The Bobby Bones Show - SORE LOSERS: A Cheating Scandal Has Rocked Lunchbox's House

Episode Date: February 28, 2025

Ray & Lunchbox are the Sore Losers! In this episode Lunchbox had a cheating scandal rock his household and it's shaken the foundation of his family. How would you handle it? Will Lunchbox's family be able to recover from such betrayal? We also bring back the popular game Would You Rather to find out how rich you want to be. Plus we thank Gene Hackman for the life lessons he taught us in the movie Hoosiers.  Subscribe to the Sore Losers wherever you listen to podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sore-losers/id1431969112 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Dude, I saw a great, would you rather, I saw it and I posted it on the Facebook page. And I want your answer. Would you take one? $1 million guaranteed or flip a coin for a billion? One million. I don't gamble anymore. That's it. That's the answer. You don't gamble anymore.

Yeah. See, you have a 50-50 shot at a billion dollars. I think I'm going for the billion. The pain and suffering and therapy and, and risk to yourself after losing that opportunity at the billion and the million when you lose it, that will rip your heart out more than a girl, more than a sports team, more than a man, more than a death. Coach, you will not be able to recover from that. And because of that, I go with the guaranteed million.

I'll invest it immediately, S&P 500. I don't know that I would recover from losing the million, but if they said, okay, which one would you do? And I said, oh, I'll take the million. They said, okay, let's slip the coin and see what it would have been. And it comes up, it would have been the billion. Then it's the other side of the coin. You would be like, oh my gosh, drive me nuts.

Why did I pass up a billion dollars? But that bit, like, imagine that coin flip. The two seconds, it's in the air. Maybe a second. I don't even know how long it stays in the air when you flip it. not very long and you're like oh my god I could be a billionaire I could be a billionaire I could be a billionaire I could be a billionaire yeah let's keep it a buck I've been hearing people say that apparently means keep it real yes so I've been looking into hotels and stuff we're planning vacation this summer oh I thought you're talking about buying a hotel yeah man I could barely pay my mortgage I'm like how the hell are you gonna buy a hotel yeah it's a motel six dude down the road continental breakfast hey they'll leave the light on for you so we was Wayne Bodette with Motel 6. We'll leave the light on for you.

Come on down. Get yourself some life cereal and a muffin on the way out. Make it blueberry. Oh, I used to love that because whenever we were trying to find a hotel on a road trip, my parents would be like, do you guys see anything? Like, as a kid, I was so dumb. I'd be like, Dad, we got to look for a Motel 6 because they're going to leave the light on for us. My dad's like, they don't really leave the light on for you.

I'm like, Dad, they say it in the commercial. It says, I'm Tom Bodette with Motel. Six, we'll leave the light on for you. And I honest God believe they were leaving the light on for us. That's what I thought they were doing. Made me feel like, oh my gosh, Motel 6 is where I need to be. Where I need to rest my head is Motel 6. The best is when they say HBO and color TV.

That's how you get the truckers. It did. You used to say that. HBO, color TV. Oh, got to pull over there. Used. It still says it, my town. The beauty of the country is these.

small towns around me, they don't change. The cars, brand new, the roads, newer, the businesses, dude, they are still advertising in 1980s people. Truckers that are horny. Real quick, about hotels. So I'm researching stuff, tropical destinations for our summer vacation. Do we know the dates? No.

Do you know where you're going? Costa Rica. I'm pushing for it. I got it. So you're still planning that. Pushing that. What I've realized is, a billion dollars is a monumental amount of money. I'm looking at, so I had just click on hotels if I was super rich.

They don't really cater to the wealthy. There's a, there's a large gap. If you have a billion dollars, there's just no way to spend it. I mean, I'm not even, I'm middle class, the heart of the middle class. And I mean, we can afford these hotels. Maybe there's one with a infinity edge pool and a glass patio that's one small step up from what we're able to afford. The billionaire status, dude, America can't even cater to you. You would have to move to Dubai.

There's not enough luxury items in this country to give to you. How can I be this close as a radio producer to the very best that a hotel has to offer in Costa Rica? Bro, I'm lower middle class. So your billionaire lifestyle that you would get, you'd be afforded this life with the billion, there ain't that great a billion dollar stuff. So there's nothing in Costa Rica that would be able to satisfy me as my billionaire status is what you're saying? At my, the hotel we're looking at, you're a billionaire? I'm a hundred air, thousand air.

No, you're a millionaire because you took the million. I'm a millionaire. You're a billionaire. You would be staying one room over from us with an infinity edge pool and a glass patio. But guess what? I'd still be smoking in my underwear, drinking my Costa Rica coffee right next to your ass. man that's messed up Ray that was deep

that is deep that's like I mean that's why I like Las Vegas is all walks of life all sitting at one blackjack table all standing around one craps table every different person has a story and some people don't have any money and some people are billionaires

probably sitting there at that craps table but the beauty of Vegas is everybody is living in that moment above their means 100% 100 everybody in Las Vegas is spending money that they shouldn't be spending. I was taking, when me and Beezer first started dating, now we're limited. We take 300 a day, which is very smart.

I would take entire paychecks. People probably thought I was a millionaire, but I wasn't. I was just taking everything I had to Vegas. Because when you go to Vegas, you know you're not going to lose that. So why would you not take your whole paycheck? I am with you. Everybody is living outside their means when they go to Las Vegas. I agree with you 100%.

That is such a true story. And there's rarely the person that is super great with their money going in. And I give Bayzer that credit. She puts it in envelopes and we don't go outside of that envelope for the day so that you're able to have money the entire week. We're the exception to the rule. Most people blow it, load out, cleaned out. We got to start the show.

Yeah, we got to start the show. Yeah, I just saw that Would You Rather last night on X, which was 4. formerly Twitter, and I said, oh, I got to take that. And I put it on the Facebook page. A lot of people were saying they would just take the million. They're not gamblers. So Arnold went out with Troy, the guy from Australia on Broadway, and got shlammered. Absolutely sauteed.

Then they went to Mackers. Yes. Bonza. Bonsi. Bonesa. And they got bonzad. Bonsud. No wait.

It was real bonza. It was real bonza. Bonza. Which is bad. Oh. And Arnold left me this voicemail. I'm going to, uh, yep, let me go ahead. Hit it right.

This one. And after that, he was hung over for two straight days. Did you go pick him up? No, I told him there's a million ubers and lifts. Call somebody else. The, what, new phone, who dis? Ah, gotcha. I love that trick.

That's a good trick. Yeah. All right, let's start it, man. Troy was a good guy. I like that, dude. He's on his way to Vegas. though. I think he's in Vegas now.

And people comment. Oh, we love Zach. An effeminate guy into his fields. I love Troy also. And then they love Troy, the Australian guy. They're like, you need to have more guests like this. And I'm like, so all this effort that we put into thinking about what we should do on the pod, and we just bring some random people off the streets, and that's the best pods that you guys like.

Got it. Next, we bring a homeless guy in. Oh, man. I've never heard something so great in my tree. truck. That was the best thing I've ever heard. Guys, that was fantastic. He's been living off of free tips for the past two years and that fascinated you. Interesting. All right. Ray, it's a great idea. It is a good idea. We're going to do it live. We are the one, two, three, so are losers. What up, everybody. I am Lunchbox. I know the most about sports. So I gave

you the sports facts, my sports opinions, because I'm pretty much a sports genius. Y'all, it's Sizzed. I'm from the north. I'm an alpha male. I met a Broadway girl one day back in 2014. We got engaged, married. Now we live north of town in the country. Two acres. Her father built our home. Pay a mortgage. 2.5 kids someday, not today or tomorrow. And I'll die of a heart attack when I'm 72. Over to you. Oh, how did I sleep last night? Thanks for asking, coacher. How did you sleep last night? Absolutely terrible. Let me tell you, I mean, it might have been every 20 to 25 minutes, I was woken up by, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, and no, it wasn't my wife. Baby Box was having, I don't know what kind of dream. If he's going through growing pains, but he was moaning and thrashing around in his bed every 20 minutes. No, I wasn't a cry. It was, uh,

uh, and I'd go down, I'd go to his room, Hey, bud, bud, bud, you okay, you're okay, you're okay, you're okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay. He quiet down, put his blinking back on him. Go back to my room, go to sleep. Uh, uh, uh, uh, eh,

and I'm like, it was all night long. Why don't you sleep in the room with him? Well, it doesn't matter if I'm sleeping with him. What difference does it make? He'll go to sleep. He was asleep the whole time, Ray. He was thrashing, noisy with sleepy eyes?

No, no, he never woke up. And I texted my wife this morning and I said, hey, ask him how he slept last night. And he said, quote, How did you sleep last night, box? I slept great. He texted her? Oh, my wife asked him when he got up and they were eating breakfast. He's like, oh, did you get a good night's sleep?

Yeah, good night's sleep, mom. She's like, you weren't having bad dreams? No, no bad dreams. But he has been complaining that his knee or leg hurts. And so I'm wondering if it's like growing pains. And so when he lays down, maybe the pain intensifies. Oh, he's a future wembe. I don't know.

I don't know what's wrong. But it was all night long every 20 to 25 minutes. I mean, I would fall asleep, get into that light, and I can fall asleep quick. And I get into that dream. and all of a sudden I were, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, what in the, I mean, it was all, I mean, I probably got up 10 times in the middle of the night. Overreaction, probably two. What do you mean? You got up 10 times and went to his room. Yes. That's hard to believe. So you're telling me, say, what time did you go to bed at? I went to bed at 9.30. 9.30 and you get up at 4 probably for the big show.

So in that amount of time You got up every single hour One hour you got up twice It went into his room Yes I'm telling you it felt like it was every 20 to 25 minutes I mean I've had cats that have been violently ill Vomining and diarrheaing

And I don't know if I got up 10 times Dude I I hear him Loudly The night my cat died I don't think I got up 10 times Well yeah because you die peacefully sometimes No he was very ill

And I still to get up 10 times I just feel that's an over-exaggeration Monday It's not an over-exaggeration I literally was like man I felt like I got no sleep Dude and you're it sounds if he's doing the night tremors That's Beezer 101

Oh my gosh you scared me as you're getting into bed What I just had to go the bathroom hi it's me I'm not a robber I don't have a ski mask on And then they'll be Oh sorry my sorry how it's dream A such as hard dream I'm so sorry the thrashing has got to stop. Lay your head on a pillow, guys.

You're safe in your bed. Let's not be jumpy. Good night, America. We all wake up. It's very simple. I don't understand it. I assumed it was a bad dream. Oh, did you just get in the bed?

Yes, it's me. I'm not the cat. Hello, yep, I'm a human. Human hand. It's me. Okay, sorry, you scared me. No, I'm the Y2K killer. Surprise.

My wife. First, yeah It's like that every night, dude. You scared me. What were you doing? Taking a piss? Hi. It's amazing.

My wife, the kid moans all night and thrashes, she never hears him. I get up to go pee and I get back in bed. Oh, does the exact same thing as your wife. Enough, enough, ladies. How do you hear, not hear him? Eh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, but you hear me get up, walk, pee, and come back and you're jumping out of bed. The dude is screaming every 20 minutes, not screaming, moaning.

Oh, my. And I thought, okay, maybe it's because his blanket's coming off. So I put a second blanket on him. Get him a bigger blanket. No, it's a big blanket. And so I put it on him. It's a Preds blanket that he got my wife for Christmas in 2023. That's probably why they won last night.

Beat the app's butt out of, uh... They beat the Ave's butt? Yeah, the Preds. The Preds beat the Jets. The Jets. I thought you said aves. All in the same division except for the Preds. Got it.

Same division. Preeds are in that. They're in the Aves division? I think they're in the same division with the Jets. Not sure. Not really clear on the hockey divisions. I'll tell you that. I'll be honest with you.

I'm not up to date on my hockey divisions. Are they with the Golden Knights? Not sure. I think the abs are with the Golden Knights. No, the abs are with Minnesota and the Dallas Stars and the Jets. That makes sense. Those are all the same. But I think the Preds are in that one too.

That does make sense. And then the Golden Knights are in it with the Kings. The host sharks, the oilers. They're farther down, the oilers as well. Okay. But anyway, that was how I slud last night, right? If you want to know, I'm tired, I'm cranky, I need a nap. It was rough.

How about yourself, ma'am? Me, went to bed at 8 immediately, immediately. Woke up at 12.30, so 4.5 hours of sleep. Woke up at midnight, took another 30 minutes sleep. So woke up at midnight 30 and was good to go. never felt better, but I took an hour and a half nap in the afternoon. Two hours probably. That's legit.

Don't say. I didn't get a nap yesterday. I did. Neighbor, not neighbor, old work, co-worker of Azers came over, and they were just laughing, having them a girl's day. And I said, I'm going to bed. Smart. I can only have so much estrogen. That's a good move, man.

So I went to bed and just slept it off. That's good. So you ready to take a break? Yeah. We're going to take a break, dude. And I'm going to tell you what? A scandal. Have you ever heard of a scandal?

This one's going to knock your socks off. It's not making ESPN. I don't know why, but someone needs to be criminally investigated. You're going to knock your garments off. Yes, we'll be right back. The 26 NFL draft is here, and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down.

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for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes. Listen to a slight change of plans on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ray, give me my music. Ray, the Brooklyn Nets. The season has ended. Dude, every time you do that, I think NBA,

and then I realize it's this stupid butt team. It's your kids team? Ages four to six-year-olds. Every time I think it's something with Embed. It doesn't even play for him anymore. I don't even play for him anymore. I don't even know if he plays anymore. Who does Hardin play for?

Hardin plays for the Clippers. Does Ben Simmons play for him? No. Ben Simmons plays for the Clippers. No. Ben Simmons plays for the... Who did he go to? Den Whittle? He's got to play for the Nets. Den Whittle plays for the Lakers.

Where did Ben Simmons go? He just got bought out. Let me see. I mean, the dude doesn't play. No, he does. He plays. He plays for the Cavaliers. He comes off the bench?

No, he's the Clippers. Clippers. Sorry. I saw a Cavalier's picture or something. Yeah, I knew he went to the Clippers. I thought so. So, hey, they reunited. Anyway, so the season is over, man. I think it's all done with.

And then... Hell of a year. Yep, that's a song. Hell of a year. Yep. How many games you guys win? We got two victories, man. First game and last game. Great job, guys.

Started off the season hot. finished hot. A little lull in the middle. It happens. You know, the grind of a season, you can't get up for every game. It's hard. It's difficult to put the same energy and effort into every single Saturday. And the scandal has begun. Got an email in the inbox from the NBA Junior League. They emailed the sore losers? No, they emailed my personal email. Oh, well, I did the sound effect. Sorry. Said, scores will be updated this week for standings. We have had issues with multiple teams with kids playing out of their age groups. Sheesh! Please understand this is against our rules and regulations,

and they have found out we will review each situation's case and the game will possibly result as a forfeit. I'm willing to turn over all footage that I have. So, from that first paragraph, they're going to need our podcast for the scores of the games. I was shocked to learn that there are standings. I didn't know that. And this tells me that we might be moving up the standings.

Jury, if you're listening to this, all we want is a fair trial. All I am is saying some of these teams that we played, and I told you, there is no way they've been together two weeks. Sheesh. There is no way that they are legit. There are kids that are a foot taller. And we get an email. We have had issues with multiple teams playing out of their age groups.

Dude, you guys didn't suck. We weren't as bad as I thought. Dude, this is actually a pretty big scandal. This is incredible. Who does this? They are four to six years old. Who gives two craps about? winning the league. This is huge. This isn't just one. It is multiple teams.

Bobby, I've been subpoenaed. I'll be off on Monday. I can't even understand how not just one, but it's more than one. Multiple is more than one. Now you want me to keep finishing. Yeah. Coaches. I first wanted to thank you for dedicating your time to the kids. We appreciate your dedication. Let's make sure we are keeping the kids first at all times. Wait, the email started coaches? Yes. Fan of the podcast.

Huge fan. We all want to win, but it is about the kids at the end. Yep. Not winning the league. Let's do a better job controlling our parents during the game and also playing in the proper age bracket. All right, now clap. As I stated in the coaches meeting,

before the season, your parents react off of you. You are not only leading the kids, but you're setting the tone for your parents as well. With this being said, if you have any issues regarding illegal players, please let me know. Either they made spelling errors and punctuation things in that email or you just sucked at reading it. If parents are not under control, it will result in a possible technical foul and the removal of the parent. Thank you. That is the scandal that is rocking the league. They need to go to the coaches convention.

I know, they're big fans. But my question is, how did they get found out? Did someone call a birth certificate check on one of the kids during the game? Whistleblower. You don't want to be a whistleblower. You'll get found at the bottom of the Cumberland. That's what happens, it seems like. If you look at any whistleblowers in the past, they disappear from this planet.

Let's be real. You said there were kids that were older. You never really pressed charges or furthered it, but you didn't complain on a podcast. Other people probably complained at their workplaces. One person took it a step forward, farther, contacted the committee and said, review this. Did your kids submit birth certificates? Or is it an honor system? It's an honor system. The whole investigation is based on an honor system, not even fraudulent documents?

Now that you say it, like I literally, this is how behind the times this league is. I actually had to go to the building and fill out a piece of paper. There was no online registration. So I just went and I wrote my kid's name and I wrote my kid's birthday. I wrote down their address. I wrote who their parents were and I turned it in. You would have met you. Continue.

I must interject. Continue. I need to interject in a minute. Go ahead. Continue. That tells me that there is no fact checking of this league and I now realize it. Is that the end of your sentence? I need to interject.

That next year, baby box, who will be seven at the time, six, can play with the six-year-olds because guess what? There's no fact check. Ray, it's a slight of hand. You could make a seven of six. Oh, my pin slipped. You would have never made it in Saratoga, Wyoming. My mom and dad handled all the birth certificates and stuff. Kids would bring photocopies.

It was a huge ordeal. It needs to be. the original. Oh, dang, you guys didn't even do that, man. You guys were just writing in pencil. Or pin. They gave you the option, which is amazing now that I think about it. But my whole thing is, I don't know what's worse.

Are you really six, Jeremy? I don't know what's worse. Why is your voice deep? Is the parents that did this, the coaches that allowed it, that allowed them to play, that knew they were over-aged, that decided they wanted to, you know, cheat the system because they wanted to get the upper hand in four to six-year-old basketball? Or the person that actually pushed the league to investigate it? I don't know which is worse.

Love the investigation. And a kid never tells a lie. You should casually next year. Hey, Johnny from the other team. How you doing, man? Hey, how old are you? It's something easy. A kid will always say the rage.

You're 100% right. You want to how I know that? Because I asked one of them. No. When we were kids. Johnny Appleseed, Ray. I see a tree, I'll never lie. My parents were taken, I believe it was my sister to the airport.

Hey kid, I always say you're two years younger than you actually are. I'm only 64. She was going to fly somewhere to see my grandma and grandpa. I believe this is how the story went. This is how I remember it in my head. And they told her, hey, you're going to tell them you're six years old. You're going to tell them you're six years old. and we get to the airport.

They're like, how old are you? And I believe my brother goes, she's five, but my parents told her to say she's six. We are now boarding all Southwest flights, all Spirit Airlines, and all Delta. You are now free to fly without the country throughout. It was either my brother that said, oh, she's really five, but my parents said six,

or my sister said, my parents told me to tell you I'm six, but I'm really five. And my parents are sitting there going, Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? Luckily, they didn't do anything and they let her on the plane. But that's how it goes. Kids won't lie.

You can tell them to lie, but they don't understand. And they say, oh, no, my age is this or I'm going here. I'm doing that. They're not good liars. So the kids are not at fault in this investigation. I agree with that. It's either the coach. Like the coach is probably out at the playground.

He's watching some kid hoop. Or the parents. And he's like, I need that kid on my six-year-old team. so we can win the leak. We've narrowed it down. The coach of the parent. One of them needs to serve some sort of time or community service. Who's worse, though?

The person that asked for an investigation or the person that signed them up illegally. We have the right in this country to ask for someone to show documentation. And it's called discovery. Someone is required by law to show their finances. In this case, it is the birth certificates. It is the documentation provided proving a kid's age.

There is nothing wrong for asking about that. And this should change now the league to whereas you guys bring those documents to every game. Yeah, I agree. And so. Oh, show you mine. You show me yours, Mark. Not only do I think this makes a difference. I don't know how to check the standings,

but it tells me we moved up the standings. You know why? Because about 30 minutes after that email went out, I got an email from the league. To our sore losers email? No, my personal. Said, coach, congratulations on the great season. Coach.

You've now qualified for the all-star tournament. Oh, no. We qualified for the post-season. I don't know who we're going to play. No. Sorry. I meant, yes. What do you mean no?

No, no. I'm sorry. Wrong sound effect. Are you saying no? Because you think we're going to get crushed? I just had thought it was over. Oh, you're saying no because you don't want to hear any more Brooklyn Net stories. Not that.

Not that at all. I said the wrong sound effect. I meant to hit clapping. Dude. You guys are playing more games? We have the end of year all-star tournament. guess we moved up the standings. We have qualified for the tournament.

All-Star tournament? Dude, so then I'm excited as I'll get out and I text the group. Your kids got to make it. And I said, hey, good news, guys. We had the team party last Saturday, but let's put that champagne on ice. We got a tournament to win. And everybody's like, what? And I'm like, apparently we moved up the standings.

We qualified for the end of the season, postseason tournament. Yeah, those parents had already figured out their drinking weekends. They said what? Another Saturday. I was planning to do beers with the boys and some golf. And those are the reactions I got. Oh, we'll be out of town that weekend. They're already going to Barbados.

We have a birthday party that weekend. Yeah, we got money to burn. We're heading to Trinibag and Tadago. Oh, she has a Girl Scout retreat that weekend. Yeah, I'm heading to Vegas. It's been about six months. Oh, that's the weekend. My parents are coming to town.

town. We won't be able to make it. Oh yeah, I'm doing manis and petties. We'll be out. So after all that, I got six responses saying they wouldn't be able to make it. That would take us down to four players. I had to email the league and say, thanks, but no thanks. Our season is over. We will not be in the tournament. Yeah. You got to know what's happening. The parents are going to make their plans. You can't fault them for that. They respected the integrity of the season. The minute was over. Guys, those tickets were booked. Passports were updated. They got the real IDs and they're heading to Turks and Kekos. They're heading to Sri Lanka. You know what I'm saying? A lot of these Nashville people got some money to burn and it's getting burnt.

So the Brooklyn Nets, the scandal that broke that moved us to the top, but the season's still over. We'll take a break. We'll be right back. The 2026 NFL draft is here and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh. We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite picks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the free IHeart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, and listen now.

A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show.

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It's not even worth. What's the weekend? We don't need to do work. How funny would be to get it actually as a news thing where they do a report on it? That'd be awesome. One of the local news stations. If it's a slow news day. We call the local news, but listen, guys.

They're interviewing kids. Yeah, I'm only four years old, but I saw some of those kids looked older than that. I know you guys are always looking for investigative journalism. You got to get to bottom of this. Ages 4 to 6-year-old basketball, there's a huge scandal going on. in the Nashville basketball league. Yeah, I was going, yeah, I got a golden retriever and a Jeep. Yeah, yeah, I got my kids there in a private school.

Yeah, they play in the lunchboxes team. Yeah, I was aware of some kids being older. Again, I was staring at the Milfs a lot, but the times that I were watching the court seemed as though kids were fudging. Anyways, back to the milfs. I mean, the manufacturing plant. Yep, yeah, thank you, Jim. Jim and accounting. What have you seen down here, sir?

Well, I mean, it was a little suspicious when I saw that number, number two, 12, he was dunking. And I thought, man, that's pretty crazy that a six-year-old can dunk. I mean, and he is six foot two, and I don't understand how he could be six. But, yeah, I mean, I just trust the parents, you know what I mean? I just told my kid, hey, some kids are bigger than other. Turns out, he's 21. Oh.

Yeah, yeah, anyway, I can help out. Yes, I was always a little suspicious of her age. I was thinking, you know, how was she 38? You know, you got those milkers. Oh, the kids. I'm sorry. I thought you're talking about Trees and a mom. Oh,

I'm sorry. Dude, it would be a heck of a report. It would be, I mean, so funny. And, like, there's parents,

sir, I see hearing your 10-year-old was playing with the six-year-olds. I got no comment. Talk to my lawyer. Talk to my lawyer. Get the camera out of my face. He's not hiding anything. Oh,

we got a fan. family issues going on with that guy. Oh, man. So yeah, that was it. That was my excitement for the week. And then the sadness, though, is Gene Hackman died, right? And I had to go back to Hoosiers. Coach, I can't do another investigation bed. No. One of the greatest movies, sports movies of all time. Pistol Pete's better than it, but I'll put Hoosiers at two. You've told me about Pistol Pete, and I need to watch it. Maybe I'll watch it this weekend.

But it made me, it reminded me a little bit of, you know, three years. weeks ago when we had a game, the Brooklyn Nets, that is, and we were on the court, and at halftime, we're switching directions, and we're like, yeah, and Jackie on my team goes, we're finally shooting on that hoop. And I'm like, yeah, why? She goes, because this hoops higher. And I had to do the tape measure. I had to do the Gene Hackman, dude. Two balls. I went down there and I said, walk with me, Jackie. And I said, I'm going to hold my hand up. See where I touch it on the net? She goes, yeah. I said, now let's walk down to that. other end.

Guy Maff. And I said, watch this. And I raised my hand up to touch the net. And she goes, it touches the same spot. I said, yes, Jackie. They may look different, but these hoops going one direction or the other, they are the exact same height. I said, there's a movie called Hoosiers.

It teaches you all about it. I did not know three weeks later that Gene Hackman would be dead. I used Hoosiers to teach the. these kids that it doesn't matter which direction you're going because the hoops are the exact same. There's a hoop moment in Pistol Pete. The dad's on the ladder, his son Pistol, future pistol at the time he was just Pete, shooting baskets and his dad said, hey, son, you want to believe? Do you believe? Yeah, dad. Shooting that basket. You think two of those baskets, but, Dad, it's so hard to get in the hoop. It's such a small hoop. Dad, he sounded like Tom Brady. It's so hard,

dad, to get in the hoop. His dad's gotten a ladder. He said, I think that ball's hard to get in there? You think two balls would go in that hoop? No, Dad. Only one probably. Give me that other ball over there. Dribling it. It's nine o'clock at night.

Hey, press. The neighbors are calling. Keep it down out there. All right, Sarah, I'll get in there. It's a great moment. Great merit. The neighbors are calling. Well, they're up awfully late, aren't they?

Hilarious scene. He grabs two balls, and he says, son, on the ladder, he's standing up there 10 feet. And he says, sometimes, what? Go ahead. You just got to believe. And he takes both balls

and at the same time they go in the hoop. And the sun blew his mind and he showed him that it isn't that small after all. Two balls. You wouldn't think they could. Stop.

They kind of buckle a little bit. They both go in at the same time? But two balls can go in at the same time. It may have been an optical illusion. Maybe it's only like one and three quarters and he kind of twisted it. But for the movies sake

and Disney and Hollywood, but two balls went at the same time. That's beautiful. Pivotal moment of the game and the kid, at that moment, he decided to believe. Ray, I should have told the Nets that. I need. Dude, you just steal stuff from movies? I just go in with the quotes from the movies.

You did with the tape measure. It was halftime, dude, and I walked them down the court. What is it? Parents and the Crowder brother, what was this guy, watch Hoosiers last night? The parents were going, why is he doing that? And the other coaches are like, why is he on our side of the court? Like, what's he doing touching the net? If you guys don't know these scenes, this isn't funny.

It's funny if you want to go look him up on YouTube, because here's the great part, is Pistol Pete is the logo. So he's on our shirts. He's on the jerseys. And my kids have asked me who that is. And I tell him, that's Pete Marevich, man. And they're like, does he still play?

I'm like, no, no, he's old now. He might, I don't even know if he's alive, to be honest with you. I have no idea. And now I need to show them Pistol Pete the movie and be like, guys, That's the guy on your shirt. That is amazing. I thought you're going to say another sentence. I took a drink.

No, I saw you take a drink. Dude, I need Troy back in here, man. We need that third. No, I got an email though. Oh, I got an email that, I mean, it made me feel so good about myself. Lunchbox, love the recap on Monday's pod about the Mexico open. I had put $20 on Brian Campbell plus $1,400 going into the weekend. I was unable to watch any golf on Sunday.

I enjoyed your play-by-play. Keep up the great pods coming. Been listening since the first podcast. Byron from Wisconsin. Thanks. Finally, someone else cared about the Mexico Open. Baseball, are you preparing more for March Madness? Are you playing fantasy baseball?

I am playing fantasy baseball. See, I'm not, but I'm in numbers, guys. So statistically, Sizzin. I'm just trying to really get deep into it. You know another, what's a stadium at altitude? Denver. What's the second most stadium at altitude? I don't know, right.

Kaufman Stadium. St. Louis is almost a thousand feet above sea level. Well, Kaufman is in Kansas City. Right. That's the Royals. I've been to Kaufman Stadium as a kid, but they've redone it since then. It's easier to hit at altitude, Colorado, a mile high,

5,000 feet above sea level. That's why there's so many hits there. The most hits in Major League Baseball history happened at Coorsfield. Always in the top three. Coughman Stadium. You wouldn't think it. It's at altitude. I had no idea.

Bobby Witt hits 3.82. Where did he hit 382? At home. At Coughman Stadium because of the altitude. This year, though, he's not going to have Tommy Fam at number one. He's at number two. I wonder, are they going to have Bobby Witt hit one? Is that going to change how many hits he got last year?

Because he never went a game in a row not getting a hit. Every game he didn't get a hit, he got a hit the next day. Bobby Witt could be the greatest fantasy players statistically seasoned in the history of the sport. Does he go number one with Tommy Fam now playing for somebody else? Who does Tommy Fam play for? He went somewhere east, you know. I mean, I have no idea. Tommy Fam has been bouncing around, but I do want to apologize to the Golden State Warriors.

Because when they traded for Jimmy Butler, I said, oh, what difference does it make? They suck. They're terrible. Hey, they're kind of winning a lot of games now. They're hot. They're hot. They're up there. They're top four.

The Golden State Warriors, but they've creeped up to like number seven. Ooh. But they are. Lakers. Lakers are hot too. They're all West though. They're all going to beat each other up. Yeah.

And then Celtics just cruised to the finals. The West is wide open, man. Wide open. Wide open. That's scary. Wide. Lakers ain't going to get that far. No, they're not, but it's wide open.

You're saying that with nuggets. Nuggets with the Thunder. Golden State. Dallas, when Anthony Davis comes back Right now they're on the struggle bus, but they're winning games. They're not doing great, but they need Anthony Davis. They need Gafford. They need a lively back.

They need all those guys down low, and they're going to be dirty. But yeah, I've been watching college basketball, NBA. I've not prepared for baseball. Cousin Andrew did hit me up the other day and said, I think our three keepers are going to be. Where did it go? Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

Here we go. He said, I think I already know it, but I'm going to go. go with Seeger, Trout, and Harper for the keepers. Is Trout starting? The experts are really down on Trout and they really high on Jackson Trio, who we have. They have them ranked as the 25 best player, but I'd rather go with our guys. I think three have potential to be MVP's. Small chance it will happen, but it's not zero. So that's who our keepers are this year. I still stand by the Dodgers win in 117 games. lineup is stacked and the pitching staff doesn't even have showy to start off the season

top to bottom they're great they're really good Colorado Rockies last year to statistically says in the worst pitching staff in baseball this year they did no work on it it's the exact same guys it's Freeland Feltoner Senzavala the Gomber Oh Gond Gomba two of the guys were out of the league last year sends of allah and another dude and they're just pitching throw them into the staff man why not let's go what are you doing this weekend Anything good? No plans.

We were going to maybe do the escape room. So fun. With Justin, but the time kept getting thrown around so much. Me and Beezer said brunch in the country. My earphones went out inside baseball, literally. And so we're doing a small brunch in the country. We got a couple things we got to do around the house. Honeydews.

Nice. There's a chandelier. I said, Bezor, we got it. Not a chandelier. There's an entrance light that we got to put up. And I said, Bezor, let me handle it. She goes, I'm going to call my daddy. He's coming over.

Good, good. I'm glad he's going to get that done. Yeah, we got a. We got a birthday party tomorrow. Then we have... Meet the baseball team. Meet the Mets. Now we're the Padres.

We got Tatis. ProFar. ProFar. There's ProFar with him still? No, he's somewhere else. I don't know. I haven't paid attention. They trade them around, bro.

They move. It's quick. Padre is the ones we know for Tatis. You got Fernando Fález. Manichado. Manchato. Machado. Yeah, that's who we are this year.

And it was a dilemma because I'm a Cubs fan and the other coach. His wife is a Cardinals fan. And so he didn't want to ask for the Cubs or he didn't want to ask for the Cardinals because he didn't want to offend either of us. So he just got stuck with the Padres. Cubs are being bad this year. No, they're not. They're going to be good.

Don't worry about it. We got Craig Counsel on the bench. Second year is when he turns it around. Not that I think a man. He's playing? No, he's the manager, man. So yeah. All right, man.

Have a great weekend. Everybody. We'll see you on Monday. hopefully we'll be here. I don't know. Something good will happen. We'll come up with something to talk about because Brooklyn Nets basketball is over.

I got nothing else on the schedule. So, all right. The worst major league baseball stadium to hit in and for any sort of offense is? It's a big one. It's Oakland. Oh, but they're gone. They're not there anymore.

They're in Sacramento. Huh. Giants a little bit. Yeah. Wind blowing in. Yeah. Off the bay. Covey Cove.

statistically, Sisson, you got a lot of wind. Yeah. Hey, Survivor started this week. Hope you're caught up, man. Are you golfing this weekend at all? No, probably not this weekend, man. I got kids. I have three kids.

I've been doing patio golf, but just having got on the course, it's going to be weird. I'm not going to have my sea legs yet. Yeah, it's hard to get out on the weekends. It's hard. It's hard to go play weekend golf when you got three kids, man. I told you about those tea times. I bet they're gone. No, get it right now.

I bet you can get it. Go ahead. Look at it. What is it? I got it. I'll pull it up. Cis and Ramundo Golf. Oh, still there. Still there. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Ray, you got to turn off the recording. Coach, I know you're worried about golf, but I'm going to... Listen, next Saturday, March 8th, I'm going to be in the Demolition Derby. Mad Dog Demolition Derby in Shelbyville, Tennessee, Cooper Steel Arena. Dude, I'm going to drive... in a race and wreck. I don't know. You've got to take the kids in that. I know. My kids are going to watch me wreck.

They're going to watch her dad. They're going to be going to go Nitro Ned. Go Nitro Ned. That's who I'm racing. So if you want to save $5 and get discount tickets, Motorhead Events.com, Demolition Derby, Saturday, March 8th, Shelbyville, Tennessee, Cooper Steel Arena. There's going to be a lot of people there.

And there's going to be a lot of people. And someone said, in plaid. Plaid? Right. A lot of people in Tennessee wear plaid. Didn't realize it. And maybe in... Trucker hats, right?

Maybe in orange for the Volves. Yeah. Or Lipscomb because they just won... I think they won their conference. Man. Are you a big Lipscomb fan? No, man, but is your wife? We could all carpool.

We go to this thing. Do you want to go to the demolition derby? So it's probably you live north of town. It's south of town. going to take you about an hour to get there for you, hour and 15? Doable. Doable. Dude, I'm all about, if it's a solid drive, you go have fun with friends, I'm all, like with the Dodds.

Dude, we did an overnighter. That's true. Get a hotel there. You think they got hotels in Shelbyville? Bet you they do. Right next to Cooper Steel Arena. Fend to find out. All right, Mad Dog, Demolition Derby.

Come see me next Saturday. Save $5 now and get discount tickets at motorhead events.com. You know what I say? Oh, is that crap. You ain't rubbing, you ain't racing. Motorhead events.com. Someone said I'm going to be real sore after the demolition derby. Yeah, you get you patted up, man, helmet, all that.

Yeah, I got to go to, I got to be there at four for a safety course. Here's reverse, here's drive. Go have fun, kid. You're going to be going one mile an hour. Or you be cooking a little bit. No, no, I'm going to be cooking. Like they, they, they. I got rocket boosters.

Shoes. Boom, boom. Mad dog demolition derby. So yeah, please come see me. I'll see you there. All right. Starts at 7. Next Saturday.

Demolition Derby. Mad dog demolition derby. Let's go. Motorhead Events.com. Bye. I'm going to hit up your wife. See if she wants to get a hotel. Whoa.

For the event. Oh, for the event. Okay, I got you. The 2026 NFL Draft is here. And the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all. join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh.

We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite picks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the free IHeart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, and listen now. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me. Clifford Taylor the 4th.

You might have seen the skits, my basketball and college football journey, or my career in sports media. Well, now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfills of conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve

to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to The Clifford show on the IHeard Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok podcast network on TikTok.

Hey, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and hosts of the podcast, a slight change of plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. I wish that I hadn't resisted for so long the need to change. We have to be willing to live with a kind of uncertainty that none of us likes. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own. program. Listen to a slight change of plans on the IHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.