KSR - 2024-07-29- KSR - Hour 2

Episode Date: July 29, 2024

Myron Medcalf and the guys talk TBT LaFamilia vs The Ville and take your calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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nmLS consumer access dot org welcome to hour two of kentucky sports radio presented by stockton mortgage now here's matt jones my remitcalf my last hour here on ksr merry mondays it's kind of sad this is your last hour it's sad yeah it's been fun it's sad because it's been fondle, right? Like you only get the sadness if you've had good time. So that's something you always got to remember. One thing I've appreciated about the KSR community, and maybe this is just the South in general. You all are good at, it's not like quite an insult, but it's like a subtle insult, but it's also a compliment a little bit. I'll tell you what I mean. When I did the show live last week, a woman said to me, hey, now that I met you in person,

it's clear why you were never a basketball star. She was calling me short. She was calling me short, I think, you know. But cool, right? She didn't say you're short, but she said, it's clear you weren't a basketball star. Then somebody else there was like, wow, a sprinter, I thought you might be a discus or shot putter

based on the way you look. So I think what he was saying is you're a bit thicker than I realize maybe you were. Listen, KSR community, I've been to like four. family reunions. Okay? I'm still trying to work off some of that family reunion weight.

So, you know, be patient with me. And then I got a DM just now, fellas. C-F-E-D-D-E. He says, all do respect. Now, what I've learned working with Matt Jones is if Matt Jones says, all do respect, or if he starts something by saying, you know I love you,

something behind that is going to be like, all right, I don't know how I feel about that. C-F-E-D-D-D-M-N-Said, all due respect. You look your age but sounds 68 over the microphone. Love having you on KSR. Now, I think that's a compliment, but also a little bit of an insult. I don't know. But I'm learning that Kentucky insults, they kind of, they drop you a little bit,

but then they lift you up at the same time. They don't want you to fall too far. Is that the way y'all do it down there? I think it is taught in elementary school the I love you but I love you but that's I think that we all are innate ability to do that yeah and we'll just say bless your heart if we need to bless your heart yeah because someone says you know I love you like whatever they're going to say next like you're going to have to brace yourself for a little bit right like if you say you know you know I love you then something else is going to follow that might be a little hard to hear but I appreciate I appreciate that I'm getting to I'm understanding the lingo a little bit. Yeah, this woman said, hey, I can see why you weren't a basketball star.

It's like, wow, you know what? You didn't really call me short, but that's kind of what you were saying, and I respect that you put a spin on it, that wasn't as harsh. Harsh. Well, a little behind the scenes, when Myron was at the restaurant last Monday, and we announced that, hey, man, as soon as our KSR is over, Myron's got to hustle upstairs to do his ESPN show, if you guys want pictures or autographs before you got,

You got to do it now. People were like knocking people over, knocking little ladies over to get in line to get their picture taken with Myron last Monday. That was flattering. That was flattering. Yeah, to get pictures with people. That was cool. No, that was cool. Felt like Matt Jones for a little bit, you know.

I'm sure that's what he deals with all the time. I want to go to a call. How many calls we got? We got one or two. Two. I want to go to these calls and then I want to talk football on the back end of that. Who's our first? call it.

Shane O. Shane O. What are you doing, Shane O? Hey, Myron, bless your little heart. Okay. Hey, thank you. You are a summertime treat, man. You're a summertime treat.

Just remember that to all us BBN out here. I'm going to help you with Louisville. You've got, you can't say Ville. Now, you can say Nashville. If you're from Kentucky, you can't say Ville on a lot of different towns like that. So we say Nashville, a lot of them. do, or Ville. But when you say Louisville, you cannot say Ville.

You have to like, you got to kill the Ville, basically, all right? There's a motto for you. Kill the Ville when you say Louisville. That would have been a great phrase for y'all. Hold on a second. That would have been a great phrase for y'all. Y'all could put that on T-shirts. I mean, what was this?

Remember, when you say Louisville, kill the Ville. You can't say Louisville. You can't say Ville at the end. So Louisville. Okay. All right, bro. brother, you are the man. No, I appreciate the call and I appreciate the comment.

What is the rule, though? Like, when do I get to use bill? You can say Nashville. You can say Knoxville. You can say other vills. But when you say Louisville, you can't save the bill. You've got to kill the bill. Kill the bill.

Okay. I appreciate that call. Ryan and Drew, I mean, I feel like you all missed an opportunity over the last 20 years. Kill the bill. And that could have been a team. shirt, a theme? I mean, that could have been something, right? Yeah, it's a little too late. You can't kill what's already

dead, and Louisville's been dead for about four years. I am. I wasn't trying to set them up right there. Thank you. Thank you for that opportunity. It has been nice with the TBT to bring that rivalry back. We've missed that a little bit. I almost, if we didn't have such a busy day, I thought about

bringing back a Louisville hate day to our website, which is an old tradition. But again, they're just so far down. You feel like you're picking on them a little bit with these jokes. I got to remember where I'm at. I wasn't trying to set you up. But, you know, when you're in this rivalry, I guess everything can become a hit on that team. My first experience with the rivalry was in 2012.

I worked for ESPN as my first year. Didn't know anybody even at ESPN. They sent me to the Final Four. I mean, this was back in the big money days where there were like 100 people from ESPN at the Final Four. They basically rented out this hotel on Bourbon Street. So we're everywhere at this hotel. and I go across the street to a little convenience store in New Orleans to get, you know, I don't know, some Mike and Ix and some candy or whatever.

And there's a crowd of people kind of gathered around the front. And I'm going, what are they watching? It's like, is there, is someone okay? Did someone get hurt? Is there a fight? And there's this young Kentucky fan, probably early 20s, and it's like 50-something Louisville fan. And they are screaming at each other.

about the game that's getting ready to happen. I believe that's Saturday. Now, mind you, I got to New Orleans on Wednesday. So this is like Wednesday night. This is four days before the actual game. And my introduction to this rivalry is two fans from those opposing fan bases screaming at each other in a convenience store right by the register. So like you can't get to the register because they're arguing with each other.

And they were surrounded by Kentucky and Louisville fans who were just nodding their heads like, yeah, this is normal. And I was the only outsider who was like, well, wait a minute, this is okay. Like you all are good with this? And I almost felt like they were like, listen, this is just what we do. Stay out of it. Just observe. We don't need your two cents.

And that was my introduction to that rivalry. Four days before that game, two guys in a screaming match at a convenience store. And I thought to myself, I've never seen anything like this. If I'm not mistaken, around that same time, here in Lexington, maybe in Georgetown, two elderly men got to fight at like a dialysis center. One of them flipped the other one off. That's right. I think there was even a punch thrown. I mean, this was like 70-year-old men.

We're in the U.K. and Louisville gear in the lobby, just getting their checkup and they came to blows. It was intense there for a while before Louisville quit participating in the sport of college basketball and left us with nothing to do. Oh, whoa. See, I knew something else was coming. I got to remember that. I got to remember that. Yeah, I heard about the thing at the dialysis center. My most imposing or maybe intimidating Louisville Kentucky moment,

2015, I want to say, the 2014-15 game, I believe that was the Carl Anthony Towns team. They played on the road. I just randomly stayed at the same hotel as the team, not like on purpose. I just booked a hotel and they happen to be at that hotel. So I go downstairs for like breakfast, right, to just go like the little lobby breakfast place. There's a restaurant or whatever it is.

On every single floor, there are two state troopers. And then when you go down to the lobby, no joke, I'm not making this up. When you go down to the lobby, right, of the hotel in Louisville, there is a line of state troopers. and Willie Colley Stein and Carl Towns and these guys are all being escorted to the team bus through this line of state troopers. I have never seen to this day anything like it. I've been everywhere.

I've been all over this country for some of the biggest games that you can go to. I have never seen a security presence like that at a team hotel the way you had one for that Kentucky team. I mean, we were two blocks away from the arena, I think. But state troopers on every floor lining the lobby

of the hotel, and I'm going, what on earth is this? You know what I mean? It was wild to see that kind of a security detail. And to be honest, there have been times that Drew and Matt, Shannon and I have been scared for Matt's

safety walking into events, you know, in Louisville, or when they meet the NCAA tournament up in Indianapolis. And there was a incident where they did a Louisville pregame show, turned the mics off, we stepped in, turned the mics on while the place was still full of Louisville fans. And I thought they were going to come over the table at him because he was like just

pointing them out. And then he had to walk to the arena with these, I mean, there have been times I've been a little scared for his safety. The best ever was the walk in Indianapolis from after the game where Louisville, or Louisville lost in the Sweet 16. And we just had to walk through all of them. And they were yelling everything. And it just felt so good.

because you didn't have to say anything back. They were going home and Kentucky was moving on to the lead eight, but they were so mad because they thought that was their one time. That was their game. Yep. And I was Kentucky fans celebrating and moving on that night in Indianapolis. I mean, that's the other thing about your rivalry games is like that's the only time I've been to the NCAA tournament and people without tickets will flood the city by the thousands.

I mean, that's a unique thing. Like, just to be in the city, just to be at like a local sports bar, people will go and flood the city. Back to 2012, I'm in New Orleans again for that final four. I'm sitting front row, man. What a scene. I'm sitting front row when Anthony Davis does that. This is my, you can't say on the radio, like I'm right there.

Really incredible moment. But like before the game, I'm walking Bourbon Street. Again, nobody knows who I am. I was a newspaper reporter who gets a job at ESPN, and it's my first year. And I'm walking down the street on Bourbon Street. just taking it all in. And from across the street, some Kentucky fans yell

Matt Calf. And I'm like, what? That can't be me. There's got to be somebody else named Metcalfe or something. So I just keep walking. And then I hear it again. Matt Calf. And I turned and look. And they were like pointing at me. And I'm like,

how do these people know who I am? I'm not on TV. I wasn't on the radio at the time. I didn't have some big social media presence. Nobody knew who I was, but somehow these Kentucky fans who are so obsessed with the sport, they knew who I was. And that's when I was like, oh, these Kentucky fans are different. Yeah. Right? Because I experienced it way back in 2012 between the convenience store, screaming match, them calling out my name, the state troopers in 2015, man. I have seen some moments where I'm like, yeah, there's not, there aren't many rivalries like this in sports

period, I would say. And, you know, there's Green Bay, maybe Alabama football. There's not. I mean, it's a very special place for the fan base. Louisville fans are as passionate as Kentucky fans, and when they're good, this rivalry is the best that it can be.

But like Drew said, I think, at the last 16 games in basketball, Kentucky's beat them 13 out of the last 16 or something like that. One of those didn't even count. One of them didn't even count. We have lost a lot of that fire lately due to their extreme levels of suck. I mean, last year we went to downtown Louisville and there's just Kentucky fans everywhere in their own arena to win by 19 the year before that you win by 23 in Rupp Arena in football there are six-year-olds

walking the earth who have never seen Louisville win a game about to be seven years coming up it's what used to be a competitive rivalry has really lost a lot of its shine so that's why I think tonight whether it's close probably won't be but it's at least brought a little bit of that back yeah and let's be clear for me I want to see you know the rivalry's best when Louisville is competitive. I mean, when they're at that level. Like, it was at its best when he had two national championship contenders. Yes.

You know what I mean? Who were literally battling at the highest stage. I mean, that, that 2012 stretch was incredible because you had these two elite teams. 2015 was incredible because you had two nationally ranked teams. So I think the sport, like from a selfish perspective, college basketball is healthier. I think when both of those teams are really good and both of those teams are national championship contenders, right? I think that's when the sport is really, really shines on a national stage because that's the,

that's one of the two games. Everybody watches. They watch that. They watch North Carolina do. Like if you're a fan of sports, whether you're a college basketball fan or not, you know what happens in those two rivalries. And they're at their best when both of those teams on the teams on both sides are national championship caliber.

We got time for one more call. Let's do one more. Let's go to Mark. Mark. What say you on this Merry Monday? Myron, I'm so happy to actually get through and be able to talk to you. Man, it's nice that you have all summer stepped in and reminded us to take note of the good things. And we'll just throw all the way back to the very first Merry Monday.

I was having a rough day, really rough day. You know, it's Monday. And you were on the radio telling us to take notice of little things, have a Merry Monday, no matter how the day was going. and I had about 15 or 20 minutes at the end of the day. I have a 4-year-old. She was three at the time, but, you know, she's right there. Had never caught a fish.

So we got a chance. We go to the lake. She caught her very first fish that day. How about that? How about that? Things like that that have made this summer great. Brother, I know it's going to be your last Mary Monday. On behalf of all the KSR listeners,

we love you, we're going to miss you. I really appreciate that. Call of the day. That is the Don Franklin call today. Yeah, great call. Y'all try to make me cry. Is that what y'all trying to do? Man, but that's a cool thing, man.

I just love getting calls like that because I have tried to do the Merritt Monday. Just, you know, a lot of it. I'm trying to remind myself, fellas, to be grateful and thankful for everything you have. When you hear a call like that, that's cool, man. Yeah, your kid catching her first. fish because it is the little things, man.

That's right. That's right. We got to be able to pay attention to and acknowledge. And that's awesome, man. That's pretty cool. That's definitely our call of the day. Man, that makes me smile. It makes me smile.

Now we've got a few more segments here on this fine show. But we'll have some more stuff to talk about after this break. Last night, a blown call changed the game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the plays, the controversies,

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But my question is, fellas, if you win a gold medal, like, when would you take it off? Would you wear it everywhere? Absolutely. I would sleep in it. I'd take a shower in it. Yeah, absolutely. I'm not taking that thing off. You work all those years your whole life.

I'm keeping it on the whole time. Yeah. Yeah. Drew, would you wear yours forever? Like, where would you take it off? Like, where would you feel like, okay, it's not appropriate maybe to wear it there? I can't think of a scenario where I wouldn't have it on. I mean, I'm wearing that everything.

You know what? We have a gold coming to Lexington. Yes. We had a Lexington, Kentucky native, when gold and women's foil fencing yesterday. Lee Kiefer. Lee Kiefer. Yeah, she went back to back.

She won last year and then she's bringing it home to Lexington again. So maybe we'll just see her around town wearing both of them for the next several years. I watched fencing. Kudos to her. That's incredible, man. Yeah. To me, once you win a gold medal, like I was trying to rank it in terms of like what you would want to win. if your goal was to never pay for something again another day in your life, right?

I think there are a couple things you win where it's like, okay, you're a hero. Like my list is Super Bowl ring and you're back in your hometown, living in your hometown, right? That's big, right? If you want a Super Bowl ring and then you go back and settle in your hometown, you're probably going to be set for life no matter what happens. I think Heisman trophy no matter where you live. If you win a Heisman, like literally all the dudes who've won Heismans, Their job is that they won a Heisman.

I went to a Wisconsin football game. I'm from Wisconsin. My parents went to Wisconsin. Ron Dane was my favorite player growing up. Ron Dane works for the University of Wisconsin. You know what his job is? His job is to be Ron Dane. Like legitimately, they just bring him out like before games.

He shakes hands, holds babies. He high-fives people, and that is his entire job. His job is to be Ron Dane. Like that is the power of a Heisman trophy. So there aren't many things like that. Also on that list to be, I think, the star quarterback of a state championship football team in high school. Oh, that's big. Like that dude, no matter what he does, that's going to be maybe his biggest achievement, right?

Like to be like the dude who beat Johnson High School in the state championship. championship game. Like that dude's going to be cool forever. Like that, that's still, you know, that's still Don. That's still Magic Don. You know what I mean? 52 years old, he's still that guy, right? And then also on that list to me clearly is a gold medal.

And I think all four of those, if you win one of those fellas, I don't think you're paying for a meal, probably for the rest of your life, especially if you're back in your hometown. You know, the 30 for 30 on Steve Spurrier they did on the SEC. network. You know, he's won national championships. He's had all these great accolades. He won the Heisman. And they asked him what his greatest achievement in sports was. And he said, we won like the state championship, my high school baseball team. And that was, that was, he had the game ball. That was his most prize possession was that game

ball from that game in high school. There's something about, if you win something in high school, it just means more to you. I think you could poll every professional athlete across sports. You could say, okay, give me your number one achievement. Now, if they want a Super Bowl or a Stanley Cup or a World Series or something like that, that's probably number one. I'd be willing to bet the vast majority of those athletes, number one or two on that list is going to be something to happen in high school. Yeah. Like, I mean, there's no, because that to me, high school is where, you know, it's just pure.

You know, not as much anymore because guys are kind of going these loaded high schools and, you know, they're stacking teams. But, I mean, if you played it like the high school in your number, neighborhood or your city and you went and beat another city or town in a big moment? Yeah. You're, I mean, that lasts forever no matter what happens the rest of your life. So I think for a lot of us, high school, no matter what you've achieved in life, still the biggest sports achievement that I think most people have had. You know what I mean?

Yeah, it's, you know, in most cases, it's the hometown you grew up with, grew up in. Your teammates or people you've known since you were little, so it just means so much more. It's one thing to get drafted by Big City, help them out. It's another thing to bring a little trophy home to where you grew up. We beat Ashwabanon and the 4x100 relay. I would still talk trash to them today if I saw them on the show. To this day, bring it. We'll be back with more after this break.

Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting. through the noise. Breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines.

We go straight to the source, the athlete themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context and ask the questions everybody wants answered. Sports slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to Sports Slice on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Sliced Life 12 in the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. What's up, guys? This is Clivert Taylor the 4th.

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Sounds weird to say that. Final Mary Monday. It's kind of sad, but also I'm happy that it's sad. Because, again, if you're sad about something ending, that means there were good times. Amen. Yep. Right? So that's the whole thing you got to remember.

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Check out. You're going to save 30% off your first order when you do that. Don't worry. It's legal. It's cornbreadhead.com promo code KSR. Back to you. Thank you for that. Man, just the DMs I get during this show. So many incredible people who are just hyping me up, man, making me feel pretty good. Well, I feel like, you know, over the course of the several years, Tom Hart has kind of become one of us.

And I think this summer, Myron, you officially became one of us this summer. Welcome to the big blue canoe. Stay by the phone. We need substitutes teachers occasionally. You know, hey, if you need a fun uncle to come in, man, or a substitute, I'm definitely, I'm definitely into that. It's amazing to stuff that people like, fine. Someone just tweeted a photo of me doing an ESPN interview with Andy Katz. And I think I was at Kentucky maybe or at the tournament.

This must be 20. I look young. This must be 2011. 2012. I'm wearing the ugliest blazer I've ever seen in my life. I mean, it is, is that brown? Is it great? I don't know what it is. My collar's unbuttoned. I really don't know what I'm doing, but I'm sitting next to Andy Katz and somebody found that photo. But it just shows you, man. I've been around Kentucky a ton and it's been cool to kind of be in this role, filling in on Mondays. One thing that I appreciate about the TBT, and I want to get to some calls

as well is it was cool to see former players come back and to get embraced. And covering this sport as long as I have, really since 2007 when I was a local reporter here in Minnesota, it's not like that at every school. What I think we miss a lot of times in my business is we tell all the stories about someone until the moment they graduate or go off to the NBA. And that kind of ends their story for a lot of people. people have no idea how many of these former athletes, these former college stars,

are out there trying to find themselves, are out there trying to figure things out after basketball. And it's not easy for all of them. So it's been pretty cool going to the TBT and just, you know, obviously talking to Matt, just to know how you all have embraced a lot of these former athletes. It was cool to interview Willie Colley Stein, who's been open about some of the challenges, you know,

he's had throughout his life, and just to watch, athletes have a landing spot, you know, and I've talked to other Kentucky athletes who've moved back to the city or to the state and done well for themselves. And not even, you know, athletes who went to a Final Four necessarily

or a national championship, guys who just put on that uniform. And I really respect that because I assure you it's not like that at every school. It's not like that for every former player. There are a lot of former players who wish they were embraced that way and they haven't received that.

So it's pretty cool to see the way that you all have, you know, been a place where these guys can come back to, can get support from even after they're no longer playing. I'm looking forward to a world that's not far away where anyone that lives in Lexington is just going to run into Willie Colley Stein at Whole Foods, maybe at the golf course. He's talking about trying to move here in retirement. Nate Sistina, the Laughamilia team did interviews yesterday and he lives here now. He said he was at the driving range yesterday and somebody's like, shouldn't you be practicing basketball? for tomorrow's game. Then he leaves the golf course, goes to pool. And at the pool, people are like, you can get them tomorrow.

So, I mean, these guys that they're moving to Lexington and is staying here, they're going to have to get used to that for the rest of their life because that's, I mean, we love all these dudes. We've run into them. We're going to have those conversations. We can't help ourselves. And, and Martin, I'm telling you, the whole Mark Pope coming to be the head coach, the Mark Pope hiring has brought the fan base back together.

We were, we'd become kind of a divided, split fan base. But Pope has got us all back together. Like, we felt we got our program back. And the TBT game the other night, Drew and I were talking. You know, there's Pope sitting there, a Patino guy, Rondo's there, a tubby guy, Alex Poitiers is there, a cow guy. You know, all these former players, I think, feel that they're welcome back and they're won in back. Yeah.

I mean, sometimes a breakup's good for everybody, you know, even if it doesn't feel like that at the time. And I think, you know, obviously Kentucky and Mark Pope, they have the right guy, the right energy, to write everything. and I think Cal is probably like, hey, I need it, maybe a new start as well. So I feel like compared to what it looked like in April to what we're seeing now, it's been pretty fascinating to watch that and to watch, you know, people come together and for everyone to feel happy about how all this is unfolded. We got time for one more call.

Let's go to Aaron. Aaron, what you got for us on this Merry Monday? The merriest of Mondays, as I'm. I'm looking at the ocean on my honeymoon. Oh, yeah. Congratulations. Congratulations. I got married Saturday on the 50.

Congratulations. Okay, let's go. Nice. Congratulations. Yeah. So that was like my drink, Commonwealth Stadium. I mean, I know it's called Crockerfield,

but that's not what the invitation said. On the 50, on the field, perfect weather, perfect day, perfect wedding. Go, now on the ocean.

And now on the ocean. Yeah, and now I'm looking at the ocean. Yeah. That's beautiful. Send us a picture. Let's send us a picture of you guys in midfield, and that's an awesome view I want to see. That's cool. Yeah, absolutely.

It was amazing. And then the reception was up in the longship room. Yep. And it was beautiful. I told my bridesmaids just buy a blue dress, buy a UK blue dress. I'm going to wear white. You're going to wear blue. The flower girl had a cheerleader uniform.

uniform on, the ring bear wore a football jersey. The girls carried pom-poms instead of flowers. Love it. It was epic. It was epic. I love that. I mean, that's all in. I mean, that like sports theme, you should plan weddings for other people because that's amazing. I should.

I should do it like that. And the best part is this is my, this was like my dream and then my husband was just along for the ride. I haven't missed a home football game in 20 seasons. And so like, these are my season tickets. Now they're his too. Yeah. Well, he knows that, though, right?

But he knew that, right? I mean, like, when you first went out with him, he knew, like, this is what we're doing. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. That's good. Yeah. No, I appreciate that.

I really appreciate that call, and congrats. Yes, thank you. And we'll miss you on Mondays, Myron. It's been great to hear me all summer. I really appreciate that. Thank you for the call. I mean, that's cool to get married at the field, and now you're on your honeymoon. I mean, that's a cool.

that's a cool stretch, man. But I also think she said something that matters as well. Like, if you're dating a diehard sports fan, you got to know what that entails, right? Like, you got to understand, because, like, there are sports fans and there are diehard fans. And those are two different things.

I mean, I grew up in Wisconsin. Green Bay fans are like that. Like, you got to understand the difference before you get into partnership with somebody who's a diehard, right? Oh, yeah. And I saw, not even knowing she'd call in, I somehow saw pictures of her wedding on social media. I don't know if there's an algorithm or I knew somebody was there, but it looked really cool.

As soon as she started describing it, I knew exactly that I had seen that. I mean, right there on the 50, you got the cheerleader uniform, the blue and the white, it looked very neat. Man, that's awesome. That's really cool. I'm not on anybody else to do that. I can get to do that before. Don't lose that wedding ring in the ocean, though. Don't even go by the ocean, man.

Don't go there at all because that wouldn't be a lot of fun. We got to take a break here. Is that what we got to do? Yeah, let's take a break. Yep. It's our last break on Merry Mondays. Wow. We'll be back.

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This is the Bob in Jamestown. Not the other Bob. Not your Bob. No, not your Bob. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay, sorry about that. I didn't know which Bob it was.

Bob, how are you doing? I'm doing good. talking about the Olympics. I love the Olympics. That opening ceremony was seeing all the boats cruising on the same river. I mean, even the little guys, the country, she never heard of. I mean, they're out there having a big time just like the big guys. Yeah, yeah.

I got to love it. And then Celine Dion, I mean, knocking her song out. I mean, it's just for 12 days or whatever when the Olympics, the earth shines. I mean, we're out there in space. Everybody coming together to celebrate human sport. I mean, how can it get any better? I mean, it's just, it's a great time. No matter who wins what, it's just, it's nice to see everybody doing it.

I love what you said. I love what you said. Oh, yeah. I really appreciate that. Oh, yeah. I love what you said for 12 days, the earth shines. I mean, that's what it is. That's what it is.

Yeah, some of those countries had, one country had four athletes on the boat, I think. I want to say Macedonia, someone had like four athletes. Yeah, but they're out there having it. It's a big time waving their flags, just like the big guys. I mean, it was too much, too much. The city of life. What a perfect place to do it. Oh, yeah, that's beautiful.

Well, listen, good talking to you and have a big time, enjoy the summer, and let's go USA. Hey, I appreciate it, Bob. Thanks for that call. I love that for 12 days. the earth shines. I might steal that. I might, that's poetic. It's poetic.

I really like seeing Wynion Gabriel with South Sudan. They had never won or even competed or made the Olympics in basketball, I think. He might even been the flag bear when they came through. But, you know, a former cat, we're focusing on the guys on Team USA and Shay Gillis, Alexander, lit it up for Canada. But it was really cool to see Wynion representing one of the smaller nations in the Olympics. Bro, that team, for people that don't know the story, that's a team that basically

Lu Aldang, the former Bull standout, put together, like he's the one who created the fundraising for it. I believe I read that they don't have an indoor court in South Sudan. They're in the process of building a few, I believe, but I mean,

a lot of these guys obviously grew up they played their basketball in America, Australia. So a lot of these guys have come up you know, with modern institutions and things like that. But, you know, war-torn country and Lu Aldang putting that group together. What a remarkable story. They beat Puerto Rico.

They almost beat the United States. You got a route for stories like that. That's why you watch the Olympics is for moments like that. So, I mean, winning and his teammates, forget winning or losing. Just being here and being competitive, I'm sure means so much to that country and those who support South Sudan. We got one more caller. Let's go to Freebird. Freebird, what you got here on this Merry Monday?

Hey, Myron. Been a pleasure to listen to you the past few weeks, my man, but I never did get any cool in the gang. Oh, my goodness, you did. I'm so, I'm going to send Matt a note. I do owe you some cool in the gang, and I'm going to make sure Matt pays that off. My apologies thing.

Hey, that's all right, dude. What I want to say to you is while Ryan's down there, I'm going to try to get some necklaces down there, some UK stuff, and I'm going to have Ryan ship you out. a couple. He'll tell you about it. Okay. UK stuff, but great job this summer, dude,

and you did a fine job. Enjoyed listen to you, buddy. I appreciate that. Appreciate that call, that support. Man, this is awesome, man, that you all have been so kind and supportive. Thank you to

Drew, Shannon, Ryan, Mario, the whole crew, man. Thank you. all for everything you've done to make these some fun merry Mondays because I mean you know it works because you all have been supportive and welcoming you know so I mean that's such a big part of it so I want to thank you all personally for uh you know welcoming welcoming me into that KSR family as I co-hosted for here these eight weeks so I really appreciate it

we owe you to thank you we're just in our normal seats we're over here regardless this is this is every day but you've been a job joy on Mondays. You know, Mondays are hard. Usually it's coffee fueling this show, but you've brought a fun energy that's really made these easier all summer. So all the thank yous go to you for doing this for us. And, you know, I'm sure you'll be back covering the team and Pope and stuff.

So now we know you can come in, put the headphones on and sit with us for a show. We've got a final four of this upcoming season we might see. Yeah. Lots of basketball success ahead. Yeah, I'll be on the Pope train. I'll be following Pope a ton, definitely, trying to, you know, see what happens with this team this year and the years ahead, man. And then obviously the game.

Like that's all you can call it is just the game. Arkansas, Kentucky. What's the date on that? Is it January 26? I had to look it up. I don't know. That's the game. Everyone, I mean, everyone in my business will be there.

I mean, that'll be one of the biggest games of the entire year. Hopefully I can work maybe some TV with that. That would be fun because I think that'll be. must see TV in the sport. What time we got to get out of here, Shannon? We got three more minutes. All right. So I want to end by saying, first off, thank you all for welcoming me.

And thank you all for participating in Merry Mondays with Myron. I mean, because that's kind of cool. Let me tell you a little bit about Merry Mondays and kind of where it's been a theme for me personally. in 2019 my friend Ed Ashoff worked at ESPN, incredible human being passed away due to cancer

and it was a sudden thing and you know he thought it maybe it was like a flu bug or something and then all of a sudden things just turned and then it was over right one of the most devastating things that have ever happened to me and the months that followed were really really challenging because it went from that to the pandemic

and just all the chaos that was happening everywhere. And it was just really hard for all of us, right? Not just me. I'm not unique. But I think there were certainly moments where I realized sometimes you got to fight to find that joy, right? Like sometimes you got to really fight to acknowledge the things that are good and that are worth acknowledging and that are bright moments even on the dark days.

And I had to do that. And after a while, after losing one of my best friends in a sudden way, I decided, you know what, maybe I can be there for somebody else. Like maybe I can be just a teaspoon of joy and energy and spice, even if it's for a moment. And that's been the cool thing about radio and working with Matt is we're not sports guys. We're just two dudes who do a show.

And our goal is maybe somebody will laugh or smile and just have a better day after listening to us for a moment. And I've had the same experience here on these Merry Mondays. So I really appreciate it. I've just committed myself to the idea of, you know what, life's bigger than you. Everybody's going through something. A lot of people have different challenges. I think everybody just kind of hopes that maybe today, and if not today, maybe this week.

And if not this week, maybe this month. And some people are having a really hard time. Maybe they're saying, hopefully this year, I can find something to smile about, to laugh about. And if you can be that for somebody else, it's a really great thing because we all need it. And since we all need it, make sure you try to be that for other people in your lives as well, because that goes further than you might realize. So Merry Mondays for me is a real thing.

It's something that I had to create in my own life after losing a really important person to me. And I said, you know what, I'm going to fight to find a reason to smile and to laugh. And I'm also going to try to do that for somebody else. And I hope that everybody can take Merry Mondays to heart. And you do it every Monday and you get up with the right attitude, the right spirit, the right energy. And you realize that I have a right to be happy and I got a right to smile, even on the cloudiest of days.

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