The Herd with Colin Cowherd - LeBron Nicknames & Brady's MAX | Overpromised Ep #60

Episode Date: August 29, 2024

LeBron James talked this week how his son isn't allowed to call him dad, but gave alternatives, so Covino & Rich came up with their own list of 5 possible nickames for LeBron; Tom Brady showed off his max bench of 245 - do you really care about your max weight at the gym or is it better to keep it low and slow? Covino & Rich debate their workouts #FSR #CRSHOW #Overpromised See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Oh, yeah, enjoy it. Look at that, right? Embrace the holiday weekend. Labor Day weekend is here. Kavino and Rich Ritter Week it's been. We filled in for the herd. Now we're here, Overpromised. All the ideas we didn't have time for.

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Rich has a shocking football. Speaking of football, a shocking. Football stat. Not going to want to miss that. Plus, at this stage of the game, do you care about how much weight you're lifted? You care about that? Should you care about that?

There's a Tom Brady story. I got major thoughts on this. And we're going to throw it back with your favorite check. And Charles Parkland. Yes, yes, yes. But, you know, I thought this was interesting. Of all the people that loved or hated the idea of LeBron playing with Bronny, there were some people that were nepotism,

oh, this stupid shit. And other people were like, beautiful. A father gets to play with his son. It was so polarizing. One question that never came up in all that bullshit, like from like a month ago, what is he going to call him on the court? Papa? Daddy?

Dad? Bobby. Papa. So they talked about it on the shop. Take a look. What's your working relationship? Is he going to call you dad at practice in the locker room? No, we already laid that.

No, he can't. We already laid that down. You cannot call me dad in the workplace. All right. Once we leave out of the private facility and the gates closed, I could be dad again. In the car, if we ride together. At home, I could be dad. No, he got to call me like 2, 3 or Brian.

Okay. Or, you know, goat if he wants to. That's up to him. I mean, it's up to him. But it's easy for me. It's easy for me because I've been calling him Brony for so long. It's not like I've been calling a son, hey son. It's easy for me.

It's going to be. Hold on. There is some hypocrisy there. And before we start making fun of LeBron James, let me say this. Respectfully, I think it's awesome what's happening between them. I love it. That's a dream come true.

So there's no hate here. It's incredible and it's great to see. But isn't LeBron James the first guy to be saying all the time? It's a dream come true to play with my son, Brony, my son, Bronny, my son, Bronny, my son, Brony. He keeps calling him my son Brani, but he's mad about being called dad on the court. I'm not saying I don't understand because I do.

He doesn't want to be the old guy or be deemed as the old guy out there. But, you know, he is quick to call him his son, right? So you can't have both, I don't think. He has to be calling him brawny then. That's it. I did think the funny part of that clip that has gone onto the radar. It's like, unless you're driving home, they're going to carpool together. How adorable.

It's a great story. Then they go home for dinner together and moms making pork chops. So there are other names we thought of that. could call LeBron instead of dad. Yeah, if he can't call him dad or papa, whatever he calls him, how about he call him the great floppy? All right, we'll start with that.

The great floppy, because as you know, LeBron James, known for this. Oh, yeah. I mean, LeBron haters love to point out the fact that, you know,

he loves to flop. He's a flopper. I like him extra floppy. Hey, dad, hey, I told you you can't call me that. I mean, the great floppy. There you go. That'll work.

Very floppy. I mean, how embarrassing. No, the floppy is. Imagine he's like, Daddy, he passed through the ball. Dad! I mean, floppy, floppy. So the gray floppy, we got that one. Oh, how about an old gray beard?

That's the other one. Old gray beard sounds good. I don't understand how. He doesn't want to be dad. Old gray beard. But he looks like he could be everybody's dad with the gray beard. And as Emmett Smith said for years, no play for Mr. Gray. The beard is weird.

And when you're on the court, basketball's a, young man's game. I don't think you advertise this wisdom. And that's why he doesn't want to be called dad. So why does he have the gray beard? Can I be honest with you? Yeah. There is one thing and probably one thing I have in common with LeBron James. Spot, throw that picture back up. That is exactly where Mike Gray comes in. Like that chin, like that jaw line over there. I once in a while do the little just for men. LeBron James should be doing that. He's trying to play a young man's game. It's a good name. He looks like a pirate there. All gray beard.

So if you can't call him dad, all gray beard works. How about this? If you can't call him dad on the court, how about busted toes? How about BAT? Busted ass toes. Yo, bat! Because I don't know if you knew this about LeBron's feet,

but his tutsies are mangled. So if he doesn't want that, BAT! Busted ass toes might work. Yo, that might work. I don't know. Do you know the trash talking that could take place out there? Like, they're losing like, you and your bitch dad

there's gonna be there's gonna be people that are trying, they will try to play to the emotions. Oh yeah, yeah. For sure. Oh yeah. How about this one? You always say this is the worst thing you can tell a guy. Oh yeah. Yo, hairline. Now we say this respectfully.

But if you can't call him dad, I'm sure he'll turn around if he hears that one, right? Get that. If Bronny's open, if Bronny's open and he's not responding to dad, Hairline, I'm open! That he might get some attention there and there is no worse insult in the world than hairline

because even if you have a strong hairline, you're going to be wondering, me? Really? I don't know. And I know, right? That's the comeback player of the year right there, his hairline. Look at that. Look at the progression. If they ever fight amongst each other on the team,

you ever think LeBron's going to be like, no, I bang your mom to Brony? Like, hey, you know, maybe, maybe. Maybe, but look, it's also a testament to how long he's been there, how long he's done it, right? So, again, credit to LeBron James. We're just having fun with this story because he's the one that said, you can't call me dad. Well, what are we going to call him? It's just sort of funny when you think about it.

And LeBron did say, well, then call me goat. So in that case, maybe Brani calls him MJ. There you go. Oh, the goat? Hey, MJ, I'm open. Oh, you said you were the goat. You said you were to go. So Michael Jordan, now, those are just some things.

could call LeBron. We say that respectfully. And if you want to add to the list, if you got anything else, hit us up at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. Hashtag Covino's the man. Hashtag LeBron James.

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Or when Kanye said that George Bush didn't like black people. I know what you're thinking. What the hell does George Bush got to do a little kill? Well, you can find out on the Look Back at it podcast. I'm Sam J. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick it here, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it. Including a recent episode with Mark Lamont Hill waxing all about crack in the 80s. To be clear, 84 is big to me, not just because of crack.

I'm down to talk about crack on day, but just so y'all know. I mean, at this point, Mark, this is the second episode where we've discussed crack. so I'm starting to see that there's a through line. We also have AIDS on the table right now. Thank you finishing that sentence. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Really? Yeah.

For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history. Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I don't think anyone's thinking about basketball right now because it's football season. Hairline James! I'm sorry, what you say? And Tom Brady was in the news. And by the way, something we talked about earlier on Fox,

how interesting the dilemma they might have as far as what corporate Tom Brady could do compared to announcer Tom Brady. That could get dicey. But there was another Tom Brady story and it had to do with him bench pressing. And I feel like this is something you and your Jersey Guido friends

bragged about in the 90s. Without a doubt. But again, you're talking 30 years ago or whatever, right? When we were taking creatine and karymines, and caring about those things, trying to get our weight up, basically. Trying to get your weight up as a kid.

As you get older, do you really want to push your limits? Now, before we talk about what Tom Brady did, let's throw it back to when Shaq and Chuck had a lift-off. Do you remember this? I think this is hilarious. Shack and Chuck had a lift-off on TNT to promote some Mark Wahlberg movie or whatever, right?

And the whole premise was that Charles, Barclay had fake weights. And Shaquille O'Neal was trying to outlift Charles Barkley. It was a lift off. And the fact that Shaq is dumbfounded as to how is Charles Barkley beating me? So they start at 135. They get it up easy. Then they go to 225.

They get it up easy. 315. Shaq is struggling a little bit, gets it up. Barkley throws it up easy. And then they're at 405. And here's how to clip pans out. 405. Let me try.

405. The great liftoff. Oh shit, that's four plates on each side. That's not a weird bench. This is up to Charles Barkley to win it. We got this, Charles. Oh, he's struggling here. Come on, Charles.

It's your time. You need help? Not yet. Lock it out, lock it out. Lock it out. Yes. Is it a clean bench? I think we have a winner.

The pain and gay liftoff. You're supposed to save my head. Shut up. Jack's mad. Charles Barkley. Congratulations. Chiquel is a sore loser. Thank you very much.

You're part in gift. It's a fake wig. Yeah, it was a prank. And it was great. Somehow they went viral again, and it got us thinking about it. And then, like Rich just said, Tom Brady also in the news this week,

benching, what, 245? I think he, hold on. I'll find the exact story. It's Tom Brady. Yeah, 245. How much do you bench, bro? How much do you bench, bro? And that's an awkward question nowadays,

because I'll tell you what. You called me out as a Guido from, New Jersey. Yeah, I did take pride in that at one point in my life. Now at this stage of the game, I know I look young and spry, but let's just say I'm in my 40s. I don't give a dittly squat about how much I'm putting up. I just want to maintain. I want to get my workout in, but I also don't want to hurt myself. Well, it's time for that. No thanks. It's just not a priority. Short hair, don't care. You could argue that. Sweet hair, don't care. I've gone the extreme opposite. I lift so light now

because I see every dumb friend I have that's in their 40s. You hit 40, one little acre pain. That could be payment. I have a buddy that Tours Peck. I have another friend that Tours Bicep. Our video producer's spot. He had to get shoulder surgery. I'm not in the business of hurting myself post 40.

So when I tell you, I'm using like 20 pound dumbbells. I warm up with 15s. I don't give a shit, dude. For you to use that little weight rack with all the, pink and orange dumbbells is a little odd to me. I don't, I don't care. I feel good. But I also think caring about the weight that you're putting up at this stage is also a little

odd. To a young man's game. Unless of course, you're a young guy, right? And you're trying to get your weight up. Or be, you know, you're like a professional bodybuilder, current athlete, that sort of thing. We all live that life. If you're just a regular dude. and you're just trying to maintain,

you're trying to keep some weight off probably. I just don't see how that fits into your life if you have other things going on. But there's guys like Spot who have made fitness a priority that think we're weak as could be by not carry. Who has got hurt? So yeah, but I'm still strong

and I've strengthened all the muscles around it. It's like I was hurting when I first started working out. So it came from something else. It might just be like structure. It could be wear and tear. just like everyday life. Spots the guy that's making fun of us for not, you especially, not breaking a sweat at the gym.

How is that possible? You don't work. You've told me you've never done a leg day, which blows my mind. I don't do a leg day. Because I have nice legs already. Do you also spot, you know,

you're sort of a gym rat now. Do you know like your max weight on like press? I mean, I slowly build on it. I'd have to look at the specific machines. But yeah, like I'm, I know where I've been.

I had to back off once I had my surgery and work back up again. But like, yeah, I'm probably benching like 155 right now, which is not a lot, but I had to work back up to that. Right. You're rehabbing. I'm deadlifting like 275 right now. It's, you know, I know it sounds odd, right?

Because Rich and I grew up playing sports and we still go to the gym on the regular. We should be in better shape probably for as often as we go. But we're going to maintain because I got to say, I'm sort of past the. stage of knowing my max weight at anything. That used to be important to me back then. You know what it's like? It's like someone saying, you dude,

what's your body count? And there was a stage of my life where you knew that number. But now do you know and nor do you care, right? It's like, I don't know, dude. What? You're counting how many girls you've dated?

I don't know. I don't know. I feel the same way about benching. It's like, yeah, I used to care about that. But I really don't. anymore. And that may be eye rolly to you, but that's really the stage I think most guys are. They just want to stay in shape. They just want to throw some weight out. But as far as they're maxed,

I don't max out. I don't know. I take pride in lifting light and still feeling good and looking good in like a t-shirt. Like I'm telling you, I don't. I don't need more than if I'm doing shoulder presses or if I'm doing like even a machine for bench press, 120, I don't need to be I've lifted hundreds of pounds. Is there a middle ground? I think I'm a good middle ground. I really do. Right now you're relying heavily on genetics.

And eventually that's going to start working against you. Because once your body starts slowing down, if you're not setting a good foundation, you need to, you know, you need to push. You don't need to, you don't need to max out. Like, I don't know what my max is. I'm sure I could do more than what I'm doing. But I'm doing it for reps. I'm doing it to build strength. But is Tom Brady or Ichero or anything?

These guys that are in good shape, are they doing any, is any athlete like that doing max weight? No, there's a difference between being a bodybuilder and going crazy and maintaining. And as you get older, it's more important to have these muscles trained and tone. And it's also more important. Not getting hurt. And I see, you only get hurt if you don't know what you're doing. No, not true. Not true at all.

The people I'm thinking about, you're such an arrogant prick. You think you know more than people I'm talking. about. I know. Yeah. Guys that played college football that are ripped big guys that are like 40-ish

and they don't, they're not getting her is a priority not only for dudes in their 40s, but dudes getting ready for the actual football seat. You saw pre-season. I saw a stat.

You want to see the stat? This is a stat about fans. You said I was going to drop a good one. As the football season approaches, 37% of men say they gain significant weight from September to January. And 53% of those guys

that, say they gained weight more than 10 pounds. So you do have to make the gym a part of your fall life because just because you got a hoodie, don't put yourself behind the eight ball because then spring hits and you're a piece of trash. Well, you know, that's a fun stat. Let me sit on that for a minute because that's a lot of weight. A significant 10 pounds from September to January.

And again, because this sweatshirt weather and you're rocking your old school starter jacket. You feel more comfortable with a belly underneath that. on and you can hide it a little bit. We're not saying go to the gym, but I'm saying do you care about your max weight? But maybe Tom Brady brings you back and plants that seed of saying, if he's putting 2.45 up,

I wonder where I'm at. Like, are you even interested right now? You know, to see what you could throw up. You need to build to it. I think we'd all be shocked to see how weak we really, yeah, you could do your three sets of whatever. Yeah.

But I bet you can't put up what you think you can. And you're more. likely to injure yourself by trying to do that than like just doing steady consistent weight. But I have no interest. The same way you like when I'll be like, yo, Kavino, try the seafood. You're like, I don't like seafood. No interest. I have no interest in. Here's the thing. I have no interest in bulk spot because you know that bulk turns into extra fat from September to January when I'm sitting around lounge and watching football eating five layer dips. That's the truth. So I'm trying to lift lighter, not as light as rich, lighter to get those reps in so that I can eat a little bit

more and enjoy my football season. I'll tell you why this happens. Obviously, because people feel comfortable in hoodies and football jerseys and sweatshirts. I'm already thinking about next week. The real question is, how do you try to eat relatively healthy here and there? Because I'm already thinking about next week. Thursday, NFL kickoff, Chiefs, Ravens. And we already made plans.

Guess where we made plans. Yeah. We're going to Buffalo Wild Wings with Danny G. It's impossible to go to Buffalo Wild Wings any. Wildwing plays. All right. And avoid the wings. Friday.

It's impossible. Friday. What's the healthy option? Tell me about Friday. Yeah. Well, that's why you have to continue to go to the gym to balance it out. Eagles from Brazil. Okay.

My softball buddy's like, yeah, we're all going to bar to watch that. Two days in a row, you're eating shitty. And drinking probably. At least a few drinks. And then Sunday, I'm already getting people be like, yo, first day of the NFL season. You're having people over. Let's like make a brunch and we'll eat and, yo, oh, Sarah, do you want to make that stuff, French toast and bacon.

So now you talk about Thursday, Friday and Sunday, three out of the four days of that first NFL weekend, you're going to be a piece of shit slop. And dude, not only some great football, but you got some fights coming up. We're going to be in Vegas for Canelo-Prolanga. You know, you're going to be eating and drinking and boozing and schmoozing. So all of these things add up,

which is why the gym is important. But again, nobody's in the business of getting hurt from preseason NFL, to you in your 30s, 40s, whatever. No one wants to get hurt because that hurt is a major step back, which leads to you feeling like a slug anyway. Would you do this? Would you do this? Read it.

37% of men said they would give up football games for two months. So we're talking eight weeks of the NFL season. Two months. Eight weeks. Would you do it? If it meant you just get a six pack. Would you do it? Now, if you told me I didn't have to work out and I just got the six back like seven fingers.

You'd be one of these eight weeks. You live for this. No, honestly. I don't need a six pack. one of my 22. If you didn't have to work out. If I was a fat slob, I might say yes, but I rather watch football.

I want to live life and enjoy. I'm not giving up eight weeks of NFL action. Loser. Well, two, eight, two and five men said their belly is the physical attribute. They change about themselves. And I'm just telling you,

enjoy your wings. Enjoy your beer, but moderation because football season is like prime time for you to just lose track of your goals. lose track of who you are and just become sloppy. Don't be sloppy. Did you give up your love life?

Would you give up six? For abs? He's doing pretty well without him. I'd be more likely to do that than give up football. You can give a, you can give a booty for a month or so, more so than football. So again, if you're doing the math,

I don't think maxing out is where you are unless you're a professional athlete, right? No one should be there. No one should be. Tom Brady's putting up 245, good for him. But letting yourself, slip in gaining more than 10 pounds from September to January is also not what we're preaching here. There's a middle ground. Stay healthy. Health is wealth. And that's really, yeah.

Some good motivation. Yeah. Enjoy your day weekend. There's a middle ground somewhere. Oh, wait. I was going to say, enjoy your Labor Day weekend. Eat and drink like a slob and then we'll start fresh next week. But it's NFL season. So, hey, have fun. Diet starts in four months. All right. Yeah. I have this new playing. Kavino. It's going to be my Valentine's day diet when football's over. All right, sure. I will see you guys later today. Actually, we'll see you guys tomorrow.

Kick off the weekend right. Fox Sports Radio until then. Arriva Darci, baby. See you with me. Over Promise Land. Who's the master? Later. Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy,

not quite. Unhumor me with Robert Smigel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guest, S&L's Mikey Day and head writer or Street or Sidell, 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 Smigel and Friends on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On the Look Back at it podcast. From 1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me. I'm Sam J.

And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a here, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it. with our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors. Like Mark Lamont Hill on the 80s. It was a wild year. It was a wild year. I don't think there's a more important year for black people.

Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me. Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, my basketball and college football journey,

or my career in sports media. Now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw unfilled conversations with athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. So let's get to it. Listen to The Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. 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. 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 the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the IHard Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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