The economy of sports, right? Well, but also somebody who's doing this stuff we're talking about, measurements, like where Billy Beane's trading for a player in the minor leagues and never sees him play. He's just looking at numbers on a sheet.
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And so we're doing this to sports with fantasy and everywhere we do it, where we get impatient with the Chiefs with three years of excellence because it's like, I want to analyze all this, but the excellence, keep entertaining me, keep giving me more. But Greg's saying not more numbers, not more math, not more information.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And I think Dominique is right when he's saying the best parts of sports are where Tony geeks out because somebody makes an amazing catch. You don't need to quantify it. You can't quantify it.
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All right. Schatz fired. Schatz fired. Aaron Schatz fired. Go ahead and find that. If you do have that music executive producer at your disposal, if you're going to do Schatz fired, you could put audio.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You, though, I believe, in terms of the people that we have here in this room, I believe amongst all of us, maybe Tony would have an objection to this, but I believe that you care enough about this sport and being more informed about this sport because you're passionate about it, that you glide effortlessly between both of these worlds on sports.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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And that's great. And as they get tired and stuff and get beat up, running, trying to make this a video company as well as an audio company, I am reminded of the most wonderful times in this show's history when it behaved as only a radio show. only a thing that was heard, that didn't behave as if it was watched and was intimate. Watched. Intimate because it was heard.
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wanting to be more informed, wanting to learn, not having the learning spoil your enjoyment, and then gravitate toward the people who are giving you that information in the smartest and most entertaining way. I would imagine that you're doing something that not a lot of people in this room are doing, where they are seeking out some of the higher, better information to go with their candy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, I would say, though, that one of the things that has to happen in the consumption of this information, specifically in the modern age, Stugatz, because there are more avenues to your information and more menu choices than you have ever had. But I think what ends up happening is that somebody either likes you or believes in the way that you're chewing all of this up and... regurgitating it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I understand why it is that you would be hesitant to get caught in the weeds for 75 seconds talking math in a way that is an obvious tune-out. But over time, people will trust that you are informed enough with the right numbers and you will change their minds on things with things that you have learned because you're able to back it up with facts.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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that the open-minded will then become fans of consuming football through a different person. Orlovsky has done this exceptionally. He's changed the way that people view Orlovsky.
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He was, and I know people make fun of him at ESPN, and I know that he's guilty of this thing that you're accusing Dominique of, which he doesn't want to criticize anybody in a profession where he still wants jobs, which is a really hard needle to thread on how you do criticism in public. You better be good at the other stuff.
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giving people your weird, giving people your personality, having strong opinions. If you're going to have what was his quarterback credibility, which is you don't know how to do this, you ran out of the back of the end zone, to no, you're an expert and I trust your expertise because you're giving it to me in a way that's both digestible and entertaining in a way that impresses me and furthermore,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You don't seem to want to work in this business. You seem to want to work in football for real, not off to the side in the middle of it. That's how much you love what it is that you're watching, that you're not actually being very critical of some of the people and the way your colleagues are.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
You are choosing to be right and resolute in your firm, firm belief that that Kansas City Chiefs team is so good that it would never think itself a lesser team to what it is that Philadelphia was. That if they played that game a hundred times, you couldn't be so wrong that they would lose it a hundred times. But what you're choosing is to tell me that Patrick Mahomes straight out choked.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
If the moment is too big for Patrick Mahomes, then it's too big for everybody. And I think you're taking the result to do that. I don't think you actually believe that.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Nick, how is that not an indictment? You're saying that Patrick Mahomes choked. How is that not an indictment?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
So you're saying flatly that your quarterback, your beloved quarterback, a champion, that his mental strength wasn't strong enough, not just for the pass rush, for the moment.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
No, but, Nick, I'm not talking about the game. I'm saying that to say that Patrick Mahomes choked in this spot was not mentally right for it isn't about this game. It's about your having to be wrong about what you think this team is.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
That's a great T-shirt. That is a great T-shirt. I disagree with your analysis of my analysis.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
I mean, that's what you're insinuating. Come on, Nick. You haven't said it because they're your team. The moment's too big for them is saying it. Like, you're just putting it in rose-colored Homerism.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
How is that not the definition? What is the definition of choking?
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
See you later. Nick, good seeing you. Every day, 3 to 5, Eastern.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
There's you and the Joker. This is unbelievable.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Who is Afridi Hardaway?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
I was trying to read fast. UD was on the team. Luke Jackson. Bobby Jones. The Matrix, Sean Marion. Stugatz. Zo, Shaq, Smush Parker. Chris Quinn. Wait a minute. D-Wade. Jason Williams. They're all right. I mean, stacked roster. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
How did everyone think that went? He does our job for us when he comes on here. He's always entertaining. I really always enjoy listening to him.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Well, but can we examine this part of it for a second? Because I... You know I'm going to object to the analysis of a quarterback we were all saying before the game, like this is, you know, before that game, all of us are saying, you know what, I just saw Tom Brady go to 10 Super Bowls and he won seven of them and he's clearly the greatest of all the greatest knowing how to win.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
But Mahomes is coming for him, and if he gets this one, I'm going to put him in the conversation because he's doing it faster. Knows how to win. Knows how to win. The Chiefs were favored in that game because everyone bet on knows how to win. The empirics of that... They bet on him. But the money, that's unusual, right? It's one thing for gasbags to talk about a game and have an opinion about it.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Where the money goes on something, we could definitively look at the analytics, and let's get that Dominique Foxworth sound so I can ask all of you guys... who it is that you enjoy hearing from on football analytics that have sort of corroded the game in some sewage that I know, some learning that Greg Cody and Stu Gatz do not want.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
But the Chiefs were favored in that game by one point, and America would tell you that that is only because Patrick Mahomes knows how to do something with Andy Reid. that other teams simply don't know how to do. You can analyze it all the other ways you want, but they're like, oh, we've doubted them all year. They win those two playoff games. They just beat the Bills.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Okay, they're favored in the game. Then you watch the game, and you're like, why were they favored? And why would it be that obvious that they should not have been favored? And now we all go back and reexamine and do the thing of I agree with your analysis, but I disagree of your analysis of my analysis, which I want to be a T-shirt, by the way, at lebitardaf.com. It's a good new show.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
I disagree with your analysis of my analysis is a good name for a show.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Yes, agreed, but funny.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
But can I do this with you guys then? Because I really do want to parse something here in the biggest game and then put it to bed. The way that the analysis works on these games where we're all talking so much about what is and isn't going to happen. What I'm asking you is, guys, you all told me, everyone said, this is a quarterback for all time on knows how to win.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
And now their biggest public fan is on our show saying, well, on this one time, not only did he not know how to win, he forgot all the things about knowing how to win, panicked, and then the game was over. Wait, Eric Stonestreet came on? So tell me what that is. Is that what we're gonna do? Is that what we're gonna do to his legacy?
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
By the way, I need to tell people who didn't see the blur there that that's a feature story on you, correct? In a Louis Vuitton jacket? That's a feature story on me.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
That it's one game and oh, I can't unsee that and nevermind all the things that I've thought about for the last three years. He choked, he wasn't mentally strong enough for a big moment.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
It is the truth, and it is not fun. And when Billy says, why does it have to be one or the other, I would say that's another good name for a sports show. It has to be one or the other. When you ask why, no. That's the whole thing, Billy. You don't get argument television. This is another version of how are we going to morph the LeBron-Michael Jordan debate?
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Jessica's tuning out on Michael Jordan debates because we've been doing it on 20 years on television. No, and everybody is. Everybody's tuning out except for Stugat. Because somehow the last dance, look, we'll get tired of any excellence. And now it's happened to the last dance. It happened to the Patriots. It happened to the Chiefs. We will bore with your excellence.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Yeah, he accused us and you of being bad for business. He accused me of having dumb, smart analysis of, yes, pressure with Ford changes things. Because that's why I was like... It does, though.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Yes, it is also true, but not fun. And especially not fun for Patrick Mahomes. But I want to ask you guys, based on the previous conversation that we were having about the nature of anxiety, right? Because the definition of choking is that the anxiety gets to you and you're not, you know, you're not able to overcome it. We were talking about this early and I want to ask you guys.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
I saw that Colin Cowherd is saying that Kevin Durant has basically ruined his career by the way that his career has played out with some of the choices that he made. Ten years late to that party. But I want to ask all of you about the corrosive effects of whatever it is that makes us.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
bore with excellence faster because the way things are just going, where it becomes so pressurized for Kevin Durant that even four years of winning easy basketball next to Draymond Green is something he has to say, no, I don't want to do this anymore and don't send me back there. I've told you that Udonis Haslam and Mike Miller said of that four-year run with LeBron, that was no fun.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Like, none of that was going to work with joy. That was all anxiety. It was overcoming anxiety, but it was all bad, the way that felt. And now Nick's telling you, do you know how hard it is to do this in the physical sport three straight times because of the drain of whatever the expectations are of every weekly anxiety? I know we think of these people as unhuman, as Tom Brady likes to call them.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
But these people were fighting through pain to get to the end of things and also dealing with whatever the repressions are of, I don't know when I'm anxious. I'm supposed to overcome anxious. My entire training is don't choke in that moment. And now the biggest Chiefs fan that there is is on here saying, ah, there was some mental frailty there. Paul Rudd was on?
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
I'm just wondering if you guys absorb the nature of the anxiety and what the accusation is when you say one of these people is not strong enough to overcome these things. Because choking, you're calling that person weak. It's what you're doing.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
A weak moment in a time for his legacy in the way we do the measurements.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
The part, though, that bothers me about people have bad games, he had a bad game. There was no quarterback under that situation that was going to have a good one. He doesn't exist. He's never played the sport. And then we make our examinations after that. No one...
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
Maybe I'll say someone can play a good game because Lamar Jackson might be doing something running around away from defensive linemen that I can't explain. Or Josh Allen might be able to do something. But those conditions for a quarterback in the Super Bowl, an avalanche for all of them, all of them who have ever played. And you can see it in Patrick's feet in the second quarter.
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The Big Suey: I Disagree With Your Analysis of My Analysis (feat. Nick Wright)
It's not because he went mentally frail. It's because the Eagles did that to him.
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A lot better. Let me ask you all of this because that's easy to say now. I said it before. Yes, you were early. Greg Cody told you that he predicted the game correctly. I predicted this game three years ago. That's right. He was ahead of everybody on that.
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I want to tell you guys a story from when I didn't know what I was doing as a, I'm going to say I was 14 or 15 years old, and I was coaching a football team of kids at a local Optimist. And that season, we went undefeated all season because I had a really good quarterback. I had the best quarterback, and we were one of the few teams that actually had an ability to have a passing offense. Right.
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And we'd beaten one team twice during the season, but this is where I realized that I was a really lousy coach. In the championship game against the team that we'd blown out with all of our fancy passing, like in the second quarter of that game, I fully realized, oh, I don't know what I'm doing. They know all the things that we're going to do, and I don't have any moves. I'm 14 years old.
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I just had the best quarterback, and so now I'm losing by a lot, and there is nothing I can do about it. I have no answers. I'm just watching it, and I'm like, how is this happening? That's what Andy Reid felt like on Sunday.
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I didn't know enough.
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I was a very responsible 14-year-old. Different times back then, too, Dan. It would plague me my entire life, the ability to take on tests.
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What did you do? Bike shorts.
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I did have bike shorts at one point. I knew it. Red. I feel like they were red, right?
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Wait a minute. I might have the shorts wrong. The coaching shorts. Yeah, the bike shorts. We know. Are bike shorts bicycle shorts? No, no, no. Bike the brand.
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Like selfies.
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Yeah, the coaching shorts. Are those synonyms? I'm asking.
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I was babysitting Frankie Lucido, and he was an excellent athlete, at least in part because every day we were doing things. Like our T-ball team was able at the end of a season to actually get the third baseman to throw it to the pitcher, to throw it to the first baseman successfully to get a kid running from the tee box into the dugout instead of toward first base.
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Because this is what I was doing with portions of my childhood. What part of this are you guys not understanding?
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I was also playing. Play a coach.
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Who had the line, Dandy Reed, and where did it come from, and why was it given to two people at the same time?
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Okay, okay, all right. Don't do that anymore, okay? Gentlemen. It's a good line.
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You've got to let him go.
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Dandy Reed? I agree. Look, you guys are—I agree. You guys are not questioning the process. I'm questioning the process. What I don't want, okay, while I will acknowledge that Dandy Reed is good, I don't want from another room somebody shouting to two of my co-hosts, one of whom could be disoriented, at the same time, the same line, so that they say it at the same time.
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We can't have that room deciding these things. It's hard enough to wrangle these two on a wild Billy Thursday without the help of Mally, who we've just introduced to the audience.
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And a Mets fan.
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Which do you think feels better to Mally, winning the Super Bowl or getting these two clowns to say Dandy Reed at the same time? That's a Metal Ark achievement right there.
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Before you came on, Tony was saying that because of the one-score game and 12-0 that the Chiefs could have easily been 5-12 this year.
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It's definitely true. But what is the explanation, though, Nick? Because I was saying if you keep playing that game, I think it's going to keep going that way. I don't think Mahomes forgot how to play football. I don't think Andy Reid and Spaggs became stupid. I think Spaggs stopped what the Eagles do best, and I didn't think that anybody could do that.
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And what happened after that is just you got mauled the way every team would get mauled if those were the discrepancies on both lines.
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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But we remember the Tampa game is not fair, right? Like he was running in circles toward his own end zone.
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I'm glad we have what Michael Jordan thinks about this. I didn't think we'd get to that point soon enough. You're red-faced, Nick. You're red-faced, and you're annoying again. Because you're...
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You're not wrong in what you're saying, but you're coming on here and you've been so wrong about how that was all going to end that I think people want to see you batted around the way that you were on your own show.
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I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Tony is angling to be a Nick Wright rival. He says he's trying to incite the Vanquisher to bring him out. Go ahead, Nick. What did you think? I saw you waiting and I saw you getting agitated while we were talking. What are your thoughts? And welcome. Nice seeing you.
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I need to let you go now, but I think you just called. I got five minutes. Did you call Jess bad for business? Did you call? Is that what you just did?
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What's the meanest? Put it on the poll. No, thank you, Billy. Thanks for all your help there. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Is Doofus the kindest of the insults? Let me let you off on this note. I wanted to talk basketball. We'll talk a number of different things. But you are choosing, I believe, I believe this is where your ego gets the best of you, as it sometimes does for all of us.
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Well, you articulating a lack of worry. Point A to point B. would like our show... To produce, Billy, I've enjoyed how you do the reads. You add some personality to the reads.
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Where it's distinctly you, and so it's funny in there. And I want to see if we can get you to be somebody who soothes people about whatever their anxieties are, because it is a life truth and life wisdom that you just pointed out that, yes. You will not be plagued by worry or anxiety. Your life will be happier if you do not worry about the things that you cannot control.
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Like you hear athletes say that all the time. Within reason. All the time. Controllables. No, but you say within reason. But when I was saying the serenity prayer, like it's all about being able to have the clarity to figure out what's the stuff I can control and what's the stuff that I can't control.
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Billy, what are we in for on Wild?
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But when it comes to anxiety, and I ask this question sincerely because when you say that I've become our chief worrier, this is my first conscious experience with anxiety. Whenever talking about anxiety before in my life, it was something that I was separating myself from. I was being empathetic about. It was over there. This is what I imagine this feels like to blah, blah, blah.
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In my case, I'm not good at recognizing my anxieties, and so if I'm not good at recognizing my anxieties, then I'm not good at then figuring out what can I control, what can't I control. How anxious do you guys view yourselves as? Do you all have good self-awareness about how anxious you are?
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Because worry can be solved if you have the conscious presence to know that you're wasting your time worrying. But I don't think it stops any of us from worrying. I think it creates a great deal of unhappiness, the fact that you're always worried about something.
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Why is it that all of us do what Greg Cody does, which is whatever future problem we have, often the future that can't be totally seen, we'll shoot it down with lasers. We'll fix it with whatever our future lasers are. Sure. Our government will do it. Right.
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That's exactly what we're doing here today. Train station that goes Point A to Point B. That's right. Jessica, can you help me understand inner office, inner shipping container, back row dynamics? Billy moving from the back row and his seat of normal grenade rolling and being replaced by Tony, who he sabotaged yesterday in a prank in his return from paternity leave.
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That's how it's going to end. The mailing in end of the retirement, Chris, go get me this, is just going to be him coming out and hitting the one or two notes of that kind of thing, and you know it, and then just giving us finger guns and leaving. Baby.
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Tony being over Billy's shoulder when Billy's just trying to get us from point A and to point B. and can retaliate on Billy because their relationship is not a supportive one. Back row. Tony, how does it change today that Billy's in the front seat?
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greg cody is a big dog guy i am surprised that jumpin charlie is another dog that he has brought into his life to care for he has fallen in love with that dog the dog is annoying the dog will not behave uh but he's a dog lover uh and monty the schnauzer the schnauzer is the most magical of the dogs but monty the schnauzer has now been has won the champ it's the champion schnauzer is the best of all
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Cheese, whatever. It's on the fancy end. Whatever. Westminster whatever is making something better. Yes, whatever. Yes, if I had some Westminster brand cheese. Sounds good. Okay, wait a minute. If we're doing word association, okay? Westminster is a word that I almost only associate with this dog show. And therefore, it's highfalutin.
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It is highfalutin. To treat your animals this way is a study in excess, and I thought the whole point was to be pretentious. It's essentially equestrian for dogs.
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Is it true? What is the highest ranking mutt there's ever been? What is the success story of the Westminster Dog Show? I don't believe that is an official classification.
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Yes, you mentioned that. But there's another dog on the show now that is not quite as famous. I don't know. Is that a guy? Is that a boy?
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The question I guess I'm asking you is what is the greatest underdog story in the history of the Westminster Dog Show? A not purebred who climbs to the highest of rankings and competes and makes the crowd gasp because he or she was dirty and somehow made it to the top of the food chain.
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What I know about that dog show is that the agility thing is the single most impressive thing in the dog show. That if we're classifying these animals for being beautiful, the thing that they do on the agility drills suggests a discipline that makes me very frustrated with my own dog. And I can't imagine how it is that Greg Cody experiences Jumpin' Charlie, because Jumpin' Charlie is a bad boy.
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Yes, yes. It's a good dog. Yeah, good dog. J.C. He's a good dog.
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Jumping Charlie is not a good boy. It's jumping. Jumping. There's no G. Apostrophe.
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He's not in charge. He's not qualified. Him leveling an appeal or a challenge means nothing.
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I'm going to pay both of them. I'm going to pay his fine and my wife's. You're going to pay it? Wow, thank you, Dan. Look how easy Venmo makes this.
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Nope, I'm going to pay for yours on your Venmo, which I was told, Chris told me, that your wife actually now has installed it.
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Really? F***. You think it's going to be that hard? You think it's going to be really tough?
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Of course. It can't be that obvious. Way to reveal all my private information.
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That's right. For those of you who do not know that reference, I will tell you that story because it's one of the favorites I've ever told around here about Greg Cody. There was a very acerbic, very acerbic Minnesota Tribune columnist named Tom Powers who was bitter from 30 years of Minnesota cold.
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And Greg Cody, in a really heartfelt moment, and I'm pretty sure that Greg Cody shut down emotionally after this in almost every way so that he becomes the man that you see before you today.
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But Greg Cody very emotionally was telling me and Tom Powers at a table about how he wanted to write a book, the book 1440, of his family, of his life, of the nostalgia, the romance, the mysticisms and the mysteries. And Tom Powers looks up at him And the only thing Tom Powers says to an emotional Greg Cody is, that sounds duller than dog shit.
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Put it on the poll, please. Or a porn star. Juju, at Levitard Show, better occupation for someone named Tom Powers, fullback or porn star?
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at levitard show greg cody left here the other day and i i have remorse that i didn't get to this during tuesday's show because greg cody who just belches content wherever it is that he goes left on the table after tuesday's show the following he says i think tiger woods should be allowed to play golf the rest of the way using a golf cart Sure.
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It is. Thank you, Billy. Anyone who knows the inner jokes of this show would absolutely know. I didn't know the code.
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I cracked the code by cracking the code.
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You have not downloaded Venmo. You have not downloaded the app. Arlene did. No, nobody did. Someone did.
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No, I'm not going to do it that way. I appreciate you just trying to get us from A to B that way. I'm just trying to make sure we get these fines paid, keep things moving. I'm just going to do it on his phone.
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Okay, now I have the problem of it's asking me to enter the password to his Apple account. Ha! and it's gonna send something to his email that has Upset Bird in it.
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All right, this is going to be harder than I thought.
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Yeah. Look at this. Amazingly, the only documents in the Tumi bag are a bunch of Greg Cody Show stickers.
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There it is, ladies and gentlemen. These are very valuable. These are artifacts. What is on the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody?
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What did you get paid for? Bring it to his attention. How's this going to go with Billy having to look over his shoulder when he's got to get us point A to point B? I don't know what you mean. Okay, thank you.
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That's a bloop single. A home run.
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And yesterday they scored eight points. Go off, King. They scored eight points in the fourth quarter after having another game.
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Real, real good. Best team ever. Yes, the Thunder are real good. And through three quarters, the Heat led by 10. And then the Thunder scored 7,000 straight points.
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forever dan just like we had 22 to 13 in that first game we'll have those three quarters forever they're a quarter away oh and it's an eight point fourth quarter which i didn't think they could do worse than the nine point fourth quarter but give them time give them time because that's what that's with hero and bam and what he's calling a home run of a trade yeah a home run greg Greg, a home run?
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Yeah, that's right. I see that Nick Wright has popped up here, and we will get to him in a moment. I am interested in a few things about Nick Wright. I'm interested in how he's experienced the last few days of turbulence and heartbreak. But I'm also genuinely interested in what he thinks when I ask you guys the question today.
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does Travis Kelsey leave that game and say, those guys are better than we are? And if we played that game 100 times, that's how that would play out because Andy Reid and Spaggs and Mahomes, there's not a thing they would figure out for, oh, that pass rush is getting there against six guys every time with four guys. And so I actually want to break down
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how do you hold the Kansas City Chiefs to 23 yards in a first half? Does that mean that Sirianni knows something that Andy Reid and Spaggs didn't know?
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Well, we'll see, because athletes are really confident, and those guys had to be really confident to be champions, thinking that they're better than everyone. But when you say, Billy, that I keep discrediting... No, I said we, we. Royal we. We keep discrediting Fangs.
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When a guy doesn't have to blitz all game, and he's getting pressure with four all game, how much does the defensive coordinator have to do? I'm asking genuinely.
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They chose not to blitz. Okay, but I mean, how many choices is he making? It didn't feel like Philadelphia was being fooled by anything.
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The part that I'm interested in discussing with Nick Wright, and we'll see what he has to say about all of this, is just the idea of a champion of three years, very worthy champion of three years that had a constipated offense this year and didn't have a running game, could have done any number of things differently. But do you think the result would have been a lot different?
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That there would have, like, whatever things it is you guys are scheming up, yes, Patrick Mahomes cannot have the two turnovers, like, sure, but those two turnovers are being caused by an unrest that we're not used to seeing from Patrick Mahomes. It was caused by something. It's not Patrick Mahomes suddenly forgot how to be a quarterback who's won 17 postseason games.
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Look who's arriving heroically on a Billy, a wild Billy Thursday. Greg Cody is arriving in the middle of our show. He's going to get ready. He's going to get ready quickly. That will not be noisy at all. He will do so efficiently. A surgical strike like a Navy SEAL team. He will be a 70-year-old that gets into position and ready to broadcast like the professional that he is.
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I understand that you're making fun of how simplified that is, and I do want to play some sound of Dominique Foxworth talking about how analytics have come to make the sport somehow less interesting to watch. But when you're talking about you get pressure with four, it just makes a defensive coordinator's job very easy after that.
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No matter what buttons he's pressing, they're going to look like they're the right buttons that have been pressed.
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That is a good place to enrage Nick Wright. I can't even imagine. In fact, let's go off the air right now. We will prepare. But you just saying to Nick Wright, who came on here. Nick Wright came on here. Yes, you're inciting him. You've lit a fuse.
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You're saying that Nick Wright, who was saying this is about to be a team for all time, best team ever when you win three straight, you're saying they could have been 5-12. Could have been 5-12. All right, just to be clear, Nick Wright, his face is going to explode next. Look at him. Look at him. He's ready.
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How was traffic this morning, Greg?
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Okay, he's coming in flying with jokes and noises. He's going to unzip what I'm assuming is a travel bag he got at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
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Christopher is out today. He and Mike Ryan have decided to go celebrate hockey in Canada and Valentine's Day together. They just decided not to show up for work. I'm not going to reveal any sources, but in the eating area before the show, I did overhear some people say, some shrug, and say, I don't know, can they just show up for work whenever they want to?
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And I had no idea who they were talking about. It could have been anybody around here.
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You're talking about someone else. When I walked by and I heard you say it, I'm like, it could be anybody. I don't know who they're saying that about, that they're complaining, they're grousing in the corner that they had to come into work today and somebody else didn't have to come into work and just chose not to come into work today.
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Well, let me ask the group this before I get into today's subject matter because when Greg Cody says this, it would appear to be self-evident. The sentence, you run a loose ship. Yeah, there aren't a lot of working environments in America that look like this on television. Like, yes, we run a very loose ship, but I thought that's what employees would want. I'm wrong, right? I'm wrong that...
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That the running of a loose ship makes it so you get those conversations in the corner of the eating area where people are noticing that somebody else has a day off and isn't working as hard as they are or whatever it is that those things. But I would have thought, I would think that most people listening to this would like to work in an environment that is a loose ship. I'm wrong.
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Is that true? Do you think that that's true? I don't think that's true, man.
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Okay, but there are a lot of people that love their jobs and do want to do them. Like, I'm not making that up, I would say. You've heard me say this before. I think the unhappiness epidemic that you will find everywhere in the world is at least triggered in part by the fact that a lot of people are doing for more than 40 hours a week something they deeply resent having to do.
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Like, I understand why people would be really sad with their lives when so much of it is spent something they hate doing. But this ain't that, or it's not supposed to be. No.
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I have no idea. That would be a good one.
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That's an expensive gift from your son. It looks like a Tumi, but I don't think it is. It is a Tumi.
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I wouldn't be surprised if Greg Cody on Christmas is such a narcissist that the way he gives Christmas gifts is with little stickers that say, to me. And that comes right... It comes right back to him because he's all about himself on these things. And I got to tell you, Stugatz, I stand wildly corrected here. I accuse that of being his 1992 Barcelona Olympics gift bag. Was that 92?
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He has it and brings it in often, and it's battered and it shows. My guess is, put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Do you have any bags that are 30 years old? Yes or no? Any bags? That is your phone. That is a $5 Venmo fine for Greg Cody. Keep the phone on for a second and pay that fine. We're done with the not paying a fine.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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He's out of breath. No, no, no. What do you mean you like extra traffic, a meteor? Well, let's talk about the meteor for a second because Greg Cody made that as a joke, and I'm not sure he's aware. And Stugatz has been railing about this for a while. And I tell you, America, pay attention to this man. He was way out in front on Elon Musk, like ahead of the world on this.
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And something else he's been ahead of the world on is... The Chiefs? Why, also the Chiefs, yes, why don't we pay more attention when there's the risk of a meteor or an asteroid hitting the Earth? Now, hold on, Tony, before you wave your hand at me. Last week, for reasons that I'm having trouble explaining, it was reported by NASA that in 2032, there is a 1.6% chance that
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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What I'm worried about, Stugatz, is that it's not just a wild Billy Thursday, which is dangerous and doesn't have a lot of precedent. But because you heard it was a wild Billy Thursday. Yeah. You came in here when you were still on your elbows and knees walking around from what the Super Bowl did to you. You've come in here to be a part of a wild Billy Thursday.
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of an asteroid between 100 and 300 feet, so as large as a football field. hitting the Earth, and then the next day it became 1.9% chance. And then it elevated a couple of days later to 2.3% chance. And so I'm just curious, Tony, why are you- Don't worry about that, Dan, okay?
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You're speaking like a real expert on how this goes. Oh, yeah, yeah. No, no, I'm aware. I'm aware. What does that mean? What do you mean? He's aware. What are you aware of?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That's fair. That's a good question. Look, okay. Let's just settle down for just a second. Because I thought... When, you know, some of our nation's foremost scientists. Right. I'm not I'm not quoting the Weekly World News here. It's NASA. Like we we maybe we don't know a lot about space, but I trust that those people know more about that stuff. OK, maybe not. Maybe Billy has more expertise.
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But if the result of my fear and Stugatz's fear and Greg Cody's fear is that Billy Gill, of all people, steps forward and says, let me be your fear coach. Coach. And tells us there's nothing to worry about. As I would say, our, I'm not going to say our industry's chief warrior, but in this environment, you're not. No, you are, Dan.
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Okay. OK, so you and me are the chief warriors and I'm over here talking about the asteroid with my friends. And you're over here auditioning to be promoted for fear coach like that, that you that you're going to say that because you can't control something, you shouldn't worry about it. Yes, there's enlightenment on the other side of that. That is absolute. That's the death.
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And furthermore, Greg Cody is rushing as fast as he can to get here. So we're going to get the added benefit of Greg Cody on a wild Billy Thursday walking in mid-segment. Walking in breathless, not knowing that we're on the air, confused.
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There was a missile crisis not too long ago. Was that you? I'm just saying.
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Go ahead and put it in your calendars. Let's see if we get an alert on our phones that 2028. That's good. That's good to know. So we don't have to worry now. We can wait until 2028. When's it supposed to hit?
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December 22nd, 2032, I believe.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
It was like Miss Venezuela. We were in Miami Beach. I remember several lovely evenings with you having too much to drink. One at Marlin Spring Training and this evening that you're talking about.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
I'm deeply sorry about all of that. I want to ask you some questions about how you go about forgiving yourself, but I will tell you this about my own father because you know him, you know some of the family, and with your wife, the Cuban Jew, you also know some of my family dynamics.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
My father, when he was going through whatever it is he's gone through twice now where he has some sort of short circuiting that has to do with losing his identity or his job. I was minutes away from and I've told this story on our show before, but I was minutes away from going to pick him up. to take him to a psychiatrist because he was acting in ways the family didn't recognize.
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And as I was headed to go pick him up, my mother called me from the hospital. Firefighters have come and gotten him off a balcony. He doesn't remember how it is. He's 76, 77, 78 years old. He's hanging from a balcony. And so I came very close to pulling up on my father on a sidewalk minutes too late to get him the help.
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that he needed, and that could have been where I started reexamining all the things, like a map that I had given him incorrectly while trying to reach him a number of different ways. How do you forgive yourself?
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
But at that point, the reason I'm finding forgiveness from over here is just at that point, what knowledge can you really have of what it is to love so deeply that grief would be a loss that you cannot replace? Like you didn't you hadn't you hadn't lost.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
But you would recognize it. How long have you now been married to Michelle?
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
The thing that my brother's death taught me among many is that when I now look into the eyes of my wife, who represents the greatest love I've known that wasn't My brother, I now have the understanding that whatever loss is there, either she loses me or I lose her, is going to be the most unimaginable pain that I am risking, and that is what the deepest of love is.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Okay, so, but aspirationally, I will tell people that your marriage was aspirational. You wanted to marry my wife? Yes. the happiness that you two had, the camaraderie that you two had, the friendship that you two had, the understanding and acceptance that you two have, the laughter that you two have, you seemed, from where I was standing, to have found bliss after someone
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
We will get to the funny stuff in a second.
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The original question was, what did you ask Pat Riley at my wedding?
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He took it away from my wedding. It was the thing.
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He came with a gift to my wedding.
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He left with that gift thanks to you. Another thing that you taught me that I saw with great intensity just watching you is because you had Sophie, your daughter, later in life, the amount of intensity that you and Michelle brought to the love of her was something awe-inspiring to behold. Thank you. You want me to write down another? That's right. Another deep, another deep.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
I want, but the reason, listen, Dave, Dave, we'll get to the funny in a second, but I want people to know in this setting, some people that I have learned from and what they've learned, because I'm not kidding you when I tell you, Beyond being an inspiration in a lot of ways, you've lived a life that from over here seems to have things in it that are the nutrients everyone can gain something from.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Lookie here, an old-timey newspaper writer. They still make those. A dinosaur from the golden age of newspapers. When a man can win a Pulitzer Prize for being funny. He's a New York Times best-selling author. He's a colleague of mine for decades. He is Dave Barry. He's a novelist whose last novel, I will tell you, I will give you one of the greatest compliments I think I can give.
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who had written about his previous marriage in print, and it seemed like the reader felt totally betrayed by your first marriage not succeeding. Like somehow you had done something wrong when all I saw you do was choose bliss.
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Cause you carry, you carried yourself as somebody who had some wisdoms about how to be happy in life.
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One of the reasons that I say that your happiness seemed to be aspirational, at least as that love ran through Sophie, is because all the time I was overwhelmed at how proud both of you were about talking about, this isn't the normal parent stuff of our kid is the best. Our kid really is the best. She really is, though.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
He really gets the short end of the stick. You wrote about him. He got the Dave Barry.
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No, it's great when the father gives the child the gift of your father. Yes, your father being funny. The gift of humiliation. Here's your father not caring at all about you and your experience, but your father gets the applause of being funny around his son. Hey, that's what put him through school. First born, second favorites, yes? This is the way that we're... But you also, you have...
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More appreciation in your 50s for the honor and responsibility of being a parent in a loving household that doesn't have conflict between the parents.
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I don't think that the audience necessarily knows how intimate, rare, and antiquated the funny local columnists relationship with his community is you make me laugh in print I will love you forever because you are someone who makes me, for those moments, the medicine of laughter. I like reading that guy.
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And to this day, there are people who... Well, but they feel... Let's talk about the connection a newspaper writer makes through laughter, because the audience somehow felt let down by you. But I was watching. I don't know you at this point. I just know what you're getting into and how much happier it seems to make you. So... None of that is important to me.
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Can you articulate it, as someone who's lived it, what it's like to be in this area for 50 years, a voice that reaches people with laughter, and what that connection is when you meet the people when you walk in today and everyone's saying, do you know what a legend this person is? Well, that would just make me feel old here.
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They call you with these kinds of tips all over Miami.
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Yes, I do remember this. There was a live shark on the PeopleMover.
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I just see a colleague who seems to be really happy with a friend of mine who also seems to be really happy. Why wouldn't I celebrate that for them? But then you waited a long time before you personally got married, I have to say. I did. Well, I didn't believe in the institution.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Again, this does not speak to your relationship with your readers at all, except that they call you. They call me up. And they probably call you because they think they have your sense of humor, which is why they think they know you.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Correct. They thought you were very arrogant.
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The opinionated, strident, obnoxious, counterintuitive player apologist was popular. I had a different relationship with my readers, I would say, than you did. Your relationship with your readers feels like a real feel-good thing. To me, you have, aspirationally, one of the best careers a journalist could ever have.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
You wrote often about wasting expense accounts money, like that you were just doing things to fund your curiosity laughter habit.
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I'm telling you, I'm not kidding when I say I have seen precious few marriages that I look at and say, there's a level of depth there. of love that could survive just about any test to its strength.
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You told a great story, though. It ended up being worth it because you were making fun of New York because they said Miami was paradise lost. And so you showed, here's New York, just a garbage ship in your water.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Hold on. You had a carte blanche. I need to explain to people. It's not merely the golden age of American newspapering. This man at a place that has Tropic Magazine, which is an award-winning ancillary journalistic arm of the Miami Herald, where all the best journalism was done by the best journalists this market has ever had. You had a carte blanche that not most people had.
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I remember being introduced to it. You came to spring training. I was the first year covering the Marlins, and you're like, let me take you to dinner. And I thought it was because you wanted me to give you Marlins information. And all we did, we took an agent out to dinner, spent way too much money, and you ended up writing about alligators who jump up and grab bait off of a line.
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And you didn't end up writing about baseball at all. Gatorland. No, I didn't. I didn't. You just spent money, like you spilled over the bar. That seemed to me like journalistic excess, too. I had never seen somebody spend like that with newspaper money.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Pat Williams was the general manager, a deeply religious man who had about 18 adopted children and was a very kind man. But he loved the whole idea of the rivalry. Well, he loved your column, and he loved the fact that you were for no reason creating a rivalry with the Orlando Magic. You specifically.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
For the money. Subtle humor. But my point is, that was fun. It was. That was really fun. The glory days of money newspaper thing. We just rented a bus. Yes, it was great. And we rented a hotel up there. Yes, it was great fun, and now newspapers are dead.
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I never thought of it that way. Of course they don't spend money that way anymore. Why would they spend money that way anymore?
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You must be mortified by the state of American newspapers. For as much as you are a humor columnist, you saw the Miami Herald be an inspiration to the nation's journalists on how to tell truth to power, how to stamp out corruption. And now there's just an infestation of it in South Florida that can't be stopped because there are no governors.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
No, you were the most successful.
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Tony Kornheiser told me one time, we did at the Atlanta Olympics, I think you and I both wrote columns doing rhythmic or synchronized swimming with the U.S.
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Tony Kornheiser told me, don't do that. You don't want to be writing comedy opposite Dave Barry. That's Tony Kornheiser. If he wasn't the second best humor columnist in America, he was pretty close.
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By accident, I've also got my nose pin upside down because I didn't know how to do a nose pin. I don't think that's what it's called either. I don't think it's a nose pin, but Tony Kornheiser mentioned to me that you don't want to be writing opposite Dave Barry as a humor columnist. There was nobody doing it as well as you were doing it. Just the lane of all I do is write funny.
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The expectation of it's always going to be funny, even though, in fact, this is one of the things I remember about your range is that When you wrote on dark, heavy stuff, as you sometimes did, and did extraordinarily well, they'd have to put your name at the end of the article instead of at the beginning because your byline meant it was going to be funny.
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They did. I remember you wrote a couple of dark, more serious pieces.
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I'm sure he was pretty annoyed by all of the guests like you that were doing the same thing that you were doing. Your learning around love and the things that are important. Can you share with the audience some of the teachers that you have had on love?
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Do you remember the first things you were paid for? I remember that I got $15 an article to cover city council meetings about sewage for the River Cities Gazette. Yeah. Paid to write? Yeah. The first time you realize the possibility, wait a minute, I can make money doing this and think of it as a career, that you can be funny for the rest of your life.
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Is that how your career started? What are the real roots of how this became a career for you?
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I wondered when I started if it was somehow awkward praise for me to tell you that your novel sounded hyacinth-ish, excuse me.
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Yes, either one, ish or ask, both of them. That obviously, as a work of fiction, he's extraordinary. You grew up here in South Florida. It was the golden age of an unbelievable amount of talent that we had at our newspaper. And I just realized, though, that comparing you to him because he was first might not be the best way to compliment you, even though I mean it as the highest of compliments.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
As are you, though, but what do you feel about the writing of novels? What are the things that move you professionally now to spend your time doing something as difficult as writing? You don't have to do it, right? I do kind of, though.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Let me ask you this question because I have not been able to summon either the strength or the bandwidth to tackle what would be the loneliness of a project like writing a book or a memoir. When you decided to tackle your life as a memoir, who are you doing that for? Why are you doing that?
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Your deep feelings are things that decades worth of listeners will care about. Your your deepest feelings of a life well lived, written well, a lifetime of readers will care.
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Well, but we were taught by journalism, don't make it I, I, I, don't make it first person, but you were breaking some of those rules in everything that you were doing.
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It's too late. It's too late. You've lived an interesting life. And the reason I would be interested in reading a memoir of yours is at least in part because I would be curious how it is that you are about finding joy now, what it is you've learned combined with mortality. Just in general, a life lived written now 50 years you've been writing, right? 50 years you've been writing? Yeah.
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That's 50 years of connection with readers.
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I know that about you. Hold on just a second. Uh, the soundboard doesn't work because the producer of the show, Matthew Kugler is pretty, look at that. Pretty incompetent.
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Steve Martin, not unlike you, by the way, gives off from afar something of like, boy, that person's figured out how to be happy in life. That person has figured out some of the things that really matter so that they're not as affected by some of the superficialities as they might be.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
They write for him and others like this. They only write for us. You're the only one in the room who's an outsider?
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Selected by you just because he thinks you're funny and he's read your newspaper column? Yes.
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Where are the places that you've arrived that you look at as sort of the landmarks of, how the hell did I get here?
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here doing this like as I imagine that would be one of them but you were a regular guest on the late night circuit so I don't you had a TV show after you right you had for how many years did the TV show in your name last just called Dave Dave's world four years okay forgive me for not knowing the name that's all right that's Rest in peace, Harry Anderson. Four years about your life.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
What are the bronze, silver and gold medalist of like career perks where you're like, how the hell did this little thing I was doing over here become this?
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But anyway, are all of these names not going to fit in bronze, silver and gold? Like this is such a common part of your life that the music part of it, that the rock band part of it.
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I wanted to be good at sports, but it wasn't.
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Made me feel like I was reading Carl Hiaasen. Oh, that is – I'll take that. Right? I'll take that compliment. But you would say that Swamp Story – and I want to talk to you about your career. I want to talk to you about your life because I find you, beyond the laughter, to be uncommonly wise about what matters in life. Well, that's not – Accurate, but okay. That love, that love is what matters.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
That's pretty good. That's my gold. That's your gold. What about silver and bronze?
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You just gave me the best one right out of the box.
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It is a good amount of fun. It is something that was wildly unexpected from just wanting to be a sports writer. All I wanted to do was be able to make some money writing about the games. I didn't think there was anything else in it. I was never seeking money or anything else from it other than the doing of it.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
I'm going to get the video of that right now. I wouldn't say that I was necessarily ambitious. I was simply super Cuban exile motivated to work so that I could have the freedom of a career. Right. So.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
It was just a curiosity, though, about what growth could look like, right? I didn't come into newspapering thinking that aspirationally a television career would ever be possible. In fact, Mitch album was a guiding light in terms of like watching a television show simulcast in Detroit. That was a radio show and not understanding how it is that any of that existed for him in Detroit.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
I was fascinated by the sports reporters by how do I get into some of these places that these other journalists have gotten into so that I can expand whatever my career is outside of just Miami. Cause as, as, As much interesting stuff as there can be in Miami can also be very limiting. It's not something that feels of the rest of the world.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
It seems like it takes longer to discover things in Miami. In fact, the newspaper age that we were growing up with, we had to be great and greater than the Washington Post and the New York Times for 10 years for people to recognize us as great as those places.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
But not in the work. The work was just as good. I simply will not have anyone tell me that the Washington Post or the New York Times was doing anything better than what you guys were doing in the 90s. We had one of the best newspaper staffs ever assembled. I agree with all that. It can't be disagreed with, I don't think.
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No, we were writing for Cubans from Miami who thought that you were a communist.
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The memoir, though, can you take me through the going through the process of going through the pages of your life as a writer?
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That's cool. It's a cool rummaging, though.
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What about your legacy, Dave? You've got a legacy in this market, and you're leaving one with a memoir that details your life. That's my legacy. You do have, like, I don't want to take it too seriously because you're always self-deprecating, but your legacy, like, how do you imagine you're going to be remembered?
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And I ask this question as someone who understands that Conan O'Brien will stand over the grave of Calvin Coolidge and be like, when was the last time anyone talked about Calvin Coolidge? Like, we're all dust here. There's not much of a legacy, but we don't have to be that nihilistic about it.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Let's go ahead and play this video that he wants to play here. You want to do the play-by-play here? This is the Miami Herald High School Sports Show. You say this is a very ambitious Dan Levitard.
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And I'm going to face an Olympic softball pitcher.
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Look how good I feel about myself, though.
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Claire Sua. Claire Sua. She sets me up with a fastball first.
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She changes speed. That is comedically perfect there. Oh, wow. A snort from you. As I recall, when I was sitting on the floor, I also got a snort. That snort echoes 25 years because I was going to show those girls what's what, and there it is right there. She threw me a change-up. And the most embarrassing thing that can happen is me stumbling down the entirety of the third baseline.
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Well, but she threw about 70 more past me after that. I am very sweaty here. And, yeah, there it is. It all goes to shit there.
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Who knew where this man was going to go from there? Dave, it's lovely seeing you. It is always lovely seeing you. I'm sorry that we got you all emotional off the top instead of just doing the fun stuff, the lighthearted stuff, the superficial stuff you wanted to do.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Well, I don't want to just dismiss him as just an alcoholic. But if I give you just the bare bones of someone who committed suicide and ran depressant and another person who had alcohol, I could just say. Without judgment, people are flawed, people have weaknesses, they did the best that they could.
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But no, the way that you frame that, a lot of people could do a quick snapshot and say, oh, his funding comes from pain, but not necessarily, right?
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You always gave off happy as an adult though. I think that's part of why maybe even your newspaper readers felt somehow like, what do you mean his marriage isn't totally 100% happy? Like you, in my experience, you always gave off happy. It was nice to be around you.
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But grateful, though, all the time. Not everyone's grateful. I've told you this before, but what I marveled about you was you were this amazing giant in the industry, and it seemed to come without ego. It was always with humility.
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You have been, you, in seeking marital bliss, were a bit of a mentor to me on what could be possible.
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You were writing about Florida. You were writing about just funny things that were happening. Everything provided funny for you. I've told people before, writing funny is the hardest thing. It's the hardest kind of writing. And we've talked before about it's not exactly easy for you. You will spend a day on a joke. Oh, yeah. Writing...
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Is it just because your mom was funny? Like there wasn't any deflection going on there? You weren't trying to avoid intimacy? Your mom was just dark humor funny and so you were funny?
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Excellent way to avoid intimacy. I do it with questions. It's not even that.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Well, you made it about Miss Venezuela. Like, I don't need that in my life. Let's knock it off.
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Can we move on, please? Thank you. I do appreciate you burrowing in there. Maybe we'll get back to it later. Did she have, like, a sash on that night? Only a sash. It was such a wild night.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
You've always looked. The entire time I've known you, you've looked young for your age.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Because I've never turned the corner into maturity. Who is the teacher that you have to most show?
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
You're really wrong about this.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
Do you look back at the time when you're talking about, because I don't know what age this was, that your mother... kills herself, and you're making it the romantic story of, well, she loved my father so much.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
A terrible segue by me, admittedly, while we're laughing.
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South Beach Sessions - Dave Barry
A terrible, an admittedly terrible segue by me, but I've been stuck there since you said it because you just sort of skipped past it as if like, oh, there's no trauma there, and I'm like, well, wait a minute.
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Two things I wanted to talk about off of what you were saying. First of all, Lamar Jackson was trending yesterday, correct? Because he says he prefers a female scent, getting back to what you guys were talking about on the cologne. But I also wanted to talk about what David said about the next bond and what's going to happen with the next bond.
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Daniel Craig was asked what he thought should happen with the next bond, and his response surprised me. His response was just, I don't care. There have only been a handful of Bonds. It's a treasured position. It is one of the great movie franchises of all time.
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You guys tell me if you were surprised at all by something that happened yesterday. I don't know why this caught me off guard, but it did catch me off guard. So beyond Jessica being fascinated by that Joe Burrow story yesterday and just athlete burglaries in general, because you know where they're going to be and their home or their families when they're playing might be unsecure.
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This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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This is a good segue because it's been two weeks in the making. I started a show and then I wandered away from it. I was talking to Tony at the beginning of a show about the top five movies that he'll stop on every single time he's flipping through the channels. Look, they're putting this beefcake up here.
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And so I hadn't thought about that in a long time since talking, as I mentioned yesterday, to Anton Jamison a long time ago about just going to extreme security measures with his home and driving around his neighborhood several times just to make sure that somebody wasn't going to try and grab his jewelry in the driveway with a gun. And I just hadn't given it very much thought.
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The reverse Belichick. So this is the new Bond. The new Bond has abs. How many Bonds have there been? Four? Five? Ever?
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Daltrey wasn't one of them? Is he in the who? Who? So it's been six. It's been six bonds. There haven't been very many of them. But why would he care? He's not getting paid.
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How about this? I have noticed while watching everybody get in on this conversation, if I scan the room, even Roy has wanted to get in, but there's been somebody who's been hiding in the shadows but in plain sight. It would appear, based on the look in Chris Cody's eyes, that he has not seen a single Bond movie.
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The story of little Jimmy Bond. How many brands, movie brands, Fast and the Furious, whatever it is you want to choose, would you stack up and say bigger than the Bond franchise? Just ever? Mission Impossible. Rocky, all of them? Godfather.
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Wait a minute. I don't think we can trust David on this. David just put up two Godfathers. Not even the third one. He just put up two Godfathers. He said franchises. No, but against all the Bonds movies?
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Against all the Bonds movies?
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So it comes up when Joe Burrow's house is there's an attempted robbery that has an attempted robbery. has a robbery and has an SI swimsuit model at home who works for him and people are enjoying whatever that is. But I was not expecting this yesterday from Tua when just out of nowhere, he's like, come into my house, see how that goes for you.
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I understand Godfather is great, but I'm asking for franchise for all time. You can pick one and you've got to win this game. You've got to be the biggest franchise in movie history. If I go all in with the Bond franchise, I'm feeling decent about my hand. I don't know. I'm asking the rest of you to give me some stuff you'd put against it.
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But I'm guessing that if you've only had seven Bonds ever and you've been able to keep a franchise alive since 2008,
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I love that people would underestimate the theater kid and give him bonus points because he knows a little about college football.
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It was performative almost. It can be performative. I'm more interested in what she's saying, which is the just general underestimation of a 28-year-old pretty boy because you think he can't know anything about college football.
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You would think, right? Although I guess people were assuming that he would just be all Broadway and couldn't know anything about Ohio beating Miami of Ohio.
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I would like to make a pick. Yeah, real. You would make a great flamboyant. Thunder!
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We should make a football musical. We should do that. Who's done that? I want Chris Cody to do flamboyant. Broadway performer, but let's get to Tony's... By the way, you mentioned Dune real quick, and we'll get to Tony.
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Christian Bale, that was my introduction to him, was American Psycho. I don't know who else is. That is where I discovered that somebody was a good actor. I do not need that remade, but I am trying to get over to where Tony was for several weeks now. I've been trying to get over to that corner of the room and the movies that he will stop on every time, and now we're finally here.
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He's not a real person. And who is the greatest example of that in acting? Is it Busey? Is it Gary Busey?
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He's made a lot of movies. Nick Cage has made a lot of movies while trying to pay the IRS, I think. And he buys a bunch of dinosaur bones and everything else.
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It was weird. It was flamboyant. They wanted him to not know anything, and the bar was very low on Chalamet. Olai.
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The movie that David was thinking of is The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Nicolas Cage is what he was looking for there. I'm sorry, keep going.
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i will be locked in on so look i stumbled into it by mistake surprising i think that's a late ad it was unprepared uh late ad by tony no no that's not these are all part of it all right getting entire franchises well no because obviously there's there's many many movies you're talking about seven movies no but what he's saying he's going off of what jessica said which is during the holidays i don't necessarily associate this with the holidays but if there is a slow time over these next 10 days at the end of the month and there's a bond marathon somewhere you're locked in i'm
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gonna get hypnotized for about 20 minutes on whatever's going on there like i'm i'm gonna get stopped and i'm gonna i i will not move on from that i will stop in on bond nobody channel surfs anymore i'm just telling you i will i'll do that around bond around mission impossible thank you all right next one still in the only lie by the way coming to america the original one obviously
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The sequel we don't acknowledge. So, Mike, on American Psycho, you don't want it made? You don't think, because he just mentioned coming to America. We didn't need the remake. The first one was fine.
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It's been perfected. I don't need to see someone else in the role.
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Samson, what are you doing there? What are you doing that you're trying to summon a name to play the game that you know somebody and then you get it wrong? I always got his name wrong. But what are you offering to the conversation by limping in, by floating up with Barry something or another? What are you contributing to the conversation? Tony?
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When is that going to stop being a thing, Tony? Because that's the same for me. Your list. I have never heard a list that has had this kind of kindred spirit.
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I will stop. It does not matter when. Scarface is in the... It just doesn't matter. I'm going to get to where Frank Lopez is dead and he's offering Ernie a job.
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He does not make any bad ones. I think that's the worst. He has not made a bad one. Goggins kills it in that one, though. He was great in that. He's incredible. All the characters are great. Look, I don't even think it's an insult to call something the worst of the Tarantino movies.
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Wow, Jessica really gave you a side eye there.
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Whoa, wait a minute.
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On Tony's list is something that both Mike and Jessica are reducing to terrible. Have you seen all the Tarantinos?
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You guys see what's happening here, right? It's getting bad. Tarantino made an action movie with a lot of killing. It's a bit of a western. Jackie Brown. Let's move it along, Jackie Brown.
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I don't like the... A little slow.
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Bill's, I mean, come on. The tapestry. Tony needs a little action in his movie.
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tony this is what we are as kindred spirits if i was playing right now a game show with my wife that was about knowing each other like we would both know that the thing that causes her the most shame about me is that she will walk into a room where I'm watching Indiana Jones and she will hit me with it again. Snakes.
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The newlywed game is a game. There is a game like that. Is it still there? Are we still playing the newlywed game? Is that still a televised game show? Is that still something that's on?
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Do they?
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Roy, did you interact with others on this cruise ship? Hell no. So there was no community, anything? You didn't go to a show? You didn't talk to a stranger? You just stared at the sea for four days? That's right.
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Roy won a staring contest with the sea.
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I do like the Oceans movies. In fact, Andy Garcia is going to be on South Beach Sessions here in a couple of weeks. And I couldn't stop staring into his eyes just because of whatever it is that Oceans does. Big get. There are certain movies. Indiana Jones is obviously this. But that will just transport you back to a time where you could just turn your brain off and be a child.
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And it's everything that's on Tony's list. Every single thing is turning his brain off.
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i'm a clown like a clown that's the one yeah that's it is uh put it on the poll juju isn't glorious bastards the best of the tarantino movies and also put on the poll at lebitard show is um once upon a time in hollywood better than the hateful eight and also put on the poll at lebitard show uh is the hateful eight terrible
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Yeah, I like his list. It was an excellent list. I think David's would be so much different than yours.
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If we had to do a list for you, you could do one probably off the top of your head that would be even longer than his. Would you not?
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I can't believe that you and Tony are connecting on Fletch. Tony has never known one of the old movies that you're talking about. When you go 1970s on Tony, you always lose Tony. How does he know Fletch?
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Number two. Nobody here, evidently. Number two. No. Everyone here.
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Did you not see the general indifference and the blank stares looking back at you? Nobody knew what you were talking about.
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I love The Lonely.
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I never got it confirmed, but I was told at one point, and it made sense once you're talking about these kinds of economies, that LeBron's home in South Florida, because it was on water, had frogmen. like had people to make sure that you weren't coming the back way either. Like you weren't coming from, you weren't coming by sea either.
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A terrible list. Weird list.
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Both sucked. It was.
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I just didn't think, I didn't know to think that Tua would have to need security around his home to make sure that somebody, I wouldn't have considered it, honestly.
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So you were saying, what kind of movies are this, and it's your life?
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It could have just happened. It wasn't in the visor.
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Can you guys tell me what's real, what's not real when it comes to Jimmy Butler, these reports, Bernard Lee entering the fray. The agents, it should be known, throughout sports are real and legitimate power brokers. They have relationships with the general managers.
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The best power structures in the NBA know to have relationships with the business of agents so that they can have good relationships with Jimmy Butler.
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The reports that have been leaked now, Shams is saying, and Shams is credible, that Jimmy Butler would also consider Phoenix as a landing spot, even though that would be hard for a number of different apron and financial concerns to go along with Golden State and Dallas and Houston.
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The part that surprised me, and I wasn't sure what the motive was, Bernard Lee was, his agent, said, all right, listen, I gave, he's talking to Shams here, I gave you a pass yesterday because I was busy, but if you don't stop putting my name on your complete and utter made-up bullshit because you know you normally aren't worth my time to acknowledge.
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I've not seen an agent go after one of the information guys that way. I will tell you that Shams, and I don't know, Look, everyone needs agents as sources, but Woj had agents and management. Shams is players. Shams is also agents, but Shams is a lot younger. I haven't seen. Bernard Lee didn't and wouldn't do that to Woj, so what's happening there?
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What Chris Cody is saying there is important, and I think it needs to be inspected, okay? Because Chris Cody has stopped correctly on Bernard Lee jumping into the fray with, all right, listen. And then read. He's got a finger up. That's right. You're going to read now, but let's pretend it's listen because I've gotten your attention.
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The fact that you think that has more threatening behind it than complete and utter made-up bullshit... directed at a credible journalist. Complete and utter made-up bullshit is the part that got my attention because Woj and Shams don't often get it wrong. Agents lie all the time. Why is he doing this unless Shams has it wrong?
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Can he be right now and then wrong in the end? What I'm asking you guys is this, because... We have seen how valuable information is in the information business. Shams and Woj and Schefter, like, there are five or seven of these people who you just trust that their information is correct.
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You just trust that it is, even in the face of someone who's got credibility saying complete and utter made-up bullshit. And so I'm asking you guys, where do you side on this? Because most often, or to every degree that I can ever remember, when Shams reports it, it's Correct.
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But what he's not new at is this dude gets it right. Like the reason he's got the name that he does, it's not just because he gets it first plenty and he does. It's because he always gets it right. It's not some of the times. It's not even most of the time. It's like no real stains on getting it wrong. The value of his information is that you know that it's true.
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I will tell you this. The Heat, as a matter of policy, just simply don't comment on this stuff. But I will tell you, this isn't even Pat Riley's viewpoint, that Mickey Arison, I don't think there's much of anything in the world he has less use for than the reporting around his sport. He doesn't value what the information guys do as truth because the Miami Heat doesn't talk to anybody.
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And so any perspective that's coming out on the Miami Heat is coming from somebody who's outside of the organization. This particular thing, though.
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The Miami Heat are in a critical time, and we have watched a history-making era of basketball where Pat Riley is trying to get one last time at the throne, and he's so very close, and it's Bam at the rim against Tatum, and now the Celtics have wildly outgrown the Miami Heat, and the last vestiges of what the Heat had challenging the Celtics are this old contract that we know is going to age poorly.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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You've got to get something for him before he opts out and you go into next postseason without him. But you're not likely to get something better than Jimmy Butler that then makes you better than Boston unless you involve a third team. What are you shaking your head about?
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But I pair this with the reports out of Golden State. where a hungry hungry champion with a star on his last legs insists on surrounding him with a player who would look like Jimmy Butler if you're trying to go all win now on let's capitalize what we just came back from on the Olympics and now the reports are out there well Golden State would like LeBron and Jimmy Butler to join Steph
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Because Steph deserves to have the surroundings, what he's built in Golden State. He deserves for Golden State to go all in with all of their passion. And instead of Steve Kerr getting kicked out of games, management is doing everything they can to get two players like Steph Curry to get him to age with grace.
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I want to talk about Nosferatu in a second, but getting back to what are you doing?
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What are the Satan names? Beelzebub, Nosferatu.
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But it's a form of great evil. Okay, I thought it was Satan related. I'm sorry. Nosferatu is just the greatest of the vampires. I've seen him wandering around the smoke on a boat. Hmm? On the trailer for Nosferatu.
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I thought I saw a trailer for Nosferatu that was him floating over a ship in the smoke. That that's the trailer of what it is that you're talking about.
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After Duncan had just won the game.
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Thank you, Greg. Thank you, Greg. Tony, where were you?
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This is annoying. Look, the investigation falls apart when we ask you where you were and you don't actually know because these aren't remember where you were games. You just assume you were at home. I know I was at home.
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This is just a memorable games list. Ridiculous. Where were you, Dan? This is asinine. Where were you during the D-Wade game? No. Were you there? I don't remember. No, I don't remember where I was at any of these times. They are all memorable games. I was at home. Thank you. Okay, now you're playing the game correctly.
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But when Kobe died, I think, because I don't know what month it was, so I may have this wrong.
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It was COVID, we all had COVID. I was at a garbage dump. Yeah, I was throwing away a Christmas tree when I learned that- Yeah, you don't just chuck it outside in the front of your house. No, I was in a place that collects trees so that you're not just doing that to them.
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But I thought that was the point of what we were doing, not just Tony's home every time. I mean, you know.
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You're flying. I was in the stands tweeting at how bad Miami fans were for moving early.
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He was outside trying to get back into the arena because he was one of those people who had left early after several seasons of scalping his ticket.
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I know exactly. The thing is, I was outside of my house. Chris is on to you. This is a memorable games list. Who doesn't nail house in Daytona Beach?
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I don't even want the last one.
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My father did the strangest thing that night I have ever seen him do. because I was there and I was sitting on his couch with my girlfriend and my father, who got so nervous that while he was watching during all of that, for reasons I will not be able to explain to this day, in the living room, just dropped his pants and was standing there in his underwear. He just got scared, nervous.
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His house. Just like, wait, but why do I remember that? Because my father, for some reason, was in his tighty-whities just in the fourth quarter, scared.
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There was a where were you game. That's a soccer. That's a different list. That's a completely different list. You know I love soccer. I'm a soccer sicko. This is a tell your grandkids game.
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Wait, you all dropped your pants? We all, all of Miami was that scared. I'm afraid I'm going to shit myself. I'm afraid that my insides, there's going to be an evacuation. Let me drop my pants. Perhaps that will solve things.
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It was fat. And it was just a memorable games list. Where were you? You knew where you were. That was a wonderful stroll down memory lane. It was. I'm not going to say. I love that.
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Just guys being dudes. Jessica was so happy at the start of this segment, and you took it from her. I did.
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The game was the game. Greg Cody has one. I think we should all get out of the way.
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This is a great story here. Because nobody believes that game happened.
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I thought it was famously not televised. I think he might be making this whole thing up. I don't think there's proof of him scoring. I don't think we have seen video proof of him scoring the 100, have we?
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I think there's a Mandela effect going on.
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No, I think it wasn't televised. I don't think there's a lot of video of that game. I think there's just like one grainy photograph or something.
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I remember what was on the television. I don't remember where I physically was. Like, I remember he hate me and all that stuff. Yeah.
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I cannot. Look, forgive me, because I need to stop everything that we're doing right now. We need to stop everything that we're doing.
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As badly as I've wanted all show to get to Greg Cody and how much he enjoys cleaning his toilets, which I do want to get to, I don't want to skip past what just happened, which is that Greg Cody just falsified a total memory and was caught live on air remembering a story, I have one, that he doesn't have. that it was a fake story that cannot be true, that was immediately refuted.
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And so he's arguing that he's remembering something that he can't remember.
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No, I... The last story was patently false.
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You weren't joking about Will Chamberlain.
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He sat in the lounge. JFK assassination game.
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He just summoned a memory that is not a memory.
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Thank you. I can take it, and I will take it from him.
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You saw a photo of Wilt Chamberlain holding up a sign, a famous photo of him holding up a sign with a piece of paper that said 100 on it, and you've conjured a memory from that that does not exist because you just remember your childhood television.
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That was a crazy game. Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Do you like cleaning your toilet?
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It's strange. Yes. I hope he feels better. Why do you like cleaning your toilet?
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That's a sentence. No, but look, he said he was good around the bathroom. Look, Jessica, we have done... It's human. No. I'm a human being.
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Jessica, I'm with you on this. Keep in mind, the Cody's are kind of disgusting. Okay. And we aired and did something that was as bad as anything that we have done on television since being on television, which is without knowing. how and why they are so gross. We made the judgment one day of just showing a bowl that Greg had left for his wife that she was complaining about.
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Those things shouldn't be televised. We should not have televised it. It was disgusting. But the Cody's are so disgusting that they are not disgusted by this.
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And I bet you they've been stuck with some of these toilets because Greg doesn't mind leaving a toilet that way.
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NIL deserved better than that. You were doing that to Cody, right?
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And that's in the 86th minute, though, right?
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It was awesome. Can we talk, Greg? I don't know why it is you're leaning back from the microphone. This would seem to be the Greg Cody wheelhouse if he actually cared about the soccer the way that he did in the 1800s when he covered the Fort Lauderdale. No strikers here in town in a stadium near the one where Messi, the greatest in the world, greatest ever, plays now. What Mike is saying there.
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It's not near. It's the exact same spot. Same ground. Very near there. It's moved. It's sunk since then.
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Well, can I, though, as we partake in watching the age of mastery here, the thing that Mike is talking about, okay, wherever it is that soccer hasn't grabbed hold with America, wherever it is that Messi behind the paywall and Apple isn't – showcasing this, the greatest genius you've ever seen in this sport for everybody.
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When Mike talks about the chemistry of two and three gas dudes who have played forever and can manipulate the system because they're so much better than these particular guys that even gas, the three of them have the chemistry to be like you guys who are aficionados. Oh, look at the old guys doing the tricky things at the end here that actually saved the season.
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Even though 96 minutes is nuts, Messi's got to be exhausted.
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Have we established what the hell Tony's talking about when he says, where were you games in NBA history? Where were you games in NBA history? Where are the where were you things in American history? Space shuttle exploding. Assassination attempts.
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You can't say he's unreal. You can't say he's under-regarded, though.
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First man on the moon. So you're saying five. You've got five. What's some oil I sprinkled? Last night was not.
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half a percentage of our audience even knew how to find well i would say beyond that that uh the audience has been desperately waiting for tony's where were you games as you guys talked about a game last night that uh people where was it that's right that's right people watching last night where do i get this magical game that's behind the paywall uh you seeing mike ryan
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and Greg Cody finally get to talk together about a soccer game last night as Tony waited patiently for them to stop droning so that he could talk about the most Latin of sports, basketball.
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I don't even know. Hold on. Shut up, Mike.
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Jessica was delighted. The sinister glee on her face... To think that you think that last night was one of the top five most historic moments that we will all remember forever when nobody agrees with you and you're getting ganged up on. And and she was she was just happy to lure you a little further into the pit. Please tell them more about how last night was all time.
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Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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South Beach Sessions - Hasan Piker
I mean, somebody chasing you home with a knife, that qualifies?
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I imagine you would need to blow off some steam. I don't understand how you live or how you work. It seems like it would be exhausting and it also seems like you love it. Are both of those things true?
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Is it a long period of fear here? Like what are we talking about? If a child is getting bullied and a child is just eager to fit in, doesn't want to be noticed too much, what are we talking about? Like how much fear is in your daily life as you're growing up and how long does it last?
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How did you grow out of it, though? Like, when did you start to blossom?
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How much culture shock was there?
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You almost did. You went to Miami. You almost got to America.
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But Miami's a great place for international, for I'm going to get diverse America. I'm not going to be in Wyoming.
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When did you start developing your voice?
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But are you a one-man operation? So you have people who are helping you with publicity and whatnot, but when you're doing what you're doing, it's you with a thousand tabs going straight ahead. Do you have trouble sleeping? Because I would just imagine that your mind is working all of the time.
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So upon waking, your first morning meditation, when I'm asking you, can you get your mind to stop, is to argue with commonly held beliefs as you shuffle to the bathroom.
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because i would imagine your mind doesn't i don't know whether you do meditation or breath work or any of that stuff but i imagine it's a bit of a fishing reel that it's it never stops no it's definitely always going for sure and you like that or would you like to still it some
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One of the reasons I'm fascinated by you and your ilk in a new media age is because from where I am from afar, even if you love it, The needing to feed the machine seems like an oppressive burden, especially if you're self-employed and you're a one-man operation and you've largely arrived at your dreams and now you have to stay ahead of everybody. I don't know how competitive you are.
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Yeah, and so I don't know how all of that affects your daily to always be some form of on. You're always on the treadmill, and the monster doesn't sleep. The monster needs to be fed. Yeah, for sure.
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I would imagine though that there's an addictive quality to what it is too. If it's eight hours a day and seven days a week, you don't have to do it like that. Absolutely.
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That was yours. That's a $5 fine. You're going to have to put it on the table.
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How long did that funk last for? Because doubt, when you're as confident as you appear, is quite the poison. And you're also existing in a space that is a super mental health challenge. Oh, yeah.
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Take me through the examination, though, of the hopelessness, the introspection of realizing, oh, look at how much of my identity is being tied up and whether people are leaving me or not. Oh, for sure. Just all of it. Like for you to get to a point where you're thinking about quitting when I'm surprised almost every day that you're not hopeless.
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There's a part of this fight that can feel that way.
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It's important that you should take that.
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But what did you learn in the examination and the introspection of the wallowing in, I don't know if I can do this anymore?
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Don't worry about it. Your life, though, does seem crazy. Yeah. And why is it that it has to be seven days a week? Why is it that it has to be eight hours a day? You have to stay ahead of people, correct?
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How did you find whatever tools you needed to manage the alcohol and the knowing yourself as an addictive personality? One of the reasons that I've never tried cocaine is because I'm like, I'm a little I'm obsessive here and I don't want to not have control over over something like that.
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You're right. You went off to a dreamy land thinking about mid-cocaine.
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Sorry. I was asking you how it is that you brought up alcoholism, which surprised me because you don't talk about your personal life. Oh, no, I do.
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And the addictive portions of it. And I'm asking you how you got a hold of that, how you were able to find the tools you needed to manage that.
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Inspiration, I would imagine, right? Yeah. Yeah. Can you tell me the back story? How did all of this happen? How did the professional part of it happen? We'll get into your family life, the immigrant mentality and where it is the work and the drive comes from, but the professional part of it, how did it start?
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Nothing's more important than work, right?
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Which do you identify as stronger within you, the pull of addiction or your will?
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How long was the struggle to develop what you've developed? Like, give me what the early months, even years, looked like as you were building this thing.
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But when did it feel like it was breaking through? When did you realize, wait a minute, this isn't just a silly thing I'm doing with my time. There's a career path here. There's something that's real here that can be forever. Right.
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What would be the way that you would describe your relationship with your audience?
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Everything in moderation. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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We're good. But unhealthy. You're describing it as unhealthy. Yeah. Yeah. The relationship with your audience you feel is unhealthy.
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That one's interesting though, because I do feel like my audience, like, okay, let's examine that one for a second. Does your audience actually know you? My guess is if they're spending eight hours a day with you and this is a thing you love and this is a large part of your identity, like they might not know you completely and it might not be a real relationship, but
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The intimacy of what it is that you're doing and the amount of time they're spending with you, they're getting to know you at least a little bit.
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When you look back at some of the things that you would alter along your path, do you do much of that? Um...
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My guess is that you've got a pretty good grip on what's going on with young men in this country. Your audience is more than two-thirds male. What is happening with the combination of young men and the loneliness epidemic?
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And there's always been a guy like that, though. Every couple of years there's a bulls area or there's a Tucker Max or there's there's always some some profit that feeds on lonely, angry men who who who carry around the rejection of women in a way that they can't get over.
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Well, when you talk about the relationship with your audience, like I don't know because I can't possibly understand why. what the new media space is that you particularly occupy, the combination of ingredients that is possible, it doesn't mean your entire audience is this or even most of it, but the combination of angry, lonely, and anonymous,
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Those three things, having a lot of that anywhere in your interactions or your life is a burden that comes with your success. Because this is a, what you've built in the last 10 years is a, it's a new space. You're fighting for a new media space. And that audience to me, that particular audience scares me. I'm not saying the entirety of your audience.
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I'm just saying the combination of those ingredients.
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Well, but when you say Trump did better with the podcast circuit than anyone understands, it was at least in part feeding a good segment of that as the demo, correct? Oh, yeah.
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How do you walk away from that conversation? Some form of that conversation is... Happening all the time?
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Kings Network. Hello and welcome to South Beach Sessions. I'm excited about this one. I want to see how this mind works. This is an interesting story right here. You don't see a lot like it. Hasan Piker is one of the strongest progressive voices you will find in an increasingly conservative online world. You can follow him YouTube and Twitch, Hasan ABI. Thank you for being on with us, sir.
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Darrell Bock Really, you're still trying to change minds. It's hard. It's getting harder, right? Like I do feel like there's an entrenchment going on that you might have your victories where you walk around and someone slaps you on the back and says thank you for making life easier and those things.
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make it feel like what we're doing is worth something, but it feels like there are more and more people entrenched in their positions than there have ever been.
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Hasan, ABI is where you go if you want that kind of passion and conviction on YouTube and on Twitch when he's not banned. Almost always on Twitch except when he's banned from Twitch. Appreciate the insight and appreciate the time. I know you've got to go. You've got to get on air. I'm going to do this for the next eight hours. It's good seeing you. Thank you for making this time for us.
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Thank you for having me, this was great
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How long did the lie last with your parents before they realized that you weren't here for the reasons you said you were?
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Your father's a scientist. Your mother's a professor, right?
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They both teach. Are you now a liar and a failure? When you're lying... And you're not doing what the immigrant family wants for you, which is choose a safe path, kid. Choose one of the structural paths, an architect, a lawyer, a doctor, one of the safe ones.
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Well, they weren't approving either, though, right?
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Wow. If you believe that, then it must be your work ethic that carries you. Oh, no, for sure. And how could you not know where it comes from? Like how the roots of it, like if your parents are professors, there's a life of discipline and education in there somewhere, no?
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Would you identify as a creative?
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Weekly W-E-E-K-L-Y, not W-E-A-K-L-Y, right? I imagine in the post you're tall. I imagine you're physical.
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Do you reach your standard? Like, is it perpetually fulfilling or are you hard on yourself and not reaching your standard and then pushing yourself to be better the next day, which would then, of course, get in the way of how fulfilling any of that is or whether that hole actually gets filled? It depends.
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I say it because I can relate, by the way. I say it's been something that I've done for a while that I'm trying to consciously alter, but I'm a lot older than you are. I don't run into a whole lot of successful people who don't have some of that in them and don't sometimes forget to enjoy it while they're having it.
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They call you the Turkish Jokic.
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Somebody please get in front of Kirk Herbstreet the following. Let him know this is so. I have already alerted Chris Fowler. I had to alert him that this was so.
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What was that laugh by me? I would really like for Kirk Herbstreet to take that one syllable further so that we can all enjoy, for some reason, Shannon Sharp dying on the hell of first take isn't negative.
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Has anyone spoken to Devondre Campbell publicly, the quitting 49er who we shame, shame, shamed, even though a lot of us would kind of love to quit our job in public, just tell our boss to go bleep himself. I'm leaving work right now. I have not seen him interviewed. I have wanted to hear from him. I have wondered what the toll would be of...
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Lucy has followed Greg Cody out of the room. She is doing some of the work to see what it would look like if Jared Goff is indeed named MVP and if Greg Cody then has to shave his eyebrows because he said there would be no circumstance under which Jared Goff would win MVP. Mina Kimes is appearing now to, she's had a real star turn here over the last month.
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Netflix and The Simpsons, like some pretty cool stuff has happened for her.
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doing what he does for a living, getting to money that is substantive, and then one day on television quitting, and then the next day on television, the easiest thing in the world appears, which is every critic can come out and say, you're a quitter. Every critic can come out and say, you're a quitter, you're a coward, it's the easiest thing. I'd be curious what that person is thinking.
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When we feel the effects that feel apocalyptic about the stuff that's happening in the world, climate-related and otherwise, wherever fears reside in California on what this stuff looks like, it didn't actually look like this, right? I don't know when we fear the climate change stuff.
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if we think 50 years down the road it's just going to be an explosion somewhere but it seems like all of this is a bit of forecasting for what things look like at the end where you don't have a precedent for what do you mean my home's just going to burn down not not here what do you mean hurricane winds during during fire and drought yeah um it hasn't rained here in months and so you know we've
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I wish, Mina, you would have gotten some dark comedy humor out of while you were talking, the sheer panic that swept over the face of Chris Cody as he made sure some of the details you were giving, that the corner of the screen wasn't the video team putting Greg Cody losing his eyebrows.
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which is I saw it show up in the preview and I saw just a blanket of fear sweep over the face of Chris Cody because as you were talking about these horrors, Greg Cody was getting his eyebrow removed and video thought it would be a good time to put the photo of Mike Woodson up and Greg Cody losing his eyebrow. Good judgment by me? Yes, it was good work by you. The panic on your face was good work.
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But I was saying by way of introduction, Mina, that your last month at work has seemed like some of the weirdest dreams in the world coming true in a way that from over here, it has brought me great joy to watch what seems like would be a great deal of fun at the center of football.
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What was the Netflix experience like? What did you expect? And just in terms of dizzying stuff that's happening with your career, finding yourself in some of these places, which is there one above all the others for you that's like, oh, this is about the coolest thing I've known. I could have never imagined this when I was a business reporter.
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Was it very pressurized or was it OK? Like, were you able to take some of the air out of all of it and make it less serious than Christmas Day NFL?
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Lucy, can you give us an update, please? Greg Cody, can you give us an update? What's going on in the other room?
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But if I but if I told you right now, if I said coming up next. This person is talking and going to explain to you what happened that day. You wouldn't stick around to listen to why it is that all of that happened or what it is that it felt like to go through that the next day watching a bunch of quiddicks tell you that you're the quidda? No.
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Yeah, none of this works.
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Lady Gaga would be mortified that you have just compared her to a 70-year-old man having his eyebrows apparently bleached and his skin distended. Lady Grega. Hey. Thank you, Amin. That's nice.
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Thank you, Amin. That's right. He's bringing it strong from the other room, hopped up on pills and with no eyebrows. He's Greg Cody, ladies and gentlemen. Give me the fast music so I can ask Mina Kaim some hard-hitting questions. I can't hear the music. All right, Mina Kimes. Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson. Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson. MVP. Who do you got?
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Explain to me why Derrick Henry is bigger and stronger than all the people who have ever been human.
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The Dolphins, please explain.
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I thought that Mike McDaniel was supposed to bring run game just because he's Mike McDaniel. What happened?
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Aaron Rodgers, what's going to happen?
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Tennessee Titans, what's going to happen?
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Is the single worst opponent to see first for Lamar Jackson the one that he's getting?
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Explain George Pickens to me.
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You're going very fast. You're doing very well. Who is better? Who is better, Ravens or Eagles?
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Who is better, Lions or Bills?
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Is that going to be the way Sam Darnold's season ends, the way the last game did?
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Greg Cody, what do you got? Give me an update.
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Amina Kimes, the Houston Texans, what are they? Disappointing. Has C.J. Stroud regressed, or is it the pressure up the middle?
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Better offensive line, Philadelphia or Detroit?
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The Chiefs, are you willing to say they're not going to make it to the Super Bowl? No, I am not. Do you believe that the Bills are better than the Chiefs?
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You did that very well, Mina. Congratulations. It's the first time you have ever done it correctly. You have finally graduated to doing this well.
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She was dancing around during it. She was not afraid of the music. Pressure no longer phases her. She is a conqueror. Mina, thank you for being on with us. We appreciate the time. Always nice seeing you.
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I'm disappointed that she is all of a sudden someone who can conquer music. I mean, she's still someone who walks in front of cameras on NFL Live when she doesn't know where she is.
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She was very confident during the music. It usually rattles her. Greg Cody, what did we think of this experiment? I still see eyebrows over there. I also see what I would call from here, and I don't know if this is the technical term or not, but caked death seems to be above his eye. Little bits of crumbs of death. What is Rose doing? What is Rose doing?
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Wow. What is happening above your eyelids? It just looks like a different color and it looks a bit like something has been left under a heat lamp for too long. Perhaps a burger of some sort. What is happening?
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But it wasn't halftime of the last game of the season where he was just out. It was the second game of the season.
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I found it fascinating for a number of different reasons and still find it fascinating as we talk now because... I don't know how many of the people listening to this are unhappy at work. I do know that a lot of people come up to us over 20 years and say, thank you for making work some semblance of easier because I'm with you for three or four hours and I don't love what I do for a living.
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And there are any number of times I've wanted to quit and you make the day half as long. You're welcome. If the audience is out there. One opinion I didn't hear from anybody after that happened is, man, a lot of people would kind of like to do that. would kinda like to be just one day at work very publicly, like, you know what, I am done with all of this.
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However it is you imagine quitting a job that you're unhappy with, what is the best and most spontaneous, relieving kind of way to do that that you imagine in the scenarios that you've always wanted to tell your boss to bleep off, you've always wanted to do X, Y, and Z. How many people listening to this are unhappy enough at work that they connected with him just being like, you know what,
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I am done. I do not work here anymore.
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Same. Where is Lucy Rodin's off-roading? I just saw an invoice from Ricky Williams. I just saw the invoice. He gave a deduction for what is usually his appearance fee because we got in trouble with so many people because you can't just go on the field and video things because... Because Ricky said, hey, let's go on the field.
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We don't have any video we can show anybody from what it is that you were doing at Texas.
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Well, the last sentence is all you needed to hear.
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We do have off-roading, Dan.
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Ever since he left the executive producer role, he sits in the back row and creates the general chaos with Billy back there. I miss it. I do miss it.
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I wanted to talk to Amin about what's going on with J.J. Redick and Charles Barkley because, I mean, if basketball has been about storylines and basketball is great at making players and personalities stars, right? Because it's so much better than the other sports. It's almost kind of weird to see what's happening with basketball where basketball's biggest stars are bigger than
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Then football's biggest stars, even though football is the biggest sport. And at the height of all that, the Lakers are fascinating. They've got the oldest player in the league who defies science and gravity and picked his own coach, a podcaster, who nobody likes.
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J.J. Redick, since... No, look, I like... Let me... To be clear... I like someone who is publicly confident, says so, and doesn't care what you think about it. He's been this since Duke. I like it. That doesn't tend to be likable, especially when it comes from Duke. A lot of people do appreciate that later in his career, J.J. Redick was very good at the content game and explaining basketball.
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Really knew his stuff. But then became a coach for the Lakers. And now Charles Barkley is going after him in a way that nobody wins fights with Charles Barkley. And Charles Barkley knows it, which is why he keeps saying over and over, if you come for the king, you better not miss. I have a platform. It's bigger than yours, even as Laker coach. I will bury you.
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I will say as it regards some of this stuff and the packaging framing, and I mean, you're pretty astute as a front office guy on marketing type of issues. I remember Scott Boris, the super agent in baseball, said a long time ago during all the work stoppages and all the fights over the money that get fans really mad.
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Baseball is the only sport that takes a product off of the produce aisle, a can, throws it on the floor, kicks it all over the floor, then puts it back on the shelf and asks you to buy it. ESPN ran off Jeff Van Gundy and NBA ran off Jeff Van Gundy because that's too negative talking about the sport. We need a framing that's not quite, don't criticize the officiating all the time.
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You're great at what you do, but we need the voices to be a little more positive. A problem the NBA has is the people on its most popular show don't like today's form of basketball either. Shaq wants it in the post. Barkley plays down low. Kenny Smith will play along. Your biggest property doesn't always seem like it likes how they're playing today.
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Don Libetard. You don't remember the idea for a home run call?
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Lucy, do me a favor. A new segment all of a sudden because Marinovich was planning. I don't know what.
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He was invented before the phone. Let me, for just a second, stop everything we're doing.
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During the break, okay, Amin Elhassan, because we cannot help ourselves around some of these sports conversations, from the beyond, he shouted at me that my Cam Ward take, that he's the best quarterback in University of Miami history, and that I can make an argument on behalf of him being the most prolific single season any of us have ever seen at the University of Miami.
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Amin said to me, Rick Barry would like a word. And I'm like, you know what? I did. I got that wrong. Rick Barry would like a word. But if it happened in the 1950s in sports, did it really happen? Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. If it happened in the 1950s in sports, did it really happen? Because milk plum is not something you should have done.
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And I now want information on Milt Plum to see if he was as good in the 1930s as you remember him.
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What was it supposed to be? He had a good 12-year career at the position.
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I'm sorry. I'm sorry I did this to all of you. I'm sorry.
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Do you guys not find it amazing what it is that I am talking about? Every time, not Pat Burrell, Pat the Bat, I am driving around, and whenever I'm driving around...
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On some station somewhere, Charlie Weiss or Rich Gannon or somebody's talking about football, no matter what time of day it is, on satellite radio, the economy around football and people who analyze football is more fertile than any other sports economy, I think. Maybe it's the same thing in sports, in soccer overseas.
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We analyze the holy hell out of this sport because there cannot be enough content about this sport. You cannot put enough football on your television during the day, dwarfing all other sports.
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How is it possible that we're sitting here talking after all of this analysis about how professional football coaches, professional basketball coaches, and professional quarterbacks can't possibly do the job well because it can't be done well by anybody and everyone analyzing it doesn't know how it's done well.
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Explain it to me, because we're covering the holy hell out of all of this, and the teams that are in the playoffs are the ones who have the healthy quarterbacks. We do a lot of things with the salary cap, all the games are even, but what happens at the end? Oh, it's a stunner that Joe Burrow's not in the playoffs, because he's one of the good ones, we know it, and all of those make the playoffs.
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What's the point of all the analysis if at the end it's just going to be the best teams are going to be the 8th or 9th? of the 10 quarterbacks.
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Well, but you say this, okay? Yes, organizations might win championships, but I do wonder, as we spend all these times analyzing these things that we see, getting emotional about it, and separating the winners and the losers from whatever it is their flaws and character traits are. These are soft. They're not tough enough. However it is that winning is measured.
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The thing that I think gets underestimated by all of the people talking about in covering sports, except the people who are in the fire of it, is how hard it is to have all of the things in place that allow you to be something or someone who consistently wins when younger, cheaper people are always coming for your jobs. Like we're smarter people. The coaches are getting smarter.
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Where can I make football has been crazy. Like when you've seen what's happened in sports where basketball goes toward the three point line or the second baseman in baseball is pulling math out of his back pocket because he's got to be behind second base instead of on second base. What football is doing with the machinery of cost efficiency.
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is making it so that the great quarterback, Lamar Jackson, that can make you great for seven years, makes it so that your organization can't destroy him as long as he doesn't get hurt. As long as he doesn't get hurt, he can cover every leadership mistake.
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Not that John Harbaugh is making a lot of leadership mistakes, but when you say that the Ravens organizations win, yeah, but if Lamar Jackson gets hurt, they will immediately stop winning.
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An underachiever, according to Greg Cody, brought his name up to point out that he never achieved anything compared to what he was supposed to achieve.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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Mike, who was the quarterback coach for our beloved Plum?
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So you went Todd Marinovich, right? It was obvious what you were saying. It's an old enough reverence. It's from 40 years ago. And then you decided, no, I can do older than that.
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I know, but you'd already done Marinovich. Marinovich, it's the gold standard of, look, if you don't know the Marinovich story, his father created a quarterback from the crib. His father realized everything we're talking about. There are only eight of these in the world. If I make the ninth one, we can all get rich.
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Earl Woods. But he was those things without actually getting – why did you say that that way? Why did you say that from on high, far away from the microphone?
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Am I right, Rory? Put it on the poll. At Levitard Show, is Earl Woods a funny name? I would urge everyone listening to this, okay, if you want to see documentaries well made. The Tiger Woods documentary without Tiger Woods, didn't need Tiger Woods, on HBO Max, done by Armin Katayian and others, is excellent.
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And one of the heartbreaking facts in there that is amazing is that Earl Woods, whose name Greg Cody thinks is funny,
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got his wife so angry with his infidelities that then indeed plagued his son the same way, that Earl Woods, great father to the great prodigy Tiger Woods, is buried somewhere in an unmarked, unnamed grave because of the amount of spite that Tiger Woods' mother has for how her husband behaved in public in a way that embarrassed and disgraced their family. Or the amount of infidelity.
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That's correct. What if that's what it was, right? Just a sheer number. I mean, I said earlier this week when talking about the Jimmy Butler thing, because I always find this interesting, that the number one reason for divorces in this country is money.
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everything happening with tyreek hill with jimmy butler money the number one reason for love turning to hate because my god it was a good run with jimmy butler like it really was that's wildly successful and it's really great and really fun and five years of magic successful relationship the way to go from love to hate number one way get divorced find what happens in The separation.
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I did want to talk some football because this week has not had very much football in it, and we are now ramping up to some of the fun stuff in both crescendos, the minor leagues of football and the major leagues of football. After a season of everyone... macheting each other so that you get just an assortment of more games than you've ever had and more injuries.
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So when I tell you I have known the character that Greg Cody does out of the side of his mouth for 50 years, that is condescending and sarcastic. Another thing that I have known, if we're going to do old references, honest to God, it's a conversation that I've had with Greg Cody. I'm going to say for 35 years. He has described himself as the Cesar Tovar of comedy.
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Please find the baseball player Cesar Tovar. He did not take walks. He did not get on base. He did not get hit by pitch. Cesar Tovar took hacks. But he also batted 180. And I think for his career, I think he was a terrible. I think he was a pretty terrible hitter. But I'm annoyed by these conversations with Greg Cody when he makes the joke that he just did.
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And I say, really, what what are you doing there? And he says, infield single. He claims that those are hits, that what he just did, you're plum crazy, no you're not. He's claiming that that is an on-base, that that joke is worthy of success and gets to first base.
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No, he didn't get on base. It's still a hit. Fielder's choice? I'll say infield pop-up. We've been doing this for 35 years. I'll say pop-up. But he always makes what I say are outs hit. So he's got him being Barry Bonds. He thinks he is Barry Bonds of making jokes. He does. He doesn't think he's Cesar Tovar. He pretends to be Cesar Tovar. How am I the only one frustrated by this?
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Are you guys with me on the idea? You're watching an awful lot of college football, Lucy. The fact that we can't analyze that... We don't have even rudimentary accurate empirical knowledge about how do we discover, find, and train the person who's going to play that position well. Can it be played well by more than 10 people in the world at any given time?
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I just can't believe... No, it's not that I'm... We're never going to fix that.
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I'm not lamenting... Look, I assume at this point we're all in agreement we don't do this well. What I'm saying to you is what is the point of... The world being overrun by people analyzing something that clearly no one's analyzing well.
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Of any of the network people, he was the only one doing that and Justin Herbert.
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One of the statistics I saw the other day was that now that Bowers is the best tight end receiver or receiver of any kind for receptions as a rookie, he is in a class with Puka Nakua and Jalen Waddell and just an assortment of neighbors of just Rookies in the modern age where, oh, there is an unguardable thing.
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Let me do it through this route because you've heard me obsess a little bit this week about Deshaun Watson and everything that's happened with him because I will tell you, whatever you think of the Texans presently, The greatest threat in the middle of some of what was happening with the Chiefs was Deshaun Watson was up 24-0 against the Chiefs.
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And that Chiefs team that had Tyreek Hill and needed all of the things that were big play, that Chiefs team would not be able to do against Houston and Deshaun Watson, the erasing of the 24-point lead. That quarterback was at the top of the sport and then everything ends up short-circuiting. The place I want to go now when it comes to analysis of that position is
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We are all watching presently what is the single greatest Detroit Lions team there's ever been because things that happened in the 1950s in sports did not actually happen. The quarterback for that team is Jared Goff. He was let go by the Rams. Everyone thought that was a good decision. Everyone thought that the Rams upgraded.
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Everyone thought that Jared Goff was a transitional quarterback to whatever it is that the Detroit Lions would do next. We all saw Jared Goff, single greatest coaching achievement of Bill Belichick's lifetime, is he beat Jared Goff with Tom Brady as his quarterback, and he only needed Tom Brady to get 13 points. That was enough to win Tom Brady one of his seven Super Bowls.
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What's the joke I just made? You weren't listening. You're too busy breathing.
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Jared Goff went from the Rams to the Lions. Nobody thought that was anything, right? Nobody listening to my voice thought, that'll make Man Campbell one of the geniuses in sports and they'll go for it on fourth down. And here's some added bonus fun from what their coordinators are doing.
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They'll have this play where the running back and Jared Goff pretend like they're falling down in the backfield, which no one's doing, so that the linebackers move up and there's someone open again because Jared Goff is great at this when none of us thought that Jared Goff was great at this except...
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when he was at california where i liked jared goff and then he went number one and all i was was wrong because at the beginning of his career jared goff was terrible didn't seem like he could play the position and then got with these coordinators and now Is Jared Goff really the favorite over MVPs Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson?
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If I put system with quarterback and make timing, it doesn't matter if you even have Patrick Sertan. That thing is going to get a hundred catches because we are, because systems and athletes have combined so that the power forward is, so that when I'm watching Arizona and McBride, I'm like, that can't be guarded by anybody.
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Because of what you've seen Detroit just did to Minnesota, are you going to tell me that the eternal laughingstock Detroit Lions are now the favorite and everyone listening to me is saying, yeah, I believe that's the best team in the NFL, even though I saw them lose at home against Buffalo?
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The medication, the breathing. Lamar, you were saying.
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Okay. You don't like him either is what I said.
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I think your touchdown total is a little bit high, is it not? 41-4.
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You know what? You're absolutely right. Thank you. You're absolutely right. And I cannot dispute the ratio. We're the for correcting you. We knew what you meant, and you got the ratio right.
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Again, for some reason, I'm sorry. I do feel, forgive me, I'm going to need to ask the audience to forgive me and to have this be a sincere apology. Dan, not to interrupt you.
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Like if he runs out there and turns around, he's much bigger than Jason Witten and Jason Witten can get out there in a suit right now and get you six yards on a catch.
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You say it that way and you save the whole thing.
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Jared Goff. Do any people listening to this understand the insanity of the fact that the Detroit Lions are favored to win the Super Bowl as an eternal laughingstock because they have this quarterback doing things at the position that none of us would regard as the best quarterback until seeing what we're presently seeing at this position.
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We thought he was a creation of whatever it is McVay was doing. We think he's a creation now. All of us would say that he's paid about where he should be, being with Trevor Lawrence and Tua. But he's better than everybody by virtue of system and draft status and everything the Lions are doing.
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And I find it baffling that we analyze this sport this way with this much information and that we can't see that one coming. That no one sees it coming when you didn't see coming that Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen were good enough to play the position either.
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Well, the thing I wanted to ask you guys, okay, because I find this part fascinating. And, Lucy, I want to ask for your expertise here as somebody who's been watching everybody in college football on the field and on television, okay? It is so rare for me. One of the reasons I'm arriving at the viewpoint –
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that Cam Ward is a professional quarterback better than I thought he was and better than anyone thought he was because he wasn't going to be one of the first two taken until we just all saw that season. It is so rare for me to say while watching a college quarterback, ooh, he drops back and bah, bah, bah. And that's as well as a ball can be thrown.
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Where does he get the audacity of knowing it happens five or six times a game with him? And I don't see it with other quarterbacks. And I think quarterback analysis really stinks.
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Like it stinks because of all the things that go into either derailing Baker Mayfield or Bryce Young before you even get a chance to understand how the finances wrecked everything there or the offensive line did because C.J. Stroud hasn't regressed. No one can play quarterback if the pressure's coming from center and guard except Tom Brady. History of the sport.
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No one can do it, and even Tom Brady can't do it that well because there are so many things that go into that position. Lucy, tell me how many times you're watching a college football game this season and you're watching the quarterback, because I didn't even do this for Shador. I did not do this for Shador Sanders.
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Where does he get the audacity to make that throw six and seven times as if he's unbothered?
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The reason that I'm bringing all of this up, and it really is the only reason I'm bringing it all up, okay? We obsess with this sport. It's fascinating to us. The most important and valuable position in the sport can be a bit of a mystery. Six or seven guys can play it well enough that all of us are like, oh, my God. And we miss all the time. The best ever, Tom Brady, six-round pick.
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Nobody saw it. The two quarterbacks we're going to be arguing about in these playoffs in the NFL, is he good enough? Can he win the big one? Is he the MVP? Our two quarterbacks, Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, that nobody saw... Whatever it is that they needed to see from those two people in college that I just saw from Cam Ward where I'm like, that's for sure a professional at that position.
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The audacity, the way that he's playing, the arm strength, all of it. How can we keep getting this wrong? Cam Ward was available to everybody. And the moment that I saw him play, I'm like, holy. That's as well as that can be done in college football. And then he just kept doing it every week. And it didn't matter who his skill guys were. It really didn't end up mattering.
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Like Shador Sanders had another top five pick as his wide receiver. So I'm watching a quarterback, and when I come by the opinion, this is the best I've ever seen at the University of Miami. That's clearly a pro. Those are all throws that if someone harnesses what all that is, that's gone from fifth-round pick available to anybody to right to the top of the draft and possibly the No.
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Lucy, though, the thing that I wanted to ask you about this, because whenever it is that football made the evolutions of someone's discovered the back shoulder throw, like what that is, whenever that got invented, I don't know if you guys have a time frame for when you saw the first time the back shoulder throw of guy is covered. Oh, that can't be covered if you do it that way.
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The thing, though, about college quarterbacking, right, that to me has made it so that Cam Ward and Shador Sanders were playing to the eye, right? I've admitted to you a number of different times, I'm not good at quarterback evaluation. I don't know how to... See if the end is near for Tom Brady. I didn't think Josh Allen was any good.
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But when I'm watching Cam Ward and Shador Sanders, I'm watching the field and I don't need to be Mike Tannenbaum or anybody else to know. Those are the only two quarterbacks in that sport who are making all of the professional throws.
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Not just the back shoulders and oversimplification, but there is no third quarterback I saw this season that I would draft high because I saw anything that looked like the top end of professional football. Did you?
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David Carr had the best Fresno State season I've ever seen. Wow. He took Pat Hill to the mountaintop.
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That's even more embarrassing. The thing about this to me that is the most interesting, because how can it not be? What Lucy is saying about, so give me all the other things that have the degree of difficulty.
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If we all look at it and say there are seven, eight people doing this really well while it's a position everyone wants, everyone is fighting over, everyone who's playing football starts with the idea of I'd like to be that person.
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And at the end of the food chain, you get to seven or eight of them and someone's going to sign Aaron Rodgers because once you get into the 15s, everyone's interchangeable and you just don't want interceptions. So give me all the other jobs.
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If I say to all of you, basketball and football's economies are something that it's not just the inner cities fighting for money in basketball, it's the globe fighting for money, competitive people fighting for money. In American sports, the most valuable position in every way, everybody wants to be Joe Burrow. Everybody wants to be Joe. In sports, the star of everything.
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How is it that I can't find for you just about anything else, not astronaut, not anything else, that's gonna have the degree of difficulty of if I make everyone compete for it, I'm still gonna only have like eight or nine great ones?
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Everyone says, though, quarterback is the hardest position to play in sports. I don't think people look at coaching that way, though they probably should, because that's a lot of things that a coach has to be good at. And we can do it for the NFL as well. As I'm watching clock management, I'm like, oh, my God, there aren't eight good ones of any of this class.
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in the entire sport because they also have to be good at math. It's not all the other shit of how do you get this play in in 24 seconds and what's the personnel group and whatever it is that we don't even understand what's happening in those headsets all game.
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The thing that I would say to all of you, and please, gruntled's not a word, right? Because disgruntled is a great word, but it's not a word to be gruntled.
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Is that right? Yeah. So gruntled became a word because of the popularity of disgruntled? Yeah. Because people were saying disgruntled and then were asking, where's the gruntled? Yeah.
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You're feeling gruntled.
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You're saying the word comes from disgruntled?
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When I'm not disappointed, I'm appointed. That's correct. I don't think appointed became a word, though, after disappointed, the way that Greg is alleging that gruntled came after disgruntled.
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Okay, you keep doing that the entirety of the show, if you like. I'd be happy if that were your only contribution today. I'm dying to talk to Lucy about her frolicking at Texas with Ricky Williams. Yes, because I haven't seen the footage. I'd like to see the footage of you. We did some things. that got us in trouble with some people.
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I was dealing with things during the break because of what we did at Texas. And so I wanted to talk to you about your college football wanderings. We appear to have a pretty big game tonight where you might want to keep an eye just generally on, we're very close to having to walk back some James Franklin stuff because there aren't very many good teams left.
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Or it gets worse, which is kind of what we're... Well, but he's already fixed some things, hasn't he? Whatever the reputation of James Franklin is, it's been improved here, even if he loses tonight with a boneheaded decision at the end just because he's won a couple of games that people are going to remember.
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Yeah, but that's the way that it's always been. And they negotiated that great deal for themselves. And now you want to take away their freedom. Why? Because James Franklin says so.
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No, but it doesn't have to be like that. They've got their freedom. They're more valuable than everyone else. They act like it because they are.
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That's fine.
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We should. Seriously. It might go that way.
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Come here. Yeah, you guys are funny this way because I will tell you, I have no good feelings for Notre Dame. Not a one. Really? But you guys out here trying to take away their freedom because they're better at the business of college football than everybody else and they've turned themselves into a brand that doesn't even have to be good. in order to be more valuable than everyone else.
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It's unbelievable that Greg, that that's the place we're now. Oh, we gotta be careful with all this freedom everyone has. Uniformity is the way to go because James Franklin says that it's not fair that Notre Dame gets to be more Notre Dame than everyone else.
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Right next to the condom?
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This is the fight in America right now. Somebody wants to be about religion. Somebody wants to take away their independence. It's not just college football. It's all of America right now. Like, what are you doing, Greg? And I understand. If you want to hate Notre Dame, hate Notre Dame. Man, look, the thing that I want most on college football for whatever the championship game is...
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Oh, you're going to give me another Alabama that I can root against? You're going to give me the option that I can root for somebody and root for against somebody? Put Notre Dame in that game. That brand remains more valuable than all the other brands. Remains that way. SEC, everything, amazingly, at least in part because it's not beholden to any of these conferences.
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They don't have to split things six ways.
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Greg, I'm going to do the rare thing of asking you to take your headsets off. You're ready to go, but I'm a little worried about today, Amin, because Greg Cody is sick. And I don't think he looks good. I don't think he sounds good. He's coughing. It brought back an earlier time at the beginning of the pandemic. I'm feeling a bit haunted.
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Yeah, the Beijing was bad. I mean, didn't he have a terrible, terrible Beijing?
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I've got to be honest. I didn't know what any of that was. I didn't even know the name Beijing as a hair treatment thing until Carlos Boozer ran onto the court and it was just clear that he had chapapote. It was just asphalt. It was just like... It was just on his head. It looked like it had been painted in a way that... Crudely. Well, not just crudely.
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In a way that made me say to myself, whoever Carlos Boozer's barber is, that person is going to have eternal shame about what he just did to Carlos Boozer.
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You got it. If you're Carlos Boozer in that spot, you have to play that entire basketball game with a baseball cap on.
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Well, not just Jeremy's. We got an eyebrow problem in the shipping container. Roy, I still look at Roy and I still see that there's half an eyebrow missing because he had a haircut and he clipped an eyebrow. That doesn't happen to folks who just do Beijing.
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I'm worried about all of this, right? Because he just said recently that he's taken up skating. That also involves blades. I don't like the idea of Roy around things that are sharp and now... Me, you're cool with it? You cut your eyebrow while... I'm less cool with it, honestly. You're so bumbling. Roy!
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When you're cutting your hair, I've never heard of anybody accidentally cutting their eyebrow while cutting their hair. I've never heard of such a thing. When you are going towards your forehead on the side of your head, it slipped.
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The three of you have done this now where he does it. It's obvious that it's all he's doing. And all of you go, ah. It's a good beat.
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Greg, to me right now, looks physically haunting in a way that reminded me at the... And he sounds bad. This is not good. Vincent Price. I'm giving you my all. I appreciate it, and I don't mean to mock this, but I actually had the exchange with Greg when I walked in where his son is asking him, have you been in makeup? And he says yes, and I had open-mouthed shock.
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It's fun. The three of you have reacted to him, and he's surprising you each time when it's clear that everything he's saying is meant to just get to that joke. And somehow Lucy, Mike, and Greg have stopped for a moment to respect the joke and then move on. But I don't understand why it is that you can't just keep talking.
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No, but it's funnier if no one acknowledges it. It's funnier if he just keeps... Oh, okay.
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He shouldn't keep stopping the show because, ah, clever.
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Clever. You're still doing that thing.
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All right, let's go ahead. That matches your skin tone. We're going to plan on doing this. I also want to see if we have any takers. Maybe Coogler out there is a taker. If anyone... Greg's just looking... If one person is willing to do it, Greg says he's willing to do it.
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I don't know if we have any tailors, any people who are so eager to be on camera that anyone out there is willing to shave their eyebrows. At Fuentes, is there a Fuentes in the house willing to shave eyebrows?
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I think he's in. Okay, I'm just telling everybody in the other room, if I have one taker on shaved eyebrows, Greg...
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You can't make the argument, no one cares, no one needs them, no one should have them. I can't go out tonight looking like that.
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Wait a minute. I'm laughing at how bad it was. That one was so obvious. It's his cadence. It's the chair.
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It's the sing song and the lack of subtlety from the chair. And I'm still reeling from... Greg Cody said no one needs eyebrows, and I've never seen Lucy that indignant.
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Lucy, in the corner of that room where Billy usually hides in support of Greg Cody, we got an entirely opposite viewpoint on opposite day from Lucy looking at you and saying, you're out of your head saying we don't need our eyebrows.
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because i'm like did they embalm him like they i don't i don't know what happened here but he looks pale and and he's giving off haunted and when he laughs he coughs and when he coughs he laughs so we're in for one today it's all i'm saying yeah yeah my voice uh is is not my own uh i i in the voice i hear in my ear sounds several octaves lower
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I don't know if Amin knows. I think he must know. As our basketball expert, I think Amin must know what I'm about to say here, okay? But I have watched the entirety that we've been talking about this, and Mike is like a pit bull being held by the neck because he knows that we have... a photograph of former Knicks coach Mike Woodson, who had an eyebrow accident of some sort.
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And we can now put that on the screen for you because Amin is saying, no, that's not an accident. He shaved his eyebrows on purpose because he erred in thinking exactly what Greg Cody thinks.
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I am gonna tell you, okay, that I just saw Amin, okay? Amin ended the last thing he said with lost bet. He made a serious point. And then the show moved in a different direction and he made a face and got really angry with himself because he didn't have another shitty joke lined up.
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He thought he was gonna go the entire segment making the shitty joke to end every point and he got mad at himself for not having one there.
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I want none of those people to have eyebrows. All those disembodied.
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Lucy, please. I am somebody who is an expert at creating conflict between chemicals in our environment. I learned it from Pat Riley. It's how it is that you make people sharper, especially Jeremy Teixeira, who I've never liked. You clearly have an objection in general to Greg Cody coming out here and being like, doesn't matter, doesn't matter, I'll do it, I'll do it.
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I gotta work tonight, I'm not gonna do anything. It's just bluster and nonsense. It's not, your words are not in any way meaningful. They don't mean anything.
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Okay, there it is. I'm thinking about that. Okay, there it is. Now we've gotten somewhere.
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Why would the headphones being off help?
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I'm on it. I think it's a bad idea in general. You'd look good without eyebrows, by the way. I would not. Yeah, you would. No, my face needs them. They're like accents over my... They're a crutch.
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They're a crutch.
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Because I wanted Louis, I told him right before we started, I said, Louis, make sure to get his hair. Do a close-up. I want a close-up on his hair because he doesn't look like he's been in hair and makeup, does he? Unless there are things happening in hair and makeup here like in Fox Sports. Oh! Oh! Cheap shot.
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Wow. Mike's been waiting all his life to be able to just flip over that Eugene Levy card at exactly that moment. And everyone put down their sword.
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But everyone, do you know how rare it is to get generations of Codys to just back off? You got us with the eyebrows.
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Anthony Davis. Well, that's just one eyebrow. He's famous for having one eyebrow.
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Unneeded. Answer the question. Unneeded. I'm not going to take a quiz. Well said. That was very aggressive, Lucy. Okay, we were talking about his eyebrows. I don't need a pop culture course from you.
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Where are you and Greg on this feud? Because we're not going to get any payoff. We're just going to sit here and fart around and talk about it and then not actually get a payoff.
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Put it on the poll. Do you love your sick voice? I don't believe that that is actually a thing. It's a thing. All right, well, okay. We'll get to all of this in a second because it's a Greg Cody Thursday, and I am actually thrilled. You can put your headsets back on. Thank you, Greg. I am actually thrilled that he's in with us.
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I don't know how medicated he is, but he seems a little off, and that's always good when Greg Cody's a little off. How can you tell? I'm a little medicated. Okay, excellent. We'll take this wherever it ends up. The thing that I have a tension with, though, that is problematic is... And Lucy, I'm sorry for this.
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When I started in sports radio, one of our initial influences, the people who created this radio show, was that in South Florida, there was a Neil Rogers on the sports station. He was making fun of the sports station and what the sports station was doing. And at the time, it was because it's the only other time in South Florida sports history that we've had in front of us what we presently have.
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Back then, it was Dan Marino and Jimmy Johnson. That anytime you turned on your radio, all you heard was Jimmy and Danny and Danny and Jimmy and Jimmy and Danny. And now it's Jimmy and Riley and Riley and Jimmy and Riley and Jimmy and Jimmy and Riley. And it's because nothing like this has been in this town before.
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And the thing that I wanted to ask, because I've got attention, I know Greg Cody has a ton of opinions. I know this show has a ton of opinions. There hasn't been anything like this in South Florida where the power of Pat Riley butts heads with Shaq and Shaq loses and Shaq's security is here and Shaq, you leave. We're not doing it your way, Shaq. Get out of here.
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If you don't want to try and practice, you can go. Wade, at the end, the things that Gilbert Arenas is criticizing, hey, Riley shouldn't be in charge there because Riley thinks he's in charge because Riley's always been in charge. But now, what's right in front of you, I'm sure Greg Cody has a million opinions on.
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I am sure that Jeremy right now is gathering a roundtable of millions of people to put on somewhere on this show, Jimmy and Riley, and Riley and Jimmy, and Riley and Jimmy. The thing I wanted to ask the group before we get to Greg Cody's Thursday takes that he wanted to give Tuesday, that he wanted to give five days ago, but he's been too sick to do it.
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We've got a South Beach session today coming out with Pat Riley. But it was... done six weeks ago.
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Oh, right this way.
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I've been talking. There's a new producer to South Beach Sessions for a while now. He's done a great job with it, Matthew Coogler. He doesn't want anybody to see him. He's got a big forehead. That's true. And he could be in a barbershop quartet. But he's one of the rare, rare producers around here.
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And we do not make many of them in many years who don't want to be on camera, don't want to be at a microphone. We don't make that kind of producer. I don't even recognize that kind of producer.
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I don't know what that is. But all he wants to do is like, no, let's make South Beach Sessions more intimate. And here, this is the part I actually want to put in front of the group in a serious way, in a humanizing way, because I'm a bit embarrassed by my flopping around this week on... I really like and admire these people.
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And I would say in the history of my career here in South Florida, there have only been three people who have really shown me what it looks like at the inside of sports excellence. Like really shown me as a curious sports reporter. Oh, that's what it takes. That's what it takes. It's Ricky Williams. It's Pat Riley. And it's Jimmy Johnson. So not David Sampson? Not David Sampson.
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No, not David Sampson. I have not. I've not never. David Sampson is someone who could build a stadium in South Florida where no one can do business and not have a cost overrun and not have a delay in South Florida with all our development problems because he is a business beast. But no, is the answer to your question. Consistent sports excellence is not something I got from him.
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I got it from Jimmy Johnson, I got it from Ricky Williams, and I got it from Pat Riley, showing me the innards of things.
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And so, I trust those people because I know, you gotta understand this part, this part is, that world is more competitive than anyone listening to this can possibly understand about how hard it is to compete with other people over money, and you've gotta be more willful than competition-aholics about how you get it more money.
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And so when it comes to criticizing Pat Riley, even though the standings do it for us, I just don't want to pile on with criticism that to me just seems obvious.
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I wanted to do this interview with something that might be the last interview I do with Pat Riley. That's what I'm trying to do with South Beach Sessions.
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I had a weird interaction with him yesterday that I will tell you about in a second. But is Taylor trying to get on because we've got Bill Belichick news? There are some suspicions around Bill Belichick. And I don't know if you guys are interested in this. Are you watching what's happening with Belichick where he is now already having to insist, I'm not going to be the Raiders coach.
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I'm going to be at North Carolina. He's been there five minutes and he's got to insist immediately. Hey, they're not immediately. How inefficient is this by the NFL? You could have been. Belichick at any time, and all of a sudden now he's available, and so you're willing to take a $10 million buyout a month later. Where did you get headphones?
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Wow.
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Thank you. Well, he's been on top of this more than anybody in the country. There's been no reporter somehow better than the guy under Mike Ryan's desk. I don't know how that's happened. He's been ahead of everybody on this. What do I do with the South Beach session, though? I was telling Kugler, I don't think it should run this week. I think the timing should make it wait for it.
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Why are you talking in that sing-song way? It's how I talk. I thought you meant Mike. It felt a bit... Some of the great talents.
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You guys keep saying that I don't like Jeremy, and I understand that I have been a little extra mean to Jeremy. The only reason I have been extra mean to Jeremy is because he's trying to climb through the gauntlet that only Chris Whittingham has ever been allowed to climb through, which is... I am expert broadcasting prodigy. Let me show you how prodigious I am at broadcasting.
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There's only been one of those around here in our history for all the producers who love to talk at the microphones around here.
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It's not, no, it's not in, well, it's in some ways true, but it's not, in most ways it is not true. I still don't know what to do, though. with Greg Cody's got opinions here, and I just, I want to tell you what the size of something is in basketball when it gets the soap opera dramatics involved.
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When the wide receiver Tyreek Hill has problems with the Dolphins, was recently rated the number one player in the NFL, was by consensus like the most exciting live wire any of us have seen on a field, dwarfed by what we're presently talking about, which is, oh, McDaniel doesn't have the heft Riley does.
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The Dolphins don't have the heft the Heat do to make the disgruntle off, as Greg Cody is calling it, something that makes Tyreek Hill dwarfed by the other controversy.
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No, they won't. I love that character. I've loved that character of your dad since he was – your dad was a young man once. And that sarcastic character that talks out of the side of his mouth with, no, they won't. I've been watching his work for 50 years. Yeah. 50 years I've seen that guy.
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It cost you. When you say your body was retaliating against you, you are – dealing with physical pain, weight gain, the emotions of having no handbook with a child. What was happening? What can you say was happening then that made you think that you weren't going to play anymore? Rollercoaster of postpartum stuff?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Can you take us next to you at the moment that you're having the legitimate doubt and thought, I'm not going to play anymore. This hurts too much.
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And he can't help you here. Yeah, there's nothing. No training, nothing. What does he know about childbirth and what the after effects of that are?
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And he's still pushing you? No. How do you manage that stuff, right? Because that ain't easy either. Yeah.
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And he knows it, too. And he knows it, too.
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So were you scaring him with the, like how prevalent a thought was my career might be over here. I'm reacting more poorly to childbirth than some of my peers have.
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You're saying how, how were you and him taking the idea of there's real doubt here about whether it is I'm going to be able to continue doing this.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
If you had to compare them, which of the feelings was worse around basketball, the anxiety at the beginning of your UConn career or this? Um,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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It's interesting, too, on where it is you would get support for either of those things. The reason I ask the question is because physical pain, most people would think of it, I think, as the worst. But emotional pain when you're climbing towards something and Gino's riding you hard and the anxiety is how prevalent. Can you walk me through how anxious you actually were? Because you don't have...
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The confidence I'm tough or the confidence of much of anything. You're getting exposed by the top of the food chain champ. Do I belong here? These are champions. Am I?
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How long was the period that you're talking about?
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Were you close to quitting?
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Oh, so the new rules, NIL, you're gone.
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I'm glad I didn't, but I would have been. And how soon would you have been gone? How much more did you endure that you would have if the rules had been different? How long before Gino's running you right out of there? Because I don't think you could have expected any of that, right? It's one thing to be weaker than everyone else.
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It's another thing to have the coach making you such a misery that you don't want to actually go play.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Can you explain to folks who don't understand what the cost is of greatness?
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You lose some childhood in there.
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I want to talk to you about all of that. And Brianna Stewart is the one you were mentioning that you partnered with. I want to talk about how all of that came together. But when you look along the entirety of changes that are happening around women's sports and you talk specifically of having to play overseas, you played briefly in Turkey, right?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Professionals always complain about the business portions of things because things can get colder, less warm when you start applying business to them.
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When you examine the entirety of your career, is there a place that you would like some do-overs on some things that you might do differently where you wouldn't be quite as, yes, I'm glad I went through this, but where you'd just like to do something differently because you'd end up in a different spot?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Welcome to South Beach Sessions. We've got someone with us today. She's unrivaled in a lot of different ways. She wins, right? She's a four-time WNBA All-Star. She's a two-time Olympic gold medalist. She's an NCAA champion, and she just won one-on-one in Unrivaled, a league she created. Nafisa Collier with us. Thank you for being with us. A league she created. I don't know
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
is that something that you came by naturally? I think there's a great deal of happiness in that, not looking back and just being someone who doesn't look at anything other than a growth opportunity, but usually that requires a few more years than you've lived to arrive at that kind of wisdom.
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What are the examples that you're remembering? My parents were such hard workers. What are you watching? What's the example being set?
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Were there many obstacles for you or were they cleared out of the way?
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At that age, you're just trying to fit in though, right? So it feels a little lonely to be, were you also taller than most of the kids?
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And so you've got both of those working right now. You don't even want to be seen that much as a kid, right?
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Okay, so what were the difficulties in all of that stuff? Like, where would you look to and say, man, this feels awfully minor league for how good I actually am at this. I shouldn't have to do this outside the United States.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
One of my closest friends, Ricky Williams, grew up in San Diego. And one of the things that he was always dealing with was some form of the black kids didn't think he was black enough. And the white kids thought he was too black or whatever it is that's in there when you're trying to make your way through some sort of, you know. Do some cultural translations.
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Where were the difficulties for you and how did they shape you in trying to navigate two different worlds?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Sports is a great confidence builder for kids, especially if you're good at them, right? Like it all of a sudden makes you popular.
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How old were you when you realized you were really, really good?
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Who was sending it though?
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Did you find yourself along the path then to start gaining confidence right there? Eighth grade is when that's happening? Does it start pretty immediately?
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I, if people around here were being honest, they would tell you I often am lamenting that I wish I were a better leader. I wish I knew more about leadership. You just mentioned leadership. When did you start to become one of those?
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Have you gotten good at confrontation?
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But how do you like how do you process it in terms of awareness? Because now you're you're not emotionally getting into a fight with a teammate. You're purposefully getting into a fight with a teammate. Yeah. Correct.
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Wait a minute. So you're just being direct. That's not confrontational.
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confrontational is going and trying to, you know, I don't need to explain this to you, but creating whatever friction or fuel there is in like, let me see if I can... consciously instigate so that this person is better doing whatever I have to do to make this person better.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
And you've discovered that you are a good leader? Like what is it that's giving you the understanding that you are a good leader?
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We were talking before we started, though, and I'm not going to say you apologize for being a soft talker, but you did admit that on the court you have to summon an entirely different voice than your voice in order to be heard above the crowd, in order to what?
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so that you can be heard by your teammates in critical moments.
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The first thing you have to do is lower your voice an octave upon recognition to change your natural cadence. So a lot of things in basketball by you have had to be learned in order to successfully navigate the place that represents what I imagine is the most confident version of you we've ever seen, yes?
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Because why? What is happening there that would make that so exhausting?
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But it's forced. So it's not authentic. It's not natural. It wasn't. It's something that has to be learned, conscious and get to hear, but it's not any kind of natural.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Did anyone ever say to you, hey, I can't hear you. You're talking too low or you just learned over time. I've got to go deeper.
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You're not even talking about you stuff. You're talking about mom stuff. You're talking about her stuff. There are plenty of problems without a child.
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Would you be kind enough, not that you're a parrot, but would you be kind enough to show me what the octave changes are between high and low? Well, I just want to see what the difference is so that I can understand it between high and low, unless that makes you uncomfortable. I don't want to make you uncomfortable.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
You mentioned unrivaled to having amenities that are thought of by people who have experienced things that are needed to be great professionally. You have a child care center, right? That's one of the things that you have put in place. What are some of the other things that you have tried to do, at least in part because of your experiences of not having them come while you came up?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Are you able to concentrate on just your basketball portion of it and Alex and others can handle the business or do you have to do all of the roles? Yeah.
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Well, when you say, though, that it's been years in the making, I don't know what it's like to work with your partner on something this... intertwined, what are the complications in that and what are the fulfillments?
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How did it come to be that the trainer relationship blossomed into romance?
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Okay, but I'm gonna need a little bit more information here about how is it that it comes to be that you have, I wasn't thinking about this at all this way before, and now, oh, he's gonna be the father of my children.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
There seems to be, there's some holes in your story right now in terms of how it is that you're telling me how we get from, he's pushing you around, he's training you out. First of all, how does he become your trainer? Let's start there.
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Lonely, right? All of it. Lonely language problems. You can't talk to anybody.
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Super interesting time to be with you too though, right? Like those, those three years he's seeing, he's got a pretty unique access to you now are going to start flourishing into the professional person that you've become.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
When you're coming up, your dreams look like what? Have you already exceeded them?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
But when you've done goals and stuff, have you met most of them?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Yeah, but you scored, what, 27 points in your first game?
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Just, yes. But in all of the places where you're finding yourself culture shocked and having to fight for money in a way that an athlete of your stature generally wouldn't have to fight for money.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
So this period of anxiety lasted a couple of games. Yeah. And you recognized it.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
You recognized the feeling, whatever it was, the feeling of the water rising in the room.
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What is the worst of the professional experiences that you have had? Like, would that represent the greatest of the professional hardships? Because you've had a lot of success. You've had a lot of success early. There's not a lot of evidence anyone can spot of these anxieties and these doubts you speak of.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
You said professionally you had this period of doubt that lasted a couple of preseason games and then you scored 27 in your first one. And I don't know that you've probably done a lot of doubt since.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Well, is this what you're referencing when you say 80% of the game is mental? Like, what are the things that you're talking about when you say, because you don't really believe that most of the WNBA players have your skill set, right? Or most of the top six picks in any draft have exactly your skill set? Or do you believe they do have that skill set and what you have is a mental advantage?
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And you feel like you're sturdy there, right? Yeah. Like if I say to you, what is your greater advantage, your mental or your footwork?
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Yeah. Yeah. When you speak of your footwork, can you explain to people when I, this is where I sort of say, what's the cost of that? Like it's such a meticulous thing that you have to be taking care of so specifically until it becomes totally natural now. But what was the cost of getting your game that sculpted?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
How do you do losing? I remember in Miami when LeBron James was the centerpiece of losing, where it looked like at the end, five minutes left with Dallas, he's swinging the ball in the perimeter because he doesn't want to have the ball anymore. He described himself as castaway, where he goes away for a month and just stews in his misery. What was the losing to the Liberty like?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Angry for how long? Anger is just information. So what is it that you're doing with this anger and how long are you stewing in it?
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How often do you play angry?
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I always wonder around people as excellent as you, they kind of have to be lopsided because of the demands of staying ahead of everybody else. Do you find it hard to be life balanced around being this kind of competitive, this kind of excellent?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
I thought it was better to keep the emotion out of it. You found a governor? Give me some of the stuff people are doing to piss you off. Who's pissing you off? How are they doing it?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
That's nice, though. But stoicism. You're not going to let them. I don't want you to know. You're not going to let them have the pleasure of knowing. I'm just going to quietly stool. Yeah. The pleasure of knowing that then they've won. You can't let them have that. You just have to let them give you just enough fuel so you use it as rage to eat their face.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Okay, I'm glad I articulated it for you that way. Do you, as you won the one-on-one of Unrivaled, and you are determined how much to win to bring the Lunar Owls the title so that you can be co-founder, so you can be greedy about it. So you can be champion of one-on-one, created the league, and also won the team title.
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Where does this rank in terms of community feeling that you've had with five players before? Because nobody can really understand, unless you've done it, what those bonds are like.
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How about the fulfillment involved in providing something that might one day be bought by the WNBA or like just the fulfillment of these people having employment because of something you made? How much of that are you getting daily?
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Are you hard on yourself?
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I'd like to be better. It's something I'm always fighting with of being more forgiving, more gentle with myself. But you're saying it's kind of a it's a job requirement.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Do you have a reason? Can you tie to roots? Why do you wanna be the best? Why is it so important? Where is all of that coming from? I would assume you're surrounded by people who would allege that they want the same thing. And you would notice they don't want it quite as much as I do.
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The reason that I head down this path, I've also noticed I'm much older than you. I'm twice your age. But when I have talked to people who are excellent, top of their craft, and we look back on their careers, almost all of them say, I wish I'd enjoyed it more.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
And if you're not forgiving with yourself, and if you don't stop for a minute to get balance and slow your life down, and if you don't say to yourself, God, I gotta run this business and I gotta win this tournament, It'd be really easy to, in that greed, joy just gets lost until those moments of winning, which, you know, can be fleeting when you don't win.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Like, when you don't win, then all of a sudden you're mad at the referees. And you're the rage-filled person you are here today, where you're just fueled by just constant anger.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
Last question before we let you out of here. Your necklace, your daughter. How much have you been changed by everything that is required of a mom?
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And that purpose feels like what? Like how would you articulate how selfish you were before, a professional athlete, to get to, I don't even know that selfish is bad on the way to athletic greatness. It's almost kind of required. But how have you been changed there? Because you do have, like I would imagine that your work requires obsessive, compulsive dedication.
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
I don't think that's exactly the messaging unrivaled wants necessarily, that it's not as important as you might think it is.
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You're probably right. No, well, you've got two children here. There are two of them here that you've made with your husband. One of them is unrivaled, and the other is the basketball league.
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I appreciate your time. Thank you for sharing with us. It's been a pleasure to watch your excellence.
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Well, take me through your upbringing and take me through the roots of how you became who you became. Like when you look at the landmarks throughout your childhood in getting to a basketball player, where are the supports, the inspirations, the obstacles? Yeah.
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in the list of things that I just said what you're proudest of, but I'll give you the chance to answer for yourself. And thank you for joining us.
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I was going to ask you about their discipline because it sounds, that's really nice that they would give you a, the support and the freedom to make your own choices, but how did you become as disciplined as you are? What did they have to do with that?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
So that's why you wanted to be the best? Where does this come from? What did competition look like in the family? Who's throwing the board games? How does that one go?
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Tell me about the good stories that get told years later about the competition that got sideways with your brother.
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Do you know how tough you are?
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Well, you've had a lot of success. That helps.
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But the reason I asked about your toughness is just if you're created by the fire of competition, if you're the one in the house who wants to lose the least. Did you... Did you run races track with your brother? Like where were you competing in all of the spaces that are most likely to produce the fights? Basketball is most likely to produce the fights? Football? Okay, so the contact stuff.
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So what's the one years later that you and he can laugh about? that the family still laughs about because it's the memorable one. For example, there are pictures throughout my childhood. My brother was the mischievous one. So what you'll see is a picture of me with a patch on my eye and my brother holding a stick in separate photos. You'll see the story of our family there.
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Where can we see it in your family in terms of a fight that went sideways because you're crazy competitive?
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Yes, that's correct. That's the correct reaction. I was like, where did that come from? Just a wrestling move.
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So we still laugh about that. Was there a negotiation down from that? Or did he have $100 to give you? No.
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So you got $100. That was a calculated number. And what kind of damage was left? Did he indeed crack your skull in the store? You had to tell a lie in exchange for the $100?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
To get the $100. Sure, you had to do that. Yeah. Your parents, where would you say, the reason I'm asking you about toughness specifically is I got to 50 years old without knowing how tough I was or wasn't and doubting how tough I was because I hadn't had it tested in any meaningful way.
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Well, how did it come together? This is with your husband, Alex. That must present its own set of challenges.
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Where are the tests for you that you, beyond the confidence of having successes on top of each other and the support of your parents, where do you find the places that you can point to and be like, no, no, I'm pretty tough?
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South Beach Sessions - Napheesa Collier
A bit of an asshole. I understand that he's a leader and a coach and a great spokesman, but he can be a bit of an asshole. I think we can agree on that. I'll take your smile as confirmation. We'll leave it as a no comment. He's a lovable one, yeah.
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But he's really tough, and under other circumstances, some of that stuff can be toxic, but in sports, it gets filed under hardening you, and it worked, right?
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And so it was worth it. Well, maternity leave, you only played four games the particular season. How much did you weigh the decision to have a baby, given that in order to be excellent, oftentimes anywhere you find ego or success, you will find some selfishness. And Mom ain't really allowed that.
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Hour 2: Iffen He Gets Plagarized...
Don Levitard. Cheaters never prosper. Stugatz. I ain't cheating. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 2: Iffen He Gets Plagarized...
That's the club I'm going to. I'm sorry.
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Hour 2: Iffen He Gets Plagarized...
Wow. What am I doing here? I should be doing that. Absolutely.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
I mean, Jane Fondas legacy will be larger than Adrian Brody's, but I'm going to have trouble finding the movies that she was the Oscar winner in. I'm not fond of her. Spencer Tracy. You guys don't even know who that is. Wait a minute, that's a huge movie star.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Spencer Tracy ist ein berühmter Name. Spencer Tracy ist ein berühmter Name.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Nein, absolut nicht. Absolut nicht. Absolut nicht. Tony, ich habe früher diese Woche etwas erwähnt, was ich nie hatte. Und dann waren Sie nicht hier in den letzten paar Tagen. Und ich wollte dich suchen, weil ich die Lücke auf eine Frage geschlossen haben wollte, die ich dich am Montag gefragt habe, wo du hier mit dem, was ich gesagt habe, war sehr schlechtem Verurteilung kamst.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
and announced to me that you had found another job.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Ja, er macht Dinge, die einfach super verwirrend sind.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Der Algorithmus meinte, warte mal, du kennst was von Ball, und ich meinte, ja, ich kenne Ball. Aber du glaubst, dass das ein Part-Time-Job ist, dass du beide Jobs machen kannst?
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Ein Legend. Nicht ein Hall of Famer. Ein Legend. Nicht noch ein Hall of Famer. Ich dachte, Assistent Head Coach war ein großer Job. Ich glaube nicht, Assistent Head Coach ist etwas, was man auf LinkedIn findet.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
They couldn't get through Brady Dick the other day. You guys feel good about that?
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Sprechen wir über die Filme. Sean Baker, der Direktor von Anora. Ich habe ihn vor kurzem gelesen und es gibt einige großartige Geschichten, die er erzählt hat. Eine davon ging um das Errichten von RoboCop, bei dem er das Skript bekommen hat. Er hat es sofort in den Garbage-Kan gelegt und seine Frau hat es aus dem Garbage-Kan gefischt. Und sie hat gesagt, das ist viel klüger als man denkt.
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Saw head. There it is. There is head. I think it needs to be an assistant. I don't think that's an assistant. Is that job even open? Assistant head coach to Mario Cristobal? Is that even open?
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Hour 1: Tony Applies To Be UM's Assistant Football Coach
Chris, you're Mario Cristobal. Andrew Hawkins. What leadership by you. Yes, and. You stepped right into the position.
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Und jetzt denkt er, es sei ein Masterpiece. Er denkt, es sei eine Geschichte über amerikanische Corporate Greed und die Sensationalität der amerikanischen Medien. Aber Anora gewinnt das beste Bild. And this director is now going to get whatever opportunity he wants here, because everyone fell in love with the story.
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Er ist tot.
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Ich mag sie auch nicht. Das ist ein guter Pivot.
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Ich möchte alle bemerken, dass Chris Cody, als er angeschaut hat, wer der Assistenz-Head Coach sein sollte und was der Job machte, den Film The Devil Wears Prada bemerkt hat. Meryl Streep musste wissen, welcher Name des Gästen ankommen sollte. Und deshalb... Was ist der Name der Frau, die neben Meryl starb? Anne Hathaway. Anne Hathaway muss den richtigen Namen finden.
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Is it a Russian oligarch's kid is basically falling in love and giving over his fortune to a lady of the night?
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Das ist, was du denkst, der Job ist? I was doing more Veep. The guy, her assistant. Jonah.
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I didn't realize we had a substitute complicated legacy. Brought to you by Headquarter Toyota.
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Tony, do you have some new father observations that you can run past Andrew Hawkins? Because since your paternity leave and since you've come back, we have not talked about how little you're sleeping. We have not talked about how your life has been turned totally upside down. And you are now how many months into this experience?
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Und du hast zwei F-150s. Ich war überrascht, dass du ihn mit dem Hippity-Hop gespielt hast. Ich dachte, du spielst etwas älter als ich dachte.
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E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E Baby-Wipes sind teuer? Ja, alles ist teuer. Pacifiers. Nicht so teuer, eigentlich.
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Meine Damen und Herren, der neue Assistent-Head-Coach der Universität. Danke, Mike. Mike, lass uns wirklich reden. 57.000 Dollar pro Jahr.
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Nein, es klingt so, als würdest du sagen, dass sie den Wettbewerb kaufen. Durch ihren Marketing.
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Einiges, was ich von der Filmindustrie in den letzten vier Jahren gelernt habe, als eine Firma, die Filme macht, ist, dass es super interessant war, die Streaming-Services zu sehen, dass alles in Hollywood schlank und wackelt. Und dieser Film wird günstig gemacht, während du den Rock erwähnt hast. The Rock teamt jetzt mit Scorsese, DiCaprio und Emily Blunt zusammen in einem neuen Film.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Was ist also die Formel jetzt? Was machen wir denn? Denn wir werden an irgendeinem Punkt erreichen, ob sie die Schauspieler abschließen, oder die KI übernimmt, oder wir machen nur noch Superheldenfilme für den Rest der Zeit. Wir werden an einem Punkt hierher kommen, Where we're going to have to make a choice between these things.
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Because everyone in Hollywood says that it's on the verge of collapse. That it's not going to exist the way that it's existed before. Given what the streaming services are doing. And given that Amazon and Netflix are basically running everything.
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I just wonder though, I really do wonder in the shift away from all this stuff, if I give people the option, what's going to make you happier here? What's more successful? Parasite or Paradise? A TV show in eight parts that grabs somebody for... Legend. Was für ein Segway. Etwas, das dich für acht Episoden aufnimmt und acht Stunden von deinem Zeitraum dauert.
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Ich habe mehr von The Brutalist gehört, als von dem, dass es gut war. Und Adrian Brody, ich weiß nicht, was gerade mit Adrian Brodys Reputation national und international passiert ist, aber ich glaube, er hat mehr Kraft bekommen, weil er so ehrgeizig war, während er eine Rede machte, als ich Adrian Brody für alles gesehen habe, als er sich ziemlich gut fühlte.
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Cuervo.
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Cuervo.
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Gene Hackman, I think, won two of these. I heard a coroner talk the other day, and it's the most plausible theory I've heard so far from any angle.
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A coroner, they brought in some of the forensics people, and they're like, the most likely event is that Gene Hackman had some sort of cardiac episode, that his wife got scared, ran to the bathroom to get whatever it is that he needed for his cardiac episode, tripped and falls, and then the pills are found all over where she is, and she died in the going and getting of the pills, and then the dog died in the cage.
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Video, please put in the corner just that montage of Terry Rozier playing basketball very poorly. There are a number of mistakes being made here that are unusual for an NBA player. What, you feel bad for me doing that? I mean, we can't have bad games. You don't have bad days, Dan? Oh, aber das ist empirisch der schlechteste Spieler in der Liga.
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But there's no way of knowing who the NFL legend is that he's going to challenge in Domino's April 13th. It's Hawk.
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He's wearing a monocle of some sort, so he's definitely looking. I might be looking too much. He's not. Oh, you are looking too much.
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You can't. It's don't look now.
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I'm not watching. I'm listening. But I don't like excluding the audio audience with video bits. I'm with them.
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Mike, stop. Mike, Mike, stop hitting stuff, please.
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Oh, good. All right, let's finish up. Let's finish it up. Don't look now, but...
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Don't look now. What are your thoughts on the Giants being that kind? I want to go through a bunch of football stuff with you. Aaron Rodgers to the Giants.
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I want to be done with don't look now. Do you want my answer, Dan? I do not. I want Andrew Hall. Chunk it in! I need Mike back in here. I need him to stop wandering around the studio knocking over sounds. And I need Andrew Hawkins. Splash. Professional football expertise. Yes, legend. Not legend, but top of the media game. DK Metcalf requesting a trade. Your thoughts are what there?
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No, he's not a drop-off at all, but I don't... If you're just going to a contender, does it assume that DK has to go as a number one to a contender? Like, that... Because it does assume that, because Philadelphia just won with two No. 1s, and when he's asking to be a No.
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1, and I see Cincinnati's franchising T. Higgins, and I'm watching, are we going to do this the Saquon Barkley running game way, or are we going to actually try and do something where the secret is that we're going to have two No. 1 wide receivers? Because the Seahawks were mad, evidently, that on the day Lockett's retiring after 10 years. Regional legend.
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Lockett is not an NFL legend. He's a regional legend.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Is there a height requirement before you're willing to make someone a legend at Levitard Show?
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I love Tyler Lockett. No, you don't. You do not love Tyler Lockett.
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Very good. Luminary and the number two receiver on his own team. No, he's a Seahawks legend. Again, regional legend. I said that. Regional legend?
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Tyler Lockett was never their number one receiver.
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Generally, that's where... The definition.
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Okay. How many times did he lead the team in receiving yards? While we're at it.
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I don't believe. Okay, so you're making a qualification that I was not making. Because if it's a legend to 5'9 football players, if it's an amusement ride and I have to stand and be this tall to get on the ride, then I will allow the fact. And I don't mean it as an insult to say.
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How many thousand yard seasons does Tyler lock? I'll stand down.
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This is not a diminishment of Tyler Lockett to say he's not a Hall of Fame legend.
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But he'd be a Seahawks Hall of Famer. He's not an NFL Hall of Famer.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Is Tyler Lockett a legend? Just a question mark. I want to ask you the question I was asking you before.
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The Seahawks were mad that Adam Schefter broke the news of Metcalf's trade request on what was supposed to be the celebration of a decade-long career that, whether I diminish it or not, as legendary, regionally had an emotional tie and connection to the community. Do they have any right to be angry about that? The news breaks when the news breaks, right? I get why they'd be upset by that.
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It does take the shine off of Lockett's punctuation.
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And building around Geno Smith. They've committed to Geno Smith there.
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You guys are doing this wrong, though. You guys are assuming. Well, he's Dwayne Wade. So let me, because you guys are taking insults somehow from regional legend, okay? That sounds insulting to someone who's gone beyond the region.
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Actually, no. Wait a minute. I'm not saying the Jeremy Teixeira. I'm saying the media South Florida Dan Lebitard of this region.
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I'm with Chris Cody on this. I'm looking in the mirror and I'm like, Chris, you and I got this on lock. Stop.
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They didn't give one to Tim Kalashow. Tyler Lockett was second in receiving yards for the Seahawks.
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I don't mean it as an insult to you. You keep taking things that I say here as a diminishment of your skill. To say someone is not a legend is not to insult them.
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Did you not hear your voice there? If I were making a cartoon thing that was meant to symbolize irrational, that's the voice I would give it.
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Speaking of interregionals, I want you guys to explain to me, Mike Ryan, you as a defender of the University of Miami, because when I think of regionals and playoffs, I think of University of Miami baseball, and yesterday, They had a steak sandwich milkshake. The milkshake is famous at what used to be Mark Light Stadium at A-Rod Field that is now whatever it is presently called.
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I would say you're wrong.
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It's still that.
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That milkshake is one of the famous items anywhere in college sports. But, I mean, when I saw a Philadelphia cheesesteak in an ice cream milkshake, I thought that was a joke. In the...
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There can't be multiple people eating that. There cannot be more than one person eating that.
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I mean, they're both dairy. Put the bread in there.
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I'm not even sure you can eat those. Like, I'm not even sure. It's... It's not unpleasant to eat cheesesteak over here and then bite of ice cream and go back to cheesesteak. No, that's pretty much like Shake Shack's entire business model.
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It's so foul. It's so unpleasant.
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Andrew Hawkins just created the visual of someone on roller skates coming out to your car passenger side at the diner and putting some food on a tray that you're eating in the front seat of your car.
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We'd have to run back by the dumpster. Booze in the back. You're longing for a time when. You can go get some slops out the kitchen. Exactly. Tony's longing for a romantic time when Andrew Hawkins wasn't allowed to eat any of that food with the white people.
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They're all in Orlando. Wait a minute. You say they're still using roller skates at Johnny Rockets? They're still doing that curbside? Look, you guys like to make fun of me about an assortment of things, but just last week I was telling you Hooters can't be doing well, and then they go bankrupt two days later while you guys were arguing. That was inside info. I think you had a tip.
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You had inside info. He had a tip. What is happening with Johnny Rockets? Is Jeremy making that up? No one's still doing the rollerblades, are they? Rollerblades?
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Andrew Hawkins, why is Joey Bosa being released?
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The Chargers defense was very good last year. Khalil Mack has been very good there. Their pass rush is something that I fear and Jim Harbaugh isn't going to be able to recreate defense like that.
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They had a legitimate pass rush at a time that we're valuing it so much that the Raiders, who are not in any way close, the Raiders have not made a playoff game or have not won a playoff game in 24 years, longer than anybody. Just gave Max Crosby, who's undisputably great and the closest thing to Sons of Anarchy that there's been in the NFL at the moment.
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Like, just feels like Sons of Anarchy, all of it. They just gave him more guaranteed money than any non-quarterback. That doesn't seem like a good way to spend your money if you're not close. But the price on disrupting the quarterbacks?
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is so high right now that whether you're Miles Garrett or Max Crosby or Joey Bosa, I would think that Joey Bosa still has a good deal of value. When you say getting old, is he 29? How old is Bosa? Do I have this totally wrong? 29, yeah.
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There is a lot of money to be made in Jadavian Clowney just sitting out training camp and saying, I'll give you 17 Sundays and I'm going to go as hard as I can. And I'm just going to be a mercenary. Joey Bosa could do that for years. Could he not? Like 29 is not old. It's not young for a pass rusher, but it ain't old.
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Five years older. That's what I'm saying. When I... When I saw that with Joey Bosa, I'm like, OK, he's expensive, but that still has value. Joey Bosa on that side of 30, I don't associate. Now, I don't think because Bosa had this toe thing.
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Here's what, like his numbers are going to be down because I don't know how messed up it is to try and play for several games shooting up your foot, shooting up your foot.
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You are smarter than what is happening right now. What are you talking about? I know that. No, I'm about to explain to you. I'm always smarter than what's happening. This is what just happened, okay? You disagree with me for saying that you're not a legend. You get offended. You turn to Mike, and then what does Mike say? Mike says something that I totally agree with.
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He's like, you were very good, and you were a luminary. He never said you were a legend. He said you were very good and that you were a luminary, and I would say the same thing. But he's saying it in a different tone, and so you're agreeing with him even though he's saying the same thing I'm saying. He's trying to shove you under the bus, Mike.
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There is no telling who my father is going up against. Or Chief Keef.
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Not yet. No, we might have to throw Andrew Hawkins in there and just claim he's a legend.
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I would have been okay with that. There you go.
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I want to talk to you about some of the football things going on because I was surprised. Perhaps I should not have been. Oh, so Joey Bosa is just going to be released. Okay, that's how we're doing that one. DK Metcalf is just going to ask for a trade. He's going to leave Seattle because his contract is up in a year.
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Max Crosby is going to stay with the Raiders, going to be paid more than any non-quarterback in the entire league. And Mike Florio is saying that if Sam Darnold signs a two-year deal in Minnesota, J.J. McCarthy is going to ask for a trade. And your thoughts there, Andrew, on all of those things and NFL free agency or what?
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Let me talk to you about this Minnesota situation because they got unmasked in the playoffs the way we thought they would get unmasked with Darnold being Darnold. Yes. Not totally fair to have a road game after they've had that kind of season. And fires made things complicated. It was in Arizona, their road game. Yes.
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And so when I present to you the idea of... If the Vikings were to do it what has been the more traditional way before the rookie quarterback you needed to get value in the first three years out of him, when they fast-forwarded all these curves, wouldn't the way the NFL would have done this at any time previously in his history is you get Sam Darnold for two more years and you allow J.J.
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McCarthy to work his way into the position over three years? Like, that's how we would do it. That's how Aaron Rodgers did it under Brett Favre, right? Not that they're the same person, but... But once you draft McCarthy, the finances of it are such that you need to play him, correct?
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I think the Minnesota Vikings are more valuable to a quarterback than Sam Darnold is to a team. Exactly. The skill people Minnesota has, like, I would think someone like Kirk Cousins would be like, get me back there, please. I don't even know what, I don't understand what happened with Kirk Cousins last year, where the GM is like, I didn't know his arm was hurt.
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And he falls off being able to throw a football nine games into the season. And we're all like, how is that a noodle arm all of a sudden? I want to be the quarterback in Minnesota. I would think that Minnesota is more attractive to quarterbacks than Sam Darnold is to teams.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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I don't think I said you could put me at quarterback. You did say it.
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The thing that we're discussing right now, I can't believe in 2025 I'm having a conversation about Sam Darnold being worth money at quarterback. They just did it with any quarterback. That's any quarterback. I've seen enough of Sam Darnold over the entirety of my life to know when Sam Darnold is being something that his talent level and when it's being manufactured for him.
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And there are only two teams that I believe could have done that for him. San Francisco and Minnesota. San Francisco kind of did it for him, too.
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I could throw a bubble screen, just a quick bubble screen. No, it would be pick six.
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In a few days, we're going to put on for sale and give you all of the information on this Poppy Challenge. We've got Poppy coming out of retirement. We're going to have a few people come out of retirement. Poppy's mad because the artists are taking liberties with his body. He says it's not his, but my mother and I say it is his body.
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Both things will be true. He will be killed and it won't be completed. Okay, so listen to me. You're correct, Andrew Hawkins, that Sam Darnold, was he drafted sixth? He's got a skill set that would get you drafted within the top six drafts. Third overall. All right, third overall. So that skill set is not up for dispute.
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I'm just saying that there are a lot of quarterbacks that I can grab from any pile of top three picks who haven't had success, and I can do with them what Sam Darnold has done because my analysis is not unlike these announcers who were calling the playoff game and had it all figured out from outside the pocket. He's home!
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What else do you have, Tony? Because as an audio bit, this doesn't really work.
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So here's the thing, though. Mike just tripped over a couch? This show requires chemistry, and it's supposed to be an audio show first, not a video show. Mike has hurt himself. Frankie is helping him.
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That's a liability. He might have really hurt himself. That's a corporate liability. Tony, just give us all your football and just assume when you stop talking, Hawkins will have some great expertise.
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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The nutritionist made that decision. That was not a Pat Riley decision. The nutritionist just took away the ice cream. LeBron complained about it. They brought back the ice cream.
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So to the original point. Actually, that's just my sexism. Shut up.
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No, no, wait. Be clear on this. Hold on. Be clear on this. I want to be clear on this, okay? Very clear on this. Pat Riley has not...
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reached out about any of this i don't know how engaged with social media of any kind pat riley is but the people who care about pat riley and care about what he has built in legion reached out to tell me that that story wasn't true the way that it was being presented because they are mad on behalf of pat riley that things get said that aren't true this is something mickey arison has had this complaint with the miami media and and the media in general for the entire time he's been owner he
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The media in general, just the media in general gets it wrong a lot. It's a frustration the Heat have had for a long time.
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And they're trying to figure it out. And when Tyler Hero's out, it's like, what the hell? We got Terry Rozier to do this.
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Well, to be fair, by the way, I just put words in Mickey Arison's mouth. I don't think anyone has heard him complain. Oh, I saw him on Twitter. No, he was complaining.
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Okay, but I'm just saying, in general, over the last 25 years, when I tell you that Mickey Arison's gripe is complaining about media inaccuracies, I don't know that anyone has heard him say that in his voice publicly.
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This guy is a psycho. So that people like just understand since Hawk is asking. So whatever it is to have a poisonous work culture, you guys help me here because you guys have worked in professional sports. But I will tell you that the relief in that building that Jimmy Butler is gone, not just because of what's happened over the last couple of months, but because of how things were bent down.
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to him and if you talk to enough heat people, you will know that they felt like they were dealing with something and they were not saying this publicly in any way, an unstable ingredient that they used as a furnace and fuel to get to the championship and then when it became about money problems, nobody wanted to be at work.
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Like nobody wanted to be at work around this person who was an unstable element.
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This is long before even the recent mess of stuff. Just a bunch of, look, I don't know. How do you guys, let me just ask you guys. I want to know how I can do any of this stuff responsibly. This stuff that I'm about to do.
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When Kevin Love is talking to you about panic attacks or when DeMar DeRozan is talking to you about depression, these are places where people are dealing with mental stuff that's difficult and they're volunteering it to you. Mm-hmm.
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How will you guys recognize outside of Antonio Brown and some stuff when one of these ingredients that could you that in that is burned through this furnace of sports has become what it is. And if you ask that person, hey, should you get some help here? Just like some help. It's not an insult. It's just can you get some help?
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Can you get some help in a place that, like, how do you navigate that conversation? Privately? How do you navigate it publicly if somebody doesn't actually want to have it with you? You're a little vague here, Dan. What exactly are you talking about? I am talking about.
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whatever difficulties are presented by Jimmy Butler in private that we'll never have any idea about because you've got one of the most private organizations in sports and they cannot, and they certainly can't do it now because it would be smearing, but for somebody to tell the real story with all the details that would make it known what it's like to ride the furnace of Jimmy Butler in Chicago and Minnesota and in Miami without it being a protection or both a defense of the Miami Heat and a smear of Jimmy Butler.
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How do you walk that line?
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Let's just make it this way, okay? Let's just do it this way. Hey, Jimmy Butler's grieving. A person who may or may not be introspective about this, Jimmy Butler is grieving. How do we handle that as an organization? Just make it that simple. Don't even make it any more complicated where the combustible stuff is. Just, Jimmy Butler's a little broken.
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How do we tell him to go get help or go talk to somebody about what he's going through? How do we assist that person?
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Okay, and let's do it this way now. Let's make it human and take some of the pieces out on some of the details here, okay?
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The entire Miami media and the Miami Heat protected Jimmy Butler's privacy when his father died, protected how Jimmy Butler needed to be in and out of games, did a bunch of stuff for Jimmy Butler that they usually don't do, and did a lot of stuff over the time Jimmy Butler was here in five years to serve his needs. But in this one, Where the relationship breaks apart.
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What does the organization think it's owed from its relationship with Jimmy Butler when it holds his hand through that situation? What does it think it is buying in the relationship so that when Riley and Butler are meeting in the meeting, and this was in that athletic piece as well, you didn't get this information. I didn't read that.
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It was leaked that Pat Riley was crying to Jimmy Butler, crying to Jimmy Butler, trying to connect in places where the where the father, where the relationship with the father is gone around grief. And then it was used to smear Jimmy Butler. And then after that, both sides are accusing of the other of your unhinged, your unhinged. And I'm legitimately asking you where feelings reside.
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You guys are just on this tough stuff where it's like. Doesn't matter that the media is getting everything inaccurate. Doesn't matter that you're grieving and that your dad died. Doesn't matter that you're just suffering and broken and think you need more from the organization than it's giving you.
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That relationship broke apart at the end with Jimmy Butler mocking that Pat Riley was crying about the death of the father stuff. Like that's where that broke. That's the last stain on that relationship. That was the punctuation.
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You can boil it down to that, but even if he plays and gets his money, they're still not good enough. My point from last night's game is, hey, Cleveland's better.
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I'm saying that I'm guessing that Pat Riley expected a return of the grace and didn't get it.
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Oh, but this is the poison of being in charge all your life. The amount of ego that must be on Pat Riley making all of the decisions for 50 years. Like, I just... You think Belichick and Brady had a disconnect on where player and management meet. Pat Riley, when I'm describing to you, I've had three people in sports show me up close what real sports excellence looks like. It's Ricky Williams.
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It's Jimmy Johnson and it's Pat Riley. Jimmy Johnson didn't actually show me. He wasn't introspective enough. It was the people around him who showed me what it is that it took to be Jimmy Johnson's kind of excellent. But he got out at 50 because all of this shit was too hard and he didn't like who it... who it made him. This person is 78 and has no legitimate reason to do this.
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Give me all the 78 year old leaders who are still doing this in sports at the top of the food chain, at the top of the food chain in sports. Give me all the 78 year olds who are still allowed to be in charge.
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I'm not talking about Dwayne Wade. No, no, I'm talking about, I'm not talking about Dwayne LeBron Shaq. No, I'm talking about getting to see the insides of how these things are made and what it does to your family to be at the center of like the furnace. It was too much for Jimmy Johnson. Pat Riley stayed there 30 years later and is, and is now. Trying to make it work with Terry Rozier.
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And I'm asking you guys, as we walk through all of this, how is this going to end? Because Spoh's having a bad year. Spoh's having like the hit they've taken on where it is that Jimmy walks out the door and he takes the culture with him. Like he goes nine and one. He takes the culture with him the way LeBron took the culture with him.
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Oh, but I'm looking at the next five years. Like, I'm looking at half a season.
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But Mike Ryan's been telling you, for two years he's been telling you, and we've watched this happen. It's pretty rare for it to happen this way. In the bubble, we saw Boston and Miami met at the rim. Tatum was blocked by Adebayo. These were equals. They somehow were equals. And then Boston just passed them in a way that right now leaves them in a place we have not seen in 15 years in this market.
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So the tank, it is a strange thing when you get culture meets tank. And what is the explanation for Terry Rozier playing the entire fourth quarter? Well, he's the worst player in the league statistically. He's shot 26% fouls. from three since January 1st. He's got 33 fouls, 33 turnovers, and 33 threes since January 1st.
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So you put in your worst player in the league and you aggressively try to lose against Cleveland. But you keep it close because everyone else has to care.
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Wait, can we just cover... I'd like all his notes here. I feel like he's caught up. We can put a bow on the segment.
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It's not Riley's fault, man. He's too busy patrolling and policing the ice cream.
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The second half last night, Terry Rozier 0 for 8, three turnovers, plays 22 of the 24 minutes. And it was like watching somebody who doesn't know how to play basketball try to play basketball. Let's play the clip from last night's game.
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It was, I bet it was abysmal. Like you're watching something in a heat uniform you don't recognize. And it's like Eric Spolstra, who called a timeout he didn't have earlier this season, was purposely putting in Philip Seymour Hoffman from Along Came Pauly to turn the ball over at half court with no one bothering him.
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And I'm looking today from the 10th floor of this building in a very nice gym and I'm seeing walk across the street. OK, I got Danny Benitez. I got Mally lugging a bunch of equipment and I got Fuentes leading the charge. And they had to park at Bayside because I didn't know when we started this that parking would be really hard in in downtown Miami.
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I mean, I'm watching Terry Rozier, and I hurt for him because it's clear his confidence is shot. Like, his shots are not even close to going in. Yeah.
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Let's examine this for a second, okay? Because as far as heat basketball goes over 15 years, this would represent the apocalypse of the last 15 years. For whatever Mike Ryan's complaints were about Kyle Lowry, that's the best teams they've had since 2014, the ones that had Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry trying to grit their way to the end of the line.
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But they've clearly been passed by, and this would have been unthinkable, unseeable a few years ago.
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clearly been passed by the cleveland cavaliers clearly been passed by the new york knicks these were the these were the teams that they stepped on their neck on their way to what the last 15 years of excellence has been here it seems like one guy is the the cog in that whole scenario is the guy that you tried to get donovan mitchell has made the calves the best team in the east maybe the best team
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Well, there are a lot of other things in play that Amin can attest to. I mean, Jared Allen looks most like the ABA in the entire league. And him and Mobley give them a front line that the New York Knicks went through easily with Mitchell Robinson. And now it looks a little different the way they've formed the entire team. And Garland is your fourth best player.
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And I'm looking down there at them and I'm like, you know what? I'm starting to like my team. They're three little gorillas walking across the street carrying a bunch of equipment. It took me four years. I'm like, I haven't liked my team for four years.
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Let me explain to – thank you for catching him up on the slow report on news that's 10 days old. More than 10 days. Or more than 10 days old. Good. A month old. Okay, even older than I thought. Thank you.
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My head was deep in the football.
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The the thing that I want to analyze here is because I tried to start yesterday with a wink wink joke about it wasn't cookies that LeBron had on the flight. It was ice cream. Everything I said was true. LeBron James got mad because the nutritionist took away his ice cream. He didn't like it. The moment he didn't like it, they brought back the ice cream.
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The story is a ridiculous one that's being told that Pat Riley was micromanaging the cookies and the ice cream.
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I thought it'd be funny to point out to the audience that right now Pat Riley is so under it that the people who care about him, the people who care about the things he built in 50 years and specifically the things he built over the last 30 are getting mad that in the new age you can just say anything
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But I'm liking that they care like that because I have said for a while, you give me people who care and we'll try and figure out how it is that we make something with them. And I've been thinking a lot recently because Jimmy Johnson's career is over and he chose one path at 50, right? Jimmy Johnson at 50 years old said, okay, I don't like what this shit does to me.
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And it becomes a thing that is true about Pat Riley because everyone's feeding now on an organization they haven't quite been able to feed on in 20 years because of how obvious it is that they've been passed by Boston and Milwaukee and New York and Cleveland, but somehow not Philadelphia.
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And I'm asking you two as experts in sports and experts about what it takes to continually get to excellence in sports. I saw Jimmy Johnson at 50 say, this is too much for me. I don't like it. The life balance, what it turns me into, don't like it. I'm gonna do television for 30 years. I saw Pat Riley try television with Bob Costas for a year and say, I don't like that.
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I'm going back to the grind. He's 78 years old. There's literally no reason for him to be doing any more of this, except he can't quit it. And now he's getting devoured by the machine.
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because his team stinks and his coach can be questioned if indeed they're tanking because of how bad he has been this year mike says no blame for spo you could spread it all around and also tyler hero has a head cold and they're playing terry rosier way too much it's going around
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starting those predictions i just think that matters but mike ryan didn't want could have got wendy is what they're saying could have got we're still doing that you know you can't we know that we're here it's fine game now you lost
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You're right.
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I would actually like to hear Mike and Jeremy genuinely care about being on different sides of this argument. I'd like to hear from both of you. One at a time. Do not just shout him out of the room, Mike. Watch last night.
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I'm gonna go be in a department over there. But Pat Riley chose to stay with it for the next 30 years. And now the whole machine comes for Grandpa. Because the way they lost against Cleveland last night, where even Spoh looks bad, where you're like, what are they doing at the end of the game with those rotations? And what they're doing is, they're not very good.
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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So that's two overs. A couple of overs for the Eagles. Cutting it up.
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Are we throwing a prediction on top of that?
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Juju, am I alone in thinking that Most of the country wants the Eagles to win. No. I'm not saying everybody. I'm saying if we took a litmus test, a poll of the nation.
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I want that one today, Juju. So, as always, we steal a bit started by Dominique Foxworth, and we give ourselves awards in the postgame show.
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I got to give David Sampson an award for the person who just started to compliment somebody but somehow made that compliment by the end sound kind of like an insult award.
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Good job, David. David's got a lot of those, by the way.
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He doesn't see accents. I do want to piggyback on what Juju said. I want to give awards to many of those guys like Andre 3000. Oh, wait a sec. They already did. It's called Grammys. No. Woo! BET Awards. I'd like to give, speaking of the Grammys, I'd like to give our fake Grammy to Jeremy, who, on short notice, made a parody song about David Stallings.
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Hey, I think we can award to Jeremy for the got a text from Dan. Oh, there you go. Hey, good job. Text from Dan.
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That was Juju's take on Bob on my podcast. He said that if he was Pat Riley, he'd send Jimmy Butler to New Orleans just to prove a point. He'd take the worst deal ever just to prove a point.
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He's already won this award, but you know nothing better than winning it back-to-back. Executive Producer of the Day to Chris Cody.
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Still the best EP of the week. Yep. After a hard bowling night. Yeah. He gave us the Joe Biden. He gave us the unexpected. You know what? I was great. Yeah.
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Yeah. You know what?
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Yeah. What was the other impression that you did that we were very impressed by? We're like, oh, that's pretty good. It was Trump. Yeah, Trump. No, I don't know. That was terrible.
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Good job. Still got some here. So, yeah, good job. I forgot about it, but yeah.
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Well, that's true. That's an award that we all won.
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I'd like to give an award to Ryan Cortez for the saddest Zoom background on planet Earth.
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Another award for David Samson.
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Yeah. It was late today, though. I'm here when you need me. Today, it was a real laugh party, David. Laugh party? Yeah, laugh party, yeah.
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Dare I ask Juju what the audience thought today?
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That made Juju feel like a genuine brother.
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I think we're probably done today, right? We're good.
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One more thing. One more award. Award to Dan Lebitard for dressing like the furniture awards.
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Yeah, good job, Pablo. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He talked the show. I'm not clapping.
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Not for that one. Oh. I mean, I don't look like the chair I'm sitting in, so, you know, it's hard. That's a start. It's a start. It's a good start. Hard bar to clear.
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Yeah, we're done. Yeah, we're done.
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I'll give David Mitchell the award for Condition of the Heat. Am I right?
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That's right, it's Thursday Thunder, and it is brought to you by DraftKings. DraftKings, the crown is yours. Juju, what do we got?
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This episode of the Dan Levitard Show with Stugatz is presented by Venmo.
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I could have done it as Joe. It's brought to you by Venmo. I love that app.
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Jeremy so badly wants to talk about this young core for the heat. Can't do it anymore.
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We haven't even talked about it.
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It's pretty dope, though. Check out this jersey. It better be for how expensive it is. I bought one. I bought a USA one, and good God, is it expensive.
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That's what the Panthers called their last practice facility.
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I've never noticed how much the A in Stephen A. Smith helps his name. Because he just called him Stephen Smith. It came out right. I had to change it.
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In a shocking development, Jeremy likes this move for the Heat.
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That's a great one. Did you mean to do that?
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You tell his agent there. Just so you know, it could be you. You got to get under the tax. We're going to probably move you.
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Both sides of the aisle fall.
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But you were checking it. Have you ever peaked before in the bathroom?
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Rude. It's like the Death Star. I've never thought when someone goes pee in my house, they better not be standing. I actually ask guests, make sure you sit.
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If you said that to me when I came in your house, I would pee in the sink.
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If you said that to me, I would assume you're telling me to poop. I'm just saying, David, if you said to me when I'm going to your bathroom, please sit, I would just be so offended by that that I would pee in the sink.
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What if we're having a fight night, and I've had a few too many beers, and I've got to throw up, dude? Oh, yeah. I'm feeling sick, David.
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Rich people love hosting. I hate hosting.
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At a normal pace. It's okay to go to the bathroom.
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I'm sorry that I misrepresented. Is that what you thought? I had you just, like, hovering. Like, your ass is, like, six inches above the toilet. That's a hover.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
He said something about a game that he said that he had watched of our World Series, and he hadn't watched it. You didn't correct him? Are you kidding me? You're with the president in the White House. I would have sworn that you would have. Like interrupt. Yeah. Interrupt the remarks while presenting.
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I respect the office. I wish people in the office respected the office, but I respect the office. Would you have corrected him after he was done speaking?
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Now, that's funny. I didn't call him Mr. President. Yes. How did you address him? President Bush. Should I have said Mr.? Mr. President, yeah. It's interesting. I did not do that. I did not do that. But you did correctly.
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We talked after.
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Just David. For at least a couple months. Only until June. Only until the first sign that, oh my God, is it hot in this freaking town.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast.
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A little Southern twang there. A little George Bush in that one. This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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I'm down on Trump and what he's doing with the transgender and all the executive orders. But I just want to point out that what he did with Tuberville. Tuberville. Tupper. He said Tupper. Tupper.
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Keep saying it. You'll find it. I'm having a hard time announcing it, except to say that I give him a pass on that. I do not, in the least. I know, but I don't want him to know that. I'd prefer my president not to actually spend time on that type of stuff.
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It went great. Why are you? Did it? Yes. Did you watch it? I was getting reports the whole night from people on the ground.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
But we're not saying pro or anti-transgender. What the executive order was was about participation in sports.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
It was a platform issue that was used by Trump and it gets people riled up and he was able to take care of it. And then he was able to say that this is, I'm doing what I said I would do, which by the way, is a whole nother subject. All the things he's doing, he said he was going to do. Yes, he campaigned on this. This is what he campaigned on and 70, was it 70 million people voted for him?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
And he's doing exactly what they want. And this executive order on transgender participation in sports was one of them. And he's going down the line. This was just a press conference. That was one of 10 that he had.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
The only negative is that we had people in place, and I think that all of you will appreciate this more than I did. Dan showed up pretty much just to get on stage. Dan Patrick or Dan Levitar? There was no green room situation. There was no prep. There was no anything. No mingle? No, nothing. Now, after the show, he did major meet and greets, major VIP stuff. No, no, no.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
I think you're underselling an executive order. Now, it is true that you cannot unilaterally implement certain things in some of the executive orders, but all presidents on both sides of the aisle use executive orders.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Yes, for four more years. And more. And maybe more after that.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
But when you pack the Supreme Court, you have and you assign the way he has, then you feel a little more emboldened with that branch of government. When you've got the tiebreaker, which he has with J.D. Vance. in case there's a few Republicans who fall astray, which happened recently with one of the appointments.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
You feel emboldened as the president that you can use the three branches of government. What he does with these press conferences and the off-the-cuff sports references and various things, that's just appealing to the ignorant, and that's fine. All the presidents do that. What we should be far more worried about is the ramifications not of the executive order
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
But when you're on tour for a show, he did a full, even Springsteen, Mick Jagger. You're getting there early. You're sort of getting set up. Dan went car, stage, stage.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
So another population is having worldwide the diplomatic impact it's having. The fact that no one's talking about this or no one's whether we're a sports show or not, if you're not paying attention to what is happening with. the USAID and the fact that it's disappearing, then you're not paying attention.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
I don't agree with your premise.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
The impact of USAID is so much larger than the impact of banning transgender participation athletics. It's not even... How can you mention them in the same sentence?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
It just happens that they have currently succeeded. Do you see a problem? I mean, I don't know that we should debate the concept of I'd rather talk about the executive order and talk about the reason why he's doing that and how that is manifesting itself in issues that are far more impactful to way more people.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
So I just take umbrage with you saying that it's point, like USA .02%, therefore we have to consider it in the same breath.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
I was just trying to think if that's the outfit he wore to do the show on Tuesday, that he recycled again for Wednesday. But it actually went great. It was sold out. There were a ton of people who got to spend time with Dan after the show, which was Dan...
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
What part of budget is Gaza? I mean, are you going to start breaking down the defense budget and what we've done?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Worst team ever. They were my pick of the day. Last night was the Nets over the Wizards. Coming off the win over the Rockets. Russell, two threes, back to back. Great game. You then get to play the Wizards. Get some momentum. They're only given a point and a half under the DraftKings line as of yesterday morning.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Wait, you said the Wizards are the worst team.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Who are the three teams they've beaten? Is it the latest loss that becomes the worst team?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
So now the second to last loss, they're off the hook. You're off the hook, exactly. That's so awesome.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Wait, why? Was your handwriting the best of anyone in your position? No, because I was the one who knew. Couldn't you have told someone who had better handwriting? No. Does anybody notice?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Yeah, of course. Everyone's got software for accounts payable and accounts receivable, and you've got spreadsheets and a lot of Excel. There's a lot of Excel. There's a lot of people doing formulas so they can keep track of expenses, like of your show. and they can then calculate how much a show is and then you have revenue associated with it. It's a whole megillah.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
And then it generates books, plus there's budgets. So there's about 250 budget departments.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
I'd say 12 people are yelling and 15 people are being yelled at. It's about a one-to-one.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
It's funny you say that. You can't be an hourly employee and have direct reports. That's exempt versus non-exempt. We can talk about that at any time.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Oh, is he?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
There's nothing cooler than your Stephen A. Smith imitation. That, to me, is the coolest voice you have.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
People do not want to have that. And it's very easy to tell. It's as easy as the Southern drawl is the accent off the LIE.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Pete Alonzo is actually what he was mad about. Well, I was upset about both because it's Thursday and I was picturing Adam Silver doing the Snoopy dance. because Roger Goodell is on the back burner. There's shows, and we're sort of looking, it's been 40 minutes or 84 minutes, and there are other shows just getting to Super Bowl now, having started with Jimmy and the Warriors.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Yes. There's no one on the report. Okay. It's pretty amazing. That's what it's coming down to. That's big news. All right.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Look at that.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
He's all greased up. If he had gotten there earlier, we would have changed out the chair or his pants. Can we do that? Oh, you can do anything with time.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Do you not see how he dresses like a schlep? Oh, that's why. That's why. He's a member's only windbreaker. He's got the onset of a potential paunch for someone of his young age. I do have early onset paunch. Paunch was a cop on this television show called Chips.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
And he always walks around with bags. So Pablo's like got stuff and it's not organized. It's not like a briefcase. I'm busy finding out stuff. Sorry. Well, he walks around the city and he's sort of collecting food and bags. And then I picture walking into a lobby and being stopped like you're heading into Tiffany with the trophy. Like people looking, you're like, what apartment's that?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Home Alone by far. Yes. More so than City Slickers? Not Bushwhacked.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
No, but I hadn't heard it in person before.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
No, we didn't do the lips part. You got to do the lips.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
What's the plus or minus? What's the margin of, I'm blanking, someone please help me. Margin of error. What's the margin of error on that poll?
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
We heard that from him. You certainly can't come out as a Republican running for 28 at the moment because the thought is that there's going to be a third term in there. Is that where we're at? Oh, that's not where I'm at, but that's been classic. Oh, please. We're not in the last four years. I definitely didn't try to warn you guys.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Stephen A. Smith, I just want to tell you, picturing him at a debate, a presidential debate, thinking that he's doing one of his shows on ESPN.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
He'd be almost the richest president. Almost the richest president? Yeah. Almost. For real? I mean, he's about to sign and become the highest paid employee at ESPN. He'd have more money.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
In theory than even Trump himself.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Yes, he did. They did a whole announcement about it. The Speaker Series. Now, you can make a lot of money. Of course. There's a lot of 1099 Obama. Yep. Ooh, cashing in. Bill was cleaning up on that circuit. You make appearances when you've been president.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
Is that Super Bowl news because it's new? Well, it's new and it came from New Orleans. And who's the source of that? I can't reveal my source.
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Hour 1: Limited Fake Stephen A. Smith Runs For President
There are way more important things we could be talking about, but there's plenty of other presidents. When they welcome teams to the White House, there's speeches that are prepared. And when they try to go off script, George Bush did that and made a mistake. You're not going to correct him.
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
OK. Boy, you looking good, bro. It's something I'm always wondering. It's like me when I go to sleep. Right when I lay down, I start thinking about the stuff I haven't done. For the first, like, month that I was taking Adderall, fans were, like, emailing in saying, wait, what is happening? Is Stugatz smarter than Levitar? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
Really?
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
Wow.
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
I mean, how about we get a rod in the water, Raheem?
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
Let's do it.
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
I forgot about that. No, my tattoo. I got to show you my tattoo. It's right here. Wow. So that's the 2025. Even though the game hasn't been played yet, you have so much confidence.
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
Don't scare me. When Mike Tyson tells you to do something, you do it.
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
How much longer are you thinking you want to play?
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
Back to you guys.
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The Big Suey: Polishing David's World Series Trophy (feat. Ryan Cortes)
And then behind us saying, wrap it up. So that's what we're going to do. We could have went all day. Listen, this is my new co-host, Levitard. Bye. Back to you, Dan.
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Hour 2: Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Boobs
This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz. Don Levitard.
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Hour 2: Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Boobs
Yeah. There's some words that I can't.
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Hour 2: Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Boobs
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 2: Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Boobs
Start of the day, start of the day, and this is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, and this is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, and this is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day.
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Hour 2: Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Boobs
Without question.
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Hour 1: The Dopeness of the Intricacies
Don Levitard. It's a three. The crowd goes into a delusion. Winning in the playoffs, not an illusion. It's a heat check. He's on fire. Stugatz. Harry, Ash, Jalen, Brunson. Thumbs up clutch, that's why we won. New York knows you are the best. Not the joke no more. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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Hour 1: The Dopeness of the Intricacies
If someone with Tyler Hansborough's resume were black, do you think people might say he's unathletic or he's not athletic enough
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Hour 1: The Dopeness of the Intricacies
No, we don't have to talk about anything, but it's not stupid. And you can't start a sentence. Jay, you can't start a sentence with no offense and then say this is stupid.
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Hour 1: The Dopeness of the Intricacies
No, thank you. Good talking to you.
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Hour 1: The Dopeness of the Intricacies
Jay Billis of ESPN. Yep.
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Hour 1: The Dopeness of the Intricacies
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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The Big Suey: The Black McAfee Show (feat. David Samson & Jason Goff)
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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The Big Suey: The Black McAfee Show (feat. David Samson & Jason Goff)
I've done it. And now, here's the marching band to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
I thought you had the award. I think he was a little offended that they got awards there and he didn't. Oh, okay, okay.
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
Andrew Streeter. Good job on the Look at Me Leroy's, Look at Me Louie's. Did he get an award for that?
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
You know, they say a series doesn't start until a road team wins a game. So I think we still have a shot in this series.
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
Are we believing her on that? No one wants to see it?
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
This is the game I don't want to play.
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
Hey, yeah, good job. I want to name one of our awards. And this, for all weeks in talks with us, we will every day name our. Did you know you were here all week? Most of the days.
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
It's our. I like them. Award. And who from the show today do we. I like them.
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Postgame Show: Show Awards Pt. 1
In the Keenan interview when like four sounds played.
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Hour 2: Jessica's Weekend Observations (feat. Kenan Thompson)
This is the Don Levatard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 2: Jessica's Weekend Observations (feat. Kenan Thompson)
I'm serious. Yes.
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Hour 2: Jessica's Weekend Observations (feat. Kenan Thompson)
Yeah, do it. Well done. It is time for Jessica's Game Notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my girl Jess.
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Hour 2: Jessica's Weekend Observations (feat. Kenan Thompson)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 1: Domonique Ruins The Interview (feat. Steve Williams)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 1: Domonique Ruins The Interview (feat. Steve Williams)
Wow.
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Hour 1: Domonique Ruins The Interview (feat. Steve Williams)
Start of the day, start of the day, and this is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, and this is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, and this is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day.
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Local Hour: Joe Chestnut and Connor McOverrated
Never forget. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz.
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Local Hour: Joe Chestnut and Connor McOverrated
Me maximum. Me maximum. Me maximum. This is the Don Labatar Show with the Stugats.
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Local Hour: Joe Chestnut and Connor McOverrated
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Juju, I am so sorry. You must be crushed today. I don't know your state, the Bills. You are a very public Bills fan. You are proud of your team, I'm sure. Who are you mad at? Stugatz is firing McDermott. Mike Ryan is saying drastic change is necessary. Where do you fall on all of this stuff?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Anyone on your team that you want shipped out or change or what do you want? It can be as simple. We keep running into the same guy and he's difficult to beat. It ain't like a whole lot of people are beating him. But a lot of people are wondering whether the Bills should make some sort of change because they can't get past that team.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I walked in after the first couple of hours of the show into the shipping container, and I was like, it's been a ton of sports today, a lot of sports. We've been doing sports, sports, sports, and everyone says it's a good day to do sports. What was the feedback of the audience today? Because we spent basically six, seven hours the last 24 hours talking about that one game last night.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Was I a lot? Was I negative on the subject of the Chiefs just because I'm not impressed by their skill guys? I'm impressed by their quarterback, and their quarterback is making their skill guys win no matter what. But they've got a whole bunch of receivers I don't expect to get more than 60 yards in a game.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That is nice of you. It is a good way of looking at it. I just am amused by Josh Allen's legacy being affected because Ed, whose eyesight we don't know about, who has another job as a lawyer, is running as fast as he can to mark a ball incorrectly on the field.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
And then we're deciding, hey, Josh Allen, forever we're going to laugh at you as being worse than Patrick Mahomes because Ed didn't get his eyes checked this week and had a bad spot. Actually, he was thinking about something else during that play. He's got some problems at home, and his judgment was impaired because he hasn't been sleeping well.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
And that's how we're going to decide how Josh Allen gets remembered. I love that I made his name Ed. Great. I can see it. Ed's a good name for somebody who has bad eyesight, who is impacting with his judgment Josh Allen's future and legacy.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You think that Ed goes home at night, opens up his fridge whenever it is that he gets home at midnight and just tells his wife when he closes the fridge, yeah, I just decided the AFC championship game. And my decision was the reason that people will be yelling about how great Patrick Mahomes is and how great Josh Allen is.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Maddie, Maddie, I was in the middle of everything, Maddie. Yes. What are the polls that we have to update here, either from today or last week? Any outstanding from last week?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Billy pointed out that Sirianni's winning percentage is in the 70s and Andy Reid's is about 53%. And I remember them not loving him a whole bunch in Philadelphia when he wasn't winning Super Bowls. Being great every year but not winning Super Bowls. Funny to see the revisionist history now that we're looking at the polls. What else you got?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I mean, what are you shaking your head about, Chris?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I just discovered Mike was making fun of me because during one of these football games, I saw advertised for the first time somehow, the Tulsa King or Tulsa King with Sylvester Stallone. And I'm like, I can't believe that this is something we're still doing. How old was he in the last Expendables movie that he was in? Stallone, is he 80 yet? He's pretty close to 80.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Expandables is the movie I'd be in. With a fat Tom Brady. Expendables is the movie that he's in. You can see where my brain's at. I saw you eating pizza. I saw you expanding while shoveling pizza into your face at the start of this segment. What else do you have, Juju?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It is funny to see some of these tight ends be unguardable because of how good the quarterbacks are at just putting people in the perfect position these days. Do we have anything else that we need to get to?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You can't name it. Marvin, maybe, right? There might be some occasional Marvins being made, but are there any Marvs that aren't Marvins? Is that... Why am I asking you guys this question as if you would have an immediate answer? But it is a marvelous. There might. Yeah. I guess Marv would be short for marvelous as well. But it's almost put it on the pole as well. Is Marv always short for Marvin?
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Because I don't. I don't think you can be Marv without being a Marv. And anything else worth noting? I'm always enjoying when you come to the trough with takes that no one else has. I don't know you can do that every day or not, but you've been pretty strong lately when you have a take or a rule change that no one else is considering.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You're not mad at the refs today. You're just being positive, and you're not blaming anybody because it is. When you talk about rule changes and how important some of these things are, instant replay allows us to get these things right, and we're not using the technology to its maximum potential in not lining up and putting that football on both downs. Juju, it wasn't just the fourth down.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Kincaid, I thought, made the first down with where it should have been spotted on third down right before that.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Have you ever worn this particular color combination as an outfit before where you have the Buffalo Bills overalls with the Jalen Hurts jersey backwards? Have you ever put these two together before? No.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Good seeing you, Juju. We will talk to you tomorrow, sir. Yes, sir.
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Hour 2: Talking S*** With Jake Tapper
Is he the best coach in Eagles history?
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Hour 2: Talking S*** With Jake Tapper
No, you picked correctly. You're right. I want to ask you a question we came in here asking today, which is, and this was something that surprised me over the last 24 hours, because Jason Kelsey hasn't played a football game in the last 24 hours. Yeah.
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Hour 2: Talking S*** With Jake Tapper
His value and his greatness to the Eagles by my crew has been diminished over the last 24 hours because he's a really famous center who has gotten more rewards than any center has ever gotten from being a center. And he left and they're better.
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Hour 2: Talking S*** With Jake Tapper
Tom Brady, as an announcer, you really sideswiped him there. Do you have some strong opinions? I said I don't.
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Hour 2: Talking S*** With Jake Tapper
Whatever it is. That's exactly what it is. It's $500 billion for two games. For two minutes? $500 billion for two minutes.
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Hour 2: Talking S*** With Jake Tapper
He's the chief Washington correspondent for CNN.
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Hour 2: Talking S*** With Jake Tapper
You also said you'd like Tom Brady more if he were fat or a chili dog, to quote you directly, a chili dog away from a heart attack.
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You said you hated the Chiefs. You did say you hate the Chiefs.
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And you said you were against women's flag football.
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Can you tell us what it is that you make? And this is a broad question. He's the host of The Lead, and it's got a new time slot, 5 to 7 Eastern. CNN is rolling out some changes here for the second Trump administration. The state of America right now, what dismays you the most and what makes you the most hopeful?
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Let's play for Jake the sound of Philadelphia icon Sylvester Stallone talking about his six-ounce gloves and a time when people should have had to carry suitcases through an airport, a better time in America.
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What are your thoughts there, Jake?
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Wow, Jessica. Big cat situation. You're really attacking me. You really got me. That's a gotcha.
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The gotchas again. Good seeing you.
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It's supposed to be a happy day for him. I'll see you in two weeks. I'll see you in two weeks. All right. We will talk to you then. Nice seeing you.
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Go Dan. Go Dan. All right. Thanks, guys. Thank you. It can't be that hard for him to get Super Bowl tickets, right? It should be easy for him. I don't know if it's easy. I don't know if the Super Bowl ticket is ever easy. It is with game time. Fair enough.
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The cold that has swept through Florida. I mentioned this yesterday. I don't understand how it is that Pensacola in one day got more snow than Juneau, Alaska got in the month of January. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Jessica, have you experienced yet the freezing iguanas? Have you seen them?
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It has to be confusing, right? You're an animal who shouldn't be in South Florida. You are an animal that cannot deal with the cold. You appear to be dead when it is that you are cold in order to protect.
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Your bloodstream and then Pat Riley is burying you in the backyard and you are indeed dead because then you can't climb out of there and you're not like, holy shit, you never wake and are like, holy shit, I don't know what happened last night. You're just dead. Something that Dan Quinn, did you guys notice this yesterday? Because as you know, I don't...
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consume much of the noise around pregame coverage because I find it fairly useless to have anyone telling me what they think is going to happen in a game I'm about to watch when the expertise doesn't help you in any way be predictive. But the reporters were all using some form of, and Jake Tapper spoke to this when he said, well, the Eagles are going to be extra motivated in this circumstance.
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Dan Quinn was feeding reporters. Jay Glazer evidently was in the meeting where this was said, but other reporters had the information of Washington's not playing for house money. They're playing for the rent money. That was Dan Quinn's motivational speech before allowing more points than any team has ever allowed in this situation before.
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And more touchdowns than any team has ever allowed in this situation before. But he was just wandering around, evidently, telling reporters, it's not house money. We're not happy to be here. We're playing so hungry, it's like we're needing to make the rent money. We're desperate.
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And then what ends up happening is the Eagles end up putting a knee on your neck and you just start fighting everybody because you're frustrated.
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I actually understand the pick by you because why would you want to take your chances with a defense against either Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes? Why would you want to take a chance against a defense against Jaden Daniels? You picked the defense to stop the weakest of the quarterbacks that was remaining among the four, and then you just saw your defense bludgeoned.
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It's also the weakest defense among the four, unless you consider Buffalo's weaker than that. But I'm not very impressed with Washington's defense. That's not a championship defense, and Jaden Daniels was going to have to take that team wherever it is that it went. But when you look at the Philadelphia Eagles, Stugatz, They're good. And thank you. Not excellent analysis by you, but accurate.
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Yes, they are good. They're playing in the Super Bowl. That tends to usually go to only good teams. That's something that, with few exceptions, you can go ahead and try and name them all if you like. But usually the teams that, the Grossman Bears weren't all that good.
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I mean, the Warner Cardinals were 9-7, I think, the year that they made the Super Bowl. Got hot at the right time.
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I mean... Saquon Barkley, though, running the ball when the entire sport has shifted in a different direction and the idea of Stugatz. Like, this part to me... is interesting, even though I think most people listening to this are rooting against Eagles fans.
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This sport is something that we love, at least in part, because somehow America thinks of itself as the tough, gritty people who can overcome everything and steal your land violently if they need to. The entire sport is a... is a celebration of sort of the things America cherishes. Grabbing what you want through violence.
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And I saw a story here I wanted to ask you guys because being tougher than everyone else in that sport, being stronger, being more physical, running the ball even though everyone knows you're gonna run the ball and on the first play you go 60 yards, that style, is something that is usually admired.
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And I was watching Zach Randolph the other day on Paul George's podcast, and Zach Randolph was talking about being a rookie in a locker room that had Reuben Patterson in it. Reuben Patterson was viewed as a bully by others. Zach Randolph fancied himself and was somebody who was not to be trifled with. He was somebody that was feared by others.
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And Zach Randolph is saying, Reuben Patterson comes out of the weight room one time and comes into a locker room where he's known as the bull, and he's like... No one can slam me. Who can slam me? No one can slam me. And nobody wants any part of it. And Zach Randolph finally says, well, I'm tough. I'm from the hood. I can do this. Kendall? I'll slam you. I'll do this.
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And then he gets thrown all over the locker room. Reuben Patterson throws him physically on his back and he can't walk for a week because Zach Randolph is manhandled. The Philadelphia Eagles, we like space age. We like passing. We like touchdowns. We like skill position, wide receivers. Jokic will never get to be Michael Jordan because he doesn't fly through the sky.
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Before we get to Jake Tapper here, who is elbowing Bradley Cooper, trying to become the number one Eagles fan there is nationally, and Bradley Cooper will not allow him to do it, I just want to give you this stat from the Associated Press. Patrick Mahomes has trailed in the fourth quarter in nine playoff games. He's come back to win six of them and forced overtime into others before losing.
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But the style Philadelphia is playing. Isn't that something that not only regionally you're going to have Philadelphia embrace that more than anything, which is not just we're going to beat you, we're going to beat you up. Our offensive line is going to maul you and our quarterback doesn't even have to be that good.
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Like our quarterback can be an afterthought in the offense as long as he doesn't lose the game.
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You tell me something that feels better as a sports fan in that sport than my team is going to physically make you fight out of frustration because there's nothing left for you to do other than be run over.
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It's the things that require strength from your 350 pounders above on both sides of the ball. They're going to ransack you. They're going to... Have an offensive line that is the best we've seen in football for five years running, even when they changed the parts. Like the thing that was special about the Lions team this year was their offensive line.
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And this was the year that the Lions offensive line got to be in the conversation with the Philadelphia offensive line. It really is staggering in retrospect that the Giants traded him within the division and that more people didn't see how seismic an addition that running back would be with that offensive line so that they can mask their quarterback.
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But they let him go to the Eagles when they knew it was a threat that he would go to the Eagles. But yes, you're right. He did not get traded. The Giants chose to not have him and chose to not have him while knowing that he would and could go to Philadelphia.
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They didn't have to, though. They could have given it first to Saquon. And there were problems vocally in that locker room that they didn't give it first to Saquon.
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Not a lot better, no. He and Derrick Henry went to the perfect teams for them to go to in order to make themselves be better and make those teams be better. It's a crazy thing to think of. How much time have we spent the last five years talking about anybody's running game? We haven't. Anybody's running game.
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The running game has been replaced by all the two second passes, all the bubble screens, all of the quarterback running, all of get rid of the ball as fast as you, as you can. But when, when we talk about the four best remaining teams in the playoffs, I assume that you would put Baltimore among those. Um,
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You are talking about two of those teams being the teams that play the old-fashioned way in their usage of the running back.
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He has a 132.2 rating with five TD passes and one touchdown run when down one to eight points in the fourth quarter or overtime of a playoff game, leading scores on 13 of 14 drives. One of those overtimes he got to, he never got the ball. So what you're talking about there doesn't have a precedent for 17 straight one-score games that they've won.
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Even the Bills using James Cook, right? Yeah. But carried by running game? The last two weeks, the Bills were carried by running game.
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But we never think of, in most backfields, we do not think of the running back being more important than the quarterback. I'm not sure if we think of it in San Francisco either.
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If I say to you, though, in Baltimore's backfield, who do you want? You can only have one of the two guys, Derrick Henry or Lamar Jackson. Lamar, of course. There's only one team among the best teams, and Saquon is the one that has behind the quarterback the most important player.
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The ability to win close games I don't think usually is an ability, but it's hard to argue against some of this math.
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So Jake Tapper is with us, and that's the task ahead. He's the chief Washington correspondent for CNN. He's the host of The Lead. It's moving to a new time slot, weekdays from 5 to 7 Eastern, as CNN rolls out some changes here during the second Trump administration. We've got a handful of questions for you. Thank you for joining us. You were on the Jumbotron yesterday.
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How was that yesterday, seeing your team beat everyone to death with Saquon's thighs?
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You are the bronze medalist behind Cooper and Kevin Hart. Are you on the medal stand?
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Well, how does this work with your Washington friends? You're the chief Washington correspondent for CNN. Do you have some texts that you can read me from what it is that you were doing in terms of burying your political friends who care about the commanders?
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55 to 23? And there were fights all over the field, too, because of the way your team played.
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You are talking shit. It's clear. Will you go into work today and just heckle Bills fan Wolf Blitzer?
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Jake, it is really quaint, naive almost, that you would see that entertainment center and say, of the internet, why weren't they nice to him there? Why? They're not nice about anything. They weren't nice. What do you mean? What part are you not understanding? I know.
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He got the result he deserved for that entertainment center yesterday.
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Is that what you just said?
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You can't want the Chiefs, Jake. I mean... Nobody wants the Chiefs.
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It was the deal that Brady had with the devil. They transferred it over. It was a complicated transaction. Yes.
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How does that one go? How will that go over? How does that one work?
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Yeah, but I understand that this would be complicated. And I don't mean to suggest that perhaps house divided like Stugatz is, but that's as unhappy as you could be with your wife in a social setting of any kind.
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You won't have any trouble getting tickets, will you?
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Let me ask you a couple of Philadelphia questions. Better Philadelphia Barkley, Charles or Saquon? Oh, wow.
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This isn't how you play the game. You're playing it incorrectly.
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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Like, yes, they're great at 17 play drives and they're great at converting third and fives, but they are no longer the offense of like, I'm watching this team and they can beat me at any point because anyone is going 40 yards or 50 yards on a play. They don't have that player. Worthy's not that player. He's super fast. He's done that once or twice this season.
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They don't have what Philadelphia has, which your 17 play drive, here's a one play drive. But who cares? Here on the first
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On offense. Well, and on defense. On offense. On offense. It's how much talent the Chiefs have at quarterback. That was their first 30-point game of the entire season. Please look up for me all the other teams that haven't had a 31-point game this season. They're all bad.
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I'm arguing what you're telling me, that their skill guys are that great. They have so many weapons.
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Understood, but you're telling me that Shakir's not a good enough number one receiver, that the Bills need to get Josh Allen more help, and what I'm telling you is if they gave him the Chiefs' help, you'd be like, eh.
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I get that Patrick Mahomes is now doing the thing that the Patriots did, which is it doesn't actually matter what the pieces are. That they can just go get whatever.
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But Mike is making drastic changes to a team that's 17-3 in the postseason with Mahomes.
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No, it's not the strategy. What I'm saying is everyone in that sport is strategizing to beat their know-how-to-win. And nobody can do it, whatever their strategies are. You're asking me for a strategy that doesn't exist. Like, they have something at quarterback that no one else has.
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It doesn't mean that they don't lose. I'm saying that these two teams look the same to me. Right. And one of them, you all know, has a quarterback who's going to win at the end, and the other one has a history of losing that goes back 40 years.
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The problem and the argument that I would try to make on your behalf of they have to change something is that's as well as a football team can ever protect the football for an entire season. And they still lost. Like they were playing a fairly conservative style for Josh Allen. That's grading on a curve, obviously. But it was all minimized mistakes.
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And you can't account for the mistake that the line judge is going to make when he runs in on fourth and one and he spots the ball in the in the wrong spot. Like there's just no there's no accounting for that. You guys want me to put some out.
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I mean, I mean, that's pretty much even if I got it right. That's pretty much where we are. with the Chiefs where if they indeed lose this game in the future, we will expect them to win it the next day somehow because the league's overturned it or something has happened the following day that changes the result we just saw because they're in this rarefied air of they're always going to win.
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We know they're going to win. We fear they're going to win. On third and nine, of course, they're going to convert to end the game so we don't get to see Josh Allen again. The Bills should hire Spaggs.
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I can't believe no one else had that. I can't believe that you're the first person I've ever heard argue that Spag's addition by subtraction.
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You're brilliant. I've underestimated your brilliance. You know what? I changed my mind. I'm not wrong about the point spread, but I am wrong about saying that the Bills don't have to make drastic changes. They have to go with Chris Cody's brilliant pioneering idea of higher spags.
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I think that could have gone without saying.
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Just give it a couple of days. Let me play some sound here from last night. My father, I learned this on air with everyone else. He's been saying a version of this story for several years, and it turns out that there's a plot twist at the end. But let's hear, Papi was bringing it last night. He was eating cashews by the shovel full. That's what he does, yeah.
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And he was just filled with a lot of energy, and so he decided to talk for some reason about former Rams defensive end Fred Dreyer.
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Can you tell us? I want me to hear the story that you're always telling people about Fred Dreyer, the old Rams defensive end.
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Let's go live to my father right now and get whatever information. He's going to be stunned by this. Poppy, can you hear me out there? He's fiddling with his microphone. Someone help him, guys. There's just an on and an off, Papi. Look at everyone scurrying. Come on, GQ. A team of people are running toward the Pat Riley statue. Thanks for helping, Taylor.
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Papi, I'm being told that Fred Dreyer's still alive.
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Dad, you've been saying for years that Fred Dreyer dropped dead jogging after eating some salmon, that he had a bad ticker, and it's not true.
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Mike has said that the Chiefs can't keep getting away with this. And the thing I want to ask you guys is, can CBS keep getting away with this? What I'm about to say, which is they promoted yesterday Matlock with Kathy Bates as America's new favorite show. And I just don't believe that's true.
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I believe that it might be popular and that it might be good, but I believe that a lot of people can claim to be America's new favorite show and there's no way to quantify. Well, there are ways to quantify that, but ratings are so difficult these days that 10 people can make that claim. Is Matlock indeed that popular?
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So you can claim that.
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One of the things they were also advertising is just simply a show called Ghosts. Just Ghosts.
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Sam Darnold? Play that sound again of Sam Darnold and the announcers so we can ask Dugatz why he thought London Fletcher was calling a Vikings-Rams game in Arizona. He's holding it too long!
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That didn't sound like a linebacker.
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Yes, thank you. You got me. Speaking of television, I'm curious what you guys make of, in 2024, the Tom Brady roast was the most watched thing on Netflix of any kind. Netflix's stock is surging. The last quarter, they made a ton of money, and it's at least in part because NFL, Tyson, Tom Brady roast. They are getting in the game with so much money.
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That they're looking to change. They've been looking to change television and make Matlock and America's favorite new show be a thing of the past. That is one hell of a resurgence from showbiz. sharing passwords and some of the problems that they were dealing with during the pandemic.
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Netflix having that kind of year where the stock is surging with the last quarter that was record-breaking because of live sports is super interesting.
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You will not find another team, I do not believe, that has what Buffalo and Josh Allen have, which is they keep winning a playoff game every year, but they never get to the Super Bowl. It's crazy. That's not something that you see a lot of.
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And so what Stugatz is saying there is, I'm guessing that you're firing a coach who would have more one-loss success than any coach who would usually get fired in any situation. And he's got to have the highest winning percentage in Bill's history over even Marv Levy, given how much he's won in Buffalo, yeah?
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Yeah, well, they hired Steve Belichick. They went 15-1 too, but Marty Schottenheimer wasn't running into the same one problem at quarterback every year in Kansas City.
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Can you do me the favor, Chris Cody, of telling me what McDermott's winning percentage is in Buffalo?
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju. Are we still making Marvs at Levitard Show? It's been a while, it feels like. Marvins, naming a baby Marvin, calling a baby Marvin doesn't feel quite right. Let's see what we have under Mike Bryan's desk here. Oh. Oh, boy.
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That's what he said. He's reporting an implication as our North Carolina insider. Legally binding. It seems flimsy. It doesn't seem terribly.
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It doesn't seem very, it doesn't have a lot of nutrients, that particular answer. But it would make sense that Belichick would have to coach an actual game before his son gets handed the program.
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You should have held out. I understand that you guys can point out a number of legal discrepancies here. I'm going to go ahead and say. Let's do your own worst enemy here.
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Wow. No one else is saying anywhere in the American sports media that you fire the head coach who has a near 70 percent winning percentage because you need to get over the hump and do something drastic. And the drastic thing would be firing a coach with that kind of winning.
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So you say, though, that I'm never really impressed, and all I've been doing for two weeks is articulating some form at 56 years old, covering sports for a while, of just... complete confusion as to how that quarterback can be coached to never turn the ball over.
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So you say you're not impressed, and I'm saying, good Lord, on his watch, Josh Allen went from someone I thought was terrible at quarterback to running a team that has fewer turnovers than any in the sport. And you're telling me, no, that linesman's got to call that differently, McDermott, unimpressed. And I'm like, okay, okay. And it's hard to get past my homes by a yard.
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All right, so there was an anonymous executive quoted as saying the Patriots are interested in a division trade for Tyreek Hill if Tyreek Hill is indeed available. You'd be welcoming, again, because you've got the same problem. You've got to go to Kansas City and beat Mahomes.
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You'd be welcoming, again, what you did with Stephon Diggs, the drastic change after Stephon Diggs was, you know how we make Josh a better quarterback? We mix it up and give him no number one receivers. We give him a bunch of different options the way Mahomes has a bunch of different options, and we get him to play a more careful game. Now you're going back.
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So we're doing what teams do all the time organizationally when they can't figure something out. We'll go from a coach who's tough to a coach who's a player's coach to back to a coach who's tough. So now we're going back to the number one Stefan Diggs disgruntled receiver who might be available.
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Okay, but Mahomes is the problem. It's not in your locker room. The problem is in another locker room. So you give up? You don't give up. You can keep changing. I just say tinkering versus drastic. I say they're obviously close. Like they're indisputably right there. And you're telling me they need another number one receiver. I'm like, okay, welcome Tyreek Hill in there.
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Make sure he doesn't get 1,000 yards. See how that goes.
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You're right about this because the Heat were close and then they weren't. And it happened while we were watching them be close. Sometimes that's not quite enough. You need something else to put you over the top. But it's really difficult to do what the Panthers did. What the Celtics did. Make that move. The Celtics did what it is that you had to do, and it was unpopular. I just don't know.
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When you say drastic change, you sort of have to tell me what it is, because firing a coach with that winning percentage would be drastic.
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Are the rest of you supporting some sort of movement that calls it the Frankie Lou Vu rule of just keep at the goal line, jumping over the tush push or trying to get an offsides call because you're trying to perfectly time? The other team getting an inch in a rugby scrum. I said this last night, Stugatz, and I do think it's really dumb.
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Yeah, sure. Everybody would want him.
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Bill, Mike Evans.
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You guys, the reason that is both a ridiculous thing to offer me today and also something that I think... is funny to look at that I think gets ignored. When you guys keep doing this, they need to do something. They need to do something. The way the culture of sports argument is that we find blame, criticize, and the next day is not about celebrating the winner. It's about blaming the loser.
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I really think that it ignores the historic greatness of Patrick Mahomes that you guys keep telling me need to do something when it's what every franchise was saying when Michael Jordan played, and it's what every franchise was saying when Tom Brady played, and there's a new one here now. on need to do something, oh, can't do anything, we're going to lose every single time, no matter what we do.
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Burrow for Alan? Ooh, Belichick?
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There are 11 minutes of actual action in a three-hour football game. But the action is great. I know, but so much of the 11 minutes is let's try and get this push on a rugby scrum on second and one, on third and inch. Let's do this two or three times and just let clock run out because all we're doing is let's just have all the fat guys push in this direction and see if we can get half a yard.
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You like watching that? You like watching fourth and short for an inch?
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The thing is, though, Mike, I'm watching The Will and The Gladiator and all of that stuff, and then it's an old guy deciding he's just going to put the ball wherever he thinks it should have gone.
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We will?
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Do you feel bad for him today? Because he played well enough to win the game as he has. He's lost four times to them, and his statistics are better than they are when he's four and one or three and one against them in the regular season. Yeah, I'm sick for him.
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I can't tell you what a tribute and honor it is that the Buffalo Bills have somebody who is very clearly and obviously the MVP of the league. And the strategy is still let me hand the ball off to James Cook here because I don't want that other quarterback to be having the ball too much. You want McDermott fired, right? Didn't you come in here today with McDermott bye-bye?
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Are they, though? Because you guys are telling me, a team I know to be good, you're telling me that I need to do something drastic about the fact that they lost by three points in a game where the ball wasn't spotted correctly. They need to do something drastic when Kincaid doesn't catch a ball that he needs to catch.
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You say do something drastic, but I thought getting rid of Stephon Diggs was doing something drastic.
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I would say that it helps to have Patrick Mahomes because I'm watching an interview with DeAndre Hopkins playing in his first Super Bowl, and I'm like, what's the difference at this point between DeAndre Hopkins and Amari Cooper? What's the difference between those two people? Because the Bills got Josh Allen something like what the Chiefs got.
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I would say I'd rather have Amari Cooper right now than DeAndre Hopkins. Nobody wanted DeAndre Hopkins the last couple of years.
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running interference so that Whoever was coverage, the linebacker just had no chance to do anything with what that play was. If you're playing with your backups, if they've had secondary issues all year, if the Lions season falls apart because, God, look what happened to their defense. Everyone's injured.
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I'm asking when they're that close and it's a spot that's the difference, what's the drastic thing you would like them to do? You say Stephon Diggs, getting rid of him is in the wrong direction. You want them to trade for a number one who is better than Shakir? Yeah. Yeah.
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They're not having any problem with offense. They're not having problems with offense. They're fine on offense. They scored 28 points every time they play the Chiefs. Josh Allen was a little YOLO-y in the first quarter.
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You can't do your postgame after that game wearing that outfit. That's not something that you can do. That catch he made, that game was a lot of fun. And I believe that whatever disappointment there is about that game today is only because people have some Chiefs fatigue that I'm hearing articulated.
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more than I'm used to hearing winners get pulled down, even though we did plenty of this with the Patriots.
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I just don't think they have to do anything drastic. I think they're pretty close. I think they're obviously a good team, indisputably a good team, and everyone's losing to Mahomes. There aren't front office moves that can be made by anybody that's topping Mahomes the last three years.
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Billy was saying earlier that the Chiefs have a whole lot of weapons, and I don't think they do. I think their skill guys are worse. Among the last four teams, I didn't like their skill guys. Kelsey, in this state...
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Understood. But in this state, over whatever have been the last 10 games of Kelsey, at some point, that body is going to break down with that kind of wear and tear. And so he can do it occasionally, 117 of their 177 passing yards. But consistently over the last 10 games, he has not done it. And there are other skilled guys?
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I've been saying this since Friday, and I'm not real sure why it is that people aren't just the numbers of this are eluding people. Give me all of their big plays this season.
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We have a ton of emotion here in the room today. And Stugatz, last night, Greg Cody came out of the gate. He was complaining because he didn't have his Miller Lite. It was a strong complaint and it was a good complaint. He was cantankerous about it. He was bothered. He's like, is this a watch party or is this a watch symposium? Like, where's my Miller Lite?
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And so he came out of the box here roaring, again, maximum curmudgeon and took us all off guard where he decided to start the watch along last night. Why are you ripping the Walter Payton Man of the Year?
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I'm telling you, somebody's got to go get some beer.
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I don't think it's called the Moy.
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He's right. You're always in trouble if Greg Cody starts something with God bless so-and-so, so-and-so. Covered himself on the front end.
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The Chiefs were hunting Hamlin last night, especially on whatever the Mahomes running plays were.
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There can't be a charitable incentive if you win Walter Payton Man of the Year award. There has to be.
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Okay, perhaps, but I don't think anyone's got a contract clause that pays them more money. Otherwise, you'd have 50 guys. Hey, get me some turkeys. I'm going to the orphanage this morning.
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They don't leave a paper trail on that. It makes me look good. Those are all meetings that have no paperwork on them. Those are all voice notes.
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The idea of a guy coming into his agent and marketing team and being like, this year you guys bring me the sick kids. All right. We're going to take a lot. I need this award. Look, every Tuesday I'm taking pictures. We're going to win that award this year. You put me in a children's hospital. Leslie, Bill, Paul. If you don't win me this award, you're fired.
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I also like the idea of somebody going in there and just being aggressively, you know what? I'm going to take a lane no one else is taking. I'm being shameless about from day one of this season, I'm going to win this award. I'm going to say it out loud. Hashtag...
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You mentioned the 555 hotline number. We tried last week a failed experiment. We are revamping it and hopefully trying to get 1-800-STU-GOTS as the number. So that we can make the hotline a little better. But Stu Gantz, on his way home, learned of this hotline, was bothered by the two hot takes that were selected by the producers to punctuate segments last week.
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And so he decided, on his way home, our sponsored hotline, to leave his own voicemail on the way home. Again, this is something he did years ago. He can't help himself. He's got to give opinions wherever it is they'll be recorded. Let's see what we have here.
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How was God bless football this morning? How did you guys do?
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Did you guys have enough games yesterday? I was telling you before that you get addicted to the stimuli of give me all the games, and then next thing you know, you've got a 3.30 start and a 6.30 start. You don't know what to do with yourself at 1 o'clock on a Sunday.
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Because you've been binging all season a torrent of games, and now all of a sudden everyone gets out of the way for the two showcase games, and rather inexplicably, late at night, Thunder Blazers, the only game on the NBA schedule.
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I don't like fewer games. I'd prefer Week 15 to that weekend. Unless you get that game, the one you got at 6 o'clock. I have no complaints about the game. I just want more games. At this point, they've spoiled me with this. At this point, the sugary addiction of the action is such that I'd prefer six games to the one. I'd prefer six games in the four o'clock window.
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Can you get me the recycled take sound, please, at Levitard Show?
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Would you be okay with, put it on the poll, Juju, would you be okay with just the Bills and the Chiefs playing again for the Super Bowl and everyone just telling Philadelphia, you know what, next year. Well, sorry. Whatever, we changed the rules.
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Philadelphia's going to be favored. They are favored, are they not? I'm not sure.
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All right, I'd watch that line over the coming week. Rather than admit that you were wrong.
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Once they realize that Jason Kelsey has been devalued in the last 24 hours by this show.
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I just saw it invalidated when I came in today.
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The way that Philadelphia runs the football where their quarterback is their worst skill position player.
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I believe that all over content making, people are going from one hour to the next not saying exactly the same thing that they do.
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Let's examine that play for a second because find for me the Sam Darnold playoff game where the announcer from on high is just saying from the safety of the press box near the hot dogs and the free media chips, just run, Sam Darnold, even though you're surrounded by cyclones of menace and horror.
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Just know that what is around you is something that you should see clearly the way that I see it from up here. Ben Solak, didn't he come out and say on that play that Shakir was wide open down the field as Josh Allen ran 12 yards backward in a panic? Wait, hold up.
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I would say that Chris Jones is a cyclone of menace and horror in any context that I were to run into him where I was trying to do something that he was trying to prevent me from doing. I'm going to be okay with what it is I've just said there. And if you don't like what I've said, that's fine.
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He was just a cyclone. As high as... Not a cyclops, a cyclone.
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Yeah. When... When Ben Solak is saying that Shakir is wide open for a first down over there and Josh Allen is running backwards with his legacy over here and it's Chris Jones coming up the middle of the field on him. You do it.
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Go ahead and play the sound of that announcer screaming and yelling because Sam Darnold couldn't see what could be easily seen from the press box.
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It's a great call. The casual indifference of- Just run. Just like it's so easy. He's holding it too long.
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It's a little bit crazy in here today. There are some emotions and things happening that I just saw it happen. Jason Kelsey hasn't played in the last 24 hours, and I just saw his value drop. In the other room, everybody was yelling at each other. They took away his late-night show and started giving his late-night show to other centers around the league. Juergens tonight.
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I suppose that, you know, London Fletcher played and he was used to whenever it is that he came into a play, someone would just run away from him. So his life experience is that if someone is being chased, they should just run. But Sam Darnold, you know, tends to throw his way out of situations. I do understand how it is we have all of the answers after someone else has lost the game.
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But I do want to present to you and the audience again the general stupidity Of deciding that kind of game that always delivers with consecutive plays of the refs marking the ball in the wrong place and therefore deciding that game. Now, a number of different things could have happened after that. But at that point, it was Bills 22-21.
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And as soon as the Bills failed to recover, they never led again. Right. So they lost the game on two plays where they couldn't get an inch in a game where they spent a lot of time not being able to get an inch on short yardage runs. That was a historic game situation where the Chiefs were stopping Josh Allen and the Bills in short yardage situations an inordinate number of times.
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That's not a normal thing that you saw. And on consecutive plays...
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The decisions being made, and I don't know how much this is being talked about today, because now when the Chiefs win, everyone starts talking about every one penalty, every one call, how it is they're favored, how it is in the last 12 games the other team always has more penalties they do, how it is on that fourth and five play, that there was a flag on the screen until Kincaid dropped the ball, and then that flag was gone, never mind.
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We don't know what that call was, but I'm sure that it's just that call is the Chiefs go directly to the Super Bowl. The flag is just a referee comes up and accidentally says in front of everybody, I'm sorry, Bills, you've been eliminated. This flag means the Chiefs and Taylor Swift get to play Philadelphia in the Super Bowl. It's how it's being received.
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Do you or do you not see the stupidity in doing the measurements that way, where it's two guys, linesmen running at each other, and they both got their foot in a different spot, and that's how we're going to spot the football.
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Who is keeping an eye on whether Stugatz is paying these fines or not or whether he is just faking his way through pretending to pay the fines?
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Keep an eye on that line. Let's see how much that moves during the course of the week. You guys say that the Chiefs, you should not bet against Patrick Mahomes, but all season long I have seen Chiefs lines that are super small, including in that game last night where they told you, the money told you if that game is played on a neutral field, the money says Buffalo is better.
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Oh, man. You guys saw yesterday's Philadelphia Eagles game. Yeah. Said to yourself, well, they don't need Jason Kelsey. You guys told me that was an important center. None of us know how to measure that.
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that Buffalo is the better team because the home field is a three-point advantage. And pretty consistently, people walk away from betting against or doubting Patrick Mahomes with the feeling of, why did I do that? Why was I such an idiot that I would think this is the year that they were vulnerable?
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Can you guys tell me who the second most famous center is ever?
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I mean, you got in there confidently, but you took somebody from the 1970s that a whole lot of people listening here haven't heard of.
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I do think that three years from now, given just general difficulties of late night, a group of executives are going to get together with the Jason Kelsey decision to give a late night show and be like, what were we doing back then? Like, We got carried away, right, with the whole thing. Caught up in the moment.
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Put that on the poll at Levitard Show. Would Jeff Saturday be as famous if he wasn't named Saturday? And put the second thing up there as well. Is Jeff Saturday the second most famous center ever?
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Is that something you've thought of a lot? Is it Dwight Lauderdale, an anchor from 15 years ago?
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Look, I'm on to him and Al Sunshine.
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Might be on the Rushmore. Rushmore, literally. Rushmore. You got four that you need to put up there, and you've only given me three so far.
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I think Jessica skews Pittsburgh here, though, because I don't think the majority of the audience knows who we're talking about when we say Mike Webster. Olin Krutz? Ooh. Anybody who would fight your teammates. Anyone whose teammates are all scared of him like Olin Krutz. You guys were watching Eagles Commanders yesterday marveling at the fact that it was just a fight, right?
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That they just decided at some point to start punching each other? Punching the ball out? But it's okay if it doesn't hit the ball and just hits the dude's face.
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I mean, that position's got to suck to age at. especially if you were as good as he was. Like, that was a person. Mike Evans beat him up the last time they faced each other, but that was a person who gave Mike Evans problems, was it not?
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Yeah, just fighting him.
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That's all you're doing there with both him and Saturday. You're taking the first, the nickname, and the last name.
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Really? Classic Bulldog. Wow. That is impressive that the center led the league in interceptions. That'd probably be hard to do today.
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Stugatz. Stugatz. Dalton Kincaid stole from Josh Allen what would have been a Buffalo Bills memory for all time. No doubt. On a catch you've got to make. Because the play that Josh Allen made running straight backward 12 yards back. is the play that needed to be made to beat Patrick Mahomes and he made it. Josh Allen made it and Dalton Kincaid did not.
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Well, wait a minute. You know what? They got the first down before that. The play before that, Kincaid, I think, was the one who got the first down. Both spots were bad, and this is where I say, this is really stupid, the way that we're doing this. That we decide what Josh Allen is for all time over game of inches. Just two referees running at each other, and they're running in different places.
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They're spotting the ball differently.
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Go ahead and look at the stats on last night's game. Josh Allen was better. It doesn't mean anything. It won't be remembered that way.
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It's not just that, though. It's Patrick Mahomes needing to be on a team that has no precedent in the sport if they win another game. Like, that... that the last three years of Chiefs football, it's not just that Mahomes is standing in his way. It's something that will look like an empire when we look back at it 30 years from now.
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Same way, though, that Eli Manning just threw it up to Tyree, and Tyree made the play, and it's remembered for all time.
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Let me ask you guys something, because Mike mentioned how, as he went home, his feeling for the Bills got worse. Are any of you confused by the sheer lack of happiness for the Chiefs? Like the nationwide lack of happy that is Chiefs adjacent, where nobody seemed to be rooting for that as that result. Why is that?
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I wonder where the line is, though, on where it is that people get tired of the greedy, gluttonous empire building.
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At some point with the Patriots, it turned from a cute story to that's enough. It never did happen to Michael Jordan, but he took a break in between. Michael Jordan was not someone the nation tended to be rooting against, no matter how many underdogs made an appearance, nor did people tire of him. We wanted more.
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The thing, though, with Mahomes that is happening, because this is the most limited offense he's had, that's the highest scoring game they've had this season. They needed all of it. The thing that's happening with Mahomes is it's happening so much for him so early that
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that I don't see people rallying around his superstardom in a way that supports, I'm witnessing historic greatness the way that you would during Michael Jordan's day, because somebody's not supposed to get there every year. Even seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady wasn't getting there every,
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every year and so you know there were stops along the way where you're not you're not one win away from three in a row and does Jessica have this right when she says it's two it's two and when you're going for the third that we're all like it can't just be like that but but again we were okay with it before social media we were okay with it with Michael Jordan a million years ago I think
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Oh, no. Nope. Oh, a Celtics 2024 World Championship banner.
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I saw some stuff, some early stuff on Juju's new Alley Oop show. We're going to debut tomorrow. We're going to show you some of what it is that Juju's doing on the interwebs around basketball coverage. He has been, oh, Willow. What's Willow doing? What does Willow want? Seems like she's bothering somebody. Whoa, Billy, what's happening? What are you eating that Willow wants?
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
So anyway, excuse me for doing that. I was distracted by Willow. Tony, I don't know what's happening with Tony there. Tony, this is the first I'm hearing of any of this.
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
What is going on with our tournament of sound? Was it widely rejected? Was it poo-pooed?
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
I'm sorry. Joker of the Day. Do we have a Joker of the Day today? Anyone in here?
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
Just warn them. Warn them about what's out there.
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
Where did we arrive on is the cutting-off point on over-under for how short you're willing for your Santa to be? 5'7", still too short, isn't it? Too short. 5'10"? It's got to be 6'.
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
So Asner. An Ed Asner reference. Thank you, Juju. Appreciate it.
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
I did not meet your brother. I didn't see your brother. I don't know why your brother was in the office.
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Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
It's like Ozzie and Jose Canseco, one of the great sports.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: I Like Willow...At Home
Juju, I'm sorry to interrupt you. And as I was saying, I'm very much looking forward to watching yet more. I should say debut of his show here because the Alley Hoop show is not. He's been doing it during the postseason and been doing professional basketball coverage for us for a while. Nice to see you, sir. Do you have any opinions on any of the subject matter that we had today?
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Hour 2: The Steph Curry of Sports Media (feat. Jemele Hill)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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$49.99.
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Hour 2: The Steph Curry of Sports Media (feat. Jemele Hill)
The funniest thing I found from this entire situation was Robert Griffin III getting dunked on. That's it. Just him getting dunked on.
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Hour 2: The Steph Curry of Sports Media (feat. Jemele Hill)
I could find the funny and the sad in that situation. I thought it was highly hilarious that his take was that dumb. So, obviously, he gets dunked on on that one.
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Hour 2: The Steph Curry of Sports Media (feat. Jemele Hill)
This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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Hour 2: The Steph Curry of Sports Media (feat. Jemele Hill)
Depends how interesting it is. Yeah. I honestly don't know what this is. Morning routine? Yes.
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Yeah, and as much as I'm on Twitter, or X as it's currently known right now, I have yet to see whatever this morning routine thing is. Like 0% knowledge of this. I don't know what it is either. I think it's you have an Android. It just gets to you slower.
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God damn it. It is not because I have an Android. It might be. I guess it's not in the algorithm, I guess.
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Hour 2: The Steph Curry of Sports Media (feat. Jemele Hill)
What is that? Well, the sharing it or having one?
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No, I totally expected that the fat black guy with the silly-ass fedora would say something about it, but he did not. I was really shocked about that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
Like that controversy is one of the dumbest I've seen in my lifetime as we're supposed to be evolving this conversation.
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I don't know what the reaction is and I don't want to know what the reaction is. Can we just give a brief update on some of the advancers? Can we just play some of the advancers? And I'd like to start a different tournament right now just to make this a little messier. So.
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Again, my worst nightmare. You guys just want to. That's what that the Super Bowl.
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It's a Wild Billy Wednesday, which is strange to me that we're putting some rules in Wild Billy Wednesday.
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Well, let's just get me updated here.
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Oh, good God, man. I hate this so damn much. I hate it so much. If you want to talk about doing shows, you want to split off sports and politics during a sports show, Jackie Robinson's entire life was politics. He couldn't play Major League Baseball until 1947 when he was the first person to break the color barrier. What are we doing here? He had to play Negro League Baseball.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
So universal applause for the tournament.
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Tell me whether I should, and we will continue with that tournament as well, but tell me whether you guys would like to partake in this as a tournament. Can we just put together, please? I'm just going to say an assortment of iconic sounds. Just iconic sounds. So if I'm going to go, I'll go 16 through 1 here, and just tell me if this is a tournament that you would like to do, yes or no.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
We'll do it as quickly as we can. Number 16. Is that an iconic sound? That is the intro to Back to the Future. Yes. Okay, I'm sorry. How does that not put a smile on your face when you hear that? It was a 16, yeah. But I just didn't know that that was an iconic sound. Give me a 15. Okay. It's a much stronger 15 than a 16, right? That's stronger.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
All right, hold on just a second. Hold on to this tournament because I want to think about this for a second. I want to give some consideration to whether or not this is something I want to do going forward because it'd be pretty easy for us to come up with 68 great sounds.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
Well, I want to throw this tournament at that tournament in the event that we don't want anything to be too perfect, too universally applauded by the fan base.
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Okay. Well, I'm glad that you just told me that.
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No, I know. I know that. Billy, you think that I don't know that they would hate this tournament? I don't know. Okay. I appreciate you saying that.
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I'm not mad at the lie. I am mad that I know that the fans aren't going to like us outsourcing our work to other fans to try to do our work.
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And then give us a prize. Watch the game with Dan.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
Well, but see, this is one of the wonderful criticisms that can come your way when you don't or we don't do something well. Yes, there is great frustration, great frustration in working your hardest to do something less good than something that was easier.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
So it wasn't as iconic a sound as I thought it was.
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All right, let me go. Give me 14. Give me what would be a 14 in an iconic tournament sound.
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That's real low. Yeah, that's low.
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You've got a real big impression of yourself when that's the introduction you want to make.
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I don't know what RG3 is talking about. It just doesn't make any sense to me. It makes me so angry.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
Oh, for crying out loud, man. Make us look old. Just make us look old, Tony. You are.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
Can you guys look up for me just the history of the phrase color barrier? Because I want to explore something here that I do not know because it's not an actual barrier. But when I think of whatever that is meant to represent, I think of Jackie Robinson. There is not another name. I don't know what a color barrier is if not for Jackie Robinson as representation.
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Somebody scored. Scoreless. Scoreless. Scoreless game. Went to penalty kicks. Number nine.
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What? It's the Pornhub intro.
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That's a number one overall. I hear Ethan Badowski screaming through the walls that are soundproof. I hear him shouting, that's a number one.
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He knows all about that Pornhub intro, I guess. Not in the state of Florida anymore, though. No, he's got an ID. They're workarounds. Number eight. That is from The Price is Right, apparently.
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Well, we're doing it on the fly. Number seven.
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That is the Wilheim scream. That is a very famous scream that you hear in the movies.
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Apparently, he's the guy that screamed Wilheim.
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Can you play that again, please? It's strange to me that I don't know what these iconic sounds are.
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No, it's his last name. Oh. I don't know what that is. Number five. Number four.
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Intro to a very famous HBO song. A song, yeah. I mean, so is the song from Back to the Future.
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Man, I feel once we get to number two and stuff that there are some other questionable ones in here. In number 16, I think we could come up with a bunch of one seeds here. Number one. So, Billy, what are you refuting? You're saying the Curb Your Enthusiasm has to go because it's a song and too long? Andres Cantor has to go because the goal call is too long?
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All right, I'm going to continue with this tournament. We will see what we put together and just throw at you.
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I don't know the history of that phrase.
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I think that might have been one of the first things that we played again and again as a show 17 years ago, whenever it happened on live television. I think the next day, it feels like something. That feels to me when you tell that story, and we'll play this sound for those of you who haven't heard it, because I think of it as almost one of the first sounds we ever played that sort of spread out.
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And I guess it wasn't pre-social media, but it feels like it was really early in our show's history where a woman is crushing grapes with her feet on national television and she falls out of the grape bucket. And when she falls, something really hurts. This is a woman. Listen to the sound she makes when she hits the floor. She falls off a platform.
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Agreed, but I'm saying I don't know what a barrier, where that phrase once started.
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She's like crushing grapes with her feet, but she slips, falls right on her face, and this is what it sounds like.
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is the history and that is the fact. And we are in the process of rewriting history through everything from banned books to arguments about censorship. And they're just distracting, right? You need to understand that Mina Kimes is being used there for how she looks and whatever her political ideology is. as a tool to then ensnare RG3, and it's how you do it. It's how you win.
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You just pit the sides against each other, let them devour each other in the stupidity, and you run off with all the money and try and make Gaza a luxury resort strip, like with the richest man in the world in your office, like that's how all that happens. You have all the money in the world and you've cheapened every principle There is an America.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
Well, here's the thing about a color barrier, because every black person had a color barrier back in 1947 and before that, because it was Jim Crow back then. It was segregation. You couldn't eat at white restaurants or drink water from a white water fountain. That's how things went back then.
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
I need a sorbet of some sort, Jeremy. I'm going to put you in a tough spot here. I'm going to need a transition here that is light and breezy. Can you give me something that you came in here after a couple of days off dying to talk about today that can transition us from the conversation that makes Roy so angry into something a little lighter?
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast. This episode of the Dan Lovett Talk Show with Stu Gatz is presented by Smirnoff. We do game days. Please drink responsibly. The Smirnoff Company in New York, New York.
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For the audio audience, it's a baseball glove, and the glove caught an oyster, and in the oyster, it's a pearl that looks like a baseball. Dan, can you find the baseball?
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He could whip one up. Is there not a marketing department here? Oh, there is, and that's why they ended up with that logo. What's the story? What is the backstory? What is now happening around this wonderful logo?
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Hour 1: A Bracket of Iconic Sounds
So when I mentioned that Jeremy yesterday was doing that report on advancing through dancing, and the Heat, by the way, have been doing for a while now.
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a celebration of women that if we're going to make the rg3 jackie robinson conversation about politics this then too would be the heat aggressively being political by simply celebrating women during their broadcast yeah which is a choice the heat have have made that is now a political choice that's a political choice i don't know that it's political
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I have noticed, as many of you have, that over the last 10 years, whatever the conversation is about race or whether it's race in sports or race in politics, that. It has gotten, in some instances, unfathomably dumb as when Mina Kimes finds herself in quote unquote controversy talking about Jackie Robinson because of how ridiculous the behavior is around any of these conversations.
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We ended up in exactly the same place.
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So I'll tell you some backstory here. It is dated, but just so that you know, the choices that are being made in media at the moment around this kind of stuff, as you have legal rulings over the weekend where people are afraid of Trump and his money. And in this small little stupid playground of sports a long time ago, me, Mitch Albom and Mike Lupica wrote like these two minute things.
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The sports reporters. No, no, no.
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No, no, no. No, it's not this. Please. It's not a parting shot on sports reporters. That was one thing. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm saying weekly on SportsCenter, their signature property, Disney and ESPN proud of this thing that is meant to represent their company as the proudest thing built on SportsCenter.
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in there they would put these two-minute things that we wrote that were meant to be journalistically sound here's where the opinion is right here on whatever politics or whatever is you know the stain takes off into the sky uh on pointing out in sports to people that the size of difference between the liberal media person and the average sports fan is larger
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than the size of the average media person in America and the average journalist by leaps and bounds. And in sports, you will find this anti-black, anti-gay, anti-women. You'll find it more in sports proportionally
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and other audiences are now feeding on that in communities where they can do this stuff like yell about dei and then do the gender politics stuff that can allow trans people to to be killed at a disproportionate rate and be good with it we had two minutes on sports center and after we did this for about a year and the focus groups came back clearly we don't want that we don't like that
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I want when my opinion is also expressed by somebody, I want two people talking about that idea, not one person telling me what their idea is.
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I'm going to talk later in the show with Jamel Hill about the general dumbness of everything that happened last week where it's like that is not a smart race conversation. Stephen A. Smith ending up with wanting to debate Donald Trump on DEI from that as the starting point with saying that RG3 wasn't liked by the people at ESPN and RG3 longing for when games just used to be games in coverage.
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And so then from there, all the things that are more inclusive are birthed, and Stephen A. Smith can become the star he can going right, going left, and be just super inclusive everywhere and become a giant wrestling star that could fight with the president in debate at the height of the stupidity of the sports debate.
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where in sports, we're supposed to be leaders on this stuff, and I'm showing you a place where that stuff was actively said by the consumer. I don't want that.
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and then the people with the FU money comply because that's what all the corporations are gonna do that have the FU money and now they will bow in front of this money with Musk and Trump because they're scared of the way all of the mess can be wielded.
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I can't unsee the way all of these corporations after George Floyd said all the right shit and I can't unsee the way it all went back to being exactly like it was with an even worse backlash and now making the sports argument it's not even Kaepernick anymore. It's this garbage. Like, it's just nonsense. Well, really?
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We're going to argue whether Jackie Robinson was historically relevant because of race. Like, we're going to make it so stupid that you just can't have a conversation about it, that no one's changing their minds about everything. We're just going to be fighting until the end of time, until we blow each other up.
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The humor is so highbrow. It was lost on you?
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Oh no, but no, but and you get another year of college. It's why I'm asking you about the price. I'm asking you.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
So let me ask you guys a different portion of this because I guess everyone's in agreement. Wow, the NBA seems like it's fun. I'll get new friends. But I want to just explore for a moment the idea that whenever I talk to these professionals who have made all the money... They talk about where their regrets are and how it changed from college to the pros in terms of money and responsibility.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
It may be different now because college was no money, and so a lot of them were broke together. And we can romanticize the Christmases that were terrible once you get to the good Christmases. But when I tell you that this group of people that I've talked to over the years always say that before it became a business, it was a different kind of treasure.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
And it's something I was doing with my friends where then I went to go work with my coworkers. What would you give for a year? Because it's not just big men on campus. It's big men on campus with your friends. And you can say make new friends, but I'm telling you, now you're wearing a lot of responsibility in the pros, and you're not going to get away.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
with the stuff that you were doing in college as the big man on campus. What's that worth to you, the dream? Because if everyone says they want to be a rock star and athlete so that they can get fame and sex and money, he can have all of that at Duke.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Billy misses them so much. So much. Lucy, welcome. We will talk March Madness with you in a moment. But before we do that, I saw that you were loving all of the Ben Affleck. You've fallen in love with Ben Affleck, it appears to me, based on your social media postings.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Oh! Stugatz. I hope he has the day he deserves.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
It's beautiful. It's leaving it to the cosmos to sort it out.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
It doesn't make, when we're talking about dollars and cents, this one is so interesting to me. Because if I ask hypothetical person X, hey, you're going to have made $100 million in your life. Would you like to go back and have another year of something that felt more like childhood for $7 million, for $6 million? Would you like another year before the responsibilities?
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I'd just be curious what the answers are. I know what all your perspectives are.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I get it, but you're doing it absolutely. I don't even disagree with you, but you're making the NBA huge fun at every turn. I'm going to all these cities.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
And just as this last point, which one do you guys imagine is more fun? Just curious, when you say playing against the best. Right now, the person, LaMelo Ball? Or Cooper Flagg. It can't be fun.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Let me ask you guys something about changing viewing habits that I have not yet caught up to, and I feel bad about this, that this is still something that surprises me because of my old patterns. When Robert De Niro quietly appears on Netflix with a new movie, I don't understand a Robert De Niro movie appearing quietly on Netflix.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Well, Robert De Niro hasn't made anything good in a very long time. And it's why I wanted to ask the shipping container about what their assessment of Robert De Niro is. Because I'm going to say it's been 15 years.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Robert De Niro wants to work, loves to work, and I'm not even criticizing the end of his career because the work has not been very good. And not to his standard as one of the best actors that there's ever been. But I don't know how you guys, when we talk about Charles Barkley, some people don't remember him as a player.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
We've now had enough De Niro movies that aren't any good that a whole lot of people might not know that De Niro's good. That's the guy from Meet the Fockers, right?
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
How do you guys think of Robert De Niro?
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
It is true, but all of you forgot it when I was talking about it.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Zaslow, you weren't believing Hurley yesterday. Incidentally, Florida has empirically what is being rated by the people who do the analytics best, the best offense we've seen in the sport in a decade. Their free throws were a problem yesterday, and UConn stayed with them all game.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
UConn has been bad for them this season, and Hurley has been someone who publicly has shown us more of himself than we've ever seen, and he's got jagged edges. He's arrogant. He's brutal. He will be somebody that can be not liked in his pursuit of championships as people watch him. And yesterday he leaves the court losing by two and it's not a graceful exit.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Crocodile tears?
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Thank you. Thank you for the definition. Can you please play the sound of Hurley off the court, even though Zaz did a pretty good reenactment?
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
I like you leaning away from the microphone and just shouting, sort of belching criticism.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
No, but the way you characterized that as how Hurley did it did not quite match the video. Because in the video, he's in a suit and he is walking with his back a little further back than it should be. And he's not helping Baylor or trying to help Baylor. He's just hissing in anger because his team was pretty close. and shouldn't have been because they're not as good as Florida by a long shot.
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The Big Suey: Give Me That Plain Stick (feat. Lucy Rohden)
Jeremy, why are you smiling?
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That was a 10-point underdog they were in that game. But when you lean back from the microphone and do it with the casual arrogance of... His arrogance. Of Hurley, it's... something that made me think of a conversation we were having last week about Elon Musk and likability, okay? Who are the people in sports who are universally likable?
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I know Seth Curry, many of you are tired of the storylines, almost so impossibly sweet as if you've grown bored of how impossibly sweet it is. But when you think of likable people,
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across sports who gets to be the opposite of Hurley because I enjoy obviously the coaches Pete Carroll's of the world are fine it's nice to be around but I enjoy these people or hissing monsters of showing you their vanities showing you their arrogance showing you when they're pissed off that they don't care how it looks that you don't like them I don't like nasty people I think it's a pretty easy way for me to sum up how I feel about Dan Hurley he comes off as a nasty man
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for watching. Thank you.
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Whoa.
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We've done this before.
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Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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It just said leaving on the thing, and I thought it would be like him leaving is what I thought it was going to say. What were you going to say, Lucy?
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We got to do better than that. Billy, you saw what just happened there. I thought that was pretty good. Billy, you saw what happened. You made Billy burst out laughing. How about you give us some good information and then attach a sponsor to it? Like give us something on the Duke-Baylor game. Give us some good information and then have it sponsored.
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I'm sorry, forgive me. But don't worry about that, Dan. I meant the good sports information. I'm sorry. I should have.
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We got to get better at these. That was so good. She's killing it. It's so smooth.
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And I did. What is the best fan base you've encountered in your travels?
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You're saying that the Wofford fan base is the most electric fan base you've ever encountered in all of your travels.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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Well, this is why she's a rising star in the business, that all the sponsors want to be around her. Billy, you were very excited by... No, it's just the transitions have been seamless.
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Early rounds in the women's tournament. I found the men's stuff to be disappointing, and I wanted more, and usually the chalk in the women's tournament advances easily early on, and that's not a lot of fun to watch.
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Good seeing you. Keep cashing those checks. The sponsors love you. Take care.
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Both of us. I don't get it all. Can I ask you guys, because Zaslow was mentioning and we were talking earlier about his 16-year-old son. Do you realize there's a whole segment of people, as he was mentioning, that don't know anything about Charles Barkley's basketball career and don't remember anything about George Foreman as a boxer?
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Zaz's son is being introduced for the first time to David Sampson.
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I see that Lucy Rodin is now radiant and just filled with superstardom. I am told by others that the sponsorship dollars are coming her way because people want to be associated with the Rodin brand. Why are you smiling, Zaslow?
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What would you do if you are Cooper Flagg? With your future, does anyone out here want to play at the bottom rung of the NBA ladder? And I asked this question watching that Charlotte team that has never played a meaningful basketball game. And I've watched Anthony Mason and Jamal Mashburn. That franchise does not know what it is to play a meaningful basketball game.
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Well, but I mean, Michael Jordan, one of the great disasters in ownership, except for he makes money on his way out. But nothing good happened there the entire time he was there.
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That is kind of the history of it. But Charlotte hasn't played a meaningful game since.
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And you're going to go play as Cooper Flagg for a team worse than Charlotte?
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The thing about money to me and these conversations that are most interesting is I wonder if I go back to retired athlete and say, hey, at 50 or 60, what would you pay? to have another year of college before it became the big giant business of pressure.
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Because one of the things that happens when you arrive at these kinds of successes and become an economy for things is that you get to the pros and now it's just a lot of responsibilities. You thought it was going to be fun, but you're running a business and You might like the playing.
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You're not going to like actually very much the practices and the shoot-arounds and all the meticulous sculpting in basketball. But if I gave anybody in our audience, how much would you pay to go back and have a year of college as Cooper Flagg, not as yourself? Oh, my God. Not as yourself, as Cooper Flagg.
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Okay, well, welcome to Zaslow. You're meeting Lucy for the first time. Do you guys want to tell each other anything weird about each other? Zaslow is super weird. Zaslow is a strange, strange person who doesn't own a coat.
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What would you pay to have another year of that before you go become Kyle Kuzma and just start wandering around alleys in Washington because 9,000 people are watching your games?
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Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show.
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Roy, I'm scared of Backward Cap Billy with a mischievous grin. And I'm scared of Backward Cap Billy with a mischievous grin. Me? On a day that there's no Chris Cody. Oh, because he's got a tight ship here. No stugats. No Mike Ryan. No Lewis. It's just Billy, and now Billy's turned his. No Lewis. Lewis hasn't been to work in three weeks.
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I didn't realize we had a substitute complicated legacy. Brought to you by Headquarter Toyota.
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Jeremy was doing his reports from the game yesterday, and I saw him reporting on behalf of Advancing Through Dancing. He was effervescent. Jeremy is bubbly as a sideline reporter. Perpetual enthusiasm.
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Well, OK, so and this is where it is that we get called heat homers and a criticism that was levied at me here recently as it regards Pat Riley is when I was saying that I got aggregated for saying around here that Jimmy's unstable ingredient. had made it so that when he left the Heat organization, there was a relief in the building.
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All right. Thank you. In outfit and demeanor, he looks like radio. He comes in. Look, I think I'm going to start the show just asking Zaslow an assortment of questions so that we can get to know the Zaslow wardrobe, for example.
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And a lot of people, and I understand why they would make this criticism, suggested that I'm just doing mouthpiece work on behalf of executives when I say that. But I wasn't even talking about executives. I was talking about employees. I was talking about the players.
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I was just talking about like relief in the building that whatever that tension was, I was talking to simply about, the funny thing about the report and it getting aggregated is that people naturally assumed, oh, Pat Riley's whimpering to Dan about how bad Jimmy was at the end. And it's like, no, I just talk, I know people who work there and they were like really uncomfortable, not just at the end,
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long before the end because of whatever it is. Like, I don't even know what it is to work in the secrecy of that building where you're not allowed to say anything about anything to anybody that basketball is this supreme holy thing that can't be touched. And whatever Jimmy's doing in that setting, Jimmy's getting whatever he wants.
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Okay, so one of the things, though, because I don't want to do revisionist history here, not only did that win, putting the coal in that furnace of conflict, like, this one to me is super, like, super rich for study, right? Whatever you believe to be that organization over the last 20 years, it thrived in a way that would be really uncomfortable, I think, for most human beings in conflict.
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OK, I would not call it a toxic workplace, but there is a boss over the conflict and the conflict is fuel. The conflict's not bad. The conflict makes everyone who's fighting over money and minutes better. The conflict makes everyone stronger. But you wouldn't want to work around it. And the best of it was Jimmy. And Jimmy wanted to fight UD. And Spoh wanted to fight Jimmy.
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And whatever the manifestations of that are every day, I don't think I'd like to work around it. I think I would crumble around it. Now, I'm weaker than the people in these workplaces. One of the reasons I love studying the arena is because, my God, they're all bigger, stronger, faster. They're all speeding up
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learning, fighting for money on what the height of competition is where you've gotta earn your shit. You've got to hunt and kill what you eat for your family, and it's the top 1% of the top 1%, and conflict is the place you're gonna get there, and we're gonna contain it
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for culture for five years we're gonna ride that particular locomotive and then it explodes and what you're left with is a relief but also losing but also you're terrible so now what like what what
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do you do as a sports fan to put the two things together where you can say, no man, whatever Jimmy was doing, maybe it wasn't professional, maybe you didn't like it, maybe you didn't like it only when you couldn't totally harness it, but whatever he was doing was the winning. Like at the center of it, it was him and he took it with him.
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My point is... in the age of player empowerment. What happens when you can't harness the conflict? It's all fine when you can harness the conflict. Oh, whatever, UD and Jimmy might fight with Spoh. Ah, it's good video, it doesn't matter.
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was a long time ago like what happens when you can't harness it I've told you guys the story before Shaq wanted to fight Riley they escorted him out with security like they always do with employees but Shaq wanted to fight Riley and wasn't allowed back in the minute building Riley will say of a conflict with Alonzo Mourning where it seemed like Alonzo Mourning was going to punch his coach because there was faith they were face to face you can say bleep you to me
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Just teach me something. When that's an environment, I'm legitimately asking you guys, what happens when you can't harness the conflict?
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You're going to take that, Zaslow?
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Who am I trying to impress? See, that's the thing. But I've got a lot of questions because you guys have to understand that the Zaslow I know never wants to leave Cooper City.
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But I don't know what's happening behind the scenes. But again, I ask you, what happens when you can't harness the conflict? Bam lived in service of Jimmy. Yep.
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Well, no, but I mean... It's factual. And was rewarded for it. I mean, Bam does what PR asks him to do. Bam is a great team spokesman. Bam is nice. Bam is also not as aggressive as you'd like him to be.
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When he doesn't want to see the world, doesn't want to see Europe.
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Because they'll come back. Well, you're totally right. And I know you were talking to just me. I know, but you're totally right. There's no need to hang a hat on that.
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And he's thrilled because he'll just watch Panther games.
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Billy actually moved away from the microphone as if something had exploded nearby just because he had... Look... I would like to play these particular notes for the next two days, Billy, because I know you can get Zaslow easily agitated, and you haven't had one of those. That's not what I'm doing.
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No, that's not how that went. Okay, I understand, but that's always because you're here to help.
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I'm telling you that as close to Venice as Zazz will ever get if a college football game is not played there now that ESPN is making him travel is one of those canals on the outskirts of Cooper City. He'll vacation there. I'm going to ask a question here. How many coats? You've traveled with college football. When that experiment began, how many coats did you own?
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I don't have an against the spread. Oh, well. Because I wasn't prepared for this segment.
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You have actively played defense against me today in a way that has rarely been this undercutting. Stugatz.
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My wife this weekend described Santa as sexy because he just runs around giving you gifts and all he needs is cookies. You just made me think of that because you brought up cookies. And she's also got a type, obviously. Yeah. I'm better shaped here for Santa than anybody in our offices, correct?
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No, for Santa. Danny could be Santa. Biggest. I'm just saying that Danny would be a good Santa. Yeah, short Santa. No, but Santa. Santa's got to be big. Santa. I feel like, yeah, doesn't he? He's got to carry the big sack. How tall does Santa have to be? He can't be Danny's size. Why? Because Danny's like 5'5". He's got to be 6 foot plus.
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He doesn't have to be a giant. He just can't be 5'5". Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Can Santa be 5'5"?
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Well, how tall is Danny? I don't know how tall. He just said that's correct in my ear. Thank you, Danny.
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You work with this person. Dan, you got a good gauge for height. So I think everyone listening to this would agree with the premise and would say to me, Dan, you are correct. My child cannot believe in a 5'5 Santa, even if my child is small and wants to have representation in the world. Santa can't be 5'5.
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You didn't answer my question.
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You didn't own a coat before traveling for college football season?
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Is everyone mad at March Madness? Not enough drama and buzzer beaters and upsets and stories and fun? And why are you making a face, Tony?
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There is always the secret sauce of the white guy. You know, going into this tournament, I told you my analysis was everyone's going to shoot 35%. And so when you go and you watch St. John's, and God bless, God bless Kalapari here who beats Self. He's got to feel so good. He has to feel so good today taking out Patino and Self at Arkansas. So everyone told you before St.
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John's, hey, they can't shoot threes and they can't shoot free throws. Can't do either of those. And it's like, okay, if they can't do
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It is nuts that there are only four conferences remaining and one of them's there only because Duke's still there. Like, otherwise, you'd have this dominated by all of these same teams and a lot of people see in that St. John's and Arkansas game, which is the one a lot of people were looking forward to. Oh, my God, that's horrific. Woof. That is horrific to watch four for 41 from three.
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You've never seen a tournament game where the shooting is that bad. And you realize that no matter how much money is in it, paid for it, or gambled on it, oh, they're not pros. They're learning how to play basketball and we're just betting on them younger. Like that's, oh, they're not good yet.
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That's hard to do. It seems like a hard job. College kicking seems like that's not that easy just because the pros make – Steph makes it look like that so we get mad at Patino for not coaching St. John's better at threes. Like, oh, that's the damage that that does.
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I didn't approve that, by the way. I don't really understand.
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How do I turn him down a little in the morning? What do I need to do to turn the Zaslow down a little bit?
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Why would you want to do that? I'll tell you why. Thank you for asking. The games weren't worthy of that kind of enthusiasm. The enthusiasm that he is presently showing for this weekend's games. This weekend's games were a disappointment.
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Our vacation policy is not something that I totally get. But it seems nice.
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Okay, there was madness. Right, that was it. There wasn't enough madness.
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Okay, I want to talk about a couple of the college basketball stories, but because this is the local hour, and I know one of the reasons that Zazz is fired up is that he doesn't like that people are taking shots at Pat Riley, I would imagine.
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statement, as I mentioned. So, the Miami Heat break a 10-game losing streak, the longest since 2008 last night. Oh, that's what it looks like when you trade for Andrew Wiggins. Okay, that's what that was supposed to look like.
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42 points. and against Charlotte in a game that means absolutely nothing. But that would help in the fourth quarter over the last month, over the 10 losses. That's not the Wiggins that we have seen. That is not the Heat we have seen.
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The thing that I wanted to ask you guys about, though, because I'm sure, as I can feel Jessica drift off to sea, and I don't even blame her on just Miami Heat talk because I don't think anybody, I don't think,
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For that reason, I don't believe that anybody wants to hear Heat talk. However, tomorrow there is a game that Jimmy Butler is saying is just another game that he's already been spotted in Miami playing Dominoes. And Zazz was scared of going into that game on an 11-game losing streak.
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So, this is where we are with the Miami Heat. And I am torn, though, because about the only thing worth talking about, like, none of these games matter. Like, we're going to talk about Jimmy Butler tomorrow. Denver-Houston was interesting yesterday and nobody cares. Basketball people care. Basketball people are like, oh, that's an amazing story in Houston.
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Oh, Odoka just gets to turn it around like that. We never find out what actually happened. He cleans it up and he goes and he fixes Houston. But Denver's better and Denver's a champion and we all think Denver can win the championship while none of us think that Houston can win the championship.
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But the sport is run at the moment by storylines, by drama, because that regular season game doesn't matter. Because it doesn't matter whether Houston or Denver is two or three. We can talk about it, but it doesn't matter. And so people latch on to the stuff like Jimmy's back in town. You're mad at people who are coming after Pat Riley?
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I don't understand our policy. I know that you guys always think that I'm the hot dog meme pointing back at himself like the Spider-Man meme, but I'm Tim Robinson. But I find myself wondering how it is we're going to withstand it. And in the breach steps superhero Jonathan Zest. Yeah, where's Stugatz? Zazz looks like radio.
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All right, so we've got plenty of heat homers around here. I should explain to the people who may be new to us, as Zazz has to explain to his 16-year-old son, who David Sampson is, that Zazz is not just a Miami radio legend. I would nominate him for honorary shipping container member because when 790 started, when all of us started in radio, Zazz was there the first day.
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was there the first day doing what the shipping container would do for us, for Boog, for Boog Shambi. And so I believe that Zazz is worthy of being an honorary shipping container member. Tony shakes his head vigorously no.
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No, no, wait a minute. Wait a minute. If you give Amin his choice, he would rather be in there. Amin is, though.
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No, I mean, it splits time, but he's honorary here. Stugatz is also in the shipping container. Also, yes. I would say it's a, when I say honorary shipping container member, I'm bestowing upon him an honor from a group I have found historically distrustful about allowing others into the inner circle. It takes a minute. Nobody's ever arrived here and just gets to be good with the shipping container.
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It's Zaslow. And Tommy Tye. Tony, did it or did it not look like radio?
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Regardless, getting back to the original content, Tony had a nerve there. I'm just saying. He threw garbage at you. He threw garbage at me and then didn't answer me.
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Hey, I'm a big fan. I'm a big fan. Oh, my God, it's Jon Thasler. You throw garbage at you and it doesn't speak to you. That's the headline.
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Who does qualify as an honorary shipping container member?
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Has she ever even been in a shipping container?
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Don't make eye contact, kid, and get out of here.
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Juju, what do you have for us today? I was shocked to hear Greg Cody go after Gary Furman for as long as he did. We have welcomed... It's not the bag. It's not the bag. What are your thoughts on today's show, Juju?
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I thought that would have been easy, T. I think he surprised us. Tony really did rescue that interview. That interview had some meandering paths in it. Keep doing that.
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What do you think I'm doing the entire time? Pointing out that Rick Barnes had some meandering answers?
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If you can poop on it, you'll do it. Is it pooping? I'm starting a podcast with him. Poopooing.
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No, that question did get asked, but was not heard.
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I didn't think there was enough Greg Cody today. Fortunately, we'll have him back tomorrow and really ride the Greg Cody show, the Greg Cody train into the sky.
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Top 20 herbs is what's on this week's list.
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Ja. Aber ich war nur Athleten, war ich nicht?
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Okay, aber ich habe niemanden gefragt, um es zu öffnen. Ich war nur Athleten.
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What else do you have, Juju, for us?
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Please focus in on Chris Cody's beardless face.
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Ich denke, das ist eine gute Idee. Glaubst du, Greg Cody könnte total unruhig sein, Chris? Anstatt seine Hände zu schälen, sollte er total lange Haare haben. Um in seine 70er-Jahre zu gehen, ist er ein bisschen ein Hippie. Ich denke, das ist gute Hinweise.
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The production team was a little slower than I would have liked, but let's see what Roy produced here with a little bit of bass in his voice. Not sure if it's any better. Now that's a trail.
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Okay, so that's a problem. It's funny for us for, you know, a couple of hours and then an internal help for her.
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He'd look more like Rob Ryan, I think. No? If he grew out his hair, he would just have long, he would have, I have pizza boxes in my van hair.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Does Rob Ryan definitely look like somebody who says Slapdick 100% at Levitard Show? What else do you have for polls there, Juju?
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Verstehst du, dass seine Freundschaften verstehen, was er macht? Oder respektieren sie die Kraft zu viel?
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Breaking the batter up?
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That story we didn't talk about it. ESPN and baseball breaking up and baseball getting out of that contract three years early and leaving $550 million on the table suggests that ESPN is going to break Tim Kirchens heart and not cover baseball like they used to. What else do we have on the polls here, Juju?
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I also want to get your thoughts before we get out of here on Luke and LeBron, but what else do we have on the polls?
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The trail was better. Not sure. Yeah, the trail was better, but it's just sort of, it's not filled with menace. It's not filled with, it's got to have something extra on it.
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I think that's where my fame resides. Right over the urinal at the, or it used to. It doesn't anymore.
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We're not making Hals anymore, right? We're not doing babies who are Hals anymore. You can't name a baby Hal.
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You can't name a baby Hal, right? You've doomed that baby to a lifetime in adulthood that will not be good for that baby. They go by Trey.
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I like it as an insult, but I do believe it's a minority insult. I believe, I am pleased that that poll has supported me.
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That's it, white guys?
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Yeah, with a lol. Alright, I don't know if it's white guys, or what's that in reference to? Oh, okay, I'm sorry. Okay, but why guys? But it's also white guys. It's both of them, right?
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Wie fühlst du dich über den Feud mit Gary Furman, dass Greg Cody in einen Ort eskaliert hat, den ich nicht erwartet hätte?
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Was hast du für uns auf LeBron und Luka, endlich ein Spiel zusammen zu spielen, das so aussieht, als ob LeBron und Luka Spaß haben können?
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Juju, good seeing you. Always good seeing you. We'll talk to you again tomorrow. Yes, sir.
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Put it against Ethan's. Put it against Ethan's. Confirmed.
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Das war gut. Ich denke, Ethan ist guter. Kannst du den letzten Trailer nehmen? Ich habe es versucht.
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Confirmand. Jujugati ist mit uns. Kannst du sie überlegen und sie gleichzeitig sagen? Ja, beide zusammen. Mach all die Magie, die du hier machen kannst. Mit all deiner exekutiven Produktion. Die Tapestry, die du machen kannst. Als Erfinder von Sleepfarter. Der originelle Klassiker, der heute die Show begonnen hat. Confirmand.
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It is. Halberstam, a great author. What would you regard as the greatest of the sports things that you have read? I am assuming that you're always looking for whether it's leadership help or self-help on how it is to get better at this. I imagine you're always searching.
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Kevin James got hit right in the forehead. And when that happened, you can all understand whether you're broadcasting or not, the reflex like a doctor hitting you on the knee and making it kick out is going to be to say the F word. It's not even another word. The opening period.
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Rick, we are going to get some more NASCAR out of you, whether you want it or not. And we also have Shot for Your Life with one of your players that we're going to play, where we're going to pin you down and we're going to make you pick one player. You're not going to be able to do this coach wiggle dance where you can't. We're going to force you to pick one player.
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But Mike, what do you got for him on NASCAR?
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Even if you're not a cursor, even if you're someone who never curses, if a hockey puck hits you in the face, that's how that's going to go. If you're in church, if you're on the broadcast, if you're at a funeral, any place that that happens, it doesn't matter whether you're supposed to be appropriate or not.
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Well, wait a minute. So could you have been a driver? Like how close were you to being a driver? Or was it just something you were dreaming about? Or did you actually do anything to start down that path before basketball?
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You failed at your dreams.
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I could have done it.
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Coach, the clarification is unnecessary.
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Miles Turner. That was quick. That was quick.
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It's good coaching. That's why you're the genius that you are.
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It wasn't Kevin James?
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So there was Christ.
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The opening period.
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But you guys all understand forgetting that you're on the broadcast and just cursing. In fact, we'll all allow it, no?
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Rick, he was wearing the cowboy hat, obviously, when you saw him. We're going to get you on to recap Talladega. But ask him one last question before we get out of here.
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Wow.
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Thank you, Billy, for the support. I appreciate the no there.
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What do you think about the 12 cars' ability to come back to the field? Well, after Talladega, we'll talk to Rick Barnes. Thank you, Rick. Good team. Roger Maris or Joe Pepitone. Okay.
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Get out of here. Goodbye, Rick. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Robin is, that's right, racing. All right. Stop it. All of you, stop it.
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All right, since the rules are a little bit loosey-goosey. You said the F word today.
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I lost Greg Cody in the middle of that. Greg Cody drifted off. He drifted off to another place.
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I want to play some video for you guys here. And this, I wonder if you guys, I don't know if you do this. I don't know if you care about these things. Almost every time that I see one of these videos where someone's getting into the Hall of Fame and they're surprising a Hall of Famer,
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and you get to see the genuine emotion of somebody that you may not have seen before let's play this patrick willis video of patrick willis is a very feared man he was also Not somebody, you're breathing during the Rick Barnes interview. Your nostrils, like I've heard your breathing all show today and your nostrils are substantive in the amount of air that they're sucking.
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Have you not noticed, I saw Chris was telling you, Chris was making hand signals toward his nostrils, trying to get your nostrils away from the microphone. It really made me feel like I was at the height of entertainment, like that I was really doing something important in show business.
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You do have your mom's nose. I do. All right, listen. He's running out of gas because I'm going to just be honest, okay? Rick Barnes took it out of Cody. Come on.
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I'm not saying he wasn't good. I'm saying that you got tired listening to him. I'm not saying he wasn't good. He's saying you weren't.
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That was pretty good. I mean, you put him in the corner. That was pretty good. A little flip shot. Over LaMarcus Aldridge. Yeah, P.J. Tucker. LaMarcus Aldridge was a gifted scorer.
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We will play the LaMarcus Aldridge sound that's classic from Stu Gatz in a second.
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But before we do that, let's play this Patrick Willis video because this is not a demonstrative man. He's one of the best linebackers ever. You don't see a lot of emotion out of him. This is the most I've seen.
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The fountain of youth that that is for players who are probably in a great deal of pain in retirement to be able to go and revisit what was five years ago. Those are always emotional in ways that... show a gratitude post-career for something that they might not have felt or could have articulated during their career because they were so busy being competitive.
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I understand, but if you get hit in the face with a hockey puck, my entire point is that whatever your rules are, whatever your plan is, the hockey puck to the face is going to alter that plan. Goodwin's duck.
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There's no time to sort of slow down and realize how great it actually was until you have the appreciation of being five years removed from it. You guys get, will you stop on one of those every time or not?
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Yes, David Baker, for those of you who do not know, the Hall of Fame man is, in size, he is ogre-ish. Well, I don't know how else to say it. You guys say David Baker and nobody knows what you're talking about. I'm talking about a substantive man, a man who fills out the jacket, a man that when he arrives to welcome you into the Hall of Fame is the size that that human being should be.
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He's a big guy. Like John Taffer if you just inflated him a great deal. That's a good call, Dan. But he has the face of John Taffer.
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Now, wait a minute. I know that I'm not being fair, right, just, honorable in any way when I call him the consistency of an ogre. But how else would you say it?
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He does sound like he... Well, he doesn't sound like Richard Kind. No. That is such a great call by you. If they can get a picture of Richard Kind, can you get for me before you do that, though, the famous Stugat sound of LaMarcus Aldridge? Because... At some point, I hope to have top 100 show moments. At some point in our history.
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Stealing my material. At some point in our history, I would like to have the show moments that are most memorable. Give him the Rick Barnes interview of five.
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I believe that Stugatz taking out LaMarcus Aldridge for being a choker in a game that LaMarcus Aldridge won is one of the best sounds Stugatz has ever produced. LaMarcus Aldridge, awful.
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Let's do stat of the day.
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How are we going to revisit this particular time of science and sports when an Ovechkin can have three goals the last time he played? Is he 12 away now from what was supposed to be an unbreakable record?
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he's ever looked like anything other than somebody who's Yarmir Jagr Light, able to do amazing things even though he parties his face off. The Ovechkin sound that I have that's most memorable to me is him at a parade slurring his words through the speech. I think of him as an epic partier.
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What I don't understand is how you can be an epic partier, 39 years old, and challenge a record that I did not think was challengeable. I don't get how Jagr and Ovechkin Jager does these workouts at 50 at midnight in the rink wearing all sorts of ankle weights and stuff after partying all day. I don't get how people like this are able to do this.
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But they didn't catch him because Billy's an unruly loose cannon. You can catch him on FIU Baseball ESPN+.
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That sport's too hard to do that at 39 the way Ovechkin's doing.
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He does look like Richard Kind. It's such a good call by Chris Cody there.
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Do you guys have any sound? When Stu got on Saturday morning television... You're at 11. A little later. When Stugatz on Saturday morning television, Sports Bang, commercial content, had Bryant McKinney, the famed left tackle, who had a music production team and... decided that Brie Beauty was going to play on Saturday morning. All of a sudden, Stu Gatz and Billy got bullied by the musical act.
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And next thing you know, Sports Bang has a musical act out of nowhere because Billy couldn't say no, basically, to Bryant McKinney.
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Billy, the control room would seem to be a place where you would be able to exhibit control.
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Can you explain to me, because I really do want to relive this entire time with you, do you believe we can do an oral history on SportsBank that's as long as... No, it's too traumatic.
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When I came in here today, can you guys explain to me? Because I hate the lack of respect that there is around here. And I sort of careened in here with the meat sweats off of Food and Wine Festival. And everyone was laughing at something involving me, but I don't know exactly what it was. Chris, can you give me some background on what it is that you guys were mocking when I came in here today?
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It's a good question, Billy.
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So thank you for asking the question because it's funny. I'm driving there. And my wife says, and you know, it's rare for me to feel quite this old. It did happen one time at a stoplight when there was an accident near me and a guy tried to hit and run. And Valerie's like, step on him, get him. And I just like go through the traffic light at 14 miles an hour. I'm not going fast enough.
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I just, I'm like, oh my God, I'm my grandfather. This particular thing, Valerie says to me as we're going in, did you bring your glasses? Because the only instruction that I got was to bring my glasses. And I had not brought my glasses. And as soon as they hand me the copy as to what the only thing I have to do there is, which is just be there to say Coca-Cola and get off the stage. You did it.
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Yes, but I'm putting on sunglasses. I look like a jackass. And I tried to get a chant going.
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But I felt like an asshole for for wearing sunglasses while doing this in like an airplane hangar at 7 o'clock at night Let's relive it Didn't feel like a sellout
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Roy has a stat of the day to get to in a moment. Please put it on the poll. Have you ever called someone a slapdick at Lebitard Show? Have the rest of you seen or heard this video of a Buffalo Sabres broadcaster being hit by a puck? I'm always in hockey. floored when anyone gets hit in the face with a puck. I would be very scared of the puck.
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Right after that, I think I went to another spot. You guys didn't even air the part that was the most embarrassing there, which is I went to another sponsor after that that was more syllables than that, and then I got the wrong cadence on it because I needed it to just be Coca-Cola, but the next one had too many syllables in it.
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Thank you for the support.
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Well, Goya. I did. When I say Goya. Was it Awkwafina you screwed up or something?
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See, that would have been great. I could have had a whole team of people there.
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Don Levitard. Is there a Back in My Day?
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Is that Rick Barnes? Nobody told me Rick Barnes was coming on. It's delightful to see Rick Barnes. Let me talk to Rick Barnes here for a second. Rick Barnes has been doing this for about 40 years, kicking ass. His team is in the top 10 again, as it almost always is. And thank you, Rick, for joining us. Tennessee is 22-5 on the season. It's coming off a victory at Texas A&M.
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And I'm just curious, before we get started here, Coach, What kind of appetite do you have for this particular give and take where you have to come on here and sell your basketball team after 38 years and say all the things about that maybe are boring to you that you'd rather be at practice and not talking to media members about?
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The puck is, I don't know whether it's underestimated in hockey because hockey players are so tough, but to get in the way of a slap shot is an act of bravery every last time. And this announcer is hit by a puck that's just ending up in the crowd. Let's hear what that sounds like when that happens.
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Is there a correct way for me to do this in order to make this more fun for you than the average interview? What is the thing? What are the topics that I need to bring up that would be in the Barnes wheelhouse because he doesn't want to talk about that much about Tennessee basketball.
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He wants to talk about the delicious yogurt that he was having right before he came on here because he's all about fuel efficiencies when it comes to making juggernauts.
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Now we're talking NASCAR.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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a haircut. It was a good haircut. You look 20 years younger.
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Based off our look. Greg, this is one of the worst ideas yet. Do not do this.
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I just, there's long-term implications here. When Stu got shaved his head, it took, well, that's true. Lifelong for some.
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I think I can help you, Greg, because Roy has told us that he shaves his own head. Roy gives himself his own haircuts. So Roy's used this equipment before. Yeah, but I shaved my head. He's not going to want a bald head. Well, he didn't say.
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Personal feelings?
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I was going to ask if it was like, if you're on the show, is that a guest or you're just like, no, you're friends with the show, so that doesn't count as a guest.
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I was told we were all threes in this room, which is not great.
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You leaked it. I'm sorry. Furman's going to be pissed.
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Ethan's voice only gets so deep.
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I want a 15-second. And cut Greg's hair while you're at it.
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Is this just on the podcast, or does this include when we had the fortune teller or whatever on the 24-hour marathon? This includes any appearance.
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Well, hold on a second. How are you guys revealing this? Just all on one episode? Yes. Next week's episode. Not the one that came out today. I've told them we should do 10 at a time.
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We have until Sunday to decide if you want to make this last one episode or 10.
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Wait, who was on this week?
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So next week's episode is the 100 best guess and the number 19th herb.
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Well, one inch is long for the side.
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Yeah. I think the way you do this is you work lowest number to highest number when you're doing it. So you start shaving at like an eighth of an inch and then you work your way up to one.
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He's putting it up against his face with audio.
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That's Looney Tunes time, honestly.
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Where did you get that Al Golden has put on a lot of weight? He looks good. I mean, he honestly looks better than when he was running around the U.M. sidelines in a suit.
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Look at him. He doesn't look big there.
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Billy, why are you smiling? Because I love the Internet. Sometimes you just stumble across things. We're talking about the NBA. You're talking about Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, the Clippers, all of that jazz. Not the Utah Jazz, but you're talking about all that. And I found on this website called PutABounty.com in Spanish. It would be a totally different website.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
But it's called the Woj Collection. And you can go on there and you can bid on things like the iPhone used to break Paul George, Kawhi to L.A. Clippers news. The iPhone used to break NBA suspending season because of COVID iPhone. Many different credentials are here. Also, and I would never suggest that someone does this. Proceeds, by the way, go to St. Bonaventure.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
I would never suggest that someone does this, but his Disney ID is listed on there, his ESPN Disney ID badge. And when we were at Disney... You shouldn't say this. When we were at Disney, that badge would get you free parking at the parks, which now is like $35. Yeah, it was just like, show me the badge. Thank you. They'd say, welcome home, which was always very welcome. Welcome home.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
And you're like, oh, I'm home. Oh, we work here. And then like you'd go in and you'd save like $35. I have not done it since I've left. So I don't know if that is something that still works or not. I don't know if any of my coworkers here are bold enough to tell us that they've done this or not. But $250 could get you free parking at Disney for life.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
That is correct. You understood it. His personal effects.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
I can tell you all the prices. What do you want to know? The Paul George Kawhi to the Clippers phone is currently being offered for $350. You could buy all of Woj's stuff if you wanted to. NBA suspending the season due to COVID, $525 is the high right now. That's a big phone. Now, his 2023 NBA draft credential. Didder. Also known as the Wemby draft. $200 right now.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
That just says limited available. Let's click it here. Oh, the offer price right now. It doesn't say, but the example is $2,000 to have dinner with Woj.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
It's unclear. I think you're picking up the time.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
We should get that for Amin. Hold on a second. Because all of these have offer prices. So like his 2024 NBA draft credential, which many of you might say, 2024 NBA draft credential. Why would I want that? Well, because that was Woj's final draft. Wow. So this is a piece of basketball history here. And the clearance levels that he had were F, L, V, 2, and 4. So I think we all know what that means.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
Now, here is the offer. It's suggesting $2,000 if you want to make an offer. However, the high offer right now is $500. So we haven't reached it. There's eight days left if you guys want to support the Bonneys.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
So you're saying that someone would be lying about the iPhone used for the 2023 draft lottery? I'm not lying.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
That was the Wembley draft. It's not me.
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Hour 1: Count Orlok's D*** At 7:45 In The Morning
Don't say that. Okay, hold on a second. Don't do that. Now, here's a phone that you might want. The iPhone used for farewell tweet and final NBA draft. Eh, come down. $500 for that one right now. That's the high. Ooh, you can also get a video call with Woj. There's lots of treasures on here.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
OK, Mike Lowell had a problem with us perpetually undermining how good of an athlete he was by making fun of a number of different things, one of which is we all thought we could beat him in a foot race.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
But again, we can set up a race between you and Mike Lowell now, Mike. Look, I don't want to feud with Mike Lowell or Gary Furman.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
OK, it's just I don't want to feud with anybody else.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
OK, we'll set that up shortly. I'm sure we'll get people to come out by the thousands. Thank you for a terrible idea. I don't want to do this anymore. Let's move on to other subjects. Over the weekend, I really did. And you guys had to have found this funny. And for the people listening who may not be familiar with what is just a majestically silly rule.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
The New York Yankees, since the 1970s, have just sort of proudly been, you'll not wear facial hair on our watch. Over the dead body of George Steinbrenner, we're going to be a well-groomed bearded allergic team, no facial hair.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
For the New York Yankees, for Jeff Passan to write a long story this weekend, because only the most important stories that are culture shifting get the Jeff Passan treatment. For Jeff Passan to write a long story about how monumental it is that 50 years after Steinbrenner implemented, the New York Yankees are now willing to allow their players to wear only a well-groomed beard.
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And this being some sort of victory for America progress that the New York Yankees are embracing facial hair is one of the comically ridiculous, wonderful stories I've ever seen reported on a weekend in sports.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
Yes. Greg, don't get distracted by the fact that Billy's doing his own show there. Just go ahead and refer to whatever it is that I was talking about.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
Don't get distracted by Billy purposely trying to stop the show and extracts that way.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
This is wonderful to think about. Look at Chris Cody agreeing with that.
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It's not even prefer to have a beard. I prefer to work for an organization that doesn't care whether or not I have a beard. Do I really want to be working for people who are that interested in my grooming? Amanda Nunez. The idea of that as a story, though, you're saying it's huge news, Greg. That's ridiculous.
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I understand that it is news. It's just I don't understand how in 2025 anybody can be OK with an employer saying we're not good with a well-groomed beard. Like you cannot have facial hair. And then furthermore, there were all go look at what Goose Gossage had on his face. I don't know what that was. He was allowed to wear facial hair.
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But that was not a mustache. Look at what Goose Gossage had. That was more than a mustache.
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Goose Gossage was pushing it. He was right between mustache and beard. Mustaches were socially acceptable.
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Dave Hyde's not a good representation. What are you accusing Greg Cody of here?
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Hal feels like a pioneer in these conservative times, like boldly going out there progressively saying, I think a beard shows you a man's character. Yeah. These young people today, they're making artistic statements with their beards. There's members of Congress with beards.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
You don't know whether Greg Cody is liked by his colleagues. I don't know whether he is either.
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But would that be a well-groomed beard? Because what Brian Wilson's was would be illegal by Yankee standards. They would be the judges of what would be well-groomed.
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For a longer beard, it was perfect. I'm guessing, everyone here correct me, that if the Yankees, in whatever was the height of this ridiculous movement of no facial hair, if a Yankee of some sort had worn a cartoonishly James Harden beard, that would be against the principles of what it is the Yankees were saying, that a man could show of his character and personality on his face.
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That would be too much character.
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I disagree.
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Do you understand what you're saying? Do you understand what I'm saying? Which is the Yankees are trying to eradicate personality. It's not that you will come in sloppy and unprofessional. It's that the New York Yankees wanted the pinstripes to always lord above whatever it is you thought was your personal expression. Thought it was about control.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
Okay, so that's it. This is right between, this is sort of what Goose Gossage was doing, where it's like, I don't know that, yeah, you're starting as a mustache, but Greg Cody is also, you know, testing the limits of mustache-ness.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
Chris, can you please, can you just- Save some for the rest of us. Can you just grab for me a few sounds? First, I'd like the 22 minutes, please, of Greg Cody talking to Charles Bricker.
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Oral history super cut. I do want to release the 22-minute. It's one of the greatest pranks in the history of Greg Cody. Greg, what are you doing?
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Put it on the poll. Does Hal have it going on?
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And again, I want you guys, please, can you understand for just a second, just enjoy the idea of somebody so burdened by the Steinbrenner name, so burdened by whatever it's been to be the Yankee boss's kid in a tabloid town where dad ran this town when the Yankees were the most important thing, to come out in front of the cameras and have to nervously explain, look, I know...
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I know this is crazy what I'm about to do here. And I know that a lot of Yankee fans aren't gonna like this, but I'm going to be scared as I deliver the news of, you know, congressmen have beards and the beard is a form of character. This is a scared son child trying to play up to daddy's rules on facial hair.
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Do you understand what a waste of that man's time it is to sit in front of people and have to explain that?
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Can you please get that for me? Please get that 40-minute segment in its entirety. I think that this thing is the funniest prank we've ever pulled on Greg Cody.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
Do you have the sound of Billy doing the FIU baseball game, speaking of odd men? Billy, you did your first, this is your first FIU baseball game. You very quietly became a broadcaster for FIU baseball out of nowhere. You have become somebody who pops up as a content factory in places quietly. You did so this weekend for FIU baseball. What's the sound that we've gathered here?
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Just release it separately. Just let somebody listen to 40 minutes of that if they have not heard Greg Cody being introduced to his old rival, Charles Bricker. Charles Bricker.
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You're there for that kind of expertise, right?
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The thing that I wanted to theorize, though, with you, Chris, because I don't think you actually know your father here, and I think it insults him to not know him here, that you and your brother have taken so little interest in the thing he cares about in a career.
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There is a sitcom here somewhere of broadcasters who go to work together in a booth and don't like each other.
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They think you're lying. They don't believe you. They think you're there to cause chaos, and I wouldn't like that if I was sacred about broadcasting.
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It is not only nice, but Tony, this is why this is a very specific, funny lane for Billy to occupy. If you're working with young broadcasters who aren't familiar with, as what Mike Ryan might call, what my resume suggests.
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Look, I have seen this happen too many times. Tony Kornheiser and his wackiness was not welcome around the sacredness that makes Hal Steinbrenner moan because someone's got hair on their face. The cathedral of sports, the ridiculous sports people fear of being different.
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I think that one of the reasons that he is regarding Gary Furman as lower on the food chain than I do is because Gary Furman was a very workmanlike writer. He was kind of like Barry Jackson, where he was nuts and bolts information. And I believe that Greg Cody thinks himself something of a poet and judges other writers only there. Who's a better writer than me or who's a good writer?
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makes it so that you're going to be on that broadcast and they're not going to know what to make of you, the broadcasters who are taking it seriously. You're right. Dennis Miller, same thing. And so even if you're calling to warn them, hey, are you familiar with what it is that I do?
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More awkward, though, more awkward than the awkward of going on the air without having worked together before is the specialty of awkward that you have. Like where you're purposely going for the awkward. Yes. Where the broadcasters are taking their job seriously and you're finding funny.
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I'm telling you that there is a, I would love to read something that is scripted. about broadcasters being awkward around each other because they're trying to remain professional, but they don't actually have chemistry or know each other. Billy going to these broadcasts and doing FIU baseball and, you know, making fun of the construct while inside of the construct while pretending he's not.
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And also getting on the pre-call. With the Delaware. In the middle of the show as well.
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During the show.
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I was doing a lot of Maine Black Bear. Oh, yeah, the Black Bears.
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I will tell the audience, and this is a Guillermo Mafia that is very strong, if you believe Billy to be the greatest of all the characters in the history of this show. The idea that Billy would spend any time listening to the droning of the manager of the Delaware Blue Hens...
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During our show, just so that he could go make the joke of I'm prepared in the event anyone asks me a Blue Hen managerial question, so I can go to, in the pre-interview we talked to, Skip, and he said X, Y, and Z, but Billy is going to great lengths to broadcast in the small lanes that these serious broadcasters will afford him.
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Who's got touch? I think... I think it's the thing he admires most. I'm theorizing on his behalf, but I think that's probably one of the things that he does because he really loves the craft of writing. Chris, what do you think is the worst insult you can give your father if you're writing him a nasty letter at the Herald the way that people used to do?
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There were some slurping sounds as well. That's a lot of sounds in that booth, by the way.
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Did you enjoy yourself? Were you nervous? Working with new people, what's the worst part of it? Working with new people or collaborating with new people or just doing something for the first time?
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I can't believe he just did that. That is the bravest thing Tony has ever done.
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Like, what do you think is the single worst insult that you could give your father that would hurt him the most?
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
I think the worst insult is that you call him a sh** writer. For sure. Yeah.
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No, because no, because he was a reporter for a long time. I'm talking about he he's making a distinction between reporter and writer. I think I think he's making all the people he's talking about. It's legends at the Miami Herald were people who were like they were poets.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
You say that's the job, but that's the distinction I'm making when I say if you say he's a reporter, he doesn't care. He was. But if you say he's a shitty writer, you've insulted him at his core because he knows he's not.
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The Big Suey: The Mike Lowell vs. Gary Ferman Race For Charity
I am legitimately surprised that Greg Cody, and I'm sorry to belabor this, has taken out Gary Furman. I know we've spent too much time on it. I just, I'm, I am, I have been knocked over by a South Florida legend being less than respectful to somebody else who is another South Florida media legend.
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Maybe on a Saturday morning. I've never seen Furman's face staring at my hog at the urinal.
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Somebody at Flanagan's. That is the standard. Can you imagine? I want all of you, Chris, most of all. To fully absorb what your father's legacy is.
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Staring at my hog. Flanagan's bathroom. I've seen it before. Over the urinal. Look, that's back in my day. Back in my day, you'd put a newspaper over a urinal and then somebody knew what that meant. That meant that columnist mattered in this town.
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Tony, that is excellent work by you. That is the gold standard for where journalism matters over the urinal. Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Is over the urinal at Flanagan's the highest journalism standard?
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Not a great look. Okay, enough, please. And it's my fault. I know it's my fault.
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Don Libetard. You don't remember the idea for a home run call?
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And I happen to really admire in this business, in this town, the survivors, the people who could get to the very end of their careers, outlasting their businesses by evolving.
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Let's move on to something I did not think we'd be discussing in 2025. A-Rod winning again. Just A-Rod always in the middle and the center of some strange sort of fame currency. Look, man, this is hard to do. And I will tell you that I've had a conversation with A-Rod about this.
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Dating Madonna and having the conversations with Madonna about how you keep yourself relevant and growing through fame as old people become discarded. A-Rod's ability to be in the center of things and now really climb into ownership in a place that has him making a half court shot. Is he wearing a suit in this clip? Because he's almost always wearing a suit. And there it is.
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You can make the argument and not get a lot of rebuttal that A-Rod is the biggest and most important athlete in the history of South Florida. Like, And, you know, relevant since he was 17 years old and still climbing into ownership in power brokering ways because he profited, made a ton of money and cheated and resurrected himself after the cheating, which is just nuts to me.
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Yeah, I'm just talking about most relevant athletes in the history of this market.
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If you put at the... Oh, but Dwayne Wade was... We raised him. Well, A-Rod hadn't played.
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Wait a minute. What's the asterisk that you're doing? Because by your standard, then Mike Lowell would be more relevant locally because he went from somebody who won a championship here. Right.
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for this region and being from this region than A-Rod, who wants to be about this region so much that he pays millions of dollars to put his name on the college baseball stadium, wants to be known as from the hood in Kendall, and is somebody who is trying to imprint South Florida for the world, right? He's proudly from here. You can't say that about Dwayne Wade.
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Not born here, necessarily, but just your athletic pride. Yeah, because A-Rod wasn't born here. We saw you grow up. We saw you grow up. We saw you in our high schools. We saw you in eighth grade. People were whispering about you in the streets.
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I mean, he's a Hall of Famer, but when I say to you, I'm sorry, is this not something that, who's second place here?
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The rules are, are you from here? And then what did you do? And you guys are saying you have to have won in Miami, which would disqualify A-Rod.
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How about Mike Lowell? I already said that. What? You don't want Tony. Aaron Rodgers? Tony. God damn it. Oh, okay.
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Yeah, Dwayne Johnson. Did it at the U. Yeah.
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Mike Lowell said Mike Lowell. He's a good one.
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I think he's mad at our show. He is. Our show? No, he's mad at me.
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All you have to do is be ready for whatever that moment is. And it's rarely, I don't do this with anybody else. I'm not going around Billy and then this, this, this. I'm just looking at Billy. With you, I'm going directly at you and you seem like you're not ready.
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Right next to the condom? Yeah.
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It is a good move. That's not bad. That's a better way to handle if you get beat on a story to come out. Look, there's another lane here. You don't have to be the first one. You could just come back, and then if you've confirmed it, then that story is solid. Because you saying the Associated Press then reported it an hour later.
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So it's basically just a bunch of people whispering in the information game, just whispering to each other, how do we do this? You want to do this correctly? I know it before you know it. Everyone, are we going to hold this? You don't want to hurt the program.
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Can I stop you for just a second? And, Billy, I don't know how interested you are in getting into the weeds on this. You know.
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You have this weekend, you again did something silently in the shadows because you do your journalism a little more quietly at FIU. And so I want to get into some of what you did quietly. Your last three events, you've gone with- Very little fanfare.
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That is a good point by you. But the reason I'm bringing it up, the reason is Greg didn't even hear this. As the door closed to whatever Monday promises, the last thing that Chris Cody, leader, said into the room was, also, I'm starting the show with a sleep farting song. That's the last thing I heard from your son's leadership.
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Well, this is why I want to talk about the navigation of this.
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I don't think I've gotten paid. That's not really the journalism standard. Did the check clear? Is not the way some of this stuff is. For the game.
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supposed to be done but when you're navigating compromises you guys do understand the difference in how we're doing all of this when it sounded like mike has carved out a position for himself where he can say i have to do what's best for the program and that's not compromised because he's only going to give you the information.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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He's going to have better information, but he's also going to serve in protection of the program. When he says, I can't break that and harm the program, Greg Cody could have and would have if he had gotten it. No doubt. It is a different world.
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Greg, if I can, as someone who has watched here in South Florida locally what was the greatest of basketball times, Jim Laranega, I was really wrong on him. I thought he was coming down here to retire. I thought he was old when he got here. He did. Yeah, but it took him a long time.
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I thought he was coming to take a cushy job at the end of his career and he resuscitated something and then at the very end tripped over the finish line.
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And what was enormous momentum, there cannot be a greater fall, I haven't been tracking all of college basketball, than where Miami was for that brief moment to what it is they are this season when you're like, oh my God, the wheels just blew off of everything.
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I mean, it's where you're just like, ooh, they took all of that momentum and did nothing with it. And not only that, they're now terrible. And so is this a good job? It's a rebuilding job. And what you've gotten is a coach who's a great recruiter, which right now is the game, right? It's the entirety of the game.
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recruiter you can question the X's and O's and that's fine but it doesn't matter Miami is now banking on you can question the X's and O's and all of the places where it's investing and spending Cristobal is you yeah you can question the X's and O's that's not what it's going to be about here It's gonna be about, can you buy yourself into the game?
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They just did that Miami team a couple of years ago. I mean, it went further than any ever has, and when you're watching it, you're like, oh, that's championship good from the start of the season. You see it on the court. It's just so rare to have that fall apart the way that it did on Laranega at the end. Billy, can we get to your sound from FIU?
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What did you do this weekend, and why do you continue to do these things so quietly?
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And they've never gotten together since. And it was the most glorious moment in PAW history.
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He said he was scared the first six months doing this, but now he's eased into the role.
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baseball. We're not doing, when FIU baseball plays against UM, we're just doing football and basketball? Or had they not played in baseball since then either?
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So Tony, you're telling him he's got to put some spice on it.
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He doesn't know how to properly.
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See, that would have given it some life.
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So did you get in trouble with anybody because you broke this news and they weren't prepared yet to have it broken as a baseball broadcaster for the team?
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But what I'm telling you is I can't believe that you can occupy a lane that I don't see being occupied by anyone in the sports information business.
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No, no. Here's where... Gary Farmer. No, here's... The bag. It's not... Converment. You...
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Greg, are you not admiring? No one is taking the understated news breaking lane. Put the tweet up here so that Greg Cody can read the tweet. This reads on X like an Associated Press report.
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Tim Reynolds is the Associated Press. Are you taking on Tim Reynolds? Yeah, what are we doing here?
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Greg. Great story. I understand. All right, look, I understand that you're the content king and you've got all the judgment about what we should be talking about in the local hour on a Monday.
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But a University of Miami basketball team hiring a coach is a legitimate— Well, not hiring, being interested in a coach.
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Oh, that's a story. I mean, he's the coach. No, that's a story. Well, wait till it's confirmed. You got to— You gotta wait. I have to know, because Mike's gone from happen to know was the strongest, and then we upgraded it last week. And just earlier in today's segment, he just hit us with what my resume suggests.
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What my resume suggests, I think, is beyond I happen to know, and I'm saying this with whatever the... What was the next layer of this? True conviction? The other upgrade to happen to know? I don't remember what it was. But Mike Bryan is now saying what my resume...
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suggests when it comes to his reporting yeah it'll happen i mean there's no question about it and i aspire to be right all the time as i usually am you know this is so this part okay and billy is right to get out there with just the facts this part is scary you don't like you don't like to get that stuff wrong You get it wrong one time.
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Yes. Yes. Agreed. I've learned recently that I'm a sleep farter. I didn't know that because I'm a sleep farter.
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You get it wrong one time and you shoot your credibility. If you get it wrong one time, a lot of people don't like the pressure of that. I don't.
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Isn't confirmand just another form of the slow report? If you're saying that the story's already out there, but it's not, it's not until he's reported it. And that makes confirm and the end all be all point. Are you guys alleging that confirm and is now the new slow report? Because Greg Cody is now I'm telling you, he's just triggered a decades old.
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Miami Herald feud that only like 14 people are still alive to care about. He just took out, I'm not going to say Gary Furman's a Miami journalism legend, but he was one of the best writers on one of the best staffs. He's a legend. One of the best writers on one. You say he's a legend?
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Greg, do you remember? No! That's my point! Greg, he covered the University of Florida. He covered a lot of college baseball. He covered the University of Miami as one of the secondary beat writers when that was one of the biggest beats in town.
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Gary Furman backed up a couple of very important beats. He was an all-purpose guy. He was somebody who was top 10 on the names on the sports writers who worked for it. He took a shot at my credibility. Yes or no?
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Gerbach? Ah, Gerbach. How many years did he work at the Miami? I have no idea. Take a guess. I'm going to guess 10 years. Including part-time? If you work 10 years at a newspaper, is that not enough to give you some credibility? No doubt.
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But he was the greatest backup ever. Steve Young to Joe Montana sat on the bench for a couple of years when everyone knew he was good enough to be one of the top five starters in the league.
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He would be universally considered the best quarterbacking backup that there has ever been.
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No, but this and Steve Young at USFL wanted him. He was a can't-miss player, and it didn't even make sense that he was backing up Joe Montana.
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He's in the Hall of Fame. That is correct. But when he was a backup two or three years to Joe Montana, when Chris is bringing up Tom Brady, Tom Brady wasn't a backup. What do you mean, Houston? Drew Bledsoe. No, but Tom Brady. Earl Morrill.
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Tom Brady doesn't count as a backup. Doesn't count. Nick Foles does. Nick Foles has a statue. Tom Brady was his rookie year, and he only threw one touchdown pass. You didn't know at the time that he was a special backup. Even when they won the Super Bowl, you didn't know if he could play quarterback well for them. Wouldn't that make him more of a backup?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I don't understand how it is that Greg Cody doesn't think that he's taking out Gary Furman because I don't think that Greg knows the weight, okay, of his... Are you making fat jokes? No, of his old... Dan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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This is as harsh as I've heard you be ever about a colleague, a fellow writer. I can't think of somebody you've ever talked about this way publicly.
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Okay. I mean, he was a starter on a loaded team.
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He's being disrespectful. I don't think so.
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Where do you put yourself on that staff, like on the rankings, since you've clearly done this? You've got tears of how good these people are.
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We have to be more mature than this. No, we don't. We can't be funneling funds musically to that. That can't be what we're doing with the media money. I want to ask Greg Cody, because I'm thrilled that he's here. I'm always happy to see Greg Cody, lifelong friend, one of the longest friends I've had. Do not have many people like this in my life that have endured this long.
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Billy, bring back understated news gathering.
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he is a long-time journalist hanging on to the end of newspapers and the end of his long-time career one of the longest in the history of the market why are you laughing just you know the whole idea of me hanging on you know by my fingernails i'm over a ledge but i'm i'm clawing to uh... keep from falling uh... okay so
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Greg, this is probably something that I should be doing off-air in private leadership meetings, but I haven't asked anybody who works here how they think Chris Cody, your son, has been doing in the executive producer job. I'd like to do that now because of something that just happened that made me sort of shake with how different the leadership is around here now, now that he's been...
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tell me how i have it wrong because i want to have a media conversation with you as the media continues to change and ben writer is over here for cbs saying on the sides to compo is interested in the miami heat and watching the miami heat situation and over here you don't says on the saying on television come summertime kevin durant is leaving phoenix reporting is changing information is changing the way the people dissected who they give credibility to is changing
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And I saw over the weekend that Mike Ryan broke the University of Miami basketball story. And I want to talk about changing media in your time, Greg, because there are very few information brokers out there whose information you feel like you can trust. I can name them, right? They're the handful of insiders where you're like, yeah, okay, I can believe that.
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But I don't know what to believe anymore. Is Ben Ryder credible? Because he is to me.
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I know, but what are the measurements? If we're discrediting so much media, we're doing it larger outside of sports. But you assume Udonis Haslam knows what he's talking about if he goes on first take and tells you Kevin Durant is out. He's not Kendrick Perkins. He's not opining to get clicks.
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So, Greg, Mike Ryan has now been breaking stories in sports, Messi to Miami, and he's inside the University of Miami machine. And he's got a venture where he's an owner. So like there's there's business being done here. He also is a booster for the schools and and doesn't. have any journalism rules that he feels like he needs to be applying, right?
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The reason that I bring all of this up, okay, it's inside the weeds on how you get your information, where you get your information. But before the show today, I heard the name Gary Furman. The bag? No. No. Billy, that's not helpful. It's not Gary the bag. You know who the bag is. Don't pretend like you don't know who the bag is.
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You don't know who Gary Furman is, and I'm about to tell you who Gary Furman is, okay? Please find a photo of Gary Furman for me. Gary Furman comes from... The golden age of the Miami Herald Sports section. Am I wrong here when I say that Gary Furman was one of the chief writers on a staff that would have been considered the best in America?
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asserting his role. How do you guys feel, Roy, about how Chris Cody is doing being in charge, trying to grow into the role of Meadowlark executive?
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Are you writing your own headlines?
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That wasn't the only job. It was also editorial judgment. You did good learning. It's your father's career. You've done good learning. Let me tell you about Gary Furman for a second, though, because what Greg just did, he caught me entirely off guard. You would agree that that staff in general was among the best in America, yes?
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Okay, these names aren't going to mean anything to people. Christine Brennan? The part that I wasn't expecting... is for Greg to take out Gary Furman's career that way. Because Gary was, for many years, one of the top ten writers in a loaded sports section. You're calling him a second-tier sports writer. It's beside the point. What are you looking at me like that for?
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This is a credible person is my point. I want to make the journey from there to now on how news is being reported because Gary Furman has pissed Mike Ryan off and Gary Furman has more journalism bona fides, traditional journalism bona fides than Mike Ryan does. And Mike Ryan is working in a compromised position.
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But what I think Gary Furman has done for the last 20 years is one of the most compromised positions. positions I've seen in the history of South Florida sports media.
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Roy, I don't know what's happened with you lately, but recently, okay, even when I'm starting a sentence with Roy. and then there's a sentence, your genuine surprise that I'm going to you leaves you in a position where it seems like- You said my name, Dan. You have no idea what to say. And it's the opposite of what the job is when I start a sentence with Roy XYZ. No.
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All right, listen, Chris, this is where... Chris, you don't understand, okay, because you're so busy making sleep farting songs. You don't understand how to produce your father. And what has just happened is we have wandered, all of us together, into the glorious wheelhouse of Greg talking about journalism and the people in journalism and the end of newspapers and the end of information.
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You see it changing all over the place. And I am legitimately asking the audience, Who are the people you actually trust on information? Because you're doing Cane Sport and Cane Insight. That's what we're talking about.
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You're talking about information like how does an entity build the kinds of credibility that it needs so that it can be in the new media age something that competes beyond where the Miami Herald is because you're serving an audience that trusts you to actually be informed. The way the media is changing and sports information changes
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I'm genuinely curious, people listening to this who love their college football information, why do you go to Kane Insight instead of Kane's Store?
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Slapdick. Underrated as an insult. I haven't heard it in a while.
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So, I mean, slap dick. I just hadn't heard that in a really long time. And I don't even know what it actually means, even though he just defined it for me. Like, is it someone who is slapping? Like, what is slapping? I know what an asswipe is. You call somebody an asswipe, I know what an asswipe is.
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My relationship is fine with the cats. I don't need any more of your cat advice.
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Well, we had an incident. Uh-oh. Oh, yeah. No, look. It was a fight? Oh, my God. This was terrifying. Well, they have to establish that the dog was inherited, okay? And the dog, again, is a pit mix. This is actually very amusing because he's muscular. Everyone's scared of the dog. Everyone is scared of the dog except for these cats.
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And the incident actually was a dangerous one because the dog ended up biting Valerie on the leg while lunging at the cat. But so they have to sort it out, right? McGill was actually teaching us. In retrospect, this was a dumb decision.
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In retrospect, bringing in, rescuing a pit bull mix with two cats in the house and territorial about space and having them have to have it out was a terrible idea. But the pit is now terrified of the orange cat because of the story I'm about to tell you, okay?
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We are giving medicine to the old gray bag of vacuum cleaner dust in her ear and I go to put her down and I didn't realize that the dog was there when I was putting her down. So the cat runs away from the dog even though the dog hasn't done anything, the dog is just there.
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But the protector, the orange cat, the male cat who thinks he's the boss of my house because he is, sees the gray lady run away, sees the terror and then goes straight on to attack The pit bull who doesn't know what it is that's happening because he's never seen this orange creature who's always been respectful behave this way.
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You call one of them Otis? One of them is Otis after Otis Redding, yes. Oh, a good name. And I've been avoiding the other one because I don't want to give the name because it's Footfoot and it's a ridiculous name. Garfield was right there. Named after Stugatz when he said foot fault?
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One foot wasn't enough, huh? You're like, two foots. Well, I knew that was coming. It's what I was trying to avoid. I like that name. That's why I called it. I just knew. It's cute.
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I don't feel bad about that. I was simply trying to avoid what I knew would be the feeding frenzy of you guys enjoying that.
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I was trying to avoid just that. Like, just that.
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I don't have an against the spread. Oh, well. Because I wasn't prepared for this segment.
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You have actively played defense against me today in a way that has rarely been this undercutting. Stugatz.
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The other one is Clovis. I was trying to avoid all of the ways I know you guys to obviously not be helpful. And so I didn't successfully because I'm getting older and I've lost a step. And so I made it an old gray bag of dust. But what happened was, and you guys would have actually enjoyed the visuals of this because I don't still have the scratches on my arms, but I did for a while.
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I've never seen Otis, the orange one, this way because... The orange one knew that this was a fight for dominance of the House. The pit bull did not know that that's what was happening. And I got between them. And it was a bad idea because then the cat charged me. And so what ends up happening is I'm holding the cat by the belly. That's the worst place to hold the cat.
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And the cat is also holding me by the arms. And we're both screaming at each other.
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You don't have the thumbs to do that. What's the dog's name? The dog's name is Early. Oh. This is you being helpful again? You name it Armando.
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A boat and a train. Not just a boat. A boat and a train.
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I was just, so was my father. I was just holding the cat, and we were both screaming at each other. And for us, it was a draw, right? Okay, you get to be the man of the house, and that's me saying it to him, and it's also him saying it to me. And what got decided there is Early is no longer in charge around here, and my wife is bleeding, and that was all terrifying.
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And we had to keep them apart for several months because we didn't want that to happen again.
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Yeah, it was brutal. Violence.
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Yes, everyone's fine. Well, now Early will simply not. Otis will wait and stand in front of him and make Early turn his face and not look at him because he is now the dominant creature in the household. They had to fight it out in order to establish that.
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It didn't seem great while I was in it. Not with all the blood.
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Yeah, well, I'll never forgive Otis for that. Like, I'll never forget it, I should say. It's not that I won't forgive it. It's now I have a healthier respect than I ever had.
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Oh, he was very helpful during this.
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He'll do that April 13th if you want more cat vagina information. April 13th, PoppyDominos.com, Sex and the Animals. He is breaking out what was in retirement and what has sold out every time he's done it for more than 20 years at Zoo Miami. PoppyDominos.com is where you go if you want to play in the tournament or get general admission tickets.
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Or I should say, because this is all a fundraiser, all proceeds going to Ron McGill. You can go to the website and there's stuff you can buy if you cannot go to Banshell because all of the money is going to go to Ron McGill.
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No, that is not accurate, nor is my father's belly that big either.
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No, I don't know what they did. Poppy looking down at Ricky. It's strange. This is not in any way accurate. My father's belly is not that either, but that's what we're going with in the promotional poster.
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The thing that I was saying about Stephen A. Smith and Larry David being courtside during that much-ballyhooed LeBron confrontation, the thing that I wanted to ask you guys dead seriously, does it seem to you like Larry David would enjoy Stephen A. 's company?
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Absolutely. Because I just would think that somebody who was bombastic. I don't know what Larry David gets along with, but I would assume it would just be other comedians. It would be other people who are actively having a sense of humor about everything or the process of being a comedian. Well, I've heard him talk to Conan O'Brien and others.
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Conan O'Brien has said when he comes over to parties at his house, like, what is the comfort level that I have to give you? And he's like, you got to give me at least three comedians or three comedy writers. Otherwise, I'm going to be a disaster. I'm not going to be good with those people. I'm not going to have a lot of tolerance for whatever the social setting is.
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But you guys think that sports is the great connector there.
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Well, you would enjoy doing that.
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You think that Larry David would enjoy riling up Stephen A. Smith? Yeah.
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I think he would enjoy that.
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That would be a good place to connect. When we were talking earlier about how competitive sports are and the lengths that athletes will go to in order to circumnavigate the health issues that are these tests on the body. I don't know how many of you noticed over the weekend that there was a very specific report that came out on Paul George.
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Jessica was talking about the pressure to perform and amid competitive people and amid aging. The Philadelphia 76ers have been the biggest disappointment in the league this year and one of the biggest disappointments in the history of the league over the last 20 years.
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Joel Embiid is now out for the season, but the specifics on the Paul George report I thought were interesting because they had one sentence of detail that can only really come from Paul George, which is,
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five straight days before the all-star break in order to play games he took pain-killing injections it was oddly specific to see in the report and uh paul george is under the immense pressure of this is the end of his career the end of his relevance he's gone to a team that had expectations he created the expectations by being the missing piece and now the whole thing has fallen apart and he also had the pressure to play through all of the injuries
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That would result in five straight pain-killing shots in order to get on the court for the 76ers in a totally lost season.
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But what are the thoughts, though? I'm assuming that it's true, okay? Whatever the intention of it, Paul George and his people are trying to buy favor with, hey, this person's trying their hardest. The expectations are an enormous... Pressure to have when you're paid like him and Philadelphia has totally fallen apart all around you.
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So you're going to the extremity of caring so much that you are trying to mute your body screaming five straight games and telling fans that. In order to buy you what? Nothing is the answer, right? That fact buys him not one thing from one fan. Nothing. Am I wrong about this?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That's not good analysis.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That there is no amount of nuance that's going to be applied by a tolerant Philadelphia fan who's really upset by everything that's happened, who cares one iota that Paul George cares enough to take shots for five straight games in what would be the easiest situation to be like, I'm not playing anymore. What do I need to play for? For what?
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Philadelphia was supposed to be, when this season started... It wasn't Cleveland that was going to be however many games better. What is it now, seven, eight games? Cleveland finally had its 16-game winning streak broken by Orlando, and the Celtics don't look right, and no one cares, right? They barely beat the Nets. I enjoyed the call. I was listening.
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to the call, someone for the Nets named Wilson, and the announcer, he kept hitting threes, and the announcer on the radio just kept shouting Wilson like the volleyball in Castaway. But that game, Boston has been playing with its food all season, and we all, I think everyone listening to this
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knows that the dilution of the regular season has been such that no one listening to this actually believes that Cleveland will be Boston once the playoffs come and once Porzingis and Drew Holiday and Derek White and everyone is out there so that the Celtics can just take 53s a game and you can watch Peyton Pritchard become the most heroic, loved player in the history of Boston outside of Larry Bird.
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I don't think that Roy made a very convincing argument for what it is that he's asking us to bet.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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But the Sixers were supposed to be that. When we talked before the season about what the Eastern Conference was going to be, it wasn't Cleveland. It was Boston, Philadelphia, Milwaukee. They're the ones that have the stars. That's what you win with. It's not Mobley, Jared Allen, Garland, and Donovan Mitchell. No, you need stars, and Philadelphia was supposed to have them.
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No, but not just a disaster. The biggest disaster in the league. There's not a bigger disaster than that one. And it may cost Daryl Morey his job, even though I don't know if it'll cost him his reputation. But Daryl Morey solidified his reputation as the guy who gets people when he landed Paul George. And so I present all of this to you to ask the group. Five pain-killing shots.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Athlete cares enough to be 20 games under 500, cares enough to take the five pain-killing shots, and then to have publicly released that he took the five pain-killing shots. What does it buy him?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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We haven't done an F1 minute yet. I've erred in not doing an F1 minute yet. My apologies for not getting to this earlier. Jessica is the only one among us celebrating St. Patrick's Day. We've mentioned nothing about it. We have not mentioned anything about racing today either. Very excited. It's been how long? How long has it been?
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How many months has it been since we got the delirious speed of an F1 minute?
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Where is Stu Gatz? I saw him. I saw a picture at a college baseball game.
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Good for Mr. Baby. It is nice to have that speed and intensity of the segment at the end of the show here because I don't know if you guys saw this. It felt like a snort, a jolt of F1 speed. Did you guys see the Michigan baseball player who pantomimed the snorting of the third base line? I'm assuming he's stolen third base there or something. I see that. Is it a triple? He got a triple?
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Do we know he's doing that? What do you mean, do we know if he's doing that? He's snorting the third bass line.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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It does seem like he's just snorting the third baseline. That's what he's going for there, is he not?
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Did he get in trouble? I don't think there's an excessive celebration thing in baseball. There wouldn't be any reason to get in trouble there. Also, you could say it's not what he's doing.
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He was screaming, get in the hole. The eye black also. That's after a triple, right? That's what he's doing. He's sliding into third after a triple.
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A Coke. Did you guys see what happened in the Pistons-Oklahoma City game? Oklahoma City is going everywhere and beating everyone. And in the third quarter of the game against OKC, they got five technical fouls and Cade Cunningham was ejected from that game where the Pistons were trying to show that they belong with the league's top team.
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Well, it wasn't unfair that was interesting about the criticism that he was levying. It was the level of disrespect he kept talking about, that he's insisting on behalf of his team. He's like saying... he's saying that it's above and beyond disrespectful for the Detroit Pistons. You saw that the Pistons Twitter account sent out after Shaq said he didn't know their players.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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They kept sending out tweets of Shaquille O'Neal being beaten by the Pistons in 2004, sitting on the bench next to Kobe, losing in five games. The Pistons are taking on the regional identity of a team that nobody is respecting correctly. It's one of the great teams. sports cries that you get.
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And their coach, Bickerstaff, is saying, I'm not having here this level of disrespect where I'm going to stay silent and not protect my players while five technical fouls are being called and my star players being ejected at home. Come on. Come on. Like, we're not doing that one. We're not ejecting stars from big games at home because everyone's there to see the officials give out technical fouls.
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And the Pistons were. Cade Cunningham was cursing a lot.
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Okay, you guys aren't interested at all. I can't get you interested in the Detroit Pistons no matter the angle that I try to take to get you interested in a fun and interesting basketball team. You said names, I recognize them.
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Against the spread. Whatever. Just a runaway freight train of gibberish. 4-0. Ducks fly together. They've been money. They've been money. I've been tailing.
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Chris Cody, did I hear you under your breath ripping Jay Williams in the other room?
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No, but you should feel good about it. The women's game isn't madness this time of year. Like the top 20.
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Why are we shutting the front door?
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I wanted to ask you guys a question about Stephen A. Smith and Larry David. But before I do that, I wanted to tell you a story from my home this morning. And I wanted to ask you guys what you think of it. None of you are cat people, correct? There's nobody in here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Go cats. OK, so I've always been a dog person and I've never had much of a relationship with any cats. My family did have one for 20 years, but it was outdoors and it wasn't the connection that I have with dogs. But my wife is a cat person. And so I have inherited two cats that now boss around a pit bull and I see their personality. And it's been delightful to get to love cats. The old one.
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A gray old cat was on the kitchen table the other day. And when my wife looked up, that cat had a piece of her breakfast in its mouth and isn't supposed to a piece of avocado. They don't even like avocado. I don't know what she was doing. And my wife, who I've never seen the side of her at this old gray lady, shouted, asshole. And the question I wanted to ask you guys. They usually are.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Well, but I thought, I almost use asshole exclusively for males. That Otis, Otis is an asshole. The other cat is an asshole, but I just don't think of asshole as someone that gets, something that gets, we were talking before about quarterbacks and whether a quarterback can be too confident, be an asshole, be a dick. I don't think of that as something I say toward women.
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Am I being some, like, do you often call women assholes, females assholes?
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I know, but she was calling a female cat an asshole, and it felt wrong to me, and I just started wondering whether that was a male, whether I was somebody who was just doing assholes exclusively for males.
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Just never have. Speaking of which, this is an awkward transition.
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This would be a step-pet scenario. Yeah, step-pet.
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I don't think – I think they are her cats, but I have absolutely grown to love them. So what does that mean? So like they're yours.
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No, I don't have any paperwork. They are – nor do I feel about them the way that she feels about them because I cannot reach those heights. They are not mine.
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These are about my limits, though. This makes me a step pet dad because she had them before me. Isn't that why you asked the question?
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Well, you've asked this again, and I view them as hers. And why do you make that sound? It's just sad. Why is that sad?
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Yeah. I do love them. Wait a minute.
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You could love them more, is what you're saying. I would say, I don't know. Are you and your significant other, the way that you love is exactly equal in strength? I believe my wife is capable of greater loves than I am. I believe my wife has fewer limits as it regards love than I do. I believe her love is bigger than mine.
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I have found that over the length of this relationship, I have learned that my love is less limited than I thought it was. But when I met her, I was a certain kind of limited. And since then, I've noticed that the way she feels about the cats is stronger than the way that I do.
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I know that Mike and Jessica both have relationships with animals. And do you and your spouse feel exactly the same about your pets? Is your amount of love for the pet exactly the same?
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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To be clear, when you accuse me of loving less because I'm a step pet dad, those animals are also clearly hers. They behave with her in a more loving fashion that they behave with me. So when they get a lesser love from me, it is reciprocating their lesser love of me because they were hers before I met them.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 1: The Mitchell Report Was Crazy, Huh?
The other one, they do know that he's going to be out for six games, but they sign him to a three-year deal anyway. And my question to the group is, unless that's Josh Allen, do any of you care? Like, can I make it any other bill from the last 10 years and none of you actually care about whether someone is performance enhancing or not performance enhancing?
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Hour 1: The Mitchell Report Was Crazy, Huh?
Well, those are two different things, and I want to talk about both of them because when you throw out the metric, because it's not something that we've had measured, but weak arm. Give me all the guys in the NFL that you think have weak arms who are starters, where you're just watching. Like, when I think weak arm, you've got to be Drew Brees. And you have to be that kind of accurate. Tua?
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Or were you just coughing?
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There aren't many that you would look at and say that arm's not strong enough, but when it comes to Shador, that is something that to the eye... I think people can look and see those outs have a little parabola in them. They're not quite Justin Herbert throws.
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But I want to talk about the other thing, which is what was coming out of the scouting combine was attitude stuff, was arrogance stuff, was how he was interviewing.
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Hour 1: The Mitchell Report Was Crazy, Huh?
I'm not saying that it's surprising. I'm saying that I would think that if I put all of these factors in play, that usually in hypothetical athlete X, there are things we would like. Do you want your quarterback to have belief? Do you want your quarterback to come from an upbringing of a professional athlete who knows what it takes to have the correct belief?
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When parenting, is there something that you can give your child that's better than the support that creates belief? Is there anything outside of love? What can a parent give to a child? Maybe we say discipline or something else, but what's stronger than giving your child belief?
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Deion Sanders is one of the most confident people in the history of sports and one of the most interesting athletes ever, that he would give his son a quarterback belief at the position. Why would that be off-putting?
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But if I make it Josh Allen, then you'll be like, because it's not the crime, it's the fame.
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When you talk weak arm, we can say that, but it didn't feel like anybody was saying that when through the consensus of the last half of the season, he was going to be a top five pick.
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You guys are parents. Belief. Giving your child belief. The support that makes a child have confidence or believe. Where would it rank on how high on the list of things that you want to do as a parent?
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Do you understand my larger point, and what do you deal with?
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The reason I say... I mean, it's not who cares. It's being a knock. Like, it... You're saying weak arm strength. The reports were he bombed the interviews and his stock dropped from the scouting combine because the executives thought he was arrogant.
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Yeah, we could do that about all of sports.
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I'm just saying you've got to be super famous and it has nothing to do with the actual cheating.
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Stugatz. How familiar were you at the time with Chewbacca? Like, your upbringing had how much Chewbacca in it?
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Can you get me Laramie Tunsil, please? And what he's been traded for in the entirety of his career, all of it. What Laramie Tunsil has brought back. And I wanted to talk because Micah Parsons, when Laramie Tunsil was traded to the Commanders, put up a tweet saying, WTF, because the commanders keep getting stronger.
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And what's happening in that division is that the commanders and the Eagles have gotten so far out in head of the Giants and Cowboys that the only time we talk about the Cowboys is when Demarcus Lawrence and Micah Parsons are going back and forth. with each other. You guys do realize that Micah Parsons right now in Dallas, through play and through talk, is the biggest star they have.
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Hour 1: The Mitchell Report Was Crazy, Huh?
Dak Prescott's famous. Man, the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, it's also always talked about on... But not the personality to be controversial in the modern age and to keep getting into fights that keep his name out there. Micah Parsons is developing a temperament as a star, whether you want to say Dak Prescott or C.D. Lamb or bigger stars.
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I'm telling you, this player at this position, through excellence, is getting a notoriety and fame for his mouth. And he cares about selling it because the back and forth with Demarcus Lawrence is Demarcus Lawrence is leaving the Cowboys and he is saying, while going to Seattle, I knew I was never going to win a Super Bowl in Dallas. Micah Parsons comes back at him saying that's some clown shit.
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And Lawrence comes back at him, if you spent more time winning instead of tweeting, thinking about winning more than tweeting, whatever it is that he said. Just the back and forth is this is what the Cowboys are now. And Micah Parsons, people have talked about this with the Cowboys.
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Jerry Jones is totally fine with the spectacle and the noise and when he brings attention to a product that isn't that good in the name of marketing. But the fans don't like it so much when it's their star player, Micah Parsons, and he's going back and forth with everybody because the beef makes Micah Parsons more famous, and he's not afraid of the noise, nor is he afraid of the smoke.
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He'll go after anybody.
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OK, and that's more symbolic than it is interesting, right? Because in terms of personality or whatever, no doubt that.
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You're not allowed to be quite that at quarterback. We were talking before about Shador Sanders and whether or not your quarterback can be a dick, for lack of a better word. And I just don't think it matters. You'd like your teammates to like you. And it looks like Baker Mayfield's teammates.
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Hour 1: The Mitchell Report Was Crazy, Huh?
Somebody who somehow straddles the line on confidence without being a dick publicly is Joe Burrow. And Joe Burrow now has, after publicly campaigning for this, this part was interesting to me because I think we all know watching Cincinnati play last year that their offense was good enough to win the Super Bowl. But their defense was an atrocity.
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And now what they've done is they've made T. Higgins the second highest paid... number two receiver, and Jamar Chase, the highest paid receiver. And if you're going to spend, and this was after Joe Burrow spent all of last season in press conferences politicking for them to sign T. Higgins, who he doesn't actually need. He does not need those two receivers.
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Now Trey Hendrickson has asked for a trade. They can't afford the one defensive player that they had. What do you do if you're the Cincinnati Bengals? Your quarterback wants something. Your quarterback says something publicly, but it's economically irresponsible to reward him because you saw what their team was by blueprint last year.
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And while it'd be nice for their offense to be good and for him to be happy, they clearly need monster money spent on the defense.
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I mean, T. Higgins was hurt some last year.
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But they were good at offense all year. Mike, what I'm saying to you, just in the fiscal responsibility of the age, okay, this is what I'm asking you about the Bengals, laughingstock and blueprint. Their offensive and defensive lines need monster help after you just saw in the Super Bowl what happens when you have a great offensive and defensive line. If I give you any No.
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2 receiver, Joe Burrow and a healthy Jamar Chase are going to make a No. 2 receiver be value. Tee Higgins is great. That ain't value when you have to pay your number two more than anyone in the league and you're trying to win in the margins of money.
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The question I need to ask you guys about this is, do you have to cave if you're the Bengals when your quarterback has gone public with
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putting pressure on your organization to bring back your number two so that your two receivers can be happy when I don't believe that if Joe Burrow is what everyone tells me he is and what I believe him to be, that he would have any trouble making someone else a very good number two because that's what I'm paying him for. That's what I'm asking of him.
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No, he did it, but he did it with Higgins, and he did it saying, I'll restructure my own money to get him here. He made his choice, and the organization didn't seem like it had a choice after that. They don't. No, but I'm saying they do. I'm saying they do. Okay.
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One of them is a loser that is still a loser and is only relevant because Miles Garrett is there. The other one is a different situation where they've been a loser, but you now have expectations for them because they have Joe Burrow.
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OK, well, they did that with Aaron Rodgers. And now the story is that and somebody help me with the reported details on this, because it went from Giants to Pittsburgh to now Minnesota, where the value of this position is such that they can actually end up calling some of the shots on your organization, whether it's against your organization's will or not.
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What's true and not true about Aaron Rodgers being interested in Minnesota, which he obviously would be. and Minnesota possibly being interested in Aaron Rodgers.
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Wouldn't that be anyone's top choice? If you see Sam Darnold resurrected there because of some of the best skill position players, the combination of them that you will see in the league, isn't that the wisest choice for him?
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It's the best spot for him, though. The choices are those three and only those three. Jessica, are you relieved to hear that you might not get stuck with him at quarterback in Pittsburgh?
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You know it's going to be bad. That's it. You just are portending doom.
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I stumbled around a little bit in talking about performance enhancers and that Bill story, but I really did want to explore why,
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It's so good now. Ridiculous. It is high comedy now, looking back on it. A congressional hearing where Sammy Sosa's pretending he suddenly doesn't understand or speak English.
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what I would have to present the public with, a public that in sports has become more informed and more skeptical, I would guess, than any sports fans before it because of how often your heroes have used the pharmacy to get advantages and because of how unsurprised we are now that competitive people would be super competitive about competition and look for any advantage.
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Well, I do know a little something about this. I do love the expression pinched. Someone was pinched for. That feels like something that someone would say more in the 1920s, right?
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Who started with the pinched? Can you guys get me the origins of pinched, please? But the thing that I do know something about is that South Florida has been a bit of a rejuvenation mecca for many of these athletes. And the science is at the highest end of wherever it is that you'd find people willing to cross a line over money.
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All of these economies that are bodies are using the height of medicine to heal, to be professionally better, but also to skirt all of the people monitoring whether or not they're cheating. So when these guys come out and say, I made a mistake on a supplement, which is what they all do, But you don't know whether it's a supplement or an injection.
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Trust me when I tell you that all of the science being used here is to push the boundaries beyond where they can get caught, not beyond where the boundaries are.
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They are trying to avoid the police as much as they are trying to heal their bodies because, of course, competitive people who are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on trainers and medicine of their own money to repair their bodies and their economies are going to go to all lengths to out-compete the next guy doing it.
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I think that is where we are, though, on how superhuman and unnatural some of the things are right now at the height of science.
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Of course, people would be ultra competitive on that and would find a place where we've arrived there, Billy, just like you are, where we're all looking at it and saying, yeah, they're all probably doing something a lot like something that's very close to the line on how it is that they stay maximum competitive.
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The Bills, who came very close to winning the championship last year, had a team the last three or four years that if a few bounces go a different way, they could be a championship team. Or if the Chiefs don't exist, they might be a championship team. They signed two free agents because they need help because last offseason, Chris Cody was right.
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Can you guys find me that? Because Roy is sitting here smiling at the idea of that's what it costs to win the championship.
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They should have been on bed rest. No, but I think you constantly, in your analysis of sports around here, more than anybody else, you're the one who says, oh, he was dinged up. They do that. Lower body injury, famously. I know. You've got to play through that, whatever that is.
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Do you understand if you ask them to care that much, then you can't be that upset when they care so much that they also use the healing agents that are on the line?
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No, but I'm just talking. Opposing fans do. Look, but I'm bringing it up just, well, you care about the Bills. Like, you care about the Bills, and you don't care about that controversy over there.
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The Jets were a betting favorite, according to DraftKings, over the Bills when last season began. And it's because of Aaron Rodgers, and it was because the Bills had lost some people. So in free agency, they grab two players, and then they learn one of them, who they would not have signed for a year if they had known this, is going to be out for six games.
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Let me bring up somebody that people do care about here because I wanted to ask you guys, I don't know what's the truest thing now because of the amount of lying that there is around business this time of year. It's Shador Sanders that I want to talk about.
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But just to close the loop on that previous topic, what do you think will happen if I just go over a world of the world's most competitive people and just drop money down there and make them fight over it? Like they're going to use science. The amount of money and pressure that we're talking about in these economies that feed families is what funds sports. The desperation of all that.
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It's what we're watching. Shador Sanders goes into the draft and I don't know what's real or true about he's dropping. That his arrogance has put off executives and that Shador Sanders may, and I saw this recently, fall right out of the first round, which kind of floored me because there aren't very many good quarterbacks in this draft and the bottom end of this first round is not very strong.
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What's the recent on Shador Sanders? Because I want to talk about confidence at that position, and I want to talk about belief. And I'm curious what's happening that might be considered real around Shador Sanders.
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We're tired. You guys, we announced at the very beginning of this that no one had any material left today.
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Okay, regardless, we don't need to re-litigate whether it was or wasn't good. What we can agree on is that so far, today's has not been.
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I've got consensus on that.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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We're going to get help here from a professional comedian who I'm imagining is feeling a little broken, not just because the road is hard and the grind is hard and he's probably been in 50 hotel rooms in 39 nights, but also because his knicks aren't quite as lovable as they used to be. And I don't know if you guys saw over the weekend, they lose to the Warriors.
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The Warriors are now 14 and one with Jimmy Butler. After the game, Carl Anthony Towns had been, you know, punked by Draymond Green, who said that he hadn't played in the previous game against Jimmy Butler because he was afraid of him. He apologized for it because Carl Anthony Towns was attending a friend's funeral.
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And then what happens after the game, after the Knicks lose, is a bunch of Knicks are dapping up Draymond Green. And now Knicks Nation... is hurting because this team is more talented than the team of the last two years, but it's not quite as lovable. And it's not quite as underdog either, even though I've gone from thinking they could win the championship to thinking they can't and they won't.
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So... Sam Morrell is our senior Knicks correspondent that no one asked for. He's currently on the stand-up tour, the errors tour. He's got stops all over the place, U.S. and Canada through May, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Madison, Des Moines, Kansas City. Go to sammorrell.com for dates and tickets. Where are you now? Are you hurting from the night before?
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Is the road beating you down, or is it the Knicks?
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I wanted to ask the fans of the champion Florida Panthers in the room a question. Four unanswered goals allowed against the Islanders. They've lost a few games. They allowed three goals in the third period to the Bruins.
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I don't think you can just accuse him of being mentally ill. I think that's a bit irresponsible.
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I don't know. I just don't. I don't know that. I'm not comfortable just saying that about somebody. Certainly the resume has a lot of behavior that's unstable on it.
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Well, where are you right now emotionally with the Knicks? You don't like them as much as you've liked the team of the last two years, right?
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This is not right. This is not good.
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Sam, are you okay with us going straight up to your mouth here and just staying here as you give us your commentary with the Batman logo under your nose and above your top lip?
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So Sam, you understand, and this part has to be hard for you as somebody who loves and cares about the Knicks the way you do. Scrappy underdog gets very loud, lovable team. Everybody was go New York, go New York, go because it felt scrappy and Jalen Brunson was nice as an underdog.
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You change everybody out, you bring this team in, it's less liked, and now Knicks fans have been very loud on behalf of their team, and now they've got one that's less likable than the previous incarnations. And a loud fan base goes from hopeful to what? Like, are you sitting here saying, well, now that Mitchell Robinson is back, we can get past Cleveland and Boston?
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And I'm here to ask you if you believe vibes and a Marchand haunting have arrived for the Florida Panthers because Mike Ryan has been worried that trading for this particular man, Roy, you're shaking your head no.
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Sam, I don't like this. I don't like hearing you. You're lacking enthusiasm for your basketball team. You already sound broken. For two years, you've been like, no, here we come. I'm hopeful. And now you sound like a different human being as our next correspondent.
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Sam, you're basically acknowledging that the team's not good enough, which is not an acknowledgement you've made the last couple of years. You were hopeful at every turn that you could get past even Boston. You were not at that point afraid in any way of Boston.
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Josh Hart and Thibodeau.
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The clash. The clash of Hart and Thibodeau. You know, they're arguing on the sidelines.
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What are your thoughts on Kendrick Perkins saying that if it were his locker room, he would have smoke with Josh Brunson and Hart. I'm sorry, Brunson and Hart for having their podcast together.
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When you're analyzing the specifics of the changes in the team because you fell in love with Hartenstein as well, are you mad at Bridges? Are you mad at Karl-Anthony Towns? How does this work in terms of where it is that your emotion is spent?
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Understanding that you're positive about the team and you don't want to be somebody who's negative, but you blame somebody here for this feeling less good to you, don't you?
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What are you enjoying the most these days creatively? I don't know if sharpening up the tour or your podcast or your script writing is where you're pouring your energies, but what's inspiring you these days?
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It seems like you're grinding at a way that's a bit unreasonable. Do your loved ones tell you to slow it down?
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You are going to do something different with the mustache? Do you think self-consciously or do you think you're going to just keep going and ride it into the sky? No.
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Well, I think you should darken it to accentuate it even more because we have spent the entire conversation giggling or smiling because all of the words are being belched out from the undercarriage of the bat signal.
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How do you celebrate or how did you celebrate Stephen A's big contract with ESPN?
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Good seeing you, Sam. Thank you. Again, a reminder, the Errors Tour, upcoming dates, Columbus, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Madison, Des Moines, and Kansas City. His is the bus with the penis drawn on the side. Thank you, sir. I wanted to give you guys here a Rick Pitino stat because I find it fairly stunning because we were just talking about the Belichick stuff. Right.
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Clearly, there's something Pitino does wherever it is that he goes. That is something that. evolves into is going to win everywhere. And he's back in the top 10 in the sport. And you have a stat for me with the stat of the day music. Long version? You think long version? Short version.
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It's not just that it's six schools. Why is he being applauded there? I think it was a perfect read. He did a good job. Okay, so yeah.
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I just wanted to know why, because I wasn't used to it. Golf claps.
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I'm not used to the group embracing someone else's success. I ain't cheating. And Rick Pitino, people rooting for him now? That can't be a thing, right? That's not. Can you turn that down, please? That can't be a thing, right, where people are rooting for Rick Pitino?
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But it's not aged out, though, of this time of year. It's that the sport has become something different worldwide. when you have all of the changes to it that you have. And so college basketball becomes something that is focused on intensely in March, as it always has been, but then curates to its fan base the rest of the time. And then this one month is an insanity of gambling.
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And many people are tuning in just to watch their money run up and down the courts.
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Well, but it's not... What is crazy is not merely that Rick Pitino is back and in the game as the vampire who never dies over 700 years. It's that he's brought back Big East basketball where we used to remember back when that was a thing, because all the coaches matter, whether it was George Thompson or, you know, Carneseca, any of the... Massimino, you know, Roley Massimino, like...
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ridiculous names from the past. The idea that he's resurrecting that conference when the SEC is all anyone's talking about is crazy. And he'll have a shot at Florida. He'll have a shot if they both make it.
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Who are the coaches that we're talking about? Calvin Sampson and them boys. Calipari and them boys. Where you're talking about just the coach is the program. The coach is the face because it's a famous coach. How many of those are left from the past? I just, I can't believe. Huggy Bear's gone. Patino's still one of them. Bill Self is still wandering around.
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One of the interesting things about sports that I'm always sort of like, how do we remain consistent on this one? is a title gets vacated in college sports because of some cheating, and it doesn't actually matter. The title was won. We saw it won. Vacating it is not a thing.
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I don't know who has to cheat on your team in order to stain it in a way that actually stains the championship and makes anyone go back and take away the Marlins championship because Pudge Rodriguez lost 40 pounds one offseason.
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No, you don't know what I'm doing. I'm leading over to the Buffalo Bills, who just now signed two free agents. And the first thing that they're doing with those two free agents is announcing the apology of they're both out for six games for performance enhancers to start their Bills career. One of them on a one-year deal, one of them on a three-year deal.
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The three-year deal, they were going to take the suspension no matter what and keep the guy. But if they had known... The other player was a performance enhancer. They say publicly they never would have given him the contract. And so what I'm asking you is where the entanglements on all these moralities get. When do you start actually using any of this stuff to stain the team accomplishments?
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Or do you just when Jessica smears you with Ekblad's a cheater. So when the cheater gets back.
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I think that if the Panthers keep losing, Mike Ryan is going to reinvent his history and claim that Marchant was a haunted spirit who came in and poisoned the vibes. I think he is. You keep shaking your head no, Roy. But if, look, I don't know.
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Roy, why are you beaming? Why are you smiling?
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Self-reported. I'm really trying.
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You guys have been very disappointed by the golf. I don't have it on the televisions in here.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Should they do playoff golf at a putt-putt course? Because that is very well said by you and me, Jessica, in not caring about golf that much. But I am assuming the purists are going to be infuriated by that. They want Rory to majestically rise up today and conquer all of his doubts and not just have the other guy fart away the game.
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You keep tossing me anchors. There's a line attached to that anchor, though. Just grab the other end. I'm sitting there. I'm trying to flail around. I'm trying to grab onto something, and you just keep throwing heavy things at me.
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But it's not serious golf analysis. Okay, do it at the waste management then. Okay, but we've got sports happening right now in our face. Like, we never have.
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Okay, but metaphorically. Metaphorically, it happened.
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You're throwing anchors covered in poop at me is what you're doing.
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That's fun. Isn't there all sorts of stuff in the bottom of the ocean that's just thrown down there that becomes reefs? Well, this is on purpose.
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Oh, look at Jessica, delighted by the shadiness.
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There is some shadiness going on. We do need some form of controversy, right? There aren't 68 teams worthy of this tournament, are there?
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But if you're not making this particular tournament, you can't complain very much when they're allowing a team with a 6-12 record in the SEC into the tournament, right?
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At 6 p.m. tonight, these two guys will be live on DraftKings, and the underdogs' information is better than most you will find anywhere. It's really data-driven. Last question before I let you go. Given... What you just said about the women's tournament, is there more betting value over there?
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For now. How many of the teams, Jordan, can win the championship in the women's tournament and how many of the teams can actually win the championship in the men's?
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Thank you, gentlemen. I thought that that was all great, but especially the onboarding. I thought that was the best part of the whole interview. Thank you. I do appreciate that. And I appreciate your time last night as well. The clip.
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Thank you. Thank you. I do appreciate it. Would be funny if you guys popped out of the sky later as a thread throughout this interview, just giving controversy because our commentary. Weather is starting to warm up.
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I just don't understand how you can call something.
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Don Levitard. You are very comfortable talking about how you met your wife, how much you love her, how important she is to you, and that's the reason that I asked the question. I've always admired that about you, that you have no problems whatsoever professing your love.
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I appreciate you soothing me in this regard, but I already feel terribly awkward. And then my teammate comes to my defense with not a question, but just a healthy congratulations. And the further pointing out of that awkwardness because he's always good for me in those spots. I'm also thinking of divorce, Vince, after many, many years, 18 years, with a partner who does things like that to you.
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I will explain to the audience what happened there. It was not clear, correct? It was not in any way clear what happened to the audience.
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Well, I didn't know we were doing that. I had mentioned while I was walking into the studio, it would have been funny if we had thought to do this, is how I thought we were going to do it. I didn't think those guys would be immediately available and have them drop out of the sky 10 minutes into the interview.
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That part was funny. You gave me that stat when we were talking to Kyler Filowich. If you weren't on with us yesterday, if you weren't listening, he was shooting 30% from the free throw line, and then they flew in Rick Barry. And I failed to ask the question, and how much did you actually improve?
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Because during the interview, Chris Cody said to me, he's improved from 30 to 35 percent shooting free throws. That's not much of an improvement to fly Rick Barry in for.
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He's our player, right? He's our adopted player now. For the first round. So now we are all in on Wofford? Sure.
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You understand why I said play the clip? No, I don't understand anything that happened there. Okay, well, I will explain to you what happened.
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Shadow Show. Shadowin' it. Shadowin' it. Chris, director Jason just came in here, and he doesn't say very much. This was effusive for him. This was a champagne bottle opening. He said, last night's show, top three all time. And I'm like, that can't be right. That's in no way right. And then, because I was staring at him, I just said, you mean since you've been here, right?
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So it's interesting that that is the place that you take that particular story. What about this one? Because this picture that we were showing yesterday of Bill Belichick doing yoga on the beach, to me, the thing about that picture is... Somebody has to be asked to take it and then it gets dispersed. So there is a decision, right? That looks like a propped phone just like leaned up.
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Okay. So if they're doing it by timer, they're also doing something that they want this out there. And do you think, like, I'd like to know the marketing and business strategy of what is presently happening here. What is...
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What is going on with what it is that Bill Belichick is trying to do with this portion of his career where Pablo Torre is reporting that his girlfriend is basically his manager and agent? And now they're on hard knocks, and now the reinvention of a legend begins in his 70s.
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My question to you guys is, because this is a fairly stunning thing to see, I guess we can normalize it, but it's all fairly stunning to look at the entirety of this story. This is the best football coach there's ever been in America's most popular sport. What just happened on the television? The Island Green Dam.
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What are you smiling about, Roy?
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The players. I want to take you through this story because it is fascinating. The coach for our times. The best. Ward Association, name a great coach. If you're of this generation, last 20 years, Belichick, Saban, those are the top of the list because that's the known sport. He's in his 70s, can't get a job anywhere in professional football.
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goes to college, and now has his career being helped and aided, old person thing, whatever, by a 24-year-old who loves him?
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I'm not – No, I wasn't – Are they in love? It sounded like there was a question in it. It sounded like there's a question mark in it.
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That is correct. And they're building the business of Bill Belichick back up. And I'd like to explore it as they traffic in not caring whatever is the assessments are from afar. I do not have blind spots here.
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This is not, though, the part that I'm interested in. I'm interested in whoever manages and markets the last part of this and however they manage and market it. It's a man who's a legend, whose name has been tarnished so much that his league says, hey, come interview for the Atlanta job three times. No, you can't have it. We don't want you. Wants to work in the pros.
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Says he'll work for any bad team. No is the answer at every stop because of how he's doing it. And then he goes to college. humbled, not employed in the sport that he loves, where he is the legend who was going to get Don Shula's record, most wins ever. And then an Apple docuseries scorches him in 10 episodes because Kraft burns the bridge to whatever that excellence was.
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And now he has to try and reinvent himself at 70. What an interesting way to do it. What a fascinating way to do it.
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Okay, they were really funny. They were really funny, Dan. Yeah, but I'm afraid, Jessica, that much like you guys last night, we've used up all our good material.
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The part actually about this that is most interesting to me is that I think most people are coming by Billy's opinion on this is all going to fail as it regards the football. And to me, that
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part's confusing because you've told me for 25 years that this is a genius that knows more than everything everyone else you take tom brady from him and all of a sudden it has no values in the amateur ranks it doesn't have some sort of advantage that they don't have because they're not as professional him why are we spending so much time propping up that bill belichick is the reason for winning and then turning around when he goes to north carolina and saying he will not have any substantive advantages there
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See, was that so hard, Righteous Gemstones? Just open with Baby Billy, and five minutes in, he's angry with his dick out. That's how you do it. I don't need a war scene. I don't need Bradley Cooper. I need jetpacks and dick. Spoiler alert. That's going to become a meme. Yes. That is... It's also SpaceX's tagline.
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The part that's just confusing to me is that there's... And those are all reasonable questions. You're just telling me that whatever he's had that is the advantages for 25 years are so worth nothing that you don't think he can even bring what Deion Sanders brought at the beginning. Because Deion Sanders came with two actual players, and you're telling me Belichick's not even worth that.
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That the questions are so strong, and all of that is fair. Everything you've said is fair as a question, but they're so strong that you're willing to turn it into a doubt that will make him an immediate failure. that much about this part.
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White Lotus has a controversy because Jason Isaacs is running around saying that there's a double standard. He's not answering any more questions about his penis because he's been accused of it being a prosthetic. The full frontal remains funny. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, great movie, funny movie. That's the scene I remember.
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Jessica, this is the part that I find funny.
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Is that all you have to do? The part that I think is funniest about this is how much of that tactical advantage can anyone listening to this actually quantify? Because we can all think that Belichick will obviously have a coaching advantage over Mario Cristobal, and yet you're telling me that when that produces a result...
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it's not going to be North Carolina actually being good at football in an enduring way. He's going to go to every one of those games with that kind of tactical advantage, and none of us will have a way of seeing it actually play out in a way that we believe in right now.
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As we talk about it, you make fun of it, but a guy who's a genius, an alleged genius, is going to come to the sport and not actually have a tactical advantage.
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I don't know why it is that McBride likes it so much, but I think that's the reason, because you just can't lose with it. But it's still rare, is it not? You got two shows on Max doing this, and White Lotus is in the middle of something of a controversy over it. But it's still a rare thing, right?
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I remember on network television, NYPD Blue, when it was a big deal that Sipowicz showed his ass on network television. And now we're starting the second episode of... the fourth season of righteous gemstones last season of righteous gemstones. And, uh, Goggins has gone from, I don't know. When did you guys discover him?
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Because I remember him beginning his career, um, with the shield and he was, and I don't, I don't, that's the first time I noticed him. His character was very good, but, uh, And so to watch his acting evolution to, you know, the comedic, Baby Billy is one of the best characters I've ever seen on television. Like it's legitimately funny every time he's there.
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And it's just amazing to see his acting range go from what it was in The Shield. None of you guys watched The Shield, right?
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justified he was in um hateful eight those were all 2010s movie movies and shows though the shield was way back in the day dan i never watched the shield i uh shield was groundbreaking television and it was uh it was dirty and grittier than most it was dangerous for its time because it was pushing boundaries but when i ask you about the full frontal stuff it's unusual to see it correct like it's still so anymore we've
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It still makes me laugh every time. Oh, it's still funny. I agree with you on that. An enraged baby Billy taking no inventory. Like, where you can put those scenes to be funny... is something that I'm constantly laughing at, regardless.
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First of all, I've started getting them wrong around here so often for five years.
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No, but I've always done that.
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Well, my father called Laranega Larry last night, kept calling him Larry. And I'm aging poorly when it comes to remembering names in general. There's just some stuff that gets kicked out of the databank, and that is one of them. Also, baseball managers are another one. I'm just not paying any more attention to those. Smart thing to do.
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And he's been here 17 minutes. And the show last night, your thoughts today as we come in a little broken? It seems like you guys are a little beat up today.
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But when it comes to getting names, you guys have made fun of me about this for 20 years because I do this. I will call my friends by just their last name. You guys think that's weird? It's something I've done since I was in my 20s.
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I spit that at Laranega last night, right? I didn't call him Jim. I just kept calling him Laranega. Coach? It is unclear, Mike Ryan. I don't know if you'll be disappointed by this. Can you guys get me the sound from last night? It is unclear. The group seemed to delight. in wanting to ask Jim Laranega if he knew or liked you. And when I say the room seemed... Yeah, I heard about that.
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Well, when I say the room seemed to delight in it, I could only tell from over here because I couldn't hear what they were doing, but all of them were wanting to figure out how to... asked Laranega the question and then Billy eventually asked him and Billy claimed afterward that he was forced to do it because no one else wanted to do it but everybody wanted to do it and so was it clear to you?
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I said it wasn't clear whether he knew you or not. The group says it is clear that he doesn't know you.
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I thought as one of the big boosters at the University of Miami and one of the influential voices on behalf of the University of Miami, that of course he would know who you were.
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You're going to be fixated here. We're in the middle of it right now. It is golf live, and we're going to watch these three holes together.
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You don't have anything to say today? You're out of opinions? You just talked about college basketball so much last night.
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But you're watching this for Rory to fall apart? That's the reason you're watching? I also have a bet on Spahn. I mean, we're watching because it's the players. Players. You guys enjoy saying that. Laranega, let's play that sound here real quick and see, because I would just expect Jim Laranega as the pillar of a coach for the University of Miami to know one of his biggest media supporters.
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Do I call who? They want to know if Mike Ryan is somebody that you like or know. Mike Ryan, who's on our show, who is one of your biggest boosters.
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He told a couple of great stories last night. One of them I've heard before, all of his players coming in after the Final Four, eight of them saying, great season, coach loved it, I'm going into the transfer portal, that he thought for the first time about leaving the sport right then. But the better story, the more memorable story, is the apocalypse that was his high school diet.
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10 Reese's pieces every, I'm sorry, Reese's peanut butter cups, 10 of them for lunch every day for four years. It is a miracle that man is still standing in front of us. The human body is not meant to eat like that for years. And I got up this morning and asked him a question because I failed to ask it journalistically last night. How do you feel about those now?
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During the show. The next two days, we're going to have sports during the show. We're going to have Major League Baseball tomorrow at 6 a.m. That's back.
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When's the last time that you ate one? Because I would imagine you'd be disgusted by them, wouldn't you guys? Wouldn't you imagine that if you put it on the poll at Levitard Show, if you had Reese's peanut butter cups every day, 10 every day for four years, would they disgust you later in life?
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Is there a food that can break over this barrier that you wouldn't ever get disgusted by? Because I failed to ask him that question last night. But when I got home, because I was thinking to myself, that seems like after two weeks that would be too decadent for even a child or a teenager to be eating that.
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To be eating that for four years every day for lunch because it costs 50 cents and that's all you had. That seemed to be something that I could go tired of very quickly. But let's play this clip here. And mysteriously, weirdly, I never figured out why this was. The underdogs were still hanging around at various points.
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OK, but all right. Very good. So we've got here, though, the underdogs, guys. I thought it would be funny to open the show today with them still here just wandering around. We were all confused by why it is that they wouldn't leave. Correct.
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But why wouldn't they leave? Go ahead and play the clip.
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Oh, they are there. Okay. So forgive me. I thought because it was in the preview and I didn't realize that they were there. You thought that was a clip being teed up. No, that's them right there. I'm sorry. So now they're back. No, they've actually never left.
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Can you guys explain to us, because you guys came on with us last night immediately after the tournament, and I was wondering if there was anything in the analysis afterward that you were not prepared to give us at the time.
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What do you mean it's fake?
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Take it by the horns. It seemed, though, that the big story of the day where people are always looking to find some sort of outrage wherever it is that they can find it because we enjoy it so much. It seemed like the big story was that North Carolina made it in and the conspiracy of that.
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I don't understand the accusation of that's fake.
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Can we play the sound, please, of Bubba Cunningham? It's wonderful to have him actually named Bubba. Can we just play the sound of him saying, I didn't have anything to do with this?
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Is there anything David Sampson can do to build a bridge to a relationship with you?
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Thank you, Mike. Good talking to you. Might take a minute. Appreciate your time. Man on the Inside on Netflix is still a giant. It's still a juggernaut. Is Netflix giving you any information of what a Hollywood titan you are?
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Stugatz, I have to skip past some of the football stuff that there's just not enough time for today. So I'm sorry. I've got no time for Dan Campbell. If you want to kick an onside kick down 10 against Buffalo, I'm fine with it. Whatever you want to do, you're going to play more recklessly than everyone else. OK, I'm good.
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Look at that. Some breaking news. You sound excited about it. Yes, look how excited he sounds about, yes, another year of work in a difficult Hollywood. Gets old after a while, right, Mike? Making people laugh.
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The burden of carrying around Ted Danson in his late 70s. It's all very hard to do. That he would take time out to write for our show is a genuine birthday gift. Thank you, sir, as is your friendship. Nice seeing you.
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Thank you. I'm not dead. Can you guys get for me? It's great. It's a heartwarming tale. It's got a dark underbelly, but my birthday. You're not yet dead, but we're careening dangerously down the path. You look not a day under 56. Can you guys get for me? Speaking of that, speaking of sad people limping through their retirements, I want to show you some video.
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that I don't know how Stugatz felt about it, but I will ask the group, how should you feel about Mark Gastineau used to own the record for sacks in a season in the NFL, and then Michael Strahan broke that record in a game where a lot of people suspected that Brett Favre gave Michael Strahan the sack by just rolling into him on a fake handoff that should have been a handoff and just rolling into Strahan and giving away Mark Gastineau's sack record.
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And the play looked suspicious. It's just weird for Brett Favre not to try to get around somebody. Just flopped out right in front of Strahan. And Gastineau, is this a card show they're at? We've all seen... Man, oh man, Stugatz, it's kind of strange to see that Aaron Rodgers, everything he's become publicly, has been sort of a short-circuiting of who he used to be publicly in five years.
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Brett Favre in retirement has torn asunder everything he used to be thought of by America when on Monday night he played a heroic football game after suffering and grieving the death of his late father. And everything since then has been like,
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pain addiction and stealing from mississippi and uh you know texting your penis to a woman like it's all been it's been bad yeah it's been 15 years of terrible and so here they are just signing to make money i guess and i is gaston are working on a documentary is he working on a 30 for 30 is this why he's being followed around this is part
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As long as we know that when the playoffs come, you're going to keep playing the same way. You're not going to get scared.
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So let you guys tell me how you just feel about this, because I recoiled with a certain it wasn't even the awkwardness. It just the whole thing made me sad.
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Hey, Brett, we got to get out of here. Let's go. It's my job now to handle. I'm the handler.
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I wish that Brett Favre hadn't been the combination of both awkwardly mortified and not knowing if this person in front of him was serious to have had the comedic timing to be like, okay, and then just fold it out at his knees. Here, I'll let you sack me here among these Packer helmets.
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I know, and safety is what they're going for there. And guess what? You cannot be safe around football. It's one of the problems. It's why everyone's broken and now everyone's worried today about Patrick Mahomes. It's why that eye gouge looks like that when Miles Garrett is flopping. The other thing I wanted to talk about that we will not have time to get to. Holy s***, Tampa Bay.
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I told you, Stugatz, that I saw on one of these, I don't know whether it was Rich and Shameless or one of these things that you watch when you need 24 minutes of empty calories. I saw the promoter for Mark Gastineau's boxing career.
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Richie Parker, I believe was his name, and how he tried to become Don King by, among other things, poisoning one of Gastineau's opponents because that opponent was clearly going to beat Gastineau and ruin Gastineau's chance of being the big white hope in boxing after the sack exchange. It is an amazing story. And Gastineau is mad that Favre gave Strayed a sack?
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While his manager was out here killing his opponents or trying to kill them with poison, allegedly. What are you shrugging your shoulders about, Lucy?
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I understand getting your identity from your work. I understand getting your identity from your one great achievement. But yes, it made me sad to see Mark Gastineau limp through his retirement to want Brett Favre to fix that for him. Right.
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Sad. And you don't even know.
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I want that sack back. But when he says, you hear me, are you wondering whether he's just asking Brett? Hello, Brett. Brett, do your ear at our age. You hear me?
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How's your hearing, huh? He's like, yeah, man, I hear you. It's like my father.
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Seems like it'd be hard to get 7-7 in that league when you require Mike Evans giving you all of that to do that at the Chargers. And we're not even going to talk about Baker Mayfield and Hall of Famer Mike Evans. Thousand-yard season every season. No one can stop him ever, Mike Evans.
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It had a little more boss in it, a little more Springsteen. Not Christmas. That's what's supposed to happen.
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Keep working on it. That was my internal monologue, though, watching the Dolphins play. It wasn't as Christmassy. It was more horrific. It was more blood-curdling screams of anguish that had no holiday spirit in them. It's just like, Tua, get down. It's not worth it. You've got 12 points. Tua, you're on the road. You're playing Houston on a bike. You're not winning this one.
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We've seen this game for many years before you, Tua.
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It's Tyreek Hill's fault, clearly.
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You said the investigation showed that Tyreek Hill is washed.
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That's what you said. No, no, no. You didn't say that. You blamed it on Tyreek Hill. I don't. Do we actually know? It would be great to know today if all three interceptions were Tyreek Hilt's fault.
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You're throwing it to your best player in the vicinity of your best player. And even though Stingley's the one intercepting the ball with one great play and another that didn't even have to be great because you were confused as to why it is that Tua was confused because you've gotten used to his historic accuracy.
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The thing that you guys do, though, that makes it a little bit hard here, right? Because I, in some ways, do marvel at how our crew of people would go if right now you just threw us on a field and told us, hey, you got 24 seconds to do anything.
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Wait, no, no. The thing I want to say to you, when Aaron Rodgers goes to Lazard and you see that when Devontae Adams is out there and he's got his timing, oh, that looks a little different. That looks a little different than what I saw at the beginning of the season. Oh, if I give those guys reps, they seem to have over thousands of throws, something that not everyone has.
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Tyreek Hill and Tua should have that by now. But when I watched the Dolphin offense... It is so precise, and what they're trying to do is, I need the most accurate quarterback ever to throw this within 2.1 seconds, going through his three reads, and make sure he doesn't get concussed.
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And this timing has to be perfect, because otherwise, wait until you see what it looks like with every other quarterback. So this is how we're doing. It has to be perfect, and up, three throws are bad. Three throws from the most accurate quarterback ever. Terrible game. Horseshit game, Tua. Thank you. Tua, will you please get down?
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You said Anna or Hannah?
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Yes. Santa Claus is coming. Lucy, can you please tell me about this TikTok drama that you're saying you want to start a new segment every week, TikTok drama of the week.
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In our endless pursuit for trying to strive to get younger as a show, what is the TikTok drama of the week?
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She and Dave Portnoy formed one of the most popular podcasts in America, at least in part, talking about all this.
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What a great honor.
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Chris Cody, do you think that we have anywhere in our library the one time that we explored this question? Because I thought it was a fairly amazing— We did this already? We did. Something like this.
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I don't have that image. Has that changed? I will give you guys an answer to that question in a second, but I'm going the way back machine. Choose wisely. So one time, I don't know why this was, we were at Dania Highline and a group of men came to us seeking some sort of advice about a friend they had who was marrying a woman that none of them liked.
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And they were asking us, how do we go about telling our friend that we don't like the woman that he's married and that it's a bad decision all of us agree on this how do we go about doing this and so I didn't know how to answer that question. But the next day we had on a guest on our show who joined us and said as if he'd been waiting for the question all his life. This is what you do.
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You get all the friends together. You select one friend. You send one friend in to say it one time and one time only to your friend. It's the only time that you mention it on behalf of all of your friends. You get in and out. You select the best friend to do it. That answer was coming from Lamar Odom, who surely was getting all that advice about the Kardashians. and ignored it. I'm guessing.
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I can't believe that Lamar Odom was the person who had considered this particular thing when he ended up, not months later, entrapped by this. But I choose Chicken Fry because you know I like a... Well, who did Lamar have?
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I chose O'Malley.
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You've distracted me with a chicken fry. You understand that?
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That's correct.
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You don't know why we're calling her chicken fryer. You do know why she has one of the most popular podcasts in America with Portnoy.
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I did not realize we were going to get another Berrius reference today.
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Lucy, seriously, people who are addicted, the most addicted to TikTok, are very worried about the fact that they'll hand over all of their information to China in exchange for being able to continue feeding the addiction.
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It's my birthday. I don't understand. Dan!
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It was Stu Gatz. What an upset that Stu Gatz was sending you TikToks and Instagram videos on Christian influencers.
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I don't know if this applies or not.
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I read like three books a week. Three a week? A week? Three books a week?
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It's not the reading of the book. It was the subject matter 30 years ago by Father... Hesburgh. The name drop of Father Hesburgh that I didn't think... I thought it was the weakest use ever of the Look at Me, Louis.
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StuGatzBook.com. Yes.
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He bought his way in the Pop-Tart Bowl.
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It is. It's a version of hell. In the mix. She just shot us double birds and I deserved them. Yeah. She doesn't get to celebrate her teams because we're too busy celebrating our six and eights around here.
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He wants to get a hold of you so badly. He wants your private telephone number.
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He thinks he can win you over. He's won Chris Cody over. Chris Cody's come over to the dark side. He says he likes David Sampson now.
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He has still not gotten it. He is frustrated. He says we're Metal Ark teammates. You say you guys have not even renewed my not-for-profit podcast.
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You made Jessica cover her face in shame with that joke. She's laughing so genuinely at the fact that I don't look a day over 56. Because the last four years, a day under 56.
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Is it that good? Are you sure? Really? That sounds like value to me. Checked it this morning. I would have been sure that was a longer shot than that. Knowing the innards of the business, having some insider trading information that Tony's top five isn't good enough.
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They've wanted it for 20 years. Levitard, that's what we do around here.
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Please, this has escalated to an unreasonable place. Please. He wants David to hammer it home. It is the rhetoric of violence. It's the rhetoric of violence. You're threatening in nature. You're being a bully. You're a soft Hollywood liberal elite. Please stop threatening de minimis David Sampson. You know what?
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A wonderful gift. Thank you. I appreciate it, Mike Schur. Before you leave here, I did want to get your thoughts on the Aaron Judge baseball that was dropped in center field during the World Series. It went for $43,510 at auction. And I've got to assume that was purchased by a Red Sox fan, correct?
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It has to be purchased by someone who is an enemy of the Yankees, has a lot of money to spend, and wants a good joke, correct?
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And that Jessica's making the face that someone farted and that Louis can't be trusted.
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He's not doing dishes. He's secret eating.
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He has felt Cougs feel shame the way Jason does that the talent has noticed the way they've eaten.
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Billy, why would you corner Taylor and badger him with, you didn't break that story?
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I'm not sure, Stugatz, how you feel about what I'm about to say because I think at this point in my life, I don't think that I should spend so much time scared of technology that when I go outside on my balcony and I see in what looked to be like 30 mile an hour winds, it's super windy out there. I see a drone show.
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Until after it happens. Let me explain something to everyone who is actively in our community yelling Les Taylor. Taylor, you're doing journalism all wrong. You're doing the insider stuff all wrong.
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You don't get to be the insider who carves the lane of I've got all the news, but I never actually risk saying it out loud only to a couple of people so that I can say afterward that I had all the news.
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You can't do that. You've got to put it on the outside or it stays on the inside. You cannot live in both places, not even around here.
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He's going to endorse me. Wait a minute.
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Less real Taylor, more fake Taylor. More fake Taylor, because that is a good fake Taylor. I can't report anything. I'm not confident enough to report anything. I'm going to whisper it in the shadows. It's not going to actually be news, because it's only going to be you and me talking.
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Jessica, you were defending Taylor. You were trying, before you made the fart face, you were trying to defend Taylor from Billy in the eating area.
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Keep working on that fake Taylor. It's not good enough that I liked your audio version. Now you've got a video version as well. Keep working on all of them. I'd like as many Taylors as you got. He's mad at us.
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where all of these different drones become all of these amazing Christmas things in the sky. And every once in a while, a drone flies off in a direction and crashes in the ocean or falls on the sand. But largely what I'm witnessing in front of me is a bunch of machinery that I cannot believe is coordinated like this.
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You guys are telling me that Taylor, on behalf of Metal Ark Media, stumbles his way on... On behalf of Inside Carolina, if we're going to be honest, which is another issue. I want to analyze this for a second. Stop sharing the news. Lucy and Rose are out here getting pepper sprayed. Jessica's flying all over the country to be a part of near the Notre Dame experience.
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Taylor, we send to events where... Big New York things lose. He comes back and he gets on fine bond before the people around here. Mike Ryan has bought his way into the athletic program of the University of Miami and its insider information chain. And Billy is a proud Golden Panther voice for college football.
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How is it that Taylor's the first one to arrive on Feinbaum from around here as a college basketball, college football? He broke real news. He said he broke news.
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Billy is saying that they had Taylor on for two minutes, and then Paul's like, why'd they get me this bozo, run him off the air? Like, why is he here? I didn't say that.
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So a four-minute interview because he whispered in the corner office that Belichick was going to North Carolina and told us not to tell anybody?
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Why is Taylor on this show before any of our actual experts?
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in normal winds but also is able to withstand 30 mile an hour winds to do this ridiculous technological dance that in some way shape or form i think will have lasers one day to control me and so i can't just enjoy the show because in new jersey drones are doing evil things because i don't trust the billionaires i don't allegedly well we don't know what they're doing they're not
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I don't have an against the spread.
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Because I wasn't prepared for this segment.
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You have actively played defense against me today in a way that has rarely been this undercutting. Stugatz.
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It can happen. I understand. It's been a long season. His body hurts. He's gotten in here very early for God Bless Football on Monday. And sometimes we run him so hard out of the rodeo gate after a Sunday where he's traveled after lacrosse that he runs from that studio into this studio. By the time we get to right about here, he's flat delirious. Yeah.
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And so it becomes even lazier casual chummery with Luce and Jesse. And I'm going to just try to connect, but this is the worst version of me. I'm really tired. It's the holidays I've been crawling toward these next two weeks.
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I mean, for real. Well, both of these. Let's get Texas. We need a credential. Tell me how I put pressure on Texas. Get me some names. Get me some information. I want our audience to just explain to Texas that we're a legitimate media operation that is covering college football. And then we'll put Chris Cody on Feinbaum to prove it.
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Yeah. Jessica, this is the price of fandom that the television experience is better than the stadium experience in winter football weather. Who the hell wants to be in there?
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Do they get it more than the mayonnaise bowl people?
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I think so. I think it's equal.
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You guys have not made enough fun of the idea that Mike Ryan's University of Miami, led in the voting at Heisman by Homer Dan Levitard, just finished a football season of great acclaim where we can argue it was the best offense in UM history and he was the best statistical quarterback in UM history. And it ends with a fart noise at a bowl for Pop-Tart.
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So over the years, Billy has gotten really good at a number of different things. Thank you. And one of them is rolling a grenade out here and then running away from it. And just because we're not in the local hour anymore, I will not have you just roll out here, Restrepo, punt returner, and then run into the shadows.
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With distracting talk when you just said of the University of Miami's most prolific receiver ever, you've put him in the Berrios, the Braxton Berrios cache.
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Of possession receiver in the NFL, that's not big enough to play in the league. That's not physically big enough to play in the NFL. That's what you're doing to him. You're saying he's only Braxton Berrios. He will be no better than that. The most prolific receiver in the history of the University of Miami. That's what you're saying.
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They only vote for three. There's no fourth vote. Oh, so third. Would you put him in there? I was struggling. Do I get Travis Hunter there at third or do I put Restrepo in there? Do I give it to one of the Hispanic names at the University of Miami instead?
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Okay. I don't know how sometimes to measure quick. I think we all know what size in the NFL looks like, and that doesn't look like C.D. Lamb. I understand if we're going to do this.
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If we're going to do this based on appearances, then Restrepo probably would have never topped Michael Irvin and Andre Johnson and all the other number one picks the University of Miami has had at wide receiver who also played with great quarterback.
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Because you're a college football insider who could be on Feinbaum along with Lucy and Jessica, but not Chris Cody. Chris Cody could not be on Feinbaum. That would be ridiculous.
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Dismissive of us in general. Well, we're a fading media entity. Kind of sounds like Skipper.
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You heard me say fading media entity because I was taking it back to trying to feud with Texas over Lucy's dead body.
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I want to talk about what happened, Stugatz. Please do. With Aaron Judge's drop to baseball in the World Series in a second because I think it's funny. But can I get an appraisal from the room as Jeremy comes in, possibly with a Frosty, a Scott Frosty, the UCF man song? Ha, ha, ha.
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Can I get an appraisal from you guys on... Do you believe it will get any better for Deion Sanders than where it is right now, this minute? Do you believe that what he has built in two years, which gets two players, you know, he gets two players, two very unique players, family to him. He gets them.
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Both of them could have been in the Heisman Trophy room, and they made Colorado a team that only lost three times. And that was two years ago the worst program in Division I-A for several years now.
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So right now, this is, agreed, a monster success. Two years of improvement, correct?
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And so now what, though? Because how much better does it get from here once you lose those two players? Travis Hunter, I did not see all of the players that were playing in the league, but the reason that he was able to play wide receiver and cornerback is because I saw no player while playing football who was consistently jumping higher
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I love that song, how it turned into a song by the end as both a parental warning and don't shoot the drones. But you guys do understand the fear. Instead of just being awed by what it is that I'm watching, how it is that I get to... Dear God, I saw in Ukraine and during a Russia war, I'm introduced to drone technology. I don't understand how it is that Russia hasn't already won that war.
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Like, for his size, I saw no one grabbing the football because he was jumping higher than all the other athletes on the field, more than Travis Hunter, even though he didn't look like he was bigger than anybody.
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I'm not saying life. I'm just asking you guys, what's the appraisal now of Colorado? Didn't make the playoff, but... A team that we all thought was good and interesting and two years of massive improvement. Unquestionably massive improvement that we all assign to two players who are family and are top five picks.
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The thing that I would simply, I would just simply alert everyone to the story and our myths, lest we underestimate it, because Stugatz is saying two great stories. No. Three great stories. Deion Sanders was laughed at when he mentioned, I should be able to coach an NFL team. I don't need to interview. You should respect that. I know enough about football. I should coach NFL. Nope.
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You're going to have to go historically black colleges, Dion. Someone like you, a Hall of Famer, usually doesn't have to go that route on how it is that he's going to work his way up the system. But historically black colleges is where you're going to have to start. Then you're going to parlay that into Colorado.
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And I think, correct me if I'm wrong, I don't know the history of this trophy well enough to know. Whether a player who has come from a historically black college, like Travis Hunter, has ever made it this far in the business of what is marketing and football to get to best player in the land, led by someone who's a father figure. God damn, that's a success story.
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Like, stand back and marvel at what just happened. You were a big feeding media frenzy at the beginning. Ah, black excellence is going to make it a culture war. Two years in, he got his family to the league. Top five picks from a historically black college earned. All of it.
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But Stugat, so as watching one of the best businessmen in sports that I have ever seen... climbed to the top of this business in two years to the Heisman Room when I've lived long enough to see Randy Moss is walking with a cane and cancer. And it was a big controversy when he showed up to the Heisman Room with sunglasses.
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It wasn't received quite as nice as Travis Hunter putting on a smile when Randy Moss was trying to attack that sacred room.
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with all of the style and swagger that comes now with what Deion brings to black excellence in 2024, loud in your face, and I'm going to overrun the Heisman Room and football, and I tell you I'm great, and I'm going to show you I'm great, and who's going to deny I'm great now? The reason I ask the question is because I fear winning is so hard that it will be hard to get another two top five picks.
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who can help you grow it that fast in two more years. And he should be looking to parlay this opportunity in whatever is the most explosive opportunity of Dallas Cowboys or wherever he can get into the maximum marketing game of, no, I succeeded at the college game, correct? You guys saw how hard this was, right? It doesn't go through black colleges to get here this fast.
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I'm in the commercials and I got two of my boys because he considers Travis Hunter family. I got him into the, like, one of them's in the big room, and the other is throwing the football out in a frozen street with neighbors and getting Giants fans excited because they don't have a quarterback. Malik neighbors. Yes, thank you. Because, what's his name?
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Because DeVito is out with a concussion now, and that's where the Giants season is. Because they're going to Drew Locke as their third quarterback. Yeah, mm-hmm. Give me another Christmas song. Thank you.
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That all seems terribly horrific. But, oh, there's video footage of a couple of Russian soldiers and there's just a drone over them. And now they are dead because I just saw two soldiers killed in Russia because drones can do that now.
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The only reason that I tried to get out of that, it was not to bully poor Jeremy.
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Jeremy is doing a vulnerable thing. It is hard. The reason I tried to get out of that quickly is because he whimpered at the start of that song and only my headset did my best. And so I was trying to help Jeremy there because he did the most vulnerable thing, which is I'm going to throw myself in the song and the expectation of song being good. Oh, it's not as good as I wanted it to be.
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Yeah, go do a better one.
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They made an elf surfing on a surfboard.
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Because it's over the ocean.
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They had the wave and everything. I'm like, how? They had obviously, you know, the snowman. They throw in a snowman for you at Santa Claus. Feliz Navidad. It's fun, Dan.
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Feliz Navidad. Oh, that's fine. It wasn't spelled right.
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That was a reach. Well, we drone on Mondays about all manner of football. Can I get to the interesting transfer portal stuff? Because we have, you know, we've been obsessed with football here for a couple of months and college football, and we skip past National Signing Day, but all of a sudden we're the show that's consuming, you know, 16, 17, 18, 19-year-olds and where their free agency is.
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Well, you say it hurts. I think there are two things I think are criminally underappreciated around here. First, Jessica's cookies.
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hmm jessica's baking second second is people think lucy's just fooling around on the weekends and she is battering the country going from party to party dragging rose with her getting pepper sprayed her body hurts she hasn't had how many straight days did you work lucy
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All right, so this is where Metal Ark Media needs to do better in general. And I am now going to ask... Billy and all of the resources of Metal Ark Media to gather behind me because I... And Billy, though. Well, all of us. I need everyone here's help. Jeremy's just left, okay? Let me write this down. Yes, please. I need my army behind me. Jeremy's got his Scott Frost song.
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He's gone to prepare that because now he wants to serenade us with Christmas carols that Stugatz and I don't readily identify as Christmas carols.
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But Jessica's saying that is a Christmas song. I don't care. It doesn't resonate for me as a Christmas song. But what I need the army behind me on is the following. Stugatz walked in on me the other day. It was God. Super Bowl picks. Well, it feels like he walked in on me naked. It did because of how vulnerable I was. So, yes, Super Bowl licks. Thank you, Billy.
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Because I was so vulnerable because he's walking in and I'm leaving a message. OK. I'm leaving a message because I'm trying to get Lucy a credential for a game. And Stugatz is seeing me. have to call a sports information director and leave an old-fashioned message because we're a guerrilla outfit. We're a pirate ship now, like Metal Lark Media. I mean, we stream on Max.
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College football is streaming on Max. We're on Peacock. I mean, we're on SiriusXM, but she's not being treated like she's a legitimate media member, so I have to make a call so that she can have the credential access.
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should we bring down the full weight of ricky williams on the texas athletic program to get us media credential because lucy needs to get into a playoff game should we have ricky williams brought in as our muscle to threat like hey you know what i gave my body to the school can we get a credential for metal arc media i don't believe we should threaten anybody no threats are
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What I need is for our group to decide how we should handle the use of Ricky Williams to get... Tell me when the game is, where it is, and what needs to be done, you believe, that we should do to now get credentials when I'm not getting my phone calls returned and it's humbling. It's humbling to not get your phone call returned.
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What is the highest up we can go? Because Skipper calling conference commissioners has not worked. We have tried that and it has not worked. Have you said please yet?
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But we still are a bit of an underdog here, an upstart media outfit. And I do believe that the way you have battered your body in pursuit of covering football well over the last two years makes you someone who deserves to be credentialed to cover these games. You have earned it. No one's giving you any gifts here.
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Unless it's really cold out. No, but press box and on the field are different things, right? Lucy has gotten a lot. That's where she got pepper sprayed. That's where the real action is. In fact, shouldn't someone who's been recently in the vicinity of being pepper sprayed have earned their combat?
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He's supposed to be on with us at some point, so maybe we'll badger him on air to see if he can help us. Let's see if we can get a crusade going for Lucy in order to do this.
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Stugatz. I hope he has the day he deserves.
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Yes. It's beautiful. It's leaving it to the cosmos to sort it out.
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You mentioned Taylor. I saw, and I don't know what to do with this, Chris Cody. I don't know if you also saw it, but in a way that was a little bit aggressive. And I thought, uh, very gently reprimanded by Jessica in the eating area.
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Billy cornered Taylor, had him cornered around the cookies, the delicious, delicious cookies where everyone is gathered, and said to him, you didn't break that story. He was like he was bullying him. He was all around him. He was like, you didn't, that story, just because you whispered it in the corner of the office, that's not really breaking a story.
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Just because everyone here knew it, that you knew it, that's not breaking a story when you break the news, but you keep it to yourself.
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They immediately have a photo. Look at Lewis. Lewis posing. Lewis can't be trusted. He is asking people. What's Samson doing? Kugler is once again secret eating.
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No, I am one of the six votes for Cam Ward. Big shock. Yes, I am. Who'd you have at number two? The Boise State kid.
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Travis Hunter was third. Wow. Where'd you put Kyle McCord?
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It's a religious service. That's what it is. It's a religious service. If they have won you so much money this year, if you have been taking... DraftKings does all this number breakdown, all these serious Ross Tuckers running around. They know the things that you think you need to know. But they're not killing it gambling the way that Billy and Stu Gatz are.
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How did Big Board Bets and Stu Gatz, sorry, how'd that do this weekend?
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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If you are not listening to God Bless Football, you should be because the chemistry that Stugatz and Billy have is real and it is funny. And I just witnessed it during the break when Billy did something, and I'd like to know what it is because I could hear the echo of it in Stugatz's loud headphones.
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So here's the thing, okay, and I hurt for Billy on this. Now that there's pressure on these, Billy wants to do this quietly. Billy does not want everyone expecting to win or lose money with Billy's knowledge. Big board bets, yeah. But if you're going to force him into the corner, then he will take great care in the analysis and try to actually figure out how to win these bets.
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Him and Juju are not doing this casually, and it hurts them. They don't want to lose your money. They don't want to be doing this. We forced them into a corner by signing with a gambling giant. Our sugar daddy pays for everything. So, Billy, Juju, we need you to do the bets. And now Billy goes out there, and people are losing money if Billy loses, but two-thirds of the time, Billy ain't losing.
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That game, there was no close second, right? I mean, I know the Saints and Commanders sneak in there and all the games are great. Jets, Jags, it's all asinine. The fact that all the games are close and you're interested in everything and the difference between the Commanders being... you know, a favorite.
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And losing a game where you're like, really, Spencer Rattler? Really? That's what's going to change everything around for you? But getting back to the Heisman, you guys were good with Travis Hunter?
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But he was saying things that were making Stugatz jiggle, this body that hurts after three months of hard covering football. was making him jiggle with delight because of whatever it is he was saying, I think I could hear about Jason Sanders.
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I don't know what you were tickling Stugatz with, but was it that you're now associated with Jason Sanders' failures because you're the loudest public enemy of this man he's ever had?
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Well, I mean, you've got somebody who's under a helmet, who's a star, who then takes off the helmet. And in much pomp and circumstance with voters and handshaking and everything else, we still anoint as if it matters. Here's the king of college football. You asked me what my criterion is, because certainly you can accuse me of being a homer for voting for Cam Ward.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
You are the national face for criticizing Jason Sanders, not trusting Jason Sanders, doubting Jason Sanders. There's no one in the history of the American media that has done it more than you publicly and had your name attached.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
My thing was, oh, that team wouldn't have been any good without him. Like we wouldn't. Would not have spent the entire season talking about that offense. Best offense, best statistical University of Miami quarterback I've ever seen. And that's the reason that I voted for him.
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But I am wondering, while I get into the merits of the argument with you guys, if I shouldn't just figure out how to hand over my vote to Lucy and Jessica and Jeremy and Michael. Ryan, the same way that your dad hands over the vote.
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Not Mike. But Jessica just said she didn't know who she would vote for, which surprises me if she enjoys the argument.
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Do we bring him back now?
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Have you guys read anything interesting about this story that is Nevin Shapiro? You guys were all as surprised by this as I was where we're like, wait a minute, what? Biden did what for who for why? For where?
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Okay, but have you guys done any follow-up reading or it's just like Biden pardoned the Ponzi scheming?
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So just, okay, time served. It's fine. Never mind about that whole Ponzi scheme thing. And the last four years you've been at home, even though you're one of the most traitorous things in the history of fraud in this city. A city replete with plenty of fraud.
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The idea, that's a good moral question just to everyone in the audience. No matter how awful your son, would you pardon him? I'm just curious.
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Dad, oh, pardon at the end. With that one last power given to you by privilege. Yeah, you're above the law, kid.
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PTI. They swung you. They swung you by the ankles at me to defeat me with their own Fox network. And at the end, before the grave, as I lose my mind, I will pardon you. You disappointment forever.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
I mean, this school brought in John Ruiz. Like, you're fine.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
So hold on. I want you guys. So you, as I try to figure out how to give my Heisman vote over to Lucy and Jessica, I can't help but see the disappointment in their eyes that Dan Lebitard, alleged journalist, voted for Cam Ward. One of six. You're disappointed by me.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
My father gave back his vote. I was mad at him for doing it. Otherwise, we'd have two votes. Otherwise, I could just give the vote to both of you, and then you could just vote. Because you think I have, in one of the closest votes ever, Metal Ark Media represented your thought process on what this voting should have been in a way that was biased. It was homerific.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
Cam Ward would have finished a bronze medalist for the both of you. If that. If that.
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I will lose my vote if I said that publicly. Oh, that didn't happen publicly. Never happened.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
My vote was wasted. Do we have a song here? I want to talk for just a second because something gets overshadowed in the noise of the last two seasons about college football and where it is that Colorado is an overwhelming success, even if it doesn't end up in a playoff run. Let's transition here with a Transfer Portal song, please.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
So why is it that I am both delighted and horrified by how much Jeremy enjoys parading around with a couple of canned hams dancing as if he's got a top hat on about the portal? It's a bit long. But here's the thing, though. I so appreciate the vulnerability of, hey, I'm going to put myself out there with song. But then he chooses that song.
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But did you guys feel the Christmas in that?
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Everybody's waiting for the man with the bag.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
So you guys, that didn't feel like Christmas to me. Are your Christmases different than my Christmases? Yours are cold Christmases. Help me.
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What song do you think that is? Man with a Bag.
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It just feels like the 50s. It's Santa.
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Yes, I'm doing what Stugatz is doing, which is it just feels like the 50s. It's not a winter time. It's the time of my grandparents.
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Are your Christmas feelings, Lucy and Jessica, you are in the middle of the holiday season. You're surrounded by Christmas fair. Does it feel like Christmas to you in Miami, given that it's 69 degrees on most days? No.
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I do not believe that there is anything more criminally underappreciated at Metal Ark Media than Jessica and those desserts made with the finest of things. A little too healthy. During Christmas season. A little too healthy, but don't taste healthy.
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That's the important thing.
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No. No. It sounds like a playful sort of central Santa from the 50s. Oh, what? Central Santa? 15-yard penalty. He was throwing his hip out as he... Santa's coming... Look. Santa's what? Santa's feeling... Santa's doing what? Santa's feeling himself. He has Super Bowl licks. Santa's doing what? Santa's coming out of... Santa's coming...
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
Out of his house, and he's throwing a hip over, like he's starting to dance. You're imagining Jeremy in a Santa hat, are you not? He's trying, he's got a microphone, he's cheesing, he's maximum cheesing it up on Christmas. He's parading down a walkway, coming out of his house, singing in a camera as Santa, and he's throwing out a hip, and it's a little sensual.
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It's a confident hip from a sensual Santa.
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Yes. It's just hard to admit. But yes.
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Well, yes. Also agreed. But those two ignorances on my part make me not like the song. So, now where are we?
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Well, and then it makes me- It's a show tune. Then it makes me rush at the song with criticism, makes me rush at the song with criticism because I didn't get it. I didn't get my own show.
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All right, I'll be back. Get out of here. Good. That's how you do a Christmas song. Thank you. Jesus. What is this? Learn a little something around here. It's not moving.
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That's right. God bless football. They have the Sims that only football fans want.
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He is exceptional on God bless football. He's all right.
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He's exceptional. Andy comes on knowing he's exceptional. And I've got the tattoo of Kyle Shanahan to prove it. I really know my stuff. We're best friends. I know how football's evolving. I'm a great analyst. He absolutely is. And then Billy undercuts him because Billy's the Duke.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
Thank you. Not dead. I'm not good. Yes, not dead. That's what Stugatz has been saying. In fact, it's been a combination of not dead and when I was walking out there and somebody asked me, how's your birthday? Stugatz answered, getting older. And it's like, yeah, true for all of us.
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Pretty much a universal truth. That's right. Getting older. All of us. Sucks. It's the one thing we all agree on.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
Imagine the clicks. Right. Okay, so now would be a good time to do that? No. Please don't.
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Billy, in the middle of that. shouted and got Stugatz's attention. This delighted Stugatz so much because in the middle of your football Sunday, there was a play in Texans-Dolphins that Stugatz was going to make matter or something because A-Chan chased down at the six-yard line and turned a short touchdown on a two-way interception into just a field goal.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
And Stugatz was ready to make Hustle the determined spirit of the Dolphins roaring back to in the mix. And in the middle of that, I, not unlike Billy, who has his own Sanders, and I've got to admit it, I'm jealous of it, was hoping that when people saw Tua running away from the pick six like a coward, he's doing the Dan.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
He's doing that thing Dan has recommended for 15 years, which is when a quarterback throws the ball that he just run off the field because it's too dangerous out there.
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Too soon. All right. You know, I got to be honest with you, okay, because it's weird. It's just we are watching him in a way that is so paternal that I'm not kidding when I say I'm watching all the rest of the football. But there was only one play yesterday that felt to me like somebody running alongside but out of the way of the running of the Bulls.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
It was like watching Tua in uniform just run safely away from the running of the Bulls like we want him to, like he should, like he needs to.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
It is weird to see Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen play that way. Yes, where everyone else has to. Even Patrick Mahomes is eking to 13 or 12 and 1. on his knees, and every game is, I need to run for six and a half yards on third and six.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
You guys are agreeing with my analysis on what the Chiefs have become as it used to be Tyreek Hill and Kelsey, and now it's just, can Mahomes get us four and a half yards on third and four?
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Billy, you were excited. In the middle of that Texans game, until which of the Tua interceptions broke your heart as the guy who two years ago bought a Tua jersey because you want to believe in this team? And again, another season, I think you're willing to say, falls at your feet or in the mix? Six and eight in the mix?
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
I know no one wants to blame him. I'm sorry it took me this long to get here. And yes, because, Billy, thank you. You were trying to produce me from afar by just simply texting me. And I should have taken the cue, and I'm sorry I didn't. That you were now investigating everything with Tua.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
So we're at the stages of Billy Gill, the Duke, number four internationally ranked insider, is officially investigating whether we know enough about football to know whose fault the three interceptions were yesterday. Tua's or Hill's?
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
All right. Can I also just can we laugh for just a moment on the idea that there is a penalty for jumping through the end zone to honor Marshawn Lynch, who deserved to celebrate that way after the single greatest, toughest run in the history of professional football?
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That if you were to penalize that, that you should also penalize that throughout my football Sunday, I saw giant men winding up from miles away to just throw punches at footballs directly. That one of them hit a chin on the way to its football, but that you just have giant men out there now just throwing giant punches.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
And in at least three of the games, Nick Chubb dropped one of them, and he never drops the football. And so I'm like, we're good with that? We're good.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
We're good with guys just running across the field and punching people as hard as they can. And sometimes they hit the football and sometimes they're going to hit you on the chin. We're good with that, yes?
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
Okay, all right. So I need both of these investigations to continue throughout the show today.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
Did you guys enjoy or care about the Heisman Trophy going to Travis Hunter? We spent the season talking about it. We love doing this. MVP of football, most valuable player in college football. And Cam Ward, we spent the season talking about him.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
And then Travis Hunter, well, first of all, in the streets, Shador Sanders is throwing the ball, a football in the cold in the New York streets with neighbors because Shador Sanders is about to dominate the draft. And so is Travis Hunter.
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
That's correct. It was in the streets of New York. But Colorado, in some ways, and these two players have resuscitated a program. And Travis Hunter just won a Heisman over a running back who'd had a better season than the last three Heisman-winning running backs. And it's right to be heard about, like,
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The Big Suey: Travis Hunter Wins The Heisman
okay, I get it, but I thought we usually gave the award on merit, not, oh, this guy's more unique than I am, and therefore that's more valuable than what I did at Boise State.
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You're not supposed to.
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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Postgame Show: Parsing Straws (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Mike McCarthy has been fired. No surprises there. But now the Dallas Cowboys job is open. And I'm guessing that a lot of people would want that. Look at Greg Cody was surprised by that. Greg Cody gave me a under his breath wow.
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Postgame Show: Parsing Straws (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Wait a minute. Is it parsing straws? Is it splitting hairs? It's both. What did you mean to say there? Parsing hairs. Okay. Juju is with us now. Always nice to have him to break down the show. Usually by this hour, Greg Cody is pretty tired. It's been a sprint, and so it becomes parsing hairs. I'm full of vim and vinegar. You are full of shit. Juju is with us now.
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Postgame Show: Parsing Straws (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Thank you for being on with us, Juju. What do we have today? What do you like? What don't you like? What is worth commenting on?
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I wasn't really asking it to the listeners. I was asking it to the one lacking hygiene listener that happens to be sitting in the seat.
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across from me uh because i as soon as i dropped it i thought immediately of him i'm like chris would eat this and i'm like i think i cannot eat this this is uh but it is a clean floor i will uh i will say that uh go ahead juju what else you got i don't think those words go together clean and four but now that you know that uh do you have to eat a pack of dirt before you die
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Yes, it is a fine. I do too.
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Yeah, I think you're right about that. And it wasn't just that they were losing all the games. It's being outscored by 66 points in five games and losing four of them by more than 14 points. You can't limp into the playoffs more limpy than that.
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You sent me that this weekend. You had proof, investigative proof. You sent me some photographs that would suggest that there's a little bit of fraudulence going on there for a man who does not need such fraudulence.
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It does hurt. That's not technically a bad beat, but it does hurt that that game will be remembered as the game that A.J. Brown was reading on the sidelines when you needed him. He just had one catch, right?
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for me it's like that perfect amount of time that we have where it's like you're super excited about red zone and then by the end of the season you're ready for a few weeks you guys you guys think i'm in the minority in that uh the overstimulation of just pounding you in the face with the witching hour Eight or nine straight games at 345. Six of them are close.
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You don't think it makes it so that we are spoiled and entitled and by the time we get to single games being played in a window, it feels insufficient compared to the usual gorging? I can't be in the minority on that.
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But you can't hide the games that aren't close, though. And then you're stuck in the third and fourth quarter with a game you know is not going anywhere, and you've got nothing else. Okay, I'm whimpering about being spoiled.
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Hold on a second, Juju. Cody wants to get in here between coughs. He's stifling one. Hold on a second. Something's going to get belched out of his mouth. I'm waiting expectantly for an important thought.
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I mean, I don't think anyone would dispute that, right? If I gave Bill Belichick the Eagles, they wouldn't be worse. I don't think anyone is thinking they'd be any worse. Juju, good seeing you. I thought we talked way too much football today. I thought there wasn't enough Greg Cody silliness today either. But more Greg Cody tomorrow. How about that? Yes. Wow.
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You're going to still be wearing the same outfit for the fifth straight day? Okay, excellent. Thank you, Juju. Thank you, Al.
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Hour 2: Will Ye Shakespeare and Weekend Observations
Stugatz. Shred them! This is the Don Levatard Show with the Stugatz.
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Hour 2: Will Ye Shakespeare and Weekend Observations
It is time for Stugatz to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 1: Nobody Wants To Eat a Wet Banana
Good. This is the Don Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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Hour 1: Nobody Wants To Eat a Wet Banana
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stukas Podcast.
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Hour 1: Nobody Wants To Eat a Wet Banana
It really does. That is true. Nail the face.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
Yeah, you could make an argument for all the things we've mentioned, that the Miami Dolphins are a cursed franchise, still paying off karma for winning those two Super Bowls in a row, including a perfect season. It's literally a fact to say that the Miami Dolphins have been an irrelevant franchise this century.
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Ever since 2000, it's been stumbling and bumbling, and they just have done nothing right. Dolph fans are as frustrated as any, and I know you're a Jets fan, And Dolphins are as frustrated, I think, as any fandom in pro sports, with reason.
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My microphone's on. Stugatz. Paint the scene. Paint the scene is I got to go to work. Good night. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
Yeah, it's a snakebit season for Tyreek Hill. Keep in mind it began before opening day with him being handcuffed by cops outside the stadium for reasons that were very dubious and unjustified. But He had a bad year, let's face it. He seemed a step slower. Tua missed six games. It was just a nightmare season for him. And the fact that he would say, I'm out, bro, did not surprise me.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
And the fact that he would later walk it back through Drew Rosenhaus did not surprise me either. It's not the first time that Tyreek this season has either said or tweeted something on social media saying, that made you go, hmm, and made him explain himself. He's a very mercurial, volatile personality.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
And you could make an argument that it's sort of unbecoming of a team captain to put himself in that role where he's saying things that he later has to walk back. I think he was super dissatisfied this season with everything about the Dolphins from the way their defense evaporated from what they had last season. Their running game largely disappeared. Raheem Mostert disappeared.
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It was just a nightmare season for an offense that was super exciting last year. I think he'd rather be traded, but I also think that he can be talked into returning and he'll be fine.
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I find Deshaun Watson to be a real challenge to human nature and to the best part of me because part of me wants to feel sorry for the guy. Part of me really does want to feel sorry for the guy, but he's such an unsympathetic victim because of everything he's been through. I find it difficult. How am I supposed to react as a caring human being to this man suffering another Achilles tendon injury?
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I'm conflicted. I honestly am. I don't know. I mean, how should you feel when Deshaun Watson, after everything he's put dozens of women through for, you know, things that were in the headlines for the past two, three years, how are you supposed to feel when this guy just can't catch a break on the field? You know, I mean, it's I am conflicted about it.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
Absolutely. That's why I say he's the least sympathetic victim in the world.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
But do it under a table. A lot of people are gloating. There's no question about it. And the victims certainly are entitled to gloat. They've paid the pain to be entitled to gloat. I don't know whether somebody like me or you or another fan should feel good about gloating. Like over-the-top celebration is what you're saying. I just don't know.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
Yeah, no, I get that. But when I say, is he that good? I'm thinking of the 12 interceptions. I'm thinking of Georgia Bulldogs fans not lamenting that he's gone.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
Huge upgrade. And if you're a Canes fan, if you're Mario Cristobal, perfectly entitled to say, hey, for the second year in a row, we got the big guy in the portal. We got the big hit out of the transfer portal. Right now, that's absolutely true. But I just don't know that based on his track record, you can't expect another Cam Ward season, which you've mentioned.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
Well, I complain about both. I complain about Notre Dame being an independent and the willy-nilly of conference realignment.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
I think that there are several programs in this country, eight or ten come to mind, who should be looking at Notre Dame and going, hey, what about us? Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, maybe even Georgia now, arguably even Miami. There are several programs in this country that could go, we're of the stature of Notre Dame. Let's get ours.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
And if that begins to happen, then it's just more anarchy than we're seeing now. It's more dishevelment. It's more change for the sake of change. Oh, my God.
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It's got to be so bad for that sport, right?
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
I enjoy saying it. It sounds like an ice cream treat or something. I just enjoy the words together.
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I think that's a brilliant idea, okay? A brilliant idea. Thank you. And here's my immediate example. You vote out Pittsburgh, which limps in on a four-game losing streak. You put in Joe Burrow and the Bengals, arguably the best quarterback in football this season.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
I might right now, yeah.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
Yeah, my five Super Bowl favorites right now in order are Baltimore, Detroit, Buffalo, Kansas City, and Philadelphia. Be careful on that limb. And for reasons I said... They have the two most valuable players in the league, Baltimore, in my opinion. And the defense right now is as good as anybody in the league. That's a combination that can't be beaten.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
And now, Lamar Jackson has in Zay Flowers what I would call a developing elite receiver, which he hasn't always had the first few years of his career. So that's a fully flowering offense. Not sure if he's playing. It's not clear. I would say this is the most...
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
I feel like the Baltimore Buffalo game is the springboard to the team that's going to win the Super Bowl. In a season where Kansas City does not seem as strong as it did the past couple of years, in a season where Detroit hasn't won anything since 1957, and typically teams go to the Super Bowl and lose before they win, this just seems like Baltimore Buffalo is the game.
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The Big Suey: The 70-Point Miami Dolphins vs. The 1972 Miami Dolphins
That's going to catapult the championship.
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Local Hour: NFL Playoff and College Football Playoff Reaction
That is the Commanders Radio Network. Bram Weinstein, London Fletcher, and Logan Paulson on the call.
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Local Hour: NFL Playoff and College Football Playoff Reaction
Dan Levatard. Sports. Stugatz. More sports. This is the Dan Levatard Show with the Stugatz.
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Local Hour: NFL Playoff and College Football Playoff Reaction
Or a VHS?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: NFL Playoff and College Football Playoff Reaction
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It's not the same at all.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Is Mahjong making a comeback? It'd be a walk in the cemetery. Juju, what do you have for us today in the interest of updating the polls and updating what it is that people thought of today's show?
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
But Greg, it's probably what he's best at and he's made like 8 million dollars Das ist eine sehr erfolgreiche Karriere.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Mike Ryan sagt, er hat einige Nachrichten zu veröffentlichen. Du hast Elon Musk erwähnt, Juju. Ich habe gesehen, dass Mike Meyers jetzt Elon Musk spielt auf Saturday Night Live. Was hat Mike Meyers letztens gemacht? Ich habe ihn auf Inglorious Bastards gesehen und es scheint, dass ich in den letzten sieben Jahren Mike Meyers nicht viel gemacht habe. Was hat er gemacht?
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Er hat nicht viel gemacht. Hier are the polls. Poll results courtesy of Instagram, because X is having all sorts of issues. If someone is dabbling in beer and hookah at midnight, do you assume that they are also snacking? Dan was on to something 93% of our audience says yes. Here's the next poll question. Bob loves Chicago Bulls. Let's go. Greg. 68% of our audience said yes.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You were packing up and ready to go and you hit the microphone while packing up and ready to go. You have proven to be one who wants to be going for about 25 minutes. That's untrue.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Liar. Do you still use the word underpants? 70% of the audience said no.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Juju, do you have any polls that you would like to update or is Mike doing that for you today because of your Twitter issues?
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Bevor wir Jujugati hier reinbringen, haben wir hier noch ein kleines Erklärungsgespräch. Und ich denke, das ist ein bisschen offensichtlich, basierend auf einer Erklärung, die wir morgen endlich machen planen, für das, was wir im Allgemeinen am 13. April machen. Aber wir haben Boppy, der aus der Verabschiedung für dieses Domino-Tournament kommt.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Er hat einen kleinen Rollen in Bohemian Rhapsody.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Etwas Schockierendes ist hier passiert. Jess hatte keine Ahnung.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Chris Farley war supposed to be Shrek, but his passing delayed the project entirely and then became a CGI picture with Mike Myers.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Put it on the pole. Yellow Jackets. Those girls be trippin'. Yes or no. At Levitard Show. Number 10.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Wir haben Ricky Williams, der aus der Verabschiedung für dieses Domino-Tournament kommt. Und direkt auf dem Bild da ist es. Das scheint etwas offensichtlich zu sein, was hier passiert. Er ist gigante, er ist wie ein Tier, er hat ein enormes verdammtes Verleumdung. Es gibt ein Schatten im Hintergrund von jemand anderem, der morgen entdeckt wird. Aber dieses Domino-Tournament wird am 13.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Look at Juju's hitting the Apple Plus hard.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Das ist ein Miles Garrett Set und Charles Barkley. Er wird wieder da sein.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Fell apart at the end though. I'm afraid that Paradise is going to fall apart at the end. Because as much as I like so far, I'm four episodes in and the way the fourth episode ended is genuinely shocking. The last ten minutes in the fourth episode are crazy, but the writing was so awkward in some of the places in episode two and three that I'm afraid it's going to fall apart.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Have you seen it all the way through, Juju? Have you seen Paradise all the way through?
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Does it fall apart or does it stay together until the very end?
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Ich habe gehört, dass Episode 7, die ich noch nicht gesehen habe, Episode 7 von The Bear in Bezug auf einige der besten Fernseher, die man sehen wird, als die dramatischen Tensionen steigen. Ich habe Episode 7 noch nicht gesehen. Ist es das, was euch beide versprochen wird, die die ganze Sache gesehen haben? Sie sagen, das ist der beste Episode der acht Episoden? Ja, sicher. 100 Prozent.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Weil 1 und 4 sind wirklich stark.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Ahead of Paradise. You're putting something ahead of paradise.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Juju, thank you. When you mentioned CBS before, were you making a distinction between CBS and Paramount? Because I'm guessing that Greg Cody has not made any leap from however it is he consumes CBS to how he would have to consume Paramount. Right, that's right. CBS, Channel 4. That's all I know. Shout out to Ghosts. Insane.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
April stattfinden. Wir werden die formelle Erklärung haben, wo und wann und wie man morgen Tickets bekommen kann. Aber ich bin gesagt, dass Greg Cody in diesem Tournament Dominoes spielen wird, obwohl er nicht weiß, wie man Dominoes spielen kann.
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Shout out to Channel 4 and just generally walking into graveyards when you're vacationing. Correct. Eddie Murphy is donkey?
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
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Postgame Show: Jessica's Shrek Discovery (feat. JuJu Gotti)
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
He will be co-anchoring the 21st Selection Sunday of his career this Sunday at 6 p.m. Eastern on CBS. He's also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Hoops HQ. The idea of paths not taken. You mentioned Sports Illustrated.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
What's the saddest you get these days thinking about what Sports Illustrated has become versus what it is you thought you were going to do when you joined Sports Illustrated however many years ago?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Before we get rid of you here, sleepers, give us three of them. Let's go. Give us the teams that people need to be picking when they get to their brackets.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Good seeing you. We will check in with you on Sunday, sir. Thank you for being on with us. Good seeing you again.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
through season two uh i know we're in season three i've watched a couple episodes of severance i have no idea what's going on but then again i usually uh don't have any idea what's going on so it's all good are you guys uh falling asleep during severance i like severance but i keep falling i cannot stay awake for severance there's something about the tone and the pacing of it that is so slow that i'm perpetually even though i like it i'm perpetually falling asleep during it
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Don Libetard. You don't remember the idea for a home run call?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Up, up, and away. That kind of swing. That kind of thing. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
We've got to get to a very expensive Cheeto. We have to get to some unfortunate wording that a broadcaster used on a California game. And we have to get to a very fast 70-year-old who is not Greg Cody. That is Greg Cody and his son breathing very heavy. At the end of the show, toward the end of the show, Greg forgets that he is on the air and he just breathes with his giant nostrils.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Do you think you could run as fast as this 70-year-old right here is running 100 meters in just a second faster, a second and a half faster than Greg Cody thinks that he can run a 100-meter dash? This is pretty fast for a 70-year-old. Tomorrow we're going to have a corn dog eating competition. Look at this guy. Greg, this guy is going very fast.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
You think that you would run one and a half seconds slower than that guy did on a 100-meter dash?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
That is real time. The wind was blowing through his hair. He would have been faster if not his hair slowing him down aerodynamically. See, I don't have that problem.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
We're not going to try it because we're afraid of you falling on the track and breaking a bunch of brittle bones.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Beach race. Beach day. Beach race.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Beach race. Beach day. Beach race. You couldn't be more bored and indifferent while delivering content right now. You are so ready to leave. You're just ready to leave. I'm not ready to leave. You didn't even sing Beach Day with any enthusiasm. You just went, yay. You couldn't have been any more bored while delivering what you were delivering.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Exactly. What's coming up on the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Yeah, you are bored. A reaction by Tony the K. Is this the episode where you do the number 18 spice also? Herb? Number 19 herb.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Did you just reveal the number one guest in the history of your— Is that something that's been revealed on your podcast today?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
There's no way he was on because he doesn't do much of that.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
I don't believe you. Why would he lie? I don't believe why would he lie to sell his podcast, and he doesn't care whether it's the truth or not.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Well, that's how you get Tony Kornheiser on. You just make him number one. You say, Tony, guess what? Big honor. You're number one. He says, you know what? Gregory, Cody, I respect the hell out of you. I'm on.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
That's for sure. Dan, you don't need to be upset. I mean, it's subjective. It's a three-person panel. One, threes, or fives. Right. I thought you were great when you were on. If it were up to me, I would have given you a five. The most offended was Uncle Dick because we forgot to put him on. What?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
He's right. No, I do. You don't run. I don't believe him.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Do you run in those deck shoes? Do you even own sneakers?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
A mile. What difference does it make where you take your steps? You know what I mean? Get your 10,000 steps, and if I choose to do it in the comfort of my own home, what do you care, doctor?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
It's about heart rate.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Why? Put the name out there. Let's call this doctor his degree.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Nah, but you're tossing some bicep curls every once in a while. He carries his bowling bag from the car into the bowling alley.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Greg's making some good arguments here.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
You come in and out of the bowling alley wearing your bowling shoes. You drive to the bowling alley in your bowling shoes.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Do you stop at a bar on the way home sometimes from the bowling alley while wearing the bowling shoes? No, that doesn't happen.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Can you please explain to me whether or not you're surprised that Rick Pitino has been allowed to climb back toward the top of the sport given how his last tenure ended?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Do you wear your tap shoes home? My what? Your tap shoes for tap dancing.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Really? No. Why not? My mother used to. Oh, that's good. Ruth used to. Hold on, hold on. Ruth was a tapper.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
I think that we're here castigating and frowning upon Greg when really we should be celebrating his preparedness. At any point in time, Greg can board a boat. We know that.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
That's right. Can I get the sound of that Los Angeles broadcaster, please, using phrasing the Los Angeles broadcaster should not have used during USC and Juju Watkins obviously playing very well, as she always does.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
caught the women's basketball world by storm certainly lit the world of los angeles on fire ouch she said the world of los angeles right not the city so i think she's fine yeah i mean i'd call my lawyer if i was her and kind of get away from that as much as possible for trying to figure out what's going on there you know yeah you gotta walk that one back yep she didn't give her time she will
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
I don't think so. I don't think anyone is making a big deal out of this. I think it is just an athletic cliche that most people probably didn't care about or notice, and therefore there will be no need for an apology of any sort, and there will be no need for a clarification of any sort.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Who is that? Who is that? That's the mob, yeah. Yeah, it was an outraged mob. Speaking as one. It was all of them speaking at exactly the same syllable count and words at the same time. It was a chorus of them.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Yeah. You got to walk it back because insurance companies will grasp at anything these days. You know what I mean? They're going to say, look, we have it right here on the record. It's saying that Juju started these fires and then boom. Now it is. They're not going to cover any claims.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Why don't you just leave now, Greg? Just leave since you've already checked out.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
I'm not napping. Close your computer. Close...
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Just pack everything up and just go. You've completed a wonderful day. You're finished. Why are you trying to get rid of me?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Your son, in an effort to bail me out of the particular quagmire that you have dragged us into, just shouted urgently in my ear, I have the Cheeto. I have the Cheeto. He's just shouting. He's so used to producing you with Yeti on your podcast that he has rushed into the breach and come up with a topic that all of us could jump into, which is an $89,000 Cheeto.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Let's check out this particular Cheeto. Cheeto, what does it say? Where is this being purchased?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Maybe. And was it indeed $89,000? And why was it purchased for that much? Because it looks like Charizard.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
And it can't be done. It can be done. How do you guys feel about Cheetos? When was the last time you had a Cheeto? Seven minutes ago.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
a business of investment that appreciates. There is simply no way that you can tell me that there's a way to purchase an $89,000 Cheeto that will then appreciate in value. How is that the price tag that is assigned to the Cheeto?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
That's not a good conversation starter.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Okay, that's what I thought. Do you know who Harambe is? The gorilla. Yeah.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
You guys made fun of me recently for loving the chili cheese Fritos, which are, put it on the poll at Levitard Show, better chip. Is it a chip? Cheeto or Frito at Levitard Show. Is the Cheeto, would the Cheeto count as a chip? Yeah, I would. But I don't think it has.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Yeah, it does. How much do you think I can get for this bad boy? Well, we need a seahorse, a prominent seahorse to die, and then just say, well.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you like the chili cheese Fritos? They're some of my favorites. I haven't had them in a while.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Do you prefer the Frito to the Cheeto? Yes. I don't like how messy the Cheeto is.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
I'm glad we answered an important question today.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
You mentioned Steph Curry and NIL. James Harden says that he is going to spend a lot of money to make Arizona State even better than Arizona State already is. How much of this is going to be a future influx where NBA guys can have a role in making sure that they take care of their alma maters?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Chris Cody, always on top of things as the executive producer, has accused you in my ear of stifling a burp during that answer. Is that accurate? And what would the breakfast of choice for a Seth Davis?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
This guy's going to be co-anchoring his 21st Selection Sunday. 21 of them he's got on the resume. It is next Sunday, 6 p.m. Eastern Time on CBS. We are going to do our own Selection Sunday show for fun next Sunday live. He's also the co-founder and editor-in-chief of of Hoops HQ, Seth Davis with us. Again, 21 years is crazy.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Give us some more information. He will never try that. It's not something that he's interested in in any way. Can you give me some of the other ways that you've gone full Los Angeles with your kale smoothies and your ghee butter?
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you think that Seth Davis could eat a cheesecake like nobody else at Levitard Show? Tell us about your stand-up comedy career.
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
a great impressionist you don't you don't do impressions do you did you do impressions not in this i don't have to think about what i want to do for you um yeah of course i could do impressions go ahead um well let's not put some pressure on let's give him some time to think about which impression he'd like to unleash but also please continue answering the question how much stand-up did you do when did you realize it wasn't for you etc
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Hour 2: Ruth is a Tapper (feat. Seth Davis)
The well is key to Ronald Reagan. It's really – That's it.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
I think you're looking at it through a likely TV ratings prism, right?
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
I mean, everybody, by everybody, I mean people like us, probably want Knicks versus Lakers or some city for city matchup like that.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
I think there's going to be a growing appetite for Cavaliers and Thunder if... Coming into the finals, these are the two best teams in the regular season. SGA is the next tier of all-time superstar players, perhaps. I think this is a matchup that's going to grow on people. I'm interested in that final.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Ich glaube nicht.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Warum klingelst du, wenn du durch einen Graveyard fliegst? Ich weiß es ehrlich gesagt nicht. Vielleicht, weil man sich nicht erschrocken fühlt.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
I do and have never whistled in one.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Are you afraid of ghosts? No. No, I embrace them.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
I think most ghosts are good. I have not. I mean, not in a physical sense, you know.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
You know, there have been... Imaginary, perhaps, apparition.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Es ist überraschend, dass man Leute trifft, die nicht da sind, um einen Liebenden zu sehen. Sie sind da, weil sie über Geschichte fasziniert sind. Und Graveyards sind Geschichte. Ich meine, ich denke, der älteste in den USA, in Boston, hat, you know, like Civil War Generals and everything buried next to, you know, 20 Meter entfernt von den Menschen, die vor ein paar Jahren gestorben sind.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Ja, wir haben viele von ihnen gesehen. Ich habe nie einen Graveyard verpasst, den ich nicht sehen will.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Maybe she was a ghost. How do you know? How do I know she wasn't a ghost? Yeah. I mean, I don't. Did you ask? It's not like I poked her to see if my finger went through dust.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
I think a lot of people do. But I'm not one to strike up a conversation with a stranger.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Das wäre ein seltsames Wort, das ich mir selbst gedreht habe.
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
Also ja, es ist nicht viel Aufregung, weil es keine Fans gibt. Okay. Hey, Roy, wo würdest du Gino Smith zwischen den NFL-Quarterbacks ranken?
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Hour 1: Roy & David Smell Like Brian Skrudland
This is the Don Levatard Show with the Stugatz.
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Pro football focus. Smith had a league average turnover-worthy play rate of 2.6%. That tied him with Josh Allen, the league's MVP. Josh Allen was wildly efficient when it came to turnovers this year, and it puts him ahead of Tua, Jordan Love, Goff, Stafford, Darnold, and Hertz, all of whom had better offensive line play than Geno Smith. He ranks...
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14th in career dropbacks among active players, with 10 of the players above him having entered the league after him per True Media. It makes him harder to evaluate based on true talent level, but he did throw a lot of passes over his three seasons as Seattle's starter.
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Only Mahomes had more dropbacks over that span, and according to Pro Football Focus's grading, only six quarterbacks performed better than Geno Smith during that time. Their names are Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Justin Herbert, Allen, Mahomes,
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But Greg, it's got more information than your opinion, which is just based on five years ago, like what you thought five years ago and hasn't changed. There's more empirical data. Yes, you can make it say anything, but what I just made it say was pretty impressive.
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They could have just introduced him in Boston.
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Put them next to each other. Is Bob Love indeed better than Kevin Love? I don't know his career enough to know whether Bob Love is indeed better than Kevin Love.
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I want to talk to you guys about some of the movement in football over the weekend. DK Metcalf requested a trade in Seattle. The Geno Smith era in Seattle as he gets traded to the Raiders and the Raiders say we want stability at coach and quarterback and so we're going to get Geno Smith and Pete Carroll. I think I can argue that Geno Smith is a top 10 quarterback. It's a bit of a rhetorical trick.
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Yes. Put that on the poll at Levitard Show. And tell me all you know about Bob Love, because I really do believe that at this point, and I think you should be allowed at your age, you've settled so comfortably into your ignorance that
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that there is no new information that I can give you that you wouldn't wave off with a hand because you already know better and you're like, facts and stats and data and all of your proof otherwise, I dismiss it based on my gut feeling.
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Okay, but wait a minute. Let's just – wait a minute. Okay? It's a hard position to play. There aren't many – Good ones. What would Geno Smith have to do? What would I have to present to you to change your mind that's already formed and hardened about what Geno Smith is, what you think him to be, when what he's been in this league has been somebody statistically. I still maintain...
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If you can get the sound of how accurate this was, I think it's one of, it's got to be the most amazing prediction in the history of our show. Where Amin, before a season started, when everyone's opinion was what yours is of Geno Smith, Amin Elhassan, our basketball expert, gave us a prediction on what it is that Geno Smith would do that season.
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And those statistics that he predicted, that we all thought were outlandish, We're good enough, Greg, that you would want it to be your quarterback for all but five or six of the teams in the league because we will put next to the prediction, we will get you the actual stats.
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There is no way.
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Number 10. There you go. Put their stats next to each other. Bob Love and Kevin Love. I want to put them next to each other.
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Are you guys going to just skip past how amazing that Amin prediction was? And that Chris Whittingham hasn't actually paid off what he owes, any of what he owes, but especially that bathtub.
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At one point I said that Rex Grossman was one of the top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL because he slid in at number 10 when he was making it to the Super Bowl. Geno Smith was unlucky. In a couple of fronts, he turned the ball over more than he should have, according to the metrics. He had 15 interceptions, but he was unlucky.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Do you use the word underpants? Yes or no?
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Let me ask you guys this question. I don't know if you saw that Darius Slay gave his list of elite quarterbacks, and it's what you would presume it would be. It's Burrow, Mahomes, it's Lamar, and it's Josh Allen. That's his top tier. Oh, no Geno, huh? Odd.
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Well, no Jalen Hurts was the part that's odd because it's his teammate and the Super Bowl MVP, and the part of that that was surprising is usually they just lie in that spot. What are you laughing about, Billy? No Geno Slay?
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No, but this is my 10 to 14 here. No, but this is my larger point. The larger point is both of those teams end up being nowhere franchises because they can only get the 10th best quarterback. And that ends up making you 9-8 or 8-9 every single season.
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And so Pete Carroll just wants the stability of give me the guy that I know so that I can get my feet settled here and I don't have to do Minshew for a season when we all know what that is. And it ain't Geno Smith. Minshew, like what Greg is describing Geno Smith as is what... Minshew actually is.
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I believe he's being unfair to Geno Smith because Minshew has gotten enough opportunities to be Geno Smith and hasn't been it in any of the offenses that he's been in.
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He was pretty good with the football and pretty good with the football, even though that offensive line is bad. I don't think in Las Vegas with Bowers that they have the skill guys that Seattle had. But I ask you guys what you make. of Geno Smith and the Geno Smith era in Seattle. Do you guys remember anything? Did that era win a playoff game? He could throw for 4,000 yards.
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No. What I'm saying is it's impossible to do the evaluations and disentangle everybody from everyone else, and it becomes very hard to make accurate assessments on what someone is when he's got a bad offensive line, he's got good wide receivers, and he's in a lot of trouble, and he's unlucky when it comes to turnovers, at least last year.
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That it becomes very hard to make an accurate assessment on what that is, and it becomes very hard to change anybody's mind on what they already thought that was.
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Okay, well, you guys don't want to talk quarterbacks all of a sudden? I'd love talking quarterbacks, but this is like a saw move for Raiders.
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Gino Fuentes, the worst. You guys do understand that basically what you're doing is that 20 teams in that sport aren't worth ever talking about. That's what you're doing. That there are 20 teams that you guys just don't want to talk about. And that's fine.
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I would say that one of the items from the football weekend that I found most interesting in negotiations is that Myles Garrett didn't make the mess that I was hoping that he would make because I found curious. The sequence of events that happened here where Miles Garrett requests a trade. This is a new thing now. DK Metcalf requests a trade. Trey Hendrickson has requested a trade.
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All over the league in football, there are players suddenly requesting trades because they realize that the money is drying up or going to some of their teammates. But The sequence on Miles Garrett was he requests a trade, and then the reporting is that Cleveland's owner, Jimmy Haslam, refuses to meet with Garrett. And when I read that, I'm like, that seems really unwise. Also feels...
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Really interesting to have an owner lording over the proceedings in a way where he just refuses a meeting with his star player who is unhappy. And then the next thing you know, Miles Garrett signs for more than Max Crosby, more than any player in the league who's not a quarterback. And if I were Miles Garrett. I would have wanted my money elsewhere.
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I don't trust that organization with the next three years of my career. I'm going to waste the next three years of my career breaking my body just for money, and I'm going to spend all three years losing. If I were Miles Garrett, I would have tested my talent against the system and made whatever mess I needed to make and taken the fines of whatever mess I would have made.
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And in my next signing, because my talent is so large, I would have gotten my money back.
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I would have not Jimmy Butler did, but Jimmy Butler did for football when there's the common understanding from everyone watching, yeah, they betrayed that guy. Everyone watching that says, yeah, they did Deshaun Watson there, and he's got no help. Miles Garrett cannot succeed under those circumstances.
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He was better than any of us thought he would ever be. And I can make the argument that he fits in the top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL. You made a face.
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You say he made it as messy as he could have. No, he didn't. The way that he makes it messiest is by actually wanting to leave and leaving for no amount of money. But he did it. He wanted the money.
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It's a rhetorical trick. Once you get into 8, 9, and 10, you're talking about interchangeable pieces.
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But you guys misunderstand me. What I was hoping for is for a football player to be able to actually exert the power because he meant it, because it wasn't about money. I want a football player to have so much value that they do not care where they get the money and therefore exert their power against the system.
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Which part are you not understanding?
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I am wanting him to say, no amount of money keeps me in Cleveland. Get me out of here. I want to see how that looks in football when you actually have the talent to execute it. Okay, I think we've...
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We're playing make-believe. Yes, we are. Thank you, guys. Yes, we are playing make-believe with Miles Garrett, who isn't Le'Veon Bell. Miles Garrett represents a value. in the NFL that not a lot of people have. And he wasn't going to risk injury by not playing.
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The mess I wanted him to make is to test all of the conservative powers in football that make it so that the system can land on the player. Which part of this are you guys not understanding about what I wanted here?
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And he won. He used all the leverage if all the leverage was only used to get money. If it was to get money and a better situation that doesn't ruin his career, he could have kept using that leverage.
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I do know he doesn't love living in Cleveland. I do know that.
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Well, wait a minute, though. The metrics do require some examination because he's got as many interceptions. Cousins and Baker had more, but his offensive line was bad. And I want to do the assessment on DK Metcalf. What's Pittsburgh doing here? Are they going to keep Metcalf and Pickens? Are they going to keep Metcalf and Pickens?
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It's not. Not just so that we can feel good, but one of the things that I'm objecting to here is I don't want an all-time talent winning four games a year and ruining the end of his career because they've got no chance. I'd like my all-time talents to play in relevant football games. And you're right. He doesn't have to do that for me, but I want Joey Football X to be a hypothetical player.
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One of them to pick, yeah, you know what? I would like to be relevant and play well. as an all-time great on a team that actually makes the playoffs, has a chance as opposed to this one.
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And now what's this sourcing that has Aaron Rodgers as somebody in Pittsburgh that is being linked to Pittsburgh? I thought when they got DK Metcalf, I was of the opinion that they were doing that for Russell Wilson. That signaled to me that there was going to be something between Russell Wilson and DK Metcalf. How do DK Metcalf and Pickens fit together?
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They're not the same guy. And Pickens, I don't know. Pickens is unusual, and there seem to be issues with him in Pittsburgh in the locker room. And it made it seem to me like Pickens wasn't going to be there very much longer, independent of DK Metcalf.
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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Aaron Rodgers isn't going to be a backup.
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That's what we're saying. He's going to be a starter. I'm saying J.J. McCarthy is their future there, so much so that they're willing to let go of a Sam Darnold who performed well with those skilled guys and who I don't believe Aaron Rodgers is going to be going anywhere where he's not allowed to be the starter.
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But the thing I wanted to talk to you about that I always have difficulties untangling, and I remember the first time I had difficulties untangling it. The Dallas Cowboys, champion Dallas Cowboys, had Michael Irvin and Alvin Harper. Both of them thought they were number one receivers. Alvin Harper was a number two receiver.
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Alvin Harper became a number one receiver for Tampa and wasn't as good in Tampa because he didn't have Michael Irvin. DK Metcalf, the last couple of seasons, and I asked the audience this, do you consider him not in body type and looks a number one receiver? Do you consider him in production a number one receiver? Because the last couple of seasons, he's got like 60 catches a season.
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And that's generally not what I associate with a number one receiver. Now, there are a couple of franchises and only a couple. that now have the benefit that Belichick used to have whenever he added Ochocinco and Albert Hainsworth and people said, well, he must know something. He's great, he's gonna get something out of him and then he didn't.
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Devonte Adams goes to the Rams and all of us are like, ah, ah, that's gonna be something with the Rams. Like whatever it hasn't been the last couple of years, I think that that's gonna be something with the Rams. DK Metcalf is what? When I present him to you and say, who's more likely to be a real number one the way that you expect them to be a number one this year and going forward?
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Pickens or DK Metcalf? Because there's going to be a pecking order in Pittsburgh. And then you get into the A.J. Brown situation in Philadelphia where he's a number one. He knows he's a number one. And the moment he stops being a number one, he starts getting mad about things.
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you know he's got another good few years you associate 66 catches with the number one receiver 60 because what he does is he's not always open he's he gets you some touchdowns but 66 catches is pretty that's not a high usage rate that's a guy who's getting shut down in some games and the number ones in this league don't really get shut down they also have three good receivers in seattle that they they spread the wealth to with lockett and
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Money talks, as we learned with Miles Garrett. Can you guys find any images that suggest that DK Metcalf already has a lot of jewelry with number 14 on it and is going to pay a good deal of money in order to have that number so that he could either keep his jewelry or sell it to George Pickens?
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I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Jim Zorn. Zorn over Craig? I mean, the numbers are so different. I'm guessing Jim Zorn threw a million interceptions at a time when people threw a million interceptions, and so he probably doesn't age very well.
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Greg's doing unfair things to Geno Smith when he's comparing him unfavorably to a 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers, and he's doing so because of the history of Geno Smith more than he's doing than the recent Geno Smith. Like, he's going back 10 years on Geno Smith when he's getting punched by a teammate in the Jets locker room and whatever – The numbers were back then.
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Geno Smith has reinvented himself almost entirely. But I asked the group and I asked the audience, did they win a playoff game with Geno Smith there? Because they may have, but I don't remember it.
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But I think this is what we do with Geno Smith. We oversimplify this based on both his past and the fact that we associate quarterbacks with winning in a way that's not totally fair, given that there are a lot of things that go into winning.
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We will check in with Roy from the Panthers press conference. Marchand has been introduced. He's wearing the red. He says it brings out the color in his eyes. He will be on the road trip with the Panthers as it begins in Boston, where he will say hello to his ex-teammates. And that one's going to be... Something that hurts Boston fans.
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But Geno Smith, I feel like everyone listening to this knows that what you're going to get with Geno Smith is you're going to be a 500 team that's not going to win in the playoffs, no matter what team you put him on.
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You weren't talking about that. Is Greg doing this unfairly with Geno Smith? Because I don't think Geno Smith has been able to erase with Greg what his reputation is, even though over the last three or four seasons, Geno Smith has been a wildly productive quarterback.
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nine ten wins you can make the playoffs Gino Smith can give you that I'd like to read you some things that I think run counter empirically to what it is Greg thinks he's right about here when he just looks at 15 interceptions and that has is his assessment of Gino Smith uh this is uh and you don't tend to like this stuff from pro football focus but I'm just going to read it okay because it does a deeper dive on those turnovers than you're presently doing per
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Well, let me ask you this, though. Develop what? But if it's just basketball, fine. But if it's the business of being a James and be around... That's not a thing.
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Kids follow around their dads in employment all of the time to learn the business.
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He is in business school right now.
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They made a bunch of different moves. Everybody in South Florida is falling in love with Bill Zito. I'm scared of Washington. I don't know that I should be scared of anybody because they were better than everybody last year and they're doing what the Lightning did, which is Kachuk is off to the side. Did you guys see that one coming? Marshawn wanted to be a Bruin for life.
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Mike is not wrong when he looks at all of this and says after 20 years of LeBron coverage, really? OKC beats Denver by 20 yesterday. Uh, Cleveland is in the middle of its third more than 12 game winning streak of the season. And I think we would all acknowledge that a Cleveland OKC final is a disaster for the sport, even though those are the two best teams.
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He's been there how many years? He's got to be the Panthers' oldest player. The Panthers can't have many guys who were born in the 80s, but Brofsky's the only one I can think of off the top of my head. Did you guys have any idea that this was coming as soon as they stashed Kachuk?
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Stugatz. I want t-shirts made for this Panther run. What could be this Panther run? Our Panther group chat, we're not afraid of the lightning.
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We will get to what is happening in Dallas in a second. Dallas yesterday finished the game with seven healthy players. Started with nine, finished with seven. It's been an unmitigated disaster in Dallas. But this back and forth yesterday, because there are other things happening in basketball. Golden State is 11-1 when Jimmy Butler plays. Can you give me the stat of the day here real quick?
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Speaking of Golden State, if you could just play the short version of the stat of the day real quick.
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Steph Curry has not lost at Madison Square Garden in about 4,400 days. It was 4,388 about 12 days ago, but I don't know if it was exactly 12 days ago. So it's about 4,400 straight days. And if you're looking for more NBA drama, Skip Bayless says, quote, the more I watch him at age 36, the more KD looks mentally semi-retired to me. To which Kevin Durant responds, bleep it. We're both washed, Skip.
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It was a great run. perfect was a good run perfect response to that uh let's play some free nico chants that are breaking out uh all over dallas fire nico i'm sorry i'm sorry fire nico that free nico is totally different fire nico let's play you may feel like it's a freedom of sorts this is that fc dallas game How much of this do we have?
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Because basically, at this point, Nico exists as a name only to be two syllables in chants.
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Are they jousting? Is there a joust? Come on. Medieval times can't still be doing well.
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It's medieval times. That doesn't look like it's doing that well from the crowd there. Are they preparing? Are they waiting for a joust? Is that what they're waiting for?
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I want to ask you guys a serious question, OK, because we laughed about the idea of trading Luca because of beer and hookah. But I want to ask you guys seriously, if you have to make a 300 million dollar investment in a 25 year old, where's your line on too much beer and hookah?
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Like where if it's your money and you've got to make sure that that body is still right at 34 the way that it was at 24. What's too much beer and hookah if that's the reason that they traded him?
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What's the amount that I have to put in front of you where I say you've got a 25 year old superstar, but you're willing to trade him and make your fan base, your customers really angry on the loyalty front because you're going to tell them I'm afraid of his beer and hookah habit.
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But what about the investment going forward, though? Because there are any number of players in there. I remember the Marlins had this fear with Miguel Cabrera because he would show up at photo shoots.
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Yeah, they were wrong. He would show up at photo shoots, and he would have too much to drink, and they were worried about how it is that that would age, and they didn't have to worry about it until he got into his late 30s. But if it's a concern that's expressed in the fitness world,
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arena and if luca has some if we're willing all of us as people with you know cheeto dust on our fingers watching the games to say hey luca's body at 25 doesn't look like he's taking care of it though scientifically as a professional athlete in the modern age would okay but like if you're worried about luca staying on the court why did you trade for anthony davis Fair enough.
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Mark Cuban said he would be having a different conversation. He said they got too little. First public comments from Mark Cuban. Says they got too little, and if it had been exactly what they got, plus four unconditional first-round picks, then people would have been having a different conversation around this.
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They did not make something that was better for their future anywhere except creating salary cap space. Helpful, Mark Cuban.
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These are late, though. These arrived.
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I have not heard a whole lot of George Bush's opinions on how it is that he feels about Donald Trump.
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You are less happy with this than most people are. The thing that I liked about it, it wasn't even just that they're aggressive or they're able to do some of that salary cap magic that will allow them to bring back a healthy Kachuk if indeed he's ready for the playoffs. To me, the most exciting part about that... in the last couple of years, you've ended the Bruins and the Rangers.
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Well, they didn't lavish him with the biggest of the deals, though. The Supermax deal is the one that was on the table. The deal they had him under was relatively at value.
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You can't say anything about beer and hookah, though.
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You can't. Not a collectively bargained contract. You can't control how much or when someone is drinking. You can have some of their freedoms where there are liabilities, where there are dangers. You can't negotiate beer or absence of beer into a contract. What are we doing with hookah?
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Okay, what I'm doing with hookah is just general late night snacking. If you're into the beer and the hookah, then you're probably eating snacks at midnight that aren't clean salmon protein.
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I'm not saying munchies. I'm just saying late night habits. I'm not even talking about there's some sort of link between hookah and snacks. I'm talking about there's link between hookah and beer and midnight and snacks.
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. If someone is dabbling in beer and hookah at midnight, do you assume they're also snacking? Yes or no?
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You guys are, I'm sorry, but you guys are doing something here that I'm not doing. This is all about the general vibes around hookah. The area rug that's there when you go inside.
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A sloppy sultan who doesn't have a lot of discipline in his life or a lot of people who tell him not to snack at midnight.
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You don't have many players throughout. You don't have many players throughout basketball history that rhyme this perfectly with hookah. You've got an NFL wide receiver named Puka, but you don't have a lot of options here when it comes to rhyming with hookah. The Cleveland Cavaliers, the aforementioned Cleveland Cavaliers, are retiring Kevin Love's zero.
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They're retiring Kevin Love's number. They made that so miserable for him while he was there. He was so unhappy while he was there, except when they were holding up the trophy. He had no idea what he was signing up for. He was enjoying being the league's leading rebounder, being the leading scorer on the eighth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves.
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He gets traded to Cleveland, and now his legacy is secure in Cleveland. His number zero is going to be retired forever.
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They were right there with you, and you finished them both. Like, they're done.
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I'd be more hesitant to retire my zero. Well, maybe I should be less hesitant to retire my zero because so few players are going to want the zero. I would think that the zero is something that you'd want to protect more than the other numbers, but maybe I have that wrong. There aren't that many zeros in the history of basketball.
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And they're done in a way that has to be soul-crushing to their fan base to see, oh, Florida took us out in Game 7, they took us out, they finished our run, we thought we had the best team we've ever had in our life, and now the guy that we love as part of our symbol has agreed to go to them as one of, what was his no-trade restriction allowed him to either go to
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I don't tend to tell regional entities that have a personal relationship with their athletes when they should or shouldn't retire someone's number. Or should or shouldn't put up a statue. I don't I'm not particularly interested in policing any of those things. I did just notice that Kevin Love seems to be on the line where some people like Greg would say that's a bridge too far.
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I just don't think that when in your town. You have Udonis Haslam. Thank you, Billy, that you can say anything to anybody else about what a personal relationship is with an athlete, because I think Udonis might be on the cusp of getting a statue, not just a number retired.
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The rest of the country would laugh at the idea of Udonis being respected that way.
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Just Udonis. Just put him in the rafters. No, no, we're just going to sit him up there.
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There will be no stringing of anybody up.
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After Dan Gilbert's letter, they should have retired hate. They should have just put that letter in the rafters and retired hate. and retire hate forevermore in Cleveland the way that they retired unity in Kansas City when they started their Super Bowl run. Can we get some of Billy's calls from the weekend?
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Because I was told that Billy made another secret foray with very little fanfare, very little publicity into calling FIU baseball. And I'm told that we not only have a two-minute montage on all Billy things being just Maximum Billy, but we also have, and Greg Cody was sent this, but he couldn't access it because Yeti sent it to him.
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He couldn't actually hear what was a legendary home run call during the FIU-FAU game that we'll get to after the two-minute montage here of Billy just being Maximum Billy.
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only eight teams or veto eight teams? Which one was it?
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We will get to this home run call involving a legend in a moment, but I just want to play the astute and expansive elaboration from Billy who decides this is the time he's going to be efficient instead of yammering and wordy when asked or bringing up the pardon of Pete Rose.
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That's good commentary from Billy entering the political waters with excellent color commentary. Play that the whole thing again so that the play-by-play man could see and hear how little support he has from his color man here.
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Chris, how do you feel about this home run call that your father has not yet heard?
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That is such a pathetic home run call. There's no crowd noise. There's Billy setting up and selling the Greg Cody home run call. Let me hear the whole thing again. His first home run.
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It's a crowded tombstone. Your tombstone.
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No, that kind of thing.
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We mentioned, you heard mentioned on there, the Miami Vice hats, which brings up some new hats that are now out of stock all over the Internet. This Texas baseball cap that replaces the X with a T. Fertetas, the Spanish word, the strongest and most offensive of the Spanish words for boobs, because I don't think the other word I can't say.
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It's one of the seven words you're not allowed to say on broadcast, evidently. I can't. Can I say that?
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I mean, four letters and two Ts like that does, except in English.
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Let's look at the pioneering hat that created the Tetas hat, which is this A's hat that is also a great hat that just adds an S to the A's hat and makes it S, so that now we have two hats that are T and A.
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Chris, play that home run call again, please. Or your YouTube volume slider.
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I'm not ready to stop not liking him. If he wins you a game somewhere, I do not believe that you will remain entrenched in this position.
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we played a while ago the stephen a smith sound talking about bronnie and i want to get the opinions of the fathers here in the room about what's happening because i've heard throughout my life in journalism uh people say some form of uh there's a line on personal criticism don't make it personal and the line moves right because Everyone's definition of what is personal is a little different.
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But if you attack someone's son on television and they're a professional athlete and it ends up sounding like this, you might want to prepare for the confrontation that Stephen A found himself at the center of as the weekend began. Listen to this sound.
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I'm really, really trying to be as respectful as I possibly can be towards LeBron James. One of the top two or three players in the history of basketball, number two in my eyes. A treasure to the game of basketball that we should and will all miss when he is gone. I am pleading with LeBron James as a father. Stop this. Stop this. We all know that Bronny James is in the NBA because of his dad.
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The first game of the season, opening night, the Griffies in attendance, father-son duo playing in an NBA game for the first time, an absolutely positively wonderful story. And then reality sets in.
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It remains jarring to see Chris Russo look that jaundiced because the lighting is that bad.
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Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show.
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I want to ask you guys about this, where acting and entertainment start infringing on where it is that we head with some of this stuff. Because as news is leaking that Stephen A. has re-upped at ESPN,
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for five years hundred million dollars plus i'm gonna assume that steven a is going to be given some form of of leeway over scheduling it he has been that he's going to be able to put his stuff were around the horn uh... used to be and
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At the game on Friday, LeBron finally courtside while Stephen A is sitting with Ari Emanuel and Larry David because he's climbed to a cartoon stratosphere where he's with the really famous people. And it's good for Stephen A's business to have LeBron confront him courtside. But I want to talk about the acting in some of this.
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because the sound that we played on Stephen A was even worse than that the first time we played, because it was three minutes and we cut it down. But here is LeBron James talking to Richard Jefferson. I thought Richard Jefferson was security, not Richard Jefferson, because I'm just looking at it from the back.
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Yeah, I thought he was complaining to security about Stephen A, but he's complaining to Richard Jefferson, a colleague of Stephen A, about this.
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The sound's not great and he's covering his mouth as he learned to do down here with Dwayne Wade, but people could pick up that he's saying that the part that he's objecting to, I'm pleading with you as a father, that that's the line. What's the line on personal? Tell me, when your son is a professional athlete and you're the most famous athlete in America, what's the line as a father?
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Chris, your father is so ready right now. He's in the starting block. He's got a new haircut. He's got his shirt on, the one that makes him feel confident, and he is ready to give opinions. I am. I got them. Let's give them. Why hold them inside? Get them out. Okay, so the Panthers are the team that made the biggest of the acquisitions this weekend, the one that's exciting locally.
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Agreed that you have these freedoms, but I would like to have some lines here around something that has no precedent. This is not something any of us have ever seen a son... Getting a shortcut to the league when he's the son of the greatest athlete in the sport and the greatest athlete economy in the sport. And we've been making content off of this family for 20 years.
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It continues to provide as LeBron is the oldest player in the league. And I'm not a father, so I don't know how emotional this would make me. But I believe that that doesn't cross the line. It's theatrical. It's what's being rewarded now in media. Where can you find the confrontation? Turn up your true feelings wherever they are that are at a five. Turn them up to ten.
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And the confrontation courtside isn't something that Stephen A. Smith minds. In fact, he understands it. He understands why a father would go after him on that, but once his son signs professionally, I don't know what the rules are supposed to be.
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I legitimately don't have an understanding of where it is that you can put the line when Stephen A. Smith is saying on the front end, he's offering all the respect on the front end that softens the criticism, but then he just says flatly, that this is nepotism, this is a child who does not belong in the sport. He's not even treating Bronny like an adult or a professional.
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He's treating him like a child that doesn't belong.
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crazy criticism but like you understand why LeBron would get sensitive about that but also he's wrong let's not forget they are the highest scoring father-son duo in NBA history I just feel like that should be said yeah I love doing that to Hank and Tommy Aaron the most home runs hit among brothers so wait let's examine what it is that Billy's saying there because he's saying LeBron's wrong but I don't think that fathers think that other fathers are wrong in the spaces where the soft emotional stuff is I'm a father I said he's wrong
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How excited are you about the Panthers behaving like the Tampa Bay Lightning?
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Okay, you say that, but made for TV dumb represents what percentage these days of sports content when the games aren't being played? Anybody got any theories on what?
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That doesn't make you a father or a mother.
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Well, she doesn't want to give it, and I can't force her to give it. That's very progressive of you. Well, you know you didn't want to give it to me.
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It's funny, though, that we can all acknowledge, wow, that was a shortcut to get to the NBA, obviously. But then upon arrival, it's a little bit harder for him than it is for most because of everything that surrounds him.
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And neither do I. And this is what I would say to you. It's a fairly amazing thing. I know how much gratitude he has for you. I know how much gratitude I have for you. You're here because you trust us. You don't know what this is. You paid money. You made a pilgrimage because you spend hours with us every day. And now you're giving us yet another hour because you trust us.
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which is reveal as much of ourselves to the audience authentically as we can and daily, no matter what our opinions are or wherever it is that you think we're dumb about X, Y, and Z, you feel like you know us because you do.
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Well, I think that you... You want to be real to you. That's all. I mean, it's not where when I was on SportsCenter, you didn't know me. I was just the guy who was on TV. But radio is way too personal and intimate. And that's what's fun about it. But you have to make that conscious decision. And there are radio hosts who are very successful. They don't reveal anything about themselves.
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And when I left ESPN, I said, I'm going to bring you in. You let me in your life. Why can't I let you in my life? That way, highs and lows, good and bad, granddaughter, whatever, my dog died, whatever, we're in it together. You go through the same things. We can share those things. And that kind of synchronicity is what, you know, powered me every day. Still powers me every day.
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Why do you care the way you do? Well, because you care. I mean, I'm not above it. I mean, I think sometimes we get caught up in our world that somehow what we do is more important than what you do or makes me more important than who you are. And it's just not. We should never lose sight of that. We do at times. But I'm grounded.
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I'm grounded by my family, my wife, my kids, my brothers, my sisters. I grew up in a family of six. You know, they're nothing special. Nobody got anything. I didn't get my driver's license till I was 18 because we didn't have a car. So you didn't need a license to ride your bike. So I'm like, well, why? I rode the bus my senior year in high school.
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No one rides the bus their senior year in high school. I would stand out there with freshmen and I would be there, you know, these little guys had pimples on their face. I'm like, I'm a big basketball star. Like, what am I, how did I get here? But I came from a very humble family. And it keeps you grounded, but it reminds you of that, of who you are. Hey, you handed out a Super Bowl trophy.
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Great. Go get me a beer. But that's the environment I grew up in.
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It was three Super Bowl trophies. Four, to be honest.
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What did love look like in the household? I never saw my parents kiss.
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Old school somebody. I never saw them kiss, which uh i don't know sounds mind-boggling but it it was like i don't know you just kind of back then my parents let us do stuff and trusted us and you got home and you you know you you i don't know there was so much leeway but they also gave you that where you i had a head start when i got out of college I'm on my own. I've been on my own. I'm okay.
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It's instead of, you know, let me be careful holding you in case you fall. But love was there. It was in a different definition of love. My dad would do whatever to always be there.
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And my mom. I'm trying to figure out why you're as driven as you are. At ESPN, obviously, you enjoyed the success. You enjoyed the fulfillment. But did you enjoy the doing of it? Or were you too busy trying to win? Or trying to criticize every broadcast that the cost, the tax on what you were doing is that you couldn't enjoy it?
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And this is one of the few people in the industry who is simpatico with me on what his audience is. And he has a value and appreciation for what that trust is because he's climbed to the top of the business. This business, the Shoutfest, that is the ocean of debate with fairness and decency. You trust him to be credible. Everybody hates the media.
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I don't think I enjoyed any of it. None of it? No, because I didn't allow myself to stop. My wife would always say, you should enjoy it. I said, for how long? Like minutes? Like a day? And I couldn't do that. And I've learned smaller things to enjoy, but my career accomplishments, couldn't do it.
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Well, I'd like to explain to you guys, for those of you who happen to be here for us and our community, I hope you get to see Billy and Mike and Lucy and some of the people around what we do. I'm assuming that most of you are here because of allegiances that have to do with the intimacy of specifically radio.
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And I will tell you again, he's a television star, but the craft, like Keith Olbermann's one of the best I've ever seen at television. You rode right alongside him, galloped with him. It was amazing to watch. radio, totally different thing. Totally different skill set.
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I've told this story before too many times of him walking up to me in the bowels of wherever the heat played and I was already doing a local radio show. He was already like the biggest star in television. He looked at me, he's like, I can't do what you do. I can't do sit in front of a microphone and give three hours of opinions that make others find me entertaining.
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But you obviously found a pathway to what I would argue, Kornheiser says it and I'd agree, this is the best of the mediums and the reason it's the best is because these people feel like they know me and I feel like I can tell some of their stories too.
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You were willing, like I was afraid to share myself. And like once you get past that, it is very freeing. But I'm trusting that you'll handle that, those stories with care as I would yours. So I'm sharing things that are really personal. And like I told a story just the other day, I'd never told this story on the air. I had a family member who got engaged at my reception and
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My wife, you know, this beautiful wedding, we just get to the reception, we're in New York, the yacht that goes around Manhattan, the band's there, they're playing, it's just wonderful. And my family member comes up and says, I don't mean to upstage you, but I just got engaged. I could have gotten away with murder, I think, that day. I think I could have, like, pushed him off the yacht.
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But, you know, you tell these stories, and sometimes I'll tell stories, and my kids or my wife don't know the story that I've told, and then their friends will say, I heard what Dan said about you, and... my poor kids, because nobody wants to hear if your kids are great or they're grade point average. So I tell stories where they don't look their best, but that's being a parent.
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We all go through that. And my wife is very disciplined, very tough, very loving. One morning, my son was moaning that he wanted a certain kind of egg. And I have three daughters. They're young. I have four kids under the age of seven. My son wants eggs. My wife finally says, you want eggs? Boom, right off the forehead. Yes. Boom, right off the forehead. Yes. Boom, right off the forehead.
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I wish my wife would do that. Yes. With muffins and chocolates. That's why I love her. But you're telling stories that people can relate. You know, I don't want you to, I don't want to say, uh, add courtside seats for the Knicks. No, I got obstructed view, you know? So it's trying to relate to you. Because when you invest, then we're in this forever.
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They don't hate him. You're bringing the vibe down here, Dan. Come on, let's go. Let's have some fun here.
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It's not just, hey, we're going to spend some time and I hope you're with me. Or how long you're with me. Like I take it, when somebody says, hey, I've been with you since 95. I've been with you since 2002. Man, the best thing you can say. Because we've grown up together. We've grown up together. And that's what's fun.
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Different stages in our life, different stages with family, with grandkids or kids, whatever those things are. Everyday things that you go through in life. And that's what's fun to be able to share. Now, I take great pride in interviews that we have. I take great pride in having fun. The guys that I work with, the Danettes, Awesome. But we come in every day and you have fun. You have fun.
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I want to talk to them about radio, though, and I want to talk to them about what your community means to you, because I don't think they understand. They may feel it, but you're a repressed Irish Catholic. You don't necessarily, you might not tell them how you feel, but I know how much he values you. I see it in the care he exhibits and the product he insists on giving you.
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And I get to go to work. I don't have to go to work. And you have that mentality. And hopefully that comes through when you're listening on radio or you're watching on TV.
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How did you feel at the start? I'm curious about this. I haven't asked him this. I would imagine from Dan Patrick's viewpoint, right? You're running ESPN. You've got the popular show. And then John Skipper, the CEO of MetalArk, he brings in a bunch of journalists. He overruns the place with a bunch of gasbag journalists. He buys all of journalism's watchdogs.
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He feeds us the candy of, look, you can have fame and fame. And you can be on television. And you writers who pretend that you're more intellectual than the TV foofs who comb their hair and are too vain, when the print journalist came and overran the place, you resent it?
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The only reason why I did is because when you're on TV, you're already a narcissist and your ego and all of those things. And yes, do you care about how you look? Yes, you do. Well, the print guys, they normally don't care about how they look. They don't care about how they look. So when they started to come on TV, and now they're wearing makeup, and they're combing, and I said, you're a fraud.
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Like, I'm a fraud because I'm a narcissist, and I'm an egomaniac, and I'm on TV, and I comb my hair and wear makeup. These guys would make fun of us all the time. And I go, you're frauds, not us. We sign up for this. You guys are like the print journalist, and we're Woodward and Bernstein, and we're going to break the next story. Coming up on 30 for 30. That's right.
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And then they did around the horn a bunch of writers on there wearing makeup and combing their hair. You phonies. That's right.
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So, yeah. Deep, deep darkness.
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Shame. Shame. Shame.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
So how did we become friends? Remind me. No, I'm serious, though. Like, how did we become friends? I'm asking you seriously.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
I think I heard something different with you. You're caring. You're sincere. You're annoying. You're smart. But I was hearing somebody who was different and allowing yourself to listen to me and defer to me and take advice instead of, look, were we equal? I never even looked at it that way, and I still don't.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Oh, was there a question?
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Sorry.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
That's by way of introduction, I really admire him. The second half of his career is more impressive than the first half, and the first half he changed sports television. So tell me though what your relationship is with your radio audience, because it's more intimate than anything else, and you do a radio show before anything else.
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I mean, there's an age difference here, a bit of an age difference, but when we spoke, I thought we talked about really, really, really important things.
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to this day when now I will say the relationship changed and usually nudity changes a relationship big FaceTime guy hate FaceTime hate only with my granddaughter so he you know I just see Dan levitard FaceTime and next thing I know it says join and I see a pair of breasts it's Dan And I'm going, so he's sitting on the couch with his shirt off next to his wife.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
And he's having a serious conversation. I'm like, dude, your shirt's off.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
This isn't how we became friends.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
oh yeah it is yes it is but but but you know we just got then it just became a relationship of he would call me when he needed to i'd call him when i needed to and i think that that was the beauty of it it was when when needed when necessary you know break glass when necessary and that was kind of the important part of of this of having a friend i don't have many friends i don't i'm kind of a loner
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
My wife even encourages me to go out and get friends, but I don't know where you get friends from. It's like, where do you go, hon? And I think he became sort of that where it was a friend I could lean on. My wife's texting me right now. She says, let's talk sports.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Okay, fair enough. All right. And he will deflect like that. We'll get closer in future times that we try whatever this is. Thank you, hon.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Thank you, hon. Did you have any regret? How about that lucid trade, huh? How about that, Luca Trey?
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
You're a good interviewer. You know how to interview. You wouldn't back off right now if you were me. So tell us about the craftsmanship of interviewing. Explain to me why it is you're so good at it.
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I thought I was good at it until I took a seminar at ESPN. It was five days, eight hours a day, one whole week on interviewing. And what I thought I knew, I knew nothing. It changed my life. It changed my career because I learned how to, all you have to do is listen. To be a good interviewer, listen. and ask close-ended questions or ask open-ended questions. I want you to talk.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
You don't have to have the answer. Even if I know the answer, because sometimes somebody will go, hey, what do you think of that Luca trade? Because I think Dallas did pretty well here the first couple of years, but then the Lakers went, what do you think of that Luca trade? Just ask, what do you think of the Luca trade?
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Having that and being a good listener is really, really important because most of the people I speak to don't wanna tell you something. They'll be on TV or radio, but they gotta be careful with what they're sharing, unless it's Charles Barkley.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
TV star, but radio is what, like, that's where the connection is with you guys who are here to see him.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
all bets are off but listening it's amazing what people tell you when they're not trying to tell you something and i want to get you talking and when i get you talking it's amazing what you'll say that you don't even know you've said the commissioner of the nba the other day when i said give me the wildest thing that's come across your desk and he goes Well, here's something I like.
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Okay, now, simple question. And then he said, how about we do 10 minute quarters? Instead of playing 48 minutes, we play 40. Well, it got picked up, it exploded. But it was a simple question at the end of the interview, and you just take a chance on something like that. And you also build up a rapport with people that you interview that they'll trust you. You can ask a tough question,
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and and they'll respect you for asking that but I think in a way that you ask and and listen to what they're saying and I know it sounds crazy but if you try this with your kids or you try it at work or try it with your wife when you ask a question make it open-ended we got to the point where if I said to my son how's your day good then I said tell me what was the best part of your day
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Yeah, that was always the important thing that I did SportsCenter, but I didn't know you. Radio, I know you. Whether you email, you call, you tweet, even just interactions when I go out to sporting events, that's the friendship that you have. Like, you feel like you're partners every morning. You're watching, I'm there with you. You allow me into your home.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Well, then he was talking to me. And that's what you need to do. My girls, same thing. I just want you talking. And I think the interviewers who ask a question, why did you kill that person? They might say, I didn't. Why do people say that you killed somebody? Whatever it might be, getting people to speak. And I didn't realize it until this guy, John Swatsky, and he was from Canada.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
We invited him to ESPN, and everybody had to take this seminar. I thought it was wonderful. But it was something so simple that was right in front of me that we're taught differently on how to ask questions. And if you can interview Mike Tyson or Dennis Rodman, go down the list of all the people that I've interviewed over the years that are tough interviews.
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If you ask the question in a correct way, you'll get interesting answers. And I didn't know that until later in my career at ESPN. But we do it every day. We take great pride in the guests. When somebody says you ask great questions, and I always say, what was the answer? Because it's not a great question unless you get a great answer. And sometimes we in our business get caught up in,
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Hey, I'm asking great questions. Or how did that sound? Or I sounded like I knew what I was talking about. How, when, where, why, who? Those are the best questions you can ever ask.
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Do you feel like you can, without being too haughty about it, impart career wisdoms here from things that you've learned? Because the resume is expansive. We're talking about CNN. We're talking about ESPN. We're talking about on your own as a business venture since 2007. So what is it? 50 years? Or close to 50 years? When did you start on the path?
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Because it was an obsession from the very start, was it not? Like from 18 years old, crazy competitive, I'm going to be a TV man.
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No, not TV. I just wanted to do sports. I used to go to parties when I was dating my wife, and I wouldn't let you leave the party unless you could stump me with a trivia question. That's pathetic. It's pathetic. It is sad. It is sad. But I would be at the front door late in the party and my wife would, my girlfriend at times, she would cringe and she'd go, are we doing the trivia thing?
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And I'd go, yeah. So you had to stump me with a sports trivia question. But that's what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it. But I knew somehow, some way that I was gonna be involved in it. And there's no clear path. There's parents that come up to me all the time, or students, how do I get in the business? And there is no clear path.
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Internship, volunteer when somebody else isn't volunteering. You started a school, right? Yeah, broadcasting school in Orlando, Florida. We wanted to give students the answer to the test that took me years to come up with. And they're so much more advanced. They're 21, 22 and they're working. They're getting jobs right away.
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Into your car, that's as intimate as it can get. I mean, I can't blame some of the ladies if you hear this voice in the morning in your car. Yeah. It's smooth. It's good.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
I was 27 when I got my first job and I I'd lost out on a job in Dayton, Ohio, the local
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station there and I almost quit the business because I thought I you know I can't get a job in Dayton Ohio doing weekend sports and I went to Atlanta and I got a job doing headline sports and I took a ten thousand dollar pay cut and I wasn't even on TV headline sports back then it's two minutes where you just voice over something
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But six months later, they said, do you want to replace a guy named Keith Oberman in New York as the New York Bureau reporter? I covered Baltimore, Boston, Philly, New York, D.C. I covered the Celtics with Larry Bird, Dr. J with the Sixers, the Mets in 86. I mean, I covered U.S. Opens, all of this stuff. And I met my wife at CNN at the time. So it was just, there's no, there's no...
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there's no strategy to this there's strategy you know it's just all it is is you got to work you got to be ready when you get called and i was i was very lucky okay but he's okay very lucky he's a lunatic about obsessive compulsive needing to be better where does your competitive come from does it come from an insecurity have you studied the roots of where your competitive comes from
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I want to crush you. I want to kill you. I mean, not you. But my approach is that. I have to win. I have to win.
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But why?
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It's always, it's there, you know. And my wife is not a competitive person. She just knows when I get, and look, it's been called jaw face. When I get jaw face, it's not good. Not good for anybody. But that's the only way I can approach it. You just got to be great. And every single day, and I've always had, I've never needed motivation, ever.
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know sometimes you got it hey that guy needs kicking the butt you got to get him i never needed that like i i needed you to say slow down a little bit back off a little bit but i don't know where it came from
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How do you wanna punctuate this? Three years, you've announced your retirement. I think I can say that people like us get a great deal of their identity from their work. It's not an easy thing to leave behind. You're gonna be meticulous about leaving it behind as you become 70 years old. Why did you make the decisions you made and how do you want this to end? How do you imagine it feeling?
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It's threatening.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
It's threatening.
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I wanted to laugh with you, not have you laugh at me. Like, I was concerned about not being great that last day, December 24, 2027. Like, even that day, I better be good. Like, I want, you know. So even if I, like in my mind, I know I've slipped some with this, but it's not really something that is percept, you know, the audience isn't probably seeing that or hearing that, but... Mike does.
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It is. It's dulcet. I love the relationship there. I got into radio because I loved that ability to be able to talk to somebody, tell somebody, let you... I could say somebody's name or a sport or it could be a game. You have it in your mind. You create. And I love that. I love that we create together together. I give you words, you put them in your head. We visualize together.
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But I think my producer, Paulie, knows. And he's cognizant of helping fill in the gray area sometimes. Memory, you know, just certain things that I know. But it's just, it's got to be great. I was worried that I was slipping a little bit and I was forgetting names. One day I couldn't remember. He's forgetting names at 67.
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But I care about my career, Dan.
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I couldn't remember Albert Pujols' name. And I couldn't remember Tom Izzo, Michigan State head coach. I could not remember. And I said to Paulie during a commercial break, I go, I don't know what's happening. I can't remember Albert Pujols' name and Tom Izzo's. And he said, don't worry. If I see that you're losing something or you can't remember, I'll help you.
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And it helped me have a security blanket there if I needed it. And I think it stayed in my mind that I was... I just wanted to make sure that what I was doing was going to be at a level that you expected it, not where you go, gosh, you know, you used to do it, it used to be pretty good. I didn't want sympathy viewers or listeners.
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I wanted it to be where you go, you know what, did it the right way.
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The best thing that I can tell you, the most intimate thing that I can tell you, the most personal thing I can tell you about this evening is that it's been brought to you by Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. We got Q&A is what we're doing. Mike Ryan tells me we're going to give away some stuff. If you're not done, we don't have to finish. We're on your schedule. Okay. All right.
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It's up to you whether we have as much time as you want or we can do question and answer at your leisure.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
We'll do some Q&A here.
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Sounds good. All right. So, but Mike Ryan, where are you with what the prizes are? And we have a couple of things to give to people on behalf of Miller Lite that he had a sign in the back.
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I don't know anything about the trade. You're going to have to inform me what happened.
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Well, when we get with these students, I'm honest with them. My lead professor, Gus Ramsey, worked with me at ESPN. I said, we got to be honest. We don't want your money. We want your money to get you a job. We want you to learn how to do this. And I said, there's people who do this and they're producers, coordinating producers, people who are Danettes on his staff. They can have a career in this.
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And we've been doing this a long time. But it's because you mean something to me as people, not just a listener, somebody out there in the wilderness there. And I think that my crew, the Danettes, we've really made it a point of making this personal. Every single day, I tell Dan, every single day is the Super Bowl. It's gotta be. I don't care what's going on, even when it's not the Super Bowl.
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Not everybody's going to get on TV or radio. We say that to them right away. You've got to be honest with people because if you're not, I don't want you to be 27 and go, why didn't you tell me? I want you to know this is why it's going to be difficult. As far as your voice, I mean, I'm fortunate that I was born with this. I didn't develop this.
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I just woke up one day and I didn't have a high-pitched voice.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
And that is, but look, I'm with Chris Berman or Dick Vitale, like people who have unique voices. It's not how you sound, it's what you're saying. And that's the most important part. Do you connect with people? Are you saying something in a way that makes them react? And there's a lot of people who are very successful. They don't have a great voice, but they have a great message to deliver.
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And that's the most important part of all of this.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
That's a great question. I'll give you an autograph. You said it's a great question. So I don't know if it's hat worthy or not.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
See, that's a bad question. Even though you're... Like, you know better.
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Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
You know better. You do. You know better. I will be honest here. I will be honest. On air, what I have said on air, okay? I pride myself on being authentic and honest on air. I sit next to a liar and that liar once accused Dan Patrick of stealing the idea of they should do Super Bowl Saturday instead of Super Bowl Sunday.
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Stugatz says he had the idea before Dan Patrick had the idea and as a retaliatory measure even though I was pretty sure that Stugatz was lying and that it wasn't true in any way that Dan Patrick had stolen it I said you know Dan does have that one good idea with the stat of the day I'm gonna steal that and I'm gonna say that we deserve that as a trade but yes that's just totally stolen and he did
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And Dan did tell me that he stole Stat of the Day from me, which I said, that's fine. But I didn't know anything about what Stu Gotts said because I don't listen to the show. That's why I would have no idea.
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Take his hat. Take the hat he's wearing.
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Turn in your hat to us here.
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Wait, did you say you're with husbands?
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You've got to make it important to people. You've got to make sure you're thinking about them. And that's imperative. When I left ESPN, I left sort of a world that wasn't personable because I was at the mothership. Then I left on my own. It had to be me talking to you. So I'm very fortunate, thankfully, that you came out tonight. So I appreciate that. Thank you.
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Some of those are my people.
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That got dark, didn't it? Like, we're going to be gone soon. I don't act my age. I will never act my age. I listen to my daughters with music or my son with music or TV shows. I'm constantly... I read a ton. I'm always looking at what is going on, whether it's the Grammys, whatever Kendrick Lamar is doing to Drake. Can we mention that on the show? What is relatable?
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Are you mentioning something on Netflix? Is there something that is...
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Nothing he's doing is casual. It's not flippant. He doesn't keep up lazily. He keeps up because he's, forgive me, because if you call him at 5 o'clock, he's preparing for the next day's show.
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No, it's important, though. But there's certain times where I go, I'm not familiar with that. Marvin is such a, and he's younger, but he's such a great reference with younger things. So you're able to, I just grab information. I'm just listening. Whatever somebody says something about that I'm curious about, is it relatable? Is it something that you care about?
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Because there are a lot of things I care about, and sometimes I'm going to make you care about it, because you'll hear it in my voice. If I really love a show, I'm passionate about something, or music, or, you know, we had an artist, Stephen Wilson Jr., who was on... And nobody really knew who he was. I heard his voice. And I said, I can get this guy on the show.
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Maybe I can give his career a boost. And hopefully you would appreciate that because I'm bringing it to you. And that's what's fun about this. We have three hours.
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we don't have a boss we can do what we want and we go every single day with you know are we going to go in this direction or that direction and we never know but that's the fun part of it but having things that are relatable to you instead of being stuck in the get off my lawn there are times when i do act that way because you know what the younger kids should learn get off my lawn you know this is how it should be done you hear me
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You can ask another question, but I would be remiss if I didn't say to that question and many others, I wouldn't speak on behalf of him. I know he's got a lot of production help, but in my case, we...
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We have a lot of people who are helping us stay young, stay relevant in ways that I can't possibly because they care about me, they care about what they're doing, and we're blessed to do a really weird thing. I will tell you again and again, it's an unusually blessed way to make a living. It's really silly. I'm a bit stunned that we get to sit here in front of you and do this.
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It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It's not... Right? I mean, it's not, it doesn't get old. You've done this for many, many years. You're used to being famous. You're used to being successful. The idea that people would want to listen to you is like, it's just, I'm staggered in disbelief all the time by it.
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I said to Dan, is anybody showing up? And he goes, yes, there'll be people that show up. Like, I'm forever grateful. You know, that's why I took a picture when I came out. Hey, you came to see me. I came to see you. So thank you. Thank you.
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Well, speak to that for a moment, because I don't think this is the vanity business. There's a lot of ego in it. You are grateful that any person would spend any amount of time, as I am, listening to anything you have to say. You've been doing it for a long time. No, it's an...
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Yeah, it's not fit, man. It's not, it's... Okay, so, Dirty Secret. The character that rises up and is the strongest version of the character sails on the wings of Mike and Billy and Chris Cody, like, lifting up the puppet character so that I could fight with it. But he's a lying, conniving thief. And I love him, and I often don't like him. I've told this story before.
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In the original incarnation of our radio show that was going to be on television, the producers of PTI came down and were going to see how they could televise that show. They came away five minutes, they packed up their stuff and they're left. They can't do that.
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They're like, they're talking to Jim Brown about his penis size because he was in Playgirl magazine and he was trying to make a woman jealous by posing in Playgirl. We can't televise this on Disney. But the thing that they left with was seeing Stugatz in the hallways and saying... It's real. That thing is real. It's not playing a character.
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It's marching up and down the hallways trying to pull a grift on somebody. And if there's one thing he's doing, he's turning nine and a half up to 10 on occasion because Mike Ryan's yelling at him that he's got to. Just stop being lazy and turn it up to a 10. He's got some interesting opinions on Stugatz. I'm sure he's never shared with me. He hasn't.
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Like, he hasn't told me anything about Stugatz, but I can just imagine what he thinks of me needing the crutch of Stugatz in a way that noble, noble pillar of professionalism, Dan Patrick, wouldn't need a Stugatz to run around as a court jester to fool people into making him more entertaining than he actually is.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
At his wedding reception, Stugatz showed up late. He missed the wedding. And he was there for the reception. And then he offered to give me a ride back to my hotel. And then he proceeded to ask me for a job. See? See?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
It's real. It's real. It's lovely. It's funny. Thank you guys for coming tonight. And thank you, sir. Yeah, thank you. For trusting me with this. Thank you. We appreciate you making the journey. I don't know the proper way to say goodbye. How do we properly say goodbye to you and express our gratitude? I don't know what the greatest compliment is that Dan receives.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
We often tell people that the greatest compliment that we receive is when listeners come through and say, hey, you helped me during a dark time. You were a bit of medicine for me, I will tell you, over the last three years. that the audience has been medicine for me during a great deal of pain. And so, if I tell you in a vacuum, this over here needed help and was helped by this.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
No, you've allowed me to build a business around it, but the power that you've given my voice by listening to it, like, I will tell you that I don't know many people in this business. It's bloated with a lot of ego. He's got plenty too, but he's grateful. He is so grateful that you would think him worthy of your time and his work and his opinions, and he cares for it with a craftsmanship.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
This over here needed help and was helped by this. Are those people friends? Pretty close. Pretty close, so thank you. I say with genuine sincerity, on behalf of him, I'm as grateful and he's as grateful for what it is that you do for us, supporting our businesses, as we are for you. Because it's not a joke. You're the reasons we can do this.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
It's not normal to have an allegiance and a stickiness who wants to come out and listen to us for yet another hour. It's so... Like, my gratitude is sincere and I don't think his is any less than mine.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
No, thank you. This is the reward when you get people to come out and that we do hear what we mean in your life. Whatever it is, sometimes we don't find that out. But sometimes when we do, it's very, you know, rewarding because...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
that's what you're trying to do we're connecting with you whatever you're going through if we can help you through that we can make you laugh uh make you cry uh make you angry whatever we can do to get a reaction out of you but you allow us still to be in your life like i don't get along with my brothers all the time but they're my brothers and i love them we won't always get along but as long as we still believe that we're related there's a relationship there we'll be together forever so thank you
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Thank you. Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
You don't understand how much more difficult what he's doing than what I'm doing is. I have a lot of people. He's got a couple, but he's doing a three-hour show by himself, and he's been doing it for a long time. It's a harder lift.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
If you would, just tell the people who are here from the most meaningful places, people who would come, drive here, spend a Wednesday night to come listen to a man they've listened to for many years, like the intimacy of the connection because the gratitude is real.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Well, I think that we've talked many, many times over the years, and I never thought I would be friends with somebody who was a columnist.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
No, I think that we struck up a relationship that allowed us to kind of unload on each other. And we just connected for some reason. I never would have thought that because I didn't know if he would take an interest. But that's one of the great things about him is he truly cares. And Dan said, can you describe me in five words? And I said, I can try.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
No, what you said is relax, Larry King.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
I did. I did. That's what you said. That is true. I did. But, you know, when you start to think about friends and how many friends you have in your life, in this business, I mean, this is a, we're cannibals. This business is not for the meek. It's not for the young. I mean, and if it is for the young, you know, hopefully you get older so you can survive all of the stuff that you go through.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
And we just had this relationship where we connected and we just spoke about sort of what we do every day. How are we doing it? Why are we doing it? How do you get better? Like I'm 68 and I'm still every day. I just I want it to be better than the next day and the next day and the next day. Thank you. And but but that's. I can't do it any other way.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
There's a cost, though. There's a tax, like I would say. It's not a serious thing that we do, but it is if you care about craftsmanship.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Well, no matter what your job is. It doesn't matter. It's how serious, how do you take it? When you bring it home, can you leave it at work? All of those things. I never can do that. Never able to do that. When I did SportsCenter, I couldn't. I bring it home and I analyze everything I did.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Every SportsCenter I did for years, I get the videotape of SportsCenter and I would sit down after I did an hour-long SportsCenter and I would watch the entire SportsCenter to see what I didn't do right. Every single night. And the fun part of it is whatever you do wanting to be great, it's being able to turn that off at times.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
And that's the toll that it takes where I'm already thinking about questions for Joe Burrow tomorrow morning as we sit here. Now it's not fair to you, but that's how my mind works. You're thinking constantly and it's hard to turn that off to have quality of life. I didn't have quality of life when I was at ESPN, But I didn't know I didn't have it. I was working second shift, four kids.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
I didn't see them during the day. And I still think I got it made until I stepped aside and said, oh my God, what did I do to my wife for 18 years? And came to the realization of, Quality of life. And that'll make you better at what you do. But it took me till I was 50 to figure that out. So, you know, but I figured it out, which is, you know, I'm very, very fortunate.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
We did my radio show in my attic for three years. So when people say, you know, guy, you left ESPN, what happened to you? I went up to my attic, you know, and you just see their faces and they're like, I said, yeah, I'd never had three better years in my life than when we did the show in my attic because I was at home.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
I saw my kids, you know, off to school, my wife making breakfast, the Danettes came over, we went upstairs, we made a national radio show for three years. And people think, oh my God, what happened to your career? And I said, the best thing ever.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
He speaks very lovingly of his family. We will give him a chance to do that here at some point because he learned that he had to be a better father in here somewhere and whatever is the obsessive quest to be better than everyone else because I have met very few people as competitive as he is. He's a bit of an insane person in that regard. But he's also somebody who helped give me permission.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
I will say flatly, I admire him for a number of different reasons. Makes hard things look easy all the time. Very easy. He was doing it from his attic. It's not easy to do it from your attic. And on top of that, the way that he cares about this thing is super unusual. He should be gliding into retirement. He should be...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
He should be like, he should be, no, but I'm just saying he should get to enjoy the rest of his life because there are things he missed. But he also gave me permission to leave ESPN because I saw that it can be done. I saw what he did, but he made it look easier. The asshole. It looked that way on television.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
So explain to people the difficulties of it because I don't think they understand what it's like to go from he was the most powerful thing in sports television. He and Keith Oberman were the biggest thing in sports television at ESPN's most golden time. He went from that to doing a show in his attic, more meaningfully around his family for an audience that he's closer to.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Yeah, I think it was ESPN, those four letters are so powerful. And I was there for 18 years. But I really needed to get my ass kicked. I really needed to kind of see if I could do it on my own, because you can lean on those four letters, and they can hold up mountains. And I thought it was time to take a chance. The day I was driving up, I was going to sign a five-year contract extension.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Thank you, Dan! Can you hear us okay? Is his mic okay? Is his mic okay? I say this sincerely, what a magical thing. And you say, so I would also ask you, what is it? Do you know? Do you know what is it? Do you know what we're doing here? The reason I want to explain what a magical thing it is, do you know what we're doing? Like really, do you know what we're doing?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Kids go off to school. My wife's there having breakfast. She said, are you sure you want to do this? I said, hon, five more years? I love it there. Okay, kids are all going to be gone. They're going to be out of the house. Ah, I'll see them. Drive up to ESPN. Pull in driveway. Get out. Go upstairs, second floor. Walk in at my boss. He said, what's it going to be? Take it or leave it. Boom.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
My wife hits me. Boom. Like a thunderbolt. And I go, I'm going to leave it. And he said, all right, we'll get Danielle. She'll draw up the contour. Wait, what? And I said, I'm leaving. I'm going to leave it. And I had to say it to myself because I didn't believe it. I'm like, who's the voice saying that? I need to say it again. And I walked outside. Beautiful blue skies.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
And I said, hon, I'm coming home. She said... 15 minutes in, crying. I had the under, by the way. I'm surprised I'm not crying all right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
i'm the crier when i cried when i cried about my brother's death the voicemail he sent me to butch up to toughen up and he was right he was right he was right i was like god damn it come on you've got to get tough come on you you love him you get tough for your brother come on i'm so good at other people you know telling them to toughen up
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
But, you know, it's the greatest advice that I've ever received. My wife just said, they're all going to be out of the house. I have three daughters. My son is our oldest. And I came home. So, you know, it's going to be a big, big deal. I come home. I pack up all my stuff. And I pull in the driveway. And my youngest daughter is nine at the time. And so she comes out to the driveway.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
She comes out to the car. And I think, God, my wife, she's wonderful. She sent my daughter out to welcome me home. And my daughter, my youngest, goes, Dad, should I be honest? And I go, come on, just say you love me. I'm home. Should I be honest? I said, honey, you should always be honest. You swear? I go, come on. And she goes, you've got a booger in your nose. So I walk in today.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
I walk into the kitchen. They're all at the table. It's silent They don't know if it's good news. Finally. My son goes dad. Is this good news? I said it's great news BAM. They started banging on the table So I'm like and then I realized six weeks later. No one's at home I got the family dog and I go what did I do with my career? Like where is everybody?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
It was me and the dog on the front porch, and I called Paulie, my producer, and I go, Paulie, I made the worst mistake in my life. And he said, no, you didn't. And he talked me down off the ledge. It was one of those where we would meet at a bar. Eventually, our show was above that bar, but we would go to that bar. And basically, it was therapy. I'd say to Paulie, tell me I'm great again.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
Tell me we're going to be OK. And thankfully it worked out, but it takes a lot of people. And so when I saw that he was going through what he did with his brother, I'm like, God, I gotta be strong for him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
But I didn't know how to be strong for somebody who just lost their brother, and how important his brother was, how long he stayed with his brother, bedside with his brother, what his brother meant to him. And, you know, you're just like, how do I how can I be a problem solver? How can I be a benefit to him? And it went back to just being a dad who was a Marine. And you're just like, stop.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
How many times are you going to ask me if I know what we're doing? No, I don't know what we're doing.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
You're being a baby. Let's go. Let's be tough. Be tough for your brother. He'll he'll be proud of you to be, you know, somebody more than what you are. And I you were like stuck. You were in. And I kept saying, move, move. move, move, move.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
And still am in some ways, and may I never get unstuck in some ways because the pain is forever a reminder of the love that won't die. And he is helpful. No, I will tell you that he is built very differently than I am. We have built the same thing. It's the same thing. It's a community, but it's built
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Dan Interviews Dan: A Live Show About Love, Loss, and Laughter
very differently because around our authenticities whatever they are wherever it is that you connect with us uh he's buttoned up he's the drill sergeant i'm sloppy i got i came out here my wife's cleaning a stain on my shirt because i i got sam i got the you know scallops on my shirt because uh he looks dignified on on television but we do this we do the same thing
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You saw that the Bills barely beat the – couldn't win against the Chiefs, and then the Chiefs get dragged. Do you think it would have been any different if Buffalo had been in that game?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
There are a lot of people in here right now who have had a lot of food. I feel like the other room smells like Super Bowl leftovers. I could not believe the amount that Jessica ate today. It felt like you were shoveling with your hand. It was alarming, but also it seems like it was invigorating. You seem like you're filled with nutrients right now.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
All right, so hold on a second, though. Billy, are you allowing this equal fandom of both fan bases, or does Juju have to cheer in a way that's different than the way that he's cheering? I've always thought that Juju liked Buffalo more than Philadelphia, even with the family allegiances. Do I have this wrong?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Whatever makes Juju happy. Yes, of course. But you're not the commissioner of fandom. But, Juju, you would allege that your allegiance to both of these teams is 100% equal?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
No, what do you mean? What do you mean, yes, sir, Juju? All I said was that's ridiculous. No, third cousin. What is the difference here? What are you doing in the rankings of cousins? Where are you putting this line? A first cousin, yes, but in your personal record books.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You see, this is part of the problem. And then if it's Jalen Hurts, then it makes it a first cousin, correct? If it's Saquon Barkley, then he's your brother.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
No, that's not correct. No, no, no, no, no, no. That is not correct, Juju. No, it is not. Juju, go ahead and update some of the polls for us. What were the good ones and what was the general criticisms of what we were doing today? Too much Super Bowl?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It was strange. He introduced himself. He was polite. I like it. Got no time for that. Master of ceremonies. Just wear your stripes. Call the game. Don't need to know your name. Be faceless until I yell at you all week afterward because a call blew the game.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Good says good. Okay.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Who took shots at him?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I thought the framing on everything Cartersville was that Billy, because he's purposely funny, would have liked it to be in a banquet hall with even fewer people in it. That he was going for maximum awkward there. I didn't want to tell people about it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I have an idea about naming a... A day after somebody who was associated with one of the early favorite podcasts has become an unhealthy obsession over.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
He can't still be talking. It's not possible that this person is still doing this presentation after all of this time from last week. Juju, what else do you have?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Stugatz, we were missing your expertise earlier because they were looking for your munchies. They were looking for the munchies. That's the only time that you do that, right?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Chris Cody having a big victory day. You too can be as disgusting as Chris Cody having chicken wings immediately after ice cream and just taking the consequences of whatever lactose mix that produces later.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
No, this is America, Jack. You have a right to be disgusting and eat ice cream in the second quarter, gluttonously, to eat your feelings of sadness because the Super Bowl is bad. Because Patrick Mahomes has 23 yards. Eat your feelings.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Surprising thing to see you eat so vigorously with your hands the whole time. I would have thought you would have grabbed a utensil at some point.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Close, though, Stugatz. Close.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Stugatz is not wrong. He's just early. Next year, we'll be saying, if they had Alex Smith, it would be a four-peat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Can we find out, please?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Call Jay Glazer. I'm going to text Jay Glazer, see if we can find him.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
I mean, did he retire or not? It seems like it'd be big news.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Right. Okay. Juju, thank you for being on with us here. Can I get some more information on the dog in the back, please? Because it's been here with us today. It is not Willow, and it's got a lot less personality than Willow. It's a compliment to your dog. She's sedentary, this one. She doesn't move around a whole lot. Is she old?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
And they said so. It's in the heart of the city, and they said it's a great American ballpark. How can there be a great American ballpark in something that's not a great American city?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Yes, Stugat's a big winner today. You guys spoke for America today, gassy and bloated as you were, shoveling granola into your face.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
How bad did the flight smell that was alleged?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Yeah. Look, you guys, listen to me. Stugatz propelled that jet across the country with the fumes of whatever it is that he had in his belly from the last week of intoxication, invigoration, ego soaking, and just terrible food. Mufalatas. Just every night.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You should be proud of it. Stugatz, when he wasn't farting into a cushion on a flight from Chicago, he was like, I got one here. I'm going to question the real brotherhood of Jason Kelsey by seeing if as a human being he just went and hung out with his friends for a couple of hours.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That's too bad. Did people turn on the Kelseys last night? It seemed like they enjoyed the way he looked, enjoyed making fun of Taylor Swift. You don't get to win all the time. Ha ha, America's sweetheart, boyfriend and girlfriend. The American dream, you two. You lose. Ha ha.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Did I pronounce it wrong? Do I owe another fine?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
We're going to feud with the Dan Patrick Show now? That's what we're going to do. That's what we're going to do. All right.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Let's go. Hats off. Let's go. The man said hats off. I'm not taking my hat off.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That's half-hearted. That ain't right. In more ways than one, brother. If Stugatz is saying hats off and all she gets is one-third hats off, that ain't hats off. My hat's off. My hat was off. The rest of you, though. Hats on to you, Jess. Wait, Chris, are you trying to just guard the cul-de-sac? Is that all that's happening? That's right, Dano. Mike, what's your story?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
You don't like your hair right now? He's got a doggy.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Let's not forget the gelato.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Who is Gelato, man? I want to know more about this impersonation. Chris Cody, this is your Italian? Is that who this is? Just saying Gelato over and over again. It's just not good. It's not a good, it's very limited as an impersonation.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Yeah, you should put yours back on. It's not a good look. It's what everyone's trying to avoid. Nobody wants their hat hair seen after the Super Bowl. You're all disgusting.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Okay. So why is she here today? What is the back story? Okay. Juju, thank you. The best shows always have a lot of good polls in them. I hope that you have some good polls for us today. But what kind of criticism? How do you feel in general today? You followed the season very closely. You're a Bills fan.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
It is. I'm actually, I can't believe I'm saying this out loud, but I'm actually interested in the hair splitting that everyone, including Orlovsky, are doing about who should be the MVP when Lamar Jackson, all his stats are better, but he also has nine Pro Bowlers. And Josh Allen doesn't have any. And so between those two things, you can say, I'm tired of Lamar. I'll give it to Josh.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Like, I'm actually interested in how that's happening. When you're sitting here parsing, splitting the silliest of hairs of who's better, and numerically, it's clearly Lamar Jackson. Like, in every category, except wins.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
That's not the story. It's a good one. I'll bring it up tomorrow.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
You didn't have to do anything. Just send the four guys up there. I know they scored in the second half.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Spaggs did his job yesterday as well. That was won by the defensive line. Who's defensive line? Patrick Mahomes has never had that game before.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Thank you. Still doing it after 20 years in the business. Thank you. If we did it the old-fashioned way, radio, people would stay around and I could tease it all week.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
I'm not even saying that. I know, but you should. He's still got to come down.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
from that that would be a good take i'm i'm simply saying to everybody that i will not look at that game and have you tell me that sirianni and vic fangio uh out coached them they could play that game a hundred times it would look that way because of the advantages they had on both lines you would say this though right the eagles built the perfect roster to beat that kansas city chief team right you would say that built a pretty so howie roastman gets the coaching had nothing to do with yesterday they've
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
I'm not saying, look, guys, you don't need to be extreme. No, Spags did an excellent job. Stop the MVP of the league. But what Philadelphia had offensively, physically, that was obvious to everyone watching is those advantages up front usually don't exist like that. Baltimore has some of them, and when you see them, they score 40 points. It was shocking to see Kansas City pushed around like that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Like, it's usually not that obvious. It never is that obvious. It's never that obvious where you're watching a physical game and you're like, oh, man, all of Philadelphia's guys are 360 on the offensive line. And still, Kansas City stopped that. But on defense, they couldn't do anything. Mahomes is great. He didn't choke. That's not him having a bad performance.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
That's him knowing football and having zero confidence that anyone is going to stop it from feeling the way it did against Tampa when all the world's pressure was on him. And they couldn't block four defensive linemen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Okay, so a guy who's 16-4 in the playoffs right now choked in that one with 19 games of experience. Okay.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
And I may because it's a good story and I'm going to have corroborators and witnesses and you guys, I think, are going to just laugh at me in a way that's pretty good. But let's get to Sugatsu's Weekend Observations.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Than Palenka? Yeah, Palenka used to look like Lowe, and Lowe doesn't age. I don't even blame Palenka on that. It's just Lowe doesn't get old. Palenka ages like a normal human being, and Lowe is going to be a teen star for the rest of his life. I mean, surely Mike will accuse Rob Lowe of something.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Put it on the poll, Juju. Did anyone enjoy Bourbon Street more than Jon Hamm?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Hey, Super Bowl, enough with the Roman numerals. Yes or no? Thank you.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
So you're going to just keep giving it to him, name it after him?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
It is not under dispute that if you die in the field and are resuscitated, that is coming back better than from a wrist injury.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Briefly, yes. Yes. He deserves it. 91 years old.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Absolutely. Yeah. I mean. Got to do it his way until 91. And whatever you think of other broadcasters and how they age, I don't know that I've seen one age this well into 91 because of how much he loves basketball, broadcasting, and teaching basketball because the arguments can be made that he taught more basketball than anyone in the history of the sport.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
He's an archive. That would be good if it were true, yes. I, too, hope it's true. That's good vetting by you, executive producer with journalism standards. I wonder what the difference is between our producers and Dan Patrick.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Dan Patrick did a nice thing. I don't want to feud with the Dan Patrick show from any angle.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
But he just showed up to support us. Fritzie didn't.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Well, Fritzie's boycotting. Does anyone know what the boycott's about? I have an idea. What's the boycott? I don't want to ask. You want to share it? No, I don't want to ask. I don't even want to ask.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
We could sit you in their studio in an actual boycott. Like sit in their studio like here.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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I did see that. Why are you laughing at that, though, when it happens to your team?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That they are. They were very good last year, and they did that to Cleveland, too. Did you mention that when they went into Cleveland 10 days ago and did it?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You and Mike Ryan as well, yeah.
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He had to hire personal security at his home. Like, it's threatening enough that he feels like he's got to add an expense around his house because he's the one who traded Luca.
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Jessica, you can't believe this. He's going to say it. Don't say it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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That's how you have to do it. Yes, but really hurting, right? Oh, the thing just happened everyone thought would happen. Halftime, he's great. He's 9 for 12. Look, he's not a number 2. He's a number 1. We're going to compete.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Yeah, I'm here. We're going to compete. One half of Anthony Davis basketball, and then you're out for a few weeks. Let me hear him again. Good work. You're not like Dan Patrick's producers at all.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Well, I don't actually want to in any way disparage an amazing Sterling Sharp. But how many years has it been? What changed here in the last many years? I'm not used to seeing those things.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
That would be disparaging it. They do get promotion. I mean...
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i would not disparage it i just legitimately haven't looked it up and so look i know how great sterling sharp was he i would have thought i would have thought he was already in the hall of fame i'm legitimately asking what just this is an unusual amount of time to go and i didn't know whether there was any backstory there that i didn't know that i needed to know eric allen also
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Bad defense is going to have a hard time against the Eagles. Bad defense is going to be a problem. Taking Burrow.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Look, for the record, lest the history get lost in getting all lightheaded about Mahomes and Brady and how they know how to win, the Eagles winning two championships, like in one case with their backup quarterback and then with a quarterback they're not hiding, but...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Listen, Mike, you say the least effective of their skill guys. No, I was trying to ask this question different ways last week and never did it really well. If I were to say, by position on the Eagles, give me a guy where he ranks best in the league amongst his peers at doing that job, I don't know how low I go before I arrive at Jalen Hurts, and I mean that as no disparagement of Jalen Hurts.
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He's got about seven or eight guys that you can make the argument do that job. Lane Johnson does his job better than Jalen Hurts does his job.
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By this definition, he would not be. Saquon Barkley is best in show. Great movie. Those offensive line grades are very strong. Nobody cares. This is the thing about football, though. I don't understand why it is that we don't talk about the part that, oh, they're more physical up front, stronger than everybody on the offensive and defensive line.
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And no one cares about it. It's the most obvious part of it, though.
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I know, but when I talk about, yes, look, I just want to ask you guys, when Chris Jones is laying down on the goal line because it's not a stoppable play with that offensive line for two yards, do you understand that this is a tank moving through a real estate acquisition game that's more physically violent than all the others?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Basketball is better with Dickie V. Jessica, what are you shaking your head about?
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I mean, Mahomes is seven touchdowns, seven interceptions in the Super Bowl. Mahomes is lost by 40 points the two games he's lost.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Thank you. you know. Thank you. Thank you.
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Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Huh. LeBron is both the youngest player to score 40-plus in a game and the oldest player to ever score 40-plus in an NBA game. And? I'm just saying, to his point, whatever you think the difference is, it's not the difference between he played in 10 Super Bowls. It's nuts.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Brady has more rings than Jordan. Put his rings in a box.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Chris, can you find for me the original press conference that we all made fun of of Sirianni? I just want to play that back. His original introductory press conference, please.
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Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
I don't, but he didn't undress.
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He didn't undress Andy Reid.
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You think Sirianni is the reason that they did that? You think something that Fangio did yesterday was why they did that?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
No, he did a great job, but if four guys— He didn't blitz once. He didn't have to blitz because the defensive line did a great job for Fangio, and their DBs are great, and Kansas City's receivers aren't any good.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
I love, we got to make t-shirts, I wasn't wrong, I was early. That is so good. We have to make Chiefs t-shirts with Stugatz's face on them because now being against the Kansas City Chiefs is a thing, Stugatz. You can become the hood ornament on that. I'd love to see it as someone who advocated for Alex Smith over Patrick Mahomes.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Does Alex Smith win that game?
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Tyreek Hill took it back. You don't see a lot of that. Really? Tyreek Hill just took it back. Before the deadline. Tyreek Hill says, everything I said after the season emotionally, I just take it back. I'm sorry.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
He's a white corner. What do you mean?
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He's enormously athletic.
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He's been to two Super Bowls in three years and he won one. How many are in the tier? Because Sturgant, you only do this as did he win games when it's not a quarterback stat.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
That game was not. You think Jalen Hurts was. He was playing a different sport than Patrick Mahomes was playing the entire day.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
I don't understand this list. Is it just going to be New Orleans things? Yeah. Okay. O-L-I.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Stugatz has long awaited three years in the making. Weekend observations are here. Stugatz is claiming that he now gets to be right after some of the most historically bad takes in the history, pre-merger, post-merger, of America's most popular sport. Stugatz is now claiming he gets to be right because the Chiefs lost. And we will get to his weekend observations in a second.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
It's not Cajun. It's not Cajun. Cajun Langdon. It's not.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
He's been doing this for years. Tomato, potato. He doesn't know how to do it. Quinn Hughes now out for the Four Nations. Amen, amen.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Philadelphia is one of them. Is it two, three? How many colors are you putting that you can't put on? What is the ruling you're making here?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Okay, a one-time exception, you're allowing. Of course. I have marveled at Jessica shoveling, is that granola? Yeah.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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You've noticed that too, right? No, but it's been for like seven straight minutes. It's been genuinely impressive to watch. She's just eating granola with her hands. The conveyor belt of granola. It's a lot. It's not a little bit of granola. I've dropped so many of it on Sasha's head.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
I assumed that the dog, a dog that was not the previous dog, Willow, that was in here, was covered in crumbs, and I assumed that she would also have it on her shirt because she was clearly not eating with any utensils. So, but if it was, if Willow was there, it would get eaten, correct? Yes, that's correct.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Three fingers. Well, it's been a little, what is that? What is a little. A backhoe.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
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Yeah, she said it correctly.
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Oh, you don't like it. You like Brady, but not that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
You didn't think he was good? He was good for him. We already had this conversation. He was good for him, but not good for a broadcaster.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Danny Ainge really, he is the hero for the modern age on people who just really love to think that their picks would all be better than Anthony Davis. Danny Ainge and the collection of picks that is the plague upon sports right now, where every person listening to this only thinks of him as a pick collector.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
But please do not let me get out of here today without telling the story, embarrassing to me, very embarrassing to me, of me being racist in New Orleans. Do not let me get out of here today. Oh, I won't.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
You want more ego in the Warriors locker room? It's working. Through one game. Through one game, it did work. It looked good. It looked fun. That's what it looks like when Jimmy insists on getting 13 free throws.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
I was told that I did not know, I could not hear from the back of the room, but it was relayed to me that I think Dan Patrick's producers have narked on you, that you made it so loud in the back that they couldn't hear what was being said on stage.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Stugotz's Weekend Observations
Uh, whoa, I am not taking out Tipitina's, uh... Who cares?
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They've hosted a number of different things. Some might say Metal Ark should be responsible for those speakers.
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We couldn't hear you. We couldn't hear you up front. But you would understand how it is that his producers are different than our producers.
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Such a good point. The forgotten play from this Super Bowl. My God, do you realize all of the people who would have been hyperventilating for months if that little flip for six yards to Kelsey had been a decider on third down. If it mattered at all.
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No. Yeah. Before telling this story.
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He didn't have to do anything.
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Again, I didn't see it. It's Stugatz telling me the story, and he was excited to tell me the story.
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Billy, any assessment here? Were you there? Do you have a vote?
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Like, whatever it is, it's not A-list, it's not B-list, it's not C-list. Emmitt Smith, A-list. Stugatz. All of it's a jostling. My larger point is that Stugatz is in a buzzing epicenter of just content makers burping and colliding into each other. And so somebody at DraftKings put a microphone in his face and they asked Stugatz, do you remember any of this?
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Because I'd like to know what you guys think his answer is going to be. I don't know what his answer is going to be to what it is that he's trying to achieve here.
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Three years later, at the very end, Stugatz gets to be right after being spectacularly wrong. I don't think this qualifies as right, Stugatz.
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You don't have any idea what it is that this moment is. The question is about slot machines and what you would do if you won $50,000. Do you remember this question?
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I'd like to think that, and that was his answer. You do like to think that, but all of us don't have any evidence that you ever act on anything other than just thinking that.
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So the question we were asking is, who are you doing that for? What are you trying to present to whom is the question?
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You don't give a lot of it away. No, we don't have a lot of evidence here of the checks. How much does your watch cost, Stugatz? The watch. Can you guys walk me through just really quickly? You do have any theories? Is it just that Stugatz is on autopilot and it's like, I've got to entertain when they turn on the cameras and I'm tired because I've been working seven hours today.
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forgotten that he's supposed to be the character and now he's doing the interviews like they're real.
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So let me ask you this question, Billy. Did Stugatz, I don't think Billy, I don't think Stugatz has taken inventory of some of the places where all of this would be a real, real battering on somebody in the media age who, you know, shouldn't have to do 19 interviews in a day. It's a little hard. People don't understand what it is to do 19 interviews a day.
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Put it on the poll at Levittown Show. Does Alex Smith win that game? We'll get to the weekend observations in a second. I want all of Billy's observations on a personal week spent with Stu Gantz because I'm sure we've only gotten to part of the stories. I'm being told that Billy's flying back with Venus Williams, with Braxton Berrios, with Raheem Mostert. He's celebrity hobnobbing.
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I know it's not construction work on the summer.
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Tarring roofs. But at this point in his career, I'm going to say that Stu Gatz, and this is no indictment of Stu Gatz, it would be of just about anybody his age, is going to have a stamina problem in his 50s by Thursday if it's 19 interviews a day. Like, that any human being doing that might have a stamina issue. You were doing it right there with him.
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Jessica, you're shaking your head in something. I don't know exactly how to read what it is that I'm reading there. Yes, Dominique Foxworth would understand that we're a media outfit that's on our own. And if we make a mess, all of us have to kind of clean it up because we're all we got.
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Who knew? I'm not even sure how you would do that very well without the elbow.
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coil. Because I've never done it with anything other than my elbow, I can't imagine any other way to do it than with the elbow. If I'm wrapping a garden hose or a coil, if that's the way I'm doing it, is that not the most efficient way to do it? The other way might be a way. I'm considering this for the first time.
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No elbow. I tried elbow. I got judged. Don't need to hear from Louis. Got enough voices around here.
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You were not trying to help. I did my job. You did parts of your job. I did all of my job. Well, I mean— Except the last four.
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I'm taking Billy's word, getting deep into the weeds on— It sounds like you got very close to the finish line of correctly doing your job with maximum efficiency, and then the car broke down at the end for a number of understandable reasons because the last four days had been crazy and Billy ill. It felt like you sideswiped him a little bit.
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Well, I don't know what you're doing there. It's very strange.
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I don't know, Stugatz, if you're aware... Well, because, well, I could have stopped there.
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I don't know if you're aware. But the curmudgeon in you that rises up when you no longer have time for a conversation with Donovan McNabb seems to run against what I thought Radio Row was for you, which is every Donovan McNabb who's available you want to talk to right up until you get tired of it because you want to get on your flight on Friday.
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Billy, finally, as we put punctuation on this, how do you feel about the entire experience? You guys would not bite at all on me saying New Orleans is a top five great
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american city i don't know how many you guys would name as great american city like i'm not just talking about big cities i'm talking about a place with character and history that you feel it when you're there it feels a little bit different energetically than all the other cities because you know of the history that's there and you can see it in the bones and the structures of the things you're walking around like i don't know how many cities you put in the top five but this one has to be in the top five
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I obligate you to put it in your top five. Great American cities.
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That's a good question because I was just thinking about that because its history has some of the same things, but it's more antiseptic. It's more like in terms of representing its surrounding region.
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Especially, not only would it not be. It used to be. Bingo. It used to be. Austin used to be 25 years ago, and now it's popular. That's not the same thing. Right. I'm talking about something that you're driving down a highway, and you can see something that's lived there for 150 years. It wasn't put there recently. Anyway.
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You guys didn't want to do that with me. There aren't many. I saw them bump. San Francisco used to be one of them. It's no longer? No, I lied. Oh no, what happened? You tell me. I've never been. You tell me what happened to San Francisco.
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You tell me what happened. Got a couple theories. Look, I don't know if you guys saw this, but Charles Barkley is saying don't go to San Francisco for the NBA All-Star game.
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It's rat infested is what Charles Barkley said. I was there like five years ago. I had a pretty good time. It depends on where you are, and some things have changed in the last five years.
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I wouldn't put Key West in there as a cheap imitation of New Orleans, for example. Wow. Thank you.
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Surely you guys are actually treating this as less of a joke given recent aviation issues.
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We need to talk about Jimmy Johnson in a second. We'll get us organized. He was on Survivor.
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A lot happened yesterday. Hubie Brown retires at 91 years old.
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I think Jimmy Johnson retired, but it's not totally clear. I think he retired.
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It is how you know it's important. Like Strahan and Brady were walking on Bourbon Street to celebrate Lady Gaga, and behind Jimmy Johnson was Jay Glazer, and it gave me comfort to know I'm walking towards something large. He's been allowed to be the hood ornament on the biggest thing.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Did Jimmy Johnson retire yesterday? Yes or no?
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Walk me through, okay, because old man tears are something that made an appearance over the last few days with a couple of local icons who I've greatly respected who were built very differently in the way that they did their jobs because it was leaked in a way that was dirty and interesting. that Pat Riley wept when trying to convince Jimmy Butler to come back to Miami.
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And it was meant to shame Pat Riley, the idea that you would get so... You can't cry, Dan. Yeah, that's a sign of weakness. Yeah, if you're a man.
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No understood so I want to talk about some of this stuff because I've actually gone through grief with both of these men and when you get older Chris you know this your dad cries your dad I don't even know the person your dad is anymore in terms of what he used to be in terms of all male repressions and how now late in life appreciating little things after going to hell and back on life and death all of a sudden your dad will cry and and I don't even recognize it and
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Yes, Greg Cody walked to the edge of hell, coughing the whole way, wheezing. He was just going to Buffalo.
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With Bernie Palm. He coughed himself into a faint at Dania Highline. And we all said this is how he wants to go. At Miami Highline.
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It's a double fine. Wow. I'm going to pay both of those fines right now. Yes, I'm sorry. We are proud to own a Cyclones team that we have not talked about in a while.
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Stu Gatz is here, and because he has had a week in Super Bowl heaven, and these are his first words at the microphone for the week, we must treasure them. This is...
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I do want to talk about these two men and their tears because I want to ask you, Stugatz, let me take you through the journey of whatever it is that Jimmy Johnson did or didn't do yesterday.
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Jimmy Johnson... famously did the stuff that Nick Saban did testing his ego and the pros.
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And when he got to the Miami Dolphins, what he thought was his dream job, at the end of that, because of what it demanded of him, because of the emotions it unleashed when his mother died, he shows up at the funeral, sobs in the arms of his sons for not being there for him, for them, because football consumed him so much.
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For Jimmy Johnson to learn while staring over his mother's casket... that he needed to leave football. And for him to share with Wayne Huizenga, the late owner of the Dolphins, the idea of QTL, quality time left. Jimmy Johnson's been thinking about mortality for a long time, and every time I see him walking through, after having to fly across the country at his age,
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the mighty God of God bless football coming down from the mountain, flying in, emergency flying in in the morning so he can give you his freshest and hottest takes as God bless football puts the punctuation on an award-winning number one football podcast in America season.
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done with this shit a long time ago. The only reason he's doing that is because he's friends with Bradshaw. That thing is the closest thing that we have on television in sports to a family outside of what's on inside the NBA. It's the closest thing. Those people truly care about each other. They've walked each other through difficult parts of life.
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And it represents an American icon in that Jimmy Johnson's been there since the beginning of Fox television. He helped build that entire media empire by being one of the first star media people who could carry a network. And so I wouldn't blame him if he was done, but you can't do it that way. Jimmy, it's cheating. Like either tell us or don't not one day. No, you're cheating.
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Jimmy, Jimmy, you're cheating. Like you either tell us you're retiring or you're not retiring. So we can celebrate your career and give you the eulogy here while you're still alive. Yeah.
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You are not here, Stugatz, so I don't want to make accusations while you're away that we do not make to your face. So can you guys play the video, please, for Stugatz? All of us were wondering, before we get to the weekend observations, if we can get an honest answer here. Chris, help me.
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How do we get an honest answer here now that we've already made whatever it is our accusations are about this video? Do you know what we're about to show here, Stugatz?
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All right. So just for people who don't know, I think I have this right because I was only there briefly. But what happens at Radio Row is the entire modern media sort of jostles and gets in the face of Stugatz and asks him to very aggressively be Stugatz at all times. He's not allowed to walk someplace and not be Stugatz. Just like...
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He's got his weekend observations ready, but he's never flown in on a Monday, and first things he speaks into a mic are weekend observations. So we're going to give him a minute to gather himself because I'm sure he's got something for the Chiefs. I guess I probably have to lift the moratorium on Stugatz getting to talk about the Chiefs, right? Because I was right, yes.
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Thankfully, walking someplace and being stugats is just smoking a heater, so he'll do that, but he's getting jostled by the media demanding that he be all week his maximum self, correct? It's always demanding performance of you.
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Okay, well, so thank you for that context because this will help me play this video. But Billy, what I want to ask you, because Stu Gatz was delighted by this, right? As Stu Gatz explained it to me, it brought a radiant smile to my face on just all the things that Radio Row is, has been for many years.
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He was telling me the story of Stephen A. Smith walking through Radio Row, which must be uproariously funny. It just has to be hundreds of people. You guys make fun of me when I tell you that Jim Rome has had a bodyguard for years. I imagine Stephen A. needs multiple bodyguards here because it's piranha around someone. I imagine Stephen A. walking through that convention center is a loud jostling.
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Stugatz was delighted that Stephen A. paused in the parade of Stephen A-ness to see God bless football, see Stugatz, and beeline for all the things that Stugatz represents to Stephen A. Smith, a moment of genuine jostling between media brothers.
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Jessica, I do believe that people who are watch aficionados would tell you... They say peace? Well, no, that this is a statement that you're... It's a time piece? That you're absolutely... You want to make the statement that's three quarters of a million dollars on your wrist, whatever that statement is. It's just not something I would ever understand.
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He got like a gold popcorn bowl or something. The reason I bring up the entire thing.
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The reason that I bring all of it up was to stick my toe in the water here of offering people who cannot be trusted here. I have a very nice watch. A vulnerability.
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Yeah, I know he does. Fluted bezel. And I'm not going to ask him. Jubilee bracelet.
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My discomfort is such that my wife got me for, as a gift recently, a nice watch. I don't know anything about them. And it was, I don't know, I'm going to say it was six months ago. And I probably insult her by not wearing it, but I am not comfortable. wearing an expensive watch. It feels too showy to me. And so when you go $750,000 on the most watched game on television, you're showing that.
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And honestly, it is where sports does a pretty good job of connecting people, even if they're divided. The idea that America still gathers around the television for a thing and that that thing meets expectations which are giant, meets giant expectations, even if the game's not any good.
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To me, I don't understand it. And it's not even judging it, although obviously it sounds like that. There's something about me that makes me not confident enough to want to throw that in everybody's face.
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You imagine his watch collection has tons of watches that are over $800,000.
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It's one of the many reasons.
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And so I can't say any of this, though, without appearing judgmental. But I'm really speaking to a vulnerability here where I can't come to like my wife has given me a gift. My wife is an extraordinarily thoughtful gift giver. She is known by everybody as a thoughtful gift giver. So what she's given me.
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is a watch that if you believe in the idea that these things give off your personality or speak to who you are, or you're making some sort of statement about who you are to people with what you're wearing on your wrist, this is who she imagines me to be. I do not imagine myself to be that.
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One of them is a confident...
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Some sort of pizza deal. Or who was it? Oh, I wondered if Harrison Ford in the Jeep commercial. I imagine they just gave him a Jeep, right? Like he can he gets a couple of Jeeps out of that.
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Right. Something something like that is probably wouldn't you imagine? You think he's going to keep one of them, Chris?
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I imagine that Tom Brady probably has a lot of very expensive watches that were free, that he didn't have to pay for at all because he's just Tom Brady.
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Yeah, that's a good idea, Billy.
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That is a good idea, Billy. What are the highlights? I saw that Stugatz is now in makeup. They are working hard in another room. Can you guys, can the video crew get a live shot of Stugatz in the other room getting ready in an emergency? He has flown in in an emergency. God bless football to bail us out, to bail out. God bless football.
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Let's get the video up in the other room so that we can see Stugatz. Look at it. Heroic Stugatz has arrived on a red eye from Chicago. Again, that tube could not have smelled good the day after the Super Bowl. And he is going to come in here with all fresh takes. These are not takes that are going to appear on God Bless Football. That's just Billy and Mikey.
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The game isn't exactly incidental because of the importance of crowning a champion in that particular sport, but... seeing what it is that America does in terms of celebrating the punctuation on a game it associates with more than any of the others and having in the middle of it Because they did take out of the end zone.
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I'm sorry. I was told by Carl that it was a red eye, and I just didn't, I didn't double check.
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He's going to come in here in just a few moments. Roy, how are you feeling physically today? Did you do Super Bowl? Yes, you, Roy. What other Roy would I be talking to?
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That Roy goes long stretches without speaking. But for me to say on our program, Roy, and then a question. And for him to respond genuinely surprised with me is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard on our show.
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I was asking you how you felt and if you ate poorly during the Super Bowl.
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I won't forget this part as everything changes in America over the last four years. And you've seen the backlash and the backlash to everything that happened post-George Floyd, including all of these giant corporations running away, hiding, scared of the president of the United States. To see Kendrick Lamar as the halftime show when you know some of this story, right?
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Is your mouth watering while you talk about it?
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Yes. Oh, no. Can't do it, then. Oh, man. Come on. Dip a little. Yeah, have ice cream in the second quarter and eat it with a chicken wing. Dip a chicken wing in it. Can you guys explain something to me? Because I don't understand. Salty and sweet. OK, OK, I'm going to go down this path with you because you guys are telling me, yes, this is what the drugs do.
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Jay-Z feels like he was purchased during this to be the halftime entertainment. And a lot of people were critical of a lot of different things that didn't change about football when Jay-Z was put in charge of that show.
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OK, so he'll be here in a second. Stugatz will be here with all his takes and perhaps he can explain the munchies to us as well. But when I see, for example, that Cincinnati famously has Skyline Chili and now there is a Skyline Chili ice cream. And I don't understand that. Right. Now, maybe all ice cream is good. Right. There's no such thing as bad ice cream.
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Why did you say that? Just happened. Why did you just say that? Clarifying on it wasn't ice cream.
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But you, what did you just do? Were you trying to give us a pistachio?
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He's not totally confident on whether he can do this or not.
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And a Kelsey Super Bowl ring, too. People enjoyed him losing yesterday, right?
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Oh, it's not just a corporate event. I mean, we've been on this ride here for a little bit with Diana Rossini as she's making decisions between things she wants to do because she wants to do them and for her career and her husband, the Eagles fan, feeling like, He's living through a time. I will speak to this today because it's going to get obnoxious over the next week.
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Philadelphia fans are annoying. They are loud. They are proud. It is a crazed and rabid fan base that prides itself on, yeah, Mark Wahlberg will be an eagle as a walk on in the movie because we're the town for Rocky and we're the town where athletic grit reigns. uh... becomes representative of who our people are who our city is they are a source of great great regional pride this team
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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To have it be the one that wins among the spaceships with just punching you in the face, just physically dominating you, dragging Patrick Mahomes up and down the field because they were just physically overwhelming on everybody. Everybody dies at their doorstep this year, and it's a physical beating that they're taking from a defensive line and an offensive line that is just stronger than yours.
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No, I'm saying that Jay-Z got a lot of criticism for going in and doing business at that particular time. And it could look like he was being used, whether he knew it or not, in order to be a halftime symbol for here. We're going to give actual power to people. And over the halftime show, you will see that power displayed by Jay-Z with the artists that he chooses.
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The Kansas City Chiefs come in with that pedigree. And if they had not been the Kansas City Chiefs with that quarterback, we'd be calling that team an epic and historic fraud for all time this season based on the season they had beating Caroline over here by three points and everyone and going down and winning all these one score games.
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And then when they ran into a juggernaut, oh shit, they just got dragged up and down the field by a football team that's been not playing close games.
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The Grossman, the Rex Grossman Bears.
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Well, let's talk about this part for a second, okay? Because this part, as we make these people superhuman or unhuman, as Tom Brady likes to call them, the size and scope of all of this, America's biggest game, and the pressure it puts on athletes... Patrick Mahomes, whatever he imagined his life would be at Texas Tech. I imagine a whole bunch of stuff has come into it. Most of it wildly positive.
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His record in postseason games has such extraordinary success that when they weren't getting calls, they complained about it up and down in that one game, became crybabies. It was ugly. It was like an ugly lack of dignity from a champion. And we all seized on it and noticed it. In that game yesterday, there were a few calls early that helped the Eagles. Those were bad calls, questionable calls.
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There was one that went against the Chiefs as well. But when Mike speaks to what he's talking about there, it's really rare for you to be watching a football game because when you're talking about 24 yards in the first half for Patrick Mahomes, that's an uncommon kind of strangling we're talking about.
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but it's not just ball control it's what i'm about to say about where it is that all your knows how to win can go flying out in the most pressurized situations because this guy comes back from ten except he knows that this felt early the white tampa did Where it's like, whoa, they're getting here fast. There are four of them.
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If there are four of them and now my receivers aren't Tyreek Hill anymore. Like, it's a bunch of these guys. And when I get it to DeAndre Hopkins, he's so at the end of his career that DeAndre Hopkins may never have had that drop before in his entire career. A man who has more tackles than drops because he does not drop the football.
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The embers of their skill position players that have been eaten up by the salary cap because you think you can do it every time with Mahomes, when he comes back into the pocket and he can't just step up into the middle of it and run through your defense, wow, Patrick Mahomes ends up looking totally mortal and scared.
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I don't think he was actually scared, but wherever it is that the feet are on, wait a minute, it's three and out and three and out. Now I'm remembering all season this has been I've got to get six yards on third and five. I can't do it against this team. I just threw it to Kelsey twice. What was that? What was that? I thought I had Kelsey.
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They know Kelsey's my only option, and they're getting here awfully fast.
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It can't be, though. It can't be to go from your two halves away from a three-peat, something that's never been done in the sport, to do you blow it up because that was that obvious in that game. But this is how obvious it was, and it's worth noting.
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in terms of the differences between what the chiefs were when they beat the eagles and what the eagles are now in the space age where they've got the biggest strongest guys up front do you realize that in this game that we're watching after you guys have told me and we understand how we came upon the premise even las vegas money said this was so
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Nah, man, Andy Reid is smarter at this stuff, and Spaggs is smarter in this stuff, and the quarterback doesn't make any mistakes, and he knows how to win. These people know how to win. Yes, they do. Spaggs sure as shit knew how to win, stopping Saquon Barkley, because I haven't seen it all season. The problem is... They have too much on offense. You stop their run game, and what happens?
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I think you're assuming that I'm entering this critically. I am not. The halftime show as a celebration becomes a success story in the middle of the commerce of it. I don't believe Kendrick is paid for that.
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Jalen Hurts is playing quarterback in an entirely different sport than Patrick Mahomes is, because he gets to just sit back there and run around, and he's got these receivers that are actually good, because he's got two number ones, and you saved money at quarterback there, and that's where it is that the Eagles run down the throat of the dynasty and take it over with a cement mixer, because this is not a subtle object.
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Like, you stop their MVP, and what? And what? Goddard didn't do anything in that game. Goddard hit you for 120 in a game because they're just overwhelming.
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Those two things there is no answer for. I'm telling you, I'm not. We analyzed the holy hell out of this sport. But when the disparity on offensive and defensive lines is that overt that everyone eating a chicken wing after ice cream can see it. Like whether you're on the munchies or not, you're just watching the sport and you're like, oh, I know what Kansas City is. I know their mythology.
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Oh, it's 24-0. They're not going to do anything in the second half. Like they're not – there are no adjustments to this. They could talk about it at halftime, but there are no adjustments to – Fangio's sitting up there. He could be eating – he could be eating those Eugene Levy puffs. He didn't have to do anything. He didn't call a blitz all game.
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I believe this is such a uniquely American giant thing that I believe all the artists get is a production budget, and what Kendrick Lamar did with that production budget was put together an amazing show, but also... In the middle of the celebration.
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A spectacularly black show as well. Like in the middle of the halftime celebration where it is that the seismic moment in the middle of it is you're waiting to see whether this Grammy winning artist who's won the rap beef for all time and making Drake the biggest loser there's ever been in a rap beef. In the middle of it, he's got Serena Williams crip walking.
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when Serena Williams' greatest controversy during her career was celebrating at the Tennis Country Club with that dance, her being from Compton, and all of us recognizing Serena because of the tennis skirt. You couldn't even see her face. It happened so fast. It happened so fast. to have that in the middle of the Super Bowl celebration. Billy, you assume I came here to criticize.
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No, that's an evolution of the halftime show that doesn't quite end racism in the end zone the way that they take it out with the stencils. But you can at least feel good about the entertainment because I think everybody was applauding everything that the artist Kendrick Lamar is, correct? Like, because he is a real artist.
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Like, J. Cole was wise to step away from everything that was happening there. Kendrick Lamar has been a lyricist and an artist and stands for something. Like, he's not neutral. He's not benign. That's a really cool halftime moment to have where it meets the expectations and is wrapped in Apple Plus, and you see this giant thing coming to life.
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I mean, because they dated. Yeah.
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Oh, I don't know. But is that right? I believe so. It may have been. But I know there were a lot of people looking for a white.
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All right. Let's let's examine this part, though, right, because the news is happening fast and things are getting normalized and things are being tested through the Constitution is being tested through acts that are unconstitutional.
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And we'll see what happens with the courts as in the first couple of weeks of America being in this new state, invite a president that appears to have been bought as a puppet by Elon Musk. to stay out of prison, lords over the entertainment, booing Taylor Swift because the American president is now in power lording over all
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of this and is welcome here because he's not only stayed out of prison successfully, he's now climbed to the top of the food chain on power and Bezos and Musk and all of these people and the NFL bowed before him once.
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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They respect the power, they have the power, they're using the power because it seems like the office is now just dismantling government where we're in a situation over the last 14 days where I'm watching Just buried in the news stream. Wait a minute. Really? We're doing camps in Guantanamo? Lawless camps? America's good with that? It's just one of ten items.
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But strategically, okay? To have as the tenth item, and I understand. Once you've gotten to the point where the rhetoric is, well, we'll just turn Gaza into the Riviera. That's how we'll solve it. We'll displace those people.
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Like once that's the conversation this early and people want to celebrate the excess and the gluttony and they want to get lost in sports and don't tell me about Kaepernick and don't tell me about racism. Wasn't that a fun halftime show? It was so artistic in the middle of that.
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It was so much more peaceful than the ways we did it when at the beginning of this run in Kansas City, the players held hands three years ago, four years ago, and we booed unity. Like that stadium was booing the Kansas City Chiefs just holding hands on the idea of unity.
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The progress through all of that in football gets to the more peaceful time where Patrick Mahomes, people enjoyed watching that lose yesterday. Patrick Mahomes had a real power when he got Goodell to apologize for all the stuff that happened with Kaepernick, but we're in a new age now with new people in power.
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And you will see the corporations bend to the whims of this man because the NFL has already showed you that they're scared of him. The NFL and its owners align with him politically. And so what you're watching happen in the middle of all this creates a great deal of unrest for me, obviously, to see in the middle of the excess that, yeah, we're going to take a temporary departure from camps.
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Like, camps is the 10th news item. And we're going to be good with that. So anyway, I'm sorry for— I'm trying to follow. I don't know.
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Where are you with giving me details about Harry Connick Jr. that will either prove or disprove that Chris Cody is either wrong or just spectacularly disrespectful? I don't think he gets to be right here.
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I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Don Libetard. Billy, somebody has written in here, I need way more.
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Speaking of character and strength, I wanted to play a video for you guys. And I don't know how many of you have seen it or heard anything about this. OK, I have not seen it. I don't know all of the stories of Stugats on Radio Row. I just know some of them. The words that have gotten back to me.
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careening just careening through the week just talking to anybody who would talk to him everybody's got a microphone in his face delighted to be interviewed just humming nonstop billy you can speak to this better than i can because i was not watching him and i don't know how tired you are from chasing him around. Do you know the video I'm about to play here of Stugatz?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
The DraftKings, the publicity team, caught up with Stugatz at a casino and was talking to him about, or caught up with him on Radio Rome, was talking to him about slots. And he gave an answer. Do you know this video?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
All right, let's just react in real time, all of us here, to Stugatz being asked what he would do if he won a giant jackpot on the slot.
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The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
Do you know how giant a sports day has to be for it to just sort of swallow? Yeah, Aaron Rodgers isn't going to be a Jet anymore. And Debo has asked for a trade out of San Francisco. The news just shrinks in the face of what this giant American celebration is that has everybody feeling a touch hungover today. It is weird.
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The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
It's just the guy I am. Santa Claus of handing out cash? Is that what you assume Stu Gantz could be?
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The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
Just the kind of guy I am.
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The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
Tell me what's happening there.
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The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
Lies. Yeah, but what is... Is he trying... Who's he trying to fool?
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The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
And it's working. Forgive me for stammering all over it, but I'm genuinely confused as to what's the play there. Like, is it to make DraftKings think he's a charitable fellow who gives out money by the hundreds? Like, who's the audience he's lying for? Or is it just the pleasure of the lie?
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The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
Getting back to Tom Brady's watch, if you guys were being paid like that, would you do it 750,000 strong for a watch? I mean...
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: Just The Kind Of Guy I Am
Oh, no, I understand the fashion choice that's being made there. I've just never been comfortable with the idea of wearing a watch of any kind other than like that thing that you guys made fun of me for, for the grandfather, you know, the pocket watch I had.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
I'm sure it's whatever lobbying group has been behind most of the Supreme Court cases. There was some .com at the end of it.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
I'm with Billy. At one point they were like, Tom, Tom, what do what do they need to do here? And he's like, well, the Chiefs, they need to get a stop. And I'm like, well, they did.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
But they didn't. And then the Eagles scored again and then it was over. OK, look, I hundred million dollars for that. Forgive me. Your expectations are all just too low.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
He could tell you that in a podcast while someone else tells me what's going on in the game.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
He might as well just announce his address because you know he's going to get doxxed right after that OPI to open the game. I was like, oh God, here we go again.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
It's still Super Bowl Monday. You know how much giardiniera they eat in Chicago on Super Bowl Sunday, Billy?
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Uh-oh, he's got a controversy tab on his Wikipedia page, Harry Connick Sr.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Prosecutorial misconducts and innocence on death row is a subheader.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Since that same Eagles defense played against TCU in the national championship game three years ago.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Also, 36 men convicted in Orleans Parish during Connick's 30-year tenure as DA have made allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and 19 have had their sentences overturned or reduced as a result.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
I don't know, but last night my dad called Meg Ryan Meg Griffin and we all pointed and laughed at him like that one meme with the mannequins. Yeah. They're like, that's family guy, you idiot.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
You think she should have had a real orgasm?
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
I mean, we covered this two weeks ago, Dan. It's Nick Wright's fault. The Chiefs fans got really loud and really annoying. And there's nothing that people who are fans of teams that don't make the Super Bowl like more than to root against the fans that are very happy. And that was Chiefs fans for the last couple of years.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Cuervo. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow Show.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
I do feel like the pregame analysis was pretty spot on, though. It was like, the Eagles probably should win this game, but Patrick Mahomes has the magic hand sometimes, and so you can't pick against Patrick Mahomes. But he had one of the worst games I think he's ever had. And to some extent, I think it... That's what happens when a game spirals out of control that quickly.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Like, you can't run the ball a lot when you're already down 17 points early. So it was not a great game for the type of offense that they wanted to play. But, yeah, the Eagles just, like, they dominate. They mash them.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
I've got to go with the cruise.
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Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Well, I would be willing to bet he has had a bite of a Little Caesars pizza, but he's definitely never had a crazy puff, right? Like, that's where I'm like, I really doubt that he would have had one of those. And also, his eyebrows aren't going to fly off when he eats one if he does.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Super Bowl LIX Reaction
Well, the biggest diss track of all time is being played during halftime.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
So basically what this is, is you can watch the game with me. We're encouraging the audience to be competitive about getting to spend a night with me.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
I don't know what's going on.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
So get in there very quickly to make sure that we watch your video. Get in there very well with quality content.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Okay, excellent work. Juju, it is nice to see you and I want to get to a number of things with you, but the first thing that I want to get together with you on is the fight from the weekend, because a whole lot of people were yelling and screaming.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Er schießt Cody Rose so hart, wie, jeesch, lerne das Spiel.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Denkt das nicht jeder? Ich habe es selten gesehen, dass es einen Konsens gibt, auch wenn wir viele subjektive Dinge im Boxen haben. Es ist eines der Sporte, die am stärksten verursacht wird, weil die Begründung subjektiv sein kann. Es gab keine Argumente darüber. Es war einfach jeder in Ordnung. Was ist das? Das ist nicht Boxen. Das ist anders als... Das ist nicht so, wie die Regeln funktionieren.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Du schützt nicht nur diese Person.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Did the audience have any issue with Peter Rosenberg being our Oscars expert instead of David Sampson and Adnan Virk? They both wanted to be our Oscars experts and for some reason instead we went Greg Cody and Peter Rosenberg.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
We didn't talk at all about the fight this weekend. We have to do that and we also have to before Juju comes in here. Billy, what's going on with March Sadness? It is the start of March. I am a little afraid about how little we have talked about what we are doing for March Sadness. What can you tell the people about what we are doing?
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
I have not seen any of the reaction. I mentioned earlier in the show that Conan as a comedic, like really a person that I've admired over 30 years, how he keeps reinventing himself. Die Berichte vor dieser Auszeichnung, wo er versucht hat, die Oscars wieder zu machen, er ist 61 und hat ein wirklich schwieriges paar Monate.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Im Dezember, seine Eltern, die in ihren 90ern waren, starben drei Tage zusammen in seinem Kindertum in Massachusetts. Nicht lange nach dem Doppelfuneral, gerade als er sich zurück in Los Angeles setzte, um auf den Oscars zu arbeiten, begann der Feuer dort und sein Zuhause wurde evakuiert. Als seine Frau fragte, was sie zu retten haben,
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
His only thought was of a 1980 letter from the author and essayist E.B. White. O'Brien had written to him as a teenage fan and he wrote me back a really sweet letter, O'Brien said. So I just said, grab that and if the rest goes, it still goes. He's living in a hotel where he's put the letter on a wall. Did people receive Conan O'Brien well yesterday?
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Because what he's been for 30 years is just exceedingly likable.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Juju, was würdest du uns vom Publikum erzählen, ob ich jurnalistisch den Panthers-Drum heute machen sollte? Greg Cody, letzte Gedanken an dich, Greg, weil ich nicht entschieden habe, was ich tun soll. Ich habe zwei Tickets. Greg argumentiert immer noch mit seinem Sohn. Greg sagt, wenn er die zwei guten Tickets bekommt, wird er gehen. Wenn er die zwei anderen Tickets bekommt, wird er nicht gehen.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Because I don't know anything about what you've been planning or why it is you need a vacation.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
I thought those were the tickets we're giving away if I go, but your last thoughts on this are what?
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Traffic will make this very hard to arrive on time. You guys know this is a two-hour trip. You're leaving now, right?
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
Is that about you, Roy? It is about me. I'm coming to damn team. This is not the spirit of the thing. Do you see what is happening here? I would like to make a mockery of this honor. If I do, I'm going to cost us the relationship with the Panthers.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
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Postgame Show: JuJu Gotti Wins Best Dismissal
I don't know that I'm gonna do it. Cuban born is the costume I'm wearing. Evidently.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
So he can bring back the FU. Listen to me, Billy. Let's play the FIU montage. Give me some sweetener here. Billy, over the weekend, evidently did some more calling of FIU baseball. Let's just get to as much of that sound as we can, please.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Yeah. It's the only kind he tells.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Stugatz. Yeah. La Careta is a place where the best of the celebrations has to be the 97 Marlins celebration because it was Levante.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Well, this is what I was going to say. You're alleging, just to be clear, to recap. that savings are actually samings, that you would prefer $5 off for average strength, that you would make the trade of don't give me maximum strength, save me $5, give me average strength, I'll take the savings, it's all the samings.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Put it on the... Poll, please, at Levitard Show. Have you matured if you've exchanged ketchup for ham and medicine? Ham and medicine sandwiches at Levitard Show. There are a number of things that I want to get to that I regret asking Mark about at all. The fact that you guys have said that Greg is not a Hall of Famer.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Jessica, you feel like you've been loudest of all questioning whether or not Greg Cody is a Hall of Famer.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Yes. But but I believe the disdain on your face for judging him a Hall of Famer. You're the one to mention it most recently that he's not a Hall of Famer.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody. It's getting more and more popular with the legend and Hall of Famer Greg Cody. What do you have to promote on this front?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Billy, why are you laughing at that? There's a big fight around here because everyone thinks they're ranked too low. There are big fights in-house about who should be ranked higher. Oh, no, I don't care. Well, you might not care, but it's not everyone else. Izzy was thrilled with his ranking. Jeremy was furious with his.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
You're allowed not to care, and other people are allowed to have feelings that are not just yours.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
It's great that you're above it. You got a three? You got the breakdown of what you got? I got a three.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Could have been a 1. But wait a minute. A 1 is the worst, a 3 is average strength, and 5 is maximum strength. Mike got a 3. If he got a 3 from you, that means he's not going to be in the top 10, right?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
No, you have to now. We're already there. You've got to give the people something. If we're going to promote your thing this much, give us the embarrassing omission. Come on. Should I do it? The list is flawed. I don't think you should. Tell us what it rhymes with. Just come on, Greg. Come on. Uncle Schmick. Okay. Everybody's going to play defense against me being able to do this correctly today.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Uncle Schmick didn't make it, Dan.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
No, no. Let's actively play defense against the good things. Let's do that. Okay.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
If they protected all of their double-digit leads, they'd be second in the conference in like 25 games over 500. They can't score late.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
They cannot score late. Who do we blame? They don't have enough offense.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
There is no one to blame except the architect that makes it, because we know that Spolstra is not the problem, and we know that the architecture is the problem. The team is not good enough.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
That's what happened last night. The New York Knicks came into town and won for the eighth time in 10 games against the Miami Heat and have surpassed the Miami Heat.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
All of the places that matter. Wow. He has Brunson going to his weakness, his right hand. But he was too physical. So that's why Brunson's at the line for two.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I think you'd run out of breath if we did it just for the last 10 minutes of this show. Do you want to try it? Do you want to try it to just talk in your pukey broadcaster voice the rest of the way? If I had anything left to say, I would. All right, let's do it. You be my co-host as just pukey broadcaster, man. I have an assortment of things to go to.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
The first thing I need to go to is I need the listeners of this show who like to be around some good parties that we throw around here in Miami to save the date for what it is that I'm putting up on the screen here. We're going to have a couple of weeks of buildup into what it is that this is, but can you guys tell me what you think this is? I don't know who around here knows what because...
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Precious Little has been set up about this event, but we're going to have a party that's going to reveal itself in parts over the next week. We will give you more information, but we're asking you to save April 13th as the date if you want.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
You guys said earlier in the show that I use my father and have done it too much for too many years and may do it again tonight when it comes to banging the drums slowly at the Panther game. But my father is coming out of retirement and he is going to be a part of something that remains a mystery till now. But do you know what you're asking to be saving the date on April 13th?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Okay. I think it's the 24th. Okay.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Okay. You just stay in that voice. Okay. Just save the date. That's all we're going to tell you. We'll break that out in pieces.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
uh the other thing i wanted to get to is the funny thing that just happened in the back of the room i wish chris cody were here because he would be able to explain to me how annoying this is that his father does this greg cody uses his phone the voice he uses the voice activation to send his texts and what he just sent as a text
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
as I'm having trouble finding anyone who might want to go for tonight's great honor at the Panther game, what he just said into his phone to somebody is, no sweet tonight, period. That's the text he just voiced into his phone.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
And I think that's Greg Cody canceling on being a part of what it is we're doing tonight because he just learned that there will not be a suite involved in what we're doing tonight. Who did you just send that voice text to?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
No, you've fallen apart on broadcaster voice.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
You couldn't do it for two and a half minutes.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
It is going to be four of us. We've got four tickets, but I was asking who wanted them, and it didn't seem like anybody wanted them.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Roy, you saw what happened in the eating area moments ago. What just happened? Explain to the audience what just happened as Billy howled with laughter and then walked away from everything that was happening.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
It's legendary. I wanted to give tickets to a group of people who wanted them. Nobody seemed to want them.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
This is the first time I'm learning.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Greg, can I have your phone for a second? Yeah, I'm turning it off right now. No, no, can I have it for a second? I'd like to hear or see what it is the back and forth with your son was when you said no sweet tonight. Did he... answer?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Look, I am not responsible for any of the details on this. I haven't even decided if I'm doing it.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Hold on. Yes, I do want to hear the intro. But the reason I want to hear the intro is because I have not agreed to anything. I am looking to make a mockery aware of I can of this. They've already made a mockery of it. And so when they ask me how I want to be introduced because it's Vamos Gatos night, how Hispanic do you want to be?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
My answer was I want to be introduced as being from the Gulf of America.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I know, but I want to come across as publicly, I want to make a political stand if I'm going to sell my journalism. And so what I had sent to them is that I want to be introduced as from the Gulf of America, Dan Levitard.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
No, I want to do it their way. I don't want to do Gulf of Mexico. I want to do it Gulf of America.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Yes, yes. No. That's correct, because it's such a silly thing. That's correct.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
It has to be a long list of people that were asked first, I would assume. You think they asked Mark Cuban? That would be a great way. He would be Cuban-born. He would be more Cuban-born than I would be. Whose writing was that, and how is it that you could look at me in a straight face and say that you think I'm trying to charge you $37 to come to this game?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
But that's what the Panthers are doing. And does that mean those are good seats or bad seats?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I don't want to do any of this. Like, I simply don't want to do it. How has it become something that charges people who work here $37? Plus fees. They're basically making me drive all the way up there to charge our employees $150 to not be able to eat with me?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
But no, those are the tickets that I was trying to give away.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I have two tickets. I have two tickets. It's me and my wife and two tickets.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Ethan might actually be the only person who would go. Those are the two tickets I was trying to give away, not charging you $37 for more tickets.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I had a very awkward interaction with Tony before the show where he sort of delighted in starting to tell me that he has applied for a new job. And I was both confused by his enthusiasm and wondering about his judgment as well.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
As a broadcaster, you are brave. Thank you. There is no one occupying the lane of purposely awkward and perfect pacing for baseball where you're even slower than the game on how you're doing a podcast during the play-by-play.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I'm there. You're not a season ticket holder.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
That's not true. Get out of here. See?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I like the role that you're occupying there, Billy, as awkward.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
announcer i'm not trying to do that people keep telling me they like these roles that you're here and you're not this guy that's bringing analytics and you're saying awkward i'm just trying to go in and punch the clock call the game why is it very different from solana who has tony's endorsement and being better than you at this why is it so different why are they saying it's such a different broadcast when solana comes there with his sports coat and his tie and tries to give a real sports cast and you're in there talking about gibberish
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
All right, we'll get to it in a second. I was just confused by all of it. Also confusing, the way the last segment ended, I feel like Jessica applied some of the fairest criticism ever applied at this show when she asked aloud, why did Billy get choked there with as annoying as Mike was for the last hour of our show? And she's totally right about that.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Salat is doing that in a sports coat. He's doing it as if he's broadcasting for a future job with a tie. And you're out there being lax with your Marlins cap and your Dolphins shirt. No, lax is a different sport. No, lax is a different sport.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Mike, why do you keep pointing at the television? Also, I called Corey Cody for some reason. Dude, I need a vacation. First take I saw has on first take. I saw Orlovsky's back after that emotional goodbye to the network two weeks ago. And I saw that Ochocinco's on there. Is that the first time he's on there? Finally, Shannon Sharp has gotten him on there, too?
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Now, I want to talk to Greg Cody. Billy, Mark needs a vacation. And I've got a couple of other things that I need to go to. But, Greg, what do you have from the other room? I'm being told that you have something.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
It needed something. It needed some perfection.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
To hell with Kyle? Did I say that? He's right about that. That's your daughter-in-law.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
It's inarguable that Mike Ryan should have been choked out John Cena style during the last hour.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
Oh, that's a broken pump. No, wait a minute. I'm not going to be invited back.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
I like that Mike Ryan said of how you use the F and the U that you can tell Kyle right now, hey, FIU. You can tell him what they you have said on this show that your friendships can be bought. And this one sounds like it's over because Kyle in the group chat has moved on to television and left you in the rearview mirror in a way that has a broken promise as the punctuation to your relationship.
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Hour 2: Mark Needs a Vacation
That was a stray buck and a half from another room. Kyle's friendship to you is worth a buck and a half as assessed by Greg Cody from the other room with a surgical strike. You are no longer friends with Kyle.
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Okay, that doesn't make you friends or doesn't mean you like him. Yeah.
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All right. extraneous information, don't need the snoring. It's missing context.
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It's the same exact thing. Put it on the poll, please. I'm no health expert, but people seem sicker. Yes or no? At Levitard Show. I think sicknesses are lasting a little longer. I think everybody's got a little bit more of a cold than they used to.
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to have, it seems like we're walking around all of us just a little bit sicker, but Billy's here on behalf of Brand Products to tell you here's $5 that you can save on if you're sicker, this might make you feel better, the savings, not necessarily the medicine.
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This would be entirely your fault.
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Okay, thank you for all of that. Now, his original finisher was the FU, but then they changed it to the Attitude Adjustment. Come on, Mike. Mike, please stop.
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Okay, put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Is it rude to speculate on another man's tummy? I have not seen what any of the reaction has been to this, so I am just genuinely curious. As one of the great evergreen sports topics in the history of sports, a Hall of Fame topic of should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame, for the President of the United States to now—
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That is true. Yes, she's become my best friend. That's so cute. Yeah, the previous best friend died. Oh, did I ruin it?
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I was talking about Gene Hackman. Ah, yes, yeah.
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The plot on that one thickens because when the details came out, you've got him in one room dead, his wife around pills in the bathroom dead, a dog in a cage, so it's not a pact between all of them. A dog died a really gruesome death with no food or water while the other two dogs ran around. And he's been dead since, according to recent reports, since at least February 17th.
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So for two weeks, we don't know how the dog stayed alive. We do know how the dog died, but we don't know how Gene Hackman and his wife died. And the presence of pills and the time elapsed on it make it all a mystery that a lot of people are checking in on. And I've noticed, and this is recent here, this is another way that the old people get tricked with new habits.
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The way that YouTube monetizes keeping you around for 20 minutes, not answering questions about Gene Hackman's death while just delaying a video that is meant to just keep you there longer and longer as AI talks about some of the facts around the death, but so few that they're just meant to keep you there for 30 minutes.
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not giving you any new information on a story that all of us would like out of just curiosity hey what happened over there something happened that is at the very least mysterious and at the very top suspicious the rest of you are aware on trying to gather is america all of america and the internet are we all now sleuths on finding out what happened to gene hackman at the end absolutely dan i think what i don't like was from the original jump the police saying that there was no foul play i don't like that when you come out in
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It was two dogs were alive. Yes, two dogs were found alive. One was in a cage.
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I think we do know that he wouldn't put himself in that cage. You don't know that. I do know that. I can rule that out, that the dog didn't put itself in the cage and then starve.
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It wasn't my initial question. It was the mystery.
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To now pardon Pete Rose months after his death is not just posthumous, it's posthumorous, okay? The idea that Rob Manfred is now saying, okay, I'll take it under advisement whether to bring him into the Hall of Fame. The man was literally dying to get into the Hall of Fame for 50 years. Dying, and as soon as he dies, now you consider pardoning him from what? He already served the sentence.
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Probably. Where do you start? Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Would your dog eat you if you died at Levitard Show? Mike Ryan is dying to chime in from the penalty box where he only got two minutes and he's got a lot of thoughts on Gene Hackman because he's always got a lot of thoughts on everything.
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Okay, enough. Get him out of here. I can't keep doing this with him.
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I don't have an against the spread because I wasn't prepared for this segment.
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You have actively played defense against me today in a way that has rarely been this undercutting. Stugatz.
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Travis Hunter came out and said that what he does is more difficult than what Shohei Ohtani does. Travis Hunter. What are you shaking? I agree. What?
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Travis Hunter. So let's discuss this for a second. Travis Hunter is looking to do something that no one in the history of the NFL has been able to do. There are a lot of conversations happening around what is going to happen at the number one pick. I thought that this was a weak draft, but this part of it is fascinating. The top three is fascinating.
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What are we pardoning? We are We are forgiving Pete Rose's name after he's died doing exactly what good for whom?
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Between Shador Sanders, Cam Ward, and Travis Hunter. Which order do you put value where when you start deciding about who's going to trade up to decide? No, I think Cam Ward is the best of these three or sure do or is the best of these three. And Travis Hunter making the argument as the best player in college football that I can be an unprecedented football player.
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I know I'm not a quarterback, but I can cover two positions for you. People think I'm a better wide receiver than I am as a cornerback, but I intend to play all of the downs. I intend to increase my injury risk by double. I intend to test the limits of the human body on what stamina can be in an NFL football game in the fourth quarter when they're driving down the field. How tired am I?
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Because I'm running sprints all game, and I'm going to be twice as tired as the next guy. There are limits on the human body. He intends to do this, and he's saying... that it's harder than what Shohei Ohtani does. Hitting a baseball is widely regarded to be the hardest thing in sports.
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But I would say close nearby is trying to cover an NFL receiver when the quarterback and the wide receiver know where he's going and you don't. That'd be really close to as hard as hitting a baseball. If you can get a guy in the salary cap age to play two positions for you at an elite level, I don't see how it's possible
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I mean, Deion Sanders is the closest I've ever seen try to do it, and they just played him occasionally at wide receiver. It's not something I've ever seen in the sport. Troy Brown, I guess, did some of it, but asking somebody to play just the stamina level of that What do you consider when you think about what it is that Travis Hunter is saying?
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I don't think he did. I think he overstepped his bounds here. Any president ever could have been like, you know what? I pardoned Pete Rose. Was he just pardoning him for the crime, the tax evasion crime, like posthumously? He wasn't pardoning him and saying, I get to decide whether Pete Rose is in the Hall of Fame, correct?
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What about the idea of it, though? The idea of... The Deion Sanders model is coming to this sport and there's someone, there's a family trying to sort of shake the power structure at the top of, we'll play where we want, we'll do what we want. Look at the value these two players had at this team. If Travis Hunter decides to press the gas on,
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I want to be paid like a cornerback and a wide receiver. I want to go up the draft. Hey, I'm a value because I'm going to play both positions for you. If I'm an agent or a manager, I'm pressing the gas on all of that stuff. If I'm Travis Hunter, widely available to you all over the field.
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I think you need to do better on your sourcing than, I don't know if this is a report or if it's something I saw. I'm not a journalist, Dan.
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If I can ask the rest of you this, because it is something I'm a little bit baffled by. All of you mentioning the choice isn't going to be his. When it comes to having power in sports for the athlete, and it's harder to come by in football where all of you are like, Miles Garrett asked for a trade. Is he going to be able to execute that? He's Miles Garrett.
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Are we going to waste his career there with Deshaun Watson? When Travis Hunter and Deion Sanders, and I say want to shake the system, and all of you are like, he's not going to get to choose it for himself. Well, if he's that valuable and good at both of those things, he will be able to choose it for himself. And my guess is he thinks he is. And my guess is he'd like to choose for himself.
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Is there any particular reason you guys are reminding me of how he doesn't get to choose for himself?
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But he is a better offensive player than defensive player. He is widely regarded as a more valuable player on offense. You're saying he's going to play offense more, even though it's not what most people think he's best at?
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I thought it was consensus that we all understood he wasn't good at corner as he is at wide receiver. I thought that was a given known. Okay.
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It doesn't, though, if he's better at offense. I think you've got your information backwards. You're putting him on the field more at a less valuable position that he's less good at.
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Let me do this another way with you guys, because if you notice what happened over the weekend, I think a lot of people were like, ooh, Debo to Washington. While Philadelphia talks about, hey, we got to keep the commanders away from us. Do we need to go in on Miles Garrett? This as the Dallas Cowboys fall way back and at the very bottom of the standings over there in a town that kind of matters.
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The Giants are talking to Aaron Rodgers because it's only Tommy DeVito under contract. And you guys are telling me here there's no franchise quarterback and the GM that lost hard knocks for the NFL to Bill Belichick. is saying he will look under every rock for a franchise quarterback. That doesn't tend to be where they are. You can look under all of them. They're not there.
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There's never one there in the history of rocks. There's never been a franchise quarterback. There is, though. Kurt Warner?
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He's at a supermarket.
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You can't put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame. Do you know how long we've been stubborn about this one dumb thing? But I'm with Trump on this one, too. Paper straws. This. It's a museum. It's not a moral factory. I want to ride behind Trump on this and then get violently out of the way when we do what we did Friday to embarrass the Ukraine. I don't know where...
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I don't want to hear about John Cena anymore.
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Well, maybe you can now, I don't know. You both need to leave. Belichick got in and stole hard knocks. It was such a gangster move. The news that came out, I cannot tell you how much I'm enjoying the buildup to North Carolina being must-see television next year simply because this man has decided to manage the end of his career. with a 24-year-old manager slash girlfriend.
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How does he stay relevant in the modern age when competing against the NFL for things? He's gonna do the opposite of the Patriot way. He's going to allow all the cameras into his life. to film the end of his career.
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In the streaming age, when everyone will crawl all over themselves to compete to see can we see the insides of the end of Bill Belichick's career, what do you mean he's going reality star at the end?
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Career survives so that he may have a couple of years at North Carolina. If he has a couple of bad years at North Carolina, it will then be over.
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He's not going to get five years to fix North Carolina. No, he won't. This is the end of Bill Belichick's career. It is a large risk he is taking. He wants to coach so badly that he's going into totally foreign territory. Billy, why are you making faces?
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He's not a good friend. Yeah, God bless football, twice a year at least.
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Billy and Greg, I want you to explain and defend the fact that both of you are out here very publicly on all things Belichick here are about to fail. Every Belichick. I mean, come on.
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I believe that you guys are set to downgrade, hate on, and not enjoy as much as I'm enjoying. Holy shit, Bill Belichick's about to put the end of his career on display with a fireworks show that runs the antithesis of being against everything he's ever been. Can the old man keep up in a young man's game? Please show me all of that on television.
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But does he still have it?
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I know what you want to do, Dan. Hold on. Let me do it real quick.
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In terms of how horrified you are or embarrassed on behalf of the country, where does Friday rank?
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Jessica, did you find out whether indeed while Billy was gone there was a HIPAA violation?
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We were just hoping that you were okay.
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All right, Mike, I got it, all right? I got it. You don't want me to talk about Russia. So let me talk about something that I've been wanting to talk about instead and that you're not going to be able to run me off as obviously as you're doing on that one, okay? Our contract, we're in a contract year here, and we've got a few months left on our contract here with DraftKings, and I want to be open.
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Stephen A. Smith.
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You got to let me talk openly about these. I missed this. I told our audience I would be open and vulnerable about everything.
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Where is it? I haven't seen it. Check under the 18 glass cases that you have under there.
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All week. How long has this been?
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Greg, go ahead and reach into the... I just don't know why Travis Scott was there. How does the magic crate not stop you from talking? Because it stops you from talking. Really? Nothing ever stops him from talking. Nothing. Who, me? He doesn't respect any of the properties we have around here. Do I read it? Yes, you read it. Close to the microphone like a broadcast professional. Sorry.
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That is not what this piece of paper says. I misread.
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Mark, where have you been? I'm here. That's not an answer to my question. How much would I have to pay you to never talk to any of your friends again?
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Hour 1: Dan Strangles Billy On Live Television
That is a great question. Yes, yes. How much would I have to pay you to never talk to any of your friends again? It's not money for free, Billy. You'd have to get rid of all of your friendships.
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You wouldn't talk to me anymore? He would still talk to you, Tony, don't worry. Yeah. You're saying that it would not cost you anything, that for the price of $100, money for free.
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But just because you're negotiating, you're low point. What you're saying is if this were a real thing, all you would need is money.
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It's not just literally talking. It's communicating in any way with your friend.
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Okay, but I'm changing it for the purposes of this discussion. Liar. No middleman. Respectfully what? I said respect the crate. I am respecting the crate by no longer talking about our contract negotiations, which is what I wanted to talk about. Mike didn't respect the crate by just filling with more John Cena talk. Greg didn't respect the crate by simply making up the question.
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Does anyone know where Billy is? Because he, or Mark? Mark, yes. Okay, we think he's got a bathroom emergency. All right, we will ask.
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Well, no, I don't think it's a different question. I think Billy is adding to the question by saying to us, will the people who I'm excommunicating for a price know that I've done it because I've just disappeared from one day to the next? Am I doing Billy's... translations correctly?
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Billy thinks X. He's not talking. You're again trying to get through loopholes on this. I thought the question was, yeah, you go federal witness protection. You're not communicating with friends anymore.
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That's why I thought you wanted to be in witness protection so that they would never know. Billy just disappeared. Now he's not talking. They'll never know that you paid that off for a price.
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These are good questions. It is why the magic crate, even after a long layoff, produces magical things. I believe we've already answered one of these. If you are indeed respecting the crate and the question, not semantics and loopholes, you have to. Get rid of your friends. You've asked a question that's very controversial. Is your wife your friend? You did not answer it.
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HIPAA. Okay, I'm sorry. Yes, we shouldn't be doing that. Illy Gill, Billy Ill. I don't know any of these things to be true either. They might all be reckless speculation. I just don't know where he is.
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But yes, you're married.
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They're all lying.
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They haven't been married very long if they're saying that. I'll tell you that right now. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Is your spouse lying if they say you are their best friend?
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You're just saying, though, that you're now in federal witness protection. I thought the value of that is that you would never have to tell your friends that you sold them out for a price.
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But you are valuing money above friendship is what you are saying. There is a price.
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No, that's not what I'm doing, and I'm going to regret bringing any of this up with you. Greg, can you tell me, I don't think it would cost you anything to get rid of all of your friends. I don't think you have that many friends, you need that much contact, and so you would simply say there's a very low price on this.
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What do you mean you don't know how to answer it? It's the question that was in the crate. What would it cost for you to never talk to your friends again?
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It doesn't sound like it's a conundrum. It sounds like for a cheap price, you would never talk to your friends again.
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It's not 500 bucks.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
Okay. Just making sure, because Gorilla Monsoon is not someone we all grew up admiring, although you and I are those people. I don't think anyone else here. Tony, tell me everything you know about Gorilla Monsoon.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
Peter Rosenberg wird momentan hier sein, um über die Oscars zu sprechen, aber ich möchte auch ein bisschen Basketball mit ihm sprechen. Und Roy, gib mir bitte die Statte des Tages, Musik bitte, denn ich werde hier etwas auf dem Bild legen.
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Man, that's something up your alley.
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That's right. We're going to go to Greg Cody in a second here. But another door that Peter cracked open. What happened Friday, like where we're in bed with Russia.
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That's what he cracked the door open on. On what happened on Friday in America, where we disgraced ourselves to the nation in the White House.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
To not be an ally to a nation under siege, to do that press conference...
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
Before we go to Greg Cody, can you see in your corner your former partner of 10 years, Michael K. Did you know he could dance like that? Were you aware that Michael K. was such a good dancer?
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
Peter, we confirm that this is him. He's denying it to everybody. But Michael K. is a known liar on this front. He's always wanted to dance like this and only in the privacy of an elevator. You and I have confirmed that this is indeed Michael K.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
Und ich werde Peter Rosenbergs instantane Reaktion als jemand, der Sport schon lange geliebt hat, geben, um mir etwa 30 Sekunden auf die Statte zu geben, die ich vor ihm jetzt vorlegen werde.
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Nein, es ist Michael K. Wir haben es bestätigt.
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Wait a minute.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
Danke, dass du die kurze Version davon gespielt hast. Ich habe gesagt, dass in meinem Leben der beste Basketball, den ich jemals gesehen habe, von einem einzigen Individuum gespielt wurde, der letzte von LeBron James hier in Miami, in seiner Branche, als er Basketball beherrscht hat und 58 Prozent vom Feld geschossen hat, weil er den ganzen Sport beherrscht hat.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
I am getting non-stop texts from David Samson here, infuriated that Peter Rosenberg was our Oscars expert today and not him in the ad name.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
Greg Cody, I am torn, because it's not just that Greg Cody and Peter Rosenberg are asking me to uphold some long ago tattered journalism standard. It's that the rest of you, the younger people, disagree vehemently that that's a thing that should be protected.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
So what do I do? Because I'd rather be on the other side. I don't actually want to do this. And it's not even... Why not?
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
He had 18... Ich brauche nicht so viel Lachen von Cody. Mostert hat 18 Touchdowns in einer Saison. Er hat die Chance, den Drum zu drücken. Die Grund, warum ich die Ehre frage, ist, weil ich glaube, dass mein Resümee der Text ist, den ich bekommen habe, der sagt, hey, wenn wir dich vorstellen, How do we do so by nationality?
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
And so I'm being honored here, I believe, simply for being Cuban-American. On Vamos Gatos night, when I say the punctuation on Vamos Gatos is incorrect, it feels like pandering. Vamos Gatos is something that we're more likely to say in the house as Hispanic people, to get the cats out of the house, not into our embrace. Vamos Gatos, I'm being used as a symbol here.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
It's not merely the cheerleading part of it. It's, hey, go out there and be Hispanic.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
There's no comma there, but vamos gatos, let's go cats is, yes, literally translated, but if any of us were to say it in the house, it would largely be to get the cats out of the house.
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The Big Suey: The Great Drum Decision of 2025 (feat. Peter Rosenberg)
That would be better as well, yes.
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Well, he definitely said no to coming to this because my wife invited his wife to come to it and they're busy. Oh, classic. Alright, look, Greg, what's going on?
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Die Statistik vor euch hat seine Linien aus dem 2012-2013-MVP mit Miami. Und es hat auch seine Statistiken, seitdem er 40 Jahre alt geworden ist. Und seitdem er 40 Jahre alt geworden ist, sind alle Statistiken, außer für eine Zehntel von einem Punkt, alle Statistiken sind jetzt besser als sie waren in seiner 2012-2013-MVP-Saison.
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All right, but what are you laughing at specifically? Because you're my greatest critic here.
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I don't want to do any of it, guys.
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Wow, harsh. Still a voter, though. I think I still am a journalist right up until I bang the drum. I know.
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Coca-Cola! Coca-Cola!
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You're going to be awkward, clumsy, it's going to be terrible. Well, this is why I don't want to do it. I know this too. I want to shroud it in journalistic integrity of some sort that feels better, but I'm scared of the whole thing.
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Ich habe schlechte Enthusiasme. Ja, öffentliche Enthusiasme. Jessica, warum hast du einen krankhaften Gesicht? Ich habe schlechte öffentliche performative Enthusiasme.
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Like, you're not gonna get cheered, pal. I know, that's what, this is why it's easier to avoid it.
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You have exposed me before all. I am vulnerable. I am splayed open before everybody. I don't want to do this because I'm afraid of it. I don't want to do this because it's wrong. The only reason I want to do it is because Mike Roy and Chris Cody say I should and that I must say that I must.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Billy, what do you vote here? Like if we, is anyone coming with me if I decide to do this?
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Also, Peter, Mastery und die höchste Form der Kunst oder hat die Wissenschaft es gemacht, dass 40-Jährige besser sind als sie je gewesen sind?
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I'm really torn on this. You should be. You say I should be. You don't think I should be. You think this is an easy call.
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How is he so much better in the other room? Vamos Gatos, you think they're going to ask me to get the stadium to start chanting that? Vamos Gatos. The drum does it.
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I have a vague, faint idea. I also don't know the tradition of the drum. I don't know any of the history of the drum.
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Billy, Mark. Mark, tell me all about it.
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I have seen Mike McDaniel do it poorly.
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Dan Marino hat es schlecht gemacht, ich bin sorry, es war nicht Mike McDaniel. Mike McDaniel hat es sehr gut gemacht, weil er sich zurückgezogen hat und es wirklich verkauft hat.
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Toni, deine Meinung und Billys Meinung. Und Jessica, ich bin nicht sicher, ich meine, ich fühle mich, als hätte ich gesagt, ich sollte das nicht tun. Du bist allein in diesem Raum und sagst, dass ich das nicht tun sollte.
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Heel turn, Dan Levitard. Wow, end of career heel turn.
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No pressure, Dan. Look, I've told you, I don't know how often this has happened before in our past. I am speaking most honestly to you right now. I don't want to do this. And the reason I don't want to do it is because I am simply splayed out in front of you 100% afraid of it.
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I don't know why.
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I have not. No, that's not in any way true. I don't know I'm going to do it. This is very rude to our friends over at the Florida Panthers.
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No, wait a minute. You guys misunderstood. No, you guys misunderstood what I brought in here. No, you've got this wrong. I have not decided what I'm doing here. That's awful.
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Last night, Roy, Chris... Roy und Chris, und Mike, ich glaube, du hast dich überrascht, aber Roy und Chris waren aufgeregt, dass das etwas ist, was ich tun muss. Und ich bin so, ich muss es tun. Warum muss ich das tun?
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Ich habe es bemerkt. Und ich sage dir, dass ich es unter ein paar anderen Sachen verabschiede, aber ich habe auch Angst davor. Wir können über Journalismus sprechen. Ich würde mich gerne in den Kloak des Journalismus stellen, entdeckt oder nicht, und sagen, ich mache das nicht, weil ich ein Journalist bin. Ich kann das nicht tun.
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Ich habe Angst vor diesem Moment, weil ich nicht den Rhythmus, die Selbstvertrauen oder die Enthusiasme dafür habe, die ihr brauchen müsst, die Roy hätte. Wenn er diese Möglichkeit hätte.
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Ich habe einen Szenario erwischt, wo ich es so hart das erste Mal gespielt habe, dass es aus meiner Hand fliegt, weil ich es nicht praktiziert habe.
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putting him in the in the conversation for goat i really think that's his biggest flaw is that people don't think he's a killer because you look at the numbers and they're just it's absolutely insane the thing i wanted to talk to you about because this was something i saw over the weekend it legitimately made me sad about the era that he plays in because he is articulating at the end of what is a majestic run of greatness through
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No, talk to his dad 55 minutes about it. I'm a hockey expert. Watch me bang that f***ing drum.
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die Sport-Argument-Kultur. Er sagt, ja, du willst nicht der Gesicht der NBA sein. Warum willst du das? Warum willst du mich sein? Nein, du willst nicht mich sein. Jeder wird dich nur scheißen. Alle Spieler heute werden dich scheißen.
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Du willst nicht der Gesicht der NBA-Star der sozialen Medien sein, denn du wirst plötzlich von... Du hattest früher nichts, aber Applaus, bevor du das TV-Show gemacht hast, bis jetzt. Du bist etwas, das existiert, als... Ah, du bist nicht groß genug und weniger als menschlich auf der Internetseite.
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So, you explain to me, Peter, why LeBron James would be saying out loud at 40, you don't want to be the face of the NBA, not the way we talk about the NBA today.
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Bevor wir zu den Oscars kommen, werde ich Ihnen sagen, und ich weiß nicht, ob Mike Ryan davon versteckt ist, ich würde ihn nicht beurteilen, wenn er es gemacht hätte. Für die erste Zeit in 15 Jahren wird Miami mit dem Gedanken, dass die Knicks besser sind, in die Gesichter gesetzt.
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Seitdem die Miami Heat in den Playoffs spielt, als Jalen Brunson nicht gut genug war und klar nicht gut genug war für die Jimmy Butler Heat, was Sie in den letzten paar Jahren gesehen haben, ist, dass die Knicks die Heat übernommen haben. So much so that last night when scoring gets hard, what happens to the Heat always happens to the Heat late.
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And the Knicks run away with the game and have now won 8 of their last 10 against the Miami Heat. Because they're clearly better than the Miami Heat. Nobody would dispute that. It is a sword that hurts to put down because it's not something that's been so for 15 years.
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Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.
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Das ist das, was ich sage. Es ist egal, ob du ein New Yorker bist oder ein Bostoner. Der Lächeln auf deinem Gesicht, das stört mich.
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Letzte Nacht haben die Knicks das gemacht. Und was ich über den Wochenende von Cleveland und Boston gesehen habe, ist, dass Boston 60 von Tatum und Brown bekommt. Kein Porzingis, kein Drew Holiday. They're up 25-3 and Tatum's walking off the court, telling the Cavs, F out of here, and then they lose the game. Because Cleveland's really good.
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And Cleveland all regular season has been better than the Champions.
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Well, go ahead. You're our Oscars expert here. Greg Cody's got a lot of opinions too, but you're coming in to talk some Oscars with us. What are you doing? What are you backing away from the microphone for?
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Cuervo.
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Stellt es auf das Poll auf Levitard Show, ist Teil 2 jemals Oscar wert, weil er einen guten Punkt bringt. Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers. Godfather 2. Godfather. But he just mentioned something.
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Okay, I stand corrected then. Fine, stop shouting at me.
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Das wird nicht gewonnen werden. James Bond hat noch nie einen Oscar gewonnen, glaube ich nicht. Bleiben Sie so. Okay, danke. Ich verstehe nicht, warum Sie... Was ist Ihr Problem, Greg?
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Ich hatte hier Probleme und das ist ein verlagertes Penalty für Greg Cody.
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minor penalty two minutes for adding nothing you were not useful there please leave the room for two minutes i got so much to say about the movies okay but please go go say all right go say it elsewhere but i will say that what peter has brought up here he's the voice of wwe's newest series wwe evolve it starts march 3rd on tubi uh you were saying because you're here to promote that uh
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Wrestling is having a real moment with the streaming services and being able to make content for a lot of different people that's evolving the sport on two fronts. What's this project you're involved with?
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They have 19 nominations, 6 wins over their... Haben sie die großen Werte gewonnen?
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Ich habe mich in Restaurants enttäuscht, einfach über die Tafeln zu gehen, um jemanden zu fressen, wenn sie da sind.
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Ist es? Ich hoffe, es ist. Ist Thunderball mit Lasern auf den Händen?
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You're not okay with the Bond franchise resuming with the plot twist? Oh, he wasn't actually dead in the last one. Here's the plot twist.
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Craig, I can't think of a subject that you have less expertise on. The last movie you went to was Swing Vote.
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Let's do this. Let's do this. Do me a favor. Do me a favor. Can I just send Greg Cody to another room and we'll give him two minutes. Floor is yours. Say whatever you want about the movies. But for now, can we allow that you are the least qualified person on earth to have a strong gas bag opinion on anything movie related?
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It is a fine. I'll pay a five dollar fine, a new fine for snorting. Greg, go into the other room. I will get two minutes of your talk in a second, please. OK, I want to get all of your Oscar opinions and I want to I want to have the floor is yours for you. Go as long as you can and we'll just help you. from in here.
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But in the interim, I do want to get Jessica's opinions as someone who cares and actually watched all of the movies. So you guys give me no expertise for 20 minutes, haven't watched the movies, have a ton of opinion. What?
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Brody put everyone off and delayed the entire ceremony. This is what I'm telling you about my viewing habits when I'm noticing they're changing. I'm inside of a portal. I think you guys can understand this. You're watching a show that has always mattered in America.
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and is also viewed as the height of liberal elitism that separates this country between everything that's burning in California and how the rest of the country views liberal Hollywood. And Adrian Brody gets up there. Now?
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Well, yes. No, I know. But what I'm saying is that over the pandemic, we all realized when they tried to keep this annual, very important American symbol of a show up in the air. Oh, this is silly to do this now. All of this is stupid. The industry shut down. They're fighting over money and AI is going to take over soon.
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This is the last vestiges of America being able to celebrate itself and what it used to be on television. This show, as here's Hollywood, but it's also being torn asunder by tech people and being torn asunder by streaming, and we've got to keep the theaters alive, and the writers are fighting over AI spaces.
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Like, the commerce of all of this, it threatens the beauty of the art, and then Adrian Brody gets up in the middle of it and gasbags, and people remember why they hate self-important actors.
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at an award show ever finally supplanting ricky martin's bursting onto the scene with a cup of life uh that was amazing and that was the previous tony remembers i was a little boy but i do remember latin people represent right there he hit that ceremony with so much latin that our people were proud and and thank you ricky for breaking through to the other side
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This is what I need to say to you. You need to take it back because nothing will top Ricky Martin and what he did for our people. Did you watch the number? Mike, you need to... Mike? What about my people? What's going on here? Yeah. You need to take it back. Let's go to Greg Cody in the other room.
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Get two minutes of unfiltered thought on what is the least qualified man in America to be talking about the Oscars today. Go ahead, Greg.
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But if he put a gun to your head, if we put a gun to your head, you'd watch all ten of the movies.
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Those are playing poor odds?
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Yeah, you mentioned that. Look. I haven't had a role since.
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Amin has two movies coming out this year, so you are not. Amin, you are not the biggest movie star we have around here because you were in the newsroom of Absence of Malice. You didn't speak a line, correct?
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But you didn't speak a line, correct?
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No, listen, listen. You were in absence of malice because you happened to be in the newsroom that day. And you were in the background and you didn't say anything. And you've been talking about it for 50 years, but you don't even have a SAG card.
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Greg, Greg, okay, hold on. Just hold on a second. Billy wants to get in here.
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Greg, are you standing up and sagging?
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You don't have a SAG Award, right? You don't have a SAG card? You don't have a card?
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Not in the union, huh?
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Greg, come back in here. Greg was making fun of me before the show, and it's a good thing to make fun of me for because I'm at a journalistic crossroads today, okay? The Panthers, the champion Panthers, have bestowed upon me an honor? Question mark?
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Because I am being invited to bang the drum to introduce the mighty champion Panthers before they face off against a dynasty they vanquished in Tampa Bay tonight. And Greg Cody thinks that I shouldn't do it, and he's the only one around here who thinks that I shouldn't do it. Roy and his son and everyone else here is encouraging me.
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Greg's son and Roy are encouraging me to do this tonight, and I don't think I should do it journalistically.
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I think he's in Tuscany somewhere, yeah, Mark. Mark, I'm going to need you to settle down. I've paid the fine, okay? It's listed as snort. You got me to snort, Mark. I need everyone here, though, to back off and just marvel at the majesty that was Greg Cody pulling off Art the last six minutes that left him breathless because he's got way too much material.
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We're not going to have much from him the rest of the show. He just blew a gasket. He just came out firing on two subjects. He's got more. He's got more on me banging the drum. But I just want you guys as his producers today, because he's going to be a runaway freight train, I'll show, to recognize that.
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That what just happened there is Greg Cody made himself laugh by mentioning the Hollywood Sun-Tattler, a newspaper that's not existed in this town since about 1980-something.
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Okay, no, hold on. Okay, please look up for me the history of the Hollywood Sun-Tattler because he right there was talking to the audience of our podcast that he thinks is in their 80s. In their 80s.
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The Hollywood son, Tattler, existed in this town for a very small time. And Greg Cody then, after that. made the joke even more inside, replacing Ed Playstead, a sports editor of the Hollywood Sun-Tattler. He didn't think anyone heard it, so he made it again. He said it a second time. It's a joke that no one listening to this would understand.
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No one remembers who the sports editor was of the Hollywood Sun-Tattler in 1971. You simply cannot make that joke here.
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He wrote the column as if he was still alive.
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You're saying he wrote a column about somebody who had been dead? Three years already. So wait a minute, who had been dead for three years? That can't be true what you're saying.
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Greg, you cannot be serious saying that a columnist in 1970 wrote a column about the NBA criticizing a commissioner as if he were alive, a commissioner who had been dead for three years.
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Explain to Tony what a set rec is because you're amusing yourself there with a newspaper term that he does not understand.
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What are your thoughts here on what I should do? Because he's brought to me a conundrum that I have considered here, and he says this is ridiculous for a number of reasons. He's just getting started. If I do this tonight, I will never live it down with Greg Cody. Greg Cody will respect me less if I do this tonight.
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Like super offensive, by the way.
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Isn't that a supermarket? Skagway? Tony, what are your thoughts? There's a cruise terminal there. It's Skagway. No. Tony, what are your thoughts here? What are your thoughts on what I should do?
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My wife has been asking, we're going where? How far is it? Take a helicopter?
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Can you guys find out for me what it would cost to take a helicopter, please? Because I think if I'm going to make it a special announcement, the final selling of my journalistic soul, I should take a helicopter.
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Brittany Griner was booed. I'll get booed, right?
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I was going to say, how do you say Marco in Spanish? I don't even know.
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The segment has been over for 15 seconds. Well, what do I know?
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I didn't like last night, Cody, that I realized while watching the Oscars how much my viewing habits have changed, where Conan O'Brien to me is one of my idols. I can't explain how much I admire the way that he's reinvented himself so that he can do in his 60s an award show that would be self-aware. like comedy self-aware because he really is a comedy giant.
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So I just want to watch him, but I don't have three and a half hours of that in me. And Adnan and David eat it up. They were up late into the night, eating up every morsel of information on the Oscars. And I realized while watching it, I don't even have the stamina for what has become an old person's show. Yeah.
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How can you not be a movie fan? There's no way you get 10 times a week. There's just no way. I'm sure there's some weeks where it's like eight times.
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You're saying you get approached daily on your star turn being in a newsroom in absence of malice 50 years ago. That's not what he said.
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You heard what they were just saying on status of the industry, where the theater experience pays for everything. If you care about art instead of commerce, and I know both of those are inextricably linked, what's happening in Hollywood right now will kill the movies unless the theaters keep it alive.
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Look, this is why he's the Hall of Fame columnist that he is. He's built an entire journalism career atop that particular fraudulence. Are you a Hall of Fame writer? I am not. Okay.
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Are you saying that he has a baseball Hall of Fame vote? Okay, I'm sorry, Mike. I didn't think I needed to make this clarification in the local hour. A Miami Herald legend, Greg Cody, is for all time in the local hour a Miami Herald Hall of Famer.
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Do we have a Hall of Fame? Look, Greg Cody is absolutely a 20-year anniversary Levitard show with Stugatz Hall of Famer. That's not up for dispute.
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Is there a Greg Cody show Hall of Fame?
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Yeah. And I'm going to need a little better from you than that's why they call me Mark. Okay, just a little. I'm on the mark. You can refer to me as Mark today. But no one calls you Mark. Some do. No. They have. Listen to me. It's crowded in here today, and I need you to be better.
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Can I ask you a question? Do you like the Oscars? Because I've got a room here that I'm dealing with today where I think that Jessica's the only one who actually cares about the art of what we're talking about. I don't think any of you actually care about the Oscars at all.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
It's a little too much though, Mike.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
I feel like if you stay in the room. Such a good love story, an eternal love story.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
Right. Well, what I was watching... I said that off air, not on air. What I was watching... But your takes are soaked in this violence.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
10 minutes ago, too, when we started the show. What I was watching last night, OK, because of my changed viewing habits on I'd rather have. And this happened to me accidentally. I didn't expect it. Don't give me a three and a half hour movie. Give me eight one hour shows and I might binge right through it. I might go eight hours instead of three and a half.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
But don't tell me beforehand that something's three and a half hours. because I don't have the attention span for this anymore. But as I'm watching it with all the pageantry and all the dancing, I'm like, ah, I can see how this would appeal to a certain demo over 45 that has a romantic relationship with the movies and what the movies mean and what an award show about the movies mean.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
And I'm telling you that even with all of that as backstory, I'm tuning in because I want to see Conan and not even he kept me there.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
He is 61 and I am 56. But I'm just saying that I'm watching through like his entire history and evolution, how he fought through the late night wars and was more authentic than any of the more self-aware about history.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
like being consistently funny and amusing about himself and being likable enough that at 61 he hosts the Oscars and I'm guessing he boosts their numbers merely by putting his particular imprint on it because he reaches across 30 years.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
Well, I wonder, as we cheapen the movies, because 007 and that entire franchise, you can make the argument whether you want to go Mission Impossible, Bourne, or any of the others, John Wick. It can be argued greatest action franchise there's ever been in the history of the movies. When Daniel Craig is asked, you know, when he's asked six or five Bonds in, what do you care?
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
What do you think about what they're going to do with the character next? He says, I don't care because they're going to cheapen the bleep out of this.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
It's Dalton. It's Pierce Brosnan. It's Daniel Craig. There haven't been that many. Yeah, there have been too many. Okay, but now there are going to be more.
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Local Hour: That's Why They Call Me Marco
Okay, you guys are not, again, respecting yet another giant franchise. This happens so much around here where things that have earned 50, 60 years of prestige, you guys yawn and spit in the face of because we're better than 007. You tell me he's died. How many times has Bourne died? You said that Tom Cruise has died twice. Ethan Hunt has. Tom Cruise can never actually die.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
that we can show our audience and his audience some things that they have not seen before about how we do all of these things that we do in a very different way. I think his show is most simpatico with ours in the cultural landscape over the years. And Tipitina's is where we're going to be doing it in New Orleans. We're keeping it to just a few hundred people and it's very limited.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
So if you have not made plans yet for Wednesday night, you need to just go to our X account and there may be a few tickets left, but there wouldn't be very many left. And by the end of me talking about this, they'll probably be gone. So I recommend to you that you take part in this if this if either Dan Patrick or our show, if the environment, the ecosystem is something that's interesting to you.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
And Stugatz is headed out there. I know Billy's in bad shape. His stomach is hurting. That's not great. I don't know what happened with Lucy. I don't know if she fulfilled the challenge. I don't know if she's going to be out there this week. But I did see a bunch of people with suitcases and everything else just leave today.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
A bit of a guerrilla operation we've got around here where you just see the company pack up suitcases and run through the rain to get to the Super Bowl. So everybody's headed out there so that the rest of the week, God bless football, is going to be taking over everything we're doing this week as the number one football podcast in America.
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Juju, how upset were people that we spent the whole show on one topic? They're not going to tolerate us doing this again tomorrow.
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OK, that's fine. But there are four or five players and we can have arguments and disagreements about all of it. Luka is unarguably, by the metrics, the better offensive player, the more efficient offensive player with less help than Jason Tatum had.
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I thought trade deadline and Super Bowl week merging on this week was something that was new to this year. Am I wrong about that? I thought that the football season was longer and that these two things didn't happen the same week. I've got that wrong?
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Only if you've been in a plane crash. If you've been in a plane crash, then you are no longer a bad person.
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So a whole lot of people were the same as me. And I felt guilt about this, where when Mark Cuban wasn't the one out here talking, I was confused. It's not a Nelson. It's not Mark Cuban. It's not someone from the Nelson family. What's happening right now? I don't know this person speaking on behalf of the Mavs. Who have they thrown out here to explain the unexplainable?
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People thought I was a liar there. People still think I'm a liar. They think that I'm regularly, that I'm not hiding from children in the bathroom with my iPad.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Goofy. That is basically you slicing someone up. Ah, come on. For you. For you. For you. You're gentle with these people. Calling someone goofy. But he was goofy. There's that awkward. At best, we went awkward there.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
So, Jessica, what's happening there where you're you're I think it is just popular to complain about the exhibitions.
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That's okay. It's not okay. It's not okay around here. It's not okay in this America.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show, Juju. Is it okay to not like football in America at Levitard Show? What else you got?
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It's strange, though, because I also think of him as somebody who's wearing a sweater around his shoulders or wearing a sweater as well, which isn't something I associate with a fireplace. That's an either or situation for me. Do I have that wrong? I'm not a cold weather person. You're very wrong.
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I feel like a sweater and a fireplace is too much. Now I'm hot. Precisely.
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Postgame Show: Spliff Notes (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Yes. I'm a real ignorant novice here when it comes to cold weather things. Pick up a booth.
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Well, but he didn't volunteer before now and had to be called out public.
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You say neither here nor there, but as a basketball head, Juju, your thoughts are that De'Aaron Fox is going to become what next to Wemby? Because that has the potential of being very quietly a really smart, strategic move that De'Aaron Fox just made. Nobody ever wants to be traded to San Antonio.
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I don't know that I could give Wemby a better compliment than he wants people to come play with him in San Antonio.
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Is it because they've got some special deal with their intellectual property that they were able to do that? Because Impractical Jokers, I think, is one of the great business television moves of all time. But I don't understand. I think it's just because they own all their own shit, right? And they could just put it everywhere. And it's just who doesn't want to watch that for 22 minutes?
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But so MTV just became ridiculousness, correct? Ridiculousness exists as something to just re-air all the time at what used to be the great mountain of sports, or I'm sorry, innovation in music and television, music television. It's just ridiculousness now.
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We didn't talk Grammys at all today, and I have fallen out of all award show interest of almost any kind. Did the Grammys capture your attention yesterday as a music guy, Mike?
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Juju, what else from the Grammys was worth talking about that we didn't get to today?
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Are you dressed this way because you're returning from some sort of Grammy's after party or what is it? What is happening here? I'm not used to the tie instead of the jerseys and the and the gear.
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You feel me? Yes, sir. All right. Give me the dead fish in here. I'm sorry I ended that way, Juju.
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That's correct. But if I had the last 10 seconds of my life to do over again, I would do them differently.
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I am eager to hear Juju's thoughts on the show, the audience's thoughts on the show, because it is rare for us to go one topic like that all show. And I imagine there would be some objection to it. I will tell people as Super Bowl week begins that we have an intimate event in New Orleans with Dan Patrick. It's meaningful to me for a lot of reasons. I hope
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
He makes the math of what I'm about to say difficult because he's owed $24, $26 million next year.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
But, no, well, the conversation I wanted to have with you, which sports fans now, because this part becomes titillating, Stugatz, during Super Bowl week, basketball can keep the storyline. this week. Basketball can knock the Super Bowl out of the way again. What's LeBron doing?
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I know what's being reported, and I know that his contract says that he's got the choice on being a free agent next year or not, but he just got his kid employed by the Lakers, and he's got a good relationship with that organization, but his former agent, Leon Rose, in New York, I don't know whether you want him or not, but New York is talking about the idea of
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Well, if Bridges isn't our third best player, but LeBron, the smartest ever, decides he wants to be something that runs with Cat and Brunson, isn't that interesting to New York? This is what baseball used to be. Basketball has given us this over the last 15 years. Well, now every team can dream because all the players might be available this weekend if the top of the power structure is changing.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Five for Gobert. No, but this wasn't about draft picks. But they got a superstar back.
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All right. So regardless, look, the draft picks became an important thing. Is that a fine for Stugatz reading the internet wrong? Is that a fine? Is that a Venmo fine?
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Oh, I loved that somebody was checking in on Bogdanovich. Like, that's what I thought the trade deadline was going to be. That's what it usually is. Yes, that's usually what it is. But I'm asking you guys now next steps on this, right? Because basketball can keep a portion of this week, even with football, because of how much we love this stuff. And it's just the talk, but whatever.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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I didn't think we'd be there. LeBron, next moves. We're all assuming that he's... handing the team over to Luka for the next 10 years is going to gracefully go out in Los Angeles. Correct, but now Golden State is out on Jimmy Butler because Jimmy Butler says he doesn't want to go there.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
If you think that LeBron and Steph aren't going to compete for championships until the very end at the top of the business, like, Steph... The game now is you've got to go get Steph help. Golden State, you had all the advantages. You've got a tax advantage. You got all that real estate there. You're worth one of the most valuable franchises in sport.
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You've got to keep Steph Curry fed there at the end so that he can keep competing with LeBron, right? And they tried to trade, reportedly. Talked about it a few weeks ago. Now what happens to Steph when the competition is for dollars and players and LeBron is playing with a business? LeBron is playing with a conflict of interest business where he can move the parts easier than Steph can.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching band to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Overrated, wait. Yeah, overrated. What's going on? Dan Levitard, how you doing? Are we living in an altered world or what? Oh, my goodness. This is the Don Levitard show with the Stugatz.
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It doesn't mean anything unless you get there. One and a half titles. So he'd be at five and a half. Michael would be at six. Well, that's not giving him anything.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Let me entertain something that I had not considered, which is Jessica saying, no, she loves the Pro Bowl. She's down here for 73-65 or whatever that was yesterday and put it on the poll at Lebitard Show. Are you a fan of the Pro Bowl? I was of the opinion that when you're watching so many people not trying, that that's not what people want today with their sports.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Wait, Doncic comes back February 11th, and while you may dismiss what that is offensively, I will not. I think they're going to be terrible defensively, but I think you underestimate what... Like, LeBron and Doncic playing what my imagination conjures with a big who can actually play? Because, I mean, Anthony Davis thought he had some power.
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Last week he was publicly being quoted as saying, we need a center and a guard. Like, I was a little bit startled. I'm like, Anthony Davis is in charge now. They got the guard. Yeah, so... Those two guys playing like you could question it all you want, but I believe all of us are turn on your television curious. Tell me when that game starts. I want to watch a regular season game.
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That hasn't happened for that league very much. And it's the power of star power. It's the power of the Lakers. You saw Stugatz football just came and took Christmas Day. Netflix is going up again. $18 now. Netflix is going to go up because all this stuff is... They've got to get the sports rights and it's going to explode. All this stuff is going to explode.
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Christmas Day got stolen by football, but the game that mattered in basketball was LeBron's staff. They will not go quietly on the business of this. And I don't know. It's good to talk... It's fun to talk about. People can do the permutation. It doesn't even matter, Stugatz. Whether you want LeBron in New York, don't want LeBron in New York, but... If I throw that on FAN today as chum... Oh, God.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
20 shares. If I throw today LeBron James economy coming to... Because you get the conflict of, no, we're fine with our team the way it is. We think we can beat Cleveland, even though we can't. Like, when we need Mitchell Robinson to do it so that we have the frontcourt advantages we need? No, we cannot beat Cleveland now. We did before. We cannot do that with this present allotment of players.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
You're going to see a different Carl Anthony Towns when that's the front line. that he's against. I'd worry about that if I was New York. And then there's Boston, which last night was bored and just wandered around and then went by eight against Philadelphia because they could just win at the end. They could just tighten you up and then Tyrese Maxey is all of a sudden out there by himself.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Oh, but imagine. Wait a minute, guys. Like we're sitting here talking about Roy's at church, 830 in the morning. Wait a minute. Make this something you care about. Make this something you've developed an emotional attachment that feels intimate, that has to do with regional pride. And you wake up in the morning, and in terms of sports fandom,
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
This hurts like it just it lands in a way where you guys are talking about shock and this doesn't affect you guys in any way whatsoever. You guys are just all about the transaction. Every one of you doesn't have an emotional investment in this. You're not actually that interested in the sport or what happens at the end during the championship.
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You're just interested like, oh, my God, a transaction that surprised me. No, it affected me.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Right, okay. So, yes, that was the plan. I love people reporting that.
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So it can be fun, but I may be missing the mark on that one because I just assumed that the exhibition, we don't have the attention span anymore for games that don't have stakes. Unless you turn it into a giant party, a giant entertainment vehicle, we don't have the attention span anymore to sit around a television watching your exhibition games.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
Hi, Doug. Can I hear the nervous chuckle at the end of that? Because I want you guys to hear what it sounds like when a man is drowning in public and coming up for air and nothing is funny right now because what he feels is the pressure and a thousand weights on his neck of everyone's laughing at me. I've got to come out here and defend something that would appear to everybody as indefensible.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
I'm going to bring Jason Kidd out here. I don't know if you know what my relationship is with Jason Kidd, but you will find out about it when I turn to him for some comfort here, and I do not get it, and I nervously chuckle alone.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
There are any number of bad trades that I want to go through with you guys, because in the history of this sport, I'm a little jarred to have everyone assess this one as the worst ever before anything's actually happened. You understand that this is a little startling.
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When I ask what are the worst ever and I get Gobert, I get Paul George because of what Oklahoma City has become when when you can become cheap, lock up your guys by getting rid of of a Paul George. In baseball, it's Babe Ruth and Miguel Cabrera, correct? Those are the two? We've had one in this market. Miguel Cabrera and Babe Ruth.
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And are you guys in agreement with me on the fact that I can't knock football off the week?
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But with a transaction, with a transaction in any of the other sports, there aren't names I can give you from baseball or hockey or anywhere else that will grab all sports, not even hockey.
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There's no such thing. This is the birth of the last 15 years. Maybe Judge. Maybe Judge. I don't think so, but maybe. Lewis Hamilton, a Ferrari. That was a big one. I don't think Aaron Judge, man. I don't, but okay.
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That's not the same. Might steal some attention. From the Super Bowl. Holy shit in church at 8.30 and all of you looking at Roy and saying, how could you get to that news so late? 8.30 in the morning. You idiot. You fool.
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It's Twitter. But that wouldn't happen with Aaron Judge. Holy shit in church should be our new standard.
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Not I, if Roy. If Roy says holy shit out loud in church.
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That's a holy shit. That is a holy shit. Yeah, he cares too much. He wanted you to say holy shit. Yeah, he cares too much. He's a bad, yeah. I'm a bad example? Yeah, you can't be trusted here.
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The point that I'm- Radko Gudis to the Preds. No.
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I don't want to do this. Thank you, though, for offering it. It's not something that I'd like to do here.
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No, I know. And you're going to keep doing it. And I want to dissuade you. You're going to keep doing this until you finally get another holy shit out of Roy when I don't want one because it's not holy shit worthy. Panarin to the wild.
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Okay, but that doesn't help me.
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My larger point being... That if I'm in Dallas today and I care about my sports team. Can we talk some about regional prides and regional sports identities? The Dallas Cowboys have been a laughing stock. Dallas would like to be very good at football. They've been a laughing stock for a while.
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For however easy you guys think it is to win championships, Mark Cuban and the Mavs winning championships in that market is Made Dirk Nowitzki, for example, have a relationship with that city unlike any that you will find outside of football usually. Maybe with a Nolan Ryan type here or there, but that's a bygone age.
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We're talking about a kid who came to this country and the people of Dallas feel like they know him a lot better than we do, right? He's guarded in the media. Second language makes it tough. But he's become an international superstar and Dallas feels like it knows him.
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Dallas gets all those local interviews where he's being cute, sees his rise, sees that he's the same person now that he was when he was 20 and falls in love with somebody who brings them the joy of, holy shit, I'm getting to watch mastery, genius at its youngest age, in its prime. Everyone knows this is the best that sports gets. I have this relationship with this man. I feel like I know him.
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And in the middle of the night, you've sent him away. Why is that? Or how would that feel any different than your team packing moving trucks in the middle of the night? Like, tell me how it would feel any different. It's the team and it's gone, but it feels like the team just left. Even if Anthony Davis is really good, like those people wake up in the morning, it's stunned and it hurts.
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Like it hurts. It's an emotional thing. It's not, it's not often the depths, like where the, the, the shock, the, that you feel when a player you care about, you learn he's sick or he dies. But in terms of the sports feelings of this, this is the thing that hurts the most. Like, wait a minute, oh, this is all business. This isn't about, there ain't anything here for me or loyalty or anything else.
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When Mike says it would get me out on the sport, yeah. Miguel Cabrera being traded was the first of many like that. That got a lot of people in South Florida out on a sport that they loved.
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Well, I just canceled all exhibitions. I just thought we'd gone – look, the NBA's got a problem with its exhibition because it was such a sacred thing once upon a time. And now this is something that I want to actually talk about, Stugatz, because Anthony Davis' reputation historically –
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FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF,,,, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I,................
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Him playing in this age, winning only one championship as kind of like a freak of nature, right on the cusp of, whoa, the sport changed right there. Guys that big shouldn't be able to play like that. For him to get dragged as less than, as you have to make an argument for why he's not overrated, why the opinion of him, he's unreliable, he's not available, not tough enough, whatever.
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I'm tired of seeing some games where that guy goes two for seven and I don't understand it. We're living in the age of the curmudgeon is shouting down from on high with the last of his or her media embers, usually his. Shouting at.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
at sports, this guy's less than, I gotta stay ahead of the internet, I gotta stay ahead of people being cruel, I gotta be funnier, and so Anthony Davis has, maybe not a legendary career, but a Hall of Fame one, and will be viewed as less than, not just in this trade, but paling compared to LeBron, gave him a fountain of youth, got LeBron to 40.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
He never plays. His body. It's not that he never plays, Stugatz. That's not fair, but I understand what you're doing, and you two are curmudgeon because during the break, it all leads me to this. Stugatz muttered under his breath.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
He is. He plays more now. He played 76 games last year.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
While LeBron James is getting a triple-double in Madison Square Garden to Stugatz's beloved Knicks, who play unevenly at home sometimes in games like that one. Stugatz, during the break, because the curmudgeons still have the microphones. They have a death grip on the microphones. Stugatz, during the break, actually said, spit it under his breath, wish I had it in the first segment.
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Not lying about any of this. big nothing trade. Big nothing trade between two teams that aren't going to do anything. And I don't want him, and the Knicks don't want him. I wouldn't want any of those players. And then he called Luka a big, fat person.
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Every one of them. That's not a terrible point. But not this year's. We're talking about now.
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Yon did the Rubik's Cube and showed them. Yes, that's exactly. He tried to distract us at the end with a moderately less bad take. The prestige.
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Roy, can you help me with something, please?
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I believe that in 2025, I'm not sure about this. I ask genuinely. I think faux, faux, faux, faux has been canceled. That Stugatz is not allowed to say that.
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And they're only 26 and 24 because Luka hasn't played with a calf strain. They're really good when he and Kyrie are out there. And it'll be fun if LeBron is out there with him. Because I want to examine this part. Did LeBron really not know? That's not possible, right?
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It's been like five or six times now where he knows what's going to happen. This part is the greatest part. All the places where there's the fishy and you've got the oldest player in the league on the franchise that matters most in the league still has power at the end somehow.
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Listen to this, because this labyrinth of conflicts is pretty damn fascinating, and I probably don't need to tell you where it is that Rich Paul is going to err, on whose side Rich Paul is going to err, as they take Anthony Davis from here to here to make LeBron better, and now they send him off to make LeBron better, because LeBron made Rich Paul—made him—
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and they created a company together and it's the business of LeBron and Anthony Davis, friend but employee. LeBron James and Rich Paul run that business that is looking for investors overseas for five billion dollars to create a competitive league and wants to run Hollywood.
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Rich Paul governs the business of LeBron James in Hollywood and in Hollywood where make-believe gets painted into a real sweet mirage
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he'll have you believe that lebron james didn't know anything because that sits best with his friend anthony davis but his responsibility as his agent is to anthony davis i don't know how they do those machinations in terms of in-house nobility where you put this assignment over here so it doesn't conflict with lebron but that whole business is lebron and it's run through conflict like you can't have anthony davis working for lebron james and then lebron james is going to pretend at the end
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
That, oh, I got Luka Doncic, my least favorite player because it's not actually me running the Lakers as I giggle on the sidelines because the buses know they've got a small family business and I'm the economy the way Kobe was the economy.
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It's so great. It's so great the way that they could just do the business of the NBA. Like, they learned all the things in the last 10 years on how – you guys are yelling at Riley out the door.
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The Jimmy stuff got buried this weekend. Thankfully. Yes, I know. People want it buried. People are so tired of it. It's so funny. It is so funny, Stugatz, to watch how in love we are with the transaction right until we get tired of the transaction. Because I'll tell you, I got a clock in my head on this show. We're about 45 minutes from it here before it turns on us. Enough! Enough about Luka.
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Enough. It took me 20. But they want. No, it took you. No, you're saying it's a nothing trade.
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This is why, though, you're a curmudgeon.
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Try Luke's name again. Donkic?
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Is it amen or amen? Do you guys say amen or amen? It's amen. I don't know who that is. Do you say amen or amen?
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You're supposed to say with your spirit. You don't know amen, Thompson? At church. I haven't gone to church in a while. Amen corner. You're the guy that taught Tyler Hero, isn't it? It's my church. Yes.
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The Big Suey: The Age of the Curmudgeon
This story, Stugatz, is interesting for a number of different reasons, but you are saying he's not Moses Malone.
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And so you're throwing, you're reciting a number of different names at me that are historic, but you understand if this person stays healthy and continues to play like this in his prime... Right. For the next 10 years, he will become, by all of the advanced metrics, one of the top five offensive players in the history of the sport.
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When LeBron James gives you the praise of, that's the player that I most like, as a savant, that's the player I most like to watch because he's so offensively ruthless and knows the game so well and all the angles, that player... is never available by trade, never blindsided by that trade, 25 years old. It's crazy for all. Do you know how hard it is to shock?
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It's not even just the silence that it was never whispered. Do you know how hard it is to shock all sports fans? Like it's just like across sports.
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Across all sports where what you're latching on to isn't just celebrity, isn't just stardom regionally or nationally or even internationally. It's anybody who cares about sports. All of a sudden you're talking to your wife who you know doesn't care about sports and you're telling her about De'Aaron Fox to San Antonio because you've gotten carried away because it feels like love.
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I love the idea that Stugatz and Jessica were rustled from sleep. Like, Lehman demanding that you give him a vine? That Lehman demanding to do a sports talk radio show for you when you don't want to be woken by him on this?
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I don't know how hard it is for you to get back to sleep. I would not want a phone call that wakes me not with this news.
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Is it just because he wanted to do a sports radio show? He just needed to be heard? He needed an outlet, man. He needed to talk to somebody at that hour.
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So this is the funny thing. Listen to this. So how crazy is this at the top of this business? So Leon Rose, who used to be LeBron's agent, now runs the Knicks. Doesn't need to meet with the media. He's powerful, and they've created a great thing. But... Bridges doesn't quite fit there. It's hard to be Bosch.
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
Chris, when I say the name Andrew Zimmern, what happens to you? Do you just immediately, Jessica, you're a foodie. Like, do you guys immediately just go crazy with your taste buds now are activated?
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
What did he mean by that, the taking it in the shorts? What does that mean?
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
It always comes back to the testicle. So let's dismount with this. We were talking about this yesterday. The bronze, silver, and gold medalist of best nuts. Actual nuts. Not testicles, or those are actual nuts, I guess. But between all of, not legumes, but from all of the nut categories, the top three nuts. Or what? Start with the bronze medalist. Bronze, I'm going to go with Pistachio.
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
That was my choice as well, and excellent. Give him his music. You've got to give him his music. Because I came up with this list, and I felt like I was aggressive with my crew. They didn't want to argue it. Number two. Silver medal, I'm going to give to Pecans.
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
Dream job. Okay, dream job. I imagine all these people say these things, so I'm happy to have him in with us today. I'm doing an event with him for the Food and Wine Festival in Miami. Not for him, but... around him, these festivities. I'm honored to be a part of them because Miami actually throws a really great party this time of year. Tickets are now on sale at SoBeWFF.org.
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
It's going to be February 20th through the 23rd. But Jessica, what do you want to ask if this is a person you're dying to talk to? And thank you, Andrew, for being on with us. What you want to ask?
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Besides that, you're good to go. It's very limiting, my diet.
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Do you have indeed a dream job? Does he have this right?
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a little greener how excited are you right now jessica because uh this person is an icon this person the way that he cares about food and talks about food and brings food to people uh makes him some he makes him a shaman like he speaks and there there's a community of of food network lovers who will grab every dollop that this man speaks and turn it into the sweetest of sugar
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
Not only do I believe that to be the best television that will be made by anyone today producing television, I believe it rivals anything ever made by television and could have only been made better if you had indeed taken Billy Gill's suggestion of pranking us when you say, do you want to see the testicles? You go over, you bend over, and then they're your testicles. You had a chance.
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
You had a chance to sucker our entire show there. You still do. It's still available to you if you want to get that as the punctuation of this segment.
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Postgame Show: Andrew Zimmern's Nutsacks
Okay. Well, thank you for that because it would have, I mean, Billy, tell me if he had done that, if, if, if, If he had done that and dismounted the segment with suckering our entire show, no one would have been made happier by that than you.
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I agree. You are an award-winning content maker. I don't know what you're doing with intuitive content. I'd like to ask you. I will say again for the people, this is a really good event every year. South Florida doesn't really throw... that many great events, but this one is consistently great, and it's the 24th annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival presented by Capital One.
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It is February 20th through the 23rd, and tickets are now on sale. So be WFF.org. I should tell the people that all the proceeds from the festival go to the Chaplain School of Hospitality and Tourism at FIU, and that that has had more than $40 million raised for it, because this is one of the biggest ones you do every year, right? And it's got to be one of your favorites.
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The Big Suey: WOOOOP!
Welcome to the Big Suey, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Around a dollar. Generally a dollar. See, that's how you fix it.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
There are so many ways in this company that things are upside down. For example, Andrew Hawkins just told me that he did something at the dollar store, and while he was telling me this, Chris Cody, child of nepotism, was getting his elbows lotioned by the makeup woman. And I'm like, this place doesn't work correctly. But that's not the greatest example I have of it.
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Pablo and David Sampson are here. Just before we get to that, not only did Robert Ory say what Amin said he said, Charles Barkley also came on with us and said, I'd rather have my career than Robert Ory's. But Robert Ory saying it after winning that many championships, it did end the debate on this show.
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That's correct. So here is David Sampson. He was shaking his head throughout that sound. He is here to tell us that second place is the first loser, third place is the second loser. I was telling him how proud I was that he has America's third best baseball podcast. He did not want to hear about how he should be proud today of having America's third best baseball podcast. David Welcome.
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David, please tell me what your objection is to Metal Ark. Go ahead.
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I've heard all my life, and maybe, Andrew, you've lived this. I've lived this recently. More money, more problems. It's preach. But I've never heard of more awards, more problems. Our company is winning all sorts of awards. Like, we crushed these podcast awards, and everyone at the company is fighting over them.
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Do you mind if I just say hello to my friends here? OK, there it is. Hello, sir.
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He's great. David, what are your problems with Metal Ark? Are they just related to giving Pablo more support than you?
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Yeah, we caught all that.
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Well, first of all, the biggest winner, I mean, these are the most prestigious of the podcast awards, is the answer to your question. Okay. The very most prestigious of the awards. Do they call them the potties? I don't know the name, but they're just known as the most prestigious awards. And Stugat beat everybody in the football category. What? And no one's happy for him. He beat everybody.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Let's let Pablo go and let's make no mention of the fact that he stole the sporting class from me. I was doing that with Samson and Skipper beforehand. Congratulations to Pablo and how do you do this? Push maybe. You just broke it.
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I just broke it. I was congratulating. Our confetti poppers don't really work particularly well.
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Congratulations to Pablo for his big win in the whatever categories they were.
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There's tape on it.
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That's amazing. David, thank you for being on with us. And congratulations. You should be happy about third place. Third place is good.
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It's incorrect.
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All right. Goodbye. See you later. Love you guys. Go Meadowlark. Woo-hoo. We did it.
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He beat Shannon Sharp. He beat Schefter. He beat every football name. He beat the Tomahawk podcast. Wow. Mina. Mina. Lenny. Diana Rossini.
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We got, the letters that we got here in balloons came incomplete. We didn't get all of the letters. That's why everything around here is misspelled. We got a bad batch of balloons.
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I actually appreciate that in that instance when I was feeling really vulnerable, trying to pull, push, not knowing how a confetti cannon works, thinking it was my fault. And then I looked around the room and all of you were struggling with the confetti cannons.
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How is this possible? Shannon Sharp. The Kelseys.
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Okay, here's the thing, though. No one's respecting this bucket, and you, I'm proud of you for being a leader, trying to make people, trying to enforce the rules, but you just made an edict and no one reached for their phones. Hold on. I will again be the only one paying this fine.
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Everyone else is paying. Amin, do you think that Hawkins is paying? Because I don't believe that Hawkins has paid a fine yet. I don't think I've ever been fined. I don't think he's been fined. Well, you just got fined $5. What did I get? You were the one asking. When we're celebrating awards, you're like, I have questions. You did real dismissively. Hey, real happy for you. Congratulations.
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But, however, let me bring an assortment of questions to you.
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Okay. The name is Best American Football Podcast. Okay. That's the best. I don't know if there's a football podcast that's not American that's better than this one. I doubt it.
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Again, Mina Kimes, not one of the greatest football podcasts of all time. Third best.
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Fair enough. I stand corrected or I sit corrected. It is one of the best, but it's not the best. The best is Stugatz. The best is Billy. Billy couldn't receive the award. Are you guys aware what Billy's doing? Because I love that anarchist Billy is doing this quietly because he's the only one in the company who would do this quietly.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
He is going, has gone, to Cartersville, Georgia to celebrate the incorrect anniversary date of Billy Gilday. It's supposed to be the five-year anniversary, but it's not actually, but he made the plans, and they're doing it. So Billy Gilday is in Cartersville, Georgia today. He's flying with his family for the weekend to celebrate Billy Gilday. No one else at this company would do it quietly.
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He can't pick up his award for producing the best American football podcast ever.
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I want more information on Cartersville, please. I'd like to know more as he continues to question the accolades of others.
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He got a day. Look, you just made it so that your Hall of Fame was not impressive. And I would say all the Hall of Fames. You get into a Hall of Fame, you've done something. You've never said that to me. I'm telling you right now. I prompted you to give me that. Well, because I didn't know you were in any Hall of Fames. You played for the Browns.
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You want to diminish that?
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Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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Is it bigger than Cartersville? Is that bigger than Cartersville?
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So admittedly, a less impressive day than Billy Gills. And you didn't do it quietly. You felt the need to tell us right there.
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Okay, so he's done better than your bar, but he did it quietly. I admire the way that he did that. There's no way any of you would have done that that quietly. He's gone with his whole family for the weekend.
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This is shocking to have happen on live television. This is so embarrassing for him.
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Is that what you're saying? Yes.
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I can't make what I'm about to say up because I can't believe that this is happening on live television. Mike, what was the name of the coach before Nick Saban? who lost his job over a resume error on his way to Alabama, and there were stories not confirmed that during moments that were private, he would yell, roll tide, in intimate situations.
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I was never able to prove that, but I'm forgetting the name of the coach. It wasn't O'Leary, was it?
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So he lied on his resume, and his career fell apart, and we just saw something that is going to demand proof from Andrew Hawkins, or his career is going to be in trouble, that he's been talking about Andrew Hawkins' day to everyone who will listen, and computers are accusing him of making the whole thing up.
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Now I'm scrambling through my files to try to— You're going to have to prove this in the next couple of hours because this has the potential to be explosive and career damaging. I know. Because it's already happened. It's going to get aggregated now. It's going to be a whole thing where Andrew Hawkins is a liar and a promising and wonderful media career.
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Are we willing to take that as proof? Does Andrew Hawkins get to do a victory?
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Judges? All right. All right, that is not a real seal. This is a real seal. This is clearly a real seal right here.
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Don't do we. Don't do we. I think this is deserving. I think it's creative. Wait, are you saying you – there you go. No. I said we don't trust Stugatz. I don't trust Stugatz. There you go. I do trust that he's got the best American football podcast.
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You're going to get to take a victory lap right now. We're going to go into the other room. We're going to give Andrew Hawkins the stage. We're going to give him the platform to say whatever he wants. He has been discriminated against by computers and by me. He was indeed questioned, but now we have an official proclamation from a mayor of some sort.
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And I again will ask the group, are any of you surprised that Billy Gill is doing this this weekend? He doesn't want to leave his home to interact with people. He advocated for house arrest the other day as a better way of living. And he has gotten up, taken his family quietly to celebrate himself on a day.
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And I think it's because he needs to be away from us where things are not celebrated together. Wait, oh, it's our fault? I think he wants to be in a place where people will celebrate who he is and his achievements. Metal Ark is not that place.
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Can you give me more information on both Billy Gilday and Cartersville? I'd like to know about this city that he was in. I wanted to send people with him, but he wanted to do it more quietly. He wanted to do it more humbly, and so I wanted the content of it. He did not want to share the content. I'm sure it'll be his private brand management.
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I don't believe that that is right, what you're doing there. You're undermining Billy Gil's day as the one who said... You said facts.
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I said I wanted facts about Cartersville, not facts that undermine this particular event. It's not undermining it.
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So, congratulations to Billy Gill. This is Billy Gill Day. This is officially, throughout the land, Billy Gill Day. He's got America's Best Football Podcast. Took out Shannon Sharp. Took out everybody. Took out everybody. Peter Kimes. Everybody. Everybody who's talking about football. No one's doing it better than Stu Gatz and Bill. Billy, and whatever Gronkowski is on their show.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
And now we go out to Andrew Hawkins, and here it is. Here is his victory lap. Congratulations, Andrew. I'm sorry I called you a bit of a phony.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Again, you guys want to argue about the name instead of celebrating the accomplishment. I like spas. It's real hater behavior. I'll put it on the poll, Juju.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
All right, but you're not really running. You were fake running. No, I'm running. You're not running.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
You were bored mind-dancing.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Why does no one understand that the whole payoff on this bit is you're winded while you're talking? Like, why does no one understand that? I've been running for four minutes. What took you so long to come to me?
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
The way this is measured is he just got announced as having the best American football podcast, so therefore he has the best American football podcast.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
You guys are making fun of this. It's from the most prestigious of the pod-giving organizations. The award-winning organizations.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Who was on the committee?
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
I need insight. All right, you guys got questions. I'd like to celebrate first with balloons, with an acceptance speech, with a call that will show the inner office turmoil. In fact, just start the show.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Yeah, just start the show. Don't play the call. Just start the show so I can get to the call. Where are we getting balloons from?
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Andrew, can you help me? Because Samson wants to come on and talk about the awards and the voting. Pablo wants to come on to talk about the awards and the voting. Billy and Stugatz don't need to come on, aren't even here today, aren't even here to accept their award. They're used to this. They've won it before.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Do I allow Pablo and Samson to soil what should be a happy day around here by just getting in the way of things?
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
This is not how award ceremonies work, though, where it's like, congratulations, but I have an assortment of questions.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
It's the antithesis of award ceremonies.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
You have to make that correction because the rest of the world doesn't care about our American football.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Now this is starting to come together. No, no, no. This is not Metal Ark celebrating Stugatz's achievement. And furthermore, I will tell you, we have a great deal of in-house tension. Pablo also won an award. David Sampson finished third. He's mad. He's mad. Which one? Third? Pablo. Okay, because... Stugatz deserved third. David Sampson finished third, and he's mad about it.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
And we had to do some reporting. Journalism has fallen apart. But at Meadowlark, we're still doing the occasional journalism. We've got sort of a tape that we shouldn't have. We've got Mike. I need your help here. I don't know if Christopher Christopher Poe, our lawyer, has looked into this or not, because I don't think we're allowed to play this.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
And we have to protect the producer because I don't think the producer knows that we were recording him. And so we're going to have to distort his voice on stuff we found out that Pablo has done in order to win awards.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Okay, I think that preface covers me legally. See if you can distort that real quick. We have found, we've got a whistleblower in the business who has sent us audio that he or she recorded of a producer of Pablo's.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Samson has one producer. He doesn't have two producers. And Pablo does indeed have four producers and two editors just for Emmy submissions. That is factual. I've seen the budgets.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
I think we distorted it too much. I think we protected the identity of the producer a little too much. I seized on the cadence.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Did you have a lot of situations, Andrew, where people in your locker room weren't happy for the successes of others? Yeah.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
Well, let's talk about what it is that Cam said, Amin, because we had this conversation the other day, and Amin said the reasons for motivations among athletes, the top one is winning. Nope. I'm sorry, the top one is money. Yes. And then the second one he was saying is winning, and I was saying that his third one, which is being the reason for winning, is closer to money than people understand.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
And so when Cam is saying, I'd rather be MVP and have an enduring legacy of that one year, I was the best in the sport. Then my team was the best in the sport. I understand both how he comes by that appraisal and why fans would crush him as the selfish, the selfish black athlete for having that appraisal.
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
i want to bring up a couple of things here i thought about some of that for about 10 years when ricky williams's heisman was in my father's garage and i would go in there and he eventually sold that heisman but your point overall is well taken on the the best player in the world once you get that trophy you don't often see that you don't often see that sold but i wanted to ask you if you were interested particularly in the differences between how it is lamar jackson
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Local Hour: The Poddies (feat. David Samson and Pablo Torre)
was criticized after a Mark Andrews drop versus the soft cushion of, I feel so bad for him that Josh Allen fell on when Kincaid dropped the ball. Like, was that something that you noticed how the differences there were obvious?
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The Big Suey: Whose Shoes Are Whose?
There's a genuine comfort, and I can tell that they put in effort to make sure, specifically in our case with men, that we would feel comfortable. Honestly, Tommy John's changed the game for me. I know it's going to be a good day now when I walk out the door and I've got Tommy John on. No distractions, no adjusting, just all-day confidence.
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The Big Suey: Whose Shoes Are Whose?
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The Big Suey: Whose Shoes Are Whose?
Don Levitard. If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops, oh, what a rain that would be. Stugatz. Standing outside with my mouth open wide. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops, oh, what a rain that would be. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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The Big Suey: Whose Shoes Are Whose?
Welcome to the Big Suey, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: Whose Shoes Are Whose?
That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching band to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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The Big Suey: Whose Shoes Are Whose?
All right. Guys, I want to talk to you about something that I don't think we think about enough on a daily basis. And that's comfort, specifically when it comes to underwear. Because let's be real, when it's not right, you're going to feel it all day. And that's why I want to tell all of you about Tommy John.
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The Big Suey: Whose Shoes Are Whose?
Because the first time I put on a pair, I knew my underwear drawer would just simply never be the same. Tommy John just recently sent some of their product to those of us in the shipping container, and this is my first time wearing Tommy John underwear. I was really blown away by the comfort, by the stretch that was available within the design, by the texture.
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The Big Suey: Top 5 Naps You Can Take (feat. Brian Scalabrine)
All of them?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: It's Step-Dan Time
The guy who wanted to pay me in foreign currency, no interest over 36 months? Yeah, no. Carvana gave me an offer in minutes, picked it up, and paid me on the spot. It was so convenient.
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Local Hour: It's Step-Dan Time
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats. I think I like the cats.
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Local Hour: It's Step-Dan Time
Can you imagine him calling the players, putting his hand up, like, over there. All right, set a screen over here.
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Local Hour: It's Step-Dan Time
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It wasn't even an opportunistic thing. I just was trying to be helpful on we're already doing this. You're already doing a bunch of stuff with ESPN Radio that is just throwaway video stuff. It was more offering him an opportunity I was only casually interested in. It was just like, here's three hours of programming. Right.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
...is now very valuable. It wasn't just him, though, Stu. I mean, the president of the company asked us to do a job for them, and now I was growing in the kind of comfort that I needed to to actually want to do the job, because there wasn't interference, or I thought there wasn't interference, because all of that interference was landing on Mike.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Throughout this entire oral history, one of the things that's going to make an appearance is some form of, I didn't know exactly the job that Mike was doing. He was doing it so well and protecting me from so many things that I have since, tears in my eyes, subsequently apologized to Mike Ryan for not understanding and appreciating the job that he was doing.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
That was done by design though, right, Mike? I mean... Yeah, well...
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
You realize the comfort I got from not that many people are watching at ESPN. The comfort, the security in, oh, they're not watching what we're doing so we can push the lines more and I won't have to make changes until the complaints come, but the complaints aren't getting to me. They're only stopping at Mike.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I never gave that a thought. I know. Not one thought. But we had to. I had a conversation with Colin Cowherd, and he is a Navy SEAL of strategic radio knowledge on how it is he can fake caring about something in Los Angeles just because he wants to talk to Los Angeles. A bubbling Navy SEAL now sometimes.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
occasionally he gets caught on some of that walking around with a bowl of soup i would say it can be a bumbling navy seal but strategically for what executives want can you plan your show so you're satiating los angeles is not something i ever thought about you say we've got a program to los angeles in new york we were huge in new york we
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
That was Stephen A. Smith and WFAN play that they made as a radio strategy team. You guys say you guys were talking about it and it was challenging for you. I don't remember a single conversation where you guys came to me on we have to do this for Los Angeles because we're the morning show there.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
The way that we did this philosophically starts with, because you mentioned sports and that is not the thread that I need. The thread that I need is I really need to not respect the thing that I'm doing so I could blaspheme against it. I need to not respect television. Sure. I need to not respect radio.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And what allows that zig is the fact that everyone else is in sports coats, respecting what it is that they're,
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
doing so you're noticing that i'm more informed with the sports stuff and that is absolutely so because what we were doing not just on television highly questionable was a really smart show done with really smart people that show is booming simultaneously so i'm not merely in meetings with sports takes i'm meeting with sports takes where i'm learning what everybody is saying around the horn pardon the interruption and everybody behind the scenes yeah but i didn't want to be in it
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I didn't want to be doing much of that. One of the interesting things that happened throughout all of this, right, my maximum comfort when our show started to go national was in the fact that I always had in reserve, no matter where we stalled out, Miami sports, Miami sports, Miami sports. Now what I had is sports.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
When I talk to people and they don't totally understand because they're not built in this world what the personality type is that can talk for three and a half hours and have it be some semblance of entertaining for three and a half straight hours. There's not a lot of that. We could do a lot of that in all of the places where I didn't have respect for stuff.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And at any given point, if I've wandered 12 minutes too far on The Masked Singer, I could just swing back to sports story of the day and everyone would have something on that.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I'm not talking about the eight minute commercial break itself. I'm talking about the gathering where I get to just observe you guys wandering around in the wild and Stugatz is doing Stugatz stuff. So when he's shooting sausage fingers over the break, oftentimes the stuff that's happening is funnier than anything that we could conjure on live.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I don't know how interested in the weeds and the minutia people would be on how it is that we do this show. But I would argue that in the history of ESPN television and radio, from the perspective of the hosts, there's been never as little planning. Yeah. from the hosts on what it is they're going to do when the microphones go on. They wanted rundowns from us. They wanted organization.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
We didn't know what they were talking about because we were doing three and a half hours of improv that then became a structured thing or what felt like a structured thing, at least in part because the producers had learned how to plan around us without making it look like we were doing too much planning because Planning, in our case, I feel like can be the enemy of natural stuff.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It can lead to acting. It can lead to moments that aren't organic.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I prided myself on the organic nature of what we're doing. And not only are we bad actors, we do not have a good actor here except for maybe Mike. Maybe. Maybe Mike. I've seen Chris Cody. freeze and have to read something 16 times. Once you tell him this requires you to plan something and then say it, he'll fall apart. But if you just ask him to be him, that one he can do.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
One of the places where I have felt my aging over the years is I'm going to go ahead and guess that on our first 10 years doing the show, I never had notes of any kind. Most of it was just rolling with whatever was in my head. But I will say during this period and during the last 10 years, the very best shows are the ones where I have notes and never get to them. Yes.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Like I'm just leaving everything in the notebook because a bunch of stuff has happened that is better than whatever it is I thought I was going to do. Shout out to the show sheet.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
At one point, you had gone public saying you had a sex addiction, right?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It's pretty amazing to think back on just how naive it was to welcome an anarchist to political debates and think it'd be a harmless clown show. As you say that, I'm just like going over everything that happened after 2016.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I mean, Pablo Torre started his podcast just exploring the tapes and didn't even get to the one where it sounds like I'm begging Donald Trump to run for president.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
So this is interesting for a lot of different reasons because you say this story was unlike other challenges and we might not have been prepared for. That particular story, I'd been preparing for all my life. Like that one. There have been any numbers since then where I have fallen behind because SportsCenter is calling and they want me to talk about transgender North Carolina bathrooms.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And I'm like, okay, wait a minute. What's the conversation? controversy here because there are any number of things like that that have made an appearance since where I'm not prepared for it. But I will say that something I learned that was both an illumination, and I say this with no ego, it was just a real blessing to be a part of it. I remember listening to Bill Simmons and Chuck
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Klosterman on a podcast and they were as smart as anyone going and smart and it seemed clear to me and what they were talking about that they were dissecting a sports issue for the first time that they had not considered that me and Boog Shambi had been talking about 10 years earlier and Boog Shambi particularly the way that he thought about sports and would then birth all of the people that I ended up gravitating toward at ESPN and were brought to us
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
In both rummaging around in our past over some things with Stugatz and Mike Ryan that we haven't talked about or covered before until we did this oral history, and also revisiting, listening to some of the oral history and enjoying that, I realized that up to now in the story, there's
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
by Mike and because they just wanted to be around the fun thing the Minas the Bomani's the Dominique's all of these people who thought about sports a lot differently all of that stuff Boog and I were doing at the very beginning of what we were doing in sports radio down here so that particular story wasn't one that I shied away from that particular story because I'm Cuban exile and all that stuff and we're talking about freedom and black causes I'm like you've got to be shitting me that this is going to land in the middle of sports I'm happy
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It's a great hypothetical. I never dared to write something like that because the rules were different in print.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
You saw what Eli Manning did in a recent show of his where he's hitting bowling pins from 50 yards away. We were saying just a shopping cart pushed into the secondary. It would have a fumbling problem, but how many yards would it get?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Mo Alleycox is now over nine and a half yards per game on betting props. He would not be a Hall of Famer. The shopping cart, but it would be Dallas Clark.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
The Fidel Castro shirt.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Before you go down that path, I want to start with some different Miami ties, because I will tell you when I say that I've been preparing for this all my life. White bread, Hispanic, childhood, high school experience, very few black people.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
been far more misery than there should be for a thing that is having success and feeling like it is growing and getting bigger there are a lot of growing pains in this but this episode is gonna concentrate on what comes closest i would say for me to feeling like a blissfully confident time i don't think i can say the same thing for mike ryan because he was running interference
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I get to the University of Miami as a journalist and immediately the way I'm writing about the team and befriending players on the team, I am getting a crash course in the black experience. Just very rapid, you know, walking across campus with Bernard Clark and hearing for the first time, you know, Dan, there is justice in prison, right? Justice.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
us and he would hit that note in various forms for a long time and so i'm learning all of this stuff as we go along so once we get to police brutality and colin kaepernick someone kneeling before the flag to me the most important thing there as a symbol if you're going to take a snapshot of it isn't the flag it's the freedom in the kneeling and that is
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Something that Cubans don't necessarily agree with me on in Miami because they're like, respect the flag. It represents freedom. And I'm like, no, the ability to protest it is what represents the freedom that it still protects you, even though you disagree with it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
But you can be right on one opinion and wrong on thousands of others. I've been doing it all my life. You've never done it. I've been doing it all my life.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Put you in a bad spot, I thought, where you... put you in a spot where people, I think, might have been misidentifying your politics just because you were doing your job and not just doing your job. I need to articulate this very clearly to the audience when I say that sometimes I did not know what Mike Ryan was doing. That is less so now.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I know when Mike Ryan is now trying to push me off a topic, but because I am neither aware of the executive discomfort or care. about the executive discomfort combined with Mike's not actually relaying the discomfort to me.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
What he's doing is when I start talking and he wants to run me off of something, he's trying to produce me by simply forming the argument or the show lane that will take me somewhere else. It's kind of like putting a shiny thing in front of a toddler's
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
That one I knew when you were doing it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Between me and other people in a way that he had learned to be not just protective, but also Stugatz. One of the interesting things about it is for me to not know when and how he was being protective so that I didn't actually feel the unrest from our bosses at all. Like Mike was dealing with stuff.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It's so interesting that you guys remember some of this this way, though, because I'm telling you that I did not feel either a hiccup of hesitancy or any great communal outrage from the power at ESPN. I really felt on that subject matter. This is why you guys hired me, right? This is the reason I'm here.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
You talk though about protection. I wasn't fully aware of that either. You have to understand that because I'm always negotiating freedom and because I really just want to be left alone in a way that's probably in retrospect, not the most ambitious way to handle all of this.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I was really working in the comfort of many people in Bristol told me, you don't know how good it is that you have it in Miami because you're outside of the bubble. Eric Ridehome had that in Washington as well, where you've got more freedom because you're not playing in the hallways there and they're not just reacting to everything that you are hearing.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
But when you say the protection that I had, it's almost the opposite of how it is that I experienced all of that. Imagine how different this is to God for me and Mike Ryan, where he's getting the daily fearful calls about whatever. And I'm like, this is why I was hired. Not to avoid this, to talk about it. The reason that you employ me is because you, in some form, at least know who I am.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
The place where I lost protection the most, in retrospect, was John Skipper leaving the power position. But the place where I felt least protected is, oh, these people don't actually know why I was hired, why I'm here, or who I am. They haven't listened to the show enough to know that this is who I am. You're not going to push me off of this.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Mike, you have to understand my perspective on this. I didn't understand that I was in need of protection. I'd negotiated being left alone and Mike Ryan's not bringing any of what he's dealing with to me. So I'm blissfully unaware of all of it and it's how I prefer it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I remember this is a happy time because, OK, you're going to actually give me freedom. There aren't going to be problems. I'm going to get what my people want as a time slot and a work experience. And we're more comfortable. And now we start soaring. We start growing. We have the power of Disney and a big time slot. And we are invigorated by it creatively.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Joined now by a return visitor, Donald Trump with us on ESPN Radio. That birth certificate fiasco with the president, that was just a nightmare, right? We'd do that differently if we had to go back and do that over?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Donald Trump with us here on ESPN Radio. Who is your best famous friend? Like among your famous friends, I'm giving you the opportunity you've waited for all your life here, Trump, to just name drop all of your friends. And so I'm wondering who is your best of your famous friends?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Well, hold on. So how have you experienced, if these are your best friends, how did you experience the flight gate?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
But I'm just curious, as you've seen Deflategate play out in the press, I'm curious if you're friends with Belichick and Bob Kraft. Like Bob Kraft, that was a hugely humbling thing that he had to experience where he goes from the NFL is going to owe me an apology soon to never mind, I'm going to run away with my tails between my legs.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Trump, you mean not much drama outside of the giant cheating scandals?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I think the last time that you were on with us, you told us that your biggest business regret, the transaction, I think I have this right, was your yacht. Do I have this right, that your yacht was the biggest purchase you made that you regret the most?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
You're not going to give us the stakes if we badger you one more time?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
All right, let me do it another way. The highest stakes that Donald Trump has ever played for on the golf course.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Stugatz, did you see what Trump just did to me? Of course I saw it. Trump, do you know what you just did to me? I turned it around. Okay, at least you did it aware.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Cody thinks that every year, by the way. No, Cody, you think that every year. You are a dolphin homer. I am not. It's the only team that you've been a sports fan of.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It's a couple of things here that make for wonderful timing and a cool part of the story. This becomes a podcast property of significance without us having any support around us that's real from any of
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I sincerely apologize. Okay, well, that's very nice of you.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It's not a very good question. It's a very good question for short people with small penises.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
That's why it's not a good question.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
the people who are running anything i'm not talking about espn i'm talking about in our entire history right they don't know what to do with this thing they don't know how to value the changing marketplace that makes us an audio sensation and they don't know how to measure either the relationship that gets built in the intimacy of people are able to consume you on their own time and lonely jobs when they're jogging their exercise when they want to get away from errands or whatever
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
LaMarcus Aldridge, awful.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I can't believe LeBron this quickly has been a league afterthought. Made your own bed. Sleep in it. Jerk.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
He's going to be another one in a long line of Cleveland losers.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Cleveland's going to hate him again. It's going to end with Cleveland hating him, whether he leaves or not. I'd have won that draw. I've often said that. This is as far as they've ever been from what it is that he went back there to do. Sure.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And I'll tell you who else wants to fight. Dwayne wants to fight. All right. Dwayne. Well, then let's fight, man. Let's go, guys. No.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
But I just talked on SportsCenter. We just talked about Colin Kaepernick. I didn't say anything inflammatory. Nothing inflammatory. Just said his name. Well, they asked me a question about him, and so I said nothing inflammatory. And a guy writes here on Twitter, Trey Tanner. Trey.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Levitard Show gets a mic, blabs about Colin, but won't allow talk about the Castro incident or the fact that Colin Kaepernick was silent until he didn't have work. How do you not see that this is 101, Camouflage 101, on way to... dismiss the messenger way to dismiss the message by making it about something else.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Colin Kaepernick is talking about black people being killed unjustly by police officers. Levitar won't talk about the Castro incident or the fact that Colin Kaepernick was silent until he didn't have work.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
How do you not realize how obvious what you're doing is, which is not wanting to talk about the thing Colin Kaepernick is getting you to talk about and just you talking about Colin Kaepernick instead?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I think he was until he was no longer a starter. And I wasn't silent about the Castro stuff. The Castro stuff was stupid. And so was him wearing pigs on his socks.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
It's just camouflage. It's camouflage because you don't want to have the uncomfortable conversation, which is fine. I mean, I don't blame you. You're probably tired of it in general, but you never wanted to have it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
He used to be good. Greg, the one that's most damning is Josh McCown cannot be your answer if you're the New York Jets and not Colin Kaepernick. That's the one that's most damning, when your owner's politics are also something that would lend you... That's the proof you would offer up, right? I don't know whether that's proof, but it's the place that's most suspicious.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
No, but wait, when I say accidentally, it's because when you don't have support of any of the people who are paying you. ESPN did. And you're undercutting the main ways they make money with the decisions you're making. We are fighting for something that matters to us and mattered to Mike specifically more than it did to me and Stugatz, who grew up in a different time.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
A brittle quarterback who's never been as good As Colin Kaepernick.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Well, he doesn't have to say publicly. He could do it privately.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I disagree with Cody on this, though. I don't think that Roger Goodell should be telling anybody what to do with their roster. Nobody. Not Michael Sam. Not Colin Kaepernick? I think he should stay out of it, but if he's going to do it, do it privately. Exert your pressure privately. Why would you do it publicly?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Seattle was a weird one too. Austin Davis. It shows you that all things being equal. They think that Colin Kaepernick and Austin Davis are about equal and they'll take the one that doesn't come with a headache. That one surprised me because I thought Seattle could absorb it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I thought that locker room could absorb it and I would love to have an honest conversation with someone in Seattle about what happened there. Do they think he simply can't play anymore?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I just happen to think that Kaepernick is a good deal better than Austin Davis on top of that. I don't think it's all things being equal.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
That's why I was surprised at Seattle. Yes.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
So that's why I say accidentally. I'm fighting for what Mike Ryan believes in just because he believes in it. It's not because I'm a lot better than all these other executives and seeing what the future looks like.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I think we've talked to you before briefly. I don't know how. At one point, you had gone public saying you had a sex addiction, right?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
On ESPN, though, what had already happened is Bill Simmons had come and gone as somebody who pioneered this particular space. And they didn't know how to interact with that either, which they had before they had us.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Bob Saget has announced that he is here and he is horny. It's the horniest morning of his life.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Does Calais Campbell sound like a friendly cartoon monster? Go ahead and put it up on the poll because he does.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
So two Toronto Raptors, all-stars, 3 o'clock in the morning are just sidling up to a guy on a motorcycle by foot and saying, order us some McFlurries?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I did, yeah, when I was younger.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
You're going to just run over that joke? Well, that's already ruined it. That's where you are today. That's where you are today. Just trampling everybody. Continue, please.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Guillermo is the most Latin among us. That right there is Guillermo. That right there is deep Miami. That is where, like, goats are sacrificed on behalf of God. Blood is drunk on, you know, drips down the chins. Like, that is deep, deep Hispanic Miami.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I did not know that this existed. And I've lived here all my life. I did not know that this was a thing. You didn't?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I had all sorts of strange things in my grandmother's neighborhood. All sorts of strange things. But I didn't have one of those.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Like it's, you know, $6.99 if it's a giant one.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Hold on. I want to talk about El Filador. Hold on. Ask the audience. I'd like to know the audience, how much of the audience knows this. Because I think part of what you're doing there, Guillermo, is I've never lived in really broke Miami. My grandparents have.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And so I'm wondering if a guy who comes around the neighborhood filing knives, if that is something that happens, like that's not going to happen in, is that going to happen in a middle class neighborhood? Yeah. A guy coming around filing knives. That sounds like something out of Cuba. That sounds like something they would do in Cuba.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
You were very strategic with this.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Do you guys dispute what it is that I'm saying? Because I think a guy who comes around the neighborhood filing knives, I don't associate that with middle class. I associate that with like real working class and not making money working class.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
No, wait a minute. I don't mean it like that. I don't mean it like that. I'm asking. I'm not. How am I judging? Who am I judging?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Rich people are not going to have a knife filer anywhere around them. Like, they're not going to have a guy wandering around the neighborhood sharpening knives where there's a lot of money.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I mean, I don't understand. I know. I'm not saying knives. I'm talking about the sharpening of knives to do that kind of work with machete. work with machetes.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Oh, that's cool. Do you guys think I'm wrong about this? I'm asking out of curiosity.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Is this a Latin thing?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I'm just fascinated by this because I've lived in Miami all my life and you are showing me a part of Miami that I had no idea existed, even though I was in I lived in neighborhoods like that growing up with my grandparents. And I didn't see any of that. I saw, you know, the snow cone ice guy for 10 cents. Yeah, like all that stuff. The people cooking a pig on their front porch.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
But I don't think there's anything else, you guys. Like, I've even seen some of the Santeria stuff. Like, I have seen some of the religious stuff that happens in some of these neighborhoods.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And the thing that you're talking about right now is something that I have... Like, I don't know that there's anything else in Miami that you could surprise me quite as much with as what you just did there, which is that there is something in Latin Miami that is ingrained and known. And I'm sitting here saying...
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
That sounds foreign to me, as I'm sure many of the Americans in the audience are saying that sounds foreign to me. You got to think about what we're talking about. You got a knife sharpening ice cream man coming through the neighborhood.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Put it on the poll. Are machete sales up?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Put it on the poll.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Go ahead and do it in your obnoxious, insulting white guy voice, Guillermo. Go ahead.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
When you say we didn't build out the video stuff there, it was when we left the ESPN. And I see it in the numbers now when it is that I have to do the excruciating task of looking at our accounting, the making of the video product of the growth of Metal Arcs. support of this thing is really expensive and really hard.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And we weren't even able to do it while we kept the RSS feed, which was hugely important from one day to the next, leaving ESPN and then landing somewhere else without changing your listening habits. The video thing you guys have felt over the last four years, the rattling that that has done to our cage, just trying to build all that stuff while we're doing the three and four hours a day.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
You say that, though, but I would argue, and I'd be curious what you guys think of this philosophically, I would argue that the most charming versions of our show, even though we did this part well creatively during this time period, is when it seemed like we didn't know we were being watched. Yes.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
And so once you add the video component to what it is we're doing and you let people know through social media, you're applauding their behavior. All of a sudden, everybody in here who knows that they're being watched, it makes it just slightly less authentic in a way that I didn't love that change.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Not you. I'm not even talking about you.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
But in making the transaction, you guys know we've covered all the ways that I wanted to be careful about selling out because I really valued the chemicals that we had that kept it not only comfortable, but also so much more relaxed when you don't have directors yelling in your ear, when you don't have to worry about what something looks like visually, and then can just tell private jokes with, you know, internet cameras that are amusing your audience.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
Yeah. I'm remembering only director and Lorenzo. I'm not remembering a third person involved with whatever it was, our Washington television product.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
That was such a fun playground that I do remember very casually mentioning to one of the very high higher ups at Pablo's wedding at a table. Hey. You know, it would be really easy to just throw our show on ESPN2 for three hours, and you guys would have an amazing amount of cheap programming there that you're already paying for.
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And I thought to myself, what an enormous evolution for me to be even offering that to this person when I was super enjoying the creative space of, ah, nobody's watching this. We just got two people in Washington. Eric Rideholm, the producer of Highly Questionable. A little business at a wedding for you, too.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 8
I would say that that's where I also realized while in that conversation, oh, we are too hot for everything happening here. Connor Schnell has no interest in what it is I'm saying.
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The Big Suey: Stories From An NFL Shower
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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The Big Suey: Stories From An NFL Shower
That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I mean, many of us are old enough to remember when the nuns did it. That was something that was pretty popular. I think Izzy might get a $50 fine there. We need to do research on his third grade teacher and find out if indeed she is dead because he just killed her. And if she's not, that's a $50 Venmo fine.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Well, Greg Cody is not paying.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
It's a delayed penalty for Roy. I'm sorry. He said his mother did not hit him. He said that very clearly. And then you said he was getting community whoopings after he said, I wouldn't get it at home.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
He's gone. The penalty is delayed and he's got to leave the room. Sorry, I tried to save you. Yeah, and I don't know. I tried to save him. Yeah, but that's not... You're just a coach on the field arguing a call. We have instant replay now. The ruling is final.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
All right. Who else would be presenting the Venmo fine bucket other than Venmo? I thought that was self-explanatory.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
All right, well, can you guys please turn the penalty box, turn the heat up in the penalty box? Can you please make it a sauna? Can you make, instead of him just sitting coolly next to the ice, you know, refreshed and stuff, let's make it a sauna and let's make him sweat a little bit.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Well, he should be in a towel, yes. I mean, who goes, what do you wear in a sauna? What do the rest of you wear in a sauna? You go totally nude? I will not do that.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I will wear a collared shirt in a sauna. I am not doing nude in a sauna. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Are you doing nude in the sauna or are you doing a towel?
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I just don't see the need to be nude in a community full of people, but you've lived in locker rooms all your life. I remember in high school, my high school didn't have doors on the bathrooms on the stalls because they didn't want kids doing blow or whatever in the stalls.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
His hat looks like it has been green screened and he is now presently taking off clothes. I don't know how nude he will be by the end of this segment.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
So I must take a break from the jokes here for a second and put on my serious voice, because I would never ever joke about a 5G network that has invested billions building 5G towers across the country. Not even once. Not even if Mr. Boost Mobile himself asked me to. There is nothing funny about it. Boost Mobile is now a legit nationwide 5G network and also provides coverage across 99% of America.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Seriously. Visit BoostMobile.com or your nearest Boost Mobile store location to learn more. The Boost Mobile Network, together with our roaming partners, covers 99% of the U.S. population. 5G speeds not available in all areas.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I do want to circle back around with something that I said on The Shadow Show, because whatever you think of my commentary, this is something we've talked about over the years a lot. Like so many sports arguments are, my brother and I, when we were very young, we used to, my mother tells this story, we would get into an argument fighting over a single hair. a single human hair.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
And so many sports arguments feel like we're arguing about the difference between something that is very comparable. Whatever you think of Michael Jordan and Jokic, whatever you want that argument to be on who's the better offensive player, whatever the difference is, it ain't much. Like you can like high flying. You guys are making all these arguments, cultural phenomenon, myth, fun.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
You're right about all of them. Michael Jordan is all these things. He'll be undefeated forever because our memories will not allow him to lose this argument. But if I put it in front of you and Jokic is saying right now, this is the best basketball I've ever played.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
And the only reason he's not going to win MVPs is the same reason Michael Jordan didn't win them is because they were bored with voting for Michael Jordan. So they'd give one occasionally to Karl Malone. But Jokic should get the MVP every year because those numbers, like it's just an insanity. It's Shaq shooting three-pointers better than everybody.
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It's so interesting that so many people say that because I disagree because what I'm watching is so confusing to my mind. This kind of mastery with what I know all around him. are the athletes you prefer to watch. All fast twitch, skying, flying dunks, and everything else.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I prefer to watch those too, but the mastery is so graceful that it strikes me as a juxtaposition that is aesthetically pleasing that I've got this giant loaf of bread shaped like a cement mixer just rolling through the paint, but also can shoot threes better than anybody. But also, he's bored by it.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I want to talk about his teammates in a second, but I would argue, Hawk, that Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City this year have been boring. I don't like watching Patrick Mahomes, this version of him, throwing for 177 yards, three 300-yard games. Your grandfathering in, whatever that excitement is, I don't like watching him throw for 117 of 177 yards to Travis Kelsey. Yeah.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
No, I don't think it's droning the way Pete Sampras is. I'm looking at it, and I'm like, your receivers stink. That's not true, though. I mean, their receivers are not.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
He's there. The tight end is great. Their receivers are not. Those are all below average receivers, all of them. I don't think they're below average. Statistically? I disagree with that. Well, they have guys healthy right now.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Yeah, that's exciting. Hollywood Brown is fast. fast. Go look at his numbers. His production is a below average receiver.
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Maybe I'm spoiled from seeing what their offense has been under Mahomes.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I detect a slight bias here.
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Who can argue that Jokic is, like, fun? Hold on. I'm going to argue it, and I will continue to argue it because when I see things that don't have a precedent— But he's not having fun. Okay. He doesn't get to decide what's fun for me. He gets to decide what's fun for him.
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There are comics that deadpan and it's entertaining.
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I think you just threw that in there because I saw your bias. No, absolutely not. And you decided to go Dominican. You asked me two players. I didn't bring up Larry Bird. You volunteered that Larry Bird was boring.
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I don't know why you brought up Larry Bird, but I got an inkling. I got a clue why you brought him up.
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I brought up one Great White, then you brought up another Great White, and you say both of the Great Whites are dull.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Okay, you're asking the video team to get something there that they might not be able to get quickly. All right, hold on. Look, I understand that you're spoiled. You're used to just showing up at a TV place and getting whatever you want. This is not the world leader in sports. I like the clip now, please. Okay, they're looking for it. I promise you. And I see you slinking away.
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So Larry Bird is boring now.
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Can you guys just get me? Because I'd like to do some measurements on this. Hawk obviously knows a great deal more football than I do.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
certainly knows a million times more about how to be a receiver than I do but when the Chiefs receivers numbers are put in front of me all I see is below average numbers that's all I see so you're telling me that they're not below average receivers but their production says they're below I think says that they're below average receivers all of them went go get me DeAndre Hopkins and Mike is right Hollywood Brown is supposed to make a difference but I don't trust him at all yeah he's fast they got they got speed but they don't play like
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They play like an offense that has speed. They play like a defense that has speed.
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He'll give you nine routes. I want more than 200 yards a game from one of the best quarterbacks I've ever seen.
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Give me all their 60-yard receptions this year, and I will tell you why it is they're not exciting. Because I don't believe they're a big play. They're not a big play offense anymore.
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I don't think I can form the argument. I'm taking Kelsey out of the equation. But you don't think I can form the argument that that's the worst group of receivers left in the playoffs? Of all of the teams? I like them. I like the receivers too. And I like them over the commander.
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I'd like to discuss this with Andrew Hawkins because maybe he can give me some advice on my frustration. I don't know why it is that I have not been able to get a take off the ground, even though I have spent... carefully the last couple of weeks trying to get a take off the ground and have worked, I'm going to say 35 years, 35 years shaping takes and knowing how to get them off the ground.
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Fair enough, but not unlike the argument you guys are making with Michael Jordan. When you say tangibles, to me, the most tangible is, what's the production? Not where were you drafted, not how high was your jump at the combine, not how fast you are, because I know their receivers are fast. Yeah, Worthy's fast.
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I don't know who'd win a race between Worthy and Hollywood Brown, but they're two of the fastest receivers in the league, and the production doesn't indicate that. Hollywood Brown has a ton of drops. Now, we should put him off to the side because we haven't even gotten to see what he would look like in Kansas City. But when he had an MVP for his quarterback, he was fine. He's a deep threat.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
He's a limited receiver. He's a one-dimensional receiver. Yeah.
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That's correct. Look up for me, please. Just look up for me. Offenses, big plays, and give me however. Does Kansas City have as many touchdowns as long as Saquon Barkley does this year? You tell me. Do they have the five or the six 60-yard touchdowns?
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Buffalo doesn't have a number one, but I like Shakir, too.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
But Philadelphia's got a number one. You can make an argument that Philadelphia's pretty close to having two number ones. And I really like McLaurin. I think he's better than anyone Kansas City has as a receiver. Anyone. And now they're... You're looking at a Kansas City team. You're arguing on behalf of them being, you know, one of the better receiving cores left and they don't have a number one.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
And the other teams seem to have a number one.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
But you're giving, you're extending to Worthy and Brown something that you're not extending, and Hopkins, to Amari Cooper when you make your assessment of the Buffalo receiving core. You're making Hopkins something that I don't think he still is. If you give me right now, who do I want right now? Hopkins or Cooper? Please give me Cooper. I want that.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Let me get from you guys some commentary on this because you've heard me talking about for years, I have a hard time separating when you have team sports, who's responsible for whose success in everything that we're talking about. I have always thought, since this run started, that the Denver Nuggets starting five is, five players, as strong a five as you can get. But when I dive into the numbers,
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
They're terrible when Jokic isn't on the floor. They're unprecedented offensively when he is. And I really do wonder about what I'm about to say. So Cade Cunningham, I thought Izzy had more doubt about Cade Cunningham than there should be.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
He is the lead player on a 500 team, and just recently he had two consecutive games with double-digit turnovers, which is something that's never happened in the sport before. That is decent, but he's their clear number one usage rate player. And because of that, he's going to be in the All-Star because they're a 500 team.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I know how to say things that will get attention, and I don't understand why me saying on various podcasts and carefully, because I haven't gotten all out there and had the full take, but the take has been that Jokic is a better offensive basketball player than Michael Jordan.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I wonder if I just put Jokic on the Pistons, whether they too would have the record that the Nuggets have. If I put Jokic on any team in the league, it makes me wonder, well, how good is that starting five really in Denver? Because Aaron Gordon wasn't this good. when he couldn't just dunk everything in Orlando.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
He became a very good fourth player, championship worthy fourth player, when all of a sudden, all he's getting is all these lobs at the rim. How good, actually, are Jokic's teammates?
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
The reason I ask the question is because Michael Jordan wasn't win 50, 60 games every year until he got a top 50 player by his side.
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He was somebody who would get to the playoffs and then end up losing to people who had better number twos and number threes, even though he was the one scoring 63 and boring Larry Bird was calling Michael Jordan God in the locker room after Jordan had lost in a playoff game. I really do wonder if I put Jokic on any team in the league, am I getting to 50 wins?
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Are the Pistons, Cade Cunningham, Tobias Harris, and whatnot?
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Yes. Just a ball hog. Just viewed as a ball hog because he wasn't winning.
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That's what Michael Jordan got. He was getting crushed at every turn. And then he started winning all of the championships. But that's how it happened. We treated him really badly. But it was before social media. And so he couldn't win, even though Lambeer, there was a play where Lambeer cut his leg with a machete.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Do you realize how absurd it is to say the sentence, the first three-peat?
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So I must take a break from the jokes here for a second and put on my serious voice, because I would never ever joke about a 5G network that has invested billions building 5G towers across the country. Not even once. Not even if Mr. Boost Mobile himself asked me to. There is nothing funny about it. Boost Mobile is now a legit nationwide 5G network and also provides coverage across 99% of America.
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Seriously. Visit BoostMobile.com or your nearest Boost Mobile store location to learn more. The Boost Mobile Network, together with our roaming partners, covers 99% of the U.S. population. 5G speeds not available in all areas.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
How about the facts? How about instead of your eyes and what you think and the mythology, how about just the numbers?
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I just find it really funny that you guys are arguing myth, fun and memories against facts. Myth, fun, and memories against. Look at the offense. Look at the rebounds. Look at the assists.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
No. I like the idea that Hawk thinks that there's a physical thing you could do to Jokic that would stop him from scoring. That fouling him, the guy's arms are bleeding for the last five years, but Hawk has something that someone's going to do. I'm just saying the game is different.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Unless you allow the other players to play with brooms, to hit him with brooms, I don't know what you're talking about in terms of something is going to stop that physically. What? I remember when Shaq was this, some form of unstoppable this, and then you were like, how can anything be that strong? And then Yao Ming appeared, and Shaq couldn't move Yao Ming.
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What do you have doing anything to Jokic that slows him down? They are already fouling him.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Andrew Hawkins strolled in very casually and just seconds before we started. So I didn't get to ask him this off air and I'll do so clumsily on air and risk the response. Would you like to or are you available Sunday? The reason that we have a skeletal crew today is because we're going to be working Sunday during the games. We're going to be live streaming.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
What are you going to be doing during the games on Sunday?
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All right, so I'm inviting you. If you'd like to spend time with us here, we like having you around. I'm inviting you now, and it can be a surprise. You don't have to commit to it. It didn't sound like you did, Dan.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
Well, I wouldn't have asked you on the spot if your mother had taught you to be much earlier to work than you were.
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Let's put this together because these things, I don't know how long you've lived in South Florida, but these things have changed.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
The traffic, and I know this is empirical now. People will say that empirically they will find you the facts that suggest that Miami is worse on traffic now than Los Angeles is. That it's globally bad on traffic because we are that overcrowded with people who want more freedom is what they're arguing. A whole lot of people, more freedom and more sunshine.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
I don't think it's completely unpredictable. When the kids are back in school, the traffic is totally bad around rush hour from 3 to 7 and from 7 to 9 a.m. My number one thing.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
He started with his mother. First of all, he learned something in his very early years that you still haven't learned in your 40s and that you haven't taught the people around you to know, which is don't ask questions that I don't want to answer in public. Are you doing a bit right now? What is that? What is the bit that I'm doing?
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
What kind of disciplinarian was she?
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But what was the hell to be paid if it wasn't physical and all these years later you're still talking about how it is you used to talk through your teeth? Stop putting my man on the spot.
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Local Hour: Michael Jordan vs. Nikola Jokic
No, his parents did not beat him.
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The Big Suey: This IS Sports...
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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The Big Suey: This IS Sports...
You're going to pretend here that you don't love Matthew Kachuk more than you love anybody you've ever loved?
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I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Well, this is so funny when I think of, I want to do sights and smells for a second because this really does summon what is a cold, dark, lonely, fun time. Yeah. because for four hours a day, like it's not convenient enough that it's the Clevelander three blocks away, okay? We're now going to bring this inside my most intimate space and we're going to try to do this
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
In a way that's as good as what we normally do, which has all sorts of eye contact chemistry, 20 years of knowing each other.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
You being totally reasonable about, during a pandemic, can I do a bad radio show? Right, right. And the answer from me and Mike is no, but you're right.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Okay, but that just escalated. He got an opening on guilt. Eat it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I didn't have anything to do with it either, by the way.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
We did mock it. You did mock it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
We mocked the old people. Oh my God. It was good content. That's good content. Come on. No, we need to find that content and audio and play it. Just the people talking on Stugatz's Zoom that were 80 years old at his mom's funeral.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
This is a dark, cold, amazing, fun time.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
This was both one of the most amateur things that I have ever seen, but also one of the most majestic innovations that I've seen from inventive Cuban people who can make a boat out of toilet parts.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I want to ask you guys a business question here, because as we stir around in some of the places we might have felt betrayed or neglected by a lack of support, as you say this, I have not thought about it before now, justify the expense of sending the shipping container equipment
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Am I unjustified, entitled, or bloated in ego when I ask you guys, is it unreasonable for me to assume that we had a radio show that was big and popular enough that sending equipment to four people, it's not a ridiculous request?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I'm guessing that Stugatz has not even heard one syllable of what represents during this dark, cold, creative time what I believe to be some of the funniest stuff that we have ever done in the history of this show. In the shadows of people knowing we were in trouble and doing like some really funny comedy with some talented people. Like I was talking to Jonas. and John C. Reilly.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Oh, but no, but keep in mind, I'm not remembering any of this until he's expressing it. What I am remembering is I was having trouble getting a single microphone. And so just that one thing was something that felt like disrespectful and all the other stuff that was happening. But I wasn't making big ass for giant things. I'm asking that question now, as Mike says, we were.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Stugatz, do you remember at all whether or not they took, you'd remember. They did.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
You volunteered, because it was optional. It was an optional thing. No, I remember.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I would say that it did not feel optional, but especially given what it is that we were feeling now in terms of turbulence. And are we going to remain here? It seems like Mike and Stugatz think we're not going to remain here. I'm blissfully. What do you mean? We're working with these people.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
And so I'm still not sure of it at this point. We're done, Dan. But I'm saying, yes, of course. So I'm thinking to myself, well, I don't remember bonuses when we were doing well, and it doesn't make total sense to me that a corporate entity this giant would need now discounts, but-
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
If it's to protect the company and it seems like a lot of bad stuff is happening and there's a lot of uncertainty, I didn't have any resentment whatsoever about the idea of, okay, seems reasonable enough. This is a ridiculous way to make a living. ESPN has been very good to us and we make money and can't believe we get to do any of this. Sure, no problem.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
And we had some talented people doing bits where we were making a lot of funny, creative jokes, but not able to do the show itself daily very well. Like it didn't have any chemistry because look at how we were doing it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
But would you mind, I've had cameramen here who've moved from a Hialeah studio over to here. Some of them don't speak English. That 10% salary reduction, if I could give it to them, can I direct where it is that it goes? And the answer was no. And I was hurt by that. Right.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
No, but okay, yes, but I thought these people, because they don't work for ESPN, but you understand the part. Of course. Yes, that part.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Well, I ended up doing it anyway because- They weren't ESPN employed. And so, yes, I don't understand any of that.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Yes, I got it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Look, he asked me a question, and I'm telling you something that hurt at the time, and I didn't understand it, and now that you explain it this way, I'm not as entitled to that hurt, of
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
course they have their company and it has its employees i just thought of the people who had been doing this show for eight and nine years who were part of this little circle that was adjacent to our little circle that is an inner trust not a lot of people are allowed in it hey we're going to take care of all of these people right because this is a bad time for them too they've made this thing with us for eight years can i just put this money over there but yes of course the math on that doesn't work
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Well, that's what makes it not optional. Yes. Right.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
No, no, but I do think that this question is fair to ask. Yes, at a time of great vulnerability, when people are uncertain, a giant corporate structure hypothetical X immediately leans in and says, where can I grab an extra 10% in a way that everyone's confused? Like, that's pretty corporate cold. Like, I can question that. Yes, I can. Okay, well, you did.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
And so look, and it's fine. Like I said, the things that have happened since then have all rewarded the way that we've done business. And there have been some ancillary costs to protect the feelings of people. I am deeply grateful that those people helped make us a video company because there were all sorts of things we didn't see that we needed that those people helped birth.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
So it all ends up being our money anyway.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
They were cooped up too. Stavros made an early appearance there with a great bit. McKay, yeah, he needed a place to put it. And all of these people needed a place to put it. I think Jonah Hill's people ran away from him playing a bat meat lobbyist. I think there was just a whole bunch of stuff that happened there that short-circuited something.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
It was funny the way that it was, but it would have been funnier if it had been Jonah Hill. The thing that you just hit me with, though, because I do want to talk about the fun. These were fun, creative things. But when you mentioned my brother and you mentioned his artwork, I do want to figure out a way to make those prints something that's available to our audience.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
It's some of the last work of his.
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Yeah. But I want people to see what that time was because of the interpersonal connection of what I'm going to tell you here, which is my brother was broken at that point in his life. And doing that helped him. I don't know what happened, but there was just a short circuiting that happened and my brother was in a place
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
where he needed to do something creatively that would heal him up and give him confidence. So those pieces of art are something that are really meaningful to me. And I'm sorry of that, but it is a beautiful thing to remember that he was hurting then and just making stuff for our audience was something that helped heal him.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I mean, some of it was confusing. Some of it had to be hidden. Some of it protects his privacy. I'm chasing him through the streets at midnight trying to catch up to him because I'm just worried about what's going to... Yeah, it was... It was an unrecognizable thing. And yeah, things were happening in public that I needed not to be. in public, so it was a bit of a frenzied time.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
in all regards, but I was worried about him, and some of it was so unrecognizable because you don't know how to diagnose what, that one of the heartbreaking images I have is being at a birthday party for my dad with my brother, and my brother being just so manic for an hour that I left with my wife saying, this person who represents the thing that I've always loved the most, I don't like him.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Like, who is this? Like, what is it? And so... All of that was beyond turbulent. It just was perpetually confusing.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Stigatz was really strong during that time.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Stugatz didn't get to grieve it, by the way. He kept working through it. No.
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Still got the Sampson stuff was so good.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Like going through the innards of a sports organization that way.
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I'm sorry, too.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
I would say that we do owe Stugatz some apologies. No one owes me. Well, I would say.
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I mean. He's sorry. There is a general lack of discipline with Finney that would be probably.
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I mean, seriously.
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This is one of the coolest things, if not the coolest thing. It's the best. About our connection with our audience that makes this super uncommon as an entertainment vehicle. You can do anything, but I'm going to spend three hours with these people because I feel like I know them.
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They brought me through a time like this when, in an epidemic of loneliness, Stugatz, we're trying to provide normalcy for them by, look,
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we're having the same problems you are look at dan he just called him james mulvaney because he can't do the show all of a sudden i don't think we'll ever lose those people like those people who were in on the joke with us over those six months like we can fall apart and as long as we're still trying to do a show those people will listen to it like for the next pandemic or epidemic of loneliness that comes that we can help you through it's the coolest is that a
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All right. So the shipping container has been laughing at you here and I joined in the laughter because of your contention. Chris, you want to take it up with him first because the shipping container is agitated and they want to crack at you right now. Chris, you take it up first.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
Good point by Sedano there. Billy, what do you have for Sedano?
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He's lashing out.
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He suspended Gobert for getting sick, and he's doubled down on it. And what I want to know, Sedano, is how lonely did you feel as no one has supported you? Much like Chris Cody's flag football take, there is not a single person who has supported you on this. Rudy Gobert should have been suspended for being sick.
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It's just the coolest. Look, man, I don't know what disasters come this way, but I am proud of the fact that the people who ride with us know that we're going to keep trying to show up for them every day because that relationship actually is the core of our entire business.
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What are your thoughts there, Sedano?
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You couldn't have been any worse on this subject, Sonata. You're shook because everyone attacked you because you're the only one who said that Rudy Gobert was sick and you botched the dismount totally. Like, that was the worst answer I've ever heard from an NBA analyst on an NBA question. Tony, stymied you.
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All right, go back and watch your first take. Wade is clarifying his initial tweet, supporting Nick Cannon. That's what's on first take right now. You guys really flustered Sedano. Again, Sedano, famous at the network for the exclusive report that Rudy Gobert should be suspended for getting sick.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
So let's take it to the beginning of... How frustrating do you think that was for me?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
All right. Thanks a lot. I didn't know. I'll give you the verse then. I didn't know. Just get to it.
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I'm sorry. Look, I'm sorry. I don't mean that.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 12
That guy's voice when he was speaking, I did not expect that singing voice.
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Yeah, my perfectionism gets in the way sometimes, especially during a pandemic. There is some penetration.
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It was just chemistry. I just wanted the show to sound like the show sounds when it's good.
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Also a hugely positive influence for us.
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I know Miami cares about that. Mike, I know it was contentious. I know it was wonderful. And again, it's TJ Warren.
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I need, because this show can be whack-a-mole sometimes, I need to put these things on the poll at Levitard Show. Is T.J. Warren ever involved in what Mike Ryan described as a major storyline? And, because you're not going to skate on this one either, Stugatz, can T.J. Warren give you 45 points any given night?
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I don't know why you did that. I really have no earthly. I have no earthly. Can you look up the career high for me on T.J. Warren? As you say, T.J. Warren can give you 45 because I'm going to go the opposite on that. I'm going to say T.J. Warren can't give you 45 on any given night.
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We are going to get to Action Bronson and the world's strongest man should be six time. They've got a new single, Action Bronson does. I don't think Magnus does. He said while you were off there, while the connection was bad, he had mentioned that you have lost a lot of weight and that he admires that. What got into you? Why did you decide?
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I thought it was all, I thought we enjoyed being about the munchies. Yeah. Oh, it's slurring again. Okay, the connection is bad again, unfortunately. Back to Magnus. Okay, back to Magnus for Magnus, and this is going about as well as it could go. Thank you, Billy, again, for laughing in my face. Magnus!
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Yes, sir, action.
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The star of the O.J. Simpson documentary that won ESPN an Oscar was not O.J. Simpson. It was this man, Carl Douglas. He is our attorney, the show's attorney. What do you make of what you've seen in America as a guy who has been a part of the biggest civil rights law firm that we've ever seen in America with Johnny Cochran? What do you make of what's going on?
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in the United States over the last five days, and thank you for making the time for us today.
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Why do you think that this one feels different to America even if it doesn't necessarily feel different to you, Carl Douglas?
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So this will be an interesting time to revisit because I smile at it nostalgically even though it was kind of awful. And it's when COVID comes to visit and we're having trouble getting things like, hey, can I have a microphone to do the biggest sports radio show that there is in America? And Mike Ryan is getting essential worker status.
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And what do you do with what it is that you're watching? Obviously, you were featured prominently a few episodes ago.
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I'm curious, Charles, when you see, because I've been made sad watching you. I've heard you talk in a couple of different places about how your friendship isn't what it was because you criticized his management. And he obviously, the film shows that he holds on to these slights and doesn't let go. But life's too short, man. Can't you reach out to him and fix that?
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That's a good point. Did you feel bad for anybody? Did you feel bad for the way anyone is being portrayed in it?
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Tiger King is the name of the Netflix documentary. McGill knows everyone in it. He binged the whole thing, Stugatz, yesterday. He watched all seven episodes, and this is how a lot of people are going to end up watching this thing. So without giving too much away, Ron, what can you tell us about your observations?
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You knew these people, you know these people, but you didn't know them this way, did you?
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This is so good.
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Yes, dildos. Like little confetti penises. All over the floor, yes. That weekend had been a rough shot run through South Beach for some ladies and their remnants were all over the apartment we were occupying.
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Well, I thought the most normal of the private zookeepers was the drug lord from Miami who was sentenced to 100 years in prison and served 12. You know Mario, right? I know Mario very well.
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So you knew him back when? You knew him when he was Scarface?
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I get this story the other day about Tim Jerns. He's a strength coach at Southeast Tulsa College. And I'm like, how can this be real? Is this real? And I'm just sort of shouting it around. And then Allison finds Tim Jerns. This is a person who exists. And I couldn't believe some of the things that I was reading. But anyways, Tim, thank you for doing this. First of all, appreciate your time.
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My wife does not want us there.
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I'm just stunned, though, at some of the things that you're doing during what is obviously a pretty panicked time in America where you're running your guys through football drills still.
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But I feel like you're you're dabbling in like some gray areas here where fully optional like I was sort of told one of the details that was sort of appalling to me is that these these felt like involuntary OTAs.
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OK. All right. That's fine. You hit it twice as hard. But what you have happening, like, are you not aware of what's happening in the country right now in terms of quarantine? And now is not the time for anything for anybody to be hitting anything twice as hard.
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Somebody got sick. Is that what the backstory is? Someone got sick from the tasting of blood.
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Can you explain to me these workouts? Because these details are impossible to believe. As I'm reading some of these things, I'm finding all of this to be very dangerous, really.
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No, I would say that our apartment's not that big, and just putting America's largest sports radio show with its volume in the middle of her life is going to kind of ruin six hours of her day.
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I don't have a place where she wouldn't be hearing. She doesn't have privacy.
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It's the opening scene in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and it's the line of the guy whose name I always forget, and I ask Mike Ryan every time to tell me what the name of the guy is. It's a very uncomfortable scene at the beginning of the movie. Jason something or another. Jason Segel.
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Jason Segel in that movie while he's walking around naked because a lot of people have seen it now in real life says to people, your mother has seen me naked.
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Correct. That's not what I'm saying there. Anyway, move.
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How are you going to look? What are you going to look up?
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What should I Google?
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and we are handling covid professionally by having hand sanitizer in two places following the rules and do america's biggest sports radio show from an apartment in your building dan see if you can figure out the zoom and see if you can't stop feeling like this is exactly where your career is going to shit because you called john mulaney one of the world's great comics james mulvaney
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That's right. Yeah, that's the standard.
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Stugatz is right. Stugatz is right that under the circumstances, it should be sane and understandable that the show is going to slip. But I want to offer this as context, and I'm going to probably both embarrass Mike here and really excoriate an ESPN executive who deserves it here.
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For the entirety of my adult televised lifetime, Eric Ridehome has been regarded as the most visionary of sports producers in the history of the business. Overrated in my mind. He has been exceeded, I see, during COVID by another producer that I believe, and I've told Mike this, it's the greatest compliment I can give him.
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I say better than Ridehome because during this particular time, Ridehome did not bail me out in all the ways that I was falling apart during a pandemic. Mike Ryan ran into the breach with his technological equipment and did a bunch of different things that other people wouldn't have done to make sure that our audience got the standard. He's the protector of the standard.
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So that is part of what it is that we're doing here, showing you the innards of how it is this thing got built. And during a time that the audience wanted this thing to be as good as it was. Mike Ryan is driving to the beach as one of 11 people who's allowed into this apartment covered in dildos because the people need their content from Stugatz.
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And God damn it, Stugatz, get Finney to stop barking.
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Because this is where I'm starting to feel everything's coming apart for us. We're in a sad apartment. There's 80s wrestling playing on the televisions. Mike Ryan has brought in everyone by Zoom and we are doing a bare bones minimum show that can't have chemistry because we're doing it in a place that's just awful.
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Those pandemic highly questionables. I can't even believe that we did those shows with no content. There was nothing in sports going on. But we were doing better stuff. We made some funny stuff over this time period. I remember this as a content time. It sort of delights me in a way that I'm surprised by thinking about it right now.
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And Victor Wibonyama had a weird skills competition, which feels a little weirder now with the news.
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Yeah, and so there are parallels there. For Bosh, when the second one popped up, he's on blood thinners for life. That's not necessarily going to be the case here for Victor Weminyama, which was actually the solution, the cure for Chris Bosh is what caused the end of his career, which was the blood thinners.
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I think it's a huge blow, not just for the Spurs. However, the first name that I thought of was Chris Bosh. The second name that I thought of was David Robinson, because the Spurs were in a similar position. They had David Robinson. He got hurt. They put themselves in position to get Tim Duncan. And if they get Cooper Flagg out of this whole thing, that's incredible for the franchise.
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But I think the league could have really used Victor Wimbanyama in the postseason. I think it's a huge blow. You worry about the rest of his career because if this pops up again, you have the very recent comparison with Chris Bosh that, okay, that's blood thinners for life, right? He's a liability out there. You can't put him out there, and that's hugely unfortunate.
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I don't want to address the elephant in the room with my initial Victor Wimbanyama takes. this was not what I had in mind. When I talked about his long-term health and his fragility, I was thinking maybe ankle. No victory lap for you today. Yeah, no victory lap. I was made very uncomfortable with the amount of text messages and DMs that I got. Mike, you were right. You're like, wait, what?
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It's a dub, an unfortunate dub. A victor lap would be funny.
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How was I right? Are you politicizing this?
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Yeah, you're politicizing it.
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Every quote that came out after his phone call. No, not every quote. You got a quote from JT Miller and a quote from Bill Guerin. I'll find another one if you'd like. You've clearly seen all their voter ID cards.
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Was it Bill Guerin that came in with the speakerphone? Yes. I think it's safe to say, given the Fox News interview hit that Bill Guerin did, where he lines up politically.
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He's a general manager. Yeah, that's right. What does that mean? He knew already.
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Mike Jeremy's an ally. Would you like me to go into the political donations of Pat Riley and Mickey Arison? No, but we should do that while Dan's out. That would be a hilarious day.
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Let's throw a blanket over an entire organization because of a general manager. Well, and players. Look, it's safe to assume. I understand what you're doing. Was he rooting for the Canadians? Was this guy rooting for the Canadians? Hell no.
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the canadians aren't conservative not at all no the canadian hockey players no wayne gretzky is only playing golf with uh 45 and 47 all the time and being encouraged to run for prime minister of canada the great one yeah the great one so like look there's conservatives everywhere we have to try our best to make this work i don't like it either and yes i looked at the screen cap and i tried to identify who's smiling
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I know who was smiling. Austin Matthews, you've got a huge smile on your face. I know what you want to do with Matthew, and I'm not so sure there, pal.
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Yeah, but just given, if you want to read into quotes and what Matthew Kachuk has said, I know he spoke very excitedly, proud to be an American at the White House. What do you expect him to say?
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What do you expect him to say? He's been really good about...
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shielding that but when it came to the the rainbow stick tape Matthew Kachuk's been on the right side of that I think Matthew Kachuk is playing this about as well as you can but I'm not I don't know the political leanings I think it's safe to say no no one's asking you to go like player by player by player it's just that I've seen fans say that the current uh feeling of patriotism
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We'll put it on the poll.
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It's Jeremy Teixeira. Are you guys f***ing crazy?
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Well-groomed beards? Took him a while to have this conversation, eh? It took him a while to just say, hey, you can grow a beard. Who determines what's well-groomed? How many PR firms helped craft that?
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Howdy, folks. It's Mike Ryan. I talk to you about Miller time all the time, but we're in the wintertime right now, and one of my favorite pastimes is to crack open a Miller Lite and enjoy myself some Miller time during the wintertime because when there's a brisk chill in the air, it just makes everything right.
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Someone or some company made at least $600,000 coming up with that statement.
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My friends and I who live down here in South Florida can actually sit outside because it's not super muggy. We can thoroughly enjoy our Miller time together. And for you listening, I know there's a lot of things going on right now. Sports news. Chief among them. Nothing more important than sports.
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But again, he's lifting up a JT Miller quote and a Bill Guerin quote and projecting that over an entire team, which I think is a little unfair. Projecting it over a moment. Mike, I'm talking about how- No, you cannot talk about this moment without the politics.
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That's all I did from the beginning was saying how this moment- I think if you re-listened to this segment, you would feel a little bit different. Well, I'm taking a victory lap.
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Hooray us. Hooray Yankees. This is great. This can only help the game. All right, so speaking of growing niche sports, let's talk about hockey last night. He's the best player in the world. You may want to mark him. That was ridiculous. All right, so look. Headline, great for the sport.
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A victory lap. But that's the thing. You're taking a victory lap and- Victory lap. Look, I'm sure this wasn't like when the US women were being attacked by men 45. And that was kind of ideal if you were on one side of the political spectrum because you got to be a patriot. You knew where you were aligned ideologically with the players. And it was like a great moment.
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Megan Rapinoe, that's like, okay, yeah, you get to pound your chest and wrap yourself in the flag. You get to be patriotic. And you get to stand up to someone that is your oppressor the way that you feel. Like that's a great moment. This one's way more complicated. As is everything else.
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right now overly complicated and i do not like from a side of the aisle that during the kaepernick thing wanted a clear division of politics and sport and now like many people in the past you have a leader that is using the avenue of sports to not just normalize some of this behavior steve bannon gives a very clear nazi salute at a cpac yeah very clear nazi salute like This is abhorrent behavior.
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I understand why it's hard to disassociate some of this stuff. You know where I stand on this stuff. I have a very difficult time reconciling what's in the news. But then I hear Freebird. Right. Right.
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There is a lot of athletes that I am former athletes that are conservative that I'm friends with. I live in Miami. It's why the echo chamber thing is insane to me. I'm a second generation Cuban.
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I think it would be plenty intense. And I don't think the intensity from the players would be any different if that storyline was not there.
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Hugely unfair, I think, to these players. Right.
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I'm not going to start in the obvious place. We'll get there in a second. But something happened before the show that I want to address because I was envious of what happened in the other room. I saw a door swing open and I saw an entire room light up and react to news that they had received. I thought someone said, did Udonis Haslam walk in? What happened over there? And then...
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They gave us a week in February, a random week in February that we all really came together and argued about politics. And it was great. And we loved the game of hockey. The hockey was top of the line stuff. You had a great game deliver on all the hype and expectation. I'm sure this number is going to be massive. You lose in overtime, that's tough. I understand that.
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It's tough. I get you 100%. I can say that the players, they didn't care about that stuff. That was not really talked about.
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That tweet did numbies, though. 9.4 million views. Big numbies. Look, Chris and I were in a group that went up to Montreal. It would not have felt as tense were it not for the political situation right now that the U.S. finds itself in. Seemingly... By its own doing. Not seemingly. Totally by its own doing.
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We've never, ever had an issue with Canada, and now all of a sudden, a really friendly nation is booing our anthem straight to our face. It's not great. It's impossible to ignore. The players did their best in navigating this. Outside of maybe one wayward JT Miller thing that you could really read into, no one gave a quote that's like, Man, damn, you really let me down there. So credit to them.
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Hockey players are pretty good that way. They're not going to give you too much because then Brad Marchand may seize on something totally innocuous. I do want to say, though, that I want to credit this team for how well that they handled all this stuff. They could have come out and made this an uber distraction. They didn't. Hey, there were people, Jeremy, and people that feel like Jeremy,
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that were tuning into this specifically because they wanted to get one over on Canada because the cult of personality is such. Yeah, you're already in on the 51st state. And it's kind of like Republicans buy shoes too. Like Team USA, they did nothing to dissuade puck heads. that really didn't want the politics being infused into this kind of tournament.
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They did nothing to dissuade us from it, really. And they certainly didn't do anything to dissuade the people that were coming to this game for that, too. In terms of being able to capture a market and know how to grow your game, I gotta say that the players played this to perfection. I had my thoughts about Bill Guerin, but what can you do?
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Well, okay, that's Noah Hannafin, yeah. Well, there's two. There's two. Again, I'm not going to project over an entire team. I think it's safe to say, like, white, rich athletes in hockey, you can estimate, you can do your best to try to figure it out. I think you'd be shocked to know how many people on the Canada side are kind of, I know it's a progressive nation.
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But how you lose in overtime really kind of really twists a knife a little bit because number 97 is Connor McDavid. McOverrated, I think we can drop that for a little bit. Pretty big goal that he scored last night. He's the best player in the world. He's wide open in front of the net. He's wide open in front of the net, and that's number 34 that is supposed to be marking him.
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What I don't like is that's a message.
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Let's just watch the game, right?
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But they're not allowing, and by there, I say conservatives, because that was the message when Kaepernick was doing his thing. And it's very convenient to flip the script and just be like, hey, go ahead and deal with it. Okay, I'm dealing with it. I'm a UFC fan. I see a political rally at UFC New York. I see a victory lap.
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I see every winning fighter go over there and get congratulated by the president. It's kind of impossible at that point for me to draw the line, especially when Dana White is fully endorsing.
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I want to hear what Jess has to say.
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It is pretty crazy how all of this aligned, because the U.S. and Canada...
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You had Kaner, but it's, again, you have to do the, well, morally, I'm not really down with this guy, but go Hawks.
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I'm super glad that we're having it. The discourse is fascinating because all this stuff happened at a moment in time where the politics were impossible to ignore. From the national anthems. They're booing the national anthem. Why are they booing the national anthem?
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Austin Matthews, who in the group chat I saw was referred to as Austin Badthews, who did not have the greatest tournament. I know he set some people up, and defensively he played all right, but this is a huge, huge mistake from a Selke finalist, one of the top defending forwards in the league. You cannot do this!
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bad singer on purpose got him i should have had greg do his song there there was no there was no outside framing like the miracle on ice like you kind of knew the the story geopolitically this one you had bad faith politicians bad faith aggregators doing what they could to to manipulate a storyline that that couldn't give a less about the sport and while all that circus was going on
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Again, credit to the NHL, they leaned into the circus. They played it down the middle, non-political. When it came to their presentation, they would acknowledge it. The players, for the most part, overwhelmingly didn't close any doors to people that were coming just for that. And they are legion. I think there's going to be a massive number. But the people that truly have a passion for the game...
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Roy, I feel like I can speak for you. This was an amazing experience. This was one of the best things, genuinely, one of the best things I've ever experienced around this sport. And that's not just because I went to some of the games. No, watching it on television yesterday was one of the iconic games in the sports history.
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So much better with a beard. That's not the same person. It's just flatly not. The eyes are closer together on the photo on the right. That's not the same person. You guys are trying to trick me.
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Those are two different people. That's not fair. Looks thinner on the right, too.
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If I see the salt and pepper in a beard, I'm like, ah, it's Paul Goldschmidt. Is that Gino?
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I'm really mad about this.
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Yeah, he was incredible. Made three huge key saves. Went back to 2019. Yeah, he was incredible for them. But I think we all kind of had the Alonzo Mourning reaction to that goal, which is not the result we wanted, but certainly the result we deserved.
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What were their quotes? Let's let's I'll address that because I know what he's talking about. Here's Brad Marchand, who I hate immensely. This guy sucks. He's a rat. But he's look, congrats to him. He gets to be the winner on the day. Let's hear what he had to say postgame.
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So the running the mouth and the Kachuk brothers, they can run their mouth primarily on the ice. But what he's referring to is what happened after the United States beat Canada 4-1 in Montreal. They were asked about the fight and they said that it came up in the group chat. And in the ensuing days, I think Brendan Hagel said, like, we don't have a group chat.
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Big news was broken to me. And God, I am so jealous of Taylor who got to deliver this huge news. Chris, what was the news that you guys received that made that entire room light up?
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And then Kachuk, Matthew Kachuk was asked about that while he was sitting next to his brother. He's like, I don't know what to tell you. Like, maybe they don't like each other. That's what he's referring to. That is repressed Canadian male emotion right there.
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For them to take such issue with a group chat thing is, I don't know, kind of weird to me because then look at this and credit to Canada, good banter from Trudeau on down. They deserve it. Look. We certainly deserve it. But do we have the still of Brendan Hagel's IG story? So a group chat has big breaking news. A group chat has finally been formed. Brendan Hagel has given evidence of this.
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And it's called Champions with a big Canadian flag. And cool. I can see Sam Reinhardt's in that. Glad he made the cut. Brad Marchand's in it. Sidney Crosby's in it. 227 unread messages. Is he in our hockey group chat? He must be in our hockey group chat. Man, that's a highlight group chat on a given day. We're all just Ethan's.
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special you have no idea how much that cuts for poor ethan there is at least 33 percent of like the main group chats have ethan muted i love ethan though when he's in he's all in he's all in volume shooter but he makes some occasionally love you ethan uh ethan is wearing a hockey jersey today again today as a big surprise i guess he's going to a steakhouse after after the show tune into mystery crate to hear that story
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Yeah. All right. God bless, Ethan. The group chat thing is weird. The really seizing on it, I guess, like, man, you want to talk... Really reaching for bulletin board material here. It's USA Canada. When you have the president, like, insulting your country as a whole in 51st state, to seize on the group chat thing is a little odd.
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I don't really get what's happening there, but let's go back to the macro. The... The whole theater of this thing that culminated with last night's incredible moment. That was an all-star game. Was that the immediate pivot, Chris? You've got to be kidding me. All-star tournament. Was that the immediate?
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Yeah, a couple reasons for that. No one grew up wondering about the day that they might possibly lift the Four Nations Cup. I mean, it's just the Four Nations.
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It'll never be as cool as it was four days ago. I'm sure we – let's talk Wemby and how the – look, the NBA is in shambles right now. The NBA is not in shambles, by the way.
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I love the NBA. I love the NBA. What? What? So, Jeremy, you seized on that. I don't. I...
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wholeheartedly still stand by my statements this was awesome this was the biggest thing i would love to have won it it hurts you enjoyed it while it was cool um it's so cool it was still the best and like i can't wait for next year in the olympics now we have a great storyline they hadn't played best on best these nations in 11 years and all you had was you know a historic rivalry The U.S.
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got the better of them in the World Cup of Hockey in 1996. I remember watching that as a little kid and knowing what a big moment that was. But recently, when these two nations have met in finals, it usually ends in heartbreak. In fact, Sidney Crosby has five medals to his name, five gold medals in international hockey. The United States as a whole have four in their history.
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we are absolutely little brother here and it was weird it was weird in how the um look the politics of it the the media coverage of it we somehow gave canada the right to be the underdog in hockey i mean they at certain points in this tournament they had sydney crosby conor mcdavid nathan mckinnon and kale mccarr on the ice They are not the underdog.
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Like, if we're doing this in video games, their overall team score is higher than the overall team score of the United States. But the United States had the vibes. They had the attitude. They were hosting the final. This was a pick-em game when it came to betting lines, and most of the action was on the United States.
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I think we did it. I think it was us. We were the tipping point. Tony, I think you're absolutely right. Our edition of Who Dat Is, the most recent one where we couldn't get two of the most recent Yankee signings because Paul Goldschmidt looks Dominican all of a sudden when he's clean shaven.
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But make no mistake about it, the United States is always going to be the underdog against Canada. And something weird happened, maybe politically, where that narrative switched, and you can't give the more talented team Also the right to call themselves underdog. That's weird.
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It was a great moment. Micah Rizzioni coming out in the Johnny Goudreau hockey sweater. Yeah, that got buried. That got buried by all this ridiculousness as it made it to the— No, I don't think anybody would agree with that.
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It's good just background television. Ridiculousness?
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Yeah, it seemed like the one penalty that I think they only called one penalty. It had to be like super obvious. You knew that the stripes weren't going to be.
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Which I love. Look. Top-of-the-line effort, great theater, great drama, the players caring. Matthew Kachuk's probably not going to play for a few games for the Florida Panthers. It's insane that the players that were in this tournament have to turn around now and start playing for their clubs in two days, some tomorrow.
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Yeah, there's got to be a green phone. There's got to be a green text. Like Swayman's like, why am I not in these group chats? Yeah, I like the idea of there being like maybe Kale McCarr in this group chat. Man, shout out to the NHL. They got this right. And it's not just the NHL. The players also have to show that they wanted to do this. And the players union were a driving force.
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International hockey means a lot to these guys. And I know PK went viral drawing comparisons to the effort to the NBA and the NHL, but that's also one of the other storylines that was unfortunately bigger than the Johnny Goudreau thing. And I understand the Johnny Goudreau thing is for hockey puck heads that know the story. For me, that was prevalent throughout this tournament.
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The guy's the Hall of Famer and none of us knew him. Totally unrecognizable clean shaven. So I'm glad that the Yankees, and look, America's already on the rebound. Nature is healing. The country is healing, at least in sports terms. George Steinbrenner is rolling over in his grave right now. Jess, do you have an official statement? This is worthy of an official statement from the New York Yankees.
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It wasn't what was headlining cable news. We all know that. But it happening during this kind of weird inflection point for the NBA, as I want to get to the Wemby stuff now, too, is really interesting because there were abuelitas that were watching this game last night. This was huge for the sport of hockey. I don't know if that sustained momentum. But like I said, the Panthers play tomorrow.
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There's a lot of people that are going to identify with this, and it's really unfortunate that Matthew Kachuk got hurt because he has shown time and time again on grand stages that he's willing to be the superstar. He's willing to be the face of hockey, and you would love to just keep that momentum going.
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But I cannot think about this NHL exhibition tournament, whatever you may call it, best on best, though, and not think about the NBA. And the NBA had a crushing blow yesterday with the Victor Wimbledon-Yama news. And this is really serious. As Heat fans know that went through the Chris Bosh thing, this is career in jeopardy type of stuff.
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Now, there have been reassurances that they think he's going to be fine. They caught it. It has not spread. They caught it in the shoulder. But this is a really scary thing.
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It was. It is. I mentioned that this week on the show. The face of the NBA is Victor Wimbanyama. And 48 hours later, he's out for the rest of the season. And there were some Bosch parallels because when Bosch had his second one, remember, Bosch bounced back after the pulmonary embolisms. And then there was like a weird skills competition.
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That was winner take all. That was winner take all.
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We have embraced debate. Good. We will make this better and better. And also just clip that last part where cut it out and edit it out where he says that he loves Shannon Sharp. Send that out just to the internet without that context, please. Do it unfairly. I'm down with that. So that he can have beef with Shannon Sharp and homophobia. I like him, too. He's great. He's wildly entertaining.
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Thank you, guys. Come on back in here, please. Pablo Torre finds out, I've told you, it is a very popular podcast. It is an award-winning podcast. It has, I'm going to say, the most critical acclaim from snooty elitists in the podcast world than any other podcast presently going in sports. I think I can say that.
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You are on MSNBC and you are now in the in the middle of a liberal elite spaceship in one of your side projects. How is that going for you? I've seen you. You are now a regular on Morning Joe, correct?
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You, Tony, you were making faces at Pablo because that's what's happening. Pablo's the jock on where? No, if you guys had not noticed, I know, Tony, why you're not watching this. It's Pablo.
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to find a pablo on on msnbc now in the morning doing morning chuckle fest television at what i will say is a pretty dangerous time in america and some people are going to visit the white house when they share trump when they shouldn't be uh... that's as journalists but uh... your i'll say what i want their so you are in the middle of that show and i can put you in awkward more awkward position than that with that show but you are absolutely the cool sports person
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who comes in and everyone loves talking sports with you, even though some people on that set don't even want to talk sports and have never talked sports, but now because you bring sports to them, you're the cool guy.
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He had to go. Shannon Sharp, a triumphant performance. He just left.
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Have you seen? I mean, it's too early for you on the West Coast because I've enjoyed my friends are watching Pablo. They're talking about Pablo. Pablo is getting to a new audience, I would say. It's a different audience. It's a very different. Yeah, we've lived. We've lived in these different. All of us have lived in the ESPN bubble, but it's different from here.
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They are fascinated by this shiny sports journalist who comes over and they're like, wow. And he's smart when he talks about the toys.
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Pablo Torre is a model minority for the new America that we can all believe in. You're welcome.
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Just game time. You don't have to use four words. One, you can use two. Oh. It's game time. Just you hit it. I believe it's game time. You've got to have some conviction.
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Pablo, are you here to shill on behalf of Pablo Torre Finds Out? Is it the episode with you, me, and Mina, or is it something else that you're promoting?
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Inflation adjusted. This month. You should have seen what I found out when I started looking at some of the numbers.
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No, I come out of those things, and I'm like, I got taken by everyone in our company, everybody who wants more. I just looked at some of those numbers. It's a dizzying array. Of following everybody's curiosities totally into an abyss.
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That makes it okay. It does make it okay, actually. You know what? That is happy holidays. Legitimately happy holidays. I said when you got on here, this is our last show of the year. We're going to celebrate in the club with an assortment of sounds from the year. But I am grateful for everyone here who has made this machine work. Everyone on the other side. and we've got close to 50 employees.
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I don't know where it is. And a whole ton of contractors. They all work for Pablo. It is a spaceship, yes. We've got a ton of contractors, most of whom work for Pablo.
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Don Levitard. But it's just his titties are sitting on the shelf that is his belly. Stugatz. He said titties.
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Now, I like these guys. I like their information. I really do. But you have to understand that there are a whole lot of people in sports who will look at these two guys, Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating, and say, what do these knobs and all their math and all their numbers and all their data, what do these knobs know about sports that they can tell me who are underdog values?
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We couldn't get Peter Keating to get his technology right last week. He was upside down. He was confused. His sound didn't work. What does he know about anything in sports? Well, I will tell you that these guys, and Greg Cody and Stu Gatz every week around here, they're anti-information. They're anti-any new data. These guys, for 20 years now,
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have data to draw from, and they believe in certain fundamental truths. So thank you again for being on with us. We will get to some of the things happening in sports in a moment. But Jordan, if you can explain basically, how do you feel about a whole lot of people in sports just saying, shut up, nerds.
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That's what's happened, right? The evolutions are such that I'm watching my second baseman pull a card out of his pocket so he can stand in exactly the right place. And then I see a line drive hit there. You're making it so scientific that you are taking some of the joyous spontaneity out of it.
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That song, both strange and self-involved, not unlike our next guest. Pablo Torre finds out is the name of the very popular podcast that Nick Wright calls the world's most expensive podcast. We will get to that in a second. But Pablo, I need your help with Andrew Hawkins.
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Peter, can you tell me what you have seen in sports that the math has changed more recently? Then the stupidity of, holy, we were playing basketball the wrong way the entire time, trying to get the most contested two instead of the least contested three.
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And Amin, both of whom say, and they've shown it, they've proven it, that they can fake a take on just about anything, especially in their area of expertise, if they have not seen the game the night before. We want to play first fake with Amin and...
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Guys, this is a little bit dry. The numbers are dry. Can we just do anything to make it a little more interesting in video, please? Mike, what do you have? You seem to be all excited here.
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You're finding yourself give the take that LeBron James and Giannis have now won and cared about this tournament, and therefore this will be a requirement for future greatness. That's ridiculous.
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Andrew Hawkins and I think I need to kick them out of the room in order to do this I don't think that I don't think I think that needs to happen in the other room uh in the penalty box and I need to ideate uh with you guys uh on what it is that we're going to do on first fake what is that what are the topics going to be there's got to be a football topic there's got to be a basketball topic they have no information and they're going to be able to fake it because I do believe Andrew Hawkins I believe this game's too easy for Andrew Hawkins not unlike with Matthew Stafford
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Guys, before you get out of here, again, Jordan Brenner and Peter Keating, The Underdogs is the name of the podcast. We are out of time, but your Underdogs of the Year, that episode that you're doing, what are the highlights so people can go get it over there? Because we've run out of time here, and I didn't leave enough to actually get into that as subject matter.
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Well, we'll just have to come back then, Dan, but...
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Ah, there. OK, we'll get you on to argue with Greg Cody then. And I think he would have the winning argument. Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate the time. Thanks, Dan. Thank you. Happy New Year. Likewise.
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that he gets bored by the easy elements of this game, and he can do the fakery better than he can do just, you know, whatever, going out there bored and giving you football analysis.
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I like the upstart. I like the novice. Andrew Hawkins has a polish that Amin doesn't.
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Well, we need to have him. You know, I believe there's a competition going on now at Metal Ark for all the space and all the money and all the places where it is that we have to fight for the things that we believe in. And I believe when I call Andrew Hawkins a novice, I'm talking about around here. I mean, we've got a sage veteran who's been doing the take game and making fun of the take game.
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He's old and tired, man. Look at his face. Yeah, what happened? Is he all right? Is he all right? I'm just saying, Andrew Hawkins comes in here. He smells good. He smells like confidence. He smells like I'd like to do all of the things better than these people around here do them. He's not coming here to be a peer. He's coming here to get past us.
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Okay, you can do all you want in terms of supporting all the things Andrew Hawkins is. I believe he is those things as well. I also believe that he's about to dust Amin. No, says Tony. All right, let's take our bets now before we do this, because we're going to get to this in a second. But go ahead and take our bets. Just tell me who you got, who you got, one name.
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All right, so this is pretty dramatic. Do you guys have a football question? I want to go football with both of them? Basketball with both of them? And then I want to go to a subject that neither one of them know anything about.
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All right. Let's go to the other room and see what we have here. And again, this is all born of the Chargers beat the Broncos last night, 34-27. Fun game. Charger defense all of a sudden. Can't do anything right. There's an advantage to going first or going, there's an advantage to going second here. I will go out to you first, Hawk, on your area of expertise.
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Can you please explain to me why Jim Harbaugh has been good at coaching defense, but why that defense, which was best for points per game the entire season, the last two games all of a sudden is getting shredded pretty good?
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I think Hawkins concedes defeat there because Amin spit in his face with a swollen lip. They take notes.
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Hawk, would you concede that Amin won that because he said, take notes in your face and spit spittle in your face?
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All right, so 1-0 Amin, and it wasn't notes. It was notes.
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Let's go to Amin now. Amin, please explain to me why it is that Joel Embiid cannot get along with Philadelphia, and if you believe he's not tough enough.
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Pablo, your thoughts? Do I have a ruling here? I don't love that on first take they're sharing a microphone. I think we need to do better than that. In the next version of this, we will make sure to produce this slightly better than I'm producing it right now.
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This is the thing. Amin has been trying to hide his face for two days. Have you not noticed he's done the show with his back to the shipping container because he's looking at me? He's never been so attentive on me in his life, and it's just because he doesn't want people to see the scar on his face. Pablo, how's this going so far? We need a third topic.
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Were your feelings hurt by me underestimating you in this matchup? Everybody.
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Yes, I want. You want to try again? You want a third chance on. Do you want a third chance on a topic neither one of you know about so that we can do this correctly? Yes, you're both in a costume. You're both characters.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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No. You know what? Shut up, nerd. Kick him out of here. What? Hold on a second.
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The debt ceiling. Minor penalty, two minutes for boring.
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Dan Levatard. It sounds to me like everybody could use a hug because a hug is always the right size. Stugatz. All I have put in my body today is three cups of coffee and an entire cup of honey.
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Guys, the thing that's funniest about what you're saying is, I don't know if this is the best Houston Texans season that there's ever been, but it has the potential to be if they go on the road and beat Kansas City. The situation they're in is not just everything you're saying. No, this year we know the good teams. We know who's actually good.
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This will be all great to see the great teams play against each other. Hey, Texans, get out of the way. They're looking at the other conference so jealous of the Rams. Because people are looking at the Rams and they're like, yeah, go get them, Rams. Go drag everyone down from behind. I know this sweet Detroit story. That city really wants the Lions to win. That's nice.
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Philadelphia, you're spoiled. It'd be really nice if the Rams just hunt everyone down and ruin the NFC. What's happening in football that the Texans are looking at the Rams and are jealous when this might be the best Texan season there's ever been?
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I want to ask him about that one.
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uh... can you guys tell me i was very disappointed earlier this uh... this week when we unveiled our pat riley statue after uh... everything that happened with the miami heat and our statue uh... it was just lacking generally not enough funds were spent on it uh... we made a big deal about we're gonna have this statue and it's gonna lord over the arena it's gonna celebrate pat riley forever because this town should honor his greatness
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And shouldn't run someone like that out of town because of the whim of the moment from the diva of the moment. What are you doing to me?
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Rose is ready. Is she out there right now? I'd like to go to live commentary. It is unpleasant out there. Oh, for the love of God. Come on. The Pat Riley statue is in disrepair. Can Rose hear me?
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Can Rose hear me? Pat Riley appears to be undulating for some reason. He's twerking. Rose, can you give us a report? Why did this become a storm report? Can you give us a report from up there? Why is Pat Riley in such bad shape?
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I don't know if you can talk now. Rose, do you know who Pat Riley is?
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He's moving right now. Yes. What do you imagine his job is with the heat making people move?
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Yeah. Who is that guy? Who is that guy? I saw you ask off the camera. All right, thank you, Rose. We appreciate you.
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Look, we need a better statue. Thank you, Rose. And I failed here. This was my fault from beginning to end. She was out there yesterday, and it was sunny, and it was beautiful, and it was not windy, and it was not rainy, and I forgot to go to her. Because the first time I went to her with the statue, I was so disappointed by the statue. That's not honoring Pat Riley.
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That's right. You guys have made a farce of this now. Me trying to honor somebody at the end. Even people around here. Mike Bryan's commentary gets me compromised on... on not wanting to dishonor somebody at the end of their career just because they put the standard in a place where you're going to care about regular season games for 15 years around here because all of them are going to matter.
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I would like to understand, because I've been asking Andrew Hawkins here for a while, to please teach me how to be a boss. I don't know how to be a boss. I don't understand how to be a boss. I've got a media company in Miami. Those are difficult. Not many of those ever. It's a little bit hard. Please teach me how to be a boss.
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Come on, man. Come on. Linguini. No, I can't kick you out because it's time for First Fake.
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Ready? I have to quit. Welcome to First Fake. Presented by Tuffactin Tenactin.
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Jimmy Butler is where we're going to start, even though people are tired of Yemi Butler, as we call him in Miami and many a household. People are tired of us talking about this, and it's only going to get worse, one would presume, correct? There are going to be little things in practices. Maybe Jimmy Butler has an amazing practice against Tyler Hero. Maybe there's a fight at practice, right?
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All of this stuff is going to get dirtier before it gets clean, right? Like, it's not going to just... Well, let me ask you... I was going to say, the moderator's talking way too much for this to be a format. I'm sorry. This is the opposite of first. It's my turn. Jimmy Butler.
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And I'm listening to Trevor Noah and Josh Johnson talk about the boss should be voted by employee vote. And I'm thinking I might want to do that around here. Is that a good idea or a bad idea to make the boss someone who would be the boss is going to end up winning that.
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Deion Sanders to the Cowboys. This one feels suspicious to me. Jerry Jones is never going to give up that much ego to that position. That's crazy.
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Juju, is jolly just for fat people? At Levitard Show.
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That's crazy. Who's under more pressure this weekend, Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson? I mean, wait, hold on. What character?
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Let's try this again. Get me some different imaging. Let's do this better, please.
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Welcome back to First Fake, presented by Circuit City.
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Who's under more pressure this weekend, Josh Allen or Lamar Jackin? Jackin. I'm sorry, what?
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Try it again. Run it back. I'll do it better this time. Try it back. I'm sorry. It's live. Mike didn't trust me on live. He said, Dan, don't do it live.
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Welcome back to First Fake. Presented by Circuit City.
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I'll tell you what happened last time, too. I tripped on my way there. Who am I going to ask? Am I going to ask Andrew Hawkins? I haven't gotten Shannon Sharp yet. I'd like Shannon Sharp. I wanted to do First Fake with Shannon Sharp. I didn't get that. He's doing his own script. He's audible.
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Three Americas, actually. It's the Daily Show, guys. I wanted to talk to you about what's going on in Buffalo this weekend because it's one of these seismic epic games before they get really seismic and epic. And I'm guessing most people listening to this, nobody wants Houston to win. Because you want the next round to like Houston is the team everybody in America wants to lose. Get out of here.
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Welcome back to First Fake, presented by Circuit City.
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Andrew Hawkins, which ball brother is the biggest star?
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No one knew you had it. I didn't know you had this. I did not know you had this. You didn't know I had it?
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athlete who is a musician of all time whoa immediately day one come on now i can't get with you on that one prove me wrong engagement forming prove me wrong hold on a second i'm popular opinion hold on say it again say it again look into a camera which camera does he need because my iso okay let's uh yes because you are saying something i have not heard anywhere else uh you are taking the take far too far too taken like it's a it's a take too far i think
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We want to see the big boys play and don't don't sneak up on somebody and make this not about the Chiefs and that the Ravens or or, you know, the Ravens or the Bills have to go through the Chiefs to get past the Chiefs.
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Well, no. Did you not hear Roy? He came out swinging in the middle of that. He hit us in the face with a guitar. The guitar of Bronson Arroyo is what. Yes. You guys didn't even hear that. It's the only thing Roy has said in 30 minutes. And it was perfectly timed, but it was exactly not the winner in the conversation we're presently having.
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That's crazy. We've got a lot of guitar players in baseball. Bernie Williams. Yes.
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Hold on, Hawk. Give me the list here. If you're making the argument, you're making it because you think it's unassailable. So who are the arguments against it that you would rebuff one after another?
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Really? He is, but he has played overseas, and Amin is also in the tank for J. Cole because he would not say a negative word about J. Cole. Who has a better release?
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I've never seen Andrew Hawkins undressed that way on American television. That's the first time I've ever seen that happen. I shattered his childhood, that's why.
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Do we have no researchers here? No, it's the seat. It's the seat. Look it up. Look it up. He gets it wrong because he got it wrong.
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He gets undressed in front of everybody because he's got his facts wrong. He's just out here spouting propaganda. You know what? I'm sorry to do this to you, Hawk. This actually... No, it does. It hurts me. I don't care. It hurts me to do this. You are...
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Thanks for watching First Fake, presented by Oodles and Noodles.
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But it is possible, given that football, maximum footballs, it always surprises us. The Super Bowl used to stink. It used to be terrible. Now everything builds up to the moment where we're like, oh, the football gets real this weekend. Everyone's in agreement. Like, oh, there's no one sneaking in here. Like, get Tamp out of here. Get some of these people out of here.
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You guys understand what I'm saying. The point that I want to get to, though, because I find this all to be an imperfect measurement. I don't know whether Buffalo's better than Baltimore. I don't know. They both seem really, really good. But now you're putting it in the snow. And now it's a real field temperature of negative three. And I'm like, that's not how I want football to be played.
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Am I right? All right. Let me explain something to you guys because what I'm talking about, I don't want to be sour on the game everyone's sweet on. That's not what I'm doing. Sounds like that's what you're doing.
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The part that I don't like about what's happening here, Andrew, is that Mike Ryan is giving a lot of expertise about playoff football, about football in the snow, about real men playing real football, okay?
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i hear you and then i hear on the set of amazon prime richard sherman saying uh... when we talk about playoff football no offense ryan fitzpatrick your ryan fitzpatrick here and i'm asking andrew hawkins
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If the point of the games is to measure who's the best, okay, who's just the best, the year that Aaron Rodgers, the best I've ever seen at that, won the Super Bowl was the year he got to go through only domes. And those playoff numbers were insane because there were no elements. It was a disadvantage for him to play at Lambeau.
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It was a disadvantage for him to play in the snow because he couldn't be his regular kind of great. Mike Ryan is asking for more and more of Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. It's a tough position. They've given us more and more. I want to see them at their best. I don't want them challenged by the elements because one of them grew up down here with us in this swamp.
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I thought the point of what we were doing in watching on weekends, you guys are telling me it's entertainment, and I'm legitimately saying to you, if we're going to analyze things all season, if we're going to make this all about measurements at all times, who's the best? Is Josh Allen more MVP than Lamar Jackson is MVP?
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If that's what we're doing around here.
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Actually, that's not a bad game. That's what I'm saying. That's a better game in my opinion. That's not a bad game.
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We're looking. Roy, you're allowed to look. You can stop. No, Mike, don't look. Mike. No, Mike, look. Him not looking is what got us here.
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The Wizards are 5-10 since the trade deadline. And I know you were saying, I mean, that's not great.
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Another team that was bad last year. Mike is now outside where people are working. Izzy, this is all on you. It's not really. Absolutely. Izzy, it's like the Family Guy episode where someone says, hey, have you heard the word? Don't ask him what the word is. Oh, there it is.
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That award is not a thing? They stopped giving that award because it kept going to people who come back from drug rehab. No, no, it's a wrestling term.
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Speaking of all of this. Mike, you can look now. Mike, you can look because I want to talk about. We're good, Mike. I want to talk about tennis, Mike. Mike, can we talk about tennis? No, he's eating a bagel now. Out of Ethan's hands. Yeah. I'm uncomfortable with all this. I do blame you again, Izzy. Why? Because you kept using the word, the two words you can't. You can't use.
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You can have that same conversation. Just don't use those two words. It's a sponsored segment. Not anymore. It says right there. They stopped. Don't look now. He said it. He just walked in when you said it.
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Izzy, it's not a sponsored segment anymore because... The liability. The insurance is too high now. The implications.
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Depoy, too. That dude would lock Cade up.
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Don Levitard. If Daniel Day-Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself. Oh, come on. Yeah, I would be.
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Champagne going in, sewage coming out. On the screens over here, there was a commercial break.
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Are you going to explain to Cynthia later why he's got welts all over him?
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Sure, but he's got a big personality. You know it? I know why I don't like Izzy. Oh, Izzy, yeah.
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Well, guess what? Guess what? Don't look, Izzy, but... This is what you courted. We're trying to tell you, you got to keep away from these trigger phrases, and you won't. Oh!
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It's in his hair. His hair, which is also cream cheese colored. I kind of miss cream cheese. Cream cheese is so good, dude. This is it.
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This is your Dominican Republic trip.
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No way. We have that? No way. You look like Manny.
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Oh, man. Get away. There's a camera. Turn away. Turn away. No, no, no. It costs $100,000. No, no.
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Oh, you know what? I wasn't even laughing.
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Taylor! Just get him out of here, man. Taylor got him out of here. He's stuck behind the goddamn thing.
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You know what's funny? You know who I'm most disappointed in? You. Yeah, I understand.
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I have answers. I have answers for you. Number one, and people think it doesn't matter, but it does. He's Canadian. Number two... While a nice guy, not really bubbling on the charisma meter.
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Look, Steve Nash was MVP of the league twice, right? Like, it took a lot for Steve Nash to get to that point. You think about Steve Nash was a perennial all-star. He had to win MVPs. He was perennial all-star before winning MVPs. He wasn't like a face of the league. He was like, okay, he's an all-star. He's pretty good. Okay. Number three. This one's big. It's not just you play in a small market.
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You play in the smallest, dullest, most boring market with an organization that does not want publicity. But that doesn't matter. It does. Kevin Durant. Thank you. Again, Kevin Durant, MVP. Russell Westbrook, MVP. But those guys were, well, not Russell. In the year that we won and some of the groups. Mike's in the video room. I looked at. Get him out of there.
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Exactly. What movie is it from? It's from the major motion picture, Cocktail. People forget. People forget that they did a Cinephile episode.
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It happens. I'm sorry. I'm sorry to Mike. I'm sorry to everybody. I finally know how Dan feels. You can't wait for that phone call. Forgive me, but the show got away from me.
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Can I give a very weird comp for Shea Gilligan's Alexander? It's not exactly the same, but it's very similar.
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Wow. The TV screen here had a commercial going for the Cadbury Cream Eggs.
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Hmm. Interesting. Sam Cassell. Oh, I don't see that at all. I'll tell you how. It's all... Off rhythm, off tempo stuff, getting you with the herky jerky. It's all ball bearings. Unorthodox. It is all ball bearings these days. It's all pipes. Unorthodox, right? But also big time shot making.
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I think he does make his bigs better. I mean, I think he's absolutely incredible at that. But it's a lot about the off-tempo stuff. What you're describing, as you're describing, I'm like, oh, it sounds like Sam Cassell. Because all the guys you're describing are like explosive, get by guys, whatever. And this guy's doing footwork. He's doing it with shiftiness.
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He's doing it with a level of subterfuge and craft.
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And who does Izzy hate? The truth. There you go.
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It's the same commercial, Roy, since 1994, where all the animals are auditioning to be the next bunny for Cadbury.
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The show won't last that long because Mike will have destroyed the building.
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No, he broke it again. It was fixed.
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All right. Mike, you want to talk about tennis? There you go. That's it. Get him back. Indian Wells. Mike, have you ever been to Indian Wells? Yeah, you can look back. It's all good.
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No, Indian Wells, dude. I've been to both. I've been to both. It's Indian Wells.
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I'll tell you what makes it more of a major. When I walk into Wimbledon, what's the venue I'm walking into at Wimbledon?
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It's Wimbledon Stadium. When I walk into the U.S. Open, what am I walking into?
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When I walk into the French Open... Roland Garros. When I walk into the Australian Open... I don't know. It's that Melbourne tennis stadium. When I walk into the Miami Open, I'm walking into where the Dolphins and the Hurricanes play.
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They haven't changed it. They just run it back every year. Wow. Like the M&M's commercial. Like the M&M's. They do exist. He does exist, and they both faint.
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Look, when I want to go to a tennis, I want to feel like I'm in tennis. Yeah, understood. And going to the Miami Open, which I've been to, It doesn't feel like tennis. It's weird. They've got risers and stuff. And I'm like, you're out of place. Whereas Indian Wells, I feel like I'm in that environment. And for anyone who's never been to tennis and you're like, I don't watch tennis, trust me.
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It is a top-tier sport. to go live in person. Oh, my God.
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The sports guy. It wasn't Bill Simmons. It was the sports guy, right?
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Hold on. Before you do that, I have an update. Ten years ago yesterday, Serena Williams returned to Indian Wells, so boom, Izzy. It was a 14-year boycott.
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People forget. That pain bang. What are your observations, Michael? I have the most.
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This is my favorite origin story. Izzy Gutierrez, former fat kid. It comes out in little glimpses, like, that Cadbury egg. Oh, there he is. So fat.
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This is the part where if Dan were here, he'd ask, Doesn't that make you guys want to ask questions? How a 38-year-old in a sport... But you guys, though. You guys, not me. I don't ask those questions. I want you to ask, just in case.
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I'm going to tell you, I play topspin a lot. The old one with Carlos Moya? Really? I did, but now they got a new one that came out last year. Yeah, I saw that.
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Don't look now, but Barry Bonds' career is still... Oh, no!
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Yeah, yeah. 200 pounds? I don't think you guys understand. What 200 pounds is. 200 pounds is like, I'm trying to think, like, Steph Curry might be like a shade over 200 pounds. I was 200 plus. He's 197.7. Oh, there you go. He knows it by the fraction, by the decimal. Like, 200 pounds? How tall were you? You're not that tall right now.
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In 10th grade, I was probably hovering right around 200. I just like the idea of a buffet and then people say, don't look now, here comes Izzy. Oh, don't look now. Yeah.
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That's a good segue right there. Hold on. Come on.
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I'm like Daredevil. Also, Izzy, just so that you're rest assured, Mike is being childproofed as we speak by Taylor. Okay, great.
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Also, Tony, I must admit, Gardner Minshew seems to me like a guy who's good for the vibes.
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Should we just close our eyes in general?
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Well, you're not looking now. We're looking at you, though.
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We all aspire to be Sam Donald, right? Yes. To be like really good. Not great, but really good at just the right time. One good year. That's all you need.
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I mean, he's got no receivers anymore. You didn't know his name or his place of passion.
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Taylor's dead. Don't look, but watch. Don't look now. Taylor's dead. Where is Taylor? He's a corpse.
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Oh, my gosh. He broke through the tape. It's like Frankenstein's monster. And now he's mobile. Now he's mobile. That's not the right. Oh, no. Oh, wow. Tony.
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It's a good thing Taylor's under there all the time. Is Howie Rosen, is he? He's not looking right now, but he needs to start looking. Is he the David Sampson of the NFL?
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What is this? Oh, it's a foot. If you don't tape him down, Izzy, then he starts to wreak havoc everywhere and hurts himself as well. So this is for his safety. But he's capable of busting through the tape, as we just noticed. Well, I think that was a momentary feat of strength. I don't think it's Constance.
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Oh, is it? Yeah. Isn't that what the kidnappers use? Yeah. That was Don't Look Now. Oh, all right. That's Don't Look Now. It's brought to you by Smirnoff. Right? Yeah. Thank you. You put that one in the club because that time, zero confidence. You can't put the Smirnoff read in the Cuervo Club.
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I walked off the cliff like Indiana Jones, and I was like, I don't know if there's a step here.
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Leap of faith. I think Mike just took a leap of pain, I believe. He's on the floor now. Mike, you can look now. Someone tell Mike he can look now.
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All right, dude, hold on now. I know what you're doing. Because I'm a master of that ninja technique myself, where it's like, I'm going to take the semantics of what I said. So now he's going to make it, it's about championships. No, it's about being the number one player on a great team.
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He said, keep an eye on them to basically make the playoffs.
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He said keep an eye on them, and you said keep a little eye. It's like don't keep an eye on them. I mean, a six seed is a little eye. Thank you. How big of an eye do you keep on a six seed? They were the worst team in the league last year.
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A lot of free throws. Nobody wants to hear this. Since trading Kyle Kuzma. Cover your ears too, Mike. Yes, don't hear it now. Nobody wants to hear this. It's a different segment. Nobody wants to hear this. But since trading Kyle Kuzma, the Wizards are way better. Way better. They're way better.
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I told the nurse what happened. And she's like, is your poop clear? And I'm like, clear Pepsi? Is that a thing? And she's like, yeah. And I'm like, no. And she's like, then we can't do it today. Because I purged the medicine and so I didn't. The reason why I'm talking about this is because this is extremely important. Because it used to be age 50 that you were required to start drinking.
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It's cowardice is really what it is. Immigrants make us what we are. And all of our parents or grandparents or great grandparents at some point or another, if you're not Native American, you were you are an immigrant of some kind. Tomás Kennedy, good luck up there in Tallahassee. I'm sure you have a lot of being welcomed with open hearts and open arms as the Marielitos were.
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To learn more, go to floridaimmigrant.org. Yeah, thank you, sir.
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doing colonoscopies every 10 years. I think between 2018 and 2020, they lowered the age to 45, which means I'm a little late. And the reason is, of course, because they saw an increase in colon cancer at much younger ages. Remember Chadwick Boseman, was diagnosed in 2016 when he was just 39 years old. So he still wouldn't have been in the required or recommended, rather, age range to start.
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How it started, how it's going, it's not going well. Sorry, Roy. I know your dreams of a tech hub and the crypto cowboys, it just hasn't really panned out yet. My heart's broken. For you down here in Miami. I think you've sold off all your Miami coin, haven't you? Yeah. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. The grand total is zero. Is that how much you got? Wow, so it's gone up is what you're saying.
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To the moon. Yeah, I don't owe anybody anything. To the moon. Wow. So you'll all remember that Mayor Francis Suarez, a.k.a. Or as we knew him around here. So Mayor Crypto Bro and his dreams all started with that tweet in December of 2020 in response to a VC tech bro who made the suggestion of moving Silicon Valley to Miami. And the mayor said, how can I help? And everybody thought, oh, that's it.
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This is the next gold rush for Miami. But really what it was, was what everything is in Miami, a real estate hustle. If you've listened to the show for some time, you know, we've talked about it here. If you follow me on social media, you know, I was the only person who was publicly talking about what a con this all was.
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And this mayor was nothing more than a real estate huckster who was looking to exploit his public position for private profit, which is exact. what he did, took his net worth from negative one hundred thousand dollars to over five million dollars thanks to outside employment. I'm doing doing air quotes so hard right now.
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I'm getting carpal tunnel basically sold his office to tech bros and the Arroz con Man bros, as I called them, the crypto cowboys who moved out to Miami during the pandemic because of the lockdowns in Miami and Florida was open for business. They came here because they couldn't by the government they wanted in other states like California and Illinois.
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So they came down here with the for sale sign in front of City Hall and, in fact, Government Center. Daniela Levine Cava was no better. Remember, Roy, they named the Miami Heat Arena the FTX Arena. Who could? Yes. Who could ever forget? All 18 months. Who could ever forget? Just sort of one. It was, as Francis Suarez would say, if you put garbage in, you're going to get garbage out.
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And that's exactly what happened. But here's the thing. This is how we subsist down here. We only have one business or industry in Florida, and that is real estate. That is growth and that is development. That's why the Real Deal, I would argue, is one of the most important media outlets in the entire state of Florida and specifically in South Florida.
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Lydia Dinkova covers commercial real estate in South Florida for The Real Deal. Her latest story just this past week. The headline is South Florida pushed to make tech a core part of its economy. This didn't yield new office tenants. This is kind of an interesting fact, Lydia, in that.
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If you look at the action happening in the condo market or in the commercial real estate market, that's almost our canary in the coal mine of what is happening in this economy and what might we be able to predict is happening in this economy. We had this extraordinary – we were on the precipice of a bust. We had that bust in the Great Recession. Then we came out of it bigger and better than ever.
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And four years later, at the age of 43 years old, he was gone. So this is pretty important for them to poke around up there and take a look around. And I'll tell you, it's a good thing it got rescheduled, though, my colonoscopy, because my colonoscopy was the morning of of the day in which my best friend's son was getting circumcised. His bris was that afternoon.
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We were about to go down the toilet in 2020 with the pandemic, which would have been right on time for a boom and bust cycle. But then the pandemic exploded this market. I don't think it did any good for native Miamians or Floridians, in my opinion. But it turns out this whole... This whole pitch, this real estate hustle of like tech hub, all this stuff was really just that.
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Once again, it didn't pan out and maybe we're approaching a bus cycle here. What actually happened here with this whole tech boom? Was it in fact a tech boom?
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Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley, you can't expect it to just sort of pop up overnight anywhere, let alone in Miami, where there is no infrastructure, where there is no beyond the weather and the aesthetic beauty, very little quality of life beyond that, where there is also no sort of educational base creating a workforce for sophisticated companies like this. But what it seems is that Miami is a
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We're a hospitality town. We're a tourism town. So it's cool if millionaires and billionaires come here and buy their second, third, fourth, fifth homes, vacation homes or otherwise. But what we've been seeing here is the trend that we always see in Miami, which is these were round trip tickets. Right.
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I mean, we saw companies, the old grand opening, grand closing that were coming here that were allegedly opening offices here that were hiring up here. And that just didn't.
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happen if they did they started to lay people off if they opened offices they closed them or reduced them tell me about that like what people came and then said okay like this isn't a going concern as far as the tech uh economy or ecosystem is concerned we're going back out west
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So I was gonna have to go from my colonoscopy to this bris, and I was thinking to myself, so I'm going to be waking up from a drug-induced stupor. My butthole's gonna be hurting, and I'm gonna be looking at some naked white kid. It's gonna be like Andrew Gillum in South Beach. I'm waiting. I'm waiting, Roy. I'm waiting. Thank you. All right. Hey, Roy. Yes.
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But there have been people backing out of leases, people sued over defaulting on leases. There have been people who are subleasing because they're no longer opening the offices or they're closing the offices they had originally planned to. Is that right?
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on the real estate market, which is why I think this data is so important. And let me ask you, though, the impression that what are the propagandists telling you? Because I'm the proselytizers of South Florida real estate. They're obviously not going to let this stand that this tech thing didn't work out. So what are they trying to convince you of that? This is oh, this is the long tail.
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This is going to grow later. Or this is or people are working from remotely. They're just not leasing commercial office space. What is the the spin?
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What is Miami Tech? What does that mean? There's a new app called iBribe, so you can pay off your politicians. What does that mean, Miami Tech? I guess because there is... It converts kilos into pounds? What is Miami Tech, dude?
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Speaking of assholes, did you hear about this one? Apparently, this is not kosher. Miami-Dade City of Aventura commissioner and bagel shop co-owner. Not kosher. Has been accused by his business partner of at the restaurant office in front of employees pickling his cucumber. Slapping the salami, greasing his latkes, buttering the bialy.
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But this has always been what Miami is for. And, you know, the U.S. office of a Latin American company, like you said, health care kinds of companies, in this case, tech. I don't know. We heard three pitches. It was kind of an evolution from Miami Mayor Francis Suarez. First was it's going to be the crypto capital. Didn't happen. Then he said, well, it's going to be a tech hub overall.
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Then last year he said, well, it's not so much a tech hub. It's going to be the capital of capital. Did any of that happen? to your knowledge, or does the data show that?
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I'll take the short answer, Lydia. I'll take the short answer.
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By the way, nobody does. It's okay. You're not alone. Nobody does. That's why he had to keep evolving it because crypto capital is very specific. Tech Hub is very specific. Then he's like, bro, I need something super bullshitty. Even more bullshitty than I normally say. How can I help? So my... My last question before we go. Have you heard from people about this? I'll call it a contraction.
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You can call it what you will. What I've been hearing and let me see this bears out that, you know, as major duty companies, Ken Griffin's company, Citadel, Andreessen Horowitz, as they've looked to move here and move some of their executives here. People are not happy here, whether it's the cost of living or even if they can't afford it. They can't find schools for their kids.
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They're not happy with the traffic and the overall quality of life, like I said, beyond the weather and sort of the aesthetic beauty of it. And people don't actually want to be here or live here. They want to live, you know, in, you know, adjacent to Silicon Valley and some of the beautiful areas there.
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They they prefer to live in upstate New York or wherever, you know, is that have you been hearing that as well?
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This is a fascinating story that we've been following for so long. And honestly, the only people kind of honestly talking about this. You remember this is from like the infancy of this show, Roy, when Dan was with us and we were talking all about. And I was like, this is this is all crazy. This is just it's fine that it's a real estate hustle because that's what we do here.
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But at least let's call it that. And what we've seen happen here, unfortunately, is we have seen it really damage people. The quality of life for Miamians and affect their cost of living. We've been the most expensive housing market in the country. We've been the capital of inflation. We've been, you know, the highest rates for homeowners and renters insurance, highest rates for auto insurance.
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Just like it's it's been completely out of control. And then the bottom of all the things you want to be at the top of. Right. The bottom of education, for example. And I was asking from the very beginning, what what's in it for Miamians? What's in it for Floridians?
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And the answer, as it turns out, is not only nothing, but less than nothing, because we've seen an exodus of Miami natives and native Floridians out of this state. And in exchange for what? The promise, the hope of what? Of making the rich richer and of turning the mayor of Miami, for example, into a multimillionaire.
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And I would argue this has been probably one of the worst boom and bust cycles in the history of this community in terms of its transformative nature. One more short answer, Lydia, is the data showing us that we are on the precipice of a real estate recession here in Miami. Are we overdue for the next bust after this boom?
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Yeah, but those tariffs, they're taxes on China. And Canada. Mexico.
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It's very unpromising. It's like, oh, we'll have to see how the year pans out. It sounds to me like she's predicting it this year. I'm with her. I think that's what's going to happen. Lydia Dinkova, find her at therealdeal.com. Excellent work. Thank you so much for being with us.
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Jerking his gherkin, juggling his matzo balls.
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Before we go, breaking news this week. Frank Carollo. the brother of you-know-who, he just filed to run for Miami City Commission in District 3. Ah, shit. Make that a drop. Frank Carollo was Miami District 3 commissioner from 2009 to 2017. Then in 2017, his brother, Joe Carollo, was elected, and he is now term limited through 2017 through 2025.
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choking his kishka right there in the deli office this is aventura commissioner paul cruz who's being sued by his business partner at moe's bagels for allegedly not moe's repeatedly watching porn in front of employees while quote uh he touched himself in a lewd manner end quote now you know how they get the holes in the bagels right so he's also being a
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Now Frank is running to be D3 commissioner once again, and Joe Carollo, breaking news, you heard it here first, is running for mayor again. He was mayor 1996 and 97, then again from 1998 to 2001, when of course he was arrested for being a... And before that, Joe Carollo was elected as the youngest commissioner in the history of Miami back in 1979.
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This is why I say in Miami, we don't recycle our trash. We reelect it. That is why we are perpetually plagued by these dynastic political crime families. And the Miami Mafia is undefeated. Cocaine's.
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He's also being accused of fraudulent conduct and using the restaurant to provide free food worth over $233,000 to promote his political career. And there's like dueling lawsuits now against each other for stealing dough. Get it? For stealing dough. Stealing dough. So, of course, Cruz denies all of these allegations. He's countersuing. But I would just not use the non-dairy creamer over there.
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Oh, no. I mean, maybe butter instead of the cream cheese when you eat there, Roy? They also have a location, I think, in Hallandale as well. Oh, Moe's. He did say that the first step in the chicken soup is choking the chicken. It's weird. On the menu, they put the black and whites in the interracial. Sorry.
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I couldn't even get that one out. Oh, man. Oh, gosh.
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So this is a nation of immigrants. I'm not a Native American. You're a Native American, right?
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But Miami is a... I mean, we are a minority majority community. I mean, practically nobody in Miami is from Miami and very few people from Miami, in fact, are from the United States. And that's what makes it so important. unique and extraordinary and colorful and fun. And there'd be very little culture without that factor in this community.
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And now there is no safe place for immigrants to go anywhere in Miami-Dade County. As you just saw, the county itself, in addition to two major municipalities in the county, signed this, they call it like a 287G document, deal with ICE and the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, ICE, baby. And we're going to talk a little bit more about what this means. But one of those cities was Hialeah.
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Roy, Hialeah.
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I think the stat is something like 97 percent of residents use a language other than English at home. In Hialeah, Hialeah was home to the first Cuban American mayor ever elected of a major city in this country. It is also Obamacare HQ. It has the highest rate of Obamacare registrants in the entire country.
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And it was home to, I think, the only district or I should say voting precinct in the 2016 election that Trump won in Dade County. Hmm. Really an interesting, colorful place. And now immigrants are in danger there. This is so wild to me. It's wild to me because I was born in Florida, but a lot of people weren't. Most of my friends and neighbors, in fact, were not. And they are in danger.
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So I guess this is my privilege of being able to laugh about this.
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Tomas Kennedy, they voted to deport themselves. Roy is what happened. Yeah. I mean, talk about interests. I mean, or best or worst interest. Tomas Kennedy, friend of the show, is an immigration activist. He's joining us now live from Guantanamo. Sorry, that's if that's not one of your least esteemed guests. Yes. Well, he's in an even worse place than Guantanamo. Tallahassee, Florida, baby.
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He is in the state capital. The legislative session is underway. He's trying to keep himself, his family and his friends from getting deported in the state of Florida. He's there working with the Florida Immigrant Coalition. Tomas, thanks for coming back. Might be the last time for all we know. But I want to ask, what is this?
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I may be either extra ornery today or extra exhausted because I am in the midst of my colonoscopy prep day. Oh, no. Yes. Tomorrow I'm getting the probe. I got to tell you, this whole process has been a real pain in the ass. I'm waiting on it. I'm waiting on it. I'm with you or not. There we go. Yeah, it's been rough. You're on a liquid diet. I've had lime jello. Lime jello? Water and Gatorade.
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let's make it count let's what is this 287g business and more importantly how do you respond to some of those politicians who were talking about oh this is just kind of a formality we were required to do this by federal and state law we're not gonna we're not actually gonna use traffic stops as a predicate to arrest and deport anyone do you believe any of that what what is going on here
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Right. That neither they nor the community that they serve are being compensated for doing the duties of the federal government. Here's the thing, though. I'm calling bullshit on some of what I heard in that intro clip. And some of what probably wasn't in that clip was said by commissioners and the mayor of Miami-Dade County, the mayor of Coral Gables, the police chief in Coral Gables.
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This idea that like we're not going to be stopping people and asking them for their papers. Well, of course they are. That's exactly what this allows them to do. And they also said, oh, this is only for felonies. But if you roll through a stop sign, not a felony.
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and you get pulled over, and the officer is authorized to ask you your immigration status, you just got potentially deported for rolling through a stop sign. That is not what these local officials are promising, nor is it what I particularly think that people in Coral Gables or Hialeah or Miami-Dade County want. An organization you're affiliated with put out a pretty strongly worded
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I was allowed to drink coffee, so I did do that. So I didn't experience caffeine withdrawal, which is pretty terrible. This didn't work out last time. I had a... We had to abort the colonoscopy because the prep day was so bad. Like my body rejected the medicine. I was not properly purged. So I went in first thing in the morning after this miserable day. And they were like, and I told the nurse.
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Statement against Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniela Levine Cava, who I've been arguing for the last five years, has stabbed her base and her voters not in the back, but directly between the eyes. And a lot of people were yelling at me or privately and publicly going, she's the best. She looks out for us. She's this and that. All this bullshit. frankly, bullshit.
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And now all of a sudden I'm hearing that her base doesn't trust Daniela Levine Cava anymore, that she stabbed them not in the back, but right between the eyes.
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I will hunt down, I will have private investigators do this, whoever it is that claimed on our anonymous line that cheesecake is overrated. I will hunt that person down and I will take the consequences that a jury gives me for what I do to that person.
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The fact that we do not yet have an oatmeal sponsor for the way that Jessica shovels into her face her breakfast oatmeal during work in a way that's a bit self-conscious, but not really, because I saw her watching the cameras. I think we should have oatmeal cameras trained on Jessica to catch her in the act of Pelican eating all of the oatmeal.
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Did it a lot earlier than that. Yes. Yes, Caitlin. That's a good call. Are you guys bothered that they're not going to do the Steph Sabrina thing again this year? Like, that was the best thing about last year's All-Star game, was it not? Why wouldn't they do that again?
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Why would they not take a thing that we were all interested in when everyone's complaining about what this weekend is and not do it again?
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It was close and it is close. Like it's something that I was surprised that would be close because I don't expect Steph to be close against anybody of any gender. So I'd like to see it again because she left me with the impression she could beat him. And I didn't think that there was somebody who could beat him at that.
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I would make him the favorite shooting against anybody in the history of the sport at that. Like anybody who's ever shot a basketball and my imagination is not unlimited enough to imagine who will ever shoot it better than that. Who will ever shoot it? I was going to do it to myself there.
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So don't look now. You don't want me to look now.
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Notre Dame's also really good. I like don't look now correspondent talking through her teeth about things that people shouldn't look at.
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I think we should be sponsoring it. I think we should be profiting off it. I think you personally should be profiting off of how much you love that oatmeal. I want to ask the audience for some help with something. Put the hashtag Venmo on it because I am a bit tired of how it is that the loose ship around here results in.
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uh... was your why do you have that look on your face tony because then don't look now makes me think there's a lot of things that we shouldn't look at but that we should talk about who alas everything about that i feel like there's something here might also i don't know what you guys are talking about so she's telling me not to look now i want to look now because she's telling me to look by not looking at them but but you tell me not to look but now i want to look but she's telling me there's something great over there why would i want to look at it if don't look now but
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I want to look at it. And so you're telling me, what are you doing? You got goggles?
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I think you've got that upside down.
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The Big Suey: Don't Look Now (feat. O'Shea Jackson Jr.)
It's time for a new game. Don't Look Now. I love the budget that you guys poured into that. Whose voice was that?
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That's unbelievable.
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So, Tony, we're doing something here. You've got an upside down mask. That's a sleep mask. I will tell you that there's a photo somewhere of me synchronized swimming with an Olympics synchronized swimming team in the 1990s. And my nose, because I wasn't familiar with how it is that you put the nose plug on, was upside down in all the photographs I've taken.
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Jessica, is that an upside down sleep mask? Because he looks more like a sexy Batman character sort of role playing in his bedroom. than he does like somebody trying to cover his eyes to blindfold himself.
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A Batman, like a Batman.
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Yes, that looks like how you would role play if you were trying to be a superhero. Tom Powers, fullback of The Bedroom.
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It looks like you're reading from a piece of paper.
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I wasn't looking, but Billy made me. Stop looking.
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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.
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Not even Venmo, a trusted sponsor, having the people around here respect the fine bucket. So, hashtag Venmo. Please, audience, tell me what I need to start doing as punishment to people who do not pay their fines. Because that fine, the weird part about those fines is... I'm the only one paying them for four years, and I never get that money.
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So is it looking or talking? Well, don't look.
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Well, I wasn't prepared for it. I don't think I'm allowed to look. I don't think I'm allowed to look at what it is that I'm saying, but I will try. Don't look now, but that Saints job is a torturous kind of hell that has all sorts of salary cap problems and is the only job in the NFL that is not actually coveted that Mike McCarthy and others turned down. Don't look now. That's a good one, actually.
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That's kind of cool.
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And as an extra added bonus on Don't Look Now, also, you really don't want to look at this. What the saints did with the Catholic Church? Don't look now.
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Not only did I just look, I looked and saw that Stephen A. Smith was on my TV screen saying, does Rodgers going to the Steelers, is that a culture killer? I just saw it on the screen. I'm sorry. So Aaron Rodgers is available, but don't look at that either. So I'm sorry. How many more of these do we have?
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I'm definitely not looking. Lewis, would you do me the favor, please, of playing for the people? You've got to turn down the music here. You can get back to it if you want. But for the moment, can you just play Liam Cohen, the new Jacksonville coach, trying to say Duvall?
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That's correct. All of it is a little off. Are we done with Don't Look Now? There are some other things. I like the game. I'm willing. Are you still looking, though?
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That money is in the fine bucket, but the people getting it are employees, and the amount of money should be ten times what it is because Stugatz and Cody and because everyone else is paying their Venmo fines.
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I'd like to play it again. Do you have anything else?
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I want to talk about a couple of other things, but if you have more of this, I'm willing to play a little more.
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That is good salary cap analysis from our love coach, Billy Gill. Billy Chill. Billy Ill. These things that you are, Billy, I just am curious. Your name is Guillermo. I asked somebody this morning. Billy is short for William, correct? Yes. But you're Guillermo. Is Guillermo Spanish for William? It is. Okay. Did not know that before right now. What? Wait. Hold on.
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I'll put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Did you know Guillermo was Spanish for Billy? I did not know that.
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Didn't Colin Cowherd report Stafford to the Giants?
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Cowherd was for sure looking. You know what? I'm not good at this game. We will revisit it. We will play it better. I like the game. We will try it again next week.
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A couple of things that I want to get to here. First of all, put George Lopez on the screen for me, because I did not know that George Lopez looked like this. I have not felt in my life that George Lopez is the funniest of the Latin people, even though he has gotten, I think, most of the fame for being the funniest of the Latin people. I am enjoying this particular dance. He looks funny here.
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But can you look up for me, Jeremy, please? Because I don't know what happened with him in a casino with some drunkenness and being on a floor and stuff. But I thought the George Lopez thing was done right there, wherever it is that that was happening. But here is George Lopez, you know, looking the way George Lopez does. And your thoughts here are what, Tony?
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Are you and Guillermo here, Guillermo Luis, are you guys George Lopez fans as representation on behalf of Funny for Us for America?
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So, Billy, the person who's not going to be in charge of it is you. Oh, no, I'm not in charge of it. And furthermore, I don't want a syllable of your opinions on it. On the Venmo bucket? Yeah. Presented by Venmo? Yeah, no. You can say that and nothing else about that.
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No, this is old George Lopez. This is not the George Lopez of old. Looks like Rob Ryan. Yeah, a little Rob Ryan in there.
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Thank you, Jessica. I appreciate your Latin indoctrination.
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I have to be honest though, this video by itself is as funny as I've ever seen George Lopez be. I associate George Lopez basically with just one move where he sort of makes his joke and then moves his hand down to his belt buckle and just looks off to the side like that. And I don't think he's funny, but this is funny. And he's dancing well and his hair is absolutely helping the visuals on this.
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Jeremy, what details can you give me about George Lopez being on the floor sleeping in a casino because he had too much to drink?
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But I want the audience to tell me what I need to do to make the shipping container and others pay their penalties so they can have money. Like, it's the funniest thing. It's like, so they can have money from others in the container who aren't paying their money.
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Video, please find that and just put it up in the last eight minutes that we have here. Let me get to a couple of other things. We're headed for a bit of streaming chaos during March Madness now that Paramount is off of YouTube. I'm sorry, sports fans, that this greedy hunt for streaming, extra streaming dollars is going to end up ruining March Madness for many of you.
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There is nothing sad about that. There's somebody else dancing there too. Nothing sad about that.
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It is a surprising question, though, to hear from Rob Ryan. It was so awkward that I forgot I met him. Yes, that you were so starstruck the first time you met him that you forgot the other time that you met him. It seems to dilute some of your shell shock when you say, I was with Joe Burrow.
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The second meeting of Rob Ryan. I also wanted to ask you, because Tony mentioned in Don't Look Now, That the Patriots have some ability to do some things on offense if they get creative around building around Drake May. And what I wanted to ask you is the report from Pablo Torre finds out, which I was really surprised to learn.
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that Pablo Torre is reporting that Bill Belichick's girlfriend, who was in the Dunkin' Donuts commercial with Bill Belichick and is whatever, 50 years younger than him, is his de facto agent right now. And if that's so, and you're putting yourself in a Dunkin' Donuts commercial with Ben Affleck and Bill Belichick,
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It's something I've never seen an agent do before in the history of being a sports agent.
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Well, manager is different than agent though, right?
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Thank you. I have a number of other things that I want to get to. I want to get to some Rob Ryan audio. I have a funny word association that I do with Rob Ryan, which is when I hear the name Rob Ryan, I immediately imagine pizza boxes in a van. But I'm not making a fat joke there. It's just because he admitted to having a lot of pizza boxes inside.
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How do you guys feel, because we have played the video before of Robert Kraft and his audition with what people were saying was a young woman that he was trying to help in an audition and we saw his very poor acting. A manager of any sort putting themselves in a Dunkin' Donuts commercial for the Super Bowl.
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Like whether she is media savvy or not, it is again, like I'm used to people behaving like Drew Rosenhaus. I'm plenty used to agents doing nothing but being interested in their own personal gain. But to be next to Bill Belichick in a commercial as someone who's only there so that I can ask, is that his girlfriend? Because I otherwise wouldn't know her by anything yet.
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That is a level of grabbing for something that I thought was outside of the auspices of what an agent or a manager is supposed to do. But in the modern age, he is going to need some help with whatever it is, is reaching young people beyond buying pizzas for the frats at North Carolina before Duke, North Carolina.
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I don't look now. You've never seen this version before. The part that I would be most interested in, because we can speculate and talk around something that is interesting. But when it comes to career management, when it comes to people getting advice from the people they sleep next to because they're the most intimate and love those people the most.
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in his van and it's totally unsurprising like if i said anyone in sports like if you're not making fat jokes if you're just doing it visually on who's got pizza boxes in their van it's this guy so tell me now because i did not know that rob ryan is now at usc the ryan family continues to get jobs in football even though they've got pizza boxes in their van and sound like their uh
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It is something that I would like to hear, the business meeting strategy where it's explained who's leading whom on what's being decided here, on how it is that you go about getting to that commercial. For example, Ben Affleck wants Bill Belichick in that Dunkin' commercial. Does Bill Belichick go back to Ben Affleck and be like, can my girlfriend be in this too?
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He's a dog. Bad weekend in Miami. We got Boat Show. The Boat Show is a traffic disaster. Oh, my God. Jessica, you seem to have been hurt by just the mere reference.
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Let my boy cook. He didn't have an elaboration. There was no further cooking. It was just no. He was done with the discussion. Let me tell you something. There it is.
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chewing on their teeth when talking on First Take and other programs like this. But Jessica, this sound from Rob Ryan is a meandering journey to nowhere that is wonderful.
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Don Levitard. All of us who were watching college football elevated everything the weekend was because we missed football in general so very much.
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It's such a lane for you. Just everything in college football is awesome. Any single thing that happens, she gets deliriously happy about.
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O'Shea, it is nice seeing you again. It's nice to talk to you again. It has been a long time. Thank you for making the time for being on with us.
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All right, well, we'll start right there. He's on the West Coast. And I love watching his work. I've loved what it is that he's been doing. And I love your father. So we will talk about Den of Thieves 2 in a second. I enjoyed the first one. But I want to know what you and your dad are most likely to argue about most passionately.
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Like, what would be the place where you and your dad, where you'd have to show him, no, I'm an adult now, and this is how I think about this?
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O'Shea, I cannot tell you how much it delights me that you could lecture your father about his privilege.
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I think the last time we talked to you, I've talked to you about other stuff, I believe, on Highly Questionable, but it was around when Straight Outta Compton, the movie, was coming out. Now that you've had the years and you were trying to respect your father's legacy, how you grew up and all those things, what is your biggest takeaway from what went best about the making of that?
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And what would you have liked to have done differently, if anything, in terms of how it is that that represented that time for your father when you were growing up?
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Who's a better action movie person, you or your dad?
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How about comedy?
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All right. I'm sorry.
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I have high expectations. Let's get from O'Shea his top three action movie franchises of all time. Let's do it from the reverse to the top. From bronze, silver to gold. I will give you a second to think by pointing out to the people that Den of Thieves 2, it was very fun. The first one with Gerard Butler was a lot of fun.
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And so I imagine it was popular enough that this is the reason that there's a sequel at a time that It's a little harder to get things made in Hollywood than it was a little while ago. So your bronze medalist on action movie franchise of all time is?
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All right. So silver medalist, you know what's going to happen here. You guys bury him when he gets to gold and then there's someone he forgot. Everyone get in there and make sure that he knows who he forgot. Silver.
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I know, exactly, bro, exactly.
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Chill out. What? You've told us now to chill a couple of times. I'm chill.
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Here is where, though, I would simply object, okay? Like, it would be totally fine and exceptionally, like, you've learned from your father, you're really good at this. To put Den of Thieves 2 at the top is a totally acceptable thing, and you get my producers off your back by saying, hey, you know, Fast and the Furious is number two, I know you like it.
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So you did an exceptional promotional thing that would have made your father proud. But when you tell us, watch me work, watch me work, and then you lead us there, I feel betrayed by the end when you go straight promotional and are just that selfish about your own needs.
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What do you want to talk about next, Dan? Put it on the poll, please. Juju at Levitard Show. Will Den of Thieves 2 be the greatest action movie ever?
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Okay, but I can't do my poll question. No, you have to add that into the poll. Okay, yeah, just make all of that the poll and throw disavowed by the nation at the end. Your and your father's, that's going to be a suey laugh. Your and your father's Lakers did what they did here recently, and the reaction in both households was what when Luka is all of a sudden a Laker?
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Lion Gates, Den of Thieves 2, Pantera is available now on premium video on demand and on 4K UHD Steelbook, Blu-ray, and DVD March 4th. I'm going to put you on the spot again to do this rapid fire with you. Top three Lakers of all time. You begin with the bronze medalist. The bronze medalist, according to O'Shea Jackson, is... Shaquille O'Neal.
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I can't talk to this man anymore!
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All right. The words, the words are funny. Do me a favor. Just put it in the picture and picture, please. I don't want it with audio. The video's funnier. Just, I don't, I don't need any of the words. Him wandering around lost. The way your great abuelo is when he lost all of his sensibilities.
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Wandering off the screen, wandering out of the press conference, waddling with that particular shape that shows when he gets behind the podium that there's a wide berth going on there of just coaching for 30 years pizza boxes in your van. Him wandering on and off the set just simply yammering.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Does Rob Ryan run Oahu?
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Here's one of the funny things about all of this, because you can make the argument That Rex Ryan had the most successful run in Jets history as a coach. It wouldn't be a great argument, but he'd be toward the top of the list of whatever success resembles for the New York Jets. And because of that, and this is funny what I'm going to tell you, what my analysis is of all of this.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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I will laugh at Rob Ryan, that video, and all the ones that came before it as the lesser of the two Ryan brothers who speak all the time as if you can hear that they are licking their teeth. I will laugh at the Ryans as both being some people who you can imagine with pizza boxes in their car. But because USC has hired Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator, I know nothing else except...
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they'll probably be better at defense. And it's only because they can't be much worse. It's not even about Rob Ryan. But even with that press conference, I'm like, I don't need to know anything else. I believe that Lincoln Riley is going to have a better defense next year because Rob Ryan is around it and his pizza boxes are around it.
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And I don't think that's a very smart thing for me to be doing.
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Better than Rex.
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That's quality right there. Billy, do me a favor, please. I have. I've been told by Taylor, and I've been told by people around Taylor who wish for less Taylor. I've been told by Taylor that he thinks, I put him in charge of gas bag of the week, and we've seen how that's gone. We did it three times and then didn't do it again.
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Now we have phone calls from listeners that are sponsored, and I've been very underwhelmed by how the employees at this company rise up to please our sponsors. They don't do a very good job of helping the people who sponsor us.
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Yeah, I was very disappointed by the first few calls. We're challenging the entirety of the internet and telephone systems nationally and internationally to produce the best hot take. And what we got was an unending river of diarrhea. An unending river of everything that was in Jimmy Butler's shorts. Everything that's been running through the heat locker room. That's pretty crazy, huh?
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There's a viral strain. All of this. Our callers have been that. I blame our callers for Jimmy Butler taking that, like the bird flu from Miami to Golden State. I blame that locker room for being infected by our callers being shitty at take. So Taylor says we've got a group now that are worthy of the sponsorship. I don't believe him. I don't trust him.
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But are you notarizing this? Are you endorsing this? You're playing something that I have heard. No, I will. Jeremy's boldly, you're playing something I have not heard. And lately, I don't trust the judgment of our crew to play things that are well for the sponsors because you guys aren't respecting the sponsors.
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DraftKings, the crown is yours. O'Shea Jackson going to join us at the end of this hour. We're going to open up the club as well. Got a lot to get to. Don't have enough show for all the things that I want to get to today. I will admit publicly here something that's uncomfortable to admit, and I believe one of the greatest failures of Metal Ark Media as a company.
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All right. Well, that is the highest compliment. I thought that the highest compliment on this show was the Hakeem Nicks laugh, but you saying you chuckled. Slightly. Not full out laugh. No, a slight chuckle. I think a slight chuckle is redundant. I think a chuckle is slight.
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All right, let's see what we have here. But I don't trust your judgment here because you like when things are bad.
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Put it on the poll, please. Juju at Levitard show. Does Japan have it right with those toilets? What happens to the giant scissors after the grocery store opening? Yes or no. That's how I want that question to look. What happens? Because it's not something I'd ever considered. before that call.
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All right, we'll work on the simplicity of this plan. But when you say to me, just tell your assistant, fill your schedule with nonsense. Yes. She's already doing that. Yeah, yeah.
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I happen to gravitate toward weird people. I think that weird is interesting. And I would love for everybody in our audience to have permission to be weird without being judged by the alleged normal. But let's put it on the poll. Do strange people know they're strange? Let me ask the group, though, how do you feel about Valentine's Day?
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Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitard Show. Juju and a group of others. We've got a whole cavalcade of people at the basketball at the NBA All-Star Game. We've got a ton of people there. So I don't know if Juju is handling the polls today or not. But did the Kelseys reinvent cereal? Does cereal need reinventing? And is sugary cereal diabetes in a box?
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Put all three of those questions up on the poll.
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Because I would say I have a new relationship with love in the last four or five years. And it's... It's as much to do with my wife as it is to do with the death of my brother. And so today is a day like every day is for me when you start realizing or come to grips with the idea that life is short. Any day is a good day to celebrate the people that you love.
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Should have already done it.
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Excellent work, especially punctuating it, the dismount, like a gymnastics routine with the kiss. Yes, that was beautiful.
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Yeah, the way that you link up with your significant other is to be aggressively bland, lie, and strengthen your bond by making that person feel bad because they don't remember something that you're lying about being meaningful.
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I'm here for Billy Lovecoach to work alongside Billy Yesterday's Fearcoach, however it is that you want to give seminars on this stuff, perhaps like Tom Cruise in Magnolia.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. Is the good foundation to a good relationship a healthy dollop of lying?
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I have a healthy relationship. I, in fact, put it on the poll as well. Are you competitive on Valentine's Day? You've got to win the day.
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Carpe diem. I am the opposite on that. I would be perfectly fine if Valentine's Day was just me giving and not getting anything.
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To run up the score, really.
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Tony, I will say some people have noticed. Tony, young, vibrant, young buck. have noticed that 43 days of having a baby have had their toll on Tony.
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But people actively don't like this holiday because there's a commercialization of it that cheapens love.
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Let me explain to you something that's been happening here because I'm trying to take some advice from John Amici on how to properly run a company. And John Amici has suggested, among other things, that whatever emails I have in thoughts at 3 o'clock in the morning to just program my devices so those send at 8 o'clock in the morning.
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And so I just learned the other day – this is not something that I even knew I could do with my email – that if I just hold and press on the send for a little bit, it will give me some options on what time I can send. So I've been doing that for about 10 days. But I have not received an answer for one of those emails, so I'm pretty much assuming I'm doing something wrong.
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What is this now? Speaking of sports, let's go ahead to this incriminating photo of what would appear to be Jimmy Butler pooping his pants. We've got Jimmy Butler created all of that for the Miami Heat at the end, and then he took it with him, and now it resides in his uniform. And people are just assuming, right? There is no other answer for that.
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It's not the Golden State Warriors person is having a bad laundry day. It's not... Like, that is... what it takes to get 13 free throws a game.
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Have you never thrown anything in the laundry and it comes out a different color than it was supposed to be because you did something wrong? Whatever that is. What other explanation do we have for this? What other explanation?
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It's a little back there, though. And all of the people are assuming it is poop, but I'm with Jess on this. I thought, well, that's urine color. That's like a very light poop that Jimmy Butler is producing.
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I appreciate love more than I did before. It's as simple as that.
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I don't know if you guys have ever seen this video. I learned this from Floyd Mayweather. I learned it from that, I would say, pioneering sports series that followed Floyd 24-7. Floyd Mayweather was training, and I did not understand how this could be. I still don't understand how it can be. His urine was brown.
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And I don't know what was happening there in terms of how he is training that would make it because obviously he's exercising more than most human beings exercise in a day. But I did not know that a healthy person could have brown urine. Put it on the poll at Levitard show. Can a healthy person have brown urine? Because this is not merely a healthy person.
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This is one, you know, ostensibly one of the healthiest people one would imagine. Even if you're living your life recklessly, you're certainly living it in a way that is adhering to fitness at the very least.
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Can you guys explain to me? Can you guys look up some things that would explain to me, because I still don't have the answer, as to why it is that Floyd Mayweather might have brown urine other than dehydration? Because that's what I assume was happening there.
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Some bodily function's not working.
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It was stunning to see, I'm going to say, 10 years ago from somebody who doesn't have any public health issues. Anyway, I just don't have an explanation for what it is.
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Well, she expects me to pay attention about being present, is what she expects me to do. And there are many things that this job does that don't allow that. What are you laughing about, Billy?
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Well, that's not even brown, though, is the thing. Jessica was very astute here, and I don't know if she wants to be our urinologist or not, but she was very astute in saying that this does not look like brown. This does not look like the color of anything that comes from the back.
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You'll know. Put it on the poll, Juju, at Levitard Show. Can you fix a roof with a baby's first black poop? Pero negro.
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So it happens with all babies. Overnight, like that. The first poop doesn't smell like anything, but the second one is the worst thing that's ever been in your house? No, no, no.
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Yeah, that's right. Well, and so now you know why it is that I come in stomping in. Now you know why on Valentine's Day I come in stomping in because Stugatz was supposed to work today and I was not. We'll get back to love in a second. I want Tony and Jeremy and Jessica's opinion on Valentine's Day. Well, less so yours.
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You guys have to understand. I'm going to say that my childhood was filled because I had parents who were exiles and living in this country and scared and in their second language. My life early on was filled with a great deal of responsibility. OK, just I was responsible too early for childhood to be normal. When you tell me the idea, when you give me the idea of here's this thing.
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that you don't know how to take care of and if you do this poorly, it can die. And then they wave to you where the machines and the experts are and they send you in the car to even put that thing in the car to me begins a life that I clearly do not want.
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Like, I clearly don't want that responsibility for a screaming shit monster, even if the shit doesn't smell like anything for a year, because you're not going to give me a handbook. You're not going to tell me what I'm going to do alone at 2 o'clock in the morning when a sound gets made that I don't understand.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show. You are not sorry. Do you swaddle that baby hard? Tough shit baby. Yes or no? You have to.
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Jessica, I heard you mention you want to be swaddled. I'd never heard the word swaddle before you guys just mentioned it. It's not a word I had ever heard.
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Put it on the poll as well, Juju, even though it might not be Juju. Have you ever used the word swaddle, yes or no? I wanted to ask you guys something here before we get out of the local hour. Bill Simmons reported that he saw Tyreek Hill at the Super Bowl. And this is some of the greatest flimsy reporting I've ever heard in my life. Like I'm here for all of it.
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I wish more people would do it more. I'd be totally fine. I would be totally fine with a channel, a network dedicated every day to getting news this way. Bill Simmons saw Tyreek Hill at the Super Bowl and somebody in Tyreek Hill's group just said while leaving, watch out for the Chargers. I would have a news network dedicated to the people around athletes just telling me what to watch out for.
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There are a lot of plates you're spinning in the executive producer chair, so you don't have to concentrate on love today. You just have to concentrate on not making me hate you.
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Because Tyreek Hill has already done stuff on social media that points out the Chargers. The Chargers are going to do something. It's not going to be Harbaugh saying, hey, Herbert's the best quarterback talent-wise that I've ever seen, and I'm not going to get him another Keenan Allen, and I'm not going to get him another Mike Williams.
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they're going to get something over there that ends up feeling a little more stronger on offense. And Tyreek Hill, I don't know how much time he has here, but he has liked the Chargers, however it is you do that privately, publicly, when you're liking stuff on the internet. And I think, didn't he just retweet something? Didn't he retweet a story about interest from the Chargers?
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How would you handicap that? Man, I don't think it's close. I think the track star is better at running track than anybody who plays sports.
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Okay, well, I guess that's a different thing, but I thought we were doing it over 100 meters. How about you put some pads on, Noel Lyle?
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I think most people would watch that. What I am, though, deeply tired of is Tyreek Hill threatening to make that happen with everybody, and then it never happens. Like, with anybody. Never happens. Okay, and at this point, Tyreek Hill's not in his prime on speed anymore. Like, I'm not saying anything that's shocking to anybody, correct?
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Like, you don't get how many world-class sprinters are there in the 30s. I thought the prime for an athlete is going to always be in your 20s. So I would assume that whatever Tyreek Hill is of fast now, it's not the fastest he's ever been. My guess would be that it's the slowest he's been in his athletic prime, I would guess.
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Before we get to the back row's opinion about Valentine's Day, though, because of Stugatz's general unreliability, we've had a number of meetings with him about being more courteous with his schedule.
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Yeah, maybe. It's already too late, Billy. It's already too late. I'm sorry to break your heart. On Valentine's Day.
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But as you can see over there, his chair's not even in the right place. He's not here, and I wasn't supposed to be here today. But I want to play for you guys some sound at the beginning of Shannon Sharp and Ocho Cinco talking on Nightcap. They've got a very popular show. They've got a growing show. It's easy to see why it is it's popular and growing.
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And Ocho Cinco plays the perfect role to Shannon Sharp as Stugatz. He's playing a much more cartoonish and athlete-soaked, and famous, Stugatz. So listen to how the show after the Super Bowl, you have to understand, okay, Shannon Sharp has explained to everyone who works for him. I can't even imagine what that environment is like.
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If I call you at 2 in the morning, you're picking up the phone because not everybody wants to work for me, not everyone can. I need things at 2 in the morning, that's how it works. He's very professional, very responsible, crazy about that sort of stuff, and Ocho Cinco is not in any way.
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Well, Shannon Sharpe has said so. And he gets very frustrated with Ocho in ways that are real. And so while they do the professional wrestling stuff well, and Ocho Cinco has always done it well, I do believe...
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After 20 years of marriage to somebody who frustrates me in a number of different ways, who I also value in a number of different ways because the tension between us is something that makes it a rare thing that can exist for 20 years, these details are things that... are dangerous to these kinds of marriages.
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I will tell you that Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon have survived all, and that's why I know the love. This right here is why I know their love is real. Because for more than 20 years, Tony Kornheiser is waiting for 45 minutes for Wilbon to finish his sandwich. And he complains about it every day. And he complains about it every day for 25 years. And it never changes.
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Here is Shannon Sharp and Ocho Cinco as Ocho Cinco. This is, listen as if it's Stugatz. And listen to Ocho Cinco explaining why after the Super Bowl, his partner, Shannon Sharp, he can't be there on time for him. And Shannon Sharp has to wait after the Super Bowl for 40 minutes for Ocho Cinco.
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I don't know if it's going to last. Why? Because I don't think that Shannon Sharp will abide that behavior for as long as I have.
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If you go to a popular restaurant in Miami that a lot of people are at, that's what it's going to cost you to put your car out front.
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He's there for a couple hours.
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Hold on, Jeremy. You say it holds up. Just for the record, Ochocinco is late to give his analysis of a game that he was on a blind date on when it was happening. Just so you understand, you can have all of the expertise of the internet on analysis for the game.
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Strange. Strange open. I thought it was great. It was also great. I didn't say, I know that strange is viewed as pejorative. There are many, many things in the world that I think are strange that I love.
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I also may have some bad information here in assuming this was after the Super Bowl, Jeremy, because it may be another game or day. It is the second or third time this has happened between them and Shannon Sharp keeps getting mad. I thought it had happened again after the Super Bowl, so I might have that part wrong.
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Going back to what it is that we were talking about before and Valentine's Day, the group of you feel how about this? Jeremy, Tony, Jessica, do you have any, are there any requirements in your relationship on Valentine's Day?
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I see worms fairly regularly. I walk my dog. I walk my dog in grass all the time. And you see worms? And I work with one. I don't see him always on Fridays. Touche.
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I haven't seen a live worm. No. Well, that's the reason. But neither do you. No, I don't garden, but I'm walking a dog around grass and stuff and grass. By the way, the things I find in the grass, look where I live. I live on South Beach, right? And my dog is a scavenger. So I have to be paying attention all the time because, hey, there's a baguette in his mouth all of a sudden.
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Do you think that strange people know they're strange?
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Or there's a chicken wing because somebody is, and I'm like, wait, how does this happen?
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I'm not kidding you that one of the times, because I can be distracted by my phone, job, other things in a perpetual quest to be present. There was a time I looked up and found in my dog's mouth a dead iguana. Are we sure? Or was it just like they were the frozen ones? I left the house this morning, and thank you, Billy, for that advice.
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It is very, very hard to trick my wife to get out and about in a way that gives me the time to do something that requires hours of thoughtful, okay? I had the plan. to allege I was going to work this morning and then go handle what I needed to handle.
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Witty knows he's strange. Witty's a good example from our world. I believe we have a lot of strange people in our world. I believe I am one of them, but I know I'm strange. I don't know how many people know they're strange.
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Well, but I'm here and I don't have the time to get the gift because the gift I have is to spend Valentine's Day with Billy Gill.
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The wiping experience, sitting or standing.
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I had to hit you with the look at me, Louis, because you were in his office.
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We got to change the look at me, Louis, to just general name dropping. The look at me, Louis, has taken on too much of an amorphous definition.
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He wasn't saying that to look at me, Louie, though.
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I had everything that I wanted professionally. I had arrived at whatever it was, was beyond the destination on the expectation for my dreams because. I had the voice that I wanted in South Florida and being a voice in South Florida is all that I wanted. And drive time in South Florida was better than 10 to 1 in South Florida because I had the audience driving home and that's what I wanted.
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I know Mike has referred to some of the stuff that came before this as spicy, but I view as this time ahead, our most tumultuous time together because we were growing more than we had ever grown. And I was probably unhappier than I'd ever been while we were doing this during the period ahead, because I am not good with change.
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The Palmetto I-95 people stuck in traffic on their way to something. I will tell you, though, that.
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The determining factor for me on this was simply Mike saying he wanted to be home to raise a daughter who was not yet born, that he wanted to have a life where he had an afternoon or a lawn that he can enjoy during sunshine time on a weekday with his daughter, which was not possible the way that we were doing it. So that was sort of the tiebreaker on the differences between me and Stugatz.
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But also one of the things that Mike is pointing out that is material here, at 4 o'clock the whole sports day is played out in front of us so I don't have to respect everything that much. It's all been chewed up and everyone has already talked about everything. Now at 10 o'clock I've got
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People telling me, an assortment of executives who now feel comfortable telling me how we should lead off the show, what the skeleton of a show should be, what's your game plan on how it is you're handling this voice of ESPN stuff at 10 a.m. versus just do whatever you want because you're fooling around and you're not caring about what sports topics of the day need to be chewed up.
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Well, but we already had him from Fusion though. We already had, we were bringing him with us. I really wanted it to be a bare bones, no suffering thing from Ride Home and I was just asking him for a favor.
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And I had a lot of change happening in my personal life and the professional life had a change that Stu Gatz and Mike were advocating for.
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that I was resistant against, and the resentment was an undercurrent in just about everything we were doing because I was fearing that we were ruining what made the show special by grabbing at more and more things that we wanted, that we needed, that the show benefited from, but was making my daily life a little more unhappy and uncertain than I wanted it to be, given that all our dreams were coming true.
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Well also it did better what I was trying to get done which is have the TV product be something that was just observing the radio product where Making fun of it. What we were doing with Fusion was also on remote. All of this stuff is done more difficultly if it's on remote. So Fusion was in Doral. These folks were in Washington who were producing our show.
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But I really did just want them to be observers. One of my favorite versions of our show, I wish we had more camera equipment, was what we were streaming on the internet with just those tiny little cameras beforehand. any of the TV production people got here because I've told you that I think some of the important stuff that is in the ingredients of what it is that we do is the intimacy.
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And when you start reaching into the environment with production elements that are inauthentic or televised, you sort of distort and dilute the intimacy. And one of the reasons I was so unhappy is because I feel like our product was suffering from the way that we were doing it when I knew that the content product was the most important thing to value.
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The increased attention that you welcome when you're 10 to 1 and arguably the biggest sports radio show in America by virtue of just being in that time slot. Everything that I feared happening 10 to 1 was foretold in what it is that the amount of attention we had breathing hot air on our neck when we take over the Cadillac of everything that was born at ESPN Radio, which is that is the property.
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6 to 10 a.m. Mike and Mike is the holy ground and we're nothing like them. We're an oddball show. We are an odd couple show, but it's a different odd couple. And we're an acquired taste over time. So just having the number of people who wouldn't get our show listening to our show as if they should is not a pleasantness that I wanted to welcome.
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And the hour is just so ridiculous that I remember being really tired by the end of that month because of what we had done that morning.
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You were young then. That morning?
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Are you not forgetting how tired we were that day? Are you not forgetting how crazy it was to do that show with that amount of pressure on it because that show mattered to them? It felt like everybody who wrote our checks and was responsible for assigning our value was listening to that show.
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I've got a lot of different stuff happening. I'm not totally aware at the time, but what is happening in my personal life is I believe that a relationship that represented the last stop on love for me and not dying alone I believe that that relationship had fallen apart. My dog had died. And then I felt like we had also ruined the show.
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And I was resenting some of the decisions we made in ruining the good feeling around the show. The fact that the show was birthed, not in the moments that we were talking that we would seize on, but during the commercial breaks, the interactions in the areas where I would watch Stugatz and observe him interacting with everybody. Like an animal. And it would just be a fountain of material.
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And so whatever was doing a show easily, just observing the environment and the circus and commenting on it now became a harder and harder lift for me in everything that we were doing. It's not just comms between Bristol and Mike's in my ear all the time. It's that the shipping container is physically far away from me. I cannot see. I cannot do any of the Roy, why are you making that face?
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Chris Cody, why are you making that face? I can't, like, connect the rooms.
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The stuff that I thought made the content special was getting diluted and, furthermore, was doing so in something that would be definitionally diluted. selling out, Mike saying, it pops, it looks great. And I'm thinking of it as only an audio product.
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Like I'm only thinking of it as these are all people who behave as if they don't know they're being watched when I'm the one watching them and then trying to unspool whatever it is that the relationship show becomes because you want to be a relationship show. The way that you connect with the audience, whatever the show is, whatever.
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pardon the interruption, whatever relationship you have with the show, our most valuable customers are at least in part because we respect that this is a relationship show, and then it gives us a relationship with the customer.
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Yeah, but not end of discussion when they start asking for changes to the show upon landing. When I've promised that audience, hey, don't worry.
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This isn't going to change. Don't worry. No change is coming.
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I didn't realize, though, that it was so overt that the resentment was spoken. I thought in my mind that I would be just generally more passive about the resentment. I didn't realize that it was also said out loud.
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i think one of the disconnects that we have as we talk about this is i come to realize that because i'm older than you guys and because i had already had a career when we were arriving at this my viewpoint was different from yours on time slot and other stuff at least in part because i'm like do you guys realize how rare it is to have no one bleep with you
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Like, I'd already had a career of 10 years through newspaper, television, and radio. Let's not screw this up by having so many people pay attention that they're going to come and foul it up by saying, hey, that's Stugat's character. Can we change his name? Can we get rid of your zoo guy? Can we make another thousand changes to what you're doing so you'll be more ESPN?
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when I really don't want to be more ESPN. So I've just got interference. It's noise. It's static. It's a whole bunch of things that weren't there before that when I'm saying out loud, which I thought were inner thoughts, why did you guys make me do this? It's because the unhappiness is an infection. It becomes something that's contagious.
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The thing that I want most is the freedom to make it the way that I want. Everything after that will work out. Everything after that has worked out. But in that moment, you guys felt the quality of the show was shaking, at least in part, because you're afraid to be yourself, Stugatz. Do you know how enraging that is to me?
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After everything we'd climb over for anyone to want to change your name and want you to be anyone other than the character we decide it's okay for you to be.
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I remember that conversation, sort of the Arctic cold that blew through me on how much things can change around power if you're not careful. I was buying my girlfriend a birthday gift. I was in an alley coming out of some place that sold jewelry. I was going to say weird place to get a gift. And I'm getting a call. It's a weird place to get a call. It was in April. Yeah.
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It's a weird place to get a call. We were at the Clevelander. It was convenient.
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All you have is alleys all around you. But it's not a relationship that I had with him at the time that it would be normal for him to get a call. And it was a very quick call. It was an efficient call. And it was a call after every avenue had been exhausted with my agent on this front. This is the most powerful man in sports calling you to ask you if the last deal point can be.
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It makes you instantaneously in the conversation for the biggest, most powerful sports radio thing there is in America.
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And in all this other stuff that we're giving you, a show with your dad, your brother does the art, television, everything else. Can we replace your co-host with Bomani Jones? And the answer was no, because I knew what our show was and he didn't know what our show was. And that's a person who's not used to getting no. When that phone call gets made by that person to
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a prospective employee, that's not a no that usually happens. But it was like the last bit of negotiation was that personal call to replace Stugat.
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We went from what is a cramped sort of looks like a janitor's closet and was the place where people got used to watching the radio show on television to the highly questionable set, which was a produced for television set that was very obviously something that had big lights on it and wasn't the same kind of intimate that the radio studio.
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It just felt like something we were doing together for each other, with each other in that room in a way it did not feel. As I looked at you and you had a giant screen behind you that looked like a jumbotron He had an island. But I couldn't see your eyes the way that I can see your eyes now in the studio that we're presently in.
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I have a bunch of square footage that probably would sell if I rented it out for about $10,000 a month in South Florida.
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It's a lot of room behind me and it doesn't even make sense that I'm not in the middle of the room or in the back of the room. But if you saw when Colin Cowherd went to Fox, how cartoonishly ridiculous he made his studio.
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To stand as a throne above all of sports.
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After I had advised him that there was no career for him in radio because I thought sports radio was the shittiest business in the world and I wouldn't advise him to choose it as a career path even if he was unhappy as a baseball coach, high school baseball, some of the small jobs he was doing.
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But there's another point here. And I know I've told you guys this story. It's something I learned after this, not before it. I didn't have the information. I don't think I've told it on the oral history.
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Mike Schur, who has had a lot of experience around entertaining creative communities that enjoy making things together, told me long after all of this, in the changing of studios from what we were at in the janitor's closet
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at the Clevelander to hear the story of Conan O'Brien when he was having his most fun, magically hungry time coming up in the business, arriving at all his dreams, and now changing studios as part of a larger production that represents Conan O'Brien, you have arrived at success the way that Hollywood defines it.
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And as he walks into a giant amphitheater where they're now gonna do his show, he looks and he's like, oh no. Oh no, what have I done? No, this pristine, beautiful thing that I have needs to be precious because it's small, because it's intimate, because I'm in the heads of the people I'm talking about. Do you know the honor it is for people to listen to what you have to say?
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Treat it as a precious small thing. Don't unspool it in front of everyone for profit with lights in a way that makes the entertainers self-conscious, makes them know how great they are so they can have all of the ego that comes with how great they are.
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No, keep it a small band that's followed on the road by all the people who love it most and don't betray what those people want from that show with an amphitheater. Like, I know you guys here, when I talk about the radio people who helped us, Trog and Liam and Amanda, they know what a radio thing sounds like, and it's a specific thing. It's different than a television thing.
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It's not like a movie thing. It is more intimate as a radio thing, and I just wanted it to be treated preciously.
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They're brass tacks, not brass taxes.
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The tacks is, I don't know why you've made them something FICA would be involved in. They're brass tacks. The thing that Mike articulates there is not something that I was aware of and is not something that is conscious for me. He has mentioned a few different times that that is where he got trust from me. I don't remember a flip switching on that. I remember that.
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Yes, thank you.
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I remember that happening over time, but I don't have a landmark for you.
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But he also might be conflating my happiness with trust when it was just that I was happier because he had made the correct decision to make the show what it used to be or feel like what it used to be to me.
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But you guys never seem to have known, right, because you guys have articulated over the course of doing this, a general fear about the future that doesn't know what I know, which is the show wasn't ever in any danger of actually ending. Your jobs weren't in any actual danger of ending. The only time that that was present is when I thought that you and Hawk were going to do a show together.
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That's the only time in our history that I've thought that the show is ending.
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I gotta tell you though, Mike, in revisiting some of this stuff, it's interesting to hear you say that you felt like that is when you gained trust, when during this time, the visual image that stands out to me as the most obvious time, and I still see this image and I see it with some regret, that I had to change my behavior, nevermind studio, nevermind content, anything else, is I wonder,
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As you were dealing with anger issues that were unresolved and not dealt with in therapy, and as we clashed before this, if this visual image is staying with me because we were clashing at anger and I wasn't seeing the vulnerability. In that studio one day, while you and Stugatz were trying to help me and we were standing up,
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in a real small corner of the room mike said to my face i'm terrified of you and hearing that and seeing it was not something i'd never heard it but i'd never seen it either right i don't know what the anger was covering but it didn't feel like i was causing fear in him and so when he says i'm
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terrified of you i'm right there i'm like okay something needs to change with how i'm doing this because it's not okay for this to be how this is landing with this person that i'm doing this for and with i was an angry kid plenty reasons for me to be angry
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But you would understand where anger would misidentify as the mask for terrified, right? If what I'm getting off of someone is anger, conflict, and not afraid at all to be in my face and instigating it, on occasion. I'm not telling him to not yell back at me. I'm telling him, hey, let's not start at yelling with you yelling at me.
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But I didn't identify it as terror. You would understand.
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But do you understand how it wouldn't land as this person's afraid of me?
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I've never done that before to anyone. I've never done what I did to Mike ever to anyone before saying just flatly, we have a zero tolerance policy right now with you yelling at me. This is not going to happen anymore. If it happens again, it's the only instance in which you're going to be fired. That's not a conversation I've ever had or thought. thought of having with anybody.
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two of you please get along so we can move forward and stay right here you understand the reason for the conflict is super interesting now that mike presents it that way right because this executive producer job i would say in some ways is unlike any other executive producer jobs even though i have seen like skip bayless or a handful of people they've got who their guy is and that guy walks next to their side for 10 15 years handling everything that needs to be handled your guy changed
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My guy not only changed, but then it became the job of the executive producer. And they don't put this on when they're looking at resumes or looking at job advisories. They don't put on the job description. The number one job is you protect Dan's comfort. That's the job. And you're going to have 50 people from 50 angles needing 50 different things above you, beneath you, at your side.
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And the job is protect the comfort. My comfort was being inundated from every angle. The only line of defense that I had was the one guy and he was getting overrun in circumstances. So now we have to fight ESPN on he becomes the layer to keep all that away from me. There's not a job like that.
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It's just we have not had an experience with the industry and these people who work here have not had a normal job. They don't know how to produce a show. They know how to produce episodes.
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this show it's totally different from producing other shows people ask me all the time what is the job the job is dan that's my response every single you produce you produce me us but you produce you produce billy produces you right group was producing the job is you mike what mike was producing me and you stu got were producing me as a radio veteran the two of you had your hands full producing somebody who was under it for all the reasons we've enumerated here that
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No, but the tanning salon, what?
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All right, let's keep, I mean. That's what she said. Do you know that?
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I would blame Abby. Stugatz, you should probably apologize here. We should apologize for what happened last segment. It went off the rails on us. What do you want to say?
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Time now for our celebrity prognosticator. Unfortunately, Colin Cowherd has beat us the last two weeks. He knocked out Alan Thicke. That was very disappointing. The father of growing pains. He knocked out Pat Sajak. The host of Wheel of Fortune was three and two last week. Cowherd went four and one. So we bring in a big gun here. Super Dave Osborne.
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Bob Einstein is going to get things fixed around here. Bob, how you been? We haven't talked to you in a while.
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Are you listening to the show a lot?
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Alan Thicke is here. Alan Thicke coming to bring some comedy to the proceedings, some fun, and some extra cheese. Did you bring some extra cheese with you, Father?
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I'm trying to figure out how to use you, and I wanted to use you as our hockey expert, but the last time we had you on, this was your hockey expertise. I want to talk Tomas Hertel with him. Yeah. Is he the best player in hockey? Hockey correspondent.
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We want to figure out a way to use you on the show so it can be a weekly appearance. What do we need to do?
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Just an awkward and delicate question here that we've been talking about all day, and I understand it's probably not appropriate, but I am curious, and we've been doing it with all our guests here. When going to the bathroom, Bud Grant, and finishing with his bathroom experience, the wiping experience, sitting or standing?
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It's not just caring about him, though. It's the same kind of conversation I have with people when they say they want to be writers. I'm like, the industry isn't great for there to be a 20 and 30. 30 year future where you feel like you're climbing towards something. You're going to have a lot of obstacles that get in your way and a lot of people who aren't very good at solving them.
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Yeah. The Live Nation chains are out for the measurement. Forgive me, because I have not heard the radio broadcasts of very many University of Miami football games. Is their live broadcast polluted by sponsorship on everything, or are you guys exaggerating that?
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Texter writes in that Mike Ryan's parody of Zagaki is 100% dead on hilarious. Do you want to expand it out a little bit? Do you have any more?
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What were you talking about with Mike Ryan off air there about magic at bats, magic at bats? What were you talking about?
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And all I was seeing was the rear view mirror of I'm coming out of the golden age of this. This is as good as this is going to get. Our situation is not a real situation like our situation. You might be able to work in for a while, but I don't think it will promise you better things if you have success here.
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So what are the magic at-bats? How are you doing the magic at-bat?
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Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
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I told him how annoying he was for doing that and how inappropriate it was. He said you were a little annoyed by that. I told him you should be annoyed by that. What were your real feelings about that request?
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Spas. Church of Gronk. Top 10 practices because Man Campbell, we decided he was a pastor. He is wearing, of course, a flowing robe and a muscle tee. He's got a flaming spear of some sort that he shaves with. So for Lent in the Church of Gronk, You cycle off creatine. 40 days of no creatine. That's just for Lent. It's hard, but it's a sacrifice you make in the name of your Lord. That's great.
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Holy Week, of course, is observed spring break in the Church of Gronk, the pilgrimage always to Daytona Beach. Communion, the body of Gronk is beef jerky. The blood of Gronk is either a whey protein shake or you have the option of actual human blood. The entourage theme song is the procession music for the Church of Gronk ceremonies. The altar boys are referred to as altar bros.
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Baptisms in a hot tub behind Dan Campbell's pulpit. Alligator optional or not. The confessional booth has been replaced, of course, by a squat rack. The rosary beads at the Church of Gronk are just mismatched human teeth strung together on some fishing line. Turn Down for What by Lil Jon. First song in the hymnal of the Church of Gronk. And, of course, oh, there it is.
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I didn't know we had music on the company there.
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And of course, during funerals held at the Church of Grand, caskets are loaded with 45-pound plates so the pallbearers can get a proper pump. And also, the body is just spiked into the casket.
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Oh, look who's there. It's been a while. Yeah, where you been?
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Well, Golik would say a punch to the head. I'm a pacifist. I'm nonviolent, so I'm going to go paper.
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Well, I was trying to. I was purposely trying to.
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Hello? Hey, this is Coach K. Hello, Coach K. This is Levitard. How are you, sir?
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Thank you for doing this. Well, wait a minute, wait a minute. You can make fun of me about going in with Levitard, only my last name, but you just went Coach K on me instead of Mike. Come on now.
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In terms of obnoxiousness, I think calling yourself Coach K. All right, never mind. Let's start again. Fake Midnight Rider. You're on the ticket, Fake Midnight Rider. Can you hear me? Yes, Fake Midnight Rider.
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I died too yesterday. Really? Yeah. Yeah. I didn't. I didn't. Yeah, I didn't. I hadn't considered that. Yeah. Where'd you go?
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Vin Scully does not strike me as someone who is not punctual, but my phone just rang. My personal phone just rang. Did Vin Scully just call on my personal phone? Is that what just happened?
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Hold on. What just happened here? This is what my phone rang, and there was a Los Angeles number I didn't recognize. Yeah. And you picked it up, and you started talking to the person. Who was the person?
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So it was not Vin Scully. It was somebody else calling on behalf of Vin Scully. They called my personal number for some reason. Okay, very good. Regardless, we are happy that Vin Scully is going to be on with us. And it's kind of perfect.
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that the world's most perfect professional broadcaster would be greeted by this cluster bleep around here where we don't know what we're doing and everything goes wrong. Finn, thank you. It's an honor to talk to you. Congratulations on all of your good work. And the crowd will be delighted just to merely hear your voice right now. So thank you for being on with us.
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Do you have a most embarrassing moment?
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That's exactly exactly right How's life in the real world spent you still dreaming about laying people out?
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What is the endgame here though? Spence is an agent broadcaster. Oh, yeah, you're such a star when I own a damn team. Why yet? Oh Jason Leisure with us now. Even understanding that it's a game of runs, they've had some unusual losses with big leads late.
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Agreed, but they've got more bad losses than good wins.
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Is it? I don't think so.
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You sound sad.
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And I just said something that I believe to be so. And because your mood is sour and it's kind of cold and the team is snakebitten and probably won't make the playoffs and isn't terribly interesting, you're lashing out. That's what's happening here.
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Okay, but help me out here. Who did you put the crown on?
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brashad perriman the ucf receiver to me he looks like the second best receiver now you know after amari cooper he i would take him second it's probably too high but among receivers i've seen he looks like the second best receiver i've seen in college football this year brett perriman's son am i wrong well you haven't seen a heck of a lot of receivers then dan how many how many how many do you have ahead of him 15 17
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Here's Kanye West last night. We've been playing all Beck in protest today. Nothing but Beck today. Kanye West did something funny. I thought it was funny. Jay-Z, it was funny to see his reaction.
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What's your problem with Pharrell? I don't even know where to start here. He's got this one song happy. He doesn't have one song, Stugatz.
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He is not a one Stugatz. He's maybe the biggest hit maker of this generation, certainly of this time period.
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we were cheaper than colin we were there we were a pretty obvious choice to do that kind of show in that market given that we had developed on their airwaves and developed relationships with some of the people there that i have been negligent in crediting while we've talked about just general bozo executive that you find in the radio industry.
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Our best stuff is on the local hour, much to our dismay.
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Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning, thank you for being on with us. We've had an investigation for a while here. Dikembe, he denied it very strongly, very ferociously. But there is this story of Dikembe back in the glory days of walking into a nightclub.
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Amanda and Liam and Trog, these were genuine real people and real radio people. They did understand what made good radio, and their friends and their kids were talking to them about this show that had a little more conversation around it than the average show because it was a little bit different. So we had the full support of the important people we needed to have the full support from,
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What are you guys laughing about back there? Allison, again, is getting flustered by Norm MacDonald. Is Allison flirting with Norm MacDonald? What are you guys laughing about there?
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Norm makes her nervous.
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Yeah, she did read his book in two days. I freeze books, baby.
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I can't wait for that. Now you're teasing us.
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a bowl to me you have like a college weird i mean i love him but he's weird okay but you have the bowl like a french onion bowl like something you'd find in a pottery class yes with a plate underneath of it yes i don't i think he was probably it was a cup of soup was it not anyways you gotta enhance for the podcast he corners you and he starts telling stories and does a monologue for you because that's how he talks to everybody well he's asking me about um the football program
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Conversational icebreaker so that he can tell you what he's thinking about what he's going to do with his career.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Dan, Dan, Dan, in North Carolina's defense, we usually do talk about North Carolina football for approximately three days and then they lose to Virginia.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Jamel Hill is with us now, so perhaps she can add some light to this subject that we're talking about. I will remind you that she's got two new shows. We've got Spolitics is the podcast, and Above the Fold is the TV show on TruTV. Thank you, Jamel, for joining us. What can you tell us about what you've found most interesting about everything swirling around Bill Belichick?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
David, are you sitting that way because your stomach is gurgling? I'm good. Okay, but it seems like you're protecting your stomach from whatever it is that ails you. It seems like you're in a position of a bit of discomfort, it looks like.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
All right, we got some real tension in here because David Sampton is a germaphobe and Hawkins is coughing and wheezing. And I just heard during the break the conversation, are you contagious? And then Hawk says, no, I'm not, which I don't know how possibly.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Yes. Well, you look like you're in pain. You look like you're in physical pain. Time magazine named Caitlin Clark. It's athlete of the year. And in the article. And I'm curious what else you found interesting about the article, because she also said that college coaching women, college coaching is pretty terrible. I want to say I've.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
earned every single thing but as a white person there is privilege a lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been black players this league has been kind of built on them the more we can elevate black women that's going to be a beautiful thing not surprisingly megan kelly then responds on twitter she's on the knee all but apologizing for being white and getting attention the self-flagellation condescending fake transparent sad uh
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Not surprising that she's on the cover of Time as the Athlete of the Year and always weaponized and polarizing in this day and age, even though she is just incredibly benign. Like she has not done much of anything to actually stir real controversy.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Well, then he asked you, do you have diarrhea? And then you said, let me check. Let me check. And I'm worried in general about what's happening between you two in here.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I want to get Roy Bellamy and Andrew Hawkins to give me all the history they have with Black Santas in their home. Tony, did you have a Hispanic Santa? Of course I did. You had a Hispanic Santa. Roy, what was in your house? What is in your house in terms of Black Santa?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I asked the question wrong. Is Santa black?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
It's not the same question because Jewish was, I mean, Jesus was an actual person. I think Santa's like spoiler alert kids.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Christmas? Did you celebrate Christmas at all? Yeah. Okay. All right.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
But so the babies in your homes, Roy and Andrew, they think, if I ask them, Santa and Jesus, they are both black?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
You're teaching them.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
You better be careful. We bleep out curse words so it can be a family show.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I'm sorry. You know what? I'm going to go ahead and...
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Oh, major. I'm just trying to protect you from yourself if you have to go to the bathroom. I was going to say, maybe a bathroom break wouldn't be a bad idea.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I'm giving you five minutes to just get out the verbal diarrhea, the other kinds of diarrhea. Get it all out of the room. I want to play something here for Jamel based on something we were talking about earlier this week with Juan Soto.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Can you guys get me the sound of both Juan Soto thanking New York Yankee fans and also then famed Yankee fan Nick Turturro complaining with a great deal of rabid passion that I would imagine doesn't want Juan Soto's thank you for Yankee fans. Let's hear from Juan Soto here.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
handcuffed with the words you can say a lot of love there a lot of thank yous you know it's tough he rehearsed that did you hear that side i made before he actually started talking it was like well i did feel for him trying to answer the question why you chose the mets in his second language because he had to go to some of the things other than money and then and yeah it's like they're building an unbelievable thing here he went to unbelievable a couple of times when the mets haven't been unbelievable since 1986 and we're trying the contract was unbelievable david picked a bad time to ruin christmas
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I think all of us would be like, yes, you're right. Or better would have just been, dinero, papi. But he was trying to do it in his second language. But I'm sure Nick Turturro, famed Yankee fan, received his thank you with sincere gratitude, right?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
F***ing fraud. Okay, there it is. That's vastly more reasonable than he was in recent days when he was swinging a bat and throwing a bat and yelling FUs all over the place.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Can we get the Grim Reaper ready here and participate with the bucket of death and get Jamel involved also in the bucket of death? I'm going to pick for her. I'm going to pick for Jamel so she can play in our contest here.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
But he's going to get Trevor Lawrence kind of money. That's $50 million a year, isn't he? You've got to pay Brock Purdy the way you pay Trevor Lawrence, right?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I want to ask her about Devondre Campbell in a second, but let's just roll through while she's talking. Let's roll through the bucket of death here.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Okay. The Browns. What are they? They are favorite. They are dog at home against the Chiefs. They're plus four.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
They're going to win. Oh, nice. Congratulations.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Yes, we're just, I'll explain it to you off air. Congratulations on the Golden Helmet of Life. You get three free weeks without punishment. What did you make as a 49er fan and as a journalist of Devondre Campbell just straight up quitting during the game last night?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Okay, what kind of favorite are they against the Jags?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Okay, the Chiefs are at the Browns. I don't like that one either. I don't trust the Chiefs to win a road game.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
There's that. So David's got the Saints. The Saints are a seven and a half point dog at home, and they're starting a new quarterback.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
You want to keep that?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
You're going to name the Saints quarterback. You're going to keep it. Don't I get the points? No. No, you don't get the points. It's straight up.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
You can't do that.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
All right, I got the swap helmet, so give me that golden helmet of life. Now you've got to pick one to swap with, Dan.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Jaguars, so they're three-point dogs.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
He's got the Saints. He's got the Saints.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Andrew Hawkins has the Colts. They are at the Broncos. They're a four and a half point dog.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Pick a new one. So I'm sorry, Jamel. Yes, you get to pick another one, but this one's final. And Jamel, I'm going to select for you and then you can select whether you want to keep it or not. And if you lose, you have to wear a costume of some sort or suffer a punishment. The Texans are playing against the Dolphins at home. The Texans are a three point favorite.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
That's Andrew Hawkins. Yours is the Falcons. Yours is the Falcons. The Falcons are at the Raiders, and they're a four-point favorite at the Raiders.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
All right, there you go. And the Dolphins, by the way, in that Texans game, that's a show-me-something game. That's another show-me-something game for the Dolphins, beating the Texans on the road for your season after a bye, the Texans on a bye.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
It's a terrible pick by you. It's the second biggest dog on the entire board. Jamel, thank you. Appreciate the time, as always.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
And you're playing through it. You're not quitting. I do want to get back to a portion of this Devondre Campbell story because I'm trying to find the times or places that I have seen anything that compares like this to somebody in the middle of a game having an exchange with a coach where the coach is saying, get in there, and he's saying no.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
And then afterwards, Shanahan is telling you, I didn't even ask a follow up question. Once the answer was no, I just moved to next man up. I didn't even ask. I didn't even. I assume in that moment that it's sort of like they feel football players feel like they're always in a firefight. And so there's just not time to ask questions.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
There's always a I don't even want to I won't I won't call a timeout. I want you're not worth that. Your wellbeing or whatever's going on with you, my worry about your feelings is not even worth one of my timeouts. I don't have the time to get your explanation for why it is you're doing what I think, to Kyle Shanahan, is probably a pretty unprecedented thing.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I don't want to play and then I'm walking to the locker room and I'm not telling you whether I'm hurt. What is going to be the explanation for this? I'm done playing football. When he speaks, what are you going to, is there anything he can say
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
That you hear that changes what's presently happening on my televisions, which everyone in sports television is aghast because they're just calling this dude a quitter. And they don't understand what they're watching. And is there any context or number of facts that I can give you? Because you guys played the clip earlier of a player who was calling it some sucker shit or some punk shit.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
And he lost a baby and was playing a couple of weeks later.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
The last time it happened was Antonio Brown, right? That's the last time we saw it, and then he never played another down, right? We never saw him again in the league. When you walk off a football field, look, Hawk is here so he can explain it to you, but I simply, I don't, I...
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
have not had friendships or bonds or workplace relationships that would respond this badly to a broken trust, to the idea, I've never worked in a place where the ethos of it is so much I'm going to do everything I can to get out there, and the person next to me is linked by brotherhood in the understanding that he's going to do everything he can to get out there too.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
So, like, I just cannot explain to you what a fracture this is in this sport because of the codes of whatever it is honor is in this sport, which is why I was shocked to hear you say that you weren't going to get out there and try, even if it meant your career was going to end with a fumble.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I'm going to move off the subject in a second, but I'm just genuinely puzzled by the idea of. I've heard athletes so often say, don't get in your feelings about the stuff on the field. If this is an act of petty rage because your feelings are hurt, the consequences of that rage are so damaging if he's that much up in his feelings.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
And I just don't associate that with people who have climbed this particular ladder in this sport.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Is it cockiness? Is it indifference? Is it flippant? Like, I'd really like to hear from this person. Like, I'd like to hear from Campbell.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Can I ask you guys, based on the reaction that has happened around Bill Belichick, which was also a bit confusing to me because of the polar extremes that people were arguing with such conviction on what is the greatest coach ever. If Bill Belichick is not met by North Carolina with universal applause as a hiring, who would be?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Is there such a thing as somebody who's just, like if Nick Saban, Nick Saban would be, right? I've got the age thing with him, too. But if Nick Saban came back, it would largely be consensus applause, right?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Is there a second? Is there somebody? Kirby.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Well, I'm saying North Carolina football. I'm saying that the reaction to Belichick, because I can sit here and say honestly as we talk about this, well, I don't know what's going to happen. But if I had to bet, I'm going to bet on expertise and some things that he has shown and proven to be good at. But I don't actually know. And I'm interested by the extremes.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
But if this person is not a perfect candidate with his credentials, then I was asking you who is. And it's hard for me to get my head around. Wait, so you guys think Sark, a guy who was drinking like on he had alcohol on his breath and was let go at USC. You guys think Sark is somebody who would be met with more universal applause or even Shanahan?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
I don't know what you're doing with the alcohol thing. I'm saying it. What do you mean? He was let go because he was drinking on the job. What I'm saying is that that can be hard to trust, even if I can have all the compassion for it being an illness.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Nick Saban's last words here were, I'm not going to be the Alabama coach. That's the last thing he said. Your idea, the other day I was leaving with you and we were talking about leadership and you didn't say leadership was overrated. But when I said, I'm not a good leader, I don't know how to lead, you said nobody does. Bill Belichick is famously known as a leader.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Do you not believe that he has an assortment of skills that should be met with a North Carolina audience and basically everybody who's watched him work for 25 years legitimately applauding the idea that a program that isn't one of the major programs just got the most major coach there is?
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Would there have been this many questions about this six years ago? And I'm not talking about where Belichick was six years ago. I'm talking about where the sport was, college football was six years ago. Nobody would be asking any questions. If Belichick were going back before NIL and before player freedom, everybody would be applauding here, correct? know how well he's going to recruit.
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The Big Suey: Caitlin Clark Is Time's Athlete Of The Year (Feat. Jemele Hill)
Success is right now, right now, this minute, it's already successful because you're buying what he brings in terms of prestige. No one has ever talked about North Carolina football this way. So that's a measure of success. We've seen what Deion has done with that particular success.
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The Big Suey: Happy Birthday, Billy!
Don LeBatard. No one else here is willing to do a Trump or a Biden. That's not true, Dan. Okay, Tony, you can catch up. Man of a thousand impersonations. That's not bad, man.
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The Big Suey: Happy Birthday, Billy!
Yours is not. You're biting me. What do you mean?
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The Big Suey: Happy Birthday, Billy!
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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The Big Suey: Happy Birthday, Billy!
Happy birthday to him. I don't care.
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The Big Suey: Happy Birthday, Billy!
I've done it. And now, here's the marching band to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Yeah, after several tests, they found a tumor in my chest.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
20 mediocre years yeah after several tests um they found a tumor in my chest this is the oral history of the tan levitard show with stew gods
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
I had a weird dream last night. I dreamed that I was on my last show, on the Levitard show, my farewell show.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
It could be, you know, where you allow me to say that I'm retiring when, in fact, you've privately fired me. And guess who's singing my outro song? Jimmy Buffett is in the studio singing Lovely Cruise, and that's how I go out. What is going on?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Have you heard that song? I'm going to bring a tear to your eye. Farewell to my career at a lovely cruise. Fantastic.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
I did. Well, a couple of nights ago, I think.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
I was tripping on tryptophan. Is this something you want done? Yeah, I would like Jimmy Buffett if you can swing it. I don't know how much juice Levittard has left. If you can get Buffett in the studio to sing Lovely Cruise on my last day on the air, that's Nirvana. That's better than being a garbage man. Hold on.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
It's been a lonely cruise. Can you please give me... Put us there, man. Please give me... I mean, what a romantic song. You hear it on cruises, you know, obviously. Wait a minute. When you're coming back into port. Sunset. Ah! Pina Colada.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
I mean, you know, it's a tearful goodbye. And then all of a sudden, I'm surprised. The surprise element's gone because I dreamed it. But in the dream, I am shocked to the point of weeping when all of a sudden, you know, we've got a special guest to sing farewell for you. And Jimmy Buffett comes in.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Yeah. And it's not the entire Coral Reefer band, but he's not alone. He's got like a couple of guys with him.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Christmas trends! They're all bad, folks. We've let this time of year get away from us. I mean the entire holiday season, although here I'll focus on Christmas and Santa Claus, still the mac daddy of winter. He knows you when you're sleeping. He also knows who you've been sleeping with, by the way. Whoa. Where was I? Oh yeah. Baby. Baby. Baby. Why Christmas has gradually gotten worse?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
I won't repeat my rail against artificial trees except to say if your Christmas tree is not a living thing that you need to water every few days, guess what? You don't have a Christmas tree. I also won't repeat my rail about how present giving has devolved into an unimaginative exchange of gift cards. When was the last time you hand-carved somebody's gift out of a block of wood? Exactly.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
But I want to concentrate today on two new beefs about why Christmas is sledding brakeless down a hill headed for hell. First, outdoor lighting. Greg Cody earns the outside look on his house. He's up on a ladder, claw hammer in his right mitt, pocket full of sharp tacks, inching along the roofline, stringing lights. Stringing them old school, just like Norm Rockwell would have painted it.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
You know what short cutters are doing now? Sticking a single laser light in the ground, flipping a switch and watching a shower of thousands of lights bathe their house. These folks have not earned their outside look. And you know who knows it? Santa. You ever stop to consider how your laser light could blind Santa or his reindeer as they flew overhead? You didn't, did you?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Because it's all about you, isn't it? Does not the very phrase, Merry Christmas, begin with me? Even worse than the laser light trend is the sad state of Christmas songs. Christmas songs used to mean Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Or maybe White Christmas by Der Binger. Or Nat Cole crooning, my nuts roasting on an open fire.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Now, the old classics, the traditional songs the carolers would sing in harmony under wintry street lamps. Wait a minute. You can barely find those songs. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I don't think the lyric is mind nuts. Is that what I said? Yeah, you said mind nuts. Sorry.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Hey, yeah. I misheard Nat King Cole's lyric on that.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Nuts roasting on an open fire. That seems horrible.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Well, you know, but again, it was a classic. Now, the old classics, the traditional songs the carolers would sing in harmony under wintry street lamps, you can barely find those songs played anymore.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
They've been elbowed off the airways by the awful and unwelcome oxymoron of modern Christmas songs by Mariah Carey and One Direction and every other artist trying to glom a fast buck with a bad holiday album. You come to my house this time of year? you'll see a real Christmas tree. Underneath it, you'll see gifts utterly unidentifiable because they've been poorly hand-carved from blocks of wood.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
And you'll see me, splayed on the ground outside, writhing and screaming for help beside a fallen ladder, but unheard over the ear-splitting decibels of Perry Cobo's little drummer boy. I'm Greg Cody, and that's how it does back in my day.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
I've got a lot of papers here. I'm a busy man. Adultery! First, an important disclaimer. This, back in my day, is absolutely not an essay born of personal experience. And if it were, what was the chance I'd actually admit it on a national podcast? Okay, let's be honest about something inherently dishonest.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Adultery, infidelity, cheating, whatever you want to call it, was so much easier back before technology came along and ruined everything. Or rather, so I'd imagine the clandestine Casanovas would lament. Cheating was easy once. You just had to make sure you weren't doing it around friends, neighbors, or co-workers.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
So if you lived in Mayberry, the two of you drove up to Mount Pilot, got a corner booth at the bar, then a room at the Notel Motel, and called it a night. You were blessedly incommunicado. There were no cell phones allowing any busybody snoop to record or photograph you. You were completely out of touch. until you dropped a dime and a payphone.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
There was no CCTV closed-circuit cameras spying on every movement you made, no facial ID technology, no TMZ with hired spies around every corner, no social media splaying wide everyone's personal life. Now, every text message and voicemail exchange is retrievable. You think delete search history actually does that? Haha, your naivete is so cute.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Back in my day, you wrote a fake name in the motel guestbook, the board clerk said you're in room nine, Dr. McGillicuddy, and you went on your merry way. Now there'd be an unblinking ring camera above the door ratting on you. It isn't just relationship cheats who have it tough these days. How the heck do criminals get away with anything?
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Snatch somebody's purse on a city street and see how fast the cops shout out closed-circuit images of you in the act all across social media with close-ups, nine different angles, and slow motion. You think that old-timey ski mask works? There's technology to unmask you now. The day is coming when we will all have a computer chip in our noggin allowing the law to trace and catalog our every step.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
The cell phone in your pocket is doing the same thing today, bugling your whereabouts 24-7. Modern-day debauchers and Lotharios have only two choices. You either give up your cheating ways, or you hopelessly bemoan technology and understand that today, a smartphone would be pinging your exact location in that dark corner booth as you swig your third Manhattan.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
It very much is. I can testify to this. The cut of meat, when I make pulled pork, slow cook a pork roast to make pulled pork, the cut of meat I use is called the Boston butt. So it's a delicacy. I eat butt all the time.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Of course you can. Exclusivity. You can't.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
What does PFPI stand for? Pro Football Predictions Incorporated, but we just say PFPI. The family legend.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Yeah, this was our 13th annual gala of the modern era. And we came back in 2004 after laying dormant for about three decades, having started in 1969. But you have to understand, on the PFPI calendar, the gala is a sacrosanct day, kin to a national holiday in our house.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
We set the date weeks ago.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Bottomless mimosas.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
No, I think just about everybody but Christopher took it seriously. That's not true. No one takes it seriously.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
We have six official statistical categories. Weeks leading, weekly titles, 10 win weeks, unique hits slash raccoons award, which is named after my late great mother who traditionally led the league in unique hits because she knew nothing about football and would pick the Browns to beat the Patriots.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
And, you know, so she would hit on an acorn every once in a while and set a PFI record with 18 coon skins back when it was just called the raccoons award. I mean, the Uni Kids Award. So that's it in a nutshell.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
The other statistical awards are, of course, overall standings and best weeks, best individual weeks. Of course. I think our best individual week this year might have been 14-2.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Mom's Maniacs. Of course. Chris's Critters. Dick's Rough Riders. Wow.
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Oral History of the Dan Le Batard Show: Episode 9
Rick's Lobos. Mike's Chickens. And Christy's Ferraris.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
I would like to ask the group if I will find everywhere in every city I go to in America, do you guys believe that I will find the home, an actual home like that anybody would live in, where you go for your insurance or your urgent care or your podiatrist or your dentist or it looks, otherwise, these are all over Miami. Yeah, particularly around Bird Road.
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All over Miami, you will find all of these places that provide goods in what are otherwise looking like normal residences that are just homes. And I'm wondering how common that is. Will I find that in every city in the United States? Will I find it in smaller cities in the United States? I have been to both a podiatrist and an urgent care that is just a home, so I'm not judging it.
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I'm just asking you... how uncommon it is to get medical care in just like a normal home.
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I'm asking the question because I'm ignorant and everyone's always accusing me of Dan thinks this thing that's in Miami is only Miami. Isn't he an idiot? I was just I'm genuine because I'm so scarred by the audience reacting that way. I'm I'm telling you, Mike says Bird Road. These are all over Miami Beach, all over Miami. South Brown.
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Would you use would you be like Hawk, though, and show up in your Maybach, pull up and get your Lambo?
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to get your feet checked out or your dentist or get your teeth looked at. You guys, this would create a skepticism in anybody, correct? No matter what your earning power is or isn't, I imagine most people, when they want to go to a doctor, they want something that looks like a doctor's office.
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Got to have lots of units. Everything I'm talking about, these are absolutely one-story units that I don't trust. No matter how good your care is in there, I trust it less. So I shouldn't say I'm not judging. I do have less trust than if you simply gave me something that looked more like a traditional doctor's office.
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Nobody's dad walked to the bathroom with a towel around their waist. You're just going to keep doing things that happen in a home? Exactly. You're going to play Family Feud? Let's do that. Let's play top five things that you find in a home.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
I want to talk to Hawk here and get some football knowledge before it is that we leave for the day. But before I do that, something else that I want to talk about. We're going to have to proclaim the Ball family a success, right? In terms of succeeding the things that the Balls do. Because to see Angelo with a hit song, a legitimate hit song,
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Put it on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. If we had kept LeVar Ball on television, would we have avoided the pandemic? I want to discuss for a second what we can and can't platform, because I'd like to get to what Dave Portnoy had to say about me as he tries to launder John Gruden over there and then calls me the jackass.
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But the first thing that I want to do is point out that Mike Ryan right now, And Mike Ryan occasionally does this in adulthood. I don't know whether he's got an important meeting or a family event or something. But there is something that Mike Ryan does that when he goes formal with the casual wear, he can be accused of having a bit of a Mr. Rogers vibe with the sweater.
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And when from that sweater emerges some form of jello is not a large font act. I get disoriented by your festival knowledge because of how it is that you're dressed. So can you explain to me either what you have going on later or when it is that this attire gets broken out? Because it's not just the regular winter where we're all going in and getting some of the stuff in the back of our closet.
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No, you got the slacks working and a whole... I've lost some weight. You got a whole thing going on.
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It's just not something that you can come in here as a bit of a newbie and start pointing around and demanding the firing off of sounds at your behest. It's got to be earned. That stuff's got to be earned. And it's not just earned by having the money to drive in in a Maybach.
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I don't know. Jessica, help me with, is it formal casual wear? What is this look that Mike Ryan is, I'm not even mocking it. I'm just saying it's an unusual for Mike Ryan look, and it makes me usually think that he's got some sort of meeting after the show whenever he breaks out one of these casual formal sweaters.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
Thank you, thank you. It's a normal outfit. Thank you, thank you. Okay, if you say so. It's just, it doesn't seem normal for him. It's not something he wears every day.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
why are you denying thank you thank you thank you why have we not played jello's actual song no because this is we can't we're trying to monetize this episode on youtube yeah there are right issues okay uh i'm scared of the big yeah big baller brand lawyers i'm sorry i have to do this to you we've got a major penalty five minutes derailing
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And also, he's having some trouble. This is not a clumsy human being, but he is having trouble with his pen, with his equipment, with a little bit of everything. Maximum touching of things right now.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
it's just charity you should be embarrassed by that that was a pity look at me louis because you were needy in here and you were desperate and you were praying for look at me louis and i want to make you feel like you're included uh is is are you saying mike ryan that liangela ball is better than the new bad bunny is that what you're alleging no no not at all that's a five-star banger
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What are the things outside of his music catalog, outside of wrestling, that makes you say that he is special at everything?
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Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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Put it on the poll. Is Bad Bunny an artist for all time?
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Amin is saying, what a time. This happened just after we sent LeVar Ball off of television and then the pandemic swept over the land, which never would have happened if we hadn't done that. Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you. I feel like I've lost Jessica. She has been, I just feel like she's just snorting Notre Dame football highlights.
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Jessica, you earned this, okay?
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No, I'm coming back to you right now.
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I'm coming back to you right now.
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I'm taking the entire story to its natural conclusion, which will soon end in defeat, and we will all laugh at you.
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I don't care. You should be happy. Especially after you see our quarterback. This is the time to be happy. Hope his elbow's okay. You earned that victory because, for those of you who do not know, it's not just that you have taken, you know, that you haven't felt well recently, and then that game for four quarters was also an agitation to your system. You went to New Orleans.
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You wanted to follow the Notre Dame football team around. Obviously, awful happens in New Orleans. The game gets postponed by a day. You don't even stay for the game. So yesterday ranks where in terms of? your all-time sporting moment at an event where you're in the middle of something and you get the joyous feeling at the end.
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You're on the cusp of the greatest season of your life, correct? Yeah.
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I'm not saying Notre Dame, though, Jess. I'm saying everything.
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I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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I want to take everybody through what just happened. Like, Amin thought that was the way to punctuate the segment. Spent the time before this asking me, do we have enough time for me to get this off? No, no, no, no, no, no.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
You asked Jessica a question. She gave you nothing as a response. The segment was over. We had nothing to punctuate the segment. How are you yelling at me about this? Because I didn't want to punctuate the segment. You asked to end the show the way that you ended the show.
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I think we should do something musically with the tone of Cuomo saying that is not a song as well because that has a musical tone to it.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. We can all handle a little criticism around here of our artistic endeavors. I've been enduring them for 20 years. Deserve it. Get his criticism. Understood. Me too. Welcome to our world. Bosses build each other up. Yeah, okay. That's what you and Jimmy Butler say. When Jimmy Butler runs successful things, you come to me about how his... I learned that through his statement.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
That was not my disapproval that time on him not being good enough. That was the appraisal of Amin and Hawk. All I was saying is I would also like another one. I was saying I want one that also is a sequel to that one. I was asking for more, Jeremy, not less.
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That is an excellent Michael Irvin.
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I got you. There you go. That is not a song. It's by Chris Cuomo. You got it. Oh, that's a different song.
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I, Jeremiah, love what you did there. Just product placement, sponsorship. I love what you did there. And I wanted to talk about, Jeremiah, I love, and I wanted to talk about That run that I believe to be the greatest five yard run in the history of Notre Dame football. And I want to talk with the experts in here about the surprising strength of athletes.
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And in the case of Andrew Hawkins, the worst you've ever been embarrassed on film because If we can get the slow motion Jeremiah Love play, I want you guys to see here what happens to, I think his name is Zaki Wheatley for Penn State, where he has the body angle on collision that you have to make this stop at the goal line because of...
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uh... jeremiah love and where his body is position there he's got to be stopped because he doesn't have any momentum but his lower body strength not unlike jaylen hurts is not unlike sake one barclays his lower body strength is a thing to behold there I don't think, Amin, that most people have any earthly idea how physically strong James Harden and Kawhi Leonard are. For example, two people.
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You rarely see something like this where a feat of strength not by Derrick Henry is something that you can see. And you can speak to this, Hawk. That there should have been stopped on the goal line by anybody playing defense for Penn State who hits that collision unless your lower body strength simply has nothing for what it's meeting.
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I hate it. I hate it as analysis. I hate it as analysis. It's 100% true.
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The Big Suey: Archie Manning Vs. Lavar Ball
I don't think a lot of people would say that's a great, great football coach. That record does not ever belong to a great, great football coach.
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He did it at Vanderbilt.
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I'm sorry. You can say he's not a championship caliber football coach. I'm saying that we've never described someone who's 0-13 against top five teams as a great, great football coach. Jess, you gave him two greats. Two greats? Jess, you gave him two greats, Jess. You gave him two greats, and you're in the rah-rah spirit of, my team never gives up, and it just makes you a little crazy.
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Jess is on such a football high.
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Okay, but this isn't an acceptance speech. No, it is. Yes, everyone deserves a lot of credit.
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I just need to get the Notre Dame spirit out of here for just two minutes.
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I'm staying in that. Lucy was also at the Orange Bowl. I got four hours of sleep last night. Throw it to the Lucy video. I want to hear from Lucy. Lucy was also at the game.
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We say we are ND at our stadium.
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You're listening to DraftKings Network.
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Juju, put it up on the poll, please, at Levitard Show. Do you say, I could care less or I could not care less? Which is it that you say? And also, I want you guys to notice why it is that I have the exclusive domain over this particular look at me, Louie, and how successful I was in correctly governing its standard. That sweet got shittier and shittier as he talked. That's sweet.
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Him just saying it's a suite and just throwing it out there as if that's supposed to impress us. And then it becomes, well, fans of both kinds. That's a disaster, by the way. That is not what you want in your suite. You do not want fans of both kinds. It's kind of what you want if you're a neutral, though.
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The only point that matters is that the suite was shitty. I mean... It wasn't great. Look, the Caesar salad you just described made me sad. It was expensive. The fact that you didn't have your own food, shared food with the group, that's not opulence. That ain't opulence. Shrimp cocktail.
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A superstitious piece of plastic in your nachos.
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Well, let me ask these questions, okay, because you're telling me about the decimation along the injury fronts for Notre Dame, but Penn State and Ohio State have been, been teams that are very good at will be really physical with you at the goal line. In the most basic form, Ohio State has a million different advantages, payment and otherwise.
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But when football becomes the barbaric, primitive thing of who's stronger down there, Ohio State's roster wins and Penn State's roster wins. The part that you're bringing up, though, that I want to address is this moving line on what big games are. Because The first two that Franklin won, people were saying, okay, this changes the narrative, changes the narrative.
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And the moment he loses, the narrative is right back and it's forever. Like this narrative goes right back to can't beat the top five teams. Yeah, SMU. Yeah, Boise State. But what were big games? You were telling me two weeks ago, big game, big game. James Franklin, changing, changing. Not now. It ended with a loss, ended with a loss against the top five team.
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What changed other than they allowed more teams that shouldn't have been in the playoffs in the playoffs?
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You know what? He is holding his arm out here to get the look at me. I've earned this. Which I'm not going to press. However, I will say that you continue to make me someone who gets more and more influenced and manipulated by you. Because every time you point for some reason, the waft of your cologne is bringing a really lovely scent through here. It reeks of mahogany. It's It's disorienting me.
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I don't even know what to do with it. It smells like a nice, nice nightclub. Like a really fun nightclub.
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Can you give me, please, the sound of Greg McElroy doing the announcer jinx thing, please?
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What did he do wrong? I listen to Greg McElroy's podcast weekly as a look at me Louie situation. He's great. I watch his broadcast.
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Whoa! I think the look at me, Louie, might be racially biased.
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I'm stunned that we're the show that gives a look at me Louie to when I watched the old 22 and not I drove a Maybach in here.
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Roy, I got a problem today. I know it's not you, although Izzy does have questions about how easy you think it is to ice skate. You seem to think that you're going to be somebody who could hockey ice skate in a short period of time. Izzy thinks it's not going to be short. But the problem I have is I got Andrew Hawkins in here and I got a whole lot of people who
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When I spoke of the tension that we have in here between the number of people who want to talk football and... the number of people who want to talk basketball because I've watched Jeremy. Jeremy's here.
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For those of you in the audio audience who have not heard from Jeremy yet today, Jeremy, I've seen in his eyes over there, he's thinking about that 97-92 Miami Heat-Utah Jazz game from last night that sent the game back.
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Yeah, young stars like Terry Rozier. Not him. 11 for his last 62, 4 for his last 32, and everything that Mike Ryan hated about that acquisition has been on display over his 30% shooting over the last bit here. Where do you land?
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Amin, because this has been a frustrating, it's been a complicated and difficult week for me as somebody who's trying to be fair, objective, and critical to have people who I have relationships with, admire, trust, believe are better at their jobs than I am at my job, or that anybody criticizing them is at their job, but also can see in the standings and everything else that the Miami Heat are presiding over punctuation calamity with the
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really want to talk about football i got amino hassan in here he's got a whole ton of basketball takes and jeremy's got a ton of takes too but i only got one person here who was in the middle of all the football action yesterday and being soothed by the parents of the notre dame players in the stands and i feel like that person needs to be showcased today because she was in the center of what feels like the biggest moments that notre dame football has had
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
Jimmy Butler in a way that it cannot be argued that they've handled the end of this well. I don't hear anyone arguing that this is being handled well, but the heat is under more criticism, I would say, than just about any time I've seen that wasn't Whiteside and Dion Waiters or that one season where
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
Alonzo Mourning, his kidney failed and then all of a sudden Pat Riley's coaching a team that won 20 games or whatever it was.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
OK, but you say this and all of it leads to I don't see and maybe I have this wrong. I don't see the avenue by which the Miami Heat gets what it wants over Jimmy Butler getting whatever it is that he wants. And so now I ask you guys to do something where you analyze this information. Kendrick Perkins is not an information guy. And I don't know if anyone is making these distinctions.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
I don't know if anyone cares to make these distinctions as to how they get their information. I haven't heard what Kendrick Perkins is saying here from anybody. But Kendrick Perkins is saying, and this makes sense. Phoenix win now. Phoenix wants to get whatever they can get for right now to put it next to Jimmy Butler. Here's Kendrick Perkins saying Jimmy Butler is going to head to Phoenix.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
The contract parameters are set up.
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Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
Booker Durant Butler is better than Booker Durant Beal. What do you do with that information?
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Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
for national relevance, hope, and belief since they were getting smoked by 40 points in all the championship games that they've played in in the last 10 years.
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Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
I just haven't heard the information guys say that, and I expect the information guys to have that information. I don't expect Kendrick Perkins to ever have information the information guys aren't reporting.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
Kendrick Perkins obviously famously played with Kevin Durant. One of my favorite interview moments was asking Scott Brooks during those finals OKC against Miami, why do you keep starting Kendrick Perkins? And he gave me how good their record was when Kendrick Perkins started. And I said, imagine how good it would be if he wasn't starting. It would be even better than that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
He's got a relationship with Kevin Durant that I do believe is People listening to this who care about the transaction need to monitor because since leaving Golden State, next to nothing has gone right for whatever it is that Kevin Durant wants from this as the ending of his career. Whittingham had an exceptional take in which he said,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
You were being soothed because of the amount of tension in your Notre Dame football spirit because you spent that game trailing and scared?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
If we replay the entire career of Kevin Durant entirely over again, this is about as badly as it could have gone in terms of how it is you're going to be remembered by people as one of the greatest scorers of all time. And I would assume that if Phoenix was in such wind now that they took Bradley Beal's contract a while ago,
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Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
that they would be, by far and away, given who their owner is and given who Kevin Durant is, I would assume that they would be the favorite in every situation. That's the mark. You know where the mark is, and it's them.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
I just believe that you found yourself in a fairly remarkable situation after what happened with the Heat and Dame Lillard, where Damian Lillard becomes the first entity to make a mess and not get what he wants, that we go right back to, what do you mean Jimmy Butler dictates all the terms? What do you mean he can tell Memphis, don't trade for me?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
What do you mean that he gets to dictate to Pat Riley? You're not going to send me even for a month to a city that I don't want to go to. That's crazy. Am I wrong about that, that we've gone right back to showing Damian Lillard again, hey, the only way to do this is to actually maximize the public exertion of your power.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
But if you publicly exert your power, you will be able to topple even Pat Riley. You think this is where he ends up? You think that Jimmy Butler wants to end up in Phoenix and therefore Amin al-Hassan is saying he's going to end up in Phoenix.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
I just don't think the escalations have stopped yet. If you think Jimmy Butler is going to be here in February, you have not paid attention to the escalations that are coming because this is going to keep getting worse. But Dan, haven't they kind of?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
I don't think it's a particularly interesting distinction to make today, but very often with games, people say games are great. And what it was is, well, the ending was great. The end of the game was great.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
Last night's game was fun for a lot of reasons, but I did not have that fourth quarter happening all of a sudden, where when Mike talks about the narratives, James Franklin is now 0-13 in his last 13 games against top 15, I'm sorry, top five teams. He's four and 20 career against top 10 teams. And now in 11 seasons at Penn State, he's one in 15 against top five teams.
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Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
And that one was there for the taking. And I believe that all of us looking at this would say, if those teams kept playing, we don't know. That's the arbitrary measurement of the day. But if they kept playing, we don't know who would win if they played 10, 15, 20 times, because we're at the point of the season that if Texas beats Ohio State, you'd be like, yeah,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
If Ohio State beats Texas, you'd be like, yeah, but I don't think this is an accurate measurement for who's best. It's just an accurate measurement for who wins that particular night. I know it's the measurement we got. I know, but you're going to have a hard time convincing me that Notre Dame is the best team in football after they've lost to Northern Illinois at home during the season.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
Is that not the goal? My preference for all playoffs is find me the best winner, but we have imperfect measurement systems everywhere except basketball.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
One of the things we're always talking about around here in sports is – Was it fun? Because if you'd lost that game by a field goal, you'd come in here today and say, that's one of the worst experiences of my life. If she came in, she would say she'd feel hung over and she'd feel terrible. She'd have trouble sleeping. But the experience is the same in both instances. It's just the ending.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
So did you have fun? Like, did you actually have fun to be in pain and feel like you're vomiting all game?
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Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
No, no, no. You guys don't just get the button. No, no, no, no, no. Come on. We didn't request the button. I tried to earn the button. We do not say things. No, this is not how it works. I was sitting on that so I could get the button. I was in a suite last night. Is everyone in Miami? You don't get the button when you request the button. You were in a suite last night and what?
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
The whole stadium is suites, by the way.
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Local Hour: Big Game James Franklin
It's going to get more and more pathetic. I was in the bathroom. I was watching on the television in the bathroom.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
But that's the strategy, though, right? Like, if you flood the entire space with a bunch of things that are shameless, rotten, and awful, we can't keep up. You whack-a-mole here on one, and there are a dozen more over there. Wait a minute.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
Are the two of you in consensus on this, though? Are you guys saying that there is not a single thing from the hygiene realm that can be done in public that wouldn't disgust Mina because she believes these things are intimate privacies?
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
Generally speaking, I would say that fans and executives prefer humility, even if it is false, to arrogance, even if it is truth. So you just said that Deion Sanders is son and all that comes with that. And I'd like to explore that.
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that for a second because we're talking about one of the most interesting athletes of my lifetime, a guy who shows up at his last college game in a limousine with a top hat and tuxedo and a grade point average of 0.00 because he hasn't gone to class and is just telling everybody, I'm here for the money. I'm here to change sports. I'm here to be a mercenary. I'm here for my talent to carry me.
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And I'm here to buck the system and fight against the cultural repressions of football and America. And my son isn't a cornerback. He's a quarterback. And when you say arrogance at the positions we like it, not so much at quarterback, not so much at face of a team, voice of a team. You're allowed to be publicly arrogant. Generally speaking, the most popular quarterbacks, Tom Brady among them,
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
You don't get arrogance. You get, get the questions away from my locker. I'm going to be boring on purpose. But we've got a new breed of quarterback coming into the league. We've got a cultural and generational shift at the position. And I would ask you guys, how do you think the average NFL executive who's meeting with the son of Deion Sanders,
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
whose confidence is earned, who has been in a lifetime of being built by this particular father to play the most important position in the sport, my guess is that he is going to do things his way, and they want to knock that out of you as soon as you get there. You're not in charge, kid.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
I wonder under what circumstances you have someone growing up in the home of Deion Sanders as a football player and not being confident when he's gone to the top of the draft and when Deion just did something that we haven't seen, right? To go from an HBCU to finding yourself with two of the top five players in the draft and the Heisman Trophy winner.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
How about put on makeup? How about put on lipstick? Put on makeup.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
I understand why it is that he would be supremely confident, and it sort of bothers me that the people he's interviewing with would see that as a knock or turn that overconfidence into something that becomes unprofessional. Maybe he is unprofessional. Maybe he is immature. But I want my quarterback to be really confident.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
I would say that that is arriving at your confidence exactly the opposite way that Dion did. He was better and faster than everyone else. He stacked successes on top of each other.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
And he had a child who now is able to wily and grit his way to certain successes that then feed that confidence and that belief and make him believe more than anyone else, including the people interviewing him, that he is going to achieve at the next level, that it is his birthright.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
Not kind of. She is a never nude. Never is an absolute. It's not kind of. There are no diluters. She showers wearing what she's presently wearing, including the microphone and the earpiece.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
I mean, I don't know how many preposterously confident preteens you guys know, but I think awkwardness around being 11 and not knowing whether you're going to have friends or not, I do believe it's possible that the football construct is so different.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
from what the Sanders family construct is, that no matter what situation Shador walked into that wasn't just false pretending to be the quarterback voice they wanted them to be, might have been looked upon poorly in any context because if he's got a smidgen of arrogance, we'll find a way to criticize him.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
But I assure you they could have criticized him if he had come in as that meek 11-year-old and said, are my teammates going to like me? I don't know how it's going to go. I'm sure they would have probably found a way to criticize that as well as meek and not strong enough.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
A New York Times story that feels like Joaquin Phoenix in Her, except the Her in this case is human, and she fell in love with chat GBT. GPT, excuse me. I think I made it GBT. It's GBT. PT, and it's got 300 million users. And I thought this was actually interesting during our epidemic of loneliness.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
While this would be really easy to judge, one of the quotes in here that I found most interesting was someone saying, this might be the future of relationships. Instead of men or women trying to change their spouses, you just program something into a your computer that allows you to make a perfect partner that's not real.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
And you could do everything from sexual fetishes to be a neglectful boyfriend. What I'm aspiring to is a neglectful boyfriend. And so I found interesting. that the addiction went from 20 hours a week to 56 hours a week and then passed for love, as I say, in the age of our loneliness epidemic. I want to judge and laugh at this.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
I found it stark and interesting that somebody said that the future looks like this, that they quoted an expert saying that there's going to be a lot more of this, not a lot less.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
Oh, but Mina, when I say loneliness epidemic, you could be surrounded by people and still be totally lonely. I think a lot of people find themselves in that position right now. The part to me that was the lane that was unexplored that the artificial intelligence is feeding is wherever it is that she might have shame or feel like a significant other would judge her.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
This allows her to be her maximum self. And if you believe that keys to loving, I don't know what you guys think the ingredients are, but understanding and acceptance are somewhere in there. She's giving to this thing something she's too ashamed to give as intimacy to her partner. And so that seems like an interesting lane for something artificial to...
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
to occupy so that you could get addicted to it because it becomes the equivalent of porn, right? It becomes the equivalent of porn and a relationship with porn where you're just finding that there's a judgment-free zone that you wouldn't get from necessarily your husband.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
She requested neglectful boyfriend. So realistic. She requested neglectful boyfriend.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
I've realized... Okay, you said that. Wait a minute. Pablo, just for a second, okay? Look, I know that she's a brilliant person. I know that she is a wildly creative thinker. No, but just for a second. This is not new. The only thing that's different is... It's not human. That makes it really new.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
Like, I'm not going to be in a world where it's normalized for you to look at me and just say, ah, it's not a new thing for people to make connections with things that are intimate and loving and not human.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
I got caught in the same place. I'm like, where's Mina gonna take us here? Look, an old-fashioned bookstore where there's a shelf of erotica.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
Hello. It's nice to see you. It's been too long. We haven't done this in too long. What happened? How many months has it been?
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
You're right that Twitter is running the government and an overgrown high school child who is interested in attention and power is accruing it. All of this stuff is offensive. All you're doing is trying to correct all of the imbalances that we already have between the United States and the rest of the world with just this little bit of money for us. And of course, what it,
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
ends up becoming is, we want all the money, we want to isolate, we want to be our own country, but starving children is one that I feel like all Americans can agree, send them peanut butter.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
Are we filming? I've been putting lotion on my arms the entire time.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
And it's paid for. Like, this part's important, right? So Mina's pointing out, no, not everyone agrees that America should be sending peanut butter for malnourished kids outside of America. Fine. But I think everyone can agree we shouldn't be wasting that money peanut butter and nourishment if we've already paid for it.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
The reason she's saying this is so overt is, like, at this point, you're just actively participating in cruelty if you want to be wasteful instead of helping the malnourished children.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
People say that that's weird around here. Is it weird? Is this something I should be doing in private? Is this something I should be doing in the bathroom? Lotion on the forearms.
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PTFO - Share & DOGE & Tell with Mina Kimes, Dan Le Batard, and Pablo Torre
He's articulating something that feels hopeful, and Mina is articulating something that feels hopeless. And Mina's hopelessness has been earned by the number of things like this happening at a pace that don't seem to have strategy behind them. So I...
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I prefer his viewpoint, but I feel like his viewpoint is getting engulfed by all of us feeling some form of the hopelessness that Mina's articulating, which is even when I do something good, I cannot enjoy it because of everything that happens in the aftermath that feels like it's poisoned.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Aber nimm uns durch die Straßen, was erinnerst du dich an? Die Details von der nächsten Woche, wo du nicht die Game 7-Jersey für eine Woche wegbringst.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Anything else from the rest of the week that stands out? Because that had to feel like one of the happiest weeks of your life.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Rick Fox und Derrick Fischer haben uns beide Geschichten erzählt, dass Kobe als Mannschaftspartner sie ausgesucht hat, sie ausgesucht hat, um Konfrontation zu suchen. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass so viele Leute das mit dir tun oder das mit dir tun sollten. Hat Coby das mit dir gemacht?
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Kannst du uns hier sagen, was dich begeistert hat? Ich war fasziniert, zu sehen, wie dein Großvater Man, thanks a lot for recognizing that. All sports teams have a lot of sports therapists now. That started...
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Metas Lakers nehmen die Celtics in Boston am Sonntagabend auf der ABC. Lass uns für Meta die Stimme von LeBron James spielen, der sagt, ihr wollt nicht mich sein. Ihr wollt nicht die Füße der Liga sein.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Meadow, eine Sache, die mir nicht gefallen hat, und du hattest das Gesicht hinter dir. Was ist mit dem dreiprongten Kopfband passiert? Ich werde mal sehen, ob wir es auf dem Screen sehen können. Warum hat sich das nicht in der NBA ausgelöst? Was ist hier passiert? Lass uns darüber reden. Weil das ist ein legendärer Blick auf East Bay. Lass uns darüber reden.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Meta, thank you. His Lakers take on the Celtics in Boston Saturday night on ABC. I didn't want to wrap you up. I want to talk to you for another hour, but they're taking you away. They say you got to go. So thank you. Please, we hope to talk to you again. Always enjoy talking to you. Thank you for having me.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Well, we can talk about that in a second, but I'm curious where the lights went off for you in terms of introspection, right? Because nobody's ready to get to the league. Nobody is ready at a young age to get to the league. But when did lights start going off for you on, no, I kind of need to explore some things here in my patterns, in my upbringings, in the way that I, you know, handle issues?
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Where did lights come on for you?
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Wir haben mit dir gesprochen über einige dieser Sachen, richtig? Einige der berühmten Geschichten, wo du für Arbeit bei Circuit City gearbeitet hast, glaube ich, war es. Du hast uns die Geschichte erzählt, glaube ich, dass du in der Halbzeit eines Bulls-Spiels gehst, um Likör zu holen, richtig? Do I have that right? Or am I remembering some details wrong about having to go out at halftime?
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
You were so young. Do I have this wrong? I don't want to get it wrong.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Ich denke, ich könnte das ohne Reservation oder Verlust sagen. Ich meine, er ist einer der stärksten Spieler in der Geschichte der NBA. Jemand, mit dem niemand triefeln wollte und nicht nur ein Champion, sondern einer der besten Verteidiger in der Geschichte der NBA. Wir haben ihn ein paar Mal über die Jahre gesprochen. und einfach nicht Angst hatte, auf dem Platz zu kämpfen, von wo er her kam.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Well, explain that part to us though, because that's an interesting kind of loneliness. You arrive at all of your dreams, ostensibly, but those people don't necessarily understand you. The business of it is foreign and you feel lonely enough that you want to go back to something that feels like your neighborhood.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
I will leave this alone after this, because I do want to accent. This man has been excellent for a long time, tough for a long time, and has had a career that has a lot of difficult things accomplished in it.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
But the story that we've talked around sometimes, but I don't think we've actually gotten to the bottom of, that I don't know what part of it is true either, is how it is you ended up before a Game 7 on a corporate bus with salespeople...
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Ich mag es nicht, Dinge zu erzählen. Okay. Und wenn ich es falsch gemacht habe, verzeih mir. Und ich muss sagen, am vorderen Ende davon. Ich genieße wirklich diesen Manns Karriere und seinen Wachstum. Also bin ich nicht nur rummeln in den salatischen Geschichten.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Vor professionellem Basketball war er einfach ein ungewöhnlich hartes Mensch. Er geht jetzt von Meta Sandiford Artest. Okay, also es ist nicht Ron Artest, es ist nicht Meta World Peace, es ist nicht der Freund der Pandas, es ist Meta Sandiford Artest. Willkommen Ron, äh, Meta, Entschuldigung. Es ist schön, dich wiederzusehen. Kannst du uns erzählen, was die Name-Change precipitierte?
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
No thank you Dan for bringing it up.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Let's talk about something else. Speaking of position to win, you won Game 7 for Kobe when he was 6 for 19. You won Game 7, became a champion for Kobe Bryant forever. You carried him in that game.
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Postgame Show: Metta Sandiford-Artest
Literally a year later, we win it. And the track just dropped. I got it wrong. It was 6 for 24 that Kobe was in that Game 7. Not for 6, 6 for 19. And as I recall, you spent the next week of your life basically wandering around the streets of Los Angeles, allowing people to touch you.
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The Big Suey: As A Father...
You already know you're the GOAT. Of course you're going to be a cool golfer.
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The Big Suey: As A Father...
But isn't the loophole you're looking for here is like, hey, I do all these things. I'm really good at them. Don't have to work that hard. Don't have to be taxed like crazy. Still get all the fame, fortune, etc. Yes.
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The Big Suey: As A Father...
Golfers also know, I don't know if this is true or not, they also kind of know where the real money is. They can go secondhand and be like, yeah, I just make millions over here. I don't need this. I kind of feel like if I'm the best player in the NBA, people want to be around me.
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The Big Suey: As A Father...
The Howard Johnson. The Howard Johnson. Oh, Joe. I'm staying at a little boutique, the DeChambeau.
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The Big Suey: As A Father...
Not that one. Top five woodies? Yeah. You guys want to hear Chris messing up? Oh, I'd love to.
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The Big Suey: As A Father...
It was so bad. And if they would have let that roll a little bit. It threw Dan off entirely.
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He should have gone circle, then square. He couldn't get round out. He got square out first. Profile picture square now? What's that other shape?
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It just started. That's so pink that you can convince yourself some of it is purple.
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I'll pitch a square now. Now it's square. You remember the part of the show, since we're talking back on the show, where Dan would remind everybody, in case you're just joining us, what we're doing is we're watching first take on our TV screens and then saying exactly what they said to you.
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So I got to ask about the prize. I know how Mike loves when we dig into these things. The prize on this is a private hang with Dan to watch the championship game.
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I was going to say, that's false ad. It says right there, a private hang, and I want to know exactly what that means. We're underselling it.
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Just Dan and a fan for two and a half hours watching college basketball. Nobody wants that. I would love that. The fans don't want that.
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If you're in the NBA, it applies to you. Me talking about you. In case you're just tuning in, what's happening here is Tony went outside to watch first take. He is now reciting what Stephen A. Smith had said about first take. And Amin is reciting that in a better Stephen A. Smith impression. Correct. Continue. Rights issues.
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How do you get that all out while still sounding like it's caught up in the phlegm?
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If you went, like, shaved the hairline back and shaved the beard. I'd shave the beard in a heartbeat, the hairline suit, and just walk around town talking like Stephen A. Smith. How many people do you think would come up to you and say, hey, Stephen A., huge fan?
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Is this like a Dan is racist sort of moment?
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So to this person, you did Highly Questionable, stopped doing Highly Questionable for a little bit, grew some hair back and a full beard and got your voice a little gravelly, and went back on TV, and that's who this person thinks you are. Just Beaumont Jones, just an entirely different look. I'll be honest with you.
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My favorite part about working at ESPN was working with Woody Page because he was a legend, a national legend, and that's what he should be known for. And not stealing Dan's story? No, I also at least love to steal time from ESPN. Taking time off, you don't even have to tell anybody. You just go away. I mean, you kind of do that here. You do that here. Look around you, buddy.
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Well, that's one person here, not every. Was I the Stu Gatz of ESPN? No, I think Stu Gatz was the Stu Gatz of ESPN.
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He was. He was on a lot more than I remembered. Speaking of play, do you think he came up with all those jokes on his own? Well, is he?
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Did we find the Monk video? Have we found that video, Mike?
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They successfully scrubbed the internet.
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We're going to play that eventually. We'll get there eventually. I did have a little bit of an issue, and this kind of drives me crazy when I'm not in the building, a little bit of an issue with the way we talked about Woody Page yesterday. Really? Was it yesterday or two days ago? It was yesterday. Whenever it was. Is it yesterday? Yesterday. Woody Plage. Yeah, there it is.
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Thank you. From the second that Mike played that song out in the gathering area before the show, Jeremy was like, please let there be a situation where I can write a song on this. Anything.
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So I've been waiting for this moment. You missed Top 5 Woody's for that. I missed Top 5 Woody's? Which, by the way, I got a text from one of my friends. Woody Woodpecker. Very upset he didn't hear it.
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Got the West Hollywood reference in there. I can't wait until you die.
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I mean, if it was yesterday. I mean, that part was funny. I can't say the word. If he actually used that and plagiarized. No, no, no.
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Has he? 23 years? Like, when you think of a Woody, you think of Woody Page. Like, he's got to be high on your list. I know. Woody Harrelson. All right. You know what? I've already got, stop. Let's stop. I've already got a top five Woodys. I'm going to get to that in a second. On a Friday. But, and this is probably not going to help his Woody Page nickname. Mm-hmm.
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But don't you immediately think of the chalkboard behind him? Like when you think of what he paid? You do not think of all this other stuff, right?
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I will say that nothing that he writes on the chalkboard is his words. He gets those sent to him, and he chooses one. How about that? I read the opposite of that.
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No, I think you might have read that wrong. I think you might have read that wrong. I trust Chris. He gets a lot of people to send him ideas, and then his assistant maybe picks the best one and writes it up there, or he picks the best one and his assistant writes it up there. Not to say he's not that clever, but that's a lot of shows, man, to come up with those.
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More like Kobe. I'm not really the GOAT. I'm just the people's GOAT. There you go. That's good. Like three people. Okay. You guys want the top five Woodies now? Of course. Give us Woodies. Might as well. I got some OLIs. Oh, some OLIs too. So first OLIs, because he was kind of canceled, Woody Allen. Kinda. This is also for the younger crowd, right? A little bit.
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So if you haven't seen, or if you've never heard of Woody Allen, go watch a documentary about him. That's all you need to know, really. Forget about the movies. Oh, really? Yeah. The movies are really good.
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Was that him, or was that... Cosmo Kramer was part of a Woody Allen movie. Kramer was in a Woody Allen movie.
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How about that? All right, number two. In large part because it's not technically a Woody, Woodrow Wilson.
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Real racist. 28th president. Also, if you break it down, Woody Willie, not terrible, right? A little bit of a... Needs work, but I see where you're going. Last OLI, the dude from the show Sex Life Season 1, Episode 3, about 18 minutes in. His name's Adam Demos. Also, not quite a Woody, but if it was, holy Jesus. To America's. Everybody in the room's giving me blank stares.
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Somebody in that back room, somebody has seen that scene. Someone popped. All right, number five. And this is just a name thing. Okay. Woody Johnson. Kind of like Woody Willie, Woody Johnson, Double Woody. Double Woody's... Uh-huh. Number four, Ron Jeremy. Now, is that a name thing as well? First one outside of my own that I ever saw. Not in person, of course. Oh. Shocker.
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It was a shocker, and it was impressive.
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Was he? Yeah. I mean, was it because of all the sex movies he did?
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That's his latest film. It's called Jail. Are you going to ask your Chad GPT? Because it lies to you regularly, Mike.
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You've got to train it. Yeah, I've got to correct it. There's a buddy sitcom there with Mike and his Chad GPT. Number three, Woody Harrelson. It's only three because if this was like 20 years ago, it would probably be number one. Okay. But number three has got to be Woody. Number two, Woody Page. There's no way Woody Page is over Woody House. He is in front of, he is on your television screen.
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Back then it was every day. These days it's like two days a week. The same reason people know me disproportionately than they do some other television stars because they're in front of you all the time. That's why Woody Page is number two.
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That's why he's number four and not number two. Because of that. And number one, Woody from Toy Story.
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Again, that was the show Sex Life, Season 1, Episode 3, about 18 minutes in.
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I'm just saying, maybe that's currently the case. But before, and maybe he's forgotten this. Woody's been doing this for a long time. But I seem to remember him getting, you know, him talking about this in the past and him getting a ton of suggestions.
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I guess that's what's bothering me about this. He's not affectionately nicknamed Woody Plage. He's only still coming up when we talk about it. You can go ahead and go on the internet and find it, but nobody's calling him that today.
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Let me do my. Tell J. Cole that I didn't appreciate that in the song Clouds, he cannot perform that thing live because he's clearly, you know, cutting verses on top of verses and not doing all that in one breath. Like, that's impossible. Impossible. I think he can. Okay, then call him up, have him do it on the air. Yeah. There's no chance. No chance. Yeah, you do that. You do that.
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It's your boy, right? It is my boy. That's all.
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This would explain why years and years ago he said that he is way better, not just better, but way better than Kendrick Lamar. Now I understand that.
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NFL free agency taught me that Joey Bosa is not what he was before. I did not know that. I thought he was still in the prime of his prime. But, oh, no, he's being released or going to another team eventually. Didn't really realize he was playing that poorly before.
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Their best rushers, yeah. That Hubbard retirement was a surprise, right?
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Knowing the playbook, the route tree, the timing with your quarterback. Knowing the playbook to me is a basic. You have to know that. You're coming in as an offensive player. It doesn't matter really what position. You kind of have to know the playbook.
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But I think in terms of that's the base point, and then you're just kind of learning, hey, getting off on my release on the line, knowing where I'm going on my routes, how to sort of manipulate a defender.
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This is what I'll say is in New York, They're reckless, they're not bad. They know what they're doing, but it's just like you're taking risks that you don't need to take. Other than that, everywhere else, they're just bad.
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He's a maybe. Do you think we get the third crying meme? Certainly not if it's in South Florida. He's not crying. He's not crying at my funeral. He's coming to the funeral, but he's not crying. Michael Jordan? He's coming, but he's not crying. Michael Jordan is coming to your funeral in South Florida. Yeah, he's here all the time.
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Okay, if I die in Cleveland, then that obviously impacts greatly how many people come to the funeral. But if my funeral is in New York, South Florida, or Arizona, or California. Or Ibiza. It's in Cleveland. You know what? I'm going to put that in my will. Very mean Ibiza.
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Maybe he performs? I don't, I don't, okay, this is uncomfortable because I don't want to get into this conversation, but I don't think you understand, like, the level of friendship.
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So you could get a message to him? Get a message? I could call him right now. Could you? Yeah. Can you get him on the phone? Don't do this. I would love to talk to him. Call him Kyle. I'm not going to do that. But, like, again, like, this is, like, So I'm not going to get into it. It's a family thing.
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The question is going to come after we play a pair of videos. First up, as we know, the day journalism died, Dan Levitard went to a Panthers game, wore a Panthers jersey, and banged a Panthers drum. And this is what it looked and sounded like.
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Don Levitard. If Daniel Day-Lewis did it, you'd be jerking off all over yourself.
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Aggressive description. I mean, what is that? I'm just saying. That's me.
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Daniel Day-Lewis does something.
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I trusted Tony.
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And Jordan 2. Jordan 2 for sure. Did I say J. Cole?
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Okay. Did you see what he tweeted? So let's start with, let's set it up for the people who don't know. They went to sleep early last night. They don't know what happened. They haven't talked to anybody. They don't know anything. All right. So the Knicks play at the Lakers. Big game. TNT game. All the luminaries are out. All the legends are out for Dan Levitard, right?
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A fan captures video of, in the middle of the game, LeBron James confronting Stephen A. Smith about, well, let's try to read lips, right? Definitely shaking the head. If we try to read lips, it seems like— Doesn't look like a happy exchange. Well, it's not a happy exchange, but specifically, it seems to be about something, something, don't talk about my son. Is that what you see?
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Is that Scotty Brooks in the background just chewing gum, by the way? Look at him right there. Might as well be popcorn.
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I don't control the B-roll. It's the Chris Cody of the Stephen A. Smith show who's doing this. He's just playing, pushing buttons.
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Do me a favor. When you're done reading it, text it to me so I can read it.
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I'm just going to text it to you right now. Okay. Oh, wow. So, but basically Stephen A. Smith has been ridiculing Bronny while we're waiting for this tweet to come in. The question is what Chris said, which is, if he's in the league, which he is, isn't he fair game? Could he have told Stephen A. Smith, hey, stop talking about Gabe Vincent? Could he have done that? Would that be a request?
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Perhaps Dalton Connect.
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I wouldn't have either had it not gone viral. Now I have no choice. First take. First at 10 a.m. Eastern. Then the Stephen A. Smith show on YouTube. Some things just have to be said. That's why he's the GOAT. Can you imagine? Some things just have to be said. $100 million. So, Tony, you do MMA Hangout. I do.
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So Dan, Dan, first of all, my favorite part of the video is that right there. My second favorite part of the video is before he starts drumming, he has a maniacal, before the wave even, he looks like he's Ray Lewis about to run out the tunnel. He hasn't run out the tunnel yet, but you could see he's getting into the game mode.
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I like that place. Come on now.
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Whenever they have the fight posters for the big fights, they always have a tagline. Every dog has his day or whatever. Tell me that this isn't a great tagline. Some things just have to be said.
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So Izzy, I have an example where I have an NBA player, a retired NBA player, who confronted me about what I said about his son's contract. And Like, confronted me, confronted me. Not like, hey, man, why are you saying that stuff? Like, ran up on me. And so then I sat there in the lobby of the JW Marriott in L.A. And I just said, like, yo, man, here's the deal.
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Like, I'm talking about this stuff from a contract standpoint, from a guy who worked for teams. And, like, when I broke it all down, he was kind of like... Touche. It was like Ben Stiller in dodgeball. He was like, okay. And then I proceeded to have the same conversation with him two more times. Like in different places. One time All-Star weekend and one time.
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And so I was like, wow, this dude's really overprotective of his son. Like, come on. He's a grown man. He's in the NBA. And he's not even a rookie. He's a guy who's on his second deal or whatever.
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The current player or the older player? The player.
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Tim Hardaway Jr., who is his dad? Here's why I found out what the deal was. Because then I had a run-in with the son. And the son was decidedly not like the father. The father was like, and I was like, all right, man. The son was passive aggressive and like whispering to people like, oh, don't trust him. We were in a social kind of setting.
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And he went around whispering to everybody, oh, he's a reporter. I'm not a reporter. Everyone knows that. But it was like, whatever, man. And then I found out that later on in the night after I went to a different place, He shows up with his people, and he was sitting behind me. And the whole time, he was gesturing and stuff.
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But then when I got up to go to the bathroom, it was like... What a jerk Del Curry is.
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Kenyon Martin is up there. Kenyon Martin is definitely up there. I'm trying to think. NBA dad. Michael Thompson is not up there. Michael Thompson is my buddy. He's... Like J. Cole buddy? My favorite. Michael Thompson, again, I'd call him right now. Would he be at your funeral? Michael Thompson? Michael Thompson would be at my funeral. Michael Thompson. That's an OG right there, man. Clay wouldn't.
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I don't even know Clay thinks that knows who I am. Now I can't wait for you to die, because that's just going to be like a front row. Let me tell you something.
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Beetle will send me a cheese head in her head, in her... Like Vision or whatever. You guys know that story? No. The story of Michelle Beadle's cheese head? Yes. No, we haven't heard that one. Michelle Beadle, when she left Sports Nation, they gave her, I guess as a gift, a gag gift, a bust of her head made entirely of cheese. And you can look it up on the internet.
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It was the last episode of Sports Nation with her on. We presented it to her. Everyone was like, that was awesome. And so for weeks leading up to Michelle's departure, I was... laying claim to her cubicle, because cubicle space in LA was very, very desired. So I started moving things in, I had my PlayStation in there, I had my sneakers, everything in there.
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So months goes by, and I talk to her in New York, and she's like, hey, so, There it is. There's the cheese head right there. That looks nothing like her. So she's like, how's the cubicle? I said, it's great. She said, everything going good? I said, yeah. She says, everything smells all right? And I said, yes. Why do you ask? They go, no reason.
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I said, when you get back to L.A., why don't you just take a look in the rummage around there? And I opened the last drawer I pulled out. It was that head. And it was a colony of, it was an advanced civilization. They had like nuclear power. Play your PlayStation. Yeah, they had PlayStations. There's a whole community there. And they looked up at me and they said, it is he, he has finally arrived.
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And they started bowing and I closed that thing shut. And then the stench hit me. And let me tell you something. My stomach, friends, on that day was not the strongest place to be.
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Look, man, you guys think I'm just naming the biggest names I can and say they'll be there. I mean, you went to Michael Jordan, so I don't think it's fair for people to think that. Charles Barkley would be there. Shaq will be there. No, Shaq will call it.
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Shaq will send in a video. Charles will not be there. Charles will be there. Charles will not be there. Is it in Scottsdale? If it's in Scottsdale, yeah. If Charles is there, Shaq's showing up. Like, he won't let him one-up him. No, no. Like, Kenny wouldn't be there. Ernie wouldn't be there. Lefkoe? Maybe. Maybe Lefkoe. Greenberg?
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This is absurd.
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Freddie Coleman, RSVP, no. Solar Shack and Charles Barkley, by the way. They'll be heckling me at my funeral, too. The other topic on that wheel was Steph Curry, who yesterday continued his brilliance. Izzy. You're having a day. She's having a month.
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We'll play it later. Just have it queued up. All right. So, Izzy, Steph Curry last night, sensational as ever. Warriors win. They've been awesome. The Lakers also won last night. They've been awesome. Charles Barkley wants us to not talk about them because they've only been good for two weeks, according to Charles Barkley, while the Cavs and the Thunder have been good for six months.
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And so, Izzy, are you going to follow? Charles Barkley's words or are you gonna break the code and talk about a team that's only been good for two weeks?
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You walk around the corner. Oh, this alley is a nice quick shortcut. You see that waiting for you on the other end.
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Also, a little bit drunk. Oh, yeah. A little? What? A little? Dan Levitar drinks? So... We've got the damn thing. Now, he was, as Tony pointed out, a little quick on the beat, right?
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My kid asked me the other day, how does he do it? That particular one. Straight up in the air. And I said, look, man, this dude is something else. We've interviewed his trainer multiple times on Basketball Illuminati. Keep your third eye open. And he tells us things. And every time, his name's Brandon Payne. I'm like, is Brandon messing with us?
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So, for instance, Steph Curry knows his weight to the decimal. To the decimal. Like every time? Yeah, like right now, like, hey, Steph, how much you weigh today? Ah, about 202.7. And then he'll step on it and then be like, yeah, it's 202.7. I'm pretty good at that, but not to the decimal. Dude, to the decimal. Like his brain, he's a math whiz. I don't know if people know that.
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He's a math whiz, right? He can recite pi to like... 12 places or something like that. Further proof. But I always think to myself, how does all that tie in? How does the ability to do this? Remember in the finals, he's warming up in Boston, the one in Boston where he's warming up, and he looks at the rim and he's like, that rim's not regulation.
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And they come out and they measure and it's like a quarter of an inch off. But also, number one, to be able to eyeball that. Number two, the arrogance to be like, I'm not making it like I usually make it. I'm making it, but it's not the way. I'm hitting front rim a lot. It's not going the usual way. Hey, check that. And then they check it, and it's like a quarter of an inch off.
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Goyza? Yeah, the goyza. You're having a day. What is it? How's that pronounced? The goyza is when he goes to a sushi deli. How's that set? Yes? Give it to me. Someone. You have it.
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So that was 10 years ago. Basically, 2016, I asked Ethan Strauss, yo, what's something crazy that you see in practice that the Warriors don't do? And he's like, well, Steph Curry routinely pulls up from half court. Like, normal. And this was before anyone was doing this, like, in pickup games or anything. He would pull up from half court. And I said, why doesn't he do it in games?
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Local Hour: The Job Is To Get The People "Jaiped"
He said, because it would destroy everyone's mind. And then, like, two weeks later, that Oklahoma City shot happened. Yeah.
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Local Hour: The Job Is To Get The People "Jaiped"
Okay, so that's what you guys have been saying all week. But then, last night, Jaime Jaquez gets to bang the drum, right? And so, this is Jaime Jaquez banging the drum in a pantheon. Let's go.
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Okay, so now that we've seen both and heard both, if we're just listening, I ask the hypothetical. Would you rather be... on beat like Jaime Jaquez or would you rather be more hype like Dan Levitar? Because Jaime's was on rhythm. Everything you guys told me earlier this week was a lie.
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I'm not going to defer because, number one, I've been to a lot of sporting events, and what I've learned over the years, and Izzy, back me up on this, most crowds are off rhythm. You can't trust them.
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But for the most part, he nailed it. You know what it reminded me of? It reminded me of when you watch the dunk contest and you see a guy who clearly... not only spent time thinking about this, but had people like tell him, coach him up on all the external aspects. You got to play to the crowd. You have to have a presence.
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And then there's the other guys like, well, I'm just going to go out there and wing it. And Jaime, it feels like he's like, play the drum. Cool. Didn't think about it until he got to the arena and said, here's the drum. And the lady, like she did for the Dan video, probably told him, hey, this is how you do it. And if he's really good, we'll ask you to do it a fourth time or whatever.
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That's a good question. You want to say like three seasons?
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This is like one of the marketing initiatives of the new ownership group, yes?
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So when the team gets bad again, the drum will go away?
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With the bald head and the fur around the neck. They would wear the robes. Yeah, haircut.
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Put it on the poll, Juju. Is the most impressive thing the ability to scrub everything off the internet?
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Because that's happened to me, too, Mike, where I'm looking for something, I know it existed, and then the only evidence I can find is a Reddit post from five years ago talking about it, and then I'm like, maybe someone will link it, and I find the link, like, aha, click on the link, this video's no longer available. How do they do it? The internet?
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We got a fun room here today. The vibes were immaculate prior to entering this room. They really were. I can feel like today's going to be a good day.
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Let me tell you something. Nobody milked. Multiple versions of a song, like the 90s.
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I'm telling you, the 90s were good for one thing and one thing only. We're going to take this. Oh, this song was a hit? Okay, I'm going to go to multiple markets and multiple businesses, and we're going to tailor it to you. There was a version of This Is How We Do It that was about New York. No one remembers it. They used to play it on Hot 97 only.
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And that was in the height of the West Coast, East Coast. Exactly. That's not a New York thing. It was right before the tensions popped. Okay, so he could get away with it? Yes. It was right before the tensions popped. But, yeah, like, oh, this is my favorite thing. It's like, oh, you guys were singing that Chapel Rowan song that I'd never heard of. I mean, that's crazy. You're doing the Roy thing.
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I've never heard this popular song. I'm telling you, I've heard of it.
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That's the way my voice sounds. God damn it.
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Me too. I'll tell you how it happens. Because of technology, I live in a world where I don't listen to current music. Like all the music I listen to is the music that I select and the music I select is mostly 90s R&B and 80s and sometimes a little old school soul and stuff. But I don't listen to current music. And by the way, most of the time when I get in a car, I don't even listen to music.
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I'm listening to a podcast because I'm trying to catch up to either this show or All Fantasy Everything or Cinepho, which this week we're doing Nothing But Trouble featuring Chevy Chase and Demi Moore and Tupac's first acting role. Check it out, Cinepho, wherever you get podcasts. But That's what I listen to, and so there's no radio.
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I don't know it. You know it. Sing it for me. That's the problem. Maybe you're doing it wrong. The SNL Domingo skit. That was fire. No, I don't watch SNL. But I'll give you an example. My given F is on vacation. Bad Bunny. Oh, yeah.
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I've seen it, but I haven't heard the song. I've heard people do parodies of it. I'm going to the bathroom now. I'm going to take a massive dump. Yeah, you got the cadence. But I have not heard the actual song. But compare and contrast, I don't have any Bad Bunny in my Spotify. I've heard all these songs a million times. Yeah, well, you come to Miami. Thank God.
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The biggest artist on the planet, by the way. But I'm just saying, to me, when people are like, this is a big deal, I'm like, no, it's not.
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It's because the next two days, you're not working. But although I'm here for Chris starting his own chain of restaurants called TGI Mondays.
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I've never heard it. I've heard of it.
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Yeah, that's right. I saw the goosebumps. I saw the goosebumps on your arm. It's freezing in here, number one. Number two. I'll tell you how you know it didn't move me, because the very next song on the playlist was Toto Africa, and I got out my seat, and guess what? What did you say, Chris? The room did.
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So I want to spin the wheel of topics here.
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And by the way, while we're putting the internet on, finding things that the internet destroyed,
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Can we find the intro from the Montreal Canadiens hockey playoff intro in arena from like roughly 2009, 2010, where I believe that they were playing the Bruins, and this is right when the projection on ice technology was new, and it starts with like 1912, 4-1, 1913, 4-2, and it starts picking up pace faster and faster, and it took me a while to realize, oh,
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Salad bar, like a sad salad bar.
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They're saying every time y'all played them, they whooped y'all ass. It's pretty badass. That's the most badass intro I've ever seen in my life. Somebody on that.
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Is that scrubbed off the internet?
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You got to save stuff.
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But I do want to spin this wheel. I do want to spin this wheel. And the wheel only has two options on it. What? You want to give us the options? Never happened before.
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Option one. I'm setting it up. Option one. LeBron James. Option two, Steph Curry.
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Maybe it would be like a nice health food spot. TGI Mondays. Yeah, maybe. Guys, I have a huge hypothetical question I've been dying to ask. Both of these things feel like they are positives, but one has to be more positive than the other. Before I pose that question.
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I've given instructions to my family to burr me wherever I am.
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The Big Suey: Should Kendrick Play 'Not Like Us'?
It was a deep dive. And I I just kept he wanted to talk about, you know, my personal journey and my health. And I just was like, no, I don't think so. I don't want to do that.
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The Big Suey: Should Kendrick Play 'Not Like Us'?
Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?
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The Big Suey: Should Kendrick Play 'Not Like Us'?
I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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Postgame Show: Roy Wood Jr.
And then on Thursday, during the Fox pregame show, Alex Rodriguez asked Reggie Jackson a question, and the answer was surprising to a whole lot of people, but shouldn't have been.
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People should watch the full clip because Fox Sports just let Reggie talk. I saw a quote from our friend Eli Mostow from The Nation said, this is why Republicans work so hard to keep history out of schools. They don't want white children to know what their parents and grandparents did. Roy, thank you for joining us. Thank you for your work this past week. What was the reaction like down there?
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Postgame Show: Roy Wood Jr.
I will tell people again, new four-part podcast with NPR, Road to Rickwood. What were the highlights of doing it for you, Roy? You have any number of opportunities on things you can be doing. Why is this the important one for you?
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You played in the celebrity softball game. Anything of note to report from that?
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Just to be clear, so the audience understands if they just got audio here, because we played the video. That was a fly ball to left field. Roy Wood was the left fielder. That fly ball was caught by the shortstop, Steven Jackson.
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Postgame Show: Roy Wood Jr.
I am proud to say that no show in America is bringing you black Roys the way today's show is. We got Roy Bellamy out at the Elbow Room near the Stanley Cup as it goes into the ocean. And Roy Wood Jr. is with us. He's the host of a new four-part show. podcast with NPR. It's called Road to Rickwood. It's about the oldest professional baseball stadium in America.
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Were you at the ceremony at Wrigley Field for Ryan Sandberg?
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Wow, that is high praise. And we're going to celebrate both you and your athleticism here by taking the opportunity to show everybody a clip from a couple of summers ago when you threw out the first pitch here at Wrigley Field. We're going to all get to it.
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Enjoy this together. Yeah, that's not a great one.
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It's not a great throw there by you. Was there a good one?
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It's seen everything from a Klan rally to the first integrated sports team in Alabama. And Rickwood Field in Birmingham was home to more history. Last week, Major League Baseball was already planning a celebration there for both the Negro Leagues, and Birmingham's own Willie Mays when the Say Hey Kid passed away on Wednesday.
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Hour 2: Mark Messier Hates Greg Cote
I know that after four years of spending the time where LeBron was with the Heat, at the end of that all being over, there was relief.
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in winning two championships losing two championships and at the end of it it might be a little bit unsatisfying a little underachieving but you're not being laughed at because you only won one championship in four years because ray allen bailed you out how much relief was there in yesterday mike when you talk about eternal laughter at the expense of your
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He didn't do that to you, correct? He did not make you weep from relief. No, no.
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Roy, can you tell me where you were on relief because you pretended throughout, wrapped in armor and bravado to never be scared. I don't believe that you can watch yesterday's game and not feel everything heightened. Where are you on feeling just relief because this isn't a historically laughable failure?
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I don't believe you. It's not how that works. There can be many more. I mean, Chris has. I know they're going to. Look at where Chris is finding evidence. Oh, somebody's throwing up in the parking lot. That's a good sign.
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Roy's got a big smile on his face. We instantaneously know that that's a siren call. Go to Roy. What are you smiling about, Roy?
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Video, please get the photo of a clearly almost nude Greg Cody during Mardi Gras drinking in the street.
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All right, Roy, you got to get some beer on your face. We need the shot. I want that for you. And a player on the show. I want that for you.
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Hour 2: Mark Messier Hates Greg Cote
We don't know the difference. That's true. We just started watching hockey three weeks ago. It'd be funny if you grabbed somebody who's incredibly pink and 312 pounds and just say it's Forslip. Ask him what color the blue line is. Let's examine for just a moment whether or not in the history of the sport there has ever been a champion that was outscored over a point in the series 18-5.
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There's no way that's happened before, right? That someone holding up the trophy has wheezed to the finish of that series by being outscored 18-5. The Panthers, let's do it this way, actually. Just so that you know, that series ended up closing out with the Panthers being outscored 19-7. 19-7 is how the last four games of that series went. Who's celebrating today, though, Dano?
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Put that behind me and let's show everybody Greg Cody walking through the streets of New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras! There he is with me and my late brother. I remember all of that. Oh, you knew that they would have that logo. Yes, it was amazing. Way back then. Ron McGill joins us now to answer the question we were asking before about whether a shark could eat the Stanley Cup.
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Really? And here's the only reason why. Because that is not an enjoyable game in any way without the stakes. It's only because of the stakes. You've got the entire third period. All the Panthers are doing is icing. They're trying to get to the finish line. That's a close game. And it's a game with the most enormous stakes. I make that a regular season game.
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You're not finding that fun or interesting.
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There was a series in baseball that's always cited. I don't remember what year it was. It was Yankees and Pirates. And I think what ended up happening, I think this is the Mazeroski thing, right? That if you go back and look at the run totals in that game, the Yankees won all the games by 15 runs and the Pirates won all the games by one run.
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The reason you won this series is because in four of the games, you held that offense to six goals. That's why you won. You got the four – in your four – Just have to do it four times. In your four victories, you were able to dilute, diminish, and make impotent an offense that's overwhelming and in the other three games showed you how overwhelming.
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Hour 2: Mark Messier Hates Greg Cote
It was very close. Very, very close to being all-time embarrassed. All you've heard today is simply relief. All you've heard today. It's not even happiness. It's just that there's less shit running down our leg than there would have been otherwise.
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There are all sorts of strange things you can find inside of a shark. I don't know what the strangest are, Ron, but I don't think it could be anything as large as the Stanley Cup, can it?
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Steve Levy is going to join us here in a second. The crew that's been covering this has to be exhausted. These flights back and forth to Edmonton are brutal. We'll get to Steve Levy in a second. But Greg, your last night walking out onto the ice, media members are interacting with you. Are you a conquering hero?
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Do you feel like you've just won the Stanley Cup because of the number of media members congratulating you and slapping you on the back?
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We got it. We got it. You don't need to explain it again. We've covered it 70 different times. I got it. We got it. We got it.
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Who congratulated you? Give us some names of the media members who congratulated you as if you had won the Stanley Cup.
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Do you not know who he works for? Is that the problem?
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Will Manso of TV. Here is Steve Levy of TV as well. And as Stugat says, pink from the Boca Beach Club. You have said for... There's no way he stayed anywhere in Sunrise, I promise you. You have said for two weeks that he looks like the Boca Beach Club. He looks like he got too much sun. Steve, how tired are you right now?
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The messiah. How exhausted are you? Those flights are brutal, and it's a very long season. And do you believe that anyone outside of South Florida wanted the Panthers to win last night?
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What is the strangest things? Yeah, there was a license plate and some other things found in Jaws when Steven Spielberg cut him open. But what are the strangest things that you have found or you have learned about in a great white shark? Because they are garbage disposals, right?
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Well, but no, the desk was controversial, was it not? It is to inside television, but your desk was bothering people in Edmonton, was it not? It was a source of great controversy.
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Can you give us some historical context on two of the following things here? One, how strange a series was it to have your champion outscored 18-5 or 19-7 in the last four games?
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And furthermore, where is another game anywhere in the history of the sport with the pressure that the Panthers had on them between you win the first title ever or it'll be the worst thing you ever know and people are going to be laughing at you throughout history?
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Just in general. Why? Just the entire series.
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You haven't aged. It's bothersome. You have not aged. It's annoying.
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Good seeing you. Excellent work, sir. It's always good seeing you've been doing excellent work for a long time. Be well, guys. Thanks for having me. Thank you, Steve. Take care, Steve.
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Do you have the most unusual thing you've heard about being found inside of a shark?
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Let's go out to Roy at the Elbow Room. McGill, would you like an update from Roy? He's right near the Stanley Cup. What kind of information can you give us, Roy, from out there? It sounds like there's chanting and things are getting louder.
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It's before noon, and I suspect that if they're going to spend the whole day there, some wild Stanley Cup stories end up happening, breaking out around the party of a champion.
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All right, Roy. It's good to get all of your joy here on Metal Ark Media. You're just totally out of control. The best we've got from you is slurring last night while doing your reports. We appreciate you pouring yourself.
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I'm here. Thank you, Roy. Good talking to you. Appreciate all your time. We will come back to you and see if you decide to have more fun with the people having fun or if you're going to sit it out because you don't want to do dry cleaning.
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Ron, how did you feel last night? You're a sports fan. I don't know how big of a hockey fan you are.
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Great, only here. Everyone else in the world is furious about this.
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I believe that the northernmost point that has a team in North America is enraged that the southernmost point in America in water that's never frozen. Oh, yeah. The Stanley Cup just went into water that is never frozen. I believe the people who warm themselves up with the feelings around hockey are furious that we get to experience this. All they had was hockey.
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Ron, good talking to you. We will talk to you soon. I know you're headed to Africa. We will talk to you soon. Thanks, guys.
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Don Levitard. Mike Ryan's in there and he's the one with a baby. He's the one who's got to like worry about what the future is. And Mike Ryan bet on DraftKings because Mike Ryan bet on us. This is the bet you're afraid of doubling down on? Putting up a billboard in Edmonton? Stugatz!
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When Mike says that I am genuinely curious because a lot of people in sports around joy say that while they were climbing they wish they had enjoyed it more. That too often the suffering involved in sports makes it so that when you're in joyous experiences You're so competitive and trying to be better at all times that what you feel yesterday more than anything can be relief instead of joy.
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Hour 1: We Are Made It!!!!!!
to wander over with the criticism that's just lazy at his age, that he's overrated and he can't even get through it without coughing. The criticism, he can't get through his criticism with his breath functioning properly to criticize one of the greatest athletes any of us have ever seen in a sport is just so sports media.
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It's just in general the entire sports media capitalistic system, whereas I can't breathe, but I'm going to take money and attention off your greatness by diminishing you, even though my criticism can't come out without a cough.
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I think that's sicknessism. Do you still have your counsel?
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I want to be clear about a thing. when I say it's a lazy take. If I were to somehow not be able in any form to explain to aliens 300 years from now what sports radio was at its dumbest, the argument and opinion I would put in there is someone is overrated or underrated. I don't know what else I'd put in there to rival, maybe somebody should be fired. Somebody should not have their job anymore.
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That's why I say it's a lazy opinion.
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All you have to do is not say Greg Cody is right. You don't have to give him anything. But he was right.
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Again, it's why it's the joke I want to make. It's specifically the reason that this is the joke I want to make because he's the most maximum wrong and gets to be right. It's amazing. It's the stupidity of this medium.
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Go sit in the penalty box. You can't. That's east.
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You mentioned that. What we didn't get right, and I don't know what you guys can get for me in terms of information on this, because I would like to continue to cover this throughout the show today. I thought we were going to have billboards up already. I was dealing with this late on midnight last night, and then I'm told, oh, our dimensions are wrong.
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Where are we on getting billboards up that I wanted up a week ago? This is not that hard! Like, what is the latest on why we can't get these things up in Edmonton? Why are the dimensions wrong? And when is this going up? Is it going up before the end of the show? Are we going to have a payoff before I'm in Africa?
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I don't understand why we're so incompetent as a group. What does the billboard say? Well, I think that should be a surprise.
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I don't believe that Metal Ark has fingers. I will not believe it until I've seen them crossed. I will not believe that Metal Ark is a finger, an operation that has fingers. It comes complete. With fingers.
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Let me hear Charles Barkley not drunk, but you would understand if throughout South Florida this was how people were describing what they believe should have been the winner of the Kahn-Smythe Trophy.
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Zaslow allows it. Allow it. It was unusually emotional for Roy. I don't think any of us have ever seen him that happy. There are times in the drink where he gets a little exuberant and gets emotional, but I have not seen him as obviously happy as he was and visually happy. The comedy team of Roy's charisma with David Dwork, the comedy team.
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Stugatz muttered under his breath during one of the breaks here, that guy looks like a murderer.
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It was interesting to hear and watch the objectivity thaw away from both a drunk Roy and an intoxicated by the feeling David Dwork.
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A little murderous, yes, he does. Roy says he was happy that he could now shave his playoff beard, which just grew in his playoff patches. Did not. Little, small, tiny pieces.
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He says he was, yes. And he's happy that he can shave it. Is he now gone? Has he taken Stunt Danny and headed toward the elbow room to see if we can get Kachuk and Barkoff and whoever else? This is a perfect time. My God, those guys haven't slept.
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Fort Lauderdale right now has to feel and sound lovely, has to be sunny and warm, and they're going to be surrounded by at least 14 or 15 people out there once people find out they're at the Elbow Room. There aren't that many there right now.
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Yeah, those are just people who would otherwise be at the elbow room, which are not people you want to be around on a Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. if they're already at the elbow room. I don't think that's company anyone wants to be keeping. Did you sleep at all last night?
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I think he's great in general. That sport's tough. It moves so fast. I don't think people know how hard it is to do that sport. He was really upset about the criticism throughout the series. I thought he was excellent, and I just don't know how anybody does that sport well. I'm telling you, when I watch, and this is not new, I mean, this has been...
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hockey's gotten a ton better on television, but it's been a plague for a while how quickly the sport moves. The announcers always know before I do that the goal has been scored. They always get it. And it's the horn and some of the help that they have inside the arena.
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But I find very difficult listening to people try to do that sport because the fourth line's got a bunch of names that are tough to pronounce and we're just skittering past them real quick because we got to get to the action on the other side of the arena.
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Let's play for people the sound of McDonough at the end of that game because I did think it was a good call, and I did think he was right to identify how tired the Oilers obviously looked.
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A William Engel writes in Stugatz, willpower is his Twitter handle, and I think he speaks for all of America right now when he says it sucks that Dan Lebitard and all those dorks are happy. I believe that it is something that the rest of North America feels... whenever someone other than your fan base is celebrating anything. The Internet is a wildly divided place.
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One of the things, Stugatz, that I thought was interesting about that, as the puck was in the corner and there were two Oilers, McDavid was one of them, skating in circles in front of Bobrovsky by themselves. And it was just like, yeah, that's not coming out of there. That's going to stay in there. But that's where they have to be. If it did, oh boy. No, I know.
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But there were five Panthers in the corner with the puck, and it wasn't going to come out of there. That's where it was going to stay. It's where Edmonton's season was going to die. But McDavid was just skating in circles, exhausted, in front of Bobrovsky.
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Can you give us your honest, because you left here yesterday. I want your honest appraisal of what the last week has been like for you. Have you seen...
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You were, you told me leaving here yesterday, Dan, I'm sorry, I'm just generally more emotional about everything these days than I usually am, but you sent us an enough is enough email over the weekend, and clearly the battering that you were taking seemed from where I was standing like it was a little bit scary and uncomfortable, and I felt like you were hiding behind a bunch of bravado.
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I feel like you were scared of that that was going to result in Panther fans blaming you for the loss for eternity.
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Roy has arrived very quickly at the Elbow Room. I didn't think he could get there that quickly. It's not particularly close. It seems like the crowd has filled out there a little bit now that people are hearing that the Stanley Cup is there and the Panthers are there. Roy, what can you tell us from the scene? What do you have for us in terms of vibes?
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All right, so friends and family, it's a private gathering. We're getting there too late. Greg, we had something set up. We were trying to get everyone in position, and you were going to go to McDonald's, and I think you were going to order a McOverrated.
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I don't believe that people are happy for each other on the Internet. And I believe that more people would be listening to this show by double today if the Panthers had lost, that that would attract more people in today's North America than happiness.
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OK, it's too bad we missed out on that, that the technology didn't work so that we could actually do that at the McDonald's. You had a whole thing worked out.
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Okay. None of it worked. And it's not surprising that it didn't work. We'll come out to Roy in a second and see if he could get any closer to what's happening over there.
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You're walking away from the Stanley Cup right now, Roy. You're walking away.
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You're saying something differently than what he's saying. He's not saying Chips Ahoy. He's saying, for some reason, ships ahoy.
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All right, we'll ask McGill that. I don't think it's a good question for McGill. Fair question today, though. There are no bad questions, only bad answers. You know what? On a day like today when you're a champion, you can tell anyone, Ships Ahoy, and it makes sense.
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Ships Ahoy makes no sense. Championship.
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Roy, your terrible microphone is exceeded only by your terrible camera work. Thank you. You can leave now, Dan, if you want. Yes, please. That's enough.
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You follow that cup. I just get better at the camera work and get better at the chasing.
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I don't believe that the fans of Tampa Bay were actually happy for Florida. That is simply the organization of Tampa. Doing the right thing. Trying to be magnanimous. I don't believe there is anybody in hockey today anywhere outside of a 50-mile radius of here that's happy for the sport of hockey today because of what happened last night.
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It is an achievement, just like going to Wendy's and trying to order an overrated McDavid.
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He did get there very quickly. Something that happened during the break that I want to share with you all, because I wrote down what Greg Cody said, because I want everyone to hear what he was saying to me. Write that down.
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Been there forever. Are you winded from your last couple of sentences of trying to talk?
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Yeah. You would beat no one here in a foot race. Not a single person.
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No, I do know. I'm very well aware that there's not a single person here.
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There's not a single person that you can see right now who you would beat in a foot race. Who won? Me. Me maximum. 100 meters. What I wanted to get to that actually happened with Greg Cody during the break is that Stu Gatz and I were laughing at how funny visually his private personal parade looked when they panned out from it. And it was just clearly just one car and no one around him.
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And he was acting, your father was acting for one of the rare times in his life. He was acting well. It seemed like he was a beauty queen in a pageant waving at people. He's got that rolled down there. Accepting praise. Pretending that he was in a parade and this is what he actually said.
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I'm not making this up It was not really under his breath, but it was just for me But your brother your father and I talked during the breaks in a way that he doesn't totally know whether I'm paying attention or not Cuz I'm writing stuff down, but he keeps talking so I just wrote down What it is that he was saying he didn't know I was writing it down. He said you could cast me in a major film and
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I'd be fine. I'd be good at a recurring role. Maybe not the star or second person, but I could be the third person in a major film.
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The Joe! It is annoying to sound like you are gloating. Chris Cody, after wanting to throw up for 12 straight hours, just shouting obnoxiously into his camera how great he is and how he believed all along, how it was never in doubt, how he was the only true supporter of everything that the Panthers were this season.
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Greg, please speak into the microphone. I know you can master a major film, but for 20 years you haven't been able to master just where you're supposed to speak.
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That's great. Are we going to go back out to Roy? I saw him again just sort of hovering. That's the camera angle I want. Yeah, landscape. Him totally sideways, yes. Roy, what other updates can you give us about everything that's happening sideways at the Elbow Room? We should celebrate when Metal Ark Media does things right, the way that they're doing this right now.
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The elbow room has never quite been this vibrant and lovely and colorful. It is usually just a bunch of concrete and cocaine. Yeah, just white. That's usually what's there. But right now, because I can't explain to you how bad those bathrooms are and how much sort of cinder block fumes. feel it has as charisma from its interior decorator.
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Can we get back to what we were talking about before, which was your honest feelings before you were cut off by the break in terms of how scared you actually were about being blamed eternally for costing the Panthers the Stanley Cup?
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Just because you said it here, Greg, and all we did here was shine a light on the thing you said and wrote.
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You seemed emotional and you seemed like you were pinballing emotionally all over the place. I don't find you to generally be someone who is introspective about his emotions. So you might have some lash out because I don't find you to be somebody who's totally comfortable with exactly what he's feeling emotionally at the moment. Right. It tends to leak out in all sorts of other places.
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And so I thought what was happening this weekend with you hitting us with enough is enough and I'm tired of it was at least in part because we're annoying, but also because you were under it.
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And the only reason that he couldn't take more credit is because he was second place in his own family on being able to take credit for why it is that the Panthers won.
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Greg, you weren't joking. You said during a break here yesterday, are you concerned about liability? I might get hurt after the game.
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I was shining a light on what it is that you had said and done. Our show was shining a light on what it is that you said and did. But you said it and did it.
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You were wrong. I was not wrong. You're the best kind of right, which is you're wrong. No.
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That person, by definition, can't be overrated.
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At least he didn't say it right into his hand while rubbing his face.
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Again, you cannot be right when the voters who have a winner's bias choose the loser. to give the trophy to on here's your mere value, an independent measurement of your value. We think you're the best even though you're the loser and we have a winner's bias. You can't be a lot more wrong than that while still claiming to be right.
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It is not surprising that Stugatz would take the position. It is one of the few consistent ones that he has had. You are not validated in his eyes until you win a championship. And even if you do, as Kevin Durant, he will not validate you in his eyes unless you win the championship the way that he wishes for you to win the championship. Stay in Edmonton.
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So it's not surprising that Stugatz would side with Cody. Also not surprising that Cody would double and triple down on what is one of the more hackneyed things that can be done anywhere in sports journalism, which is to establish a rating that cannot be reached by any other Raiders.
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Where you're putting the rating where it is that you want and all the other Raiders are wrong because there's no way to actually measure the rating.
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So if they don't hit the post, and if Reinhardt doesn't score a soft goal, then you're wrong, Steve.
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Things that don't have anything to do with McDavid. McDavid was not on the ice when one of those things happened.
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Stugatz. I want t-shirts made for this Panther run. What could be this Panther run? Our Panther group chat, we're not afraid of the lightning.
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Stu Gatz and I are laughing at the same thing together, which is just degree of difficulty on how it is hard to be as good as Connor McDavid. Like whatever it takes of all the world's skaters and people who do things professionally for money and fight for money, how hard it is to be McDavid. And for Greg Cody...
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
People are asking how they celebrate this with the team. There's a crowd gathering. The Elbow Room is the place to celebrate.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
All right. Yes, the Elbow Room is— At least six of us. Yes, look at that. Look at the festivities there. Monster event there. The Cup is there. There are dozens of people there in the morning. I do think that Stugatz, when he says put it on a weekday, he's got it all wrong. You put it on a weekday, South Floridians have to work, you will get no one at that parade.
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There will be no one there on a weekday. Weekend is your only chance to get a crowd that feels like a giant championship celebration.
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The guy with the 80s haircut.
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They have two or three guys who do that. He doesn't have to be with the Cup all the time. Otherwise, he would never sleep. Right. That's what I'm saying.
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There are multiple cups with multiple people guarding multiple cups.
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Bit of a hoarder, Phil. I mean, a lot of history is dirty and stinky. Phil collects hair, right? Phil collects hair. Potentially. Potentially. He's a hoarder. I guess you would have some expertise spotting hoarders being among them. What does that supposed to mean?
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
Can we go through your car right now and see what you have collected in your car?
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Billy, were you trying, in all sincerity, because I know you don't do the syrup very much around here, but when they won a championship, were you trying to give your daughter, who is still in some formative years that is unlikely to remember a championship celebration, some of the things in your childhood that made you a Marlins fan because you're trying to pass them down to her actively?
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
Welcome to the Big Suey, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Levitard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.
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How did your decision get made at the last minute after spending too much money on Game 5 to get to Game 7?
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He said he wasn't going.
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more loyal customer of game time than i am they must love me i just got a text from my friend saying chucky just poured beer into my mouth from the cup from the balcony this is heaven wow yeah maybe let's get your friend to zoom in and because we can't get any correspondence there or working technology so let's just die or somebody in the street who's actually near doing the job we need done uh roy was slurring through all of his reports last night yeah
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
Roy can't handle his liquor. Is that true? That's a known thing? He drank a lot of liquor last night. Stugatz, I am now clear on the fact that Roy cannot handle his liquor. He does not know how to drink an appropriate amount that makes him not slur. Am I wrong about this?
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
In general, you're right. No, but Stugatz, it doesn't have to be game seven. Once he starts with the drinking, he doesn't have control of how much to drink. He doesn't have a governor.
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I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
He doesn't know how to do it. He does not know how to drink. I'm so happy for this guy. He fancies himself a drinker. That was a great start to the video.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
Chris, what did you get into last night? How much have you slept?
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
You guys don't really have the right, given how you were behaving the first six hours before the game. You looked like you were going to puke. You and Mike both looked like you were going to puke. I don't believe that you got there and like, that guy's throwing up in the parking lot. That means we're going to puke.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
Superstition master class. Okay. All right. You're going to take credit for that. I did what I did. All right.
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I loved this tweet last night from Ryan Clark because, yeah, sure, the people who have been with the Panthers for 30 years are going to experience last night the deepest and most emotionally. But a whole lot of people were gathered around the television last night just because maximum sports was happening. And so Ryan Clark got into the fray.
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No, you said they were going to lose.
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Buddy, I got to. Because I got to. You got to pull every lever possible.
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Greg Cody, I guess, yes, of course. Thank you. We should all be chanting thank you, Mike, for your profound belief in this team.
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I mean, mine was clear. And performative. Mine never changed. Never once changed. I wasn't flopping around like a dead fish on a boat.
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You always want those. You always want the game seven. He owns that take.
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It was interesting to see the Panthers take the state and the style from Tampa. Take all of it.
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Greg Cody has returned after his victory parade. How was it, Greg? I thought you were going to join us from McDonald's. I don't know what happened.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
You can't take credit for it. Mike's already taken credit for it. You can't have any of the credit.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
You don't get any of the credit because Mike's got all the credit.
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And I love the way that he did when he tweeted who stepped up tonight in a big way. Big friggin Dave Bobrovsky.
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It is okay. It's totally allowed. Everybody's welcome here if you want to be a part of the party. It's just Bobrovsky is not from a place where I don't think we call people Dave.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
That is correct. But his first name is not Dave. That is incorrect. It is not Dave Bobrovsky. Sergei Bobrovsky.
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I'm just guessing that wherever it is Bobrovsky's from, not a whole lot of people are answering to Dave.
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Charles knows his name now, though. Charles continues to show up at hockey events. And right now.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
the greatest thing that has happened locally since blank since blank is there are we looking at ten years it's been since this feeling was here are we looking at ray allen shot as the last time that any of this felt uh... felt like this locally where maximum sports gives you uh... the joy ride of uh... People don't like this team. They're annoying. I like this team.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
People don't think it's interesting. Don't like the storylines. Haven't fallen in love with the characters, but I like the characters. They're gritty. They're tough. I like their story. It's me against the United States and North America. It's when I say that, I'm saying you're a fan of this team. It's you against everybody. And then as it grows, you go from up 3-0 to terrified.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
And while terrified, all you're hearing for three games is, oh, my God, this is McDavid's crowning. Here it comes. And it's what everybody wants. And you deny them it. And at the end, the Oilers are too tired to go get it. They're too exhausted. They looked like they were in sludge. It looked to me like that team, so very fast, so very terrifying.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
They looked like the ice had melted under their feet because they were not moving fast at the end.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
It was a timeout. They got no rest from their timeout. They didn't come out of the timeout with anything.
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Roy, you are still here, even though the cup is at the elbow room and players are surrounding the cup at the elbow room. I'm assuming you're still here because all of Metal Ark's resources are being poured into the Greg Cody victory lap.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
OK, so will you be leaving shortly? You can Zoom. I will say again, I'm going to say this.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
Yeah, sorry. I would like to be there with him. And Roy, we have spent a lot of money and a lot of time with you over the last few days. You flew Fort Lauderdale to Houston to Denver to Edmonton, 16 hours. You flew Toronto to Montreal to Miami, 13 hours. You flew Miami to Chicago to Calgary, then drove to Edmonton for 11 hours. And you flew Calgary to Charlotte to Miami for 11 hours.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
And while you did all of that, you saw your team outscored 13 to 2. You did all of that to watch the Panthers allow 13 goals and score two goals. Now, you got the Cup 30 minutes away. You don't have to go anywhere to go see your team outscored 13-2. It's just 30 minutes away. I think you should go get to wherever the Cup is and give us live reports from the Cup.
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Okay, that's good. They didn't charge it? No, there were some problems charging a battery of some sort. That's why Greg Cody was just standing in the other room. It was a great shot, though. He was supposed to be in the victory lap.
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The Big Suey: Big Friggin' Dave Bobrovsky
I'm sorry. So our batteries have run out. We can't get to the cup. You got the aerial view. Yeah.
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Billy, did you get outside? Were there people in your neighborhood banging pots and pans?
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But were they fearing some sort of rioting on Calle Ocho? Because I don't believe that the police officers would be that interested in stopping much of anything there because I don't think there was a lot happening there.
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It's the only kind he tells.
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La Carreta is a place where the best of the celebrations has to be the 97 Marlins celebration because it was Levante.
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Shouting, thank you, Billy. Yes, but I was talking about the ones that you mentioned. Your story didn't include Fidel. For as long as it was, there was no first time that Fidel died. But he's right? Well, no, he's not right. He's just long-winded. 1997, Levon Hernandez is shouting in an accent, I love you, Miami. And so he was speaking the language of Calle Ocho.
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The Heat Championships got a bunch of people out there. I'm stunned to hear that you stumbled out of your house, could find no one in the surrounding areas to celebrate this with you. And so you stumbled over to La Carreta with a daughter at 1230. No, no, I wasn't allowed to take my daughter. But you were trying to. This is a very... You allowed at the house.
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When's the last time you left the house by yourself after midnight? You are very maximum dad. You are not.
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Not good if you're comparing it to the Celtics?
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I think the parade might be a little embarrassing if your comparison point is, are Americans going to make fun of how small that parade looks versus how it should look if it were in Edmonton?
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But Saturday or Sunday, you can get. people out who aren't working.
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But Zaz, one of the things that I thought was the coolest about everything that happened last night, and in setting it up, one of the things that I had mentioned was You've now gone, before Game 7, from a team that nobody in the world wanted to win to a team that nobody thought could win. We just saw that happen over seven games.
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Let's do a checklist of who it is that we have here. Do we have the happiest Roy I have ever seen? Is he here? Yes or no, Roy?
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I think that part is cool enough, but this part, this is the part that has to make Panther fans feel a special kind of special. This was earned. It wasn't injuries all over the place. You beat the best at his best, and in the last two games, you smothered him. And at the end of that game last night, McDonough's screaming, the Oilers are exhausted. You've got a minute left in your season.
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Here, go take it from the Panthers. You can't because they did what they do in the third period. They just buried you. And at the end of that game, playing more minutes, more desperate, their best was not good enough. You beat the best at his best.
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uh... yeah i did i just woke up from what all right good talking to you uh... good to hear that he's hungover and he's happy you wouldn't tell you wouldn't be able to tell by his general lack of charisma when he is happy on a certain effort we've got uh... chris cody selling like uh... beer and toothpaste uh... scandal is he here he's been screaming at everybody he's gonna make
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They can say whatever they want, but all I saw is that the Oilers took it back two minutes later. They took the one goal, and you were right back in the same position you were in, fearing they'd get the second one.
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I was surprised at how loud Edmonton's goal sounded. Edmonton had a whole lot of people.
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Well, she did a good job by showing up. I was surprised to see that kind of star power in Sunrise.
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Winning sports fans can be obnoxious. I'm worried about Chris Cody today.
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Have you watched the game?
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Go sit in the penalty box.
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He wasn't part of the team. You can't fly in from the dead and then ring a bell. He is a part of the team. He's an employee. You got to do better than that. I drove in from the dead. The bar is so low for you. The bar is so low for you. Two minutes?
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We've got bandwagon Billy back there. Do you have pots and pans? Are there any pots and pans back there?
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Friar Puck. He was too informed.
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You left them in your car?
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Don Levitard.
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Stugatz. What's your nickname for him? McOverrated. This is the Don Levitard Show with the Stugatz.
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We have Randy Moeller coming in, and it really does always make me happy to see his face, but especially as radiant as it is today. Can you give us just a little bit of history that we have with Randy Moeller, who at one point in the Panthers' history was doing hockey on the radio and allowed our fans to make his goal calls for him.
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Moeller, I can't imagine that you've ever felt quite this good about hockey. Look at him. Look at how happy he is. Give us the most emotional moments for you from last night. Who and where are you connected with some of your vigorous and warm bear hugs?
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Chris, do you know how in the checklist when they're going to send a rocket into space at NASA, they just go to the person and check, check, check. If they go to Billy, it's like, and outside I had my raincoat and I was worried about how much fire was going to come from the bottom of the rocket. And he just keeps talking.
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It's going to be a boat parade, right?
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Is hungover Mike Ryan in a state that he can do this. Those last 20 minutes lasted about 17 years. Oh, wow.
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Mike, is Barkoff riding around Fort Lauderdale and Los Olos with the cup on a golf cart?
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Thank you. We've got Zaslow here. Voice of the Panther fan. He's all over ESPN. What do you mean, really?
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Does anyone recognize him? Because I was told that he was walking around.
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But I'm not kidding. I was told the night before he was wandering around Los Olos and everybody was leaving him alone because nobody knew who Barkoff was.
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Randy, who did you see last night that you were happiest for? We just played the call with Bill Lindsay and he was going nuts. Who were you happiest for visually as you wandered around through the emotions of the moment?
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Mullen, did you get weepy with Goldstein? Did you get weepy with Goldstein? Did your big, bare eyes fill with tears? Are you capable of a human emotion?
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Buddy, to do that with your best friend, to all the road trips, all those teams you covered, all the hardship you guys got from management, to have your best friend with you and share that joy with him, that's the coolest, Randy.
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We've got Stu Gatz here. He is shaking the dead off. And Chris Cody, we have the star of the Stanley Cup final, your father. He's getting in position right now. He is not here here right now, but he is in the vicinity very closely as we try to celebrate with Greg Cody, who's gone full Homer, by the way. He's like pretending, Chris. He's trying to pretend. He just asked me for permission to...
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The murder of
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Randy, we're going to let you go because we know you've been up all night enjoying partying. But before we let you go, just quickly, your general thoughts on Greg Cody?
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We wanted to bring him in. He is doing his personal victory lap. You can see that he's outside, and he's doing his personal parade.
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Greg, do you want to say anything to Randy Moeller out there as you take your victory lap today?
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Yeah, that is not a fan of yours. That's just someone in the crosswalk. Nice to see you, ma'am. That is someone going to work.
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Congratulations. We are thrilled for you, sir. We're very happy for you. It's been a long, long road, buddy.
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place this photo of him holding the stanley cup trophy uh in in the miami herald he's fine with this photo he's uh yes this photo he's fine with all right after after we mocked him last night because he complains to god you weren't here but he complained that a photo of him in the hospital was invasion of privacy yeah it was a photo he released from the hospital he invaded his own privacy he invaded he invaded his own privacy and was mad at everybody how did people get
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All right. Much love. Randy Moeller has been around our show for a long time, and we really do love the energy he brings. He once showed up at a poker tournament of ours dressed in a bear costume and never announced that it was him and then just ran out. That's something he did. Greg, give us all of your other thoughts here as you take this victory lap all over Miami.
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You've begun the parade before anyone else has begun the parade. Give us some other thoughts from last night.
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You had someone behind you. It seemed like your parade was gathering momentum. You had a car behind you, but they now made a left turn.
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There's no one in the parade but you. No one wants to join it. That car that just left did drive through a considerable amount of flooding. Greg, you feel vindicated? How scared? Hold on a second.
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Chris, how scared was your father? Do you have any idea how scared he was in the press box? Because he was legitimately fearing harm, that someone would harm him after the game if they lost.
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You're honest appraisal. You were scared. You were scared last night. Right. I just told people that you were telling me, hey, Dan, you might have a liability issue on your hands if I get hurt after the game tomorrow night or last night because someone hurts me after the game after they've lost.
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Can he no longer hear me?
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We'll come back to him in a little bit. Mike, are you enraged that Greg Cody gets to take a victory lap here, that he gets to celebrate as if he was right all along?
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I'll say this because you know that I have spent, because you guys say the last four minutes were great. They weren't actually great. You were just expectant. They were kind of terrible. Very tense. The Oilers couldn't get anything in the way of energy.
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Oh, my God. That was cheating. That was such cheating. I didn't see that.
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Well, Montour saved the season. Montour.
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What they're saying on Kulikov is right because he ends up in the net and what you don't see against Edmonton and the Panthers haven't done much of this the postseason. Reinhardt goes from blue line to blue line. Reinhardt just takes the puck all the way down. Soft goal by Skinner. That's one of the easiest goals you've seen them get.
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this photo it's a really bad look for him he's got to learn to control his emotions behave like a giant infant yesterday greg cody is in position and i have here in front of me some people writing in because they were watching hockey last night and they were watching it vicariously through the show somebody writes in first time in 15 years i've seen roy smile i'm crying somebody else writes in was only pulling for the panthers because of roy love that guy only downside is that mike is also happy
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But what we're talking about with the hooking, Montour saved the season by cheating because that should have been a goal for Edmonton.
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Oh, I was rooting for overtime.
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This is fantastic. When you say that the last 10 seconds, it looked like Edmonton didn't even want to bother with that puck in the corner anymore. McDavid was in circles in front of the net, but he was exhausted. He was looking down at the ice. And one of the things that I loved about yesterday's game, team all season is A, they were hitting everybody last night.
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Like, that was a very physical game that they played. And toward the end of it, in the third period, after you guys have seen me fear Tampa, fear Boston, fear the Rangers, the most uncommon thing swept over me in the third period of that game. I'm not afraid of McDavid. Where's McDavid been? Where's he been? Where is he? Like, I'm not afraid.
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Why am I not taking inventory of the fact that he's on the ice so much and I should be afraid I wasn't afraid of him?
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I was fearing Brown. For two games, he's been invisible. I understand that. It's not getting shots. It's not getting opportunities. The one that he did have, though, on the play that Montour cheated on, it's Hyman who had the backhand. All he has to do, the puck is—well, here's what's happened. McDavid's in front of the net with the puck. That's the dangerous thing. Everybody is there.
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The puck then squeaks out, and all Hyman's got to do, he's got the backhand right there, but Montour not only is hooking him, then hits him in the face with the stick.
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Cheating.
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Another upside, though, is that Greg Cody won his war against Canada.
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And for the people who don't know the history, benched at the start of last postseason.
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Congrats to only Roy. Mike Ryan lost faith and gave up on his team. Greg and Dan believed, but no congrats to them. Only for Roy. McDavid makes history and somehow Cody still wins.
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I want to know how often... it happens that a team puts up the stat that the Panthers did, which is when leading after two periods, they are now 69-0-4 this season.
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69. That little voice was in my head.
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That's crazy. They sold games away. But yes, I understand that it's a feature, not a bug. I understand that it's how they're built, and it's why I believed that they would win the game yesterday because Game 7 on the road is hard, and they were going to win the third period because they always win the third period.
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Can you guys tell me how rare it is to go an entire season where you hold every lead you have? Because it's not just that they were empirically the best third period team by plus minus. The fact that it has never once happened. And I, you know, against the Rangers, they gave up the lead and then won the game a little bit later. And that happened a few times during this.
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But I just can't believe that they didn't lose one of those this season.
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That's a bad feeling, though. I'm not kidding you when I tell you that the feeling around that was worse for me than the feeling of the goal that tied the game two minutes later. The feeling I had for the minute and a half where I'm like, you're kidding me. They're going to be on the power play, which they make it a 37% clip. And also it's going to be man advantage.
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He wouldn't even come out to get the trophy he didn't want.
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You can have that one.
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We need to get somebody over to the elbow room.
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How long do you think they're going to be there? Because I could see Roy getting to the elbow room too late.
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We did it. We did it, baby.
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You are right that that place was awfully Edmonton loud after Edmonton scored its goal. And you're also right that it's a bad look, but that's a superhuman person being maximum human.
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I will give you again that it was a bad look. I will not give you that you can tell anyone how to behave not emotionally over the last few days. Other people write in, damn, Mike is totally going to have to apologize for at least one of the pals he threw at Greg Cody. This isn't about me, guys. Somebody else writes in. Yeah, somebody else writes in.
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Let's see if he's still singing that journalists aren't a part of the story crap when they go on the air today. And somebody else writes in, I've been a Florida Panther fan for well over five weeks, and I've never been happier.
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This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
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Obviously, it is always very cool to win a championship cooler if you've been enmeshed in what the history of your franchise is. That voice you heard on the radio was Billy Lindsey. It is literally the first Florida Panther playoff memory I have is Billy Lindsey. To hear him screaming like that because his soul has left his body because of what it means to him.
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I'm thrilled that we've got Zaslow in with us today. He's been all over ESPN as the voice of the Florida Panther fan, even though he traded Barkoff a couple of years ago.
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Didn't like Bobrovsky a couple of years ago.
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Somebody writes in, I'm just glad we live in a country where Greg Cody can now sue everyone who ever doubted him. And then I fear this today. I can't even be happy for anyone because the annoying people outweigh it. This is what angers anyone in North America whenever South Florida wins anything. Yeah.
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That I don't know if more people, I'm gathering that more people would be watching this today if they'd lost, correct? That the better result for numbers is to come and sink in and laugh at Roy and laugh at Mike and laugh at bandwagon billing.
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We've got Greg Cody is taking a victory lap outside somewhere and we're waiting. A number of things have gone wrong over the evening. We got the dimensions wrong for the billboards. Otherwise they would already be up. Of course we did. Right. Like, of course we did.
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Yeah, that's what we do as a company. And Greg Cody is somewhere outside taking a victory lap, and we will have in moments a hungover driver moving him nearby in a personal parade that Greg Cody is... is not outside doing yet. He's just in the other studio. Not permits, not doing it. You need permits to praise. Of course.
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Why is Greg Cody just sitting in the other room as opposed to being outside with the victory parade that we were doing for just him? Why is he sitting in the other room?
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They were just wrong. The dimensions were simply wrong.
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It's just celebrating Greg Cody. That's all it is. Roy, how are you feeling right now?
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Good. Thanks for all your contributions.
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Mike Ryan, how did your evening go?
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We're going to talk to one of them here in five minutes. Our friend Randy Moeller has been careening through the streets, foggy from whatever it is, celebration and temptation are. He's been partying for many years. inside and around hockey, and he's going to join us in a couple of minutes.
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And Stugatz is headed out there. I know Billy's in bad shape. His stomach is hurting. That's not great. I don't know what happened with Lucy. I don't know if she fulfilled the challenge. I don't know if she's going to be out there this week. But I did see a bunch of people with suitcases and everything else just leave today.
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A bit of a guerrilla operation we've got around here where you just see the company pack up suitcases and run through the rain immediately. to get to the Super Bowl. So everybody's headed out there so that the rest of the week, God bless football, is going to be taking over everything we're doing this week as the number one football podcast in America.
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Juju, how upset were people that we spent the whole show on one topic? They're not going to tolerate us doing this again tomorrow.
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OK, that's fine. But there are four or five players and we can have arguments and disagreements about all of it. Luca is unarguably by the metrics, the better offensive player, the more efficient offensive player with less help than Jason Tatum had.
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OK, so this isn't I thought trade deadline and Super Bowl week merging on this week was something that was new to this year. Am I wrong about that? I thought that the season, the football season was longer and that these two things didn't happen the same week. I've got that wrong.
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Only if you've been in a plane crash. If you've been in a plane crash, then you are no longer a bad person.
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So a whole lot of people were the same as me. And I felt guilt about this, where when Mark Cuban wasn't the one out here talking, I was confused. It's not a Nelson. It's not Mark Cuban. It's not someone from the Nelson family. What's happening right now? I don't know this person speaking on behalf of the Mavs. Who have they thrown out here to explain the unexplainable?
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People thought I was a liar there. People still think I'm a liar that they think that I'm regularly that I'm not hiding from children in the bathroom with my eye.
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Goofy. That is basically you slicing someone up. Ah, come on. For you. For you. For you. You're gentle with these people. Calling someone goofy. But he was goofy. There's that awkward. At best, we went awkward there. Did we not?
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So, Jessica, what's happening there where you're you're I think it is just popular to complain about the exhibitions.
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That's okay. It's not okay. It's not okay around here. It's not okay in this America.
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Put it on the poll at Levitard Show, Juju. Is it okay to not like football in America at Levitard Show? What else you got?
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It's strange, though, because I also think of him as somebody who's wearing a sweater around his shoulders or wearing a sweater as well, which isn't something I associate with a fireplace. That's an either or situation for me. Do I have that wrong? I'm not a cold weather person.
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I am eager to hear Juju's thoughts on the show, the audience's thoughts on the show, because it is rare for us to go one topic like that all show. And I imagine there would be some objection to it. I will tell people as Super Bowl week begins that we have an intimate event in New Orleans with Dan Patrick. It's meaningful to me for a lot of reasons. I hope
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I feel like a sweater and a fireplace is too much. Now I'm hot. Precisely.
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Yes. I'm a real ignorant novice here when it comes to cold weather things. Pick up a booth.
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Well, but he didn't volunteer before now and had to be called out public.
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You say neither here nor there, but as a basketball head, Juju, your thoughts are that De'Aaron Fox is going to become what next to Wemby? Because that has the potential of being very quietly a really smart, strategic move that De'Aaron Fox just made. Nobody ever wants to be traded to San Antonio.
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I don't know that I could give Wemby a better compliment than he wants people to come play with him in San Antonio. Yeah.
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Nobody cares if it's not this year, though, right? Like, it's maybe not this year because we're all aware, holy shit, Wemby's 21. He might still actually be physically growing.
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Is it because they've got some special deal with their intellectual property that they were able to do that? Because Impractical Jokers, I think, is one of the great business television moves of all time. But I don't understand. I think it's just because they own all their own shit, right? And they could just put it everywhere. And it's just who doesn't want to watch that for 22 minutes?
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But so MTV just became ridiculousness, correct? Ridiculousness exists as something to just re-air all the time at what used to be the great mountain of sports, or I'm sorry, innovation in music and television, music television. It's just ridiculousness now.
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that we can show our audience and his audience some things that they have not seen before about how we do all of these things that we do in a very different way. I think his show is most simpatico with ours in the cultural landscape over the years. And Tipitina's is where we're going to be doing it in New Orleans. We're keeping it to just a few hundred people, and it's very limited.
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We didn't talk Grammys at all today, and I have fallen out of all award show interest of almost any kind. Did the Grammys capture your attention yesterday as a music guy, Mike?
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Juju, what else from the Grammys was worth talking about that we didn't get to today?
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Are you dressed this way because you're returning from some sort of Grammys after party or what is it? What is happening here? I'm not used to the tie instead of the jerseys and the and the gear.
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Yes, sir. All right. Give me the dead fish in here. I'm sorry I ended that way, Juju.
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That's correct. But if I had the last 10 seconds of my life to do over again, I would do them differently.
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So if you have not made plans yet for Wednesday night, you need to just go to our X account. And there may be a few tickets left, but there wouldn't be very many left. And by the end of me talking about this, they'll probably be gone. So I recommend to you that you take part in this if either Dan Patrick or our show, if the environment, the ecosystem is something that's interesting to you.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
What's her name? Lauren Sanchez. Because the old gal was kind of normal looking.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I'd let him fuck me for riding that yacht. I'll tell you. I'll tell you that yacht.
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Boy. Can I make you a drink? You guys got some tequila there?
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I don't usually do whiskey, but I will do it in the spirit of... I love it.
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I'm going to give... All right, let's give him a shot. Let's go. Let's do some whiskey.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Thanks for coming and talking. Thank you. Have we started already? We're on the air. We do a little intro. We're on the air.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
So she's your number one because she is an assortment of wonderful things that would captivate, you know, that would hypnotize George Clooney because she's got, isn't she also like an incredible lawyer?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Well, I just saw before this, Kathy Bates was up there. So what were we doing before that?
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I will warn the two of you that the last time I did anything like this, I broke up Bert Kreischer and Bill Burr. What? It was their last podcast together. They had me on. Bill was surly, as he often is. He was being dragged in from a barbecue. He didn't want to do it.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I kept saying that Boston was racist and that they had shit in Bill Russell's bed, and that was the last time that Bert Kreischer and Bill Burr ever did that together. They made this go more successful. Yeah, but they haven't done the podcast again. Podcast's over.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
been over damn but why would you saying it's racist fucked up their relationship i could see them him being mad at you but why the two of them uh well he got mad at me i don't think he enjoyed it i was backpedaling the whole time i know better than to try and instigate with comedians that's not gonna go well yeah especially that one don't poke the bear i was just backpedaling but they did shit in bill russell's bed he was saying every place is racist and i was saying yeah but only one place shit in bill russell's bed
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Love it. Let's drink. Are we doing a cocktail? Do you have ice, Matt? He got it right there.
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more elitist and also like fuck you yeah there's a funny like Cambridge and then fucking Southie it's a funny mix yes you say funny again and again and I wonder I've always wondered and asked and thought that our show would never succeed in Boston because Boston is too serious about its sports that we try to do funny around sports all the time great sports fans obviously unreasonable sports fans I don't
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Hell yeah. You're the man now, dog. Finding Forrester? Oh, yeah. Welcome to the rock.
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He told me you don't really do much in the way of sports, and he's an interesting... He's getting into it.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Well, he's an interesting combination of 400-year-old Jew about all other things, and then 12-year-old about sports, right? And so... He takes his sports very seriously, and I don't know if our thing would succeed in Boston because they want to talk about a third-inning bunt a little more than I would, too.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
No, but Boston supports sports like crazy. They've got Bill Simmons. They support sports content a bunch. But our thing is, I don't know, it's not for everybody.
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Like the fact that we existed outside of the bubble. I went to Bristol one time in eight years. Wow. Yeah, I was able to avoid all of that. But it's an interesting place. Why Bristol? Why there? They got a great tax deal from the city. There's nothing else in Bristol. So it's basically the entirety of the economy. It's an entire cult.
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What they all say about Bristol is it's only a two-hour drive from New York.
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Are you apologizing to my wife back there? Is that what you're doing, or is that the audience?
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That was the last one. You don't know that. You don't know if the wife is lovely or not.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I used to like what Florida is. I'm a bit surrounded now by a lot of things that I don't like in Florida. The politics of Florida are complicated. The general amount of fraud. Miami itself is a bejeweled dumpster, but I don't love. I've always lived in Florida and always loved it, but the changes have been uncomfortable. Yeah.
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For as long as we have it until both the beach and the sun engulf all of the land and put us underwater and wreck all our homes in the future.
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Super weird. Miami, I would say that all of Florida is a bunch of spring break towns, all of it. So it's Daytona Beach, whatever you associate with spring break Florida, but ours is covered by all of the brown cocaine money. All of the people who came in from Venezuela and Cuba and everywhere else that make it a vastly more ethnic spring break town.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Oh, but New Orleans has more culture, I would say. Not necessarily more cultures, but New Orleans, I mean, has a musical taste and a food taste that is ridiculous.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I've lived there all my life. I have. No, but that doesn't mean like it's it's trying now. I mean, I don't know. I know you guys go in and out of politics, but what is happening in Florida is insane. And it tends to happen 20 years before we tend to be like 20 years ahead of the rest of the country. Yeah, because it's so many different kinds of people. The diversity ends up happening like fast.
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And I'm scared what the next 20 years are going to look like because all of this was portended when Rush Limbaugh was doing this in Florida and Spanish language radio was going crazy and no FCC rules. Everything that's happening in this country now was like yelled at through radio speakers 20 years ago in Miami.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I mean, that's my family all my life. Like, parents come from Cuba, come from communism. Oh, you're Cuban? Yeah.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Yeah, but I'm surrounded because I'm a liberal Cuban, so they call me El Gusano, like the worm, because I don't agree with the politics of the region. Look how this delights him. He loves when someone's called a worm. It's funny that your family calls you a worm. No, not my family. It's not my family that calls me a worm. That's not as funny.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You just, what, you drink tequila until you get to the worm at the bottom?
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You guys have figured out, though, like a lot of comedians have with these economies, that you guys are basically just doing radio shows that rely on your funny curiosities. So you're just sitting here. People get to enjoy your company because you're just... discovering shit and then in real time ad-libbing off of it.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You've been doing it for how long? Like 25 years? Our radio show celebrates its 20th anniversary next week. I mean, it's not a radio show anymore. It's now a podcast, but it's 20 years. But you guys have invaded the space in a way that's super cool to watch how it is. The comedians have like this counterculture. They're not mainstream. They're not cancelable and they can run anything.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
El Gusano. Yeah. You and Rodman, man. Dennis Rodman was the worm. That's right. He was the worm. One of my favorite Dennis Rodman facts is that he's one of 21 children and his father's name is actually Philander. Oh, that's right.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Yeah. What was he like? A number of times. A lot of bravado, a lot of insecurity, a lot of self-medicating. Early on, he didn't- What's that like?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Early on, he didn't have a lot of confidence. So he'd get in front of public speaking groups and just as a piston start crying. And then you saw what it ended up becoming when he started like feeding all of his vanities and insecurities and just feeding off attention.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
He's got the same sort of deal where he would break away from Doc Rivers or whatever to go to Vegas to feed his vices. And it was sort of understood as the coach or manager or leader. You have to allow your artists a little bit of liberty.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Well, how are you defining crazy, right? I can't believe I'm talking to this person. Oh, okay, so you're talking about like just me just sort of being awed to be in presence of someone. Well, I love starting a sentence with the phrase when I was in China with Michael Jordan. Like that's a good way to start a sentence, right? How about that?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I asked him about the slave labor and the sneaker shops and a woman who was one of his many publicists kicked me in the back with her high heel while I was asking him questions.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You've got to ask some tough questions. You can't just be, hey, can we go to the Great Wall together?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Right on the spot, yeah. Right on the spot. It was so embarrassing when ESPN televised that. Wow.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Oh no, he was always cool. He had, yeah, well he had great gifts. Like he knew the size of his power. Like he knew when he like put a hand on your knee or said your name, like he knew it was, it was a bit hypnotizing to watch how well he used the power to never say anything and to sell everything because it was part of the, part of the gift is being able to, the best
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Guys in sports who are most beloved allow us to write the mythology around their winning. Jeter, Brady. There's not much personality there. You're not learning a lot about who they are, but they're benign enough that the sports fan can just sort of put on them whatever it is they want the myth to be.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Well, he's got the smile, and it's not that he has to say very much. Yes. But A-Rod, I've known, I've covered A-Rod legitimately when he was drafted. I was in his kitchen with his mother in high school because he's from Miami. And so I've seen sort of the evolution of that dude wasn't an adult until he got into his 40s.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Like these guys are so obsessive, compulsive, and they have to concentrate on being great at that one thing. You guys must have some of this. Well, we're children.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I think I can. Let's see who we've got there. We've got Ray Ordonez, Edgar Renteria. We've got A-Rod. Who are the ones in the front there? I'm not, I don't know. Garcia Parra's not on there, is he? Hold on a second. Is that Jeter on the right? Yeah, that's Jeter on the right. And who is that on the left?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
That doesn't look much like Nomar, but he would be of the class of shortstops that that would be in. So that's a lot of chains in there.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You would think so, yes. But you got to look good. It's like when you ask Shaq, he could have shot 70% or 80% granny style at the free throw line. But he was like, I'm not doing that. I'm Shaq. I'll shoot 50% and shoot at demands.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You'd respect Shaq less if he shot it granny style, correct? That hurts his money at the end of the day, I think.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
When you talk, though, about not being interested because the personalities aren't interesting enough, the thing in sports that's interesting to me is sort of the sociology of it, like how these guys become great at what it is they are.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
But I like that about comedy too, right? Like I don't know, I'm super curious about like how it is that you guys got to where you are and how much of your funny comes from where.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
He wrote, what is that? He wrote the Tender Bar. Yeah, Moringer's who wrote that. Honest to God, he told me you love to read and stuff. That is the best sports biography I have ever read. Oh, wow.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Well, he was willing to be vulnerable. Do you know Agassi? I've talked to him. I don't know him. I mean, you read the book, you feel like you know Agassi. Yeah.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Well, one of the things that I wonder about, though, right? Like if you're someone who gets a lot of identity from your work and you're someone smart enough to know that you shouldn't actively seek the validation of others, that the hole you need to fill is about loving yourself, right?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
When laughter is what you need as the ultimate approval, it's the thing that feels best when you know you got this, you could throw it into the audience, and what comes back feels like love. Yeah. I could see how easy it would be to get addicted to that.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Do you guys look at anything and say that's harder than what I do professionally when you strip it down? This is the reason I ask. I admire you guys because of the bravery of being stripped down to the expectation of funny. And it's only you, your talent and the microphone. Like there ain't not there ain't no teammates. There's no. You got it like that.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
And then I meant an entertainment. I'm sorry. I meant degree of difficulty in entertainment.
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Yeah, we're all... I wasn't saying you guys are working in a sewage line like underwater hardest jobs in the world.
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we're brave. I fucking hate that. I hate when people call us brave. I don't think we're brave.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You don't have to think it's brave. We have to drink. It's part of the job. Most people listening to this are terrified of public speaking.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You're right. should i not have done that no no i said levitard is howard stern essentially where he's going to interview us i'm genuinely curious about how it is you got and i would assume your audience is as well but i'm and it's an excellent way to deflect intimacy so if you want to come at me you can we'll answer this but then we're going back to you yeah so what was the question
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I was just deflecting intimacy. I was just deflecting intimacy.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
So, yeah, that was fun. Damn, I love that. How was the Stress Factory?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
The act of writing, the process of writing, I grew up as a writer, and so what I enjoyed about writing is having written. The Miami Herald? Yes.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
But it's fulfilling. So it's fulfilling, but only after it's done. I can't imagine when I cite bravery with what it is you guys do when the last special is done and you've been sculpting that thing for a year and now you've got a black blank canvas and you got to go and you got to make another special.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
But so how... Yes, I did see you last night. How do you ravage yourself and how forgiving are you on yourself when the last joke you made, you stumbled toward the finish line in your life? I did.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
But how does that... Like, how do you... I have a hard time treating failure as learning. And that's all you guys are doing.
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But there's real confidence in what it is that you're doing and being that gentle with yourself. Oh, really? I don't have that. To have the understanding, like I'm not that forgiving with myself. I'm not that gentle with myself on mistakes. Yeah.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
The real confidence is you guys have so many jokes that you know work. Like, you're just waiting. You've done it so many times by the time you get to the special that you know, pause here, wait for laughter.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
It didn't go poorly with Bert Kreischer and Bill. I think it was probably entertaining to the audience. Just when it was done, I didn't feel good about it, and it ended their podcast. Wow. So, you know. And Bert said that that was the reason that it ended, that I don't think he was lying to me, yes.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
But there are all sorts of athletes, usually the younger ones, who are either not introspective enough or by job design, NFL quarterback, you're purposely boring because you don't want to have the headlines of whatever comes in that military environment when you say the thing you're not supposed to say.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
When Tua Tonga-Vailoa comes out of college Alabama, he's a very young kid. When I was talking about lopsided athletes, you're a quarterback coming out of college. You're good at quarterbacking. You're not a grown-up. You're a grown-up at quarterbacking. You're not actually a grown-up. And so you're also careful and guarded after that. I'm not going to be able to get anything out of you.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
But now, the last time I talked to Tua a couple of weeks ago, he made all sorts of headlines because he got his money. He got his confidence. You know Hawk Tua? He's sitting there. Keep going. Keep going. He got more confident with age. So the people you want to interview have some life experience.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
So there are all sorts of athletes that I feel like I'm going with a crowbar or a tire iron into their mouth to get something out of them because they haven't lived a life that has a lot of wisdom in it yet.
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But you understand that it's your job to be entertaining. Yes. That ain't their job.
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Their skill set is to be entertaining with the skills that they apply all the time. We're a nuisance. We're an invasion. We're something that they don't even want in the locker room. And furthermore, what's gotten worse is they don't actually need us anymore. Right. It used to be that it mattered to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated or it mattered to be interviewed by ESPN.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Now all these guys have realized, no, I'll make my own content. I'll make the money off my content. I'll show people what I want them to see.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
It might have been legal. He had other issues with that. That was mostly optics.
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That's all he told me about you, by the way. He'll probably fart during the podcast.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Thank you. I appreciate the gift of giving that you're all about. This is good, by the way, for those who don't know, I don't do celebrity endorsements, but this is a, I'm not, nor am I a whiskey guy, but this is good.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Um, Ray Rice happened to so many times. Ray Rice. Ray Rice was not a dick. Antonio Brown. Antonio Brown became a dick, but was like excellent before that. Antonio Brown was homeless in Miami at 16 years old. So I don't know. Somehow he's worse off now.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
The dicks are all over the place in sports. And I remember, yes, that, too. My first experience with it, I was very young. I was in my early 20s.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
and i go up to this name's not going to mean anything to you but an old baseball player named chili davis i remember chili davis and i just the yankees as well right i used i came up to him and i just asked him something about whether or not i could talk to him and he's like no i i don't do that no no and then i'm like seriously what is he my girlfriend
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
And I'm like, seriously? And he looks me in the eye and he's like, has a heart attack. Whoa. Wow. Has a heart attack. But I can give you a lot of stories like that. All we are is a professional nuisance. Imagine someone invading your space where you're getting dressed all the time and just needing something from you all the time.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
There are people who want to talk because when I was writing a lot, I was somebody who tried to get at the depths of who a person was. And so if they knew my reputation as someone who could tell their story well, there would be people like an Aaron Rodgers before the recent things who want to be more seen by the public because they don't think that they're understood very well.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
writer to be the bridge to communication for them on can you frame this for me that's why Agassi chose Moringer as his writer on his biography because he's like I I have not expressed myself this way to others but if I go get somebody who's a construction worker about words he'll be able to bring me to the people in a way that I haven't been seen before hey that was perfect good good answer
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Thank you. My first good one so far. More drink. I'll get really good by the end of this, and we'll be doing it like in the locker room. The three of us will be nude, and I'll be asking you questions.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
What do we think about the end of Pacino's career, the last 15 years of work that don't involve him being an 80-year-old father of a newborn?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Heat 2? You're excited about Heat 2? They're doing a 2? Yeah. Michael Mann's got... Adam Driver, right? A second one. Young Neil McCauley.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I'm sorry, I have to have a peeve about what? Shooting. That's a peeve of mine on it. That means to graduate to something more than a peeve, doesn't it? We could do better than peeve on school shootings. So what is an irritation of mine? Can I think about that for a second? Give me a filibuster so I can think about something that would be a pet peeve of mine.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Yeah. Old Met shirt over here is really all-knowing. I love that you guys have someone on the payroll who's just all-knowing on all things.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I will go with one that's wife-related. I would say it's legitimately the only thing my wife does that's annoying.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Where are we going? Well, I'm volunteering a peeve on my wife while she's in the room.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
It's after I've gone to get what it is I was sent to get at the grocery store, when I get the text while I'm in the elevator going back up to our home, and here are the other three things that I need. That's a peeve. That's a tough one. That's a good one. That's a very good one. That's a good one.
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That's not how it happens. The elevator goes down and it returns with oat milk.
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She doesn't understand because I go right back down and go back quietly back to the store.
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I have a hard time imagining Sam being mean to somebody who's not mean to him first.
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See, this makes you guys crazy, at least in part. Actually is longer than really. I feel like is longer than think. You guys are words. You guys know the economy of words. Like, you need shit to be efficient when you're speaking.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
You have to have the lane in all of comedy at the moment with more comfort with Hitler and Holocaust jokes than anybody.
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Like, is there anyone else leading the way? Yes, you. What do you mean? Really? There's a lot of content out there on Hitler. It's not just me.
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We're shallow. It's a shallow app, Mark. It's a picture. That's true. Shallow App, good Gwyneth Paltrow film.
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But what about – Sorry. I heard a great story about Sacha Baron Cohen that I don't know if it's true or not. I love the Cohen. That he had a three-movie deal at the height of – I don't know. Would it be after Borat? It would have to be after Borat.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
A three-movie deal, and he makes The Dictator, and it became a one-movie deal that he wasn't going to be able to litigate himself out of because the executive had so much power that he just said, go ahead and try and fight me on it, The Dictator. And then I don't know if it's true or not. I haven't looked at his IMDb, but I don't remember his career exactly flourishing after that with a lot of –
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
He didn't. What happened was the dictator failed. He was saying, what's a movie with laughs in it? And I wanted to make the joke that the dictator didn't have quite enough of them.
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Because it flopped, and then he didn't get the rest of whatever that was supposed to be.
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That's the way it worked, but the only one that got made, well, because the illustration of the story was that in Hollywood, the producers and the power have so much power that the stars only have so much power. That even someone like Borat, you're always one dictator away from your empire falling apart.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
He is a genius. He's indisputably a genius. Yeah, that show was, that HBO show when- Ali G?
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That's crazy, right? And I think of Ali G and just to make something so good that he could no longer do it because it had gotten so pop culture evasive that he couldn't fool anybody anymore.
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I went to see him last year. I don't know if this will make you feel a certain way, but he was in Fort Lauderdale, and I was legitimately walking over to get to my seat, canes and wheelchairs, because the demo was so old. Someone in line just died. Yeah. Like, damn it. Because he's 70 years old, right? Or however old he is that you would never guess that he's 70 years old.
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And I admire him the way that you guys do as just like as a craftsman on what it is that he created.
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It was great. I mean, he's still... I know there are some people... I... It's tough for comedy to age. I don't know a lot of comedians in their 50s. Just what's happened with Eddie Murphy, where you remember what that was when it was young and hungry, and then success happens, and why would you be that young and hungry again? Why would you choose whatever the suffering is between... Right.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Specials, unless your personal pride is so strong and your love of it is so strong that you can't help but not get fat on whatever it is that fame and temptation are. Like once you've arrived at an airport hangar filled with whatever with cars that Jerry Seinfeld has, like what's the motivation to still be great? In his case, it's personal pride.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Who are the ones that have aged well? Carlin, Rickles, George Burns, Dangerfield. But who of the modern comics that you guys admire, can you imagine in the 60s and 70s still grinding it, doing tour work, being at a restaurant somewhere in Cleveland? in the kitchen because they just got to make the material work. It's funny saying grinding because a lot of them are going to be flying private.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
For sure. Well, let me ask you guys this about a tell because his last special was 39 minutes and he purposely farted out the last three minutes like as a fuck you to everybody. He's still great. Indisputably great.
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But like when you guys watch that special and he's throwing away the last three minutes because he couldn't get three more minutes of comedy and he can do that because he's a tell you feel a certain kind of way about it.
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The greats can make bad choices. The Departed, the way it ended with a rat running across the balcony. That's a terrible ending.
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Spoiler alert, everyone dies at the end and it's a bit of a surprise. I don't need a rat scurrying across the balcony because Matt Damon's character was a rat.
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The CGI that you have to do to get De Niro at 78 to be beating someone up.
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Finds out. Oh, well, he's told me that his, are you talking about the pod that he does about with his dad and stuff? Yeah. But I'm not familiar with the details of that story.
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Tiger Woods, another one that doesn't say anything, by the way, like in terms of how it is that you, that documentary on, I'd recommend that one on Max that doesn't have any access to him. Tiger Woods is somebody who is bland on purpose so that we can continue selling stuff around him without...
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
him being any kind of controversial there i i don't know who i would cite as the best of the athletes like great great athletes who are also publicly interesting like is there anyone trying to think deon sanders is kind of entertaining yes uh yes that's a good one okay not kind of entertaining super lebron's not a great interview no but he's he's better than these other guys that we're talking about and stands for certain things uh
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Steph Curry is excellent. But when you talked about John Morant and face of the league stuff, the place that I went first, right, when you're representing the league and have to be palatable to white customers, like in that league, your majority of your customers are the white customer. Yep.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Steph Curry is a family man, a religious man, you know, his dad and mom before they divorced at the games and stuff like that is a little easier to sell than John Morant on Instagram with his father, you know, waving a gun around.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
I saw that Trump the other day visited Max Crosby. Put Max Crosby and Gardner Minshew on the screen for him. Actually, do me a favor. Minshew. Actually, put for him on the screen Gardner Minshew's recent workout video where he was shirtless. Now, this is a guy who in the offseason, purposely, even though he's a Raiders quarterback, lives in an RV.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Once he finds this video for you, I will ask you whether you'd be surprised at all whether Gardner Minshew and Max Crosby, who spend time with Trump and are willing to do so, even though they've got a huddle filled with black teammates, whether or not you think they might be... Yeah, that's it. Really? You have multiple shirtless, sweaty, hairy torsos with a mullet cut?
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
This one's been confusing to me. That entire generation of men seem to be going toward Trump. But this is, look, whether it's Tucker Max or Andrew Tate or whoever, or Dan Bolzerian, hating women is something that young men who are insecure around women and have had their egos trampled by women because they don't know how to deal with women. It's sort of...
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Just one more, though? I could do this. I'd love a refill if you have some ice. I could do this with you guys for a while.
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I think we should just stay here. Let's let him think about it. See if we can find. You guys talk. So he asked me, because I said Tiger Woods and he said LeBron, and we were talking about whether or not there is, like, who is the greatest one. I mean, Ali would be the greatest. Oh, that's a great one. Who would be interesting.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Jim Brown was also excellent as a talker. Jim Brown said one of the more insightful things I've ever heard an athlete say when he was talking about his disappointment in Michael Jordan for not using the platform to do more than just sell shoes. One of the things that he said of Ali was.
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Don't ever forget that Muhammad Ali didn't go from the most hated athlete in America to the most loved athlete in America until he lost his ability to speak. You think so?
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I mean, that's the whole plot of Manhattan, right? He's dating that young broad. And they don't end up together. Oh, yeah. And that's the sad part. Well, she had to graduate. Good to go off to college.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
No, yes, he may have said. I don't think Michael Jordan said that. No, but Jim Brown, yes, Jim Brown. I think Jim Brown threw a woman off of a balcony, if I'm not mistaken.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Wow. That can't be right. Is that right? Is that right? I don't know. Look it up.
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That was before my time. I did not have anything for you there.
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He says 20,000 women he slept with. Ric Flair says he slept with 10,000. I'm not really understanding quite why anybody would say that. It's actually impossible.
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How about, was Kobe cool? Kobe was super interesting is what Kobe was. The stories about Kobe and competitive even with teammates are legendary in terms of somebody gets there, a Rick Fox or a Derek Fisher, and he will push them until... Off the balcony?
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he will push them until they're ready to fight in order to test them to see if they're people worthy of being his teammates so like he'll just sit in the space that you're supposed to have for sprints or whatever and just wait he's just alphaing somebody until they they buck up and actually say like Rick Fox did, okay, are we going to have to go? Do we have to settle this by fighting?
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Yes, Rick Fox was beautiful. Is beautiful, is beautiful, yes. He does have beautiful eyes. I think both of the people we're talking about are beautiful people.
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Vanessa Williams. That's who it is. Look at this. Full circle. That's a great place to close. You were objectifying women when I walked in.
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Yes. You'd like the story. I think he would like the story of everything that happened. I'd love to hear it. I mean, we just sort of got run out of ESPN for being counterculture, and we started our own thing, and all of our people came with us and did something not unlike what you guys are doing, something I would have never done if they hadn't pushed me into a place where I had to do it.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
It is working, and thank you for having me here. I really am an admirer of what you guys do, and even if you don't think it's brave, it's only because you're numb to the bravery in it.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
Do you guys get at all worried, or do you have the confidence and security when you go into foreign lands with your act? Like, you know that that's going to kill? Like, you know that you're going to have crowds and it's going to sell?
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I'd be scared going to some place like Winnipeg or Amsterdam. I wouldn't know.
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Yes, sir. Thank you for having me on. And speaking of bravery, drink Bodega Cat.
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Oh, fewer canes. I didn't mean to correct you. I just didn't know where you were going. So it's not going to be wheelchairs and canes that I'm walking over. You've got a younger demo.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
They're going to laugh so much that it's going to cause paralysis. And there'll be wheelchairs at the end with the merch where you can Winnipeg all the stuff and merch that doesn't sell in Winnipeg. He's going to give it away in Fort Lauderdale.
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Ep 198: Dan Le Batard
She was talking about the tartar breath. Didn't expect that coming off of this. You never get a beef tartar at a bar?