The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - Beat It Barber & Luka vs. Refs

Episode Date: April 10, 2025

C&R share Rich's 'beat it' barber shop moment! Is Luka a sports baby, or did the refs steal what could have been an epic ending to Lakers/Thunder? The crew debates! Plus, bad mustaches in MLB & Rick Pitino double-dipping! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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when you look at your portfolio. And you see green. So yeah, today, a better day than yesterday. No doubt. But I hope you had a thunder sort of night, not a Luca sort of night. Is Luca a sports baby? Or do the referees have no business taken over the game like that?

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Get over here early, get some lunch. Prep for the show with you. get a little Starbucks coal brew, get some pump. I'm in the barber chair. Now, I don't know how your barbershop is or who cut your hair. I know there's the places where there's like eight chairs and everyone's chopping it up. That's not how our barber attie is. My barber cuts my hair and then he lights it on fire.

You ever see those clips on social media? Chops it with an axe? Yeah. I got a really advanced barber crazy techniques he uses. You're not talking about Greek flaming cheese? I don't know if it's an LA thing, Sam, or what? He's one of those guys. You ever see those guys on social media where they put all the wax up a guy's nose and like,

that's what they do for me. And then they spray paint my head. Carlos Beltron style? Yeah. So. Like your boy, Ryan Holland? Yeah, like Ryan Holland. I'm telling him you said that. I don't tell him.

So I'm in the barber chair. You were thinking it. My place, Danny G. And I feel like this is more common around the country. And that's awesome because we are on the radio. all over the country. You know the salons and barbershops

where every barber or hairstylist has our own little room. It's like a building, a facility, and everyone has their own little

like office, essentially. Our dude Addy, always watching the NBA. He's got his own little office. You pay for his own little chair.

Yeah, you pay for your chair, but it's not an open space. It's like little rooms. In the middle of my haircut, some dude just walks in. He's like, hey, hey, what's up, guys? I'm thinking,

I'm in the middle of getting a haircut. I'm talking about the, honestly, I was talking about the NBA Western Conference and how there is a four-way tie. What is it, the four, five, six, and seven or something, or the same exact record right now. And between the three and eight seed is two games. He's a big Clippers fan, pun intended, he's a barber, but he actually is a Clippers fan. And he says the Clips don't lie. His clips don't lie. Yeah, man, it's tight.

Obviously, Oklahoma City, first place. Rockets, 52 wins. Lakers, 48 wins. Clippers, 47 wins. everyone else has 47 wins. Honestly. The Nuggets, the Warriors. As we speak right now,

the clips, the Nuggets, the Warriors, and the Grizzlies all have the same exact record. And the Lakers are only one game better than those teams. Five teams. Five teams essentially tied. And this guy's like, hey, what's up, guys? And I'm thinking, is this another barber

coming to say, what's up? Is this his boy? It's a solicitor. He's like, hey, what's your internet provider? What's your cell phone plan? Solicitor? could go into a store and start talking to people while they're working? And this guy wouldn't stop. He's trying to talk about it.

What do you have now? He's like, man, I'm cutting hair. I got T-Mobile. He's like, well, let me tell you about what AT&T has to offer. This is extremely rude and intrusive. So what did you say and do? And what internet provider do you guys have here at this place? And my barber's trying to be all night.

Like, oh, man, I think we got like spectrum and I got T-Mobile. Yeah, so back to the, you know, the clippers. Can you? You know, I went last night. It's not on you. you're Barbara Addy, who's great, should have dismissed him immediately and be like, yeah, man, I'm in the middle

of a haircut doing business right now. You're distracting me. And if he didn't take it upon himself, you have every right to repeat these words. Remember, two words. And you could use them for lots of things. I use them multiple times a day. These two words, it sounds lame, and you might think of Michael Jackson,

but they always work. Beat it. Hey, dude, beat it. What are you doing interrupting my haircut? Anyone distracting my barber when I'm getting a haircut is in my way and ruining my time with the barber. It's given him opportunity to mess up on your hair. I'm a yappy guy.

I don't mind chit-chat with anyone, but can you imagine going into a barbershop? No. In the middle of a guy cutting someone else's hair and being like, hey, who's your cell phone provider? And continuing the conversation to the point where I was like, I said to the guy, I admire your hustle, but pretty, you got some huevos on you to interrupt a haircut.

That's a job that requires a lot of focus, too. You imagine a solicitor coming into a checkup room at your doctors? Like, what are you doing, man? By the way, it's a two-way street. It's weird. It happened to me once at the proctologist. No, no, but it's a two-way street, meaning a barber who takes pride in their work, they don't like when you're in the chair and you're turning your head to talk to somebody else.

They don't like that because then they'll mess up and they have to deal with it. And like I said, pride in their work. But at the same time, when you're getting your haircut, two-way street you don't want the barber to keep talking to the other barber or someone else who's talking about the game you don't want someone else taking their attention away from your head sculpting i had somebody try to chit-chat with my tattoo artist yeah no that's even worse i'm like oh please that's permanent yeah please focus no you mean mug the guy you say hey respectfully you're distracting my moment here it's not it's not appropriate and there's

ethics involved and I feel like this kid way crossed the line. That's why Danny G's tattoo doesn't say Kobe. It says Coeb. He mixed up the B and the E. No, and let's be real. Yeah, it's not a tattoo Danny G. But people take their haircut seriously. Wait a second. Kobe wasn't Jersey 9? No, yeah, exactly. I just

I want to throw it out there. We're going to get it to the NBA but I know everyone listening there's enough distractions. He games on at the barbershop. You know the culture of a barbershop or when you get your haircut. No one wants distractions. I just thought it was the huevos on this guy to start trying to sell cell phone plans to my barber mid-haircut. And then I even said to the guy, I told him, man, pretty, I admire your hot in the most. In his defense, there was no sign that said no soliciting.

So I guess he had a right. You got to have the sign. You got to have the sign. So I then said, you better at least got this guy cut your hair. You better sign up for a haircut if you're going to bother him. Two words, Rich. Beat it. Beat it.

Beat it, dude. can I something actually similar to me happened last week I was napping and I think I woke up late the sun was already down it was like 730

and I get a not my doorbell rings I live in an apartment not a lot of apartments have doorbells but I was like jolted awake I'm all groggy

I open the door and it's a picture you jumping up like Kramer when you did oh totally hair shaking all over the thing

so I open the door and I'm like hello and it's a guy trying to sell me a Verizon internet plan yeah it's intrusive and I was so

and I got to respect the guy because it's a tough job doing being like door-to-door salesman. It's not a thing you see a lot these days. He was a very nice young man and he started asking me hard-hitting questions and he was right. I pay way too much your internet

now after like five years with this one company. He had a better price for me but I was so groggy and out of it that I was like, uh, like I answered a few of his questions and I was just like, I gotta go and then I just closed the door awkwardly. I mean, look, I get it. You don't want to be rude I'm sorry, Sam. But it's still not

okay. It's when people call you when you're at work because they're trying to you some nonsense. You know, someone, I'll throw face time in there. I feel like that's intrusive too. It's like, yo, dude, beat it. And when someone goes to your apartment or condo complex, that's a hall of their ballgame or to your home, up to your personal space, your driveway,

especially if you have kids and you got some stranger walking into your property because he's trying to sell you some nonsense. Get out of my face. I got a good deal for me, though. I was like, he has a point. I actually should switch. Well, then that's on you. Then call them up.

You know, you don't know. Actually, my work. You need that guy. bothering you when you're taking a nap. I was like, but here's a deal. We forget that it wasn't long ago that everyone knew someone. It could have been your uncle, your neighbor. There were people that were door-to-door salesmen. That's what people did. They sold the, oh, vacuums. I'm a door-to-door salesman. But that's why it's alarming now, Rich. It's not as common as it used to be. Yeah, I get it. The Avon lady would be there hanging out with your mom. You thought that woman was your mom's friend.

Someone was selling cut-co knives. Avon calling. It was like their little jingle. Cut-code dude was there, your new phone plan guy. Juan's trying to sell you those TV dinners. Jehovah's Witness person. Like, that happened all the time. It's few and far between now. So that's why it's alarming. Poor Sam almost had a heart attack. You need your skin so soft to the mosquitoes.

But no, just a reminder that it wasn't long ago that we were used to people knocking on our door and we were okay with it. Door to door salesman. That was the thing. Now, someone's trying to sell you solar or pest control. You can't justify it. Dude, if you were getting a massage. This guy walked in and just to give him a pitch.

That's on your time on a service you're paying for. It's distracting the barber or the masseuse or whatever. That's just inappropriate. We can move on to the NBA now, which is what I was talking to my barber about when I was interrupted by this guy. So sorry to interrupt. I had to bring it up only because I needed affirmation in the room that I wasn't losing my mind because I'm not a picky guy with that type of stuff.

I get it. But I found it very odd. That mid-haircut, some guy thought my barber's attention. should be on his cell phone plans. This guy's, it's got the clippers trying to give me just the right fade. And this guy's like, how much you're paying monthly? Are you kidding me? Yeah.

I mean, I guess, yeah, you do commend the hustle, but not on your time. Not on your watch. Well, while I was talking about Barber, it was about the Western Conference. And as I said, after all this time, we're less than a week away until the NBA playoffs. And the Lakers and Clippers, one game apart. the Golden State Warriors, the Denver Nuggets, Lakers, Clippers, Memphis, and Minnesota is only one game behind them. It is tighter, like you said, than a pair of skinny jeans in the 2000s.

But last night was a game. Titer than your Smedium shirts that used to get at Express. Men's Smedium. Yeah, you're tight. Well, T-shirts used to wear. That I got a gap kids. The Lakers, they got the three-seat. They're a game up on all these teams, but, you know, maybe they could have been two games up.

There was a close game last night in OKC. And... It was close. There was a... I mean, it was. It was a one-point game. Luca drives to the basket. Makes a pretty damn good shot in traffic.

And then you see him like, it appears to be barking towards the sidelines, towards the bench. To the crowd, perhaps. He put him up 108 to 107 at that point. And all sudden, whistle blows. He gets teed up second one. out.

And you see the Lakers and JJ Reddick looking like, what? LeBron helping plead the case. He's saying that he barked at a fan. The ref seemed like he was fed up. What is your initial take? Is your initial take that when the refs and officials, their ego gets in the way where getting it right

takes a backseat to their feelings? So here's the thing. We often take like one side when it comes to sports talk radio, especially. but the truth is there's more than one side to this, right? Because I do see like, hey, you know, the fans aren't here to see the ref throughout the biggest star in the game. That's not where you're paying crazy amounts of money to see, especially when you got kids there and they're like, oh, Luca, especially in a meaningful game. A game that matters.

You've seen this in baseball as well where like a Bryce Harper, a star player, you know, might get a little chippy. And the umpire, you're out of here. But at the same time, you have to have the wherewithal. as a superstar to know that you're one call away from being out of the game. So, you know, you got to acknowledge that too. And you're going to let, as Ben Mallor said, your boy, Ben Mallor went off on Luca, Danny G. I know that's your boy, too. That must be weird because Danny G's the biggest Lakers fan.

And Ben Mallor hates on the Lakers and they're good pounds. Yeah, we talk about it on the fifth hour podcast every weekend. But I laugh about it because Ben just has a very unhealthy infatuation with the Lakers. He is definitely a closet Lakers fan. He was like, Luca. is a baby who's crying and thrown out of the game because some guy in a bolow tie got under his baby skin. You're going to let a guy wearing a bolow tie in his hands.

And it's so true. It's like, yes, I hate that the refs threw him out of the game. Meaningful game. People are there to see him. Not you. But come on, dude. You've got to be better than that. Gov, I understand that point.

And had he, had he, Had he gotten into it with that ref right there, I could understand that. But as a player, if you're responding to a fan that's been chirping at you, in your mind, are you thinking, I'm going to get a tech for this? No, but he's clearly rubbing the referees wrong, right? It's not his first time that he's having a problem or applying to the refs. And my point here is simply that two things could be true. And I think there's a little truth to both of those things, Rich, your take where the refs, you know, they're going a little overboard. I think when a ref or an official or an umpire makes it about them and their feelings being heard,

are you overstepped? That's not the point. You're there to officiate the game. The game is still about the fans going there to see the star players and the game be played. And I think there's a pride in letting something be overturned. I remember there was a play at a Yankees game. You remember this? Clearly, I'm sure you're a Yankees fan.

Aaron Boone was chirping at the umpire. And the umpire was like, One more word out of you, Booney, and you're out of here. One pitch later, someone in the stands, is like, Ben Call Blue, the umpire turns around. He's like, Boone, out. He didn't say a word. And he read the ventriloquist. He threw his voice.

Like the fan threw his voice at Boone. But I'm saying. You could imagine the John Boy breakdown of Boone's saying, I didn't say anything. I didn't say anything. And he comes storm out of the dugout. And here's the other side, Rich, that you and I talked about earlier today. up that point, though, I think you have to be able to then maybe correct yourself. There you go. If there

was evidence in any fashion that, all right, let's go to, you know, they replay fouls, they replay things. What if they go, you know what, let me take a look at the tape. If Luca, if you, if LeBron and JJ Reddick and everyone's like, no, ref, you got it wrong, I promise you. Yeah, why does it have to be

like a final call in stone? They're not Judge Judy. They're not the judge. I hear declare in stone. And that well-known OKC fan admitted they talked to him after the game and he admitted that yeah Luca was chirping back at me and the refs could have got that

mistaken but he was talking to me. That's wild. By the way, I was saying you said you have LeBron and Luca talking about this after the game. Where do we want to start? Let's start with Luca himself. You can see it that happened but you know, I never got a friend of Jackton, never. But if he's

going to talk, I'm going to talk back like always. So they had nothing to do with the refs, so I didn't really understand. He didn't understand. It had nothing to do with the refs. and here's LeBron James. It was a weird, weird, weird couple minutes after that. I'm starting with the ejection. I don't know why the ref was taking it personal.

He had already gave Luca one, and Luca knew that. And Luca was going back and forth at that time with a fan that was sitting courtside like Luca does when fans get to talk out of their mind, whatever the case may be. And he was going back and forth from the rep, took it upon himself to think it was, you know, verse him or whatever the case may be. But then another tee on Vando after a block. shot.

And the game is just weird as hell after that moment. Weird. Weird as hell. Yeah, but you can't fly off the handle all the time. And you don't want that sort of reputation to be with you in these crucial moments. And there is the flip side to the story, too, where, as I gave credit to him before, the great Ben Mallor, we are now starting to see why Nico Harrison made the right move. You know?

Because he's saying he's uncoachable baby. But again, your reputation sometimes precedes yourself. And I think if he wasn't crying all the time and rubbing the refs wrong, they wouldn't have been quick to toss him. I'm with Kavino on this because he wouldn't have got tossed if he didn't have the first technical. It only would have been his first technical of the game. It was because it was the second one that he got tossed. By the way, Dave McMeneman covers the NBA,

the Lakers for ESPN reports that the NBA has notified, the Lakers. They've rescinded the second technical against Luca from last night's game. Thank you. I'm glad to you. Yeah, and I'm glad DB pointed to that first T because it's telling what Vando said about it. He said that he thought he got fouled. This was when Luca was arguing about Vando getting fouled on that first T. He says, I did get slapped across the head.

That's what Luca was telling the ref. He told him what happened and the ref told Luca, I'll talk to anybody but you, Luca. So it seemed a little personal at that point, and he teed him up. So wait, you're saying the NBA has said, we take it back? The second one. Yeah, we said to the second one. To quote the great Robbie Hart, that's information I could have used yesterday. One make is lost later.

I mean, can we go back to the fourth quarter then? But I think Kvinos' point is still true, though. Like, just if it's followed him everywhere, it obviously followed him from Dallas to L.A., you got to tone it down a little bit. because otherwise you get caught in these situations where you do chirp and people think, like the reputation preceded him in this situation. Yeah, and two things can be true, Rich. I do agree that the refs, they get on a power trip sometimes,

and it's annoying for the fans. And it's annoying as a basketball fan because you don't get to see the true outcome of the game. It's a meaningful game. So I see all the sides here. Two things can be true. We often take one side here when it comes to sports talk. Can I throw a fun ref umpire nugget in here? There was a trend that maybe began, which is why they shut it down immediately.

In spring training this year, before the MLB season kicked off. What were they sampling in the preseason, in the spring training? Oh, the strike zone call. Right? You could challenging the strike. Tap your helmet. They made it very clear that if you do that in the regular season, It's a sneakdice at the um.

So like, let's say Aaron Judge is like, that was outside. Even though it doesn't matter if he jokingly, he's like, tap, tap. That is automatic. That's like equally being mouthy. Like, because you're showing up the umpire doing the little tap of your helmet is your subconscious way of being like BS. Well, even on the lowest of levels, you coach pony league baseball and girls softball. Isn't there an unwritten rule where a parent can't talk back to the.

empire, not even a word. So on the lowest of levels, if the kids know and the parents know, everybody knows, in the lowest of levels, that it is what it is. No, you can't even do. When Luke already has one on him, he has to zip it up a little bit in these crucial moments. No, it's even questionable. It's a learning lesson moving forward, man. There was a warning email that went out.

This can't just be the, you know, the kid sports eye coach. There was a warning to the parents and the coaches that if a ball is called, You can't even be like, like, don't worry, Sophia, great pitch. Like, you can't even. Zero tolerance thing, right? You can't even insinuate, like, do that again, honey. That was a strike. Like, you cannot even insinuate that the umpire got it wrong in kid sports.

So if you just joined us, Rich is saying that the ref's ego, that's what he said in the pre-show meeting, the refs ego killed a great game. Yeah. The ego, at the same time you have to acknowledge that Lucas, reputation may have preceded himself here in this situation. As you said, I agree with you. Multiple things. Multiple things can be right at the same time. And I think that there's nothing wrong with getting it right.

That's why replay has entered the world of sports, basketball, baseball, NFL, college football, everything. Because we want to get it right, correct? Don't we want to get the call right? So in that instance, if everyone on that Lakers bench, including the victim himself, Luca, was like, I'm telling you, you got it wrong. What is the harm? Sometimes you see him at that scorer's table for a minute or so looking if a ball's inbound that it goes off of someone. You couldn't have taken the 30 seconds to look who Luca was addressing. You know there's 100 cameras.

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Why? He was talking trash to a fan, and the referee thought he was talking to him. Oh, this is an absolutely horrible decision by J.T.O. by the official. Absolutely horrible. You cannot throw a star player out of an NBA game for talking to a fan. No, the referee thought he was talking to him. Oh, my gosh. This is unconscionable.

You cannot do this in a game that's this good. This is one of the worst pieces of officiating I have ever seen, and I've done this for 25 years. I hate this call, and I would say the same thing if they were doing it to Shane. You cannot, Michael, throw a star player out of the game for talking to a fan. You didn't think he was talking to the fan. I don't care. The referee thought he was talking to him.

That's why he threw Luke out. They had three Lakers explained it to him, and he still stuck to his guns because his ego is bigger than Lucas staying in the game. That's courtesy of the Lakers Audio Network. We are Kavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. Yeah, Ireland sounded like, that was the, he had the enthusiasm was like, all the humanity, like it was a Hindenberg or something.

Yeah, you don't usually hear him that fired up. You ever hear the boxing announcer Morrow Ranallo? Unbelievable. This is a travesty. No, really, man. That's a wild one. And like we said, two things can be true. But oh, oh, Lucas crying.

Is he a sports baby or was it legit? Did the refs overstep? Both could be true. But man, he's getting beat down today. Like I said before, Ben Mallor here on Fox Sports Radio, calling him a, he's a spoiled brat. Okay, cite another host because we know Ben Mallor is going to say that. Mad Dog Russo.

He doesn't work here. He's becoming impossible to root for. Impossible to root for. What he says about Luca could also apply to Mad Dog Russo. Oh, impossible to root for. Impossible to listen to. Man, you definitely don't want to see the refs throw him out in that moment as well. And the Lakers go down.

And a big night for Luca today. They're handing out, thank you Luca T-shirts. And again, his return to see his, as Luca said at the press conference, his teammates. I mean, my ex-teammates. I have thoughts about that. Would you want a thank you, Luca shirt? Well, it's his return to Dallas.

And it's going to be a very overwhelming emotional night. I think that's a t-shirt you hook for Luca once again. Well, those Mavs fans were hotter than Hornets when Luca left. They're still upset, Rich. That's true. But, I mean, like, I feel like that's a show you end up washing your car with or something. So do you blame the ref's ego or do you blame Luca? That's the question of the day.

Hit us up at Covino and Rich. And we'll still take your phone calls at 87799 on Fox. In fact, we have people that want to chime in on door-to-door sales folks. As I told you, I was getting a haircut today in the middle. In the middle of getting my hair done, barber's got the clippers doing the precision fade. Some clipper work. Maybe respectfully the salesman saw the size of your head. It was like, well, I can't wait another three hours.

It's going to take a while. Yeah, it's going to take a while. If you don't mind, I'll be quick. Let's say hi to Matt in Indiana. What's up, Matt? What's up, buddy? When I heard that, I know you guys always talk about Costco and Sam's Club and all that. And they've been really badly lately with those phone salespeople.

And I have to tell my wife that make sure you tell them that we have the most upgraded technology. And yes, we're with their plan or so. I wish they would go away too. No solicitation at those stores. You know what I did the other day? I was so embarrassed. I was at Costco. Thank you, buddy.

And you know, they do the samples. And you do the fake enthusiasm. Like, oh, no, this is good. How much are these? there's like a weird instinct to look fake interested. Especially at the mall when you're like bourbon chicken, what's that? Danny Ann's never had one, sure. Oh, the pretzel I've had 5,000 times.

Can I get a sample of that? Yeah, never had a cinnamon tasty pretzel before. You have to do the fake interest. Almost like when someone asks you, do you have a pen and you know you don't. You do the weird check like, oh, no, you check your pockets damn well knowing you don't have a pen. Orange chicken, what's that? What is this? I don't know why.

They must have been getting rid of, like, bread that was almost expiring. One of the handouts at Costco was simply bread with, like, a garlic butter spread on it. And I go, mm. And my wife goes, did you just, mm, it's bread. Like, you're like, now you're over poor. You never had bread before. Oh, what is this? Texas toast.

What a luxury. Is this bread with butter? Oh, it's exotic. Scrooptious. Scroocious. Scrooctious. Scrooctly. All right.

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but there's a gibroni on the Washington Nationals that I keep seeing. Danny's you got to find out who it is. Oh, he almost got a single just now. He has the weakest mustache I've ever seen on a major league player. Oh, weaker than Austin Wells. Weaker, dude. He's got one of those pencil thin, like weak-ass moustaches. I'm a cat burglar.

Yeah, please find out who this is. I keep seeing it every time I look up. It's so weak it needs to be called out. But anyway, we're Kavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio, and you got to stick around for midweek major. The biggest stories in the world of sports. and pop culture. We do it every Wednesday.

Are they mid? Are they weak? Are they major? Plus, there's a story about Rick Petino. I think we're going to touch on next. We have lots to fit into this action-pack show. I think you're talking about Lowe, by the way.

Nathaniel Lowe. This guy? Yeah, I think that's him. Yeah, oh, man, it's like he messed up. There's a Tigers player with an equally bad handlebar. You see whether your dad, like, messed up, and he just tried to save whatever was left. Like, it looks horrible.

Horrible. Nathaniel Lowe. Shout out to you, my friend. Well, that's the news update for me. You're not going to get that from the professional next. Let's kick it to our guy. DB Dan Byer. What's up, Dan? Any mustache updates?

No, but it was a close shave for the Yankees today. Oh, yeah. Super. Center field, going back jazz. He's got room. Jazz is there. Makes a two-hand catch Yankees win. Victory for the New York Yankees.

Four three, the final. Dave Sims, Yankees Radio Network with the call. so yesterday they lose. Today the Yankees win. Let's check in on Rich's Mets. And Alonso drills one out to center. Myers working back to the warning track. Myers jumps up and he makes

the catch to end the game. Dane Myers crashing into the wall in center. That was on the Marlins Radio Network locking up a 5-0 win for the Marlins over the Mets today on the Marlins Radio Network. A couple of other finals. Corey

Sigur-wet yard twice at Wrigley. Rangers top the Cubs today, 6 to 2. While it took 13 Pirates down the Cardinals, 2 to 1, that game was scoreless going into extras. And they didn't score until the 12th inning, but Pittsburgh gets the victory. Games going on right now in the fifth inning. Houston's up on Seattle 4-0.

Reds lead the Giants, 6-5 in the 6th, while the Nationals have a 5-4 lead on the Dodgers in the 5th. In the 6th inning in Arizona, it's all Damabex, blanking Baltimore, 7-0. while the A's right now trail the Padres 2 to 1 in the 8th inning. Bottom of the 8th inning, A's do have a runner on second, though, two outs in the bottom half of that frame.

Local 10 news in South Florida reported earlier today that police were called to the home of Dolphins-wide receiver Tyree Kill over a domestic dispute on Monday. No arrests were made. No one was charged in the incident. Dolphins released a statement saying they are aware of the situation and are making no further comment at this time. The NBA did rescind the second technical foul given to Lakers guard Luca Donchich last night against the thunder,

the technical that got him ejected from that game. And soon to be Hall of Famer, Dwight Howard, will play one more season of professional basketball doing so in the big three this summer. Padres got out of it in the bottom half of the inning, so they heads of the 9th to 1 San Diego. Guys, back to you. Thank you, D.B. And 12 games in to 162 with 150 games remaining. That's good math, Rich. I have one game up on Kavana.

You know, Mets are eight and four. Yankees are seven and five. Ooh, yeah. You know what? Just for the fun of it, you know, we have our $1,000 bet. I really do hope in August, September, they're like dead even. I think they'll make it fun. I'll tell you what, on a personal note, it's a great way to add more fun to the season

when you make that personal bet with your buddy. Truthly. It does have me glued on the Mets every day to see how they're doing. Truthly, I'm not rooting against your Yankees. I will in September if it's close. But right now, I think the Yankees being good is better for baseball. baseball and I think it just makes it more exciting. So, except for the fact that you're hating on Austin Wells's mustache.

I mean, you think that guy, that's a good look. Austin Wells's mustache is not as bad as Nathaniel Lowe, who's playing right now. And of course, Jake Rogers, who's the latest tiger to have a weak-ass mustache. Yeah. Look, I get it. The mustache is great, but it went from, like, ironic to, like, now people are rocking it. And it just looks weird. I don't like it.

Looks dumb. Yesterday we said Paul Skeens looked so much cooler with a beer. Yeah. Oh, for sure. We were watching Dodgers Tigers to start the season, and my wife, Brenda, saw Rogers on the Tigers. She's like, he looks like he drives a white van with candy. It looks like boys. Yeah, it looks like boys trying to look older. And you're not Don Mattingly. That's how I feel. I'm like, Don Mattingly pulled it off. It was the 80s. It was a Tom Selleck era. It's not that way anymore. It just looks odd to me. But anyway, we're Cabino and Rich, and we got to talk about Rick Patino next. Yeah, I mean, there's something he's doing that I think is unconventional in the world of sports, not as a coach, as a fan. Plus the segment or feature, I should say, that's sweep in the nation. It's a brand new feature here on the show.

Mike's Wednesday Words of Wisdom. You know, Mike who runs this place? Who? Yeah, he has Wednesday Words of Wisdom. We're going to play them for you. What? Yeah, because if we're going to be subjected to them in our meetings and our pre-show meetings, you guys will be too.

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We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts. We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, Jonas, guys?

I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. And, well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast.

But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy, not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smygel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel. Help an a cappella band with their between songs banter. Where does your group perform? We do some retirement homes. Those people are starving for banter. Listen to humor me with Robert

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Every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source, the athlete themselves. Their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight real. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context, and ask the questions everybody wants answered. Sports Slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them.

Listen to Sports Slice on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slices Life 12 in the TikTok podcast network on TikTok. The French Open is one of the toughest tests in tennis, and I know firsthand because I competed there myself. I'm Renee Stubbs, and on the Renee Stubbs Tennis podcast, I'm breaking down everything happening at Roland Garris. Every match, every upset, and what it really takes to win on Clay. Jenchian win. I mean, she went down at three to Rabakina, but I'm delighted. She's an outsider to win the French for me.

And she likes Clay. Listen, Lina Rabakina is arguably the best player in the world. right now and I actually can win on any surface because if she's serving, well, good luck. Consider this your court side seat to the French Open. Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal, but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential. way, the podcast Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes

for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the I-Hard radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Beat it. Don't let other people interrupt your haircut. You don't want to take the focus off your haircut. I can't believe Danny G won't up that story where someone was chatting with

this tattoo artist? Yeah, that's the worst. There's no worse than that. Now, Danny, a barber, you could be like, hey, we're, I'm getting a haircut here. If I was getting a tattoo and someone was taking the attention away from the person putting ink on me, I would lose my mind. Imagine that? How about when you're in like the middle of an order or you're dealing with someone at the register and then someone else comes in, they start like interrupting because they forgot their drink or something. He's like, oh, dude, you're now you're interfering with my time. I just hate that. Or someone comes up to you and starts

talking about torpedo bats? Yeah, get out of my face, beat it, thank you. If you just joined us, Rich was getting a haircut, and some salesman came in and started interrupting the whole deal taking the focus off his trimage. And it wasn't even like, like I said, a barbershop with his like, you know,

eight chairs and everyone's chopping it up. This is one of those places where there's individual rooms. Stalls. Yeah, suites. Sweets. Sweets, essentially. Guy walks in. I thought it was buddy. I'm like, oh, your buddy's here. We're talking the NBA. And the guy's like, hey, who's your provider for your cell phone? Are you serious right now? It's Kavino and Rich Live from the Tyraq.com studio. We've talked a lot about Luca. It's amazing to see, like I happen to find my personal opinion, Luca to be an amazing basketball player and so likable. That's how I

view him. And then it's amazing to see how other people view him as nothing but a crybaby, sports baby and I really think that a lot of it comes from I just don't like the Lakers that's really it because I never really heard that much crybaby hatred towards Luca before I think you're right right so be aware of what we're saying here on the Covino and Rich Show we're professional social observationalists or something there's that's what my business cards so Danny I said radio tycoon yes but underneath it says observation he has uh he has horns on the front of his car like a boss hog but I'm telling you it's the awareness theory because you'll see how How many people are like all of a sudden,

Luca's the biggest crybaby that ever was? I thought that was LeBron. But wait a me. How could he be the biggest crybaby if his teammates are the biggest cry baby? I'm looking at the Western Conference. And not the harp on it, but we did talk about how Lakers at the three seed are one game better than one, two, three, four teams.

Clippers, Nuggets, Golden State, and the Grizzlies are all one game behind the Lakers. Three games to go. And then the eight seed, the Minnesota Timberwolves, And then the 9 and 10, here's where, listen, I get it. We like the extra playing game. It's fun, I suppose.

But right now, to me, Danny, it's very clear. There's eight teams in the West that deserve it. Sacramento and Dallas are under 500. Call it a day. I mean, if one of those teams. You tell that to AD who's going to be balling his heart out tonight against this former team. I know he will. But once we get those playing games next week, honestly, look at that right there.

Minnesota at the eight seed is only two games for you. behind the Lakers in the three seed. Sacramento and Dallas have no business. Don't forget Sacramento is just a year removed from being a powerful team in the West. I remember, I remember, light the beam. We love that a year ago. But I don't know, the Eastern Conference,

the fact that the whole playing round, the 7, 8, 9, 10 are all under 500. Could we just skip around to the next rounds? I mean, we all know the NBA playoffs takes forever to begin with. I think it's very clear. There's a lot of teams in it to win it. But 7, 8, 9, 10, the bottom, get him out. Well, you know what, Rich?

Next hour, not only midweek major, but speaking of the NBA, we're going to talk about a former San Antonio Spurs legend. If we have time, because the show's moving fast. But are you going to let me talk about dire wolves? Let's do it. I don't know. You know, we're going to talk about dire wolves in a second,

but first, can I just throw something by you? It's a theory that I feel like some people are going to be like, yeah, not the role with that. And other people are going to say, this is a sports crime. And this has to do with being a city guy. Rick Patino, St. John's, always a New York guy, right? And he talks about it. And they asked him about, wait, are you a Mets or Yankees fan?

Because he showed up at a Mets event. And Sam, we'll play the sound next hour. He sort of describes how. he's a Mets and Yankees fan. And my first instinct is, it can't be a Mets and Yankees fan. Can you be a Lakers and Clippers fan? If you're in Chicago, I remember Sebastian Manascalco recently got crap for this. Sebastian, how can you do that?

He threw out the first pitch at the Cubs game and those old school buddies were like, you're a white socks guy. Wait, he's a white socks guy. Aren't you embarrassed? So, I mean, I think you should. still take the honor in that particular case? Are you going to refuse to throw the pitch out at Wrigley? No, but he said, well, I mean, I'm a White Tux. I bet I'm a Chicago guy. I'm a Chicago guy. I'm a getting out of my car. So we're going to talk about is it okay to be a city guy? And of course,

Big Mike's words of wisdom coming up. Hey guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called. Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast. Well, We didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it, but, you know, tired and sick.

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And she likes Clay. Listen, Lernerabakina is arguably the best player in the world right now, and I actually can win on any surface. Listen to the Renee Stubbs tennis podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal, but in encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque. Others say it's unleashing human potential. Either way, the podcast's Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping

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