The Bobby Bones Show - 25W: Soccer Over Baseball? Bobby Makes His Case + The Origin of Getting Buzzed + Eddie’s Daredevil Days Are Over

Episode Date: July 10, 2026

Bobby makes his case for why soccer might be more entertaining than baseball, explaining why it may have the edge when it comes to winning over casual fans. Then, the guy's dive into the origin story ...behind why people say they feel “buzzed” from alcohol and how the phrase became part of everyday language. Plus, Eddie realizes his daredevil days may be behind him after deciding some risks just aren’t worth it anymore. Follow the Show: @25WhistlesSports  Follow the Crew: @MrBobbyBones @ProducerEddie @KickoffKevin @MikeDeestro @BrandonRayMusic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:02:15 It's a podcast Everybody, all right blow the whistle I don't know I don't like soccer anymore Oh are you done? I watched the end of that Argentina Egypt game When Argentina came back
Starting point is 00:02:36 Because I saw they were down 2-0 Been a couple days ago. And I thought, oh, this is interesting to watch Egypt beat Argentina. And they scored three goals, and that was cool. If I know when they're going to score, I'll turn it on. But you don't know. I know.
Starting point is 00:02:47 That's the problem. I'm out. U.S. isn't in it? Oh, I'm still in it. I'm out. If Mexico was in, I'd be in. Dude, all are Canada's out. Mexico's out.
Starting point is 00:02:58 We're out. North America, done. See, the ticket sales have gone way down for all the games because all the host cities or nations are out. Yeah. If it's close at the end, I might turn it on. I love penalty kicks. If I can get some penalty kicks. And the actual soccer fans hate penalty kicks because they say, what a terrible way to end a game, right?
Starting point is 00:03:18 Yeah. But wouldn't you rather end it with penalty kicks than a tie? Yes. And also, penalty kicks are fun. They should do them during a hydration break. Like, while everybody else is getting water, they should do three penalty kicks. Yes. I feel bad for the goalie on those things.
Starting point is 00:03:32 Like, it's just all on the goalie. And then, like, you're going to get nailed. You hope to get nailed I know but it's also going to hurt Yeah I'm over it I wouldn't be over it But America's out
Starting point is 00:03:46 Yeah I don't only know anybody else Other than messy What I think Embapa you know Mbapé I know him I know he's French I don't only know him I don't watch them because I don't watch
Starting point is 00:03:53 Premier League Anything I see would be What's our version called MLS? MLS Would be that if it's on Apple And it's up because they put it up at the top of the screen Sometimes and it just fires off And it starts playing
Starting point is 00:04:04 And I watch a little bit Yes That's about it Erling, Holland. That guy's awesome. That's the guy. I was watching him play golf yesterday. What?
Starting point is 00:04:13 Really? I got his day off? That's cool. Somebody was recording him play golf. And he's 6'4, you know, over 200 pounds. Yeah. And now he pops up in my algorithm. That's why I was watching him play golf.
Starting point is 00:04:23 But I was watching him kick and hit the post over and over again on purpose during practice. That's cool. So hard. Really? He kicks so hard. Wham! Wham! He's a beast. And it's fun because Norway's a bunch of little kids and him. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:04:42 There's like nine people that live there. I've been there. It's awesome. Love the country. And it's cold. So it's not like they have a culture of being outside playing soccer all the time because it's very cold. You got to play inside for the most part. All right. Question about Norway. Are all the girls blonde? No. Really? I think traditionally there's more blonde people there. But I thought the same thing about when I went to Iceland. I would think those would all be blonde. I thought everybody would be covered in ice, and it wasn't true. Because it's Iceland. You do think that, like, Nordic, Nordic guy.
Starting point is 00:05:12 There are those folks there, because he is that personified. Like, he's exactly what you think about a big Nordic white dude. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You cast him in a movie. Yes, blonde, way large. Huge. Was a Viking back in the day, a literal. But no, I didn't find that to be the case.
Starting point is 00:05:29 I didn't walk around and go, sure enough. They're all blonde. Look at that. Maybe there's more. than normal, but I've been to a couple different cities there and no. But I like him. He's fun. He's he kicks so hard. In the videos that I watch of him,
Starting point is 00:05:44 because he is a striker, and I'm not sure his exact position, because I'm stupid at soccer. Forward. But he just, like, walks around. Chills. Ball starts coming. All right. Into play, boom, kick goal. You know what? That is such a common thing for
Starting point is 00:05:59 some of these elite forwards, these strikers. And I think when we were, so when we were in Puerto Puerto Rico, we were like, how are we going to watch these games? Because my Hulu didn't work over there. Like, my provider didn't work because I was technically in another territory or whatever. So we had to download Fox One, I believe, to watch all the World Cup games. And one of the options for when you watch the game was just to watch the star player. The camera was just on messy. And when I watched just messy, he just walks around the middle a lot.
Starting point is 00:06:30 He just walks until it's time for him. But he's older, though. Him a little bit, I think it's like. a baseball player that's on a pitch count because their arms hurt or they're old or they're young. Like, I feel like Messi only has so much in him. Yeah. So he doesn't run for that. Preserves it. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:46 I can be wrong. I always thought that was an age thing with him. He doesn't play as forward as the Highland guy does, right? No, same position. He does? Okay. I know nothing. And I just found out.
Starting point is 00:06:58 Yeah. That's a really cool camera, though. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The star player camera. And they did that with Mbapa as well, one of the French games. And I was like, look at that. He doesn't mean. move either. Nobody moves unless it's time to like go and attack.
Starting point is 00:07:10 Okay, we're going to talk soccer for a minute because I've got, just because I have a lot of stuff to say. I didn't know I was even thinking about this. So I'm out. However, I did learn a lot through this round. But you are done. Yeah, unless something's crazy. You want to watch the final? Not from the beginning. Yeah. If it's close near the end, yeah. Okay. So I'm a casual. I had a good time. I've had time of my life. So, but some stuff that I've been thinking about. Soccer is more entertaining than baseball.
Starting point is 00:07:43 Not to me. But I compared the two, and a lot of Americans, to go, soccer's boring because they don't score. And the analogy I made is, if you didn't know baseball and you watch baseball for the first time, you'd go, this is the most boring sport ever. Heck, some people say that, and they grew up here and they've had baseball the whole time.
Starting point is 00:07:59 And so I put them together, why I like baseball is when I grew up with it, I played it. I also have an understanding of all the things that are happening around what's happening. So let's say you're like man this guy takes forever pitch
Starting point is 00:08:14 pitch pitch but also you're looking at what inning it is you're looking at who's coming up next how many runners are running there's all the things that you know about the game because you know the game that are factoring into how bored you're not. I don't know enough about soccer to factor in all I know is they're kicking the ball around and they
Starting point is 00:08:31 never score. If I had more knowledge about a forward, a fullback or midfielder. Why they're running a certain offense, even with the NBA. I just don't have enough knowledge, but I think soccer's probably, to somebody new, more entertaining than baseball. And that's tough to say. Yeah,
Starting point is 00:08:49 because it is more constant at least. Constant movement? Movement. Because baseball doesn't score a lot. No. Every once in a while. A lot of standing around. Like, if you are able to mic one of the players and talk to them, interview them during the game, that game is slow. And they do that during All-Star Games.
Starting point is 00:09:07 I was thinking of the rules that would change during soccer, which of course is what everybody wants, me to change rules. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course, I'm just a game that's sold. I'm an American that's got tons of ideas about a game that's been around for a thousand years. Did you know, by the way, I believe soccer was the Aztecs kicked around a skull? Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:09:23 Do you know that for sure? Because I thought the same thing, but I never. No, I just say stuff. I did not look it up. I just. Because I've thought that same thing. And I don't know if it's from a movie, maybe apocalyptic. No, I don't know.
Starting point is 00:09:34 Mine wasn't from a movie, but I just think that was knowledge that I retained at some point, even could have been false. But I see Kevin looking it up. Well, maybe it came from me because I remember going to Aztec ruins. I definitely wouldn't have heard you say that and stored that in this is true file. That's rude. That is rude. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I get it. It says according to historical records, there are human heads and skulls, animal parts like pig bladders as well.
Starting point is 00:09:58 That they would kick around. They would kick around, yeah. So the rules that I would change because it seems like hardcore soccer fans hate penalty kicks. Fair enough. Where's my camera? Here's the rule I would change in soccer as an American who knows nothing about soccer. If it's a tie, we don't end the game. We go to extra time, which is normal.
Starting point is 00:10:19 But every three minutes, we pull a player from both teams. So if at the end it's one-on-one, it's freaking one-on-one. That's cool. So every three minutes, a player. player walks off. It's 11-11. Now it's 10-on-10. You got three minutes to score. Nine-on-nine, eight-on-eight. More space. At the end, it's three-on-three. It's freaking Ice-Cues basketball league out there playing on that massive field. That seems fun. Do you think it would always be the goalies left? I don't think it would get down to one-on-one,
Starting point is 00:10:50 too big a field. Yeah. But if it did, that would be so fun. That would be so cool. So that would be the rule as an American who knows nothing about soccer that I would implement. Because you foreigners want ties. I don't even think, well, what does the player want? Does the player want to do extra time? I mean, honestly, the player probably wants what's the best for the game, and ties are fine. Right.
Starting point is 00:11:12 Ties are fine. Yeah. Probably. I think they do, do extra time, though? No. Before a tie? No, they just do the extra, the stoppage time. That's it?
Starting point is 00:11:22 And then the game's over? And the game's over? There's no overtime at all? Nope. Okay, now soccer stupid again. Okay. So as soon as the game's over, we start pulling a player. And we let that go every three minutes
Starting point is 00:11:32 And we pull a player every time Until it's 3-on-3, 2-on-2, one-on-one Yeah And then if it's a tie and it's still one-on-one Everybody dies That really motivates them It's like squid game Death, yes
Starting point is 00:11:43 Mike what? There is overtime It's like the 15 minutes they add No, not in regular season Yeah Oh in regular Like Premier League Oh, right now
Starting point is 00:11:51 Yeah, right now it's 2 30 minutes Yes Or done, 2-15 minutes Yeah Yeah So and in 2 on 2, 3 on 3 It's sudden death and then after that is a real sudden debt.
Starting point is 00:12:04 If it ends up in a total tie, it's real debt. So that really motivates people. That'll work. You also wanted to get rid of cherry picking. Am I correct? Get rid of it. I want it. I mean, get rid of the off sides rule.
Starting point is 00:12:16 Yeah, if you want to send a player down and have them stand by the goal, that's less players do you have playing defense. And if you don't like that, then put one of the players on offense back there with them. Everyone hates the cherry picker. Yeah. In the NBA, if you wanted to run four guys playing defense and throw a center down there just standing outside the lane, you could do that. Yeah. Risky.
Starting point is 00:12:35 It'd probably be stupid. But I'm all for cherry picking, especially at the Y when I get tired. That's you. Boys, I'm open. I'm just pretty slow getting back. So I'm kind of like half cherry picking. Yes. So, yeah, that's good.
Starting point is 00:12:50 Yeah. What about pulling the goalie? Do you like, have you seen that yet? Like whenever the goalie's playing with everyone else? Yeah. So that's like in hockey, they do that. I've seen that more because I've watched more hockey than soccer, where if you need a goal,
Starting point is 00:13:02 so you're trying to maximize your ability to score, they even take the goal out and put another player on. In hockey, yes. So in soccer, they can't because they can't substitute in the middle of a game. It takes three minutes, yeah. That's fun. It's fun to see people in other colors, like other clothes out there. What do you mean?
Starting point is 00:13:20 The bright orange or something? Yeah, I like to do like the bright orange guy run down. He's not matching anybody. With big hands. Yeah, he just, it doesn't even match like the team. I think the goalie should match the team though too. You do? But you have to distinguish the difference between the goal and everyone else.
Starting point is 00:13:35 But in InSink, they would all wear the same clothes, but a little different. Like if they all wore white, you'd have one with like cutoff, one with like long sleeves, one with a coat. So if everybody's wearing white, the goalie wears like bigger. It's white, but it's the same color, but it's bigger. It's like puffy arms. Or bright gloves. He just needs to match the team a little bit. Because once you got a blue goalie and an orange goalie and the teams are,
Starting point is 00:13:57 red and green. I don't know. I'm confused. I feel like every team has looked the same during the tournament. Like, I don't know who's who. Every time I turn a game on, other than maybe Mexico, they were like a solid green, but every team is either blue or white. Argentina's pretty unique because they're the blue and white stripes.
Starting point is 00:14:14 I wouldn't mind shirts and skins. I could tell a little better if they did shirts and skins. Because also on the screen, if you just turn it on, sometimes it doesn't match the colors that they're putting up of the team. Yes. Yeah. And I'm like, okay, which one's which? Yeah, like the U.S. game, the other day I think I was like are they blue white yeah if it just turned on it's like
Starting point is 00:14:30 okay US are skins I would know immediately which team were skins so I'm kind of out in soccer that's crazy but I'll check in that's crazy and this is really exciting because the games are really really really good now then who's your favorite team left France they're the absolute
Starting point is 00:14:47 best team yeah favorite yeah I mean okay freaking I love the bulls in 94 I'm not even a soccer fan but if you ask me right now like who is good, who you think is going to win? I'm going to go France. I said, who are you rooting for? Not who's going to win? France. Okay. Oh, what a poser. It's like Steph Curry,
Starting point is 00:15:04 and Katie, and the Warriors. Wow. Yeah, I mean, Argentina would be kind of cool because of messy, but... A second in row, huh? Yeah, that would be cool. That would be cool. And also, the more Messi wins, the more Ronaldo loses, and I like that, because Ronaldo seems like a douchebag. And Ronaldo's done. Like, he's... They got eliminated. He's not playing World Cups anymore.
Starting point is 00:15:20 Yeah. I saw a TikTok video where they compared Messi interacting with fans and Ronaldo interacting? I saw that. A little unfair, but yes. Dude, that was crazy. It was like the greatest hits versus the worst hits. But yeah, Ronaldo's kind of a douchebag. It made Ronaldo look bad? Really bad. A reporter goes up to Ronaldo
Starting point is 00:15:38 with a microphone and he grabs the microphone and throws it in a lake. Really? Give you that, throw it in the water. And like a kid runs on the field to get a selfie with Messi, his bodyguard comes out, but Messi evaluates away because it's fine, it's fine. On the, you know. It gives him his jersey.
Starting point is 00:15:52 Messi seems like a really nice guy. Yeah. They say he doesn't speak English. Really? Yeah, because his English isn't so isn't that good. But every once in a while you see a club from speaking English and you're like, now he's just doing that game. Yeah. He didn't want to have to.
Starting point is 00:16:04 Yeah. Dude, I saw another video of like this Mexican reporter or a Spanish-speaking reporter in a wheelchair. So he was like special needs. And he was asking all the players like, interview, interview. And they just kept on walking by. And there was this one player from England that stopped and said, yes, you need an interview? I got you. Harry Kane?
Starting point is 00:16:22 I know his name. It wasn't Kane. Oh, that's the only one I know, though. I knew an English player. And then the guy goes, can you do it in Spanish? He's like, see? Yo can the Alro Spanielo? And he did the English player
Starting point is 00:16:32 did the interview in Spanish for this guy. So cool. That's cool. Bellingham. Classic, the other one I was going to mention. Bellingham. Bellingham. To watch some of these guys, I believe,
Starting point is 00:16:43 what was the team from the island? Cape Verde. Yeah. Or Ivory Coast? Okay. It could be either one of those, but their goalie had like 50 million followers. Oh, yeah. He started with like 16,000.
Starting point is 00:16:54 Was he the bus driver? 50 million. I don't know. Because there was one goal that was, and I think it was Cape Verde. I think it was, yeah. Where he's like, it's a bus driver by day. I would see people shaming people because they would go, I don't, I never heard of Camp. Camp, is it Camp Verde? Cape Verde. I don't know where that is, but I'm rooting for him.
Starting point is 00:17:11 People are like, you don't even know where Cape Verde is. You're stupid. And I'm like, I don't know where Cape Verde. I have no idea. I'm stupid then. No. Yeah. Like I guess I don't know.
Starting point is 00:17:19 I didn't know where Ivory Coast is either. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm not going, look at me. Ha ha. I don't know. And if you said, show me on a map for $1,000, I would just pick somewhere. Yeah, and they're probably tiny.
Starting point is 00:17:33 Yeah. So soccer hardcore fans are a bit shamy. I don't like that. People just suck. They're a bit more shamy than other sports. Yeah. They're very defensive about it. I think maybe because it's a bit European more so than, and just America, like, you can talk about the NFL.
Starting point is 00:17:53 No one's going to be like, you don't know crap. Yeah. You're just going to be like you're an idiot. Not you shouldn't talk about it because you're stupid. I don't know. It feels shamy, a little shamy. They're just so passionate, though, because, like, watching them in the crowd, they never shut up. The whole game.
Starting point is 00:18:08 Like, if a game is bad and you're not going to a Cowboys game or whatever, the crowd doesn't keep on going, even if they're losing. They're like, oh, this sucks. The difference is football stops. Yeah, soccer never. Well, soccer doesn't stop. unless it's a penalty or something and they do kind of chill a little bit during those
Starting point is 00:18:29 but you're right, it's way more constant but the game is way more constant but it's also an obscene amount of passion. It's cool. Did you see Eddie Vedder chug a beer? I saw Eddie Vedder, I didn't see the beer thing but I did see him in the stands. Was that his kid?
Starting point is 00:18:42 That's his daughter, yeah. That's his daughter. Eddie Vedder's lead singer Pearl Jam, Eddie's favorite band. I love Pearl Jam. And they were playing in Seattle so obviously he'd be there and they played alive
Starting point is 00:18:52 and the whole stadium was singing alive. I have a question about beer. Do you think it's lame to drink the N-A beer at baseball games? Yes. Well, well, I answered that quickly. Yeah, you did. If you have a drinking problem and you're like trying not to drink, let it rip, dude.
Starting point is 00:19:07 Mike was talking to me about this. You saw this where? I did it. Oh, you're the one you drank the N-A beer? That is terrible. Mike, the Lanky's game. We were in New York, and I just needed a little something, but I'm not drinking anymore.
Starting point is 00:19:17 And then the guy in front of me came back with an N-A beer, and I was kind of good. Like, I can still get that effect of having a, a beer at a baseball game, but I didn't want to get drunk, I didn't want to get a buzz. So my wife was like, I'll go get you one. So she brought me one, and I had an A beer while watching the game. Question. The effect of a beer at a baseball game,
Starting point is 00:19:34 I thought the effect was to get drunker. Not always, because like Mike said, a buzz. A buzz isn't drunk. It's just this state of like, ah, no worries. Yeah. That's the best way I can explain it. Isn't that kind of drunker? No, because drunk is like, hey, where's my car? Or buzzed? Buzz is like perfect.
Starting point is 00:19:52 Like, good mood. No worries, you're just having a good time. Drunk is like, yeah, you can't really control what you're doing. When you're buzz, do you hear a buzz? Is that why they call it that? Feel the buzz. Yes, you feel like a glow over your face. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:08 So there is no actual buzz? No, no, no. A buzz buzz buzz, like a sound? No, there's no bus. It's more like a lightheaded. But no buzz. So why do they call it buzz? I always thought you heard like a, like, no.
Starting point is 00:20:20 That would be funny. No, I thought that. I thought it was like a middle ground where you start to feel like... Like a buzz in your body? Yeah, I didn't know. I didn't know what they called. No, a buzz is just the perfect... But why is it called a buzz then?
Starting point is 00:20:32 It's a good question. Never even thought about it. Because I thought you would hear a buzz. Like, you would know you're starting to get too drunk once the buzz starts getting louder. You would think like if you drink, you're like, all right, where's my buzz? I don't hear it. And when it gets to a certain point, you're like, oh, it's loud enough, I should stop. Like it's a buzz.
Starting point is 00:20:46 What do you see? Why is it called a buzz? Just because it feels like a tingling, so it sounds like a buzz. Okay. But you don't hear a buzz. No, you feel the buzz. A buzz is a sound. Feel the buzz, man.
Starting point is 00:20:58 A tingles a feel. A tingles a feel. A tingle's a sound. I'd be weird, though. Hey, you tingling, dude? We should start saying that. Got a little tingling. Hey, we getting drunk tonight? Nah, dude, I'm just going to tingle a little bit. I'm going to say that to my wife.
Starting point is 00:21:11 I'm feeling a little tingly right now. That's different. That's very different. That's so funny. That's a good question. You never drink. So, like, that's a good question. I thought you heard a buzz or something when you started to feel buzz.
Starting point is 00:21:22 That's why they called. in that. So you did not. Other sports that we don't really watch is tennis that's happening. Yeah. Tennis is, it's weirdly entertaining though, right? Do you bet on it? No, no.
Starting point is 00:21:36 Well, yeah, sometimes I will. Sometimes I will. I had a season in my life where I was very, very into tennis because Rodick, now we still are friends, but I would like travel with them and go to games. I got to like see tennis. Yeah. Because I never didn't grow up with tennis at all. I don't think I was interested.
Starting point is 00:21:53 in tennis at all because Mountain Pine didn't have tennis. They have a tennis team. You don't have a tennis team? They have a tennis court. No, we had a basketball court. They'd put up a net sometimes during like PE. No, no tennis at all whatsoever. Wow. So then I started to go to matches. I went to a couple like ATP events that he would play with him. I went to the US Open with him. What's a major like in tennis? Is it electric? The one that I went to with him, that's when he called me the day before and it's like, I'm retiring. I was like, what? He goes, yeah, I'm done. I'm tired. I was, take a nap. Yeah, dude. Get some rest. What do you mean you're tired? He goes, he said, this is it. I'm going to announce it later today, but you should come up. And so,
Starting point is 00:22:37 I was like, okay, that's crazy. And I went up and it rained the whole time in that stadium doesn't have a roof. It's open. It's Arthur Ashe Stadium. And so I would go from the city, because I'd have to work. So I didn't stay with them. I had to stay near the radio station. So I stayed in a hotel, and I would go and drive from the city all the way into flushing.
Starting point is 00:23:02 I think it's flushing, where Arthur Ratch Stadium is. It's like a 40-minute drive, and it would rain, and I would just go back to my room. That's terrible. It was never electric because it kept raining the whole week.
Starting point is 00:23:14 His final, because I went to maybe three matches. I think he played three matches overall, but it took like seven days for it to happen. Oh. It was wild. I just kept it. staying and staying and staying because I was going to stay until he lost because I was there because he's my friend and it was his last match ever so that was cool but everybody was just
Starting point is 00:23:30 kind of exhausted of the weather holding the event out I don't have a good yeah a good relationship with going is it electric it was wet but it's cool the ATP events are cool but it's not a major but I would see like Federer in the back I talked to him a couple times really didn't really talk to him I said hide on the doll but he was kind of his own guy by himself. But you'd see him in the flesh? We're all in the same room. And tennis is weird because you're just in a room like this, everybody's just sitting around.
Starting point is 00:24:02 Is it like a locker room like golf or no? Where I've been, it's yes, basically. Okay. And like when they do the interviews before the U.S. Open, they're in the same locker room. They walk out together. Really? And are they, what are they doing in there? Are they stretching or are they just kind of sitting around doing nothing? I probably listening to music. I think they've already hit. I'm not an expert on this either. I just had about four years where I
Starting point is 00:24:21 went to matches and stuff with Andy. That's cool. So, yeah, I don't really watch much tennis now, though. I went to one with you, and man, that was the first time I'd ever seen professional tennis live. Where do we go? It was in Austin. It was at the Irwin Center, but it was like... Oh, it was the USA versus Spain.
Starting point is 00:24:40 Davis Cup. Yeah, Davis Cup. US versus Spain. And, dude, it's almost like we're sitting half court, you know, and like the speed of that ball is crazy. Nuts, huh? So, like, you think, like, oh, it's boring. Like, they just hit a ball back and forth. There's so much action in tennis.
Starting point is 00:24:56 And I didn't realize that until I saw it live. I thought that was so cool. Are you watching it now? Because it's Wimbledon now, right? I will. I will once. Is it happening now? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:03 That's why Andy's doing stuff on camera, right? Yeah, Wimbledon's happening. And it's cool for us because it happens earlier in the day. It's really the only thing happening earlier in the day. Yeah, because it's eight hours later there. Yeah. That's why golf is good whenever it's, like, the open. Not the U.S. Open, but like, the British.
Starting point is 00:25:20 Open. Yeah, that's coming. That's coming up. You get to wake. It's already going. Yeah. Like, that's cool. Tennis is, I had a bunch of gear.
Starting point is 00:25:28 Like, I played tennis for a little bit. Like me and all my friends in Austin, we had like a small league, but none of us had ever played before. But we had thousands of dollars worth of free equipment. It's not cheap, right, tennis? It was for me. It was all free. Well, for you, yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:42 Yeah, because Roddick would be like, how many people do you want to play in your league? I was like, I don't know. There's six of us. And so he'd order like 10 rackets that were like, $2,000 each. We all had Babelot shoes. I remember you gave me some some of the shirts. What was he sponsored?
Starting point is 00:25:57 What was this? LaCoste. Dang, dude. So he had a massive Lacoste sponsorship, his whole career. We would go into any La Coss store in any city. He'd just go get whatever you want. Shut up. That's legit. It's crazy.
Starting point is 00:26:11 That's awesome. Because that's expensive. Yeah. So did you get whatever you wanted? Yeah, within reason. I'll just grab a few things. Now when somebody says that, like, You, like, how many things are you got? Okay, so we were just in the situation, like when we played golf. Who's we?
Starting point is 00:26:27 You and me. Okay. And we go, what thing? Oh, what the Palm Beach? And they go, go in the clubhouse and get whatever you want. And literally, we could have gotten whatever we wanted. But we didn't. We got a box of balls and a glove, maybe.
Starting point is 00:26:44 I got a glove because I'm lunch-handed. Yeah, and that's it. I guess we both needed gloves. We didn't take clubs. So we got a glove. With Rodick, he was like my really good friend. I probably could have got a hundred shirts he'd have laughed. But I would just get a few shirts and a belt.
Starting point is 00:26:58 Yeah, stuff like that. I would never get too much. Also, at his house, he'd go like, hey, if you want any, I'm about to change out my stuff. He had stuff from them all the time. So he'd be like, if you want any of the clothes, he was way bigger than I was. He's a big guy.
Starting point is 00:27:12 I mean, he's six, two, six, three, but also like big. Yeah. You don't think tennis guys are like that, but he's large. So stuff is a little too big. big so I was wearing daddy's shirt to bed. They're hand me downs? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, yeah, tennis is fun.
Starting point is 00:27:26 Yeah. If you know somebody playing. Cool. Yeah. In your case, it was awesome. Yeah, otherwise, I'm not really watching Wimbledon. I think I'd rather watch tennis than soccer, though. If it's just one sport versus the next. No way. Only I know more about it.
Starting point is 00:27:39 Have you seen soccer live? Yeah, I went to an MLS game here. Legit. No. Really? But it's not soccer's fault. They did it in Titan Stadium, and the stadium was way too big. So the people that were there filled up 15% of the football stadium,
Starting point is 00:28:02 so there was no vibe. So I didn't get to catch the cool vibe. You know, the stadium they have here now is much smaller, and it's pretty raucous. Yeah, Geotis is legit. I think, yeah, I think. You've seen that game there? Yeah, I saw a messy play there a couple years ago. Oh, dude.
Starting point is 00:28:16 I think a big part of experiencing some. soccer if you're not a soccer guy is like being a part of the event, the culture. Yeah. And there was not that. It was like Nashville, MLS versus like Cincinnati or something. And then there were nine people there. In a very oversized stadium. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:28:35 So it just wasn't for me. But World Cup, you have a team? I'll be rooting for probably Norway. Me too. I think I'm in for Norway too. And they have 11 people that live there and that guy. You and the 11 people. Smaller countries.
Starting point is 00:28:49 Yeah. I think that's cool, smaller countries. And he's so much bigger than the rest of his team. It's just funny when he scores and they run out. Like, Daddy, you did it. Daddy, you did it. All right, we're going to take a break. Eating well shouldn't be complicated.
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Starting point is 00:31:00 What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl, Sam J. And we're the host of everyone watches women's sports, a new podcast from Together and Iheart women's sports. Because let's be real. Women's sports is giving us way too much to talk about these days. The highlights, the rivalries, the boys. Breakout stars, the moments to take over your entire timeline. And the conversations that start during the game and somehow keep going all week.
Starting point is 00:31:24 Every week we're breaking down the biggest stories across women's sports. We'll give you our tapes, our debates, and probably a few disagreements. We'll talk to athletes, celebrate big moments and get into what's happening on and off the field, court, track, and beyond. Because we're not just interested in what happened. We're interested in why everyone's talking about it. Because everyone watches women's sports. So if you're already a fan
Starting point is 00:31:47 You're just getting into the game There's a seat for you right here Listen to everyone watches women's sports On the IHeart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast I gotta admit something to you guys What's up? Dude it's it's so bad
Starting point is 00:32:04 Because you have to understand Like I have been like such a daredevil my whole life Like if there was a cliff and everyone's like Oh who's gonna jump first? It was me Like I'm the one like I'm gonna jump off the cliff I don't see you as that guy. Dude, I've always been like that my whole life.
Starting point is 00:32:19 Really? Yes. And we were in Puerto Rico and there's this rock slide, right? Like there's a part of a waterfall where it's probably about 25 yards of a rock, a natural rock slide. But it's jaggedy and I watched like four people go down and like everybody that went down was one spin away from hitting their head. You know what I mean? Like if they didn't put their hands in the right spot, like they could have easily spun out, hit their head. boom vacation's over now is that sure is that you just being a dad and you're seeing like the
Starting point is 00:32:50 worst situation that you could find it could have been that but dude I'm honestly it was the first time in my life where like my kids were like come on dad are you going to do it and I'm like I'm not going to do it boys I'm going to opt out of this because I don't feel like it's worth ruining the trip if I take one wrong spin hit my head and now we're in a Puerto Rico looking for an ER yeah you know what I mean yeah so what would you do yeah yeah I'm with you. I mean, I'm a little, what, my 10 years younger than you, but I'm getting there to that age now where I'm like, well, I would have done this back in the day. My buddy sent me something on Instagram the other day.
Starting point is 00:33:27 And the first thing I thought of was like, there's no way I would do this now. And I told him that. And he's like, yeah, that's because you're 35 and you have two kids done. I'm like, dang it. You're right. I used to do this. I do wonder if it's like I'm a parent. And if we weren't parents.
Starting point is 00:33:41 But see, dude, I've never broken a bone. Ever? No, I have. Knock on wood, dude. Oh, no, no, until two years ago when I broke my foot, I broke my foot doing too much access, right? In Cardinal Stadium, that's pretty cool. At Cardinal Stadium. And then after that, I break my arm roller skating with my kids.
Starting point is 00:33:56 So, like, I had never broken anything. And then in two years, I break two limbs or two bones. Now I'm like, dude, it's not worth it. Now I know it's possible. Mike, did you ever break anything? No, I've never broken anything knocking on wood. That's like my biggest fear. Like, if I see a clip on TikTok and it's somebody breaking it.
Starting point is 00:34:15 a bone, like, I cannot watch it. I cannot stomach that. Just the sound of a bone breaking is the worst thing ever to me. Mike, I'm shocked, dude, because you skated, right? Yeah, and that's why I retired at the age of 30. Like, once I turn 30, I realize, like, this is not worth it. If I break my ankle, if I break my arm, I'm just going to look like an idiot.
Starting point is 00:34:32 So I stopped skateboarding because I did not want to break anything. But 30 is pretty good. I thought you're going to say 13. No, it's really good. Well, the thing was when I first started skateboarding, I was probably 12 years old, and within the first week that me and my cousin started, he broke his ankle. And my mom was like immediately, you're not skateboarding anymore.
Starting point is 00:34:48 So I didn't skateboard again until I moved out. What kind of skater were you, though? Because there were like the dangerous tricks skater, and then there were like the long boarders who are like, you're never going to fall, really. I was just a street skater. Like I never did very, I never dropped in. I cannot do that because I know immediately if I dropped in,
Starting point is 00:35:06 I'm hitting the bottom. I'm hitting my face. How many stairs? You ever like jumps or stairs? Yeah. Probably like three stairs max. Okay. Nothing crazy.
Starting point is 00:35:15 Like, nothing, no crazy gaps or anything. What do you mean my stairs? I can't even think the right phrasing right now, jump stairs. Like clearing a gap of stairs, yeah. Okay, okay. So mainly like street skating, kick flips, heel flips, a little bit of grinding, mainly just like going around and skating around town. Sounds dirty.
Starting point is 00:35:32 A little grinding. What about like Ollie's? How high could you Ollie? Like a foot maybe? One foot, that's pretty good. If you gave me a skateboard now, I could still Ollie. I could still Ollie. I could kick.
Starting point is 00:35:44 Flip but not land it. That's cool. But I'm like six years out of haven't skated anymore. Yeah, that's cool. I don't know. I told you guys like my kids they want to skate
Starting point is 00:35:54 and part of me is just like guys just know that you're going to break something because they're kind of idiots. They're boys. Yeah, they're boys, they're idiots and they're just like oh, I can go down that. No problem until they bust their butt. That happened to me when I was, I think, 12.
Starting point is 00:36:10 We were actually dirt biking, but I brought my regular bike and there was these hills right where we were parked for the weekend and each hill got a little bit higher and higher and I kept, of course, pushing it and pushing it and pushing it. Got way up high, came all the way down, moving, hit soft sand at the very bottom of the hill that I didn't know was there.
Starting point is 00:36:28 Wobble, boom. And broke my collarbone and ruined the whole trip. We had to pack up. My dad had to rush me to the hospital. That's what I'm saying. It's not worth it, man. It's not. But as a kid, you got to learn somehow.
Starting point is 00:36:40 Yeah. What was California growing up like? I feel like if you were in California, you're like, oh, you got to surf, you got to skate, you got to, like, motorcross. We did all that except for surf. I never surfed. I've been surfing one time, but it wasn't even in California. It was in Hawaii.
Starting point is 00:36:53 But I wasn't into surfing, but skating I was really into, I mean, rollerblading at some point, biking, all that good stuff. I was never really good at it. And biking, you mean, like, like, like BMX. BMX. Yeah, I did have, I mean, I did have a dirt bike for probably six, seven, eight years. And then my dad realized this is a bad idea because we were getting hurt. And my brother, I think, got a really back concussion. And he's like, yeah, I'm selling these things
Starting point is 00:37:16 Mike, were you ever like into motorcycles and stuff? I wanted to be like we lived out kind of on the outskirts like where the country started and like everybody out there had dirt bikes but you kind of had to have money to have a dirt bike so I was always
Starting point is 00:37:29 envious of those kids. I was envious of the guys at three wheelers. Three wheelers. Oh yeah, really? Before the four were the three, dude. Before the three were the two. The dirt bike kicks were always the cool kids in school.
Starting point is 00:37:43 Yeah, yeah, yeah. You remember that Fox brand? Oh, yeah, of course. That Fox brand shirt. Like, all these kids are cool. They come in like all dirty covered in front. I'm like, man, that kid is cool. And they know how to work on their bikes.
Starting point is 00:37:53 Yeah. Like in middle school? Like, do that's... They're like, changing oil and stuff. I'm like, what? Right, right, right. I just put pegs on my huffy bike. That's funny.
Starting point is 00:38:04 You want to try a mailbag? Yeah. Let's open up the mailbag here. We've got an ass 25 whistles mailbag. Dear 25 whistles, I just moved across the country to Seattle, For the first time in my life, I live in a city where the team is actually good. I grew up loving the Cardinals, but they spent the last decade disappointing me,
Starting point is 00:38:21 ruining my Sundays and making terrible draft picks. But everybody here assumes I'm a fan of Seattle now, and honestly, it's kind of tempting. So what's the ruling? If you move to a new city, are you allowed to adopt a local team? Can you have two teams? Is there a probation period? Or once you pick a team as a kid, are you stuck with them for life no matter what? Signed unassigned in Seattle.
Starting point is 00:38:41 Well, this is tough because if it wasn't the Seahawks, if they didn't just come off of Super Bowl win, and it was, say, I don't know, the Dolphins. You'd be like, yeah, dude, it's the Dolphins. Nobody really cares. But if you're going for a Super Bowl champion, you can't really jump on that bandwagon now. And being a Cardinals fan, that's got to be rough.
Starting point is 00:39:02 Yeah. But you've got to stay faithful. I mean, I'm as spoiled as they come as a Patriots fan for the last 30 years. But Cowboys fans know, as great as you guys have been, It's been a rough 30 years for you guys. Been a bit. Yeah, and you have to stay with your team, no matter what.
Starting point is 00:39:16 I mean, through the thick and the thin, you have to stay with your team. You can kind of have like a second team. Like, I don't know, the Titans. I'm like, I root for the Titans since I live here now. I'm like, cool, the Titans are cool. They're not really a threat or anything. So you've kind of have like a 1A and a 1B and the, I guess, Ciarx could be or 1B. Yeah, I was going to say the same thing because like we're kind of in that situation where we live in Nashville, Tennessee.
Starting point is 00:39:40 but like unless you were born here or you've lived here for a long, long, long time a lot of people aren't Titans fans. They all come from different places. I'm a Cowboys fan. You're a Patriots fan. Mike's a Cowboys fan. But to me,
Starting point is 00:39:54 I feel like if the Titans do pretty good, say they go to the Super Bowl, I'm rooting for them. Yeah. And then, but I would never call them my team. Like, never. So how would you phrase that?
Starting point is 00:40:07 Like, I'm a casual Titans fan. I live in Nashville, so like they're kind of my team, but I mean, I'm a diehard Cowboys fan. That's my team. That's fair. What do you think, Mike? I think if you move cities, you can change teams. Like, you're committing to a new city.
Starting point is 00:40:22 You're living there. You're taking in the culture. I think you can adopt a new team. Now, if you're just picking a different city and you're still living in that city, like you're not living there, that's different. That's lame. But if you actually move to that city, want to be a part of it, did your old team? Now, does your old team have anything to do with it?
Starting point is 00:40:39 Well, yeah, they're bad. Right, for years. Like the Cardinals are... Yeah, if you're a Jets fan. They've done nothing for you. Nothing. Move on. I know.
Starting point is 00:40:48 But, dude, that's hard because, like, my kids now, like, most of them, out of the four boys, I would say two of them are going to be diehards, Cowboys fans. Like, they are all about it. But I have two that literally, if the Ravens are good, like, they're ordering Ravens jerseys. And I'm like, stop that crap. Like, I can't stand. did. That's tough. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:41:11 Like, I picked up my son the other day from one of his summer camps, and it was Jersey Day at the summer camp. And what would you expect my son to wear? At Jersey. Yeah. You know what he came out? Of Jemir Gibbs Jersey. I'm like, who is this kid? You know what I mean? The lions? Yeah, and I get it. He's a kid. Like, I get it. Jamir Gibbs was awesome, whatever. But, like, to me,
Starting point is 00:41:32 it's just like, you have no loyalty. Like, your family is a cowboy's family. And yes, they may give us a bunch of heartache and be terrible for so long, whatever, can't win in the playoffs, but they're our team. Yeah, that is true. There's something to be said about being loyal to your team, and, like, who cares if you live in Seattle?
Starting point is 00:41:52 I know, as a kid, I was a Dolphins fan for a little bit. Ever tell you that? No. Yeah. You know why? The Marina. No, because dolphins are my favorite animal. How old were you?
Starting point is 00:42:03 I think I was like... He was like, that was five years ago. That was post-on Brady, actually. You sound like a girl. Like, that's what girls say. I mean, I don't know. I like dolphins. They're cute.
Starting point is 00:42:14 Yeah, I don't know. I was like eight to like 10 years old. And they would obviously play the Patriots twice a year in the same division. And I remember like rooting against Patriots when I was like eight or nine. And my dad would just, he would be so pissed. But he couldn't say anything. He's like, you're a little kid. So he's like, Kevin, you'll come around one day.
Starting point is 00:42:30 I'm like, thank God I did. You'll figure it out. Yeah. I also feel like these teams aren't loyal to us. They could just move cities. They could just move the franchise. and then they're new city. Dude, I don't think the players are even loyal to the team.
Starting point is 00:42:42 They don't care. They really do not care. You're right. Are we just stupid? Yeah, I don't know. That's a tough one for me. Because I really love loyalty. But like baseball, I don't have a team in baseball.
Starting point is 00:43:00 Basketball, I'm a spurs fan. But like in baseball, literally, I could care less. That's all right. I mean, college football for me. It's kind of nice having a sport like that, though, right? just because it doesn't ruin your day or something or your night. If you were to pick a college football team, though, who would you root for? It would probably be Notre Dame.
Starting point is 00:43:19 That's a weird one. Why? Because what's your tie to Notre Dame? I don't know the fighting the Irish. Just cool. The gold helmets. I'm a diehard Moles fan. Rudy?
Starting point is 00:43:27 I know. I thought you're a Moles fan, you idiot. You had the T-shirt and everything. Good job, Mike. You called him out. Dang it. I can't really back that one up. Why did you even?
Starting point is 00:43:38 Because you moved to Tennessee and you took in the culture. I know, I know. I took in the culture, but it's just hard because I'm like, Eddie, where I'm like, it's hard as a grown man. Like maybe if I was a kid, it would be easier to adapt. But as a grown man, I'm like, if I didn't grow up like that, I feel like such a phony. It's kind of phony to love a college that you didn't attend to or grow up around. That's interesting.
Starting point is 00:44:00 I would say instant reaction, yes. Because, and even, dude, I even have a hard time watching, like, older people. Like, say they went to school. Like, they went to the University of Alabama when, you know, 40 years ago. And I just feel like, I don't know, it's just something in me that just when I see them in the stands, I'm like, dude, make room for the kids. Really? Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:44:26 You know, like, you're 70 years old now, especially college basketball. Like, get out of here. You're freaking, you're on the floor. You have floor seats to your college that you went to 40 years ago. That's messed up, dude. The kids should be there. You got to remember that when you're a Cowboys game in 30 years from now. That's Cowboys, though. That's not college.
Starting point is 00:44:46 Oh, okay. I think professional is different. I mean, what do you think, Mike? I just think it's weird if you're so diehard for a college you have no association with. I agree. Like, I love the University of Texas because I lived in Austin for seven years. My wife graduated from there. Big connection there.
Starting point is 00:45:02 But if somebody who lives in, like, Minnesota is a diehard Texas fan, it's weird to me. And you never even, like, maybe visited it. Texas. He just loved the team for the sake of loving the team. Oh, weird. What if it was a player that got you into it? Like, I have a buddy who's a Texas fan who's from Rhode Island, lived in California, likes a Titan, he's all over the place. Vince Young, though, got on there? But Vince Young, yeah. Yeah. Was the one. And he's still a Texan, or Texas fan until his day. I can't be a diehard that way.
Starting point is 00:45:31 Especially like a kid, right? Like, he was a quarterback for how many years? Three years at that school? Yeah, I know. Hey, I'm with you. I don't know, kind of weird. We'll tell our guy here, what's our final verdict? Stick to your team. Stay loyal and have a 1B. That's going to be mine too. I'm going to say like, dude, you're from a Cardinals are your team, man.
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Starting point is 00:47:29 Joy is essential and it's also elusive. But now there's a new and exciting way to start your journey toward a more joyful existence. Joy 101. It's a new podcast hosted by me, Hoda Kotby. If you're craving inspiration to maximize your joy, tune into these candid, uplifting, and moving on-air chats. Listen to Joy 101 on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
Starting point is 00:47:53 or wherever you get your podcasts. Joy 101 with Hoda Kotby is presented by CVS. What's up, fam? I'm sports journalist Ari Chambers. Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl, Sam J. And we're the host of everyone watches women's sports, a new podcast from Together and I Heart Women's Sports. Because let's be real. Women's sports is giving us way too much to talk about these days. The highlights, the rivalries, the breakout stars, the moments that take over your entire timeline.
Starting point is 00:48:20 And the conversations that start during the game and somehow keep going all week. Every week we're breaking down the biggest stories across women's sports. We'll give you our tapes, our debates, and probably a few disagreements. We'll talk to athletes, celebrate big moments, and get into what's happening on. off the field, court, track, and beyond. Because we're not just interested in what happened. We're interested in why everyone's talking about it. Because everyone watches women's sports.
Starting point is 00:48:45 So if you're already a fan... You're just getting into the game. There's a seat for you right here. Listen to everyone watches women's sports. On the IHeart Radio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. You guys going to see UFC? No.
Starting point is 00:49:02 Is there even one going on? Connor McGregor, dude, coming back. He's fighting again? Yes. What the heck? Have you guys seen the, there's like a promo for one of these, I don't know, one of these like betting or prediction sites or whatever. And the video is like, it starts on all this like potato chips and like spoiled food on the coffee table. And then on the couch is McGregor with a big belly.
Starting point is 00:49:22 Okay, I've seen a picture of it. Is that what it is? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. And then it goes up to McGregor and he's just like fat and out of shape. And he pulls off the fake belly. He's like, and he's still ripped.
Starting point is 00:49:33 Really? Yeah, dude. He's 37 years old. Dang. You're not going to watch it. Wait, do you have to buy it? It's Paramount Plus. Everything's on Paramount Plus now.
Starting point is 00:49:41 I think I still have that for like another two weeks. Dude, that's funny. My wife, like, because I've been giving her hard time lately about like, we've got to cut subscriptions. Like we got to get rid of some stuff. So she came to me and she's like, all right, let's cut subscriptions. Do we need Paramount Plus? I'm like, yeah. The first one.
Starting point is 00:49:58 She's like, why? I'm like, UFC. We got to keep that one. Yeah, they have good stuff on there, though, other than just UFC. Who's he fighting? Max Holloway. Okay, I know who that is too then. And Max Holloway is like good.
Starting point is 00:50:11 He's like, he rarely gets, I don't know if he's even been knocked out before. So it's one of those like he's the dude that last five rounds, all bloody face. You can't even recognize him, but he's still standing. He had a fight within the last couple of years, right? Like a brawl. I remember him against somebody. I can't remember who off top of my head, but they were just going at it. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:50:30 And then I remember seeing like the video afterwards of both of them going to the ambulance. It was like Rocky. Yeah. Yeah. I'll watch a fight if it's like that for sure. Obviously, you don't know, but... I mean, I like McGregor, so yeah. That's crazy.
Starting point is 00:50:43 You guys don't watch any UFC, like especially if it's a big fight like this. Did you watch the White House one? Yeah. Okay. It's a White House. That's cool. Yeah. Mike, did you?
Starting point is 00:50:50 No, I didn't watch that one. Do you watch UFC at all? Not at all. Probably not since, like, maybe mid-2000s. The Randy Couture Days? Why? I feel like, to me, like, that's when it, like, first popped off. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:04 Rampage Jackson. Yeah. Like Chuck Liddell? Oh, he was the best. Like that's when I was like, okay, UFC is the thing. Why did you stop? She never really got into. I was probably more into boxing.
Starting point is 00:51:15 See, boxing to me is so like, nothing happens. Right. You rarely see a knockout in boxing. And then like, I don't know. To me, it's always rigged. Like, I just feel like boxing is just always rigged. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:28 I think the last boxing match I watched was McGregor and Mayweather. When, like, McGregor just tried to kick him once in a while? You're like, you can't kick, dude. And I was like, this is why I don't want. So who do you think wins? I'm going to go McGregor. I hope he comes back and wins. Because he retired, right?
Starting point is 00:51:44 And then he's coming back. Is that what it is? I mean, he never officially retired. He just never accepted a fight. He won't have he's 37 already. Yeah, I'll go McGregor. You? I'm going to go Holloway.
Starting point is 00:51:55 Who's the favorite? I think Max Holloway is. Okay. Yeah, what about you, Mike? I'll go McGregor. Did you see him signing autographs? Mm-mm. He had like a stack of posters
Starting point is 00:52:04 and he basically just marks like one line and that's his autograph. No. I guess for this fight he was signing a bunch of things but he's just standing there and they're just pulling him one by one and he just like slices it with the marker and that's his entire autograph. That's the worst. When we were like doing all those
Starting point is 00:52:19 memorabilia things, those breaks and everything we got a what's um I wouldn't act like I forgot his name. What's the dude our cornerback for the Cowboys not with us anymore? Yeah, Divan Diggs. Chivon Diggs. He like, his was like that too dude. It was like a line over the number, like just a line.
Starting point is 00:52:39 To me, that's so disrespectful. I'd be so upset if I paid money for that and it's just a line that anybody could have made. Yeah, I agree. Oh, yeah, he's literally just like, who-hoo? You can't see it. You're watching the videos. Just made a little sound like I'm just to see what it is. But yeah, it's basically just a line, yep.
Starting point is 00:52:58 Okay, all right. Well, I'm going to be watching, dude. I love UFC. I might watch with you. Do it. Mike, you should watch it too. Let us know. I give it a peek. Yeah. Is it late? No, the good thing about Paramount Plus, it all starts like, I think the prelims are like 4 o'clock, the main events at 7.
Starting point is 00:53:12 It's done by 1030. That's the one streaming service I don't have, actually. Another thing about it. That's not true. That's the one I cut, Paramount Plus? That's the first year that win. Hey, did your wife tell you? I was like, what am I going to watch on there?
Starting point is 00:53:21 SpongeBob? That's stupid. All right. Well, good luck to Connor. Good luck to Connor. I'm still going to be watching soccer. No way you guys. Wimbledon.
Starting point is 00:53:32 I'm still watching soccer. Yeah. Good, Mike. Probably not. Good. All right. You want me to blow it? Let's out of here.
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