The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Covino & Rich - Make Room for Sports Spectacles

Episode Date: June 18, 2025

Covino & Rich laugh about Rich's horrible hack! They talk sports spectacles, on the heels of Noah Lyles canceling his race with Tyreek Hill! The guys make a case for spectacles in the world of sports. 'QUOTE ME' is a game sweeping the nation! Who said it? Plus, they talk Hali's injury/NBA Finals & Shaq's shoes! Follow C&R on their Apple Podcast page: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/covino-rich/id1212071900See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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bringing the fun into your living room or your office, just trying to kill time, just trying to get back to the weekend, guys. We're all doing the same thing. And sports is always great in helping us. Now, before we get to spectacles in sports, and we're going to play a game this hour, quote me. Going to give away some prizes, a lot of fun here on CNN. I had something I wanted to ask you real quick.

You ever see a hack on social media and you're like, how have I never thought of that before? Like what? Well, you just said. Oh, like our boy, Sean Umschard. What? No way. F sakes. You brought up how, you know, this is the official kickoff of summer this week.

A lot of people having their cookouts and barbecues and like you said. No way. Like, you can't believe there's an easier way to do something you've done your whole life. Or something that you're feeling is, how have I never done this before? Well, give me your hack. Someone said, instead of ice cubes, why don't you just freeze the cocktail you have so that you never have a watered down drink? You might not want a slushy sort of old-fashioned. No, but I'm saying freeze your mixers.

I know certain alcohols can't be frozen, but freeze your mixers. So instead of having a watered-down drink, like someone said ice tea should never be watered down. Just put an ice cube tray full of ice tea. Wait, well, then, okay, so. Or you can do lemonade and slowly make an Arnold Palmer. Because if you're, you can't freeze an individual drink. No, you're missing. No, I get it.

What? If I poured you. No way. A glass of iced tea and I threw two lemonade ice cubes in there, but they're not water. It's lemonade. It's just not watering down the product. It's not going to fill up the glass when it melts. And you're not going to get any liquid out of it for like half an hour.

You can leave it on the hot sun. You can do lemonade shots. it doesn't make any that doesn't make sense i'm just saying why not make ice cubes instead of water you know what richard's lots of great hacks i'm not sure if that's one of them i will screw you i got it out yeah okay fine you know you know what you know back in truingwood if you're cool you owe us a good hack now you owe us a good hack man yeah i well find us a good hack man yeah well can i can i tell you something else i wanted to point out you said it's summertime and so many people are going to their kids baseball games summertime activities

summer time activities summertime activities you go to the beach you're at the park and what do you always see the guy going around with the old ice cream truck with his little bell he'll be pushing on the cart or the actual ice cream man is it about time

that if someone doesn't have Zell you forgot the fruit guy out here on the west side or of course the fruit with the tahine oh yeah they call me Tahino Covino if you don't have the ability to pay by Zell Venmo or Apple pay or tap.

Do you realize how much money you're leaving on the table? Like if you bump into someone selling ice cream at the beach or at the park without those options, they're the worst business person of all time. I told you, if I was a hobo or if I was a stripper, I'd have a QR code tattooed on my ass. Oh, that was another idea. See, that was the hack. There you go. The hack was if you're a stripper, you should have a QR code on your inner thigh. Take you right to my Venmo. Make it easy.

So, Hobo. Anyway, Rich, I think you owe as a hack after that. You know, I don't think it won for next time. And let's talk spectacles here on the show. When I say spectacles, I'll say it again.

Not talking Chris Sabo, who's still my standard answer since Little League of guys that wear glasses in sports and baseball. I thought Kurt Rambis would be high in that list of, you know, I can't think of any. Who would be a current day answer?

A current day. I think everyone is. Kent to Colvey? I think at this point, Everyone wears some type of contact lens or you wouldn't even know if they were glasses. Is there a current athlete that wears glasses? Or goggles. Prescription goggles.

I can't think of anybody. Man, a generation without a four-eyes player. It's a shame. I'm sure there's reasons for moving away from him because they get all steamed up. Horace Grant. You have to go back. I can't think of anybody. So when I say spectacles, I mean Jake Paul.

type of events. Yeah. Like silly sporting events. Now, Rich, if you really think about it, there's like huge opportunity here, even as a broadcaster. I don't know if I want to think about it because you want to think about ice cubes. No, but there's, I mean, Sam sort of shot you down if you really want to be honest. Sam was like, you know what?

I don't like this idea. I'll find another hack to work. Sam was like, no, another way. You know what? Now you think about it? No, that's dumb. If you were into covering sports, you might want to look into the. avenue of banana ball and Jake Paul fights.

I mean, we talk about this stuff because we don't take ourselves that serious. We have fun. Sports is fun. But you're really starting to see a trend. You're starting to see a movement of where sports is headed because there's room for both. And when I say there's room for both, meaning there's room for sports that matter and sports that are really just there for fun, the spectacle that we're talking about. Because today, the Tyreek Hill race was canceled.

Noah Liles, Olympic gold medal winner, sprinter. Noah Liles was supposed to race Tyree Kill, but Noah Liles canceled him. That was going to be the highlight of our summer. Yeah, but seriously, there's some fun in that. And it's not even high-profilems like that. We talked about this last year when they planned it, I remember. Yeah, Noah Liles and Tyree Kiel canceled the race. But just this past weekend, he's a social media influencer, but he sort of went viral.

Remember that guy, Ashton Hall, his morning routine? Morning routine guy. Morning routine guy. Yeah. Banana peels on his face. Yeah, the whole deal. He raised a very popular streamer by the name of

I show speed. But dude, you would say, well, that's sort of dumb. Who cares about those guys? That was everywhere over the weekend. Ashton Hall lost. He fell. He did not look good. This I show speed streamer guy

sort of smoked him, but it got so popular, got so viral that even Tyree Kill went viral talking about it saying, yo, they both look slow to me. I'll smoke both of these guys. And then we start getting intrigued. And then what else happened over the weekend? The big three fight between Lance Stevenson and Dwight Howard.

You know, dude, that looked like a serious, heated matchup. Did you see Michael Beasley in the face of Dwight Howard? Dude, that was intense. So, of course, we care about what's going on in the NBA and the finals. but there's still room for Big Three. There's still room for this. How about that Lance Stevenson-Beasley one-on-one tournament that happened, a pay-per-view event just two weeks ago?

They got a lot of social media coverage. You're talking to me. Yeah, you're talking to me? Yeah, but I think a lot of people, as Rob Parker would say, poo-poo with these things, when honestly there's a giant market for this stuff, and I feel like you're sleeping on it because there's a lot of people in the world of social media

and younger people that really like and enjoy this stuff because it's not that serious. Hey, buddy, boy, I've been on this. since the days of Mayweather McGregor. Since we were kids and it was, what is it, the Battle of the Network stars, I've always loved the spectacle. The spectacle.

And, you know, you could have called me immature for it or you like real sports. Danny, I've always felt like these things are entertaining. They never replace, let's keep this mind. They never replace real sports for me. But I don't see why you wouldn't find interest in Tyree Kill racing a gold medalist, because in my mind that's fun as hell.

No, I think real sports, Bryant Gumble style. I think real sports needs to take some notes as to why these things are blowing up and why they're even garnering any interest. I think MLB needs to look at banana ball a little bit. I'm not saying they need to clown it up, but there's something there as far as entertainment

factor. I think the NBA needs to say, you know what, man, our all-star break is a little weak. We're making moves. We're making changes. But maybe the one-on-one stuff is dope with the right players. Because there's a lot of buzz around this stuff. And you guys have talked

a lot about the Savannah bananas this season and also it's why we all care about the Nathan's hot dog eating contest just had Joey Chestnut on yesterday. It's a spectacle. And there's a growing market for that because you know what, Rich, it's like mindless fun but yet still sports. It's like

you could be at the cookout and have this goofy stuff on. You could have company over still have this on, not be glued to it. You're not surrounding your whole event around this. It's just background fun to watch. And again, it's not as serious as regular I told you last weekend.

You know banana ball is expanding? There's four teams. There's supposed to be six different banana ball teams in the next few years. And the thing is, unlike the Globetrotters who, I was saying, trivia for you, buddy, who did the Globetrotters beat up every time? The Washington Generals. Bam. Do you remember the whole point was any other brain busters?

Remember every time they were just whoop them? And that was it? What was the rumor that one time the generals won, right? I don't think it was. I think they did. I think they beat them once. The thing about banana ball, and again, this is no commercial. They're not giving us anything.

I find it entertaining in that it's not just the Savannah bananas that are entertaining. It's not you, Rich. There's millions and millions of people on a wait list to get in. And there's college stadiums all over the country that are trying to get their bid on. Hey, come play here. There's such a popular ticket. There's money to be made. And I was going to say the other teams, like the party animals.

And, you know, the people that play the bananas aren't just chumps that they, They beat. Like, the Savannah bananas don't win every game. And they're not the only ones doing these tricks and silly things. And we talked about this a couple weeks ago. So let me pull this back for a second. Remember we had that conversation. Would you rather be on the Colorado Rockies or be a Savannah Banana if money didn't matter?

Yeah. And I think we all agree. Being in the big leagues is just such an honor. It doesn't matter if you're on the worst team in history, the Rockies. It's still the bigs. I made it. I get it. But we were seeing the salaries of a Savannah banana is close to $100,000.

Danny, would you agree that if that number goes from $90 to $100,000 to maybe $300,000, all of a sudden, the interest level of some of these young ballplayers might be like, you know what, I don't think I'm good enough to make the bigs, but if I start learning some trick plays, definitely changes people's thoughts on it. It's a great existence. You're having fun, touring, women love you, kids love you, families are going to see you. It's a great second option if you're not good enough for the big leagues and you could flip around and stuff. But if you really

pause for a second, I could see what's happening. There is such a growing market. You know, just this week, Jake Paul said something that there might be some truth to. He said, I'm the best thing for boxing since

Muhammad Ali, and it sounds outrageous. But people tune in. There's a huge growing market for it. He's fighting Chavez Jr., not this weekend. The next weekend, the weekend of 28th. And guess what? We're all quick to be like, who cares? Everybody's tuning in for whatever reason, because it's fun. And there's room for that. And that's why there's room for goofballs

like us on the radio, to be honest. You got 23 hours of serious sports talk radio. I think you guys could have some fun for two hours where we do appreciate our sports, but we're goofing around and having fun at the same time. I think what's funny is that you just put 25 hours in a day. Did I? 20? Oh, my bad. Did I say? I. That was the joke, you get it? Oh, yeah, yeah. Let's talk about ice cubes again, you moron. The extra hour is our best of podcast.

Yeah, yeah, that's what I meant. Yeah, yeah. The Beatles sang about eight days a week. Eight days a week, I love you, bro. Camino's a genius. I'm putting in extra work. I don't know about you. No, but what Kavino said, I want to adjust what Jake Paul said by...

There's so much of this, Rich. I actually want to adjust Jake Paul's quote and then believe it. If he said he's the best thing that happened of boxing since Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali. he said Ali, I'm saying if he adjusted it, because Tyson brought so many eyes in the 80s, and he revolutionized like, you know, fight nights and paper views where I was like, oh my God, Tyson's going to knock him out right away. I really do think spectacle wise and must watch.

I've never had friends be like, we got to get together for the Klitsko fight. I never had a friend say, yo, Anthony Joshua must see. Mayweather was a defensive fighter. He was great, but he wasn't knocking people out. have to be a hardcore fan. You have to follow the sport. This stuff is just fun and there's room for that. And I think we need to be a little more open to the fun and talk about it.

Because I'm telling you what, you know what a lot of people slept on? And we did mention it here. That one-on-one pay-per-view with Stevenson and Beasley, there was something to that, man. There was a lot of emotion involved. These guys still have game, Danny G., as you were pointing out. You don't want to see if Dwight Howard still has game and you're seeing them fighting. There's a lot of intensity. We had heard Howard for so many months say,

Lakers, I'm right here. You need a big guy. Come get me. I can still play. And he and some other older players are proving that. Imagine back in the day, too. I mean, we could still get that now. But imagine back in the day,

if we were able to see a pay-per-view event between a retired Jordan and somebody else. That would be, there's something there, man. Listen, I'm not trying to downplay our love of mainstream real sports. No, hell no. I'm saying there's room for both. And it's growing, whether you like it or not. But I do think a lot of old heads and a lot of people that are sports fans are quick to, as you said, poo-poo, the spectacle, which I think there's room for both.

Again, why can't you love the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA, college football? Why can't you love that? Do you think because it's like cool to like put a thumb down to things that are kind of gimmicky? Yeah, I guess so. But I think you're allowed to love all the things I said. and also watch a... You don't have to take it serious? You could do that.

It's not meant to be. You could love all the things I just said, NBA, NFL, Major League Baseball, but still say, oh, I want to watch Jake Paul fight and watch the Savannah bananas. Why can't you like all that stuff? Do you agree or disagree? Do you feel what we're saying at all? 87799 on Fox. And the reason we talk about this is because if you follow social media trends,

you're seeing just as much banana ball highlights as you are. Otani on the mound. All day I was. seeing that this Tyreek Hill race was canceled. I'm like, oh, that would have been cool to see how Tyree Kill squared up against Noah Lyles. Oh, but it's canceled. And then again, like we said, all the other side stuff, these big threes and all the highlights were seeing, you can't help but notice that there's definitely a trend in the popularity of

at least these clips. We're not seeing it on TV, but on social media, you're seeing it everywhere. I got a question for you. Yeah. Do you think? Hear me out on this one. If Tyree Kill did fight, Noah, uh, fight. If he did race, Noah Liles.

I think he was going to smoke him. I do. If Tyree Kill wins, does that throw everyone mentally for a loop that our fastest football player beat the fastest guy in the Olympics? Is that... I don't think it really puts any shade on Noah Liles again. You can't take away his gold medals, right? He has, I think, multiple gold medals as a sprinter.

But doesn't that make you think that he only wanted because guys like Tyree Kiel didn't want to participate? think it just elevates guys like Tyreek Hill as like, wow, he's that exceptional. Man, he's that fast. I really think it just puts him on a higher echelon of speed. Oh, he has one gold medal. I thought he had a few. Yeah, it says one career gold medal.

No Liles again, gold medal sprinter. That race was canceled. So it just got us thinking about these spectacles we look forward to because, you know, I'm looking forward to that Jake Paul. Chavez Jr. fight. I know it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things as a fight fan, but I still find enjoyment in that stuff. It's stupid, but

stupid fun. I feel you. All right, hey, coming up, Danny G's got it all queued up. I'm ready to beat you on this one. Quote me. This is one of our newer games where there's a lot of... What Bozo radio host said... No, no,

what Bozo Radio host said, I got an idea. Freeze your cocktail this summer. That way it doesn't get watered down. Who said that? Was it Ben Mallor? Dickie Doodle Davis? Or Doug Otley?

Quote me. That's basically how to game is played. Yeah. And Danny G. has pulled a lot of bizarre quotes from talking heads, like you said, on the radio, on TV. And you just got to think, what sports buffoon said this? It's called, quote me. We're going to give away a stainless steel swiggy. It's multiple choice.

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We're Kavino and Rich, and we spent the first hour, we're talking about Sho Hay's return and the story about Darren Wallen and why he retired. Endeavors, both stories had to do with not wanting to play different positions. So Devers made his debut, his press conference today with the Giants. And at the press conference, he says, I am here to play wherever they want me to play. You know what that's like? That's like when, let's just say I know people or let's just say it's me. I don't know.

In my previous relationship, I was like, let's have more kids. And my ex is like, I don't think I want any more kids. That was sort of the beginning of the end. She got into a new relationship. I had two more kids. So it's not that she didn't want kids. It's not that she didn't want kids with me. That's really it.

Robill Devers just didn't want to accommodate the Red Sox. That's really it. The Giants, he'll do anything. That was a Jan and Michael issue on the office. How funny is that, though? I was like, yeah, I'm here to play wherever. they want me to play? It's like, well, you wouldn't do that for the Red Sox. And dude, by the way, you know, in previous relationships,

yeah, previous girlfriends, wife, whatever, refused to move because of my career. And then in other relationships they're in, they're willing to move to the other side of the world. I mean, you can even make it more kinky. Like, you could have been with someone with someone else and you're like, wait, you want to do that with me. Exactly. It's really a matter of do you want to accommodate the person or job you're with or at?

And I feel like clearly the Red Sox rubbed Raphael Devers wrong. It was less about him not wanting to do it with the Red Sox. I mean, not wanting to trade positions. It was just less about him wanting to do it for them specifically. That's pretty funny. Well, he's saying the right things anyway. Well, hey, we are doing it live. Doing it live from the Fox Sports Radio Studio and for 40 years.

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And now it's time to play. Quote me. Sports media and athletes are quoted a lot. Who me? Stars. Attract other stars. Here comes the hot take quotes. Andy Weed should step down his head coach.

This is not a one game we ask him because they lost. In this game, you guess the talking head. You can quote me on that. Quote me. Yeah. All right. Here we go. In this game, you need to tell me which blabber mouth said it.

Uh-oh. Let's meet the contestants. Ice cubes. The only man who could be as cool as Fonzie on the same TV show, Steve Covino. The only guy that works 25 hours a day. I saw Covino on that History Channel show. What were you talking about? You were talking about Action Park and lawn darts.

Long darts, man. To Covino's right, the broadcaster who proudly wears a Grimmis T-shirt, Rich Davis. I do. Yeah. You know, yesterday, Danny G. Not yesterday. The other day was the one-year anniversary of Grimmis pitching for the vets. to hear that. You know why he wears that shirt, though? Because his uncle's Ronald McDonald.

Clown. And the man who is taking 300 more reservations for Vegas, Spotty Boy. Please stop. Please make it stop. Yeah, Spot hates that our fan base is growing. And of course, the man who once drove donuts on Oakmont's greens with a golf cart, Dan Byer. Would never, would never. Hey, Deepie, I got a question. You're a big golf guy. Are you a good mini golfer? I like to play. Okay. I don't know that says anything or not.

I dabble. He dabbles. They let the ball through. Base the mound's mouth or a windmill once in a while. Maybe a few free games won on 18 as it made it up the ramp the whole way. Nice. All right. We're going to go to the CNR studio lines right now to find out who's going to win a swiggy.

That is John in Iowa. Iowa, Iowa. Hey, John. What's up, fellas? How's it going? Good, man. What do you do for a living there in Iowa? Fix electron microscope.

A lot of driving. Ooh. Damn, wow. Got a real job. Specialist there. That just sounds good. All right, here are the rules for quote me. The first contestant with two correct answers is the champ like our other games.

If there's a tie, I have two overtime quotes ready to go. Your name is your buzzer, but you do have to wait until all three possible answers are read. If there's two wrong answers in a row, we move on to the next quote. Are you ready? Let's go. Here we go. Round one. Here is the quote.

If you hear this, somebody tells you, I said it. You eat this one. You own it. Stop telling people that the WNBA is going to overtake the NBA. It's not. It never will. And my dumb ass decided to watch some basketball, some WNBA basketball, because I wanted to understand why he was saying this. And within, I'm not exaggerating, within one minute of watching that game, I turned it off and shook my head and disgust at Jason Whitlock for ever making a statement such as that.

Quote me. Who me? Was it A. Ben Mallor? B. Lovar Earrington. Or C. Jonas Knox. John John it was Levinterton

boom good one just like that halfway to a Swiggy and let's see what let's see what it sounded like on FSR if you hear this somebody tells you I said it

you eat this one you own it stop telling people that the WNBA is going to overtake the NBA it's not it's not it never will and my dumb ass

decided to watch some basketball, some WMBA basketball, because I wanted to understand why he was saying this. And within, and I'm not exaggerating, within one minute of watching that game, I turned it off and shook my head and discussed at Jason Whitlock forever making a statement such as that. So hold on, Danny D.D., Jason Whitlock is saying or has said that, the WNBA will surpass the NBA.

I feel like that goes against everything Jason Wellock has ever said. I'm surprised he said that. And yeah, funny to hear, LeVar Arrington. You know, Cam Newton also famously said that the WNBA will surpass baseball. And I completely disagree. All right. All right. Great one, man.

So on the board is John halfway to a C&R Swiggy. Let's go. Here's the next quote. And you can quote me on that. I just think that Jha with him in Memphis, it just might be the right time for a change of scenery. and even for the franchise. The franchise don't feel as good as it did, and that's because jaw is there.

I'm just saying it doesn't feel like Memphis is going anywhere to me. Quote me. Who me? Was it A, Rob Parker, B, Kendrick Perkins, or C, Jason Smith. Kavino. Go. C, Jason Smith.

No. Rich. Rich for the steel. I thought John got in there, too. Oh, John? Did John get in? I'll give it to John got. Well, no.

No, I heard Rich. Okay, I'm going to go Rob Parker. And you are correct, sir. Yes, Rob Parker. Never heard of him. And let's see what that sounded like on the odd couple. I just think that Jha was with him in Memphis, it just might be the right time for change of scenery and even for the franchise.

We're married. The franchise don't feel as good as it did. They got rid of the coach, Rob. And that's because Jaws there. I'm just saying it doesn't feel like Memphis is going in. anywhere to me. Oh, all right. Cool. So on the board so far, John and Rich, we moved to round three. Here's the quote. So he's not going to show up. And you know why? Because he knows that he owns Mike Tomlin. He owns the Steelers. He's going to get whatever he wants. Everybody

in Pittsburgh owns a T.J. Watt jersey. The Rooney's small town. They don't want any backlash. And he's going to get whatever he wants, T.J. Watt. Right now, the Steelers lead the league in defensive spending. And that's pre-T.J. Watt contract. Let's see. I'm sorry. You getting fired up. I know. Two teams in the NFL. Just go to the multiple choice. I know, right.

Do you know the two teams in the NFL going into this season with the lowest defensive spending? The Eagles and the Rams, both in the Super Bowl bubble. Quote me. Who me? Was it A. Stephen A. Smith. B. Ben Mallor or C. Mike Floreo. Covino. Co.

That was long-winded Ben Mallor. Don't. Don. Dan. Dan, Dan. I'm going to say Florio. Oh. All right, that's it.

Go for John. No. I can't. Yeah, we're going to move on to the next. No. I want to hear it. We'll move on to the next one here. Okay.

All you have to do is rewind the clock. Two years ago, four years ago, six years ago. He says the same thing every year. If I taped an interview with Dak Prescott at this time, it's June. And if I taped it at that time, click, he could do it in October. It's like he has the script. Quote me. Who me?

Who said it? Was that Stephen A. Smith? B. Rob Parker or C. Jonas Knox. John. Stephen A. Smith. It was Stephen A. Smith. Where to go, John? There go, Johnny.

We got a winner, and let's hear what that sounded like. All you have to do is rewind the clock. two years ago, four years ago, six years ago. He says the same thing every year. Stephen I. If I taped an interview with Dakry Scott at this time, it's true, it's true. If I taped it at this time, click, it'd be the same thing.

If I did it four years ago, click, and you can do it in October. It's like he has, it's like he has the script. Man, John, way to go, buddy. John, we are going to mail a shiny C&R Swiggy. they're in Iowa. Thanks, fellas. I appreciate it. You all are great.

And remember, just freeze your cocktails in it. Rich has lots of great tips like that all the time. More hacks coming up in just a few minutes right here on Kivino and Rich. You know what? Speaking of Stephen A. Did you see what happened to him recently at the NBA finals with the Solitaire?

Obviously, you saw that, right? Of course, yeah. But do you know that previously Molly had warned them about shutting your phone down and shutting your computer down? because on first take, some of the camera shots, you could see what he was looking at.

And she was like, Stephen A. But I like big booties, Molly. She's like, put your phone down. He's like, nobody's telling me what to do. And she's like, no, no, no, no. Just I'm trying to help you out, Stephen A. She's like, put your, because you could see what you're looking at because the camera's behind you, I'm good.

I'm going to leave it like that. And then later on that night, of course. He gets caught playing solitaire. And the whole thing blows up in his face when he had been forewarned earlier that, hey, people could see you on TV and what you're looking at. And that happened. And it became a, is it a big deal sort of thing or not? People were more shocked that he was playing solid.

Yeah, what is this? Like the 2000s and your first apps on your phone? I had a question for you before we go to DB. Speaking of which, sorry, I'm playing snake right now, Rich. I'm busy. Do you think it's lame or totally funny when someone over the shoulder see someone at a stadium like, cheating or doing something dumb on their phone. And then they try to blow them up on social media.

I mean, yeah, I think it's kind of lame. But that's Stephen A. That's the difference. It's like he's the guy you expect to be tuned in. But like our boy KFC made the point. That's just another day at the office for him. Let's just work for him. No doubt.

Not surprised. Well, let's go to our guy. Damn bio. Let's get an update DB. What a finish to the college world series. It was. It was. I will say that I think some of those are staged.

Oh, those text ones. I like the ones where the older person who's got the font, like 72 size and reading those, I get a kick out of those. Yeah, that College World Series was a barn burner. Oregon State scored three times in the top of the ninth inning to tie it at six. They'd runners on second and third. Couldn't get him home, though. And that proved to be the benefit for the Louisville Cardinals who were able to advance on a sacrifice fly. They stay alive winning 7-6 with the final run in the bottom of the ninth inning.

so Louisville stays alive at the College World Series. Oregon State has been eliminated. Just underway in Major League Baseball, the Marlins have jumped out to a 2-0-0 lead against the Philadelphia Phillies. I know you like that one as the Mets start a series with the Braves tonight. Nick Castiano is not in the lineup for the Phillies benched for making a comment after he was pulled from the game

that happened last night in the eighth inning. So Castianoos is not playing today. The Phillies trail the Marlins by a score up two to nothing. You're talking to me? You guys talking to each other. No, we're talking to each other. Okay, okay, cool. I saw Kavino Point and I didn't know if he needed something. Hall of Fame skipper Joe Torrey, I'll point at Kvino for this. We'll serve as an honorary coach for the American League during next month's

All-Star game in Atlanta. Aaron Boone's staff will also include Guardians manager, Stephen Vote. Tonight on the ice, Oilers and Panthers, 8 o'clock Easter time. Panthers up 3-2 in the series. They're going for back-to-back Stanley Cups. Edmonton trying to force a game seven. We'll turn back to goalie Stuart Skinner. Pacers guard Tyrese Halliburton will have an MRI on his injured leg as the team believes he is dealing with a string calf.

ESPN says the Pacers hope to develop a plan for game six depending on the severity of the strain. Guys, back to you. Thank you, Dan Barron. And sorry to distract you, Dan Byer. I was doing Shooter McGavins in the studio. He's getting ready for Happy Gilmore 2, which, by the way, is a month away. Shooter! Actually, you know what I was doing?

I was pointing out someone on TV to Rich. And it's someone that we saw in public. years ago and came up to us both and someone we had worked with and Rich had no idea who was. You ever work with someone like forget a name and then they come up to you? But it was years later.

It wasn't you Dan Byer, no worry. No, no. Someone on TV. Sam, can I quickly? Go for it. Sam called Andrew who works on the fifth floor for us. Called him to his face yesterday. Called him Corey. There's also a Corey who is

spectacled, bald and kind of similar build. I see these guys like once, I don't know. Straight to his face. We were there. He goes, what's up, Corey?

Hey, what's up, Corey? And then I knew immediately that it was not Corey. It happens to all of us. Kavino's talking about it. It was an ESPN reporter that we had worked with and I totally forgot her name.

And she came up to us and started talking to Rich and I could tell that Rich had no idea who she was. And I'm there like, oh man, I know he knows. He has no idea.

Hey, you. Kavino felt glory. knowing that I was stumped for a second. I knew who it was. Let me give you one note real quick before we break for a second. The last run in the College World Series game, I will say this is a cool move

that I think more kids should implore in high school or college, or even in the pros. It was a deep fly ball, right? So clearly there was no chance he was going to throw the guy out at home, but the center fielder deeked a fake catch and a throw

before he actually caught the ball, hoping to maybe get the guy from third to jump early on the tag up, which I thought is the only thing you really could have attempted in that situation. So I thought it was really great heads-up baseball for the only thing you could really do in that scenario. I don't know if you saw that.

No, I didn't see it, but I get what you're saying. You got what you got to do. All right, hey, we got more CNR next right here on Fox Sports Radio. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers, and guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, huge news? We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas.

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But do we stick a fork in this if Halliburton's done or what? I said to Kivino during the break, you know how there's always a series that's sort of close? And then one of the big stars goes down. I mentioned Curry in the playoffs. Yeah, or, you know, a bowl game and the QBs out or a playoff game in the NFL. And on the first series, their running back goes down. and you like the writings on the wall, I feel like that's sort of where we're at.

I'm not saying I'm not excited about Thursday, but I would be shocked if, I hope not, because this has already felt like a letdown a little bit this final. I mean, if a partly injured Halliburton plays and they somehow find a way to force a game seven, that would be fantastic for the NBA,

but all signs are pointing in the direction of, even if he plays, don't you feel like momentum and everything in the direction of O.K. Feels that way. Game six yesterday. I'm sorry, game six Thursday, game six tonight for your NHL. Again, a must win for Edmonton, Florida up three, two. So enjoy your hockey tonight.

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He did say he wanted to put back 80 hot dogs. and I debated whether or not he was going to try to break the record. He wants to put down 80 dogs. His record is 76. So his record with Nathan's is 76. But when he faced off against Kobayashi in that unsanctioned, he had like 83. So I think he can do it. We'll see this 4th of July.

But again, if you missed it, Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. Now as far as Thursday, game six, NBA finals, the Thunder favored by six and a half. So if you think the Thunder are going to run away with this with a possibly injured, Now's the time to get that bet in because I feel like six and a half, if we do feel like maybe Halliburton's not going to be 100, which I don't know, six and a half. There maybe is the sentiment that, hey, it's do or die in Indiana. They're going to come to play. I don't know, man, six and a half to me, if Halliburton's not close to there, that's a great

bet for OKC. But what do I know? What do we all know, right? I know that in the meantime, in between time, after some hockey tonight, because I'll it on. Yeah. But I'm not going to fake the funk on a nasty dunk. I'm not glued into hockey, but I'll watch it.

I'm so pumped about this Shaq show on Netflix, power moves. Danny G. I'm so intrigued by this. I like it. I'm an episode in. It's really good. Don't sleep on it. Am I going to have to tune in?

Bro, it's about him and Alan Iverson trying to bring back Reebok. Really cool show. And he's trying to recruit all these young players just based on who he. he is and what he did with Reebok. These young kids, these young G-leaguers and high school kids that they're trying to scout have no idea what Reebok is. That's the hilarious part about it. They have no reference to it, no idea.

They just know that Shaq and AI, legends in the game, sort of built that brand and that's what they wore. And if they want to be in business with Shaq, then that's what they're going to do. And it's really cool to see their pitch and it's cool to see that show because He's trying to make Reebok what it once was, which was a number two, a close number two, after Nike in that world. And you know what else I notice? And you notice this in the NBA,

but it's really prominent in the show. Danny G., these young cats want nothing to do with high-top basketball sneakers. They wear the low boys and that's it. That's wild because I always think of a basketball sneaker as high top for your ankle support, but that's not even a care anymore. They don't even want, like all their signature shoes are low-top. and I thought it was like all about support and they have to support the ankle

I guess not they're like no we don't like it's so funny that because about the look of it when you guys talk about Jack and Reebok as a kid obviously the Jordan but when I think of what made the most cultural impact I mean you had to think the Reebok pump was like that was like maybe the cool issue of our childhood other than the

Air Jordan right this is called power moves it's on Netflix it's worth to watch if you got nothing else going on all right guys have a great Tuesday night until tomorrow Arriban Derchi baby See you in the Promise Land. Goodbye. Goodbye, guys.

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