The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: The S.P.H.E.R.E

Episode Date: May 21, 2024

There are a handful of questions to answer as we kick off today's Big Suey: Does Billy Gil beg to differ or live to differ? Is it weird of Bryce Harper to help a random kid with a Promposal? Should a NBA team trade up to the No. 1 pick to take Bronny James just to recruit LeBron? What do you do with a lego set once you've built it? Then, Dan's dissection of Heat fandom and their unreasonably high expectations has us asking why Knicks fans are so grateful for a team that went out in the second round after choking on their home floor in a Game 7. What happened to you, Knicks fans? Plus, it's time for Stugotz's jam-packed Weekend Observations on a Tuesday and a conversation on why Jeff Darlington didn't take advantage and make the Scottie Scheffler more about himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. in town. Try one today. Terms and conditions apply at participating restaurants in Canada. to create. Welcome to the Big Sui presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?

I've done it. And now here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face and the habitual liar. Juju, put it on the poll please at LeBittard Show. When you say you beg to differ, are you eager to differ? I'm not. I believe you are. I believe you cloak it.

I believe it's your mask. It's your disguise. I believe your beg to differ is your knight's armor to pretend and appear polite when you live to differ. He's actually begging to differ. I don't like that assessment. It's hard for me to wear a mask, Dan. I wear glasses already.

You wear your glasses over your mask and your mask conceals an evil anarchy that you embrace wholeheartedly. You like nothing more than to differ, I would say. That's one person's take, I suppose. Not mine, not the way I see it. I'm the hero of my narrative. What do you guys think of Bryce Harper getting involved

with his high school son's prom? Because we have some video of... I don't think he has a high school son. Bryce Harper has a son in high school. Is this a fact? That's hard to believe. We're gonna have to look this up. I think it was just a fan he was doing it with. Oh, it wasn't? I thought it was his son.

And why would you say, do you think, how old is Bryce Harper now? He's 30? He gotta be 22. He's 31. school 17 he had a kid when he was 14 he was dropping bombs at 14 I did think it was his son okay so that makes it much different I did think it was his son it was just somebody he was doing a favor for it who needed who needed to make sure that he got a yes, so he brought in Bryce Harper? His son would also have to be like 17 or 18, because only juniors and seniors go to prom.

I'm seeing a headline, he helps a New Jersey high school student with prom proposals. OK, my bad. I'm sorry. I thought it was his son. Not his kid, just a kid. Yeah, well, it's totally different. It's kind of weird.

It's a totally different. It's honestly better. If it's your kid, it's two helicopter parodies. I know. Agreed. Bryce Harper on his spare time plays Cupid for high schoolers? That is Juju Smith Schuster doing this a couple years ago too with, they had a bomb sues him and that old boy.

That is why I recoiled, because my information was bad in thinking, not doing the math on how he wouldn't be old enough to have a high school age child someone who is those two got to slow brun james and i thought some betting odds i saw were interesting in that the most money that's being put on someone being drafted number one overall is being put on the brony james where los vegas tells you the money money and the reason for that is is because the odd to two hundred to one that he gets drafted first but the reason you would draft him first is now

overt it's because you think lebron james is better than whoever the number one pick in the draft is and i don't think you'd be wrong about that when you've got ryan russo and others saying would you trade the number one pick for Duncan Robinson this year because it's such a weak class. Let me be clear, LeBron James is going to be better for the next two or three years than anyone you could draft in the first round. So if you were to trade up to get Bronny with the number one overall pick, it seems ridiculous.

Also a very cool thing for a father to do because he still has the leverage to do it. But if you have the opportunity to do it and draft Brani and therefore get LeBron James, that would be a smart move by that team, I think. This would be the draft to do it. Yeah. Yeah. Because there's no Wim Bonyama in this draft.

Correct. I mean, this is like, it's about as bad as a draft gets. I think the number one projected guy is from France. It's just funny that you said that specifically. There's no women. Just cause you're French don't make you wimpy, brother. You feel me? And if you the Hawks right now, brother,

liquidly this makes sense. Look at all the jerseys you can sell. Look, you can talk to LeBron anytime you want to. Who you gonna take? Klingon? It has to be a team that LeBron thinks is close to winning a championship. He's not just going to Atlanta.

And Atlanta should know that, and they should trade that pick for as many picks as they can get. All right, before we do all of this, you mentioned Wem Mniamah. Did you guys see what he spent his first paycheck on? Because it was fairly funny, and it reminds you that even though these appear to be armored adults in muscles, they are children.

A LEGO Millennium Falcon. Really? Boss. Those are expensive. They are expensive. Wow. I've always wondered, like, what do you do with it once you're done? You did this right here. Pum, pum, pum, pum, pum.

Yeah, that's what you do. You're right, that is what you do. That is what you do. That is exactly what you do. I guess he's rich enough he has his own room for it. Like, I want like the Lord of the Rings ones, but then I'm like, what do I do with it? It's a lot of space. It eats a lot of space.

It's gonna take up my whole apartment. It's only $850. Huh. I was thinking, I don't know why. That's a lot for Legos. I'm just saying, Legos are surprisingly expensive. For Wendy though. The way you pinned it as like his first purchase

I was thinking this was gonna be like tens of that was a real Wait I really wish we had done prices right with this what what did you think it was was gonna cost I mean, I'm thinking it's like a life-size Millennium Falcon. No what? From the movie you guys don't you know I can buy Spaceship I could find probably a dozen things for thousands of dollars that are Star Wars related right now like I think under a thousand dollars is Cheap actually for this it is hmm. I thought you meant a bird I know but it's true, but 850 bucks for a bird yeah toy

I mean it's ridiculous You know you don't want to spend that much so you thought he was buying a bird you thought he was buying an actual Spaceship made out of Legos. I thought it was like a life-size one that he could like walk in let me start again Hmm. I like it here That's fine. I'm gonna start again, so you could spend more time here. I know you begged to differ we've Established that I know I know where you like it Billy I'm very well aware it's where I don't like it why try it out opposites attract the Lego Millennium Falcon that he bought he

was asked the cliche question of did you make any big purchases with your first check and instead of saying a home or a car, he said he bought the Lego Millennium Falcon. I do believe that we should put these things on the poll at Levitard Show. Are Legos surprisingly expensive? And once you've put together the Lego Millennium Falcon, is that now furniture in your house? Is it a furniture

decoration in your house? Because that is something that's going to take up some space. Stugatz, I wanted to ask you this question about the Miami Heat based on something we didn't cover yesterday regarding the Minnesota Timberwolves. Right. The Minnesota Timberwolves, it can be argued successfully, as we sit here today, are coming off the biggest victory they've had in their franchise's history. The single most important thing to have ever happened to the Timberwolves, even though they made

a Western Conference final with Kevin Garnett, we can make the argument, that you beat the three-time mvp you want on the road it's game seven it's the most memorable thing a timber wolves team is done you beat the champs to get to this round you people complaining about where the miami heat have been the last five years when they've gotten to a place that is further again and again than a franchise that has been around a quarter of a century you should take some inventory on how difficult it

is sometimes to get to these places when franchises go through several eras of playing and we just witnessed what can be argued is the greatest victory in the history of Minnesota basketball post, you know, when they were the Minneapolis Lakers and whatever was happening around when George Mikem was running around. And I don't know. I don't know what the hell was happening when George Mikem was running around. Well, Greg does. He covered it.

Yes, I did. He played with big glasses on, I think. Who does that to your point you know that the heat is judged by the standard the heat set for itself okay so i don't you know you can credit the past five years but they haven't won a championship since lebron left and it's been more

than ten years now or about ten years and and that's the standard they have to live up to. Do you think Heat fans, do you think they don't appreciate the run that Heat have been on? Because I will tell you as a Nick fan, I am jealous of the Heat. I am jealous of that entire organization. I believe there's a spoiled entitlement

into what Heat fans think they deserve that doesn't take inventory of how hard it is to be as relevant as they've been this century. But it's created by them. Like it's Pat Riley going in, look at my rings, I'm gonna get you one of these, and then you don't get the free agent, and you don't get the rings.

It's championship culture, it's heat culture, it's look at the banners, we have this championship thing. They are the ones that set this narrative up to have people say, you know what, you've fallen short of the narrative that you told us. So it's not crazy to be like, you guys haven't lived up to the expectations you set for

Yourselves and told us you were gonna deliver on but in part That's what I'm jealous of as a Nick fan that they've set the bar so high that it's championship every single Well, my point isn't anything get happy to get to the Easter Conference semifinals and lose They don't ridiculous coverage. You were acting like it was like the end of some great run It was a funeral was the end of someone's career, they were giving standing ovations. Your team choked, okay? You guys had this, and you choked, and you were embarrassed on your home court,

and you're giving them a standing ovation, when in reality, they deserve to be booed off the court for that performance. That was loser mentality by those fans saying, we're so proud, we're so happy. No, you guys got punked. This was embarrassing. You should boo them and demand change immediately.

Did you hear Sam Warhol yesterday? He sounded like a punk. Salute to Sam, I love you. Salute to Sam. Talk to you next year, hopefully. What a great tool. You say that they created these standards. They didn't do it by speaking them into existence.

They won enough to create those standards. You can say all that stuff, and if you don't keep getting to the finals, if you don't keep winning the Eastern Conference or getting to the Eastern Conference finals, you don't spoil and entitle your fans. I'm sure the Patriot fans are insufferable right now. I'm sure that you can't be around patriot fans based on what they expected

mac jones to be good luck with that replacing that guy but i'm sure people be totally reasonable about you not being tom brady same thing with the spurs honest to god popovich was about to get kicked out of there just like bellacheck in total disgrace if he doesn't get Wemba Nyama

They'll run you out in two or three years now He'd get his dream of coaching a D3 team that he could never live up to for some reason Chris let's play Evan Roberts who Stugatz wanted to I think either replace or be the boss of at WFAN Giving voice to exactly what Billy said. Billy is now auditioning to be a host on Stu Gotts' WFAT. Yeah. What I do not understand from a lot of Nick fans today is how you're okay. I don't understand that. I don't understand the thank-yous. I don't understand the tears. I don't understand the chance. I don't understand these standing ovations

that were given out yesterday. And maybe that says more about me, that I am broken as a sports fan. But when my team loses, it doesn't matter how. It doesn't matter why. When they lose and the season ends, I do not sit there and act like well we accomplished a lot and that was a lot of fun I don't understand that the facts are the New York Knicks got

eliminated in the second round of the postseason the same place they got eliminated one year ago facts the facts are they had a lead in game three with a 2-0 series lead and they blew it. Facts. The facts are they got blown out in a game seven at home. Facts. And here are the other facts. Yes, the Knicks were ravaged by injuries. I don't deny that. That doesn't make me feel better. It never did. And it never will. So what I don't understand about my fellow New Yorkers is what happened to you. Why are we celebrating? Why are we happy?

Why are we smiling? Why are we saying thank you? Do I have to be the voice of reason? I'd be pissed. I'd be angry and I'd be devastated that my season ended. I can't believe he spent nearly three minutes doing that and not taking calls. That's a terrible job though. That's why you would have fired him, right?

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Don LeBattard. Is there Back in My Day? There is actually. What? Were you not going to tell anyone? In what day? Wait a minute. You guys.

Guys. It's a Tuesday. StuGuts. Here's your guy. Greg Cody with Back in My Day. Okay, here it is. Sorry. Don't do that. day this is the done lebatard show with the Stu Gats it is time for Stu Gats to

share his game notes no one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu. Weekend observations. Brought to you by Miller Lite. Great taste. Just 96 calories available for delivery. Din! They hadn't made a conference final since 2004. And down 20 in the second half, it looked bleak.

But they dug deep. Because to be the champs, you have to beat the champs. And beat the champs they did. On their home court, Alex Rodriguez, courtside. The best young player in the game, Jaden McDaniels. We still don't know if they won the Rudy Gobert trade, but make no mistake about it. One thing we do know is that the Timberwolves are back.

Congratulations, Timberwolves. Did they ever arrive? If you're back, put it on the poll, Guillermo. If you're back, does it mean you've arrived? I think the highest compliment you can give TJ McConnell is that every New Yorker wishes they could punch him in the face. It's annoying to lose that way. is to that guy Dan I was wrong about

Alec Burke's he can give you 25 on any given night's but that you're gonna take a victory lap over your nicks are you yeah they're all doing you got something right the Pacers shooting 67 percent and scoring 130 points in a game 7 will keep Tom Thibodeau up for months. You think he's slept since that game? I have in front of me right now the exact Thibodeau game plan. This is from They Not Like Us. Number one one Tibbs changes the culture players embrace hard-working to players perform beyond Expectation three a star is born or brought over for expectations form five a deep playoff run as expected Six freak injuries seven fans defend Tibbs hard eight players aren't the same the next year nine fans turn on Tibbs ten He's fired

WFAN Who sent sent that sound, Lakata? They not like us. Oh, got it. Congratulations to the 2024 PGA Championship winner, Jeff Darlington. He won't say it, so I'll say it for him. Jeff Darlington was happy that Scottie Scheffler was arrested. Wow. Allegedly. Put it on the poll, Juju. Was Jeff Darlington happy that Scheffler was arrested? Edwin Diaz a lot less cool when you have a 5.50 ERA here's an idea no music no entrance just walk to the mound quietly and put the nail in the coffin sound good he's been bad five and a half ERA he's a closer it's only five and a half because he started okay.

Like lately it's been above 10. Yeah. He stinks. My team broke him. He cried. You said your team was the hottest team in baseball. Yeah. They won one.

One straight. No, they went like five or six. Yeah, six of eight. There you go. Even better, go fish. There are five teams that have won four straights. I mean, they've won six of eight. There you go. Even better. Go fish. There are five teams that have won four straights. I mean, they've won six of eight and you said they've won one.

One straight, one in a row. What do you think of me giving you that scent and having a daily Marlins Penny for your Thought segment? Ooh. Brad Penny. Where you get a- A Brad Penny for your Thoughts. A piece of memorabilia in exchange for your crappy Marlin

Thoughts I think the audience would hate it, but I'd get a bunch of crap I guess that I'd like LeBron James. Did you see the way? They treated Isaiah Hartenstein Imagine how they'll treat you I Seriously Dan he's got to go there The Knicks have to trade for that pick. They have three picks in the first round.

They didn't want him. Well now I do, that was then. Two weeks ago, y'all didn't even want LeBron. Now y'all. That was then, this is now. It's a good fit. Lot has changed. Right, right you too.

What if he hires JJ Reddick in LA and then leaves? Wow. Well better to get Bronwny drafted in Cleveland, JJ Reddick hired with the Lakers, and then goes to the Knicks. Oh. Oh. Get Shabazz Napier another job in Miami.

The Red Sox are a game under. But 8-0 this year on Sundays. Every given Sunday, the Lord's Day. the They're a couple of years away from contending. Chet Holmgren, you're 7'1", and grabbed three more rebounds than I did over the weekend. Here's an idea, less annoying commercials and more time in the weight room. Sound good? Wow, put it on the poll, Juju. Hey Chet Holmgren, fewer annoying commercials,

more time in the weight room. Yes or no? One word. What a pro needs. Thank you. Sound good? Sound good? Yeah. Sound good room yes or no one word what a pro needs thank you sound good sound good yes sound good yes all one word arsenal finish second in the Premier League for a record eighth time you know what the A in Arsenal stands for Dan I do not

always the bridesmaid wow never the bride eight times worse than the bills that's pretty bad the Bills. That's pretty bad. The I in Indiana stands for I don't think the Pacers missed a damn shot. Jesus. Alec Burks needed more help. Dan, little game of fill in the blank. Congratulations to Minnesota Timberwolves coach blank for making it to the conference finals. Finch, you know this. Really? Wow. Come on. Come on. Stu gods. You are good. Come on. Just check it. I was making sure you knew. I knew I was making sure you knew. Him going

out there on crutches. So good. Nuggets fans, when your team loses three or four at home maybe you have to ask yourself in the mirror look at yourself and ask yourself what more can you do they lost one game at home last year right during the playoffs yeah one yeah they lost three in that series? It's on the fans. Three times as many. Stats. New York Knicks. Live by the Willis Reed moment. Die by the Willis Reed moment. Knicks Pacers, the rare series that finished on the same day it started. Weird. Can't believe how lucky Nick fans were over the weekend. Losing a closeout game six on the road to force a decisive game seven at home.

Dan, are you on drugs? You know what the D and Dan stands for? Drugs. Dan? Good one. Dan, are you on drugs? Yeah. No response. Observations. I'm sorry, Dan. No, that's okay. I'm a little slow from the drug. You want to admit something?

No, just my drug use. For wanting game sevens, if you have a good team at home. My dumbest take wants a game. So nobody wants to get that right. Nobody wants to get total confidence in your team, except if you're at home in a game seven and they're better than you don't. I had no confidence.

Observations had the Knicks won. The M in Mecca stands for Mr. Gabe 7. Congratulations to the Mecca for advancing to the Eastern Conference finals. You dared to write those jokes? You thought... Before the game. You were the reason they lost because you had a comedy routine to do in the event that they won. I work ahead, Dan-o. You know me.

The Mecca. Best two words in sports. It's taken almost nine years, but congratulations to Carl Anthony Towns for finally playing like a number one pick. Cat, has it been nine years? Nine years. No, really? Nine years, yes. No. Yeah. He's been in the league nine years?

No, you're including Kentucky there, are you not? Look it up. No way he's been in the NBA for nine years? No, you're including Kentucky there, are you not? Look it up. No way he's been in the NBA for nine years. That's not possible. There's no way that's true. I hope it's true. How could you keep saying nine years again and again when there's no way that's true?

I mean, Taylor wrote it. You don't write your own observations. I write most of them. Taylor, you know, he throws in a few. I take them out. They're usually by the Yankees in North Carolina. There's no way. You never hear them. Nine years.

Nine years. I can't be right. Apologize to Taylor. His rookie season was 15-16. How about that? That's crazy. Yeah. I still think of him as a young player.

In fairness, you you Darvish With a 208 era at age 37 some would say he found the fountain of youth It's good see what I did there Dan took me a minute to catch up to that Excellent Yeah, I thought the most names you did you Darvish you See what I did there dad took me a minute to catch up to that. That's good there excellent Yeah, I thought the most names you did you darvish you youth fountain of you It's tough that sounds it is when you isolate not that tough. I guess one of the easier sounds I'd say Of you working out worry with the th yeah good point Craig Yeah, I thought the most impressive day in sports history was when Deion Sanders played in an NFL game and a Major League Baseball game on the same day.

That was until Scottie Scheffler got arrested, went to prison, got out, and fired a 66 at the second round of the PGA Championship. That's impressive. Prison is where you have him. Exactly. My homie's free out, man. Damn. and fired a 66 at the second round of the PGA Championship. That's impressive. Prison is where you had him. Exactly. A little of my homies free y'all man. Dan, close your eyes for a second. Close your eyes.

Now imagine the same exact situation, but Scottie Scheffler is black. Scottie Scheffler is black. The B in Bryson DeChambeau stands for balls. The S in Xander Shoffley stands for stones. Back to that scenario for a second I created. Dan, you can keep your eyes open. Jeff Darlington, still very white. Yes?

I'm just letting you know. Be clear. The four iron on 18 with Yes. I'm just letting you know. The four iron on eighteen with two feet in the sand. Ball above his feet is one of the greatest golf shots of all time that we'll never talk about. It's amazing on a par five to

pull that out. Do you agree? Do you agree, Greg? I didn't see it. Didn't see that shot. Why are we talking about it? Because it's Shoffley. Yes. No one cares poor guy He's joining us tomorrow, by the way You can ask him tomorrow is that one of the greatest shots ever that no one cares about he knows it is trust me He knows how hard that shot is Dan both feet were in the sand He'd be bothering you if you tried that shot ten times you would not advance it 100 yards you

or me Greg would though or garbage I Could do it fountain of youth Kevin spacey was interviewed by Chris Cuomo over the weekend you of course know what that means right Dan It means a couple of canceled guys were cutting it up. James Dolan, your Mecca is not MSG, it's the Sphere. The S in Sphere stands for shrooms. The P stands for psychedelics.

The H stands for holy shit. The E stands for ecstasy. The R stands for reefer. The other E stands for ecstasy. The R stands for reefer. The other E stands for every two weeks. I'm going back. Every two weeks. We haven't talked to you about what it was. We haven't mined all of your drug use this weekend. Holy shit.

That's what it was. It's terrible music. What? I said it. What? I said it. What? I said it. You need the drugs. It doesn't work without the drugs. It works fine without the drugs. You need the drugs.

I'm two seconds from sending your ass to the pill and you boss Dan, tighten up. You need drugs to enjoy the music. It's not good music without the drugs. Are you saying any music or that music? Your music, that music that you go to Vegas to enjoy. No drugs required. Although I've never listened to him when I'm not on drugs.

Because it's not any good when you're not on drugs. Touche. Something to ponder. Sitting in the 200 or 300 level atmosphere on mushrooms and trying to stand up. The most dangerous of games. Be careful, man. Chris Crider with a third period hatty. Cementing his place in Rangers history. Crides. That was a game that gets you in the rafters. It does. He could do nothing

else the remainder of his career. That jersey is headed straight up to the rafters. Telling you right now. New York fans love the second round. I don't even like the Rangers man. Miles McBride took a deuce all over the Mecca. That was good. You know what the B in Brunson stands for Dan? Ben Shepard you are not. Broken is what I thought you were going to go with. On behalf of all Nick fans, our apologies for making you watch Celtics and Pacers.

If I'm being honest though, the Knicks would have been swept by Boston. I'm being honest, the Pacers are going to get swept by Boston. Series is over, it's a wrap. Not so fast, my friend. I'm with you, Juju. Panthers, Rangers, heavyweight fight. This, I don't care what anyone tells me. Are there a lot of people telling you

that it's not a heavyweight fight? Yeah, they're disrespecting the Panthers. They're coming up to you. If it was Rangers Flyers that it's not a heavyweight? Yeah, they're disrespecting the Panthers coming up to you with Rangers flyers It would be a heavyweight fly a heavyweight fight But Rangers Panthers the Panthers don't seem deserving to many fans outside of this market. You know I'm saying that's what they're saying on WFA I think people that watch hockey respect the Panthers. No, they don't they do hockey in Florida they do not respond telling you They had it in East Coast The casual fan does not. The people who have been watching hockey this year,

it's not up for dispute. But if it were a Panthers Flyers, it would also be flight. You have it the right way. It wouldn't just be, it would be flight with the Flyers. PJ Washington has more playoff wins in Dallas than the Hornets have since 2001. All of a sudden, Kyrie Irving is a leader. the best nose nose hey look at you something Michael Jordan would never do goes 6 of 24 to game 7 Jesus Scotty Scheffler the rare golfer that goes from a green jacket to an orange jumpsuit if

Scotty Scheffler knew what was good for him he'd make orange his Sunday color Dan since you said horse racing isn't dead. Can you name the horse who won the Preakness over the weekend? Oh, no, I wasn't because it's dead. Yeah The horse no the horse is still alive. The sport is dead. Yeah Nicole a joke itch too bad. I was about to start calling you NJ So close so close he almost got to be called NJ wherever and Whenever a major golf tournament is being played. You know what you'll find you'll find Justin Rose lurking top five golfers who love to lurk at a major Oh number five, Justin Rose

lurking top five golfers who love to lurk at a major. Lee Westwood. Ian Poulter. number five Patrick Cantlay number four Will Zala. Number three, he's runningatoris. Number three. He's run out of music again. He's run out of music because it's too long.

I'm resetting it. It'll be back in a second. Tuesday. Number three, Victor Hovland. Number two, Tommy Fleetwood. Number one, Colin Montgomery. Number one, Colin Montgomery. Monte. Playing blackjack on mushrooms. Dangerous game. Great job by Nora O'Donnell, who had a one hour sit down with the pope.

That's a big get, considering Francesa hasn't done a lot of that since he retired. Jeff Darlington played it all wrong He should have turned into some sort of crusader and gotten arrested with Scottie Scheffler Darlington you put yourself in the cell with Scottie Scheffler boom Jeff Darlington what people in our industry wouldn't give to be in the right place at the right time I would have parlayed this into being the next Bob Lee industry wouldn't give to be in the right place at the right time. I would have parlayed this into being the next Bob Lee. You know what the J at Jeff Darlington stands for?

I don't. Unfortunately, it stands for Jeff Darlington. You know what the J at Jeff Darlington could have stood for? Jeff Darlington, host of the ABC National News in 2020. Jeff Darlington, host of the ABC national news in 2020. The D in Darlington could have stood for David Muir. Big mistake. Top five people in sports media. Who would have done the right thing with this story and made it all about themselves? Number five, Pat McAfee. Number four, Pat McAfee.

Number four, Stephen A Smith. Number three, Greg Cody. Number two, Mike Francesa. Number one, me. The guy playing multiple slot machines. At once. Go to hell. Speak of the hell. Or Pryles.

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I heard that as a woman faking pain. I didn't think that sounded real. I really didn't you know It was not fake. It was in no way for yeah, you can spot a woman faking it two gods. Yes I can Jess expert. I've been married 40 years. This is the done libertar show with a stooge ads You mentioned Kevin Spacey and You mentioned Kevin Spacey and Liam Neeson has decided late in life to be the person who defends the indefensible and Liam Neeson has said that the film industry needs Spacey, misses Spacey, that he's a good man and he's a man of character. No no no no no. If you have not seen the spacey documentary on HBO,

I would suggest it to you. It is revealing in a way that you might not have had access to on how it is that people can feel powerless even if they're straight Marines in the face of someone abusing power to make them feel helpless. Stu Gotz, I wanted to ask you about the Darlington thing because I think Greg Cody would agree with you. Darlington, we asked Jeff to come on the show with us yesterday, and he's usually very available to us,

but he said he wanted the reporting to speak for itself. He did not want to bring attention to the fact that he happened to be there videoing when Scheffler was arrested. And he is staying out of the story in a way that Greg Cody and Stugatz never would. If they had that footage, they would be roaming the earth on tour.

They would be, they would not. I would have been in the cell with him, I told you. Yeah, you would have pretended to be a freedom fighter on behalf of running over a police officer at a scene where someone's dead. You would have been the face of that, freedom fighting for, I have to fight for the white strength of country club privilege that comes with,

he shouldn't be in jail stretching, he should be on the first tee. They'll turn the camera on themselves. This is an injustice. Lock me up. But if you're there the entire time, you know, you're in the cop car with them, you're in the cell with them, that's reported. They don't just let people in cop cars with people.

Like, hey, I'd like to go in the cop car, please. A little paddy wagon, something like that? Paddy wagon. My first that? I don't know. Paddy wagon. My first question of Jeff Darlington would be, how were you doing out there at 5 a.m.? His job? At 5 a.m.? What, he anticipated Shephlet would be arrested?

No, there was a van full of four ESPN talents that were all getting there at the same time. There was an additional report where an ESPN reporter talked about which is in who's also in the van and he was also a witness to what happened up into a point until then darlington continue to follow shephler to figure out what was going on which i think we've tried honestly in all earnestness commend him for because that's the kind of situation that he probably hasn't been in very often

covering golf events where suddenly the number one golfer in the world is being arrested in front of your eyes and he Like kept a very clear head immediately took out his phone and started videotaping it Which I thought was very like it was thinking on your feet very quickly Which I think a lot of other people may maybe would have gotten frazzled and not done such a good job Scotty Scheffler at one point turned to Jeff Darlington and said, Can you help me? I would have offered help before he even asked that question. I'm on my way, Scottie!

Scottie, I got you! Get your hands off of Scottie! Get your hands off of him! He's the number one golfer in the world. If you take him, you're gonna have to take me too, God dang it! If he goes, I go! And then you become Scheffler's guy for the remainder of time. And then with shoes in, gets in, he's like, If he goes, I go! And then you become Scheffler's guy for the remainder of time. And then when Shusen gets in, he's like,

if he goes, I go. And then all of a sudden, everyone's going. In all seriousness though, if the Louisville state attorney elects to prosecute this case, Jeff Darlington is gonna be like the main witness. Right. I mean, that's gonna be very interesting.

I still want for you guys to absorb, just imagine the number of improbable scenarios that have Stugatz sober and working and trying at 5 a.m. Now make it the number one golfer in the world is pleading, help me in the general direction of Stugatz. Stugatz will have emptied his bank accounts by the end of the day and made sure that he has taken 84% of Scheffler's earnings before he's out of jail. Adam is a guy. Were you guys watching live as it was all unfolding?

Because my favorite part of that situation was Marty Smith was at the golf club when he arrived so they went live to Marty to check him in. Marty what's happening? We see that Scottty's there, what's going on? And he's like, he was walking in and I asked him, Scotty, any comment on what happened this morning? And he just said, Marty, I love you. And then he kept walking in. And that was that report.

He did great reporting the rest of the day, but that was my favorite report of the day. No, but this is exactly what Stugats would have done. Scotty Scheffler's getting arrested and Stugats just gives a, sorry buddy. If it was us, Danny B would have been there telling Stugats, cause Stugats would have still been at the hotel, like, hey,

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