The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - Fat Tuesday Sports Stars

Episode Date: March 5, 2025

C&R celebrate FAT TUESDAY! They talk Saquon getting paid, & the Kyrie sorrow in Dallas. Mardi Gras means what?! Plus, they take calls on the most lovable, talented, greatest fat guys in sports!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It is Fat Tuesday. So those overweight stallions, those mammoths in the world of sports that put on a couple pounds over the years. We honor them. And, you know, we use the word fat loosely, like fat for their sport. But I'm posing it in a different sort of way because there's one all-time great that can't be debated. He's the king of all fat athletes, right? So we're going to say, well, who's that guy by sport?

Who's the greatest by sport? So who's the greatest fat boxer, football player, basketball player, and more. Plus, Shaq Diesel trivia giving away prizes today. So if you want in 87799 on Fox, but again, I hope you had a great Tuesday. Oh, so far. I had a thought for you. Now, this is not official by any means. Start thinking about your chubby athletes

we're going to get to that. Plus, Otani and Travis Hunter, there's a debate that I think is worth exploring here on the show. It's a lot of fun. But last year, the rally cry of the New York Mets. I don't know if you have it on standby. I was saying, but oh my God, Candolita. Iglesias was a spark plug for the Mets.

there's rumors now that he might be talking to the Yankees. Do you welcome the oh my God to the Bronx? Yeah, but I hope he makes like a new song. Would it be like Mets leftovers if he just brings like the oh my God? I don't want that weak ass song to be a Yankee rally cry. O&B, oh my beard. Yeah, I want them to play like he needs a new hit-a-caca or something. Yeah, like something else, like a different type of regga tone sounding song.

Like I don't want to. Yeah, I don't want to. want your leftovers like a dog. I don't want that, but I would welcome him. He came up big. Why wouldn't you want? He was the heart of your team. What if the, oh my God, was

in the Bronx with Judge? I mean, I would have rather it have Alonzo. Do you just take those OMG signs and spray paint him Navy Blue? I can't say he's on my wish list, Russ. What position he's playing in?

He plays everywhere. The whole thing of the... Yankees need a third base. policeman. Otherwise, they got Oswaldo Cabrera, who I like a lot. But hey, if you're getting anything out of this, just know we're what, 24 days away, 23 days away. Today's the fourth, right? 23 days away, opening day. Let's go. Baseball in the air. Or is that? What is that? Those tacos in the air? It's a taco Tuesday. It's a fat Tuesday. I just wanted to just throw it out there because Jose Iglesias. Sure, I'll take the answer your question. Why wouldn't we take him? He came up big. He brought a lot of heart, a lot of fun to your Mets. I just would hope he came up with the new song that we could rally around because that's too synonymous with your last year Mets. But you could almost be like, y'all Mets, we got the vibe now because that was sort of what brought the fun. Having the vibe isn't as cool as you having Soto. I'm not going to pretend like that's like some sort of great kid. I'll be honest, who had a more fun season last year? He had a fun season, but you didn't make the world series.

Who had a more fun season last year? You had a great season. Arguably, as a fan, who enjoyed 2024 more? By far, the Mets fans, because they had a vibe. I'm telling you, you might now acquire that vibe for cheap, too. And I'm cool with that. Just come up with a new jam. He's got to have more than one hit in his bat and in his catalog.

At least I hope so. His new hit single, Adios me, oh. But on this Fat Tuesday, I hope you're having a Sequin Barclay sort of day, not a Kyrie sort of day. Saquan, two-year, 41.2 million. First ever, 20 million plus running back. He's with the Eagles through 2028. I'm sure Dan Byer will tell you more about that.

And then, of course, Kyrie last night tore the ACL, most likely out for the season. And he's taking his foul shots. Now, was that sweat or tears running down his face? Like, in pain or in sorrow? Like, what would your take on that? at the end of the week. It looked like it was tears because he was frustrated and I think is that tears of frustration. Frustration because he had been playing so well this season and said even after Luca was traded away he was the glue keeping the Mabbs team together especially with all the

bad luck they've had with injuries. Doesn't it remind you of when Kobe tough? Oh 100% the free throws after a serious injury? Oh without a doubt man yeah and the second he went down you saw the grimace on his face. When I say grimace, I'm not talking about your stupid meds. Oh, you want grimace too now? I'm not talking about you know, he looked like he was in pain. It was a sad sight. There was a lot of strength there with the fans cheering him on. He made his foul shots, his free throws. But man, sad story if he is out for the season. But if everybody else is out, then really what's there to play for anyway? Sit it out. Why

extend yourself? So torn ACL, but is it the curse of Nico, if we have time, we'll talk about other like bad luck streaks or even how to get out of them. Yeah, and I think the reason is, Cove, because they were hoping for when Anthony Davis returned, you saw just a glimpse in those two and a half quarters of the two of them together. So there was hope for them to get in, even if it was a play-in game and get into the postseason. No, yeah, I know. But again, though, it was two and a half quarters. Like, that's where, you know, it was nothing, really. But really sad story.

So I hope you're having a Seekwon type of day. is what we said. But because it is a Fat Tuesday, why not start with that? Let's get into it. 87799 on Fox at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. Rich was today years old, believe it or not.

Not to embarrass Rich. He admitted this already on our Patreon show, our personal podcast. There's things I admit there. I wouldn't admit here, but go on. He admitted that he just realized today that Marty Graeme meant Fat Tuesday.

I'm not saying, and I'm the expert on Fat Tuesday by any means. But I did like reasoning and I thought it out and kind of knew that. I'm just saying I've been to. I've sort of figured that out already. I've been to Mardi Gras. We've been to Carnival. We've been to New Orleans a bunch of times.

It never dawned on me that. Would you say about Bobby Connaval? Fat Tuesday in French is Mardi Gras. And I just never connected the dots from me. Common knowledge. Everybody know that. You might be learning that now. I would say I'm and Danny G.

Don't look so shocked. I just thought. Fat Tuesday was a part of Marty Gras, like all the week, right? As did I. I thought Fat Tuesday was like the special day, but the party. No, Marty Gras is just the day. And it's fat because we stuff our fat faces leading into Lent, Ash Wednesday, Manana. But maybe I'm not the only dope.

Danny Jeep. Did you know that? I did know this. But I was going to say it. But then again, I'm a fat lard who ate there in New Orleans for a week straight when I was in my 20s. That's when I found out. It's always a party, right? So that's why I think we assume that. They do party all the time in Nolans.

And I just know there's a ton of bars called Fat Tuesdays and, you know, on resorts. I just never knew that Fat Tuesday and Mar-GRAH any day of the week anytime you want. You could earn your beads any time. You don't have to do it just today, which, by the way, Rich said, like, if you haven't done that, you haven't lived. Yeah, I think that's on a bucket list of, you know, domestic travel, New Orleans, throw some beads to someone flashing you? Isn't that sort of like checklist, like bucket list? No? Everyone should do it once.

You ain't lived unless you did it. Now, it's Fat Tuesday. Marty Grom means fat Tuesday. That's what it means. Now you know, Rich just found out. We all find out things at different times, I guess. What's the most embarrassing thing you found out later in life? I'll admit another one.

I may have said this on the show, but Danny J., growing up, I was always the type of guy. I grew up in New York. I was, you know, surrounded by great bagel places and pizza. I would always get in everything bagel, bacon egg and cheese, or if in Jersey, Taylor ham egg and cheese. But if I got it just plain, I would get butter. Because I think my family convinced me, oh, you don't like cream cheese. And Rich said, I can't believe it's not butter. I was not a cream cheese guy.

And I'm housing a huge, big ass piece of cheesecake. And I'm like, whoa, this is delicious. And someone goes, until you said you didn't like cream cheese. I'm like, I don't. They're like, what do you think? the main ingredient of cheesecake. You do now. I'm like,

you know, I never thought about it. Cream cheese, dummy. Sorry, that's mine. I'll give you that. I didn't know cream cheese was the premier ingredient in cheese. There's always some sort of music fun fact or historical fun fact. I'm like, did I know that? I don't think I knew that.

And you learn something new all the time. Like recently, not recently, but somewhat in recent history. I'm like, wait, come on feel the noise is a cover. cover song? That's not an original by Quiet Riot. I don't think that's a big one, dude. I'm just saying. I don't think I knew that. Who knew that? Some rock geek would be like, mind-blown.

What you mean? You know, to a rock geek, that's a common knowledge thing. I'm talking about how, when I was in high school, I realized that pickles and cucumbers were the same thing. I think that's one I learned later in life too. That was like... Well, then that's just you guys being boneheads, to be honest. You gave like a nerdy rock fact, like, oh, I don't know what...

It's an example, you, Goonberger. Every once in a while, you hear a song. You're like, oh, I didn't know that was a cover. I always thought that was an original. Or you find out, like, that's who sings it? I didn't know that guy was in that band. I thought I didn't know it was the same guy. You always find out something different.

I don't think I knew that, like, Peter Gabriel and, uh, give me, the two guys in Genesis. Phil Collins. Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel were in the same group together. Wasn't that right? Yeah. Well, they were voiced. Yeah, he was just the drummer and then Phil Collins became the lead singer. And drummer.

And drummer. And drummer. I don't think based on that, I was saying. I think I knew they came from the same family tree of bands. I don't think a lot of people know that Michael McDonald was in the Doobie Brothers. That's one where it's like, there's people like, wait, what? Kids don't know about Lionel Richie being in the Commodores. I have to say.

Did they not watch what's happening? That was a famous episode when rerun was recording the Doobie Brothers. Michael McDonald was in it. To bring this to sports really quick, people do this with sports logos. Been looking at them our whole life and what, you talk like the Brewers logo and logos like What in that logo? I didn't know the Chicago Bulls logo upside down was a robot violating a crab. Yeah, but Danny G.

I've ever seen that or no? Yeah, no, of course. But Danny G. brings up a very famous one. The old school Brewer's logo is a baseball glove, but it's M.B. It's the M and the B. And for some people's common knowledge, and for some people, oh, I was yesterday years old. So Rich just realized Mardi Gras's Fat Tuesday. Now, based on that, you can debate me all you want.

When it comes to fat athletes, and I say this respectfully, there's one who's above and beyond the king of them all. And you can picture him with his crown and probably six hot dogs on standby. He's smoking a cigar. I'm talking about the babe, yeah? Babe Ruth. Yeah, George Herman Ruth. Yeah.

I thought you were going to say Bartolo. No. Why take my number one answer? Well, if he's the king of them all, who else comes to mind and can you rival him in any other sport? Like who's the babe of football? Who's the babe of boxing? Basketball. I mean, since you brought up music, who's the babe of rock stars?

Is it meatloaf? Who's the babe of rock stars? And by the way, you talk about... Jack Black. You talk about logos in the middle of the Montreal Expos. Did you ever notice the lowercase E for Expos? Or did you just think it was like a red, white, and blue, like, M or something? I always thought that was the stupidest logo, to be honest.

It always confused me. The Montreal Expos. It looks like ELO, but it's just an M. It's a tricolored M. Electric Light Orchestra. It looks like electric light orchestra does. Just like the new Kia logo looks like 9-inch nails. But it does, yeah.

Right? Doesn't it? So when it comes to sport, like, all right, Rich, ready? Let's play this game. If Babe Ruth is the king of fat guys in baseball. And there's others that come to mind. Danny G. already said Bartolok alone. He's definitely, he was the king of hot dogs.

If he was the king of hot dogs on a fat Tuesday, who is that in the world of boxing? Because I think I have the answer. and I got to give Mike who runs this place credit. Who? Butterbean, Mike. Butterbean may come to mind, especially when you look at Mike, you think of Butterbee. You throw a goatee on Butterbee and it might be Mike. Oh, damn.

But when it comes to the Kings, Mike said, George Foreman. And he might be right because when he came back and he won that belt at what, 41 years of age, he was not the mean, dominant, slim and trim, George Foreman. that you had seen against Muhammad Ali. So that might be the answer just based on his physique and his, you know, how far he took it. What's up, Dan Byer? I just want to say two things. Number one, Mike does not run this place at all.

Absolutely not. But in defense of Mike who does not run this place, this guy has done one heck of a job over the last couple of years of getting his body in shape. He looks good. So how dare you, Steve, do you know, take a shot like that to a lot. A guy who has worked hard, who has sat on a bike for hours upon hours, just for a cheap little laugh. I'll tell you what, it makes me feel bad that I'm a Covino guy. Yes, yes.

I may be more Davis than I thought. I'm totally going to rethink myself, Dan. Because apparently you haven't seen Butterbean lately. He got in with Diamond Dallas Page, and he's in the best shape of his life. So clearly you haven't seen the update. I am. I met him now. And I'm back to be the Covino guy.

What do you know? I meant butter bean now. Hello. He's in great shape. Nice. Thanks at Diamond Dallas Page. But by the way, I'll correct myself. George Foreman regained the heavyweight title at 45.

And Mike brought him up immediately. I'm like, you know what? Yeah, in retrospect, he wasn't that fat. But he was not in great shape either. He was husky. Right. So he comes to mind. You can go by sport.

You can just throw some names out there. Honestly, it's not even a criticism. We're giving them props today because think about it. they were unassuming, yet they took their skill level to the greatest of heights. And for that, you got to applaud him. Like, John Cruck comes to mind. He's always the baseball guy, right? So, yeah, he didn't look like the greatest specimen, but you know what?

He was an all-star. And you were not. Again, you're naming husky guys. I'm talking Prince Fielder. That was a big fellow. But here's the question. Who's better, him or his papa? Identical stats, right?

They both ended with the same amount of home runs. I'm guessing 309 or something like that. that. But they had the same amount of home runs. So who comes to mind? We're giving props. That's really what it is on a fat Tuesday. You got to think the panda, Pablo Sandoval. He could hit, man. Oh, yeah. And his buttons were always bursting. He was a clutch, big fella. You know, that's where it translates, I think, the, well, you can say football too, but you got to be quick in a football. Baseball is such a skill sport. You could be out of shape. You could be fat and still be great. You just could be. I mean, this guy's like Trent Williams on the 49ers that some say he's like the most athletic guy in the team, but he is a monster.

You wouldn't say that's fat. He's just, I don't know how to describe it. He's just big. It's a house. It's a house. Now, Refrigerator Perry, is that a good answer? Mike said that too. It's a really good answer.

It is. And a guy was, you know, scoring touchdowns, big boy, love to eat. You know who comes to mind in today's world, too? Alejandro Kirk of the Blue Jays. You ever see the physique on this dude? you're like, this guy's a ball player and yes, he's greater than we could ever be. So you've got

to say these things respectfully, but it's the truth. Yeah, I think we're being kind about it. Now, do you have the call, Iowa, Sam, of when Bartolo Colon who nine out of ten times, when pitchers would hit in the NL, I followed Bartolo closely. He was one of the fan

favorites for the Mets and, you know, the guy played on a ton of teams. He was the type of guy that would swing at a pitch when he'd get close. And when he did get close, his helmet would fly off. He'd spin around like a t-ball kid that's spinning in the batter's box. His at-bats were not attractive. His at-bats were not those that you study the tape on. They were almost Bugs Bunny cartoonish.

But he was so likable. That's why I use his cologne till this day. Bartolo. When I want to feel sexy. It's like grilled meats. Bartolo cologne. The essence. when he hit his lone home run,

the call by Gary Cohen on SNY with the Mets, it was a call that almost sounded as though the Mets won the World Series. Like the Mets hit a walk off in the playoffs. If you've never heard this, which I'm sure you have, let's reminisce on Fat Tuesday. My answer, other than the Babe in baseball, has got to be Bartolo.

Colon looking for his first 10 of the year. He drives one. So funny. The impossible has happened. As far as fan favorite, he has to be brought up in conversation. Is he better than the babe? Absolutely not. But definitely a great answer in this conversation.

So again, what is Fat Tuesday? Fat Tuesday is held the day before Ash Wednesday tomorrow. And it's a great time for Catholics or anybody to celebrate before the beginning of Lent season. So a lot of people, a lot of Catholics give up something starting tomorrow. So you stuff your fat faces today. In honor of that, who else comes to mind? I like the refrigerator powery answer for football. Boxer, we got butterbean comes to mind, but George Foreman has to be the guy.

Big George, he was big George Foreman. Basketball. See, again, when you think, you think like what, the later years of Charles Barkley? But even then, he was just a solid dude. He wasn't fat. Big Baby Davis? My thought goes to Dan Byer. I don't know of you with me on this.

I was thinking Oliver Miller. That's exactly who I was going to say. Yeah. And then Kvino said Big Baby Davis, which was, I think, a good answer as well. Yeah. So, again, we- That's my nickname when the Mets lose. Yeah, exactly.

What Rich is crying. So we're going by sports. We're giving props, and we're taking your phone calls. Next at 877-99 on Fox. Hang tight. It's a fat Tuesday. We're partying here on Fox Sports Radio. Now, there's still parts of the country.

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the fat boys famously went to the buffet and ordered two each. Chubby check around the fat boys. Remember that? Yeah. Doing the twist. Our little twist here on Fat Tuesday is, look, Babe Ruth is the king of all fat guys in sports. Question one. Is there any other, quote unquote, fat athlete that even rivals him?

And who is the babe for each sport? Who is the babe of football, basketball, boxing. And we said rock stars. Maybe the fat boys rival meatloaf. I don't know. That's a good one. And I'm really going to depress you now when I give you Babe Ruth stats. Any guesses? So I'm like, well, how fat was the babe? Because it's really depressing from today's standards. Is he over six foot? How tall was the babe? Okay. He's over six foot, over 200 pounds. Now, while you think about it, let me remind you, we're live from the tire rack.com studio. Don't have the right team on the core. Express employment professionals can help from contract

placements to full-time hires. We've got you covered. Visit expresspros.com today and let us handle your hiring so you can focus on growing your business. Or your waistline. Or your waistline. Sorry, the babe, 6-2-2-60? Wow. Am I close? You're dead on with the 6-2 according to Google, but they have them listed at, Danny G. 240, you made? 250? Sam, any guess? He, well, if he's got to be like over 300. No. Rumor had it that he had, what, like six hot dogs a game? And the answer is, according to Google, 6-2-215.

No way. That's what I mean. That's what I went on a bad weekend. That's like a tall running back. That's like a linebacker when he gets to style. I think he had the stature of like Ben Mallor, who we work with. He was an apple on a stick? Just like a big bone dude.

There's no way. 2-15. No, no. And if you look up. way more than that. There's photos of him without a shirt on. Like, he's not fat. He's had a big fat head. No, this is BS. Look it up. Perspective. We're on the radio, but I'm, I'm exactly six foot. And I weigh about one 95. There's no way. Our food is different. There's no way that Babe Ruth was two inches tall to me and like 20 pounds. In my mind, he, listen, I met Roger

Clemens once, not name dropping. That's a guy that I didn't realize how big he was. Roger Clemens is deceptively huge. He's like six. Look it up. And he's a brick. How? Babe Ruth 60. Yeah, I keep every search. And I even put, what was Babe's real weight?

And it comes up as 215. Some pictures he looks a little heavier like this one over here. Yeah, later in life, he had to be pushing 260, 270. I'm just telling you what it says. So again, who else comes to mind? We're actually giving props in a weird backwards sort of way. But we really are because it takes great skill to be in this conversation. Do you mean all these people that have had ridiculous success and money and fame for

being great athletes. They just happen to be big guys. And on Fat Tuesday, we pay tribute. I said, my number one other than, hey, the babe, she has to be Bartolo Cologne, only because he was a fan favorite. And he had an elastic arm, man. He was so, he was good for so long, longevity. The innings and empanadas, he probably ate. The guy was an inning eater, pun intended. If he had more empanadas or more innings pitched? The guy was legit. And if you see those early days of him, when he was like a skinny dude on the Indians. Oh, yeah. But Bartolo not only was a fan favorite,

deceptively a great defensive pitcher, and just that one home run alone that we played before makes him my number one now in baseball. Wait, can I make one more nomination? Because no one brought up hockey yet. Yeah. And I'm going to bring up the fat guy in Nintendo hockey. There was always, remember in Nintendo hockey you could pick.

You would go two medium guys, one skinny guy and one fat guy. You could pick if you want a skinny guy or fat guy. So I'm going to pick the fat guy as my honorable. mention because I don't know any other hockey player. Before we go to the feedback, do we want to take the answer? Because I feel like there's a baseball player, we're all leaving out. Well, yeah, let's go to the phone calls. Can we also think about our favorite fat wrestler?

Ooh, that's, I mean, it has to be. Two days after John Cena went heel, wrestling's big in the news. I have a couple, but I think there's a number one answer. He's not the most popular because I'm thinking King Kong Bundy was pretty badass. So was Bamba and Bigelow or Earth. quake, but Yokozuna. His whole gimmick, he was a sumo wrestling, and he'd sit on your face.

Gross. He did the bunzai. All right, let's go to... What about Dusty Roads? Dusty Roads? He wore polka dots. Not a good look. Israel. They're slimming, though, I heard.

In Texas. What's up, man? Kavino Rich, your favorite fat athlete on a fat Tuesday. Not my favorite athlete, not the best athlete, but one of the best moment was Andy Ruiz knocking out Anthony to happen to

I'll never forget it man and again you hit the nail on the head and I believe Perfet said this off the air he goes dude what about that that Mexican guy that won the heavyweight title I was like you mean Andy Ruiz remember everyone was saying he looked

like the little kid from the movie up he looked like the kid from the movie up when he won that when he beat Anthony Joshua I was watching by myself because no one cared I was watching at home by myself and he became the first Mexican heavyweight champion in history. I thought it was always going to be Chris the nightmare Ariola, but it was Andy.

I'm a chubby Mexican Ruiz. And I couldn't have been happier. I got out of my seat. I think I shed a Vato tear that day. I really did. I was so happy for him. You did. You called me and joy.

Like, bro, turn it on. Chubby kid did it, man. It was awesome. Andy Ruiz. But again, that dude packs a nasty punch. When he tries to get in shape, he's not as good. All right. Let's say what's up to Ron in North Carolina.

Ron on a fat Tuesday, who's your favorite big guy? Hey, guys. What's up, man? Hey, big friend on the show. Thanks, man. So in Detroit, San Tuesday is also known as Punchkey Day, where we serve these extra decadent built donuts with... Dude, we got him here.

Perfet brought him in today. He told us they were like a Polish pastry. What are they called again? Punchkeys. They're delicious. differently. Yeah. Yeah.

He has raspberry ones, Nutella ones. I had a custard one. Oh, man, they're good. Oh, yeah. That's awesome. And then there's a distillery makes a punch-day vodka, so I did the release in this weekend. Now you got me more hungry. I'm going to eat more of those for fete pastures.

Hey, least one for Rob Parker and Kelvin, Washington. They're so good. Did I eat any? Do you want to know how many I have? How many? For real. I've only had one. I'm a fat guy here.

But yeah, man, do you have any athletes to come to mind? In Detroit, Jerry Ball. I mean, he was always on Madden's Thanksgiving Day. Just a big guy. And wasn't Barclay called the round mound of rebound? Yeah, but that's the interesting part about it, right? The round mound of rebound, Charles Barkley. When you look back, maybe compared to other guys in the NBA,

he was not a fat guy until, like, later on in his life. But now he's in good shape again. He was just thick. He was just a big dude. He was thick with a lot of Cs. But, yeah, Jerry Ball was, you know, he's a big dude, man. I'm looking at him on the Vikings right now. Real big dude.

Let's say what's up to Ryan in Toronto. Kavino and Rich, what's up, man? I got three off the top of my head. I got John Daly for golf. One of my all-time favorites in football was Vince Wilfork. And then since you mentioned wrestling, I got onto the giant. Andre was more big than fat, but we had Vince Wilfork on the show at the Super Bowl. That guy trimmed down in retirement.

Oh, for sure. Yeah, he lost a lot of that mass. He was one of those guys that was keeping on the weight clearly for the purposes of being a line. Without a doubt. And who else did he say? John Daly. That's a good one. He's the Babe Ruth of golf easily, right?

Like that one, is that even debatable? If you sent Vince Wilfork through like a drills and conditioning test, he'd get through it. But if you sent John Daly through the same one, he'd be like gassed. No doubt. Because he's a golfer. Like, you know, I mean. And that's why I said a guy like. Different skills involved.

Big Trent. Big Trent Williams on the 49ers. You could say, well, he's. a big guy. That guy would whip all of our asses in any drill or anything. They always talk about how his athleticism and endurance and everything for a guy that's a left tackle, a guy that's, you know, it's unbelievable how some of these guys are conditioned at that size. Have you seen the recent videos of Micah Parsons trying to bullrush a sumo wrestler? Oh, wait, no, I haven't seen. No. How did I miss this?

Yeah, it is, he doesn't move the guy. No way. Micah Parsons doesn't. Because, you know, C.J. Stroud and him are friends. have their podcasts, but Stroud's off the side laughing at the strength of these sumo guys. That's why you've got to wonder like, yo, maybe Yokozuna protect the blind side or something? I don't know. Seriously. Get some sumos in there. You know, maybe the 49ers, that'll, you know, that'll entice Brock Purdy.

It's time for a little less money. So we're paying tribute to some skillful big men. Who are the Babe Ruth's of each sport? Other honorable mentions on a fat Tuesday. Who we got? We got Tripp. You're on in Vegas. Our buddy Tripp.

Hey, man. Hey, Tripp. Good afternoon, gentlemen. Thanks for taking my call, as always. No problem. I had to kind of redirect because some of them have been said. First of all, the most boxes are heavy boxer would be King Hippo. You know what?

King Hippo, number one answer. Yeah, but once you punch him in the mouth, it's over, man. Yeah. Get him in the mouth, then belly, belly, belly, belly. If you punch him in his mouth, his pants fold down, and it's all over after that. And then Mark Henry for wrestling and then for golf, I would have said daily, but since the gentleman said daily, I'm going to say, correct stablo. Thank you, man.

All great answer. You could have ended at King Hippo. That was great. King Hippo might have been the best call of the day. Yeah, it was the best. He was the Yankee killer and he's just a great personality in the world of sports. I mean, his name was Big Poppy. Would you say, I mean, he wasn't a slender guy. He wasn't slender by any means.

And he looks great now, though, which is amazing, right? In his prime, he's in better shape now, probably. I mean, he was such a big dude, maybe not necessarily fat. There were times where Big Poppy was so big. It looked like the baseball bat was a twig. But you know what? It was also part of their game. It's like they didn't want to be slim and trim because they would lose their power.

Like C.C. Sabathia, man, he admits now he kept that weight on so that he had more juice in his fastball. Or when we were really little kids, Dave Parker. Remember he led majors forever getting hit by pitches because he was so big next to the mound. Yep, yep. Don Baylor too is always getting hit. Let's go back to the phones at 87799 on Fox. You know what? Let's go to DB. DB first. Your phone calls next. What's the update, Dan Byer?

Philadelphia Eagles made running back Sequin Barclay, the highest paid running back in NFL history. He broke the $20 million barrier, two-year extension with $41.2 million. The new deal gets Barclay $36 million guaranteed, and there's another $15 million in incentives as part of the new contract. Jets released veteran wide receiver Devante Adams.

Vikings did not use the franchise tag on quarterback Sam Darnold, used on just two players this year. Packers, signed kicker Brandon McManus, to a three-year deal. The Rams traded offensive lineman Jonah Jackson to the Bears in exchange for a sixth-round pick. Cowboys had C.D. Lambery structure his contract freeing up about $20 million in cap space. They also signed defensive lineman Osa, a digizuwa to a four-year $80 million extension. They did not need to use the franchise tag on him.

Dallas also re-signed corner C.J. Goodwin. Carrie Irving and the Mavericks done for the year with the torn ACL. Magic have called to this season for Garjailant Suggs, who hasn't played since late January. He underwent surgery on his injured left knee and will not return this year. Guys, back to you. Hey, thank you, Dan. Dan, we're listening to, but we're, this baffled how everywhere we look, it says that Babe Ruth was tops 215 pounds, which does not seem real. That seems impossible, but that's what everything says. I'm looking up everything, like even at his heaviest, it's all 215. Some sites say he weighed 200 pounds. Yeah, I don't think his face, like if you look at his face, there's not like he's got like a double chin or anything. Why do we always think he's fat like a big guy?

He's big boned. Maybe because he was always eating hot dogs. That's so it's in our head. I mean, John Goodman played him in a movie. Rep. portrayed him in a movie. And John Goodman at that time in early 90, he was a hefty dude. Yep. So we're paying tribute to other big dudes on this fat Tuesday.

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So how do we actually come up with a name Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. 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.

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The Yokazunas and big poppies and Bartolo Colons of the world, the butter beans. I mean, we're talking skillful people here, no doubt. And that's what makes them great because they're unisonable. assuming people probably, like, downplay their ability. You know, these dudes are next level for sure. And we'll start with Ray. Let's just take these real quick. We'll go boom, boom, bam, bam.

It's like my dad with directions. Yeah, I made a left on a bang, boom, then boom, bam, bang. So let's do it. Ray, Dayton. Yes. What's up? Tony Saragusa. The goose.

Oh, my God. That tackle on Rich Gannon? unforgettable. Yeah, rest in peace. I came across a picture of you and I with the goose, and it was so cool to see. Should have been a 15-yard penalty. He was such a cool dude.

Who else do we got? That is John in Cincinnati. Hey, John. Call. What's up? A couple of ones, basketball. Chocolate Thunder, Daryl Dawkins. And from baseball, Tommy Lasota,

he might not have been an athlete, but he always had a beer ball. That's true. That's so funny. Yeah, and he was a player earlier. And he was, yeah. Chocolate Thunder sounds like a good nickname you'd want in the bedroom. Chocolate Thunder, man.

Yeah. Who else do we got? Joe and Flo Rida. What's up, Joe? Le Monta Roulet, gentlemen. What up? I got the hefty lefty for you. The heaviest quarterback to play the game.

Jared Lorenzen. You know, that's a great one because I remember being like, this guy's a quarterback? Okay. The hefty left. lefty. We actually, Sam brought him up. I got to give Sam some credit to him. I'm like, yeah, absolutely belongs in this conversation. And again, it's a very specific thing.

Got to give him their props. Not him, not C-C. I thought of another hefty lefty. I don't want to take anyone's answer, but he was a Yankee. Give me a hint. Oh, he was known to wear the hat of Babe Ruth. Oh, I was going to say Jabba Chamber. That's who I got first too.

I thought he said, until you said another left team, like, wait, Java didn't. He wasn't lefty. Oh, no. David Wells. David Wells, man. Remember it was Jabba Rules? Yeah. The people forget the whole phrase was job or rules the buffet. Let's go.

Jabba rules. Bad jokes. Doug in Ohio, what's up? Hey, what's up, Doug? Hey, guys, enjoy listening to your banner on the way home from work. Nice. How come you guys aren't including the fairer sex into this conversation? I don't know if they take it as well.

No, that's a fair point. I think if we started naming bigger women, if I was like, guys, fabulous mullah. I don't know if that would work out so well. I don't think so. And if you ask these dudes, they'll acknowledge it, and they'll tell you that's what made them better. A lot of them do.

And they lose that weight. They don't have the same effectiveness. In fact, Doug, why don't you do that experiment for us? Tell some of the women you know. I couldn't think of any, really. I really couldn't think of any. Honestly, same, same. But women are always welcome to participate.

87799 on Fox. Who else do we got? Josh in Englewood, Ohio. What's up, Josh? Hey, guys. My guy is actually honorable mention. He's not necessarily a fat guy, but I think his name alone deserves recognition. I had his 1990 NBA hoops card, fat lever.

Fat lever. Yeah, fat lever. Yeah, fat lever. Okay, he's a fat lever. What about Sid Fernandez? Did you say him? How did I forget? That's a good one.

Sid L. Sid, number 50. And he was what? He was Hawaiian, yes. Sid Fernandez was a beefy left. Fat lever, huh? About a current. Fat lever, 2,000 pounds. About a current NBA star where the narrative has been about his weight for a few years now. Zion.

Yeah. Pushing 300. And fat lever, by the way, was a small point guard, so he was not fat at all. Lafayette was his first name. It's like when you call a fat guy slim. It's the other ironic. Yes. Well, it's Fat Tuesday.

Celebrate. Stuff your face. Enjoy your punchkeys. Punch keys, whatever they are. They're fantastic. I'll tell you that. And we're going to talk some Shaq Diesel trivia. And Travis Hunter and Shohei Otani.

We got to talk about them too. Yeah, there's a debate going on that I would love to weigh in on. Pun intended on a foul Tuesday. We got more Kavino & Rich. Let's go. Tuesday. Fox Sports Radio. Hey, guys, it's us.

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