The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 1 - The Legend & the Grill

Episode Date: March 24, 2025

C&R pay tribute to Big George Foreman, his boxing legend & The Grill! They cover the Brett Gardner tragedy & Rich has his greatest thought ever.. on MUFFLERS?! Plus, perfect brackets & who NOT to sleep with in the sports world and life!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A nice weekend out here in Los Angeles. you had a great one. Let's have a nice week. And again, immediately after our show, by the way, I felt like total butt cheeks on Friday. But I pushed through the show because it's two hours of fun. But cheeks to say? But nasty deflated like John Lennon looking ones. Oh, okay. Yeah, I felt like cheeks on Friday. You weren't feeling like the boobs behind Patina that are getting all the rage in attention? No, no, I wasn't feeling good like that. I felt so bad on Friday. But powered through it, ended up feeling good on Saturday, Sunday, had a nice weekend. But immediately after the show on Friday,

you got word that the legend, George Foreman, passed away. So before we play last one standing and talk about neighborhood sports rules, because Dan Byers got a story. Oh, and I have great advice. We're going to talk about who you should not... Boink. Who should you not sleep with?

I have a theory. Well, that's very limited things I can really say. Boink, you say, huh? We lost a legend. a true American icon, a true legend in the world of sports, in the world of life, not only a legendary boxer, but turned out to be a greater man. The great George Foreman passed away at 76. As of now, his family still hasn't disclosed what caused the death,

but, I mean, the guy had a tough life. He lasted 76 years. In boxing years, that's like 176 years. And let's not forget, he fought some of the toughest dudes on the planet. Some people just remember him as a spokesman for the Grill or Miningy. I guarantee it. The highest form of guarantee. In fact, George Foreman endorses our show.

Hey, this is George Foreman. You're going to love the Covino and Rich show. I guarantee it. See, look at that. Even back in the day. Rest and peace. But even before the grill, the baddest man on the planet, as Stephen A would say, he was a bad man.

People feared George Foreman. he was like a fighting robot. His style was unconventional. He had crazy power, laying out legends like Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, you name it. And then became the oldest heavyweight. He was like a totally different guy. I didn't even know it was the same George Foreman. I'm like, that's the same guy that fought Ali?

You kidding me? He came back at 45 and beat Michael Moore ended up 76 and 5, Rich, 81 total fights, 76 and 5. And lost most of those in the end of his career. again, became heavyweight champ again at 45 years old. There's a lot of people, and I'd imagine most people 40 and younger, that don't even know a George Foreman with hair, which is wild. And I only know that George Roman through highlights. I don't remember a, you know, in real-time George Roman with hair.

If I say in my lifetime, picture George Foreman. It was always shaved head with the smile. Well, again, it's generational because he was already a legend, and then he retired. He found God. He became a preacher. He had a whole second part of his life. He became a spokesman.

But before that, he was probably the most feared boxer in the heavyweight division. So when Ali beat him, it was like a miracle. People were scared for Ali's life at that point. And Ali did the rope but dope, tired out George Foreman, George Foreman, hit him with everything he had. And then the story goes, Rich, Ali said to him, that's all you got, George. And it crushed Foreman's spirit.

He ends up losing. Ali pulls off a miracle and that's what makes Muhammad Ali a legend because Foreman at that time was knocking out everybody. And like I said, he lost five fights, but most of them at the end of his career. He lost to Evander Holyfield. Think about that just for one second. A guy that fought Ali. He lost to Muhammad Ali.

Also lost to Evander Holyfield in 91. He lost to Tommy Morrison in 93. He fought Tommy the Duke Morrison, bro. Tommy Gunn. and he lost to Shannon Briggs in his last fight in 97. But again, he beat Michael Moorer to become the oldest heavyweight champion till this day at the age of 45. A record that Klitschko's chasing now. Clitchco says he wants the title fight at 48.

But a guy that fought Joe Frazier, a guy that fought Ken Norton's and Ali's of the world, he was fighting the Shannon Briggs's of the world. Now, I pose this question to you. if you only know them from the grill is the grill the greatest infomercial item of all time because dude it was a game changer

it gave every bozo like me the freedom to make some rubbery chicken at home it worked I used it all the time dude I was that guy as long as it was slanted right as the joke goes to be on an angle get an angle the grease catcher and remember the little

you can never find the grease catcher not only could you not find out remember the tool it came with like a little uh cleaning spatsy Scraping thing for all the little divvets. Do you know, Rich, I read over the weekend that when it first came out, the Foreman Grill, it wasn't selling well. Then he got on QVC and was so good with the host. And at one point he grabbed a burger and ate it.

And that's what blew it up. There was one point during the primo days of the Foreman Grill, probably in our college days, where George Foreman was making $5 to $10 million a month. month off the grill. Over a hundred thousand, I'm sorry, correction. Over a hundred million George Forman grills have been sold. We all had one. Everyone had one.

And I had the OG one because then there was different variations of them. They had a deluxe one that pivoted on the top. Dude, the premise of it was so simple. There was no on-off switch. It was plug it in. It gets hot and you cook some food. Had it in the dorm room. Had it in my first home.

Any thermometer? Nope. Just turn it on. I think it moved out to California here with me. I had it for years. The point is it worked, and we trusted George Foreman, his smile, his face, everything about him. He went from the meanest man on the planet to the most likable guy that we all trusted because we all had that grill, dude. I guarantee it. Besides your rubbery chicken, it made really good turkey burgers. That's what I used it for when I was a bachelor.

Burgers, casadillas, warming up anything. The Foreman Grill was in every college dorm. House, frat house, sorority house for a good decade or so. You know, Michael Scott loved to wake up to the smell of bacon cooking in the morning. So I, of course, had to post the clip of him burning his foot on the George Forbin Grill from the office as my tribute to George Forbman. And speaking of which, I don't even think you realize it. You just mentioned the office. Guess what today is?

The 20-year anniversary, the office debuted on this day in 2005. Look at that, I was here. You're an anniversary guy. You really are. Tying it all together. What a coincidence. Tied together. So George Foreman, again, you knew him as a boxer.

Maybe you just knew him as a spokesman, but he was legendary at both. And we all had that grill. And the guy was a true legend. And if you've never seen it, if you want to pay some tribute to George Foreman in your own time, he sort of went under the radar because there wasn't a big budget behind it. But big George Foreman, the movie, the miraculous story of the one. and future heavyweight champion of the world came out in 2023, a biopic. It was pretty good. I enjoyed it.

So if you have time, when you're done with The Bachelor tonight, when you're done catching up on the White Lotus, check out Big George Forum in the movie. You'll learn something about the guy. Again, he was a great dude, great family man. He named every one of his kids, George and Georgina after him. And like I said, it's kind of crazy growing up, Rich. I was so confused at that time in my life. I was like, wait, the guy that fought Ali,

because it looked nothing like that guy. That's the same guy fighting. It felt like two worlds apart, two different people from two different lifetimes. He reinvented himself. Yeah. So what an amazing life. You know, what you pointed out was interesting because we remember that 45-year-old George Foreman in the 90s getting the title back,

then when you watch old videos of him with Ali, You're right. That crazy sneaky power, bro. It's like, wait a minute. That, it seems like two different people. It makes you think of like a Nolan Ryan. I looked at a stat up. Nolan Ryan has faced nearly 20% of all Hall of Fame members.

Like Nolan Ryan was pitching to guys in the 60s and the 90s. Like his span. He was on that 69 team with Tom Severs. So he was probably playing against, Let's see. What year did like Mantle retire? He never faced Mantle. I know Mantle played into the mid to late 60s.

Guys like that though. So it's wild to think that Foreman. And he was knocking out Robin Ventura. So yeah, his career sprained had a lot of like legendary guys to recent history guys. Simple fact that he fought a Vanderholyfield and Muhammad Ali. Exactly. So when you think of George Foreman, unfortunately, and fortunately the grill is a big part of it.

It made him. He said in an interview. you once. It made him over $200 million. I think it was a half a billion dollar industry at one point, right, Danny G, the grill? Yeah, it earned $500 million. And to think that Hulk Hogan missed that opportunity, that's how the legend goes. We even talked to the Hulkster about it. There's like, brother. Some people say that's not a completely true story, but the story that Hogan tells and some tell is that they were looking for endorsers for this product line. And they were going to give the Hulkster first shot at the grill and either he missed the call or didn't get back to the

agent called him right yeah missed the call and then they're like all right foreman you get the grill and the Hulkster got like a blender yeah it didn't work out the same way look foreman was great at it too though it doesn't mean that the Hulkster would have had the same impact foreman was trustworthy we liked them and the grill works so you got to give her credit where it's due what's up db i was just going to say like in the pantheon of of infomercials i mean that's it's it's It's got to be like that. Maybe the Ronco said it and forget it. Ron Poil, yeah.

Yep. Yeah. Any. What the snuggie? But like the chop shot or slap shop, but also the shamwale? Shamwale. Yeah, they're all up there. I can't imagine they're above the George Flick tape.

Kind of. Flex seal. Flex seal. I can tell you all this guy. Phil Swift and Billy Mays was a big guy in that industry. I feel it made you trust the. infomercial. Because if you got the George Foreman grill and

it was amazing, because I do think that there is mistrust in it, and it worked like it did for so many of us as you guys have just been discussing. I had one as well. It also put trust in that whole medium that well, maybe now I can buy this or I could buy that. You know, that's a great point.

We did. He was so credible and you believed him for whatever reason because he seemed so believable and like such a nice guy. Again, total personality transformation. The bad guy to the nicest guy. It did open up a lot of other options in the world of infomercial items. But to me, that's the king. To me, that's the number one. And, you know, we often, when we talk about celebrity sports endorsements, Rich, we always bring up Shaq because what he's done is amazing.

And we always talk about OJ and how impactful he was. But, dude, George Foreman was right up there with the best, if not the best, when you think about that grill. It made the average idiot feel like they could cook. Yeah. The average 19-year-old... And that's me all the way because I can't cook anything. That was Camino. Picture 19-year-old Covino at Montclair State in his frat house.

Like, guys, I'm making burgers. Like, for the first time ever, this guy felt like he was a chef. I probably romanced a young girlfriend of mine through the help of the George Foreman Grill. It made it easy, though. My dad used George Foreman Grill all the time when we were kids. Yeah, it worked. The little light would come on when it was ready, right?

And then you put the stuff on and you just watch that grease drip on down. That was it. That was it. And, you know, Spot, you pointed this out. Cuts the fat. Remember that? Cut the fat. Spot pointed this out earlier that it was a time where people were less informed about health.

So you were just assumed like, look at all the grease drip. It must be so healthy. You're getting rid of all the grease and fat because of the slant of the angle. The word lean sold millions. Lean. angle. It was all about the angle of the grill. I'd have gravity bringing the grease drippings down.

That was the whole premise of why it worked and it did. The lean what was it? Fat grilling machine. Lean mean grilling machine. Lean mean grilling machine. And Camino, as you pointed out, you would always lose that stupid little tray to catch the fat. You'd never find it. They'd be lost in mom's tupperware somewhere. You could

Where's the little tray? You couldn't find that tray. And before the air friar, you probably still had a foreman grill somewhere. So it's definitely A big loss, just in American culture, but in the world of boxing. You know what's funny? I want you to think about it for a second, for real. If you've moved a lot, you know, after college or your apartments and houses before you got married,

how long did the Foreman Grill come with you? Dude, it lasted a long time in my life. I almost feel like the Foreman Grill lasted until I moved across the country. It's still in my garage in its box. You have one? Yeah. One of our buddies hit us up earlier and they said the air friar sort of replaced. the George Foreman Grill, but there was a time where everybody had one,

especially every college kid. Every family had one, but especially if you were going on your own for the first time, that was the go-to item. I mean, we moved this summer will mark 10 years that we've been out here in Los Angeles. I think that's when I said goodbye, George Roman Grill. So I was in my third, early 30s when I said goodbye to the Foreman Grill. Your point was so spot on as well. There was nothing like the spark that came from your outlet as you've

plugged it, plugged it in or unplugged it. But it was also... No on-off, no temperature. That's the great thing about it was it wasn't like it didn't innovate because mine had a bun warmer in the later days. It had a plastic lid that you could put your hamburger buns in. I know, I sent my girlfriends on it, you missed out. The bun warmer.

They actually called me the bun-warmer. But, yeah, no on-off, but we're going to add this bun-warmer to it as well. We got to give... There's a comedian. We got to give him props because he does a whole bit on it on how, like, there was no, it was clearly designed. He says it was clearly designed by a boxer because there was no one that helped him out with the product. He said there was no on-off.

It was just a plug. There was no thermostat. Who's the comedian? Let's give him credit. I know the guy's name who actually did invent it. Michael Boehm and he tinkered with, like, lawnmowers and things that were electric, it says here, other than the lawnmower, which was gas powered, obviously. But it says he was a lifelong inventor. Wow.

And so he's the guy who came up with it. He made a lot less money than Big George did. And props again to Lacklin. Lockland Patterson, who does a whole routine on it about how it was the most simple design. But it worked because it had the angle. The whole thing was premised on the angle of the grill. I'm not saying I'm not saying I'm going to get one in honor of the late great George Foreman now.

What do they go for now? But I'm looking right now. There's a pretty sweet, newer looking one. Like a new one you can buy right now. Yeah. Do you see the one on the stand? Is that what you're talking about? I'm seeing one at Walmart and like Target right now and Amazon for 34, 35 bucks.

It looks like a pretty, but it looks like a pretty nice one. Rich, there's one. It's like 80 bucks now, but it's actually on a stand. You could put it on your patio. But you know what? Here's something interesting, though. Like I have a teenage daughter, right? There's a comfort knowing that me, the biggest bonehead used it and I was okay with it.

I would feel comfortable with her cooking something up if I wasn't around because I know it's kind of safe. and easy to use, I should say. What do you think it cost when we bought it back in the day? What was it like 50 bucks? It could not have been that because every college kid had it had. It was on sale usually for like 39 bucks.

Oh, you needed the bed bath and beyond coupon. That's why. You need that 20% off. But I feel like $50 would have been too high for price point. I bet you it was $29 or $39 because if ever... No, that's so cheap, really? $29 for that thing? Well, there was two sizes. There's no way that bigger one was $29. How many times did you make like a

sandwich like you put like a piece of bread and some you know cheese and cold cuts and just smush it down warm it up well i'm telling you man go buy yourself a new one for your teenage kid for nostalgic reasons and watch the movie if you don't know a lot about the man it drives me bonkers when people say i didn't even know he was a boxer come here let me karate kick you watched a movie learn something about the dude he was one of the best fighters pure raw power dude power like no one else in boxing is called Big George Forman. It came out in 2023. I think you'll enjoy it. You'll learn a little something about the guy. Did you guys, I mean, Kavino grew up in Jersey. I grew up in New York. DB, Danny G. You guys, Iowa Sam grew up in Iowa. We were all over the country,

this show. Was the George Foreman-Mineke muffler commercial on every commercials you ever watched in your life? Was that a big part of your childhood? Yeah. You're not going to pay a lot for this. I don't recall. I remember, but I wouldn't think that it would be over and over. It was like, I feel like that was in heavy rotation where we grew up. Because of that and because of the grill success, for years on this show, if Rich and I were trying to make a statement, since day one of our show,

we always said the highest form of guarantee was the George Foreman guarantee. So if I was like, dude, the Yankees are going to have a better record than the Mets this season. I guarantee it. My guarantee means nothing. But if I said, I George Foreman guarantee it, it's like, an undeniable highest of high guarantees. And then we always said the George Zimmer guarantee was second to that. That's the men's warehouse.

You're going to love the way you look. I guarantee it. You're going to like the way you look. And then what was third, Rich? Oh, the Tommy boy in a box guarantee. The Tommy boy Callahan Breaks guarantee. There were other ones to tell. The show Namath guarantee holds some weight.

Rich, back to your point about it being affordable. You're right. In 1994, when it debuted, it was $19. No way, dude. That's crazy. The version we all bought a little later was $39, something like that. I deal. For the price of a lap dance, you get one of those?

A lap dance or a former girl? That's a tough decision. Danny, do you remember the one I'm guessing? You're picturing silver with a black handle? Yes. Okay, that was the... I'll picture in white with the black handle. The white one is what I bought later, but I remember that OG version.

The OG, I had the silver with the black hand. I remember seeing the ads for the one you're talking about, Rich. Wow. Just to think, it's crazy to think that this guy... Like a plastic edition? one of the greatest heavyweight boxes of all time, you know, fought Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield. He got rope a dope.

He is, what was his record? 70 and 5 or something? What did you say? He was, uh, he only lost five, fights 76 and 5, I believe. Meanwhile, the guy made his fortune as the face of a grill. It's unbelievable. You know, Dan Byer made a really great point. That may have opened the door for, you know, that, that genre of sales and

informational items that we lived. Our entire high school years and college years and growing up years, we're staying up late and watching all these stupid things, probably because he made it credible. Well, you know, I guess a lot of times you buy things like that, and it stinks. The former girl lived up. Hence the success.

It lived up. You saw it, you're like, this guy making burgers and cascadillas and chicken. You got it. You brought it home, and you're like, wow, I bought one that did not work. You brought up some of these other ones. I remember buying the flavor wave oven. Yeah, I remember the flavor wave oven.

It was like, you could put a frozen steak on you, and you have a sweet ribby in 10 minutes. It defrosted everything. I tried to make a circuit in my house. I tried to make a canoe out of a flex seal. I tried to sail on a screen window, and it didn't work, man. I was so disappointed. But your thoughts, rest in peace.

You know what it's great? The big George Foreman. You know what? We can talk about this all day. But hey, again, a legend, 76. All right, we got more Kavino and Richard. We're going to talk about those neighborhood sports rules. Dan Byer and Kavino both have rando stories in their neighborhood.

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Presented by Capital One, founding partner of IHeart Women's Sports. You're going to love the Covino and Rich Show. I guarantee it. Rest in peace, big man. Legend, man. And not only as a fighter, but like we were saying off the air, The grill was a huge part of Americana looking back. Everybody had one.

It had an impact on us for sure. It changed the way we lived and cooked and ate for a long time. But there was one point rich in his career before he retired and before he fought Ali and before he became the oldest heavyweight champion in his comeback. He had beat Ken Norton. He had beat Joe Frederick. He beat Joe Frazier twice. At one point, he was 40 and 0 at 37 knockout.

And again, Ali wouldn't be the legend he is. If it wasn't for guys like George Foreman, Ali. Rope it though. Exactly. It's like no one thought he could beat a George Foreman. That's how dominant he was. And my final reminder here is to check the movie out. Check the movie out.

What are you watching? The Bachelor, Big George Foreman is good. It's not the greatest movie ever, but it was really good. I enjoyed it. Take one quick phone call, move on. Who do we got here? Dennis in Anchorage, Alaska. What's up, Dennis?

I have a story about George Foreman, and I had a friend and coworker who was a cut man, and he was very connected to the boxing world. And he told me about once when he was with George while he was training during his comeback part of his career. My friend was holding the heavy bag on one side while George was hitting. away. And I want you to think about how dense and thick a heavy bag is. And my friend said

that every single time George hit the bag, my friend's hands hurt. Dude, that's insane. Yeah. And his power was so unconventional the way he would slug in the way he punched from all those weird angles. Just a crazy fighter

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And not to be like a morning show here in the afternoon, Rich, on the west side. But before DB gives us update and before we play our games, last one standing, give away prizes, not only rest in peace to George Foreman, but my heart hurt over the weekend. when I found out Brett Gardner's son passed away. Sort of a freak moment. Died in his sleep.

They were vacationing. Brett Gardner, 100% heart, loved watching him, played almost 20 years for the Yankees. In the organization, he played 14 years with the Yankees. First part of the story is I hated a send-off. I hated how the Yankees just let him go. Never gave him a send-off. Never, thanks for your service.

But he always played hard, always gave 100% that dude. the World Series in 2009. On vacation with his family in Costa Rica and his 14-year-old son, they all fell ill, like mysteriously ill from something they ate or something that happened. And his son ended up passing away over this weekend. And they put out a statement and just knowing the guy, feeling like you know the guy, that's the power or impact of sports. I never met Brett Gardner, but I watched his whole career when he was a young man.

I watched him win a World Series. I watched him retire. I rooted for that guy. You like that guy. I liked his heart, the way he played the game. You just wish this type of guy happiness in the latter part of their life. And then you hear a story like that,

and it's so unfair. And you're like, oh, how tragic. I don't know how you go on after a tragedy like that. And even they said, Rich, like, we don't have any answers. We're searching for answers. They don't know what happened. And his kid apparently was, he looked just like his dad, was a great athlete, a fiery, feisty young man,

the Yankees put out in a press release. The little kid grew up at Yankee Stadium. But like I said, it's the impact of sports. I never met Brett, but my heart goes out to his family. And, man, prayers to them. Yeah, I felt the same exact way as you, Rich. If something happened to my son, Coah, how could I even get up the next morning? How did you continue on?

It feels like you couldn't. So much into their lives. You have so much hope. Where's his life going to lead? He's 14. Yeah, a total nightmare, dude. Terrible. Yeah, terrible.

I felt so bad about that. I will let me bring it back to Forma to cheer you up one last time. And then we'll move on. I do want to talk about the people you should not sleep with. So we're going to keep it light here in a little bit. But I want to quote our pal Jim Lampley, who we catch up with every time we go to a nice fight weekend in Vegas. He tells the great story. And you can catch his whole interview on the Fox Sports Radio YouTube page.

Us sitting down with Lampley, he tells the story of why he screamed out while calls. in the fight, it happened. Because Foreman, when he made that big comeback at 45 years old, Lampley interviewed him before the fight, like they all do, said, how are you going to, you know, at your age, how are you going to do this? And Foreman told Lampley, there's going to come a point in this fight where Moore is going to just leave one moment of vulnerability open. And in that moment, it happened.

I'll take the punch and knock him out. And man, it was legendary. It was so quick and it shows you the power that he had. And you know what, Rich you made me think of something else too. Jim Lampley, great blow-by-blow commentator. But George Foreman also did a great job in that ring as well, pun intended. He was a great analyst, great broadcaster. So he had a great life at 76 years old.

One other completely foolish, irrelevant type of question? Sure. Right at my alley, I guess. Mufflers. Was there big demand back in the day? Have you ever had a car where the muffler was the issue? Was that a very 80s, like 70s, 80s problem? Like, the fact that there was major campaigns, like,

you're not going to pay a lot for a muffler? I guarantee it. Have you ever bought a muffler? Maybe Foreman changed that game too, man. But I'm saying, like, the way cars are built now, have you ever heard any of your friends be like, brought the car into the shop? Back in the 70s, 80s, you always see people like,

With their muffler dragging around. Yes, the muffler dragging on the ground. I almost fell off a couple times. But what I'm saying is, like, have they solved the muffler issue? It's an issue we solved, I guess. I think they changed the undercarriage of vehicles, so it's not just dangling there. You used to just be dangling. Remember that old-ass muffler?

There was a bracket that held it in place. Now it's like under something. You would know if your muffler needed to be, not if it was dragging, but you would know it needed to be replaced because it would make an awful sound. Bro, I'll tell. It was like loud. There's more of a housing underneath your vehicle. Riches poses another question.

What happened? to white petrified dog ducky, right? Yeah. And what happened to dragging mufflers? Apparently used to be what was in your dog's food that made it white and that went away. And people who were picking up. The cadmium. And honestly, moron.

I'm not trying to be funny. I'm being serious. Like, the muffler, there were multiple companies that did these commercials. Listen, we've all brought our car to the shop and had to pay a lot of money for something. I'll tell you what it's never been in my lifetime. The muffler. I would have never thought I would be Google. this ever in my life, but it says

mufflers have evolved over time. Look at that. They used to be simple perforated pipes and now they're more sophisticated designs incorporating fiberglass. Yeah, I'm going to credit George Foreman. He changed a muffler game and we wouldn't have air friars if it wasn't for

the invention of the grill which led to that. You're not going to pay a lot for your muffler. Amazing. I guarantee. Rich, in 20 years of working with you, that might have been the greatest observation you ever had. Muffler issues. What's the deal? Why? Let's go to DB for an update. Dan Byer. What's up, man? Guys, news in from the NBA,

and there will be an Anthony Davis signing tonight in Brooklyn as the Dallas Mavericks forward will play his second game in a Mavericks uniform, returning from an adductor strain that's kept him out since February 8th, Anthony Davis to play for the Mavericks tonight against the Brooklyn Nets.

By the way, the Mavericks right now, currently tied in the 10th spot in the West with the Phoenix Suns. So the final spot in the playing tournament. Warriors have a big one tomorrow, against the heat in Miami. Jimmy Butler returns. But the question is, will Steph Curry play?

Warriors are saying he's questionable to play in that game because of his hip injury. On to college basketball. Right now, third-seat Oklahoma in the women's bracket, taking it to number six-seat Iowa is the team's play in the fourth quarter. Oklahoma, 72, Iowa 48 in that regional four second round matchup. Alabama and Maryland in a four-five matchup in regional two.

Right now, Terps up 33-27. midway through the second quarter. Regional 3 earlier today saw top seed Texas drop Illinois, 6548, NC State, a winner against Michigan State in the women's bracket in Regional 1, 83 to 49. Iowa's named Ben McCollum of Drake, their new men's basketball coach, and reports say that Drake Guard Bennett Sturts is likely to transfer to the Iowa Hawkeyes and follow his head coach. Colorado state's Nico Medved is leaving to be the new men's basketball coach at Minnesota,

while Cam Ward met with the Tennessee Titans, last night as the team took him out to dinner, according to insider Paul Kaharski, Ward working out at today's pro day at the University of Miami. Guys, back to you. Thank you, D.B. Aaron Rogers, just chilling, making us wait or what? The deal is the offer is on the table, right?

From the Steelers? Apparently, yeah, apparently it's been there for a while. Just let him go flirt and do whatever he wants to do. Relax. Why put your foot down? Why say make a decision, you know? Yeah. Why force the hand? Thank you, D.B. for the update. We got more convene on Rich. Next. A lot of fun here on Fox sports radio. Now, tires matter.

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Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. 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. 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.

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No, no, no. Hope you had a hella good weekend. Hope you had a hell of good Terp sort of weekend, not a snow white sort of weekend. Covino and. Rich on Fox Sports Radio. Everything at Covino and Rich. Did you see a clip of when Gary Vaynerchuk was on our show at the Super Bowl went

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They only care about their own. Unless you're the one guy, I thought it was zero spot, said, didn't you find there's one gambling or sports site with is one person that still has a perfect bracket. Yeah, but I do wonder who's keeping track. Biff Henig. Who's keeping track of all these? Oh, Mr. Perfect's kid?

Murf. Yeah, he's a relative of Mr. Perfect. So we talked brackets, baseball cards, getting you ready for baseball. And we talked stadium food. We did that on Overpromise. Check it out, episode 84. The furthest I've ever seen on record, someone go perfect was like four. There's 63 games total.

And I think 40-something games into the tournament, someone's still been perfect. but no one's made it to 50 ever. So this person's days are numbered. So March Madness, your bracket. Hopefully you did all right. And like you said, hopefully it did better than Snow White. Because I feel like, what do you think the demise was? The cast hating each other.

They went politically correct. They changed the movie, everything. And we're tired of live action Disney movies. No, I think they're good if done right. I think it was the fact that there's been a trend. They've all sort of gone down since Beauty and the Beast. This has been the lowest one, though. How about some original ideas?

It's all of that. It's a perfect storm of... A little mermaid one was good. I took my kids to see that. It didn't do that well after the opening. Well, Snow White, again, a combination of eliminating the seven dwarves. A combination of like, you know, the prince isn't kissing her. And, you know, just all the political correctness combined with the two stars hating each other politically

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It's a fun game called Last One Standing. But there's a few stories we got to get to. And Rich, I know you've been dying to talk about who not to sleep with. And Rich is the expert. Man, I knew Rich in the early 2000s. This guy, he'd sleep with anybody. Stop it. Stop it.

I'm not correcting you. I'm just saying, stop it. Stop it. So I mean. I saw an article. This was on TMZ. sports and say no more it's just uh say less you're not you're not wrong but just say no more the player on the miami hei haquez hame hockes hame hockes vato loco forever from camero

california oh lae let's do so hey man there's not a lot of vatos in the NBA a lot of mexican dudes so you got to give them props now i know that not a lot of guys with their socks high not a lot of down fools so that's got to be racist kivino's mexican i thought it was going to be a joke. I thought it was going to be a height joke when it was a sock joke. Racist. Jaime Hakez, rumor that, you know, was he getting it on with Eric Spolstra's ex-wife? And it just got me thinking of like, who are the people that you should always avoid putting yourselves in stupid, intimate situations with?

And I would imagine if you're a player in pro sports, you're head coach's ex-wife, or worse, her current wife. His current wife. This is apparently a rumor that she has since been like, that's ridiculous. No way. It's all rumor. But she was on a podcast saying after her divorce from Spolstra that it might be fun to date younger guys because she could sort of like play with them. Wow. So it reminds me of that time where who was the rumor of who was sleeping with LeBron's mom?

Delante West. Delante West. Thank you, Dan. For filling in my bird brain thought. That's one. Like, don't sleep with the mom of a teammate. Don't sleep. The mom, James.

Don't sleep with your coach's wife or ex-wife. You know, the list goes on and on. This is the list of who not to sleep with. I'll give you another. If you have a favorite bar or restaurant in town that you really enjoy. Like, you have a seat at the bar. You check out all your games there after work. You love their cheeseburger.

Oh, they got great apps. don't randomly sleep with the hostess or waitress because then you sort of can't go back there. Yeah, so start thinking about who to avoid in the bedroom. And other rumors. Remember Cory Perry apparently slept with Connor Bedard's mom? Remember that rumor, that hockey rumor?

Yeah, don't sleep with the rookie stars mom. Yeah, that's another bad move. But again, that turned out to be a rumor. We'll take your thoughts and phone calls next at 87. Yeah, 99 on Fox. Who is it most important to keep it in your pants with. We'll get to that. Plus, like you said, last one, standing. Baseball starts on Thursday. We'll talk a little mooky bets. I'm feeling for that guy. I don't

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