Nightcap - Nightcap - LeBron & Curry lead USA to gold + Quincy Hall interview

Episode Date: August 11, 2024

Shannon Sharpe and Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson are joined by Olympic men's street skateboarding bronze medalist Nyjah Huston and 400-meter gold medalist Quincy Hall to discuss their performances at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Also, Unc & Ocho react to LeBron James and the USA defeating France in the gold medal basketball match, the USA dominating the men's and women's 4x400-meter relays, and the USA women's soccer team defeating Brazil to win gold.03:40 - Show Starts04:08 - Quincy Hall joins the show45:08 - Team USA basketball gets gold49:44 - Masai Russell wins gold in the 100m Hurdles51:00 - USA Women's soccer wins Gold54:02 - Deion Sanders01:01:47 - Mcwen loses jump off01:04:00 - Jordan Chiles may have to return bronze01:06:01 - Q and Ayyyyy(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The only man in high school to run a 42 in a 400. The guy at the bottom of the screen, y'all see it right there? That's the gold medal winning 400 meter. He just ran the second fastest time in Olympic history. He won the gold, put us back on top of the podium for the first time in the 400 meters since 2008. That is Quincy Hall. Please make sure you hit that like button.

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with Nigel Houston. But first we're joined by, you heard me say it earlier, 400-meter gold medalist Quincy Hall, that dog. Quin, what's up, bro? That dog, you see what I'm saying? That dog, man.

That's what it is. Yeah, I'm Quincy. First off, I'm going to let you go. You know, we got some unfinished business, me and Q. You know, we've been talking, going back and forth on Twitter and whatnot. You know, congratulations for one. Quincy, let's get into that 400 meters. We're going to talk about the men's and the women's.

Let's get to the men's first, the 400 meters. Yeah. And Chris Bailey, it was reported that you're dealing with a little hamstring issue or leg issue, and you weren't able to run. So they led off with Chris Bailey, who handed to Vernon Norwood, Bryce Devlin, and Rob Benjamin. And if Vernon Norwood, he's had an unbelievable, because he's ran extremely well at the mixed doubles. And yesterday, he ran us back into qualification running 43-5.

Today, he split another one. But it came down to that ankle leg. And you know you got to be a boy dog and stand tall on that ankle, Quentin. You got Leslie Tobogo who run low 44. And you got Rod Benjamin, the reigning Olympic champ at the hurdles. When they got the baton, tell me what would have been your strategy and what did you like about how Rod played it? Rod played it smooth, man.

Rod knows that Tobogo's a quicker runner, so Tobogo can't really, like, train him as much. But if I was Rod, I would have took him out a little bit faster and made him chase a little harder. But Rod played it smart, man. Rod had a long week. Rod's an Olympic champion. so Rod played it smart. And if Tobogo would have tried him, I feel like Rod would have ran a little faster.

But, yeah, Rod played it real smart. Rod's a good dude. I thought Rod didn't step on the gas because he wanted to make sure he had something left at the end. Because Tobogo ran the third-fastest split that's ever been run. He ran 43.03. Arai ran 41.43.13, which is the fifth fastest. Only two men have ever run sub split 43.

Obviously, that's Michael Johnson, Jeremy Warner. Tobogo has the third. In the 92 Olympic, Quincy Watts ran a 41, I keep saying 41. Ran a 43-1 and then ride today. So what we saw today, it doesn't normally come down like this. But, boy, that's what we want to see. Because normally we just run away with the thing.

Yeah, we always run away with it. I kind of seen it from the prelims and then from the go to good that Botswana got a good team. You know what I mean? It's just not U.S. It's got some gun that Botswana got a good team. You know what I mean? It's just now U.S. has got some dogs. Botswana got a strong team. They got like five, six guys that can run 44 mid. And 44 mid translates to 43 in the split.

So, no, we knew Botswana was going to be strong and stuff like that. But without me being on the relay, I knew we could win it just because we got some dogs too. I mean, I know Quiny wilson he split 47 but it's his first time being out here on the global stage and um yeah like i said he's been dealing with some hamstring injury too but it's just like i said it's learning experience but any any team we put out there i had my money on our team do you do know if y'all if you run on that relay y'all that royal record might be 253 yeah you know that right yeah i've been you, that Royal record might be 253. Yeah. You know that, right?

Yeah. You know that, right? I've been seeing a lot of comments about it, but I don't like to think of the woulda, coulda, shouldas because I'm not that type of guy. I'm a what happened. You know what I mean? So I don't like to put myself.

It's not about me right now. It's about those four guys that stepped on the line and ran that race and won it. So it's not about me. I won the 400. Yeah, that's cool. But I didn't step out today because I didn't feel i didn't feel comfortable with my hamstring i didn't want to i didn't want to be tight or like have to stop running in prevent usa from getting a gold medal so that

was just a business move and just uh being a bigger person being a good teammate right i'm curious how did you we saw the 400 yeah we saw coming off that last curve where you are we get that part i need to know how did you mentally prepare for the pressure of competing on the world's biggest stage i i i just want to know that first then we'll get to the to the race and the end results well uh like i said man i don't i don't i don't really like talking about track I don't really like talking like that but I consider myself like being one of the mentally strongest persons out there and I don't think there's no I don't think there's no pressure on me like every time I go out there it's like me racing in the uh small meet or something like this I don't really I don't feel

no pressure like the other guys I don't know about the other guy but I don't feel no pressure all I feel is that I practice by myself. So when I'm out there and I'm out there grinding, I'm out there doing my meters and I'm out there doing my heels and all of that stuff and my jumps. I just feel like if I'm out there by myself, because my coach is all the way in California, and I'm out there by myself. So when I'm

out there just committing my work and doing my grind, I'm out there telling myself, come on Q, let's go. You got to get up, let's go. So if I don't want it myself, then nobody else is going to want it for me. So it's not really a mental standpoint. It's just me. I got bills to pay.

You know what I mean? I got daughters. I'm just keeping it real with you. You know what I mean? I took it as like as bills every do on the first. So I pick myself up. I tell myself, let's do it. I encourage myself.

You can't encourage yourself. Nobody else can encourage for you. So it's not really a mental standpoint on how i can get myself ready it's just a dog mentality you know i mean you gotta you gotta run it yourself man yeah well you built different boy built yeah no you i mean it's not it's not just me out here built different you got to train yourself to you know train yourself to be like that cuz yeah when you out there chatting you out there on that football field no coach can tell you everything and teach you everything, but when you out there, you got to do it.

It ain't no coach telling me in my ear that he making me do nothing. You got to do that yourself. You too, Shannon. You know what I mean? Y'all know how it is. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah.

When we break down, it's women four by four. Shamira Little, she's had an outstanding Olympics. She's run nothing but 49s in the mixed relays, and she shows she deserves to have a leg in the finals of the 4x4. She passed it to Sid, and I think the strategy was, they know Sid, when she normally runs, she normally splits in the high 47s. So they're looking for her to blow it open. And so it's not going to be a race because nobody else can trot out what we can trot out.

They put Gabby, who's a low 49. She can run mid 46. So that means it's going to translate. She's going to be low 49, maybe even high 48 in the split. Yeah. Alexa Holmes, she got what, fifth or sixth in the open. Yeah. She split 48.

So now there's like, I was thinking, man, put Sid on anchor. But as it was lining up, she split 48. So now, I was thinking, man, put Fiat on anchor. But as it was lining up, I can see. They're looking for her to blow this thing open. Because once she blows it open, it's over. So I see why they did that. Because last year, if you've seen, we had some exchange zones issues in Budapest.

And I think we ran out of the exchange zone and got disqualified. So making sure, we had a relay meeting earlier this week where we wanted every relay, we wanted to put the next runner out wide so we could just run freely. If we run freely, we don't have to worry about exchange zones, we don't have to worry about time drops,

we don't have to worry about nothing, clothesline finishes. We said that I feel like our coaches set everything right for us to just run freely. Just be us, everybody run fast and run freely. I think both of them got Olympic records. I'm going to mention it for sure. I think the women's got Olympic record or they was close to America.

No, no. They got the American record. The Olympic record. Remember in Seoul, the Soviet, they beat the Americans in Seoul when they had two 400-meter finalists and they had the gold medalists that ran on the relay split for the Soviets and the 400-meter winner that ran on there. And they ran 315, I think 315, like 14 or 315, 15, something like that. But they were close. If Sid had someone to push her, she split some 48 by herself.

By herself, yeah. Yeah. I herself, yeah. I mean, she was bookie. But I feel like you put her on anchor, you know, the other girls would have opened it up even more because you can't really match our dip into 400. You know, we got quarter voices, man. Everybody in our relay can just go. So, yeah.

I don't think you really match the USA as a whole. We were talking about it, let me ask you, get your, because I talked to Michael about this, and I talked to some, I talked to Gabby Thomas, but I've talked to a lot of people,

and tell me what you think about this. I think Bobby is going to take, going to take, see it, and she's going to run the world, that's going to be in Tokyo in 25, and I think she's going to be done with that, and she's going to transition to the open four, and I think, and either she's going to do the world. That's going to be in Tokyo in 25. And I think she's going to be done with that. And she's going to transition to the open four.

And I think, and either she's going to do a double double with the four, four, the hurdles and the open, or she's just going to run the open four and try to go, try to go dip on the, try to win a gold medal and dip up on the 48 seconds. What'd you think?

Man? I mean, the thing about it is that's going to be tough to do, but I think she could do it, man. One thing about Sydney is I seen her this week, last week. And I'm like, Sydney, do you ever have fun? Do you smile or anything? She can quote me on this.

I said, do you ever have fun? She just told me when I step on this track, it's all business. I think I'm more business, but she told me I'm all business. I have fun, but it's not around here. So, I mean, like, I feel like she got the mentality. Track is normally 75% mental, you know what I mean? So, if you got yourself mentally right and then physically, you know, physically your coach is going to have you there.

So, I think she can do it, man. It's going to be tough, you know what I mean? It's how much she can relax during the rounds before she got to actually have to compete in the finals so i feel like she could do it i mean if they coach have something to do it it's gonna be it's gonna be one hell of a training session you know one of the hell of a fall but i think she can do it if anybody can do it it's gonna be sitting splitting 48 75 i mean she's running 48 75 she's run 2207 which is like the eighth and ninth fastest time run by a female at 200 meters and she which is like the eighth and ninth fastest time run by a female at 200 meters and she's got like the fourth or fifth fastest time in the open four this year and she's

a hurdler i ain't no question in my mind i think with bobby cursey as our coach yeah and her training i think she'll be the only person that i think and i saw you saw paulino he ran 48 17 which is olympic record broke the record by uh marJosé Paret of France, a 48-25. I think Zia can do it, Q. That's the event that's going to be the toughest. The hurdles are not going to be bad for her because she's dominating her. She's the career hurdle for her. But I feel like that 400 is going to get to her because when you get to that

final, there ain't no chilling. You got Paulino. You got the girl, Sawa Inasa. You got the girl from Jamaica. She didn't show saw it nasa you got the girl from jamaica she didn't show up well this time but girl from jamaica she can run 48 47 let me 48 low oh yeah yeah yeah price because she had a long season remember she ran she had a long season at college so yeah she ain't have no zap neck the lady the lady from poland yeah he went for i mean the bronze melons went 48 98 yeah that That would have won every Olympics for the women,

with the exception of the one that Perrette won. Everything. But if the schedule is set up like this, right, where she has the four in the first, where she has to put all her all in first, and then she can relax in the four in the hurdles, that would be her best bet. But if Femke doesn't run the rounds of the four in the hurdles,, that would be her best bet. But, if Femke,

if Femke doesn't run the rounds of the corner hurdles, meaning the 4x4 mid-trend relay, then Femke might be a little fresher on it. You know what I mean?

So, I really can't call it, but I feel like, like I said, if anybody can be fit for it, it's going to be Sidney,

but the 400 is going to be a challenge and then bounce back and run the corner hurdles three rounds. Go ahead, Ocho.

Listen, I'm ready for our race, Unc. Come on, man. I'm ready, Unc. I'm just being honest. I'm ready for our race. Man, you're going to need about 10 months of training. I don't need no 10 months. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Listen, you inspired me so much, right? After you ran, right? You inspired me so much. After you ran, I want to see where I'm at. When we went at it on Twitter, you know, we went back and forth, Blige, Esquire, whatever. I went out there the next day and I ran. Boom.

I was in some Levi's. I was in some Levi's because that's all I had at the time. And I had my daughter Tammy. So, boom. I did the 400, you know, off a whim. No training right now, you know. And I ran a low 45. So, I'm like, okay, boom, I did the 400, you know, off a whim, no training right now, you know, and I ran a low 45. So, I'm like, okay, boom.

Check this out. Hands up to your daughter. Your daughter, what the hell is this? I got my money on your daughter before I got my money on you. I got my money on your daughter before I got my money on you. You think my daughter could beat me? I'm not going to bet on it,

but I think your daughter could beat you. Nah, oh, come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. You got years on it, man. Nah, listen. You know, you said you a dog. I'm a dog, too.

I've been a dog. I know you a dog. I know you a dog, but you got to, you know, you got to get the plyometric thing. You got to stretch. I done did all that I ran a 42 in the fold in high school

Yeah Yeah, record Why were you at the You gotta go mad Oh, no, cause my grandma made me play football My grandma You gotta think Remember you gotta think

I was in high school I was in high school in 86 So I really wasn't No money on that So why Quincy got The national world record In high school Oh because

I had got thrown out I had got expelled right So when I got expelled You know All my records All my records Everything went out the window Yeah

But is that Is that Ask my Ask my Well listen Listen I told you I gave you 30 meters everything went out the window. Yeah. But is that them? Is that the ass-bite? Ass-bite me. Well, listen, listen. I'll tell you this. I'll give you 30 meters. No, no, no, no.

Don't cheat me. I don't need no 30 meters, man. It ain't no cheat. It ain't no cheat. But listen, I ain't cocky, but you got to think. You talking to a Olympic champion. So I'm going to give you 30 meters.

You got gold. You got gold. You got gold. I'm going to give you 30 meters. You right. And I'm going to give you the hit. So I'll go off you. Whenever you take off, I I take off right behind you.

And when I rub that bowling ball when I pass you. Right. All I want to hear is that. You know what I mean? So you really think you'll beat me though? Like, honestly. I don't think. I know this is my job.

That's like me saying I can cover you in your prime. I can't cover you. But I'm still in my prime. That's why I'm trying to understand why you think you beat me. You see what I'm saying? You're right. You're right about that. This is what I'll do. I'll just line it up.

I'll run you in the 200 because you can't run that mile. Oh, no. You don't want to do that. You don't want to do that. I'll run you in the 200. Listen, I'll run you in the 200 and then we're going to do this. We're going to do three routes. I'll to do three rounds. I'll cover you for three times. If I beat you in the race, I'm going to give you a chance

to win your money back. If I beat you, we got a double up. If you beat me, there's no money, but you're not going to beat me in 200. Okay, bet. You ain't got to worry about that, Q, because his hamstrings don't pop when he starts running at 200. That's what I'm saying.

That's what I'm getting at. Where, what I'm hearing, like, where I'm from, when somebody challenge you, like, you just line it up. I'm ready. I brought my spikes with me to Vegas. You got to. Yeah. So I'm just... I feel like you just talking. But you know about me, man. When I talk,

I walk, man. I hope you do, but I'm just saying this walk going to be a long walk, man. That's all I'm saying. It's going to be a long walk. All I can say is just line it up. Line it up. And that's with all due respect to an Olympic champion.

All due respect. I don't even talk crap. I'm going to tell you this. I got three track meets. I'll probably be done at the end of like probably September, end of September. I'll come out there to you. You ain't got to do none of that. I'll come be done at the end of like probably September, end of September. I come out there to you. You ain't got to do none of that.

I come out there to you on my own, dog. Right, right, right, right, right. We're going to put the 200 together. Right. And we're going to put the three rocks. You get three rocks. That's it.

Okay, make sure you have the cameras. Can we film it? Because I don't want no excuses when I beat you in the two. Okay, so look, if I beat you, you got to put some Adidas gear on. Adidas?

You see it? All right, bet. If I beat you, you got to put some Adidas gear on and we're going to come up with a dollar amount that we think is comfortable. 25 grand.

25 grand, we can do it. Yeah, because you're not going to beat me in the 200 man it's too much horsepower under this hood man so then so then if I'm not gonna beat you

in 200 that mean I gotta work hard to beat you in the rock there it is cause look I guess that mean I'm gonna come out 50 but I'm gonna tell you

what I'm gonna do in that 200 I'm gonna run that bowling ball when I pass you nah how you gonna pass me you not listen

you not even gonna be able to touch my shoulder. You're not gonna be in arms reach, man. This is what I do, man. You know how they ran in the 200, man, in high school? Let me guess. 17. A 17?

Yeah! Let me start playing. But man, you raw, boy. You raw, man. Thank you. I like this. You know what I mean? I. But, man, no, you raw, boy. You raw, man. Thank you. I like this. You know what I mean? I like it, man.

Q, you finally got the man back at the top of the podium. If you go back, I mean, we had won the 400 in every Olympics. We joined in 84 with Neighbors, 88 with Steve Lewis, Quincy in 92, obviously Michael in 96 and 2000. You had Warner. You had LaShawn Merritt, and so it's been 16 years since we stood on top of the podium

in the Open 400, we've dominated that race, you go back and look through history we've dominated, that's our race, we own that race, you're back you brought us back, you brought us back to our glory, what is it like did you know like damn man, we got the best

400-meter runners ever whole in the world and we hadn't been the top dog in a minute. Yeah, no, like I said,

the last couple years you got Wade from South Africa, you got Stevie from Bahamas. So, I mean, and Karani from Grenada. It's been hard

for us to win, but we got the depth with just having that top dog. We haven't had that top dog in a minute. And I mean, and Karani from Grenada, it's been hard for us to win. But we got the depth. We're just having that top dog. We haven't had that top dog in a minute. And I really haven't, like, set the time to, like, look at, like, stats and stuff like that. Because when I'm not in track, I'm out fishing. I'm out riding my horses. I'm out chilling, man.

So, I don't really watch track. I love track because I've been running since I was five. I love track. I don't really watch it. But just seeing, like, when I got done and knowing the statistics behind everything and everything, it just, you know, I mean, I've been running since I was five. I love Tripp. I don't really watch it, but just seeing when I got done and knowing the statistics behind everything and everything, it just... I've been running since I was five, so everything's really been put together.

It's been a lot of hard work, but I'm proud of where I've been and bringing back the whole home to USA. You know what I mean? That's live. We were talking about this earlier. Here are the fastest splits ever run. Michael Johnson,

42 91 is to guard that world championship. You had Jeremy Warner and Osaka, the world championship. He ran 42 93 Quincy Watson, the Olympic team, uh, that world record team, 43 10.

Um, Rob Benjamin ran 43, one, three in Paris and Jeremy Warner ran 43, 18 in Beijing. Um, the women, Mr. World record, ran 43-1-3 in Paris, and Jeremy Warner ran 43-18 in Beijing. The women missed the world record. Sydney McLaughlin tied the second-fastest split ever run by a woman,

Krachalova, and ran 47-60. Sydney ran 47-70. Madarina Koch ran 47-70. And Krachalova, again, in 83, ran 47-75. Now, those two women, and crashalova again in 83 ran 47 75 now those two women crashalova and coke are the only two that's ever been below 48 seconds there's only 48 47 99 and 47 60 yeah see it just put her name just put her name into that conversation yeah Yeah. She, like I said, I can't express how much she a dog, man. She go out there.

People smile. You seen her before she ran the 400 hurdles? She look mad. She got a point. She just look mad. She ain't joking around. She got a blank look. I mean, I was surprised that she dapped up Gabby Thomas.

Did you see her dap up Gabby Thomas? She's like, I'm ready. You ready? Okay, let's go. Man, listen. See, like I said, I can tell she got a kind heart. She a good person. But I feel like not even when she step on the train,

as soon as she leave the house, she just on bold. She ready to go. Like I said, I think I'm a dog. I think she a little bigger dog than me. See me? I take my hat off to her, man. She the one, man. But you know what, Q?

We talked to Michael, and Michael said, and he was talking about it, he says he thinks the race is going to come down between you and Hudson Smith. He says the reason why I'm kind of like Q, I like Q so much. Say Q that dog. He say Q is a dog. He say, when you hear them young boys talk about oh

he a dog he's cue is a dog he say cue is a go-getter he said if that race is close it's a rap you gonna come out on top remember remember what i told you on cue got something that you can't coach you born with that for sure you can't teach that that's already in you you you born with that listen you came on that curb and i'm looking i say okay you know when you throw that head back you know i thought you were in trouble you still had the strength i say oh boy the strength. I say, oh, boy, man, look at my dog. Let's go. Yeah.

Man. You see, a lot of people probably counted me out then, but if you look at all my past races and all my other races, when I come off that curve, I'm in the back. You know what I mean? I've never really been able to work on my foot speed because I'm fragile. I got a lot of hamstring issues. But when it comes to me coming off foot speed because I have, I'm fragile. I got like a lot of hamstring issues, but when it comes to like me coming off the curb,

US trials, I'm in the back last year, Budapest, I'm in the back. I'm in fifth place. But nah, I mean, as long as I don't quit,

man, I'm never out to race. You know what I mean? As long as we ain't never run, I'm never out to race. You know what I mean? So if you, if you count me out,

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They ran 315, 27th, eight consecutive gold medals. Kendall Ellis was the last second swap on the four by four. And she tweeted, imagine being told this morning you were running in the finals of the four by four, just to be told four minutes before call time that you're not. What's your take on this? Look, I don't know how well you know Kendall Ellis. And look, I think the coach is like, we want to win this.

We want to win the gold medal. And we want to put our best four runners out there. So what's your take on this, Q? Okay, so Kendall, she's a sweet girl. She doesn't mean no harm to nobody. But I feel like I see why it hurts her because she has an Olympic gold medal from, I think, the 2021 Tokyo games.

But when it comes to USA four by fours, you don't know, like we have no control. Us athletes have no control on who's going to be out there to be able to run or no control on, you know, when you got, you have no say so.

So I feel like coach Michelle, she, she, she, she put a relay together where she felt like she'll, she'll be bested. You know what I mean? So I feel for her at the end of the day.

Like, yo, you know, I was told I'll be running, but I'm not. Like I said, you're going to be bound to metal when you run for the USA 4x4. It's hard to argue, though. It's hard to argue. 315-27. Damn, man. That's messed up. You It's hard to argue. 315-27. Damn, man. That's messed up. You would know better than me.

Is there a reason why they chose someone else? In our meetings, they said based off performance. They're going to base us off of practices. They're going to watch us in practice. And they're going to base us off of basically our attitudes, how we look nervous and scared and all that stuff they go right right right everything i'm going to play on who they pick for the relay okay so i mean i guess they feel like they probably feel like kendall didn't have like the best week and somebody said he did have a good decent week but uh she went to the prelim she went to the recharge she made out the recharge

made it to the semi so i i really't have no say-so on that, but I feel like I said, if they would have picked Kendall out there, you'd see the gap. They still would have won. Yeah. Damn. Let me ask you this. Yesterday, Christian Coleman ran the fastest leadoff leg ever. He ran 9.86 in the

curve, which is the fastest first leg split ever recorded in the history of athletics. Usain Bolt, when he had that world record, he ran 9.92. What keeps happening to the man in the 4x1 queue? What the F keeps happening? I can tell you that

I genuinely don't know because I've never really been a part of a 4x1, but looking back at the video, Kenny kind of left a little early and Kenny's a cool dude. He left a lot early. He's a cool1, but looking back at the video, Kenny kind of left a little early. And Kenny's a cool dude. He left a lot early. He's a cool dude, but I feel like, like I said,

we don't really practice 4x1s together. Now, the team that they had out there pretty much trained together, but it was raining. I give him some slack, man. He left a lot early in. I know he felt bad for him because

he cost us a medal. I wouldn't say it was just him. You can blame us. You can blame the coach. We're a team. When you're a team, you got to blame everybody. We can't just point the fingers at Kenny. We got to point the fingers from the coaches all the way down to the first leg, last leg, and all that.

Kenny left a lot early. He could have left a little later, but nah. But Q, can I ask you this, Q? Yeah. Let me ask you this. In the prelim, Fred Curley ran second leg. If Noah Liza's the only one that's still changing,

why not just change his leg? Christian Coleman in the World Championship, he handed to Fred Curley. In the prelim, he handed to Fred Curley. In the prelims, he handed to Fred Curley. Why the hell would you move Fred Curley from second leg all the way to the anchor when the only thing that you've changed is Noah? I say, this is what I say, I say

they should have kept the relay to say as prelims. They qualified. Noah ran on the prelims? No. So yeah, I would have kept their relay to say, honestly, because the time that they ran, the qualifier that you ran, the prelims? No. So, yeah, I would have kept their relay the same, honestly, because the time that they ran, the qualifier that they ran 37-4, if they ran 37-4, they would have won it. So I feel like they should have just kept the same relay.

But, again, it's politics. You don't know how they – you don't know how – USAT, if they work their ways, coaches, they work their ways in their own situation. Like, I'm pretty sure y'all had some coaches. You'd be like, why do you do this? You couldn't answer the question because you'd have to. You know what I mean? Right.

So, I feel like they did what they thought was best. And it's always a learning experience. But, yeah, man, I feel like they should have kept it really the same from when they advanced from the first round. Like the females did it. I mean, like the four-by – you know what I mean? I feel like they should have kept it like the females did it. I think I mean I feel like the females did it I think the thing what happened was Noah

is that if you look at the women my name Quincy I know there you go Q he say he want he say he want to just follow that 400 we had a conversation we gonna line something up

me him and maybe somebody else we gonna line something up. Me, him, and maybe somebody else. We're going to line something up, and we're going to run good. But keep going. Hold on. He really want to challenge you at 400 meters? Yeah, I mean, you got to think. Noah's a dog, bro. Noah ain't going to back down.

Do you think he took what I said lightly? He didn't. But I'm respectful. I know you see what Tobogo ran the 4x4, right? Right. Yes. I feel like Noah, aago ran the 4x4, right? Right. Yes. I feel like Noah, a healthy Noah, will run something 44.

Like, Noah's not, Noah's not no... Really? Man, listen, y'all, people going off Noah's high school time, 47 or 45, but this man runs 19 seconds. For him to come through the first 221 flat is going to be nothing to this man.

Hmm. Wow. Bro, no, bro, listen, I know track know track i know energy systems i know the science behind this i know everything wow one thing i know i take my hat off to anybody that i'm not i'm not a hater or nothing no one's gonna run a good open 400 right now he will be a lot of people that think that he's not nobody. They actually run the 400, huh? Yes, bro. No, bro. Listen, if you run 19.4, 19.5, whatever he run, and then 21 will be nothing to him. It's a jog in the park. Then you got to tell him he got another 200 meters. Then in the last 100, you can't coach that.

That's just who you is. No one's a dog, bro. He's not in the conversation of being one of the fastest men in the world ever to run for no reason. Can I ask you this? What's going on with Michael Norman? What's in his head? I mean, the guy's run 43 folks, Q.

Well, it just seems like when he get on the big stages, it's just like, I don't know, maybe the moment, maybe his anxious, maybe his nerves, maybe he can't control his emotions. But this guy, you look at him in college and you look at the times that like and I don't like to say

meets aren't important because if you line up it's an important meet because they're tracking it and you know whatever the case may be but this guy's run 43-4 yeah

well I feel like Norman he's a ticking time but you can't the time you sleep on him is the time he shows up so I mean,

I feel like Norman's been having a lot of injury problems. I've been seeing him through the whole week getting treatment and stuff, so I don't think it's a facade or nothing, but I feel like Norman, he's been having a lot of treatment problems. He's probably been up and down in the sport from the 100 to the 400,

so he's probably finding his way back to the event. But one thing about Norman is with another couple of athletes, when he does get back in his form, he's one of the scariest men. You know what I mean? 23-4 and being in college or 43-4 or whatever, whenever the time he ran it. Norman's a dog. It's just you don't know when he's going to run it.

You don't know how he's going to run it. You don't know how he's going to run it. But Norman, Norman, I keep sleeping on Norman. He don't show up. He don't show up. But like, people talk about

the last couple years how he wasn't being up and performing, but I wouldn't bet against him. You know what I mean? I wouldn't keep, I wouldn't keep downplaying him

who he is because he's not, he's not Michael Norman for a reason. Hey, what's next for Norman for a reason. Hey, what's next for you? Obviously, Olympics is over. You get to chill.

Now, family time. What do you like to do? I'm going tomorrow or Monday. I head to Monday. I'm getting ready for these Diamond League meets because I don't want to keep flying back home and stuff. I'm getting ready for these Diamond League meets and I'm probably running three Diamond League meets and I'm hopefully trying to keep flying back home and stuff. So I'm getting ready for these Diamond League meets and I'm probably running three Diamond League meets and I'm hopefully

trying to bring back the Diamond League finals. They got like a diamond. So I'm going to bring that back if I can. You know what I mean? I'm going to do my best. I'm going to run it. I'm a humble so I don't like talking about what I'm going to do. I just rather do it. But no, I want to bring back the Diamond League back home before

I come home. And then after that, I'm just chilling, man. I'm trying to see my daughters. I'm trying to go it. But nah, I want to bring the diamond back home before I come home. And then after that, I'm just chilling, man. I'm trying to see my daughters. I'm trying to go fishing. I'm trying to get back in the woods, get in the country. But first, I'm going to stop by you and go ahead, you know what I mean? Stop by who?

Don't let him about to hook you. Don't let him about to hook you. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Listen, I was finna let you slide, but now mad about the hook. Don't mad about the hook, Q. Listen. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Listen, I was finna let you slide, but now you poking the bell. Now you poking the bell. I mean, I got to poke the bell because you came to me on social media. You haven't seen that.

They calling my phone. You finna rate me. You finna rate me. I already lowered the meters for you, so we're going to go 200. We're not going to go for a movie. All right. I mean, listen, make it light on yourself. We can do the 100. We can do the 100. We could do the 100.

Dog, my foot speed like that, man. You know what? I understand. It's Ocho. It's Ocho. You know what I told him? You know what I ran in the 100 in high school? You know what this man fear?

This man fear God. I don't think he God. Listen, I fear him too. God wouldn't race me, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm like that. That's my race me though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm like that. That's my dog. I talk to him all the time.

So look, whenever you're ready, you can do a hundred. We can do whatever you're ready, but before I do my fishing and go see anybody and end my business, I'm going to be an ultra back y'all. Man, I mean, holla at your boy.

As a matter of fact, we ain't running no track. We running light pole to light pole like we do out in the city. Light pole to light pole. Light pole to the city. Light pole to light pole. Light pole to light pole. Light pole to light pole. Hold on, hold on.

No shoes, man. Just socks. No shoes. Yeah. Okay, you know. No shoes. Yeah. You about your business.

You about your business. I like that. I'm going to wake up and yawn and I'm ready to go get money. Oh, I don't even scratch. You ain't saying nothing. And I just told you. I ain't say nothing about stretching

I said I'm moving I'm ready to go get my dog you know what how about this here Q after you and Ocho race you and I we can go fishing cause I like to fish

I grew up in the country so and you from Missouri it looks like you like to fish you got dogs I love dogs you love dogs you like to fish so after you and Ocho

y'all have y'all thing let's go catch a method fish let's all go fishing I really like what kind of fish i don't fish i don't fish that shit boring boy i can't say that you probably you probably catfishing and crappy fishing and brimfish no we catfish maybe we bass fish where you you active fishing the whole time you you willing now you bring it in you will not bring it in. You catching fish. You not waiting for it. Yeah, you not fishing for a bite. You going to get the bite.

It take too long. If you bad fishing, you got to know what you doing. You got to know the right tip. You got to know what you throwing. You got to know when to throw it. It's a lot to come with it, bro. You'll like fishing if you know how to fish. We could do a crank. Can I smoke my cigar?

You can do what you want to do. If I can smoke, I'll be alright for a few hours. The fish? Okay. We can use a jelly. We can use a crank. We can use a jig. We can use a rep. We can do whatever you want to do. I'm just saying, Quincy, I got real confidence in me now. When you talk about that

running, I can't run with you. But when it comes to that fishing, don't play Quincy. No, I mean, you want to... Why y'all coming at me like I told y'all? Nah, you up there talking about you want to bass fishing. Talking about we don't do no catfishing, crashing, and purging. We don't do no catfishing, brim fishing.

We doing the fish fry, but if we going out, we bass fishing. I mean, I feel like you coming at me now, so I got to put some... I said we was going fishing. I mean, I feel like you're coming at me now, so I got to put some work into it. I said we was going fishing. All I said, we was going fishing. You could have just left it at that.

We can go fishing. I'm just competitive, man. We can go fishing. We can go fishing. We can go fishing. I'm in South Carolina. You know what I mean? So you got to let me know where y'all going. I'm going to pull up.

What part of South Carolina are you in? My brother lives in Columbia. That's where I'm at. He went to you. He went to you. I see you transferred from Juco and went to University. He went to the Gamecocks also. That's where I'm at.

I got a little job boat out there too. Okay. That's what's up. We can do whatever. We can do whatever y'all want to do. We can fish. What kind of fish are you fishing with? Open face or a bait cast look here man i see no i don't need all that fancy tech so you

want all that give me that i take that zip code 33 i take a cane i take a cane pole it don't make no difference to me yeah i'll take a cane pole. It don't make no difference to me. I take a cane pole. We can share a fish, or we can get in the boat and go out. It don't make no difference to me. How you looking over your shoulder? How you doing that, man?

Don't worry about all that. Don't worry about that. I tell you what, I bet you I'll come back with a nice mess of fish. You might. You might. It depends on what you got on the internet. It depends on what you're fishing with. You don't worry about what i'm fishing with don't worry about what's on the end of your thank you man i appreciate that man congratulations on your gold medal winning performance

best of luck the rest of the season and the diamond leagues meet look forward to talking to you again soon bro thank you hey i don't have no hat, so I'm taking my glasses off. Boy, I salute you, boy. You one of the real ones, boy. Like, seriously. Boy, I salute you. Yes, sir. I appreciate it.

Like I said, anytime I step on that line, y'all going to see the same type of performance, man. I'm going to give it all my all, you know what I mean? For my fans, my family, my daughters, to my animals, anything I got, I'm going to go out there and put it on my all, you know what I mean? And for my brand, Adidas, man. Yes, sir. I know your'm going to go out there and put it on my heart, you know what I mean? And for my brand of Jesus, man. Yes, sir. I know your family. I know

everybody in your hometown's proud. All of America's proud, especially those that watch and listen to Nightcap. Quincy, sincerely, from the bottom of our hearts, congratulations on what you've ever accomplished. Tell your family we said hello, and best of luck the rest of the season. I appreciate it. Shout out Nightcap, man. I appreciate y'all having me tonight, man.

That's all. Love. But we got that package coming. All right. All right. Hold on. Look. We got a package coming, though. Hey, we're going to get in touch with your representative

and we got something coming for you. I appreciate that. Like I said, you know what I mean? I'm waiting. You know what I mean? I'm waiting. You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? Now you're good. Oh, it'll be there.

You'll get it. Like I said, before we got to work on this race, 200-minute race, 200-minute race, and I got to go ahead and outfish you, man. No tight lines. He's still calling me out. Get off this line, man. You ready for your race, man. All right, man. You're running for your life, man. All right, man.

Have a good one, Q, man. Right on. That was live. That was it? We good? That was it, bro. Yeah, we good. All right, I appreciate it. Man, now that...

I like Q, bro that I like you boy I like that he great dude man it ain't too many before you go it ain't too many like that in track boy remember when we talked about about having that it factor

and have that aura and that where people just gravitate to you, man, he got all the bells and the whistles, boy. He the real deal. Yeah, for sure. Y'all go follow Quincy. Let's get his IG and his Twitter follows up.

What's his IG? I just tweeted him too before we started the show. Dog with two G's. Dog with two g's a eight bg so y'all make sure you go follow me he's a man he was a great dude oh so let's get to this basketball the americans beat the french on their home court fifth consecutive gold medal in a rematch of the tokyo olympic finals from three years ago steph curry led the u.s with 24 points he drained four crucial three points uh three minutes Curry led the U.S. with 24 points. He drained four crucial three points three minutes

ago, including the game clincher with 33 seconds left for a nine point advantage. FIBA named LeBron as the MVP of the 2024 Olympics, along with the all-star lineup, Dennis Schroeder from Germany, Steph Curry, Victor Wimbinyama, and Nikola

Jokic of Serbia. LeBron James was the MVP. I mean, question. Chat, just for y'all as well. Deserving of the MVP, or would you give it to somebody else? What do you think? I think LeBron, from start

to finish, played best. The most consistent. I think that if you look at Steph, if you look at Steph's last two games, he was good. But if you look at from start to finish, I think LeBron deserved it. Okay. Yeah.

Dennis Schroeder says Euro basketball is the perfect advantage to Team USA. Let's take a listen to what Schroeder had to say. We're sorry for the technical difficulties. That was not on our end. That was a, and I guess that was kind of like what was disseminated throughout. So, but basically what he's saying is that it's a very different brand of

basketball in the NBA. It's not about entertainment. It's about smart basketball players, knowing to make the right play, when to make the right play being unself make the right play, being unselfish. And you basically said the Europeans are coming and they are.

The best basketball players play in the NBA. The best football players play where, Ocho? In the NFL. So the best basketball players. But when they go back to their countries,

most of these guys have been playing together. They play the Euro style. They've been playing together. They play the Euro style. They've been playing together. They've been playing this style of basketball for the longest time. And that's why, for the most part, Ocho, when we look at Europeans, nobody say, oh, they're entertaining. There ain't nobody dunking and doing anything fancy.

It's basically just Luka. He's not dunking the ball. Jokic is not dunking the ball. Giannis is like two steps. It's not no smooth fadeaway like we see Katie, like we see LeBron, like we see Steph Curry. The American is like us and Americans like more entertainment. They're playing fundamentally sound basketball.

So like everybody like Tim Duncan. Yep. Yep. Yep. And so maybe the NBA need to adopt some of those rules. So all of a sudden now, you don't have the big change from NBA rules to FIBA. Because it's a big, I mean, the line is closer in FIBA. Don't know three seconds.

You can go 10. There's a lot. And they let you play a lot more physically in feeble than they do in the nba you you think that would be those rule changes that they have in feeble you think those would translate well to the nba especially in today's game the guys will adjust the guys will adjust yeah you you imagine no three seconds? Could you imagine no goaltending? Listen, if they go back to playing physical, as opposed to, you know, we always make fun of the NBA team today saying that today's game is not, they don't play defense. You know, any given night a team can score 120, can score 130.

I'm not sure Mr. Silver would be in favor of. No, but it's kind of like, it's kind of like 80s, not 80s, late 80s, early 90s, mid 90s basketball,

Ocho, not that physical. Okay. Okay. But it's kind of like that where they let you play a little bit more. All that flopping,

they ain't calling all that flopping. Right, right, right, right, right. No, you earn your, you earn your files and fever. You, right, right, right, right. No, you earned your

5,000 FIBA. You earned your 5,000 FIBA, but congratulations to the men. We're standing on top of the podium again. Are we tied or are we still one behind China for gold medals? We've won the total, but I think we were one behind China. I think we

had 38, they had 39 with the women left. Oh, okay. Okay. As far as gold medals, first and gold medals, we got the most, we're like 30 ahead of them. We're 30 ahead of China for total medals,

but they're one of, they're one ahead of us. Okay. Women, we got the women tomorrow. They play, they play the French team. So that,

that would tie that we would tie for goals against China? 39-39, yep. Masai Russell wins gold in the women's 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.33. If I'm not mistaken, she's the first since Breonna McNeil

won in Rio in 2016, right? I think that's when the first since Brianna McNeil won in Rio in 2016, right? I think that's when she got married. I don't know if McNeil is still her last name, Ocho, University of Clemson grad, but I think she's the last American to stand atop the podium in the hurdles

for the women. Because last, Macho Quinn, Macho Quinn from Puerto Rico, she's still atop the podium. She got the bronze this time. Congratulations. Because last up, Macho Quinn. Macho Quinn from Puerto Rico. She's still the top of the podium. She got the bronze this time. Congratulations, Masai. Salute. Boy,

they be moving over them hurdles, boy. They did. It was close, too. That was a photo. Oh, yeah.

It was a photo finish, damn near like the 100 was for the men. Yeah. I mean, there was a lot of, I mean, you go back and look at the men's 800 meters. It was a photo finish. There were like the 100 was for the men. Yeah. I mean, there was a lot of – I mean, you go back and look at the men's 800 meters.

It was a photo finish. There were a lot – I mean, think about it, Ocho. You run two laps, and it come down to a photo finish. We don't normally see a whole lot of photos, especially in the distance races. But, I mean – and I think you had four men that ran sub-142. I think that was Brianna Rollins. McNeil is her name now. Okay, Brianna Rollins.

She was the last to stand atop the podium. So congratulations to Marci Russell. Gold medal winning performance in the 100-meter hurdles. What else we got, Ocho? We got Schroeder. We got that. Oh, wait, wait. U.S. women's national team won gold.

They beat Brazil 1-0. Swanson and gold in the 57th minute. And it seems and it seems like. We kind of back because we had over the last couple of years, though, we hadn't been what the American women are normally thought to be. And we also we also went young. Yeah, we also went young. So that big three.

Yeah. What was I forgot what the name is. They want to call themselves. What is it? Three? Espresso? Something like that? Yeah. Trinity Espresso Trinity something.

I like it. Trinity Rodman is one of them. What do they call themselves, Chad? I saw, I was reading about what they wanted to call themselves. Something expresso.

Trinity Expresso. That's what it is? Triple Expresso. Triple. Triple. No, Triple Expresso. That's a good one.

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Y'all gonna like this. Guys, I'm sorry. Tate with Nadja Houston. And here's the Ocho and I interview with Nadja Houston. Guys, yeah, right now, guys, we have some difficulties. We were going to play that interview for you. Once we get that worked out, hopefully we can bring you that interview in its entirety. Ocho, have you seen the video?

It's gone viral. Dion, we can't play the video? It's gone viral. Dion. Oh, we can't we can't play the video, but Dion has some choice. I think it is a reporter that always he always attacks Dion. He always attack the team. He always attacks everything that they do do. So I understood. I think you have two different sides here. Right. As a reporter, you have a job to do correct and when the job is not being done as seen from the lens of the person doing the reporting then it's normally seen as as an attack right it's a new season and still this specific reporter continually continuously writes bad things about prime and continuously writes bad things about the program and i think prime is is fed up with it you know with this

certain individual this certain individual who continuously does nothing positive it's always in a negative light and i think he's just fed up with i think some people wouldn't be on prime side as far as handling the situation this way and just not answering the guy's questions at all when prime was trying to ask him why do you continuously do this like what is wrong with you like what's going on where can i help you in life to where you continuously uh berate our program as a reporter for us and And it just, I kind of understand where the vibe is coming from. Is he a reporter for them or he's just, or he just covered, is that their beat reporter,

Ash? Is the guy that covers for, I think he's just a national reporter, just happened to cover the college football, or is he the Buffalo's beat reporter? Right. Okay. Oh, the guy that wrote the article is not so who is the guy

asking what is the guy that's asking oh he's the local CBS okay he's the local CBS affiliate reporter and I think what he he wrote that time was the second worst coach in the Big 12.

I think that was one of the things. Right. Yeah. I think the thing is, Ocho, I get it. And sometimes, like, it's like, if somebody, let's just say from some network, says something negative about you and then

like well i ain't doing no interviews with said network right when it was just one person and so i think that's what time time is looking at like i'm done with cbs i i anybody from cbs is like he kind of like do you think it's cbs or maybe i think if it was I think it's that specific individual. I think that specific individual represents CBS and Prime is sick of the attacks from him specifically. And I think if CBS sent another affiliate

or another field reporter, he'd probably talk to them. And it wouldn't be a problem but he's just sick of that individual and everything being goddamn negative. Everything. Well, I think the thing is, we'll find out. We'll find out if it's that because I'm sure if that's the case, they'll have another guy that's from CBS or a woman reporter from CBS. And they'll go try to ask questions, too.

And we'll see if it's an isolated incident involving that particular reporter or it's a broader issue at hand here so um it's tough yeah it's a tough situation because you're a coach and we don't that you don't get to do things like say like a normal player because you're the you know you're the ceo you're the reflection that you're the embodiment of the institution and you know you try to say and you know you know, sometimes it gets hard. I'm not going to tell anybody that it doesn't. It gets hard sometimes turning the other cheek when people constantly attack you. And everybody says, oh, just it's easy for you to say because you're not the one that's

getting attacked in that position. So it's easy for you to say, well, this is what I would do when you've never been in that situation to know what you would or wouldn't do. I see both sides of it having been in this. When you become a professional athlete or you become a celebrity or an actor, entertainer, whatever the case may be,

spotlight, fame and fortune. For me, I take the fortune. Y'all keep the fame. People say, well, that's what you signed up for. Fame and fortune. For me, I take the fortune. Y'all keep the fame. But it is, you know, and you know, people say, well, that's what you signed up for. Nah, no, I didn't. Yeah.

I didn't know people were going to just say, just outright lie and just say whatever they wanted to say. No, I didn't. Because it used to be, it used to be a situation, don't you know? The media reported, they looked out for the players.

They might have saw a player doing something, never knew about it. Let a reporter see somebody do something now. It's different now because you have to understand, now the media has to catch up to us because this is what social media has done. Social media has eliminated the middleman so the media ain't even needed now because we can say what we want to say and we have our own voice and our own outlet so we don't you yeah however think about it during your day

and during my day where i caught social media uh i caught on the tail end of my career, but however we were to be perceived and represented, the media handled that. The media wasn't controlled or how we're viewed by the public. Now, once social media comes along, oh, the middleman isn't needed anymore because anything players need to say, they can press, they can hit the send button. Now you have to be careful on what you say

when you want to get your thoughts across. But now, listen, social media has been big it's been really good good and bad it has its pros and its cons depending on who the person has does everything yes exactly right some people know how to carry themselves some people don't you have to know what lines to cross some people do some people don't and um listen it's been a great tool for for athletes it's been a great tool for athletes allowing them to engage with fans allowing fans inside their world i think social media has been a great thing for them a lot of a lot of athletes listen i like the stuff that katie does i like katie being a super duper star and actually taking the time whether it's

positive or negative going back going back with folks going back with folk it, whether it's positive or negative, going back with folks. Going back with folks. It's cool. It's cool. It's just the thought of having access to someone that you watch on TV, that's like the coolest thing in the world to me. It's like the coolest thing in the world.

If I'm not mistaken, CBS posted a story, but I think the guy worked for the local paper in Colorado. So I think that's the guy worked for the local paper in Colorado. So I think that's the issue. He's local. CBS just posted a story. He doesn't have any... I don't think he

has an issue with CBS. He has an issue. And I'm not so sure he has an issue with the paper. He has an issue with a said individual. Because he that same person. Because he's the one that's constantly trying to

get up on the scene, seemingly like he's trying to get up on the time scale. Time ain't gonna break, though. He ain't gonna break, not in that atmosphere, not in that environment. But what he will do, he'll shut you out. He'll shut you out, he won't talk to you.

Right. And that't talk to you. Right. And that seems to what happened. Oh, Joe, we forgot. Shelby McEwen loses high jump on a tiebreaker. The two men had 11 straight misses. The bar was lowered during a jump off, and Kerr finally broke the streak. Failures when he got over 2.34 meters, which is 7.8 inches to take gold. McEwen had left with the silver, both he and Kerr having

cleared 236, 7.8 and a half. But they said, no, McEwen, I think McEwen was the one that said he wanted to jump off, right? Because they could have shared just like Martuz Barshim from Bahrain and Giancarlo Tambiri

of Italy, they shared the gold medal last year so they got two golds they both got gold yeah that's dope, that's dope I'm walking away, hey, okay bro we tied, okay I'm good yeah, hey but I'm getting the gold medal, but he said hell no huh

yeah, and he got the silver damn that jump off I bet that jump off was that but you think about it oh joe you had done cleared if i'm not mistaken i think he had cleared two heights he had never cleared before right so those are personal bets yes okay you also have to factor in you're tired oh yeah the more. The more you jump. Yeah. Yeah. You only got so many hops in those legs. I'm like, you know what?

I'm good. I ain't lying. I would have. Yeah. I would have. Yeah. The gold medal? I mean, it's not like it would have been the first time. Yeah, I won a gold medal. Yeah, but you tied. So it don't count. Yeah, been the first time yeah I won a gold medal

yeah but you tied so it don't count yeah it does I gotta go I don't give a damn if three people tied I gotta go I got one you're exactly right so the US had to settle for silver congratulations Shelby McEwen

personal best he got over seven foot eight and a half only a handful of American men I think Congratulations, Shelby McEwen. Personal best. He got over 7'8 1⁄2". Only a handful of American men. I think Thomas, I think he might have been the last man to win Charles Thomas. I think he was the last man to win the high jump in 96 in Atlanta. And I think he went 7'10 1⁄4". Can you check that, Ash? I'm pretty sure it's Charles Thomas in 96 was the last

American man to win the high jump. That's what I'm thinking. So, we got to count on the women basketball team to tie China, because if he had accepted the goal, we would have tied for China, and then the women win. And we would have been up one.

Been up one been up one so well that's it what is it Jordan Childs might have to return her bronze medal she won the floor exercise in the final in Paris the court of arbitration of sports rules

said that the judge impaneled women's floor exercise improperly granted an inquiry that increased Child's score and moved her into the bronze medal position. The Swiss-based court found that Child's appeal was submitted past the one-minute deadline for such requests and therefore should not have been granted.

As a result, CAS said the American gymnast should have received a score of 13.66 in the event, which would have placed her fifth just shy of the Olympic podium. United States Gymnastics and the USOPC said in a statement, they were

devastated by Saturday's ruling, arguing that the anchoring child score filed in good faith and in accordance with the rules. So she goes from possibly having a bronze medal to fifth. And they can appeal that right no Thomas in 96

Eric Kennard yeah Eric Kennard won the gold and so that was in London I was wrong Eric Kennard won the gold in the high jump in 2012 in London. Man, damn. Boy, that'd be, ooh-wee. Man, wait a minute.

That'd be tough, Ocho. So you can't appeal? So if once they can appeal, they said that when she appealed, you only get one minute minute you get one minute right to file your appeal they said she filed the appeal outside of the one minute therefore it should have been nullified you know what all right all right oh joe it's time for Q&A yeah

we don't have any animation we're having technical difficulties I'm sorry about that guys our first Lanny Ray says hey guys I won't see this question being read but gotta get

get it out enjoy nice Minnesota weather before the winter comes question is who do you think will lead the U.S. basketball team in 2028 well I think Book's gonna be on that team again I think will lead the U.S. basketball team in 2028? Well, I think

Book's going to be on that team again. I think Ant-Man's going to be on that team again. Jason Tatum. Jason Tatum. Who do you think is the young guy? If Zion can stay healthy.

Ooh, that's nasty. Mm-hmm. Everybody you just named, imagine them playing in the 2028 Olympics. Maybe, who knows? We need a big. I don't know. We need a big.

Yeah. I mean, what you call them? Bam. Bam will still be back. Maybe AD. Man, they... We definitely need some big because that's what

Wimba Yama. Yolk probably still will be around. It'll be interesting to see. Yannis for the Greek team will still be around. It's going to be interesting. Maybe Chet Holmgren. You see Tyrese Max. Tyrese Max is playing well.

And so, but I think guys that we know for sure, injury notwithstanding, Ant-Man, Book, JT, and probably Bam because of the age. It'd be interesting. I think, how old is AD? 32? So in four years. It'd be interesting. How old is AD? 32? In four years, he'd be 36. I think AD is 32.

I didn't know that. He's 31. He's just turned 31. He turned 31 in March. 35, that's not bad. AD is 35 right now. I think Steph is like 35, 36.

So, I mean, that's well within his range in which AD could play if he's healthy, if he wants to do it. I mean, it's right there. So that's always a great thing to not have to leave and go out of the country and leave your family. Blake, first time catching you guys. Chef Curry

was cooking today in Team USA won on Lakers and the Olympic jersey of 8-10-24. Yes, they did. They played they played they played today. They didn't mess around no chance.

They knew you was on, that you were in somebody else's backyard. Listen, the way Serbia looked, they didn't want to deal with that. They didn't want to deal with that. So you come out, hand you your business,

the first time, you ain't got to worry about coming back. You ain't got to worry about no goddamn deficits, especially deficits by that much. Yeah. I don't know if you about no goddamn deficits, especially deficits by that much. Yeah. I don't know if you get down by 15 against the French team with that crowd into it. Now,

all of a sudden the crowd plays into the ref and all of a sudden they, you're all the file. And so you never want to be in a situation. No show where a heave shot, a missed call or made call could potentially cost you the game. So, congratulations to the

United States men's basketball team. Goal, what, fifth straight time since 08? 8, 12, 16, 21, so five straight Olympics that the men's team has won. Oh, plus the women's in the gold medal round.

Volleyball. So we got two chances. Yeah. So we still got an opportunity to get them. Yeah, yeah. We're going to get that. We're going to get it. We're going to get that. We're going to get it. We're going to get the most goals.

Buckley said, first time I seen Quincy run was in Kansas City against my cousin, Mark Quinn, when they were kids. Was surprised to see you run on TV. Congrats, champ. Aiden Yankori said, what's up, Uncle Nocho? My wife,

Alessandria, and I just celebrated our two year anniversary. We love watching you show. Can we get a shout out? Bro, congratulations. Happy second wedding anniversary. Hopefully make it to the five year. What's five? And then you got 10, which is gold, which is 25, which is silver.

And then 50 is what? What 50? Diamond? I'm asking you, Ash. What's a five-year wedding anniversary, 10-year, 25? Because I think that's how it goes. It goes 5, 10, 25,

50. For real? Yeah. Hey, what happened? You know what? I can't wait to jump. Man, I'm trying to get that diamond. Oh, Lord have mercy. Ash, you got the slowest computer. First anniversary

is paper. Second anniversary is cotton. Third is leather. Fourth is fruit of flowers. Fifth is wood. Ten is tin or titanium, aluminum. Damn. Man, they got some blowjobs. 25 is 25. Hold on.

25 is silver. 50 is gold. 60 is diamond. Y'all need to change this up. Ain't a whole lot of people getting to 60. I wonder what's the record

to love someone when somebody's been married. Probably like, what, 80, 85 years? Maybe 90. And? Because ain't nobody ever been married. Ain't nobody been married no hundred years. I'm talking about in modern time.

I mean, you and I go back to the Bible when the people were living 500, 600 years. But I don't think nobody in modern time been married no hundred years. Why do you think everybody get divorced? You know, I think in today's era, today's society, I think we have so many choices, so many when something goes wrong, you know what, forget this, I'm out.

I think women, I love all my women, you know, regardless of color, race, I don't care about that shit. But I think today we are so caught up in aesthetics. We love weddings, not actual marriage. I don't know if that makes sense. Chat, y'all stay with me a little bit now. There's a difference. There's a difference. There's a difference between the two. They love the weddings.

They don't like marriage and everything that it entails. Now, I could be wrong, but I'm just basing my thoughts and what I think based on statistics because the stats don't lie. And if you ask people

that have been married before, every time you ask them, why did you divorce? I guarantee you ask a hundred people, why you divorced? The goddamn answer is about the same every time. It'd be the same reason every time. Uh, I think the thing is Ocho, because everybody thinks everybody's replaceable. Yep.

So there's somebody that looks just as good. There's a guy that makes just as much as my husband. Oh, even better? Maybe not a little more. Yeah. There's always better. Always. Yeah.

No matter who you pick. For sure. There's always better, but it's better always good for you. Because you have to understand what comes with better as well. Women love to say, oh,

I'm going to go get a man with a bigger bag. Well, let's make sure you understand what comes with the territory with that man with better as well. Women love to say, oh, I'm going to go get a man with a bigger bag. Well, let's make sure you understand what comes with the territory with that man with the bigger bag. Because you're going to be miserable anyway. At some point. Don't you want what you want when you want it? Talk to me now. So, they're like, okay,

I'm not happy. Come on now. I can do bad by myself. I'm sure you. Come on now. Cause they're like, I can, I can be, I can do bad by myself. Yeah, I'm sure you can. Okay. All right.

You could, and you can do worse with somebody else. You think about leaving me? Hey, they always, they always envision the grass is greener on the other side based off of aesthetics in the way things look. Or what somebody has.

You look a certain way, you dress a certain way, you drive a certain car, you got a certain house. Man, boy. Understand what come with the territory. Read the fine print like my grandma used to say. Read the fine print now. The grass ain't always green on the other side.

Drain Master said, USA, USA, Uncle Nocho, I can help y'all with those payments if need be USA USA USA yeah come on send me a little something Upgrade King said greetings 84 85

and Ash and the crew Ocho act like that gum in your hair and cut it out you always gonna be the Olympic athlete we love you regardless King hold on. Wait a minute. He said, I ain't going to beat no Yossi

because we're going to have the footage. We're going to have the footage. I got my spikes with me to train too. KT Lawson, LeBron has to play in the Olympics at LA in 28. How will LeBron be? He's about to turn 40,

so he'll be just shy of his 44th birthday. What do you think? The way he take care of his body? Will they even allow him? No. No. He ain't gonna want to. LeBron ain't gonna be playing until he's 44. That'll be going

into year 26. He might make it to 30s then, might as well. He's going to play with Bryce now. Watch. Again, watch. Just think about that, Unc. He get to play with his

son, man. Not in the Olympics? No, I'm not talking about the Olympics. I'm just changing the subject back to Like can you imagine If you was the writer of story You know what? I want to have a child With my childhood sweetheart High school sweetheart

And one day I want to make it to the NBA Not only make it to the NBA But play long enough To be able to play with my son Like that's a movie script That's a movie script That's a movie Let alone for it to happen

in real life though all the stars have to align for that to happen and they've done just that that's dope as hell to me yeah but at that point in time i think he's gonna probably want to there's other things he wants to um wants to own an nba team there are other things more than playing yeah but more than playing basketball. So I think that's kind of the direction that he kind of wants to head in. Guys, we had this interview with Nigel Houston. Right now

we're having difficulties, technicalities with it, hard to get it loaded, and it's having a hard time with the voice going in and out. So we're sorry about that, but we're going to play that interview for you at a later in and out. So we're sorry about that, but we're going to play that interview for you at a later date and time.

But we're really sorry. That's it. Ocho. That concludes our show for today. Hey, let's go to dinner real quick. Who? Me, all of us. Who is all of us?

Like, me, you, Ash. I mean, everybody. I don't know. I'm for the go to Soul Food Cafe. No. Shelly's here. So, she already made reservations somewhere.

Well, damn. I got... And plus, I got... What you call them, too? What? I still got a pack for the for the tour you don't need no clothes

all I'm bringing is my shirt I'm wearing the same shirt for every tour but that's not the only thing I'm doing while I'm there oh see you big time alright I gotta kill I gotta kill a lot of birds with one

stone. So when I'm somewhere, I just can't go somewhere just to do one thing. I need to do multiple things in order to make it worth my while and my time. Okay. See what I'm saying? So when I go somewhere, okay, what else can I get done while

I'm there? That's how I think on that, Ocho. Guys, thank you for joining us. Thank our special guest, Quincy Hall. Also, we have this interview with Naja Houston that we're going to have to play for you at a later date and time. Congratulations to the men's basketball team. They won gold.

Congratulations to the women's soccer team. They won gold. Congratulations to both the men and women 4x400 meter relay teams. The women set an American record. The women set an American record. The men set an Olympic record. Masai Russell won the women's gold medal in the 100 meter hurdles. Unbelievable. Who else?

Somebody else did something special that we need to talk about. Did anybody else do anything? The U.S. Women's National Soccer. They won. Yeah, we won. We won the gold in that beat. Brazil won nothing. Oh, no.

Fifty seven. Many go. Oh, Shelby McCune. He won the silver medal in the high jump. Congratulations to all the people, all the winners today. The gold medal winner, several better winners. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us for another episode

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