The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1136 - Austin Rivers, Indy 500 Champion Josef Newgarden, Mark Messier, NBA Halftime Performers Christian & Scooby, ND Lacrosse Nat'l Champs Pat and Chris Kavanagh, Liam Entenmann, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: May 28, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the incredible sports weekend including the Boston Celtics completing the sweep of the Indiana Pacers, an INCREDIBLE finish in the Indy 500, the NHL playoffs featuring a couple incredible series, and everything happening in the NFL world. They are also joined by several incredible guests including 12 year NBA vet and ESPN NBA analyst Austin Rivers (23:48-46:12), back to back Indy 500 Champion Josef Newgarden (46:13-56:53), one of the greatest hockey players of all-time and ESPN NHL analyst Mark Messier (1:08:02-1:27:20), NBA Halftime performers Christian and Scooby (1:49:02-2:00:00), and Notre Dame Lacrosse back to back National Champions Pat Kavanagh, Chris Kavanagh, and Liam Entenmann (2:13:56-2:32:05). Make sure you subscribe to YouTube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. Or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. We’ll see you on tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome. On this, there's 100 days till NFL football Tuesday, May 20th, 2024. This program starts now. Hell yeah! Hell yeah is right. We are just 100 days away from NFL kickoff, where the Chiefs will play host to the Baltimore Ravens, and we're obviously incredibly excited.

We hope you had a fantastic Memorial Day weekend. We hope that yesterday you gave thanks or a thought to those who gave it all for this beautiful country that we live in. And although it's not perfect, if it wasn't for those that signed a line saying, I will die for this country if need be for us to keep going, they have made it better in our pursuit of the best country on planet earth it was a nice day yesterday you know got a chance to take in some uh sports some action some family time and some monday night raw but it was uh after an incredible race sunday an incredible weekend of sport in the nba we're eyeing down one sweet uh sweep on the west and the East, the Pacers got swept by the Boston Celtics.

So the Eastern Conference Finals are over. The Boston Celtics are going to be representing the East in the NBA Finals. Against who? Will it be the Minnesota Timberwolves, who were the story of the early playoff run as they knocked off the champions, the Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns? And that guy, Anthony Edwards, is going to be the next face of the early playoff run as they knocked off the champions, the Denver Nuggets and the Phoenix Suns. And that guy, Anthony Edwards, was going to be the next face of the NBA until this guy said, excuse me, am I still playing?

Do I still exist? Am I banged up? Sure, I'm not 100% healthy, but you can be the ball in the fourth quarter. I'm going to make the shot. That's just kind of how it goes. And then Kyrie Irving, his tag team partner, has been playing at a level that we haven't seen in some time.

Out of the magician with the basketball, they're up 3-0. A sweep is potentially on the horizon in both conference finals. That means the best teams are certainly going to be fighting over the NBA trophy. Not the NBA Cup, the in-season tournament, but the NBA championship. And in the NHL, it's 2-1, 2-1. In the East, the New York Rangers take a 2-1 series lead

over the Florida Panthers in the barn, in the sunrise, that you were at in a double overtime 5-4 thriller. How do you feel about the Florida Panthers down 2-1 to the New York Rangers? Man, look, it was a great game. It's great that we went to New York and stole one early, you know, winning game one, but lost two back-to-back overtime games. Great game. You know, two great teams.

And the goalies, Sestertzian and Nett, is unbelievable. You talking about Igor? Yeah, I don't know how many more shots he saw than Bob, but both of them were phenomenal. About 70 more? Yeah, but he was absolutely great standing on his head. But big game tonight. I think we'll bounce back. We'll recover and tie the series 2-2.

Okay, that's Darius J. Butler. Lif lifelong Florida Panthers fan down there in South Florida. They are in one against the New York Rangers, who have found something with a big guy back in the lineup as opposed to a healthy scratch. Hey, the guy that brought our team to life in the middle of the season. Yeah, let's not play him in our biggest games. Yeah, right. Put Rempe on the ice. Magical things happen.

Although we are friends with the entire Florida Panthers squad. That's good. Seriously. And West Texas hockey. How bad? Okay. Hell yeah. One half of the hammer.

Done. Cowboys at Bubba Gumpino in the back there. How about the Dallas Stars maybe making a run at the Lordo? The boys are buzzing. Rupe Hintz came back last night. He's been out for four games. Played really well. Jason Robertson got a hattie. he hadn't scored in a while either so that line finally got buzzed again otter

doing his thing just slow starts feels like if we can weather the storm in the first we can beat these oilers yeah the edmonton oilers obviously with dry saddle and mcdavid and the boys buzz around in the first period they've been getting a lead? And then all of a sudden, guess who's been coming back? Oh, Texas hockey. The glass-banging guy who's right behind the net. They're coming back in the second and third period to a 2-1 series lead. Will they be the ones representing the West? Or will McDavid and the boys be able to be better in the second and third periods than they have been as they have been absolute crap

and Texas hockey has taken advantage of them? Congrats to the sports being great right let's get back to the NBA as we introduce the talks at the table at Ty Schmidt and at Boston Connor I see the shirt the Jake Tatum shirt uh the Celtics sweep the Indiana Pacers we were there for game three on Saturday I actually even revved up yeah yeah you did I revved up before the game. I broke it. In the Indy car there the night before the Indy 500. What an honor that was. Indianapolis was a buzz. And speaking of Indy 500, Joseph Newgarden, the winner of that, will join us in about 36 minutes.

Yeah, I saw what Dale Davis did and I thought I'm going to do the exact opposite. I'm going to go as hard as I possibly can. Did, and this is forward mission here obviously, transparency. I was trying to break that thing. Sure.

If that wheel comes off in the middle of that, that's great news. That thing's going in the sky. And then I was hammering the pedal as well with my boots. I was trying to break that as well. Place was magnetic. It was so, had an 18-point lead at one point. I sat through it with Boston Celtics fans and Fairfield Stags in the suite. And I'll tell you what, that'll be something I would recommend to no people ever. through it with Boston Celtics fans and Fairfield Staggs in the suite.

And I'll tell you what, that'll be something I would recommend to no people ever. To ever have to be around people that are fans of those particular teams during a game, especially with kids around and everything that's potentially happening because of the amount of passion. But it was real, and it was fun to watch you enjoy the Celtics team who has seemingly been dominant. They're talking about, is this the most dominant run in the history of an NBA playoffs. You guys seem to have all the makings for a championship con, man. I'm hoping.

I mean, this has always been the year. I mean, I feel like when the series started, nobody thought that it would be a sweep. But obviously, if Hal Burton's playing and people are healthy, it is a different story. But at the end of the day, no one gives a shit because the Celtics are in the finals now. You know, the conversation around the face of the NBA and everything like that. Oh, yeah. No, because it's Luka now, right? Exactly.

There is no point to have the conversation about Tatum or Jalen Brown. There's no point to have any individual success with the Celtics because at this point, it's much better just being the team that's going to win the championship. How about nobody gives you guys much credit? No, no. That's okay. There's nothing wrong with it. If you look at the playoff run that we're on, yes, we've won seven straight

games, but people are just going to bitch about the injuries and everything. That's not Joe Mazzulla's fault. That's not Jason Tatum's fault. It's not their fault. The Pacers just shit down their leg at the end of, what, three of the games in this series.

So, again, you could say they shit down their leg. You could also make the argument that the Celtics stole it and took it. Yeah, took it. There you go. I like that one a lot more. But, yeah, it should be good. I mean, vibes are very high. Okay, we've got 10 days now to rest.

Poor Zingas is going to come back. He could have probably last night. Clearly didn't need him. And at this point in time, it does feel as though Luka Doncic is going to win the face of the NBA title. Way to go. And then the team that might win the NBA title could be the Boston Celtics. But Darius Butler, I don't know, maybe 30 seconds, 30 seconds after the game ended,

doesn't matter, Dallas is going to win this whole thing. And I told him, I was like, yeah, it's everybody but the Celtics until the Celtics win. And that's kind of how it's been the whole time. It is great to be here now. I mean, I feel bad for all Pacers fans, even though they all suck and they all are the most annoying fans in the entire country. I think anybody that watches you, I mean, people are saying that you are the most annoying fans in the entire country. I think anybody that watches you, I mean, people are saying that you are the most obnoxious human to ever be inside of Cambridge Fieldhouse.

People are saying, wow, it's kind of tough to be in the same suite as this guy. That's what people were saying. And then all of a sudden, talk smashes a Jack Daniels bottle off the ground. Not off his head, off the ground, obviously. If it was off his head, at least some of it would be caught on his shoulders. Instead, it was splattered across the ground.

I'm telling you, these Fairfield stags. Hold on. Do not. That bottle. Do not get in the same area as these people. Now, Conor was very passionate. Very, very passionate. And I think downtown, with the people he hangs out with,

he potentially hears some things about the Pacers and the celtics and maybe gets him a little riled up or whatever but i think everybody that he was around on this particular evening was like wow buddy you're at a much different level of this whole thing than we are but i do think it is because nobody gives him any credit feels like not only obviously i guess with the people he hangs out with downtown indianapolis but nationally, there is no conversation about Tatum or Jalen Brown. The conversation is, which one of these guys is better? Hey, which one of these guys is going to let the team down? Who's more important here?

Is it Brown, Tatum, Drew Holiday? Derek White. Derek White. Who's the most important piece of this entire thing? It's like, hey, Brown's the guy. Don't know how to say this. Brown is the guy for the Celtics. This is the person that just watched them sweep the Indiana Patriots.

And then Tatum can turn it up like that if he wants to. That whole team is phenomenal. He's phenomenal. He's unbelievable. Jason Tatum. And he's, I think, one of very few people, I think five maybe, to lead his team in points, rebounds, and assists. Like 30, 10, 6. But when you watch the game, to your point, I think five maybe, to lead his team in points, rebounds, and assists. Like 30, 10, 6.

But when you watch the game, to your point, I agree with you. Like he won, Jalen Brown won the East Conference Final Player of the Series, the Larry Bird Trophy. And he deserved it. It was like in the moments of the game when they were down, you know, 8 points, 9 points, whatever, he would kind of take those big shots. Playing dirty, smacking T.J. McConnell in the mouth. He did smack the shit out of T.J. McConnell. God, he's all right.

Pressure got kicked in the face by your guy, too. And that was not a clear kick in the face. Guy was trying to do a roundhouse. That's a contact sport. Austin Rivers, you know, mentioned that. He'll be joining us in six minutes. Can't wait to hear what he has to say. Great series.

And I think, you know, people have given Celtics the credit. I think coming into this season, look, they are expected to not only go to the finals but win it. And then they get to the playoffs and it's a cakewalk. Jimmy Butler's hurt. The Knicks are hurt. Halliburton's hurt. You know, is that their fault?

Is that their fault? No, that's not their fault. But they're going to walk into the finals. And, yes, I did pick Dallas even though they haven't clinched their series yet. Okay, well, 3-0, everybody assumes that's going to happen. But, hey, you never know. You never know. That's why they play the finals. And yes, I did pick Dallas even though they haven't clinched their series yet. Okay, well, 3-0. Everybody assumes that's going to happen. But hey, you never know. You never know. That's why they play the games. That's why they play the games. But the Celtics

team, you know, I think as a Pacers fan for the playoffs here, and if Halliburton's going to be on the team, I'm going to remain a fan of this Pacers team. And Coach Carlisle, I love the way they built this team. It took a few years. They were not good just a few years back. Then he said,

we build around Halliburton. We bring in a TJ McConnell. Jalen Brown came out and said afterwards like, yeah, he's a dog. I'm actually a big fan of TJ McConnell. Whenever I said to people, turn into Michael Jordan in the playoffs, I was talking about TJ McConnell, who I talk to a lot. I smacked him in the mouth. Sorry. He's going to have to deal with it in the entire thing.

But that team, the mindset, here in Indiana, I think everybody is like, I don't think the Pacers were supposed to make the Eastern Conference Finals this year. So Indiana's actually pretty like, we got swept 10 seconds in that first game. I think we all probably knew what was about to

happen. Then Tyrese gets hurt, we're there. But it is like the Celtics. Everybody else's expectations all season has been, you make the finals or not like you guys don't win you're pissed right oh yeah no doubt about it no you guys haven't even been able to enjoy it at all because like supposed to whenever you're talking yeah you're supposed to be exactly that's literally how everybody talked about the Celtics all year though remember the east was cropped too yeah east was cropped west was good this is just as somebody that zoomed out version of watching uh the NBA league it's like the East is crap.

Don't even worry about the East, other than the Celtics. But we're not going to talk about that because that's boring because they're going to make it to the finals anyways. And then they move into actual conversation about who's the face of the league, who's the best in the playoffs, who's this, and they're leaving out the team that is supposed to just make it to the finals. I could see why mass holes were in full mass hole effect around the Celtics team. But with the way Luka and

Kyrie are doing their thing over there in Dallas, and I'm not saying Minnesota doesn't have a chance. It's only 3-0. Last year, Celtics down 3-0. Fourth game, 7. Bingo. I don't think... They went on to lose, but no, there's never been that comeback.

Yeah, because I was looking at stats as the Pacers were going through. And everybody was just presenting these stats. They were like, yep, you're dead. Yep, it's over. Yeah, that's how this goes. If those games were only like four minutes less, like they'd be up 3-1.

11 seconds that first one. That's crazy. Snipe off 11 seconds off that one. Pacers are up 1-0 in Boston. And then, cool, we lose the second one. Sweet. We split up in Boston. And then we got double-digit leads in the last two games,

and then Celtics were able to handle it. Celtics don't blink. They come back and make massive plays. I mean, it was – that place was a buzzsaw, too, on Saturday night. It was. Yes, it was. I mean, it really was. It was a tough place to play.

I think Indianapolis was alive and well, and congrats to the Celtics. Happy. Hey, good seg. Right where you're supposed to be. That's good seg. Not Celtics. That's good seg, you know. We had sports. Oh, buzz? What's that? That was Hey good seg Right where you're supposed to be That's good seg Not Celtics Good seg You know

We had sports What's that? That was a good seg boss Yeah Oh good job fellas Bingo Good job boys Good sports media

I love these nerds Talking about us I don't know if you guys saw it I must have missed it Yeah Yeah Well I didn't read it I had Nick read it

Say should I hate this guy Nick said oh yeah And then he sent Some clips back You know I don't read it. I had Nick read it and say, should I hate this guy? Nick said, oh, yeah. And then he sent some clips back. You know, I don't fully comprehend why what we do isn't considered journalism. Did you hear the way we just broke down? Yeah, it was journalism. The Fairfield Stags watching a Boston Celtics game.

Nobody else is doing that. Wait until later. We got a dog and his owner doing tricks out here. What? Yep. Excuse me? Christian Scooby. What?

Christian Scooby. These Scoobs? These Scooby? No. Excuse me. Christian Scooby. What? Christian Scooby. The Scooby? No. Not do. Not do. Okay. Scooby trick dog. Yeah, Scooby trick.

Christian Scooby are going to be out here. Our show is packed today. Austin Rivers will be joining us in about a minute and a half. Joseph Newgarden will be joining us in 27 minutes. He just won the Indy 500 for the second straight year back to back. Okay. The Indy 500 was delayed five hours.

300,000 people didn't leave. 300,000 people went to that race. I guess they were saying 345,000. The number they kept saying on the race that I was able to watch in Indianapolis because they lift the TV blackout. Shout out to them for doing that. It was awesome. It was amazing, especially the race that it was.

300,000 people stayed in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a five-hour rain delay, four-and-a-half-hour rain delay. It had lightning, heavy storms. Nobody left. Nobody left the snake pit, which Timmy Trumpet tipped off at 810 in the morning. And then the race lived up to the hype. And Joseph Newgarden is a back-to-back Indy 500 winner. He would be the first person to win

it three times if he was to win next year he's got the biggest purse in the history of the indy 500 4.25 million because i think he got an extra 440 000 bonus for going back to back as well so congrats to tennessee's own joseph newgarden winning the best race of the weekend by far not even close not even close f1 drivers are saying, wow, this sucks. This sucks. The guy who wins says that this sucks. And this is the pinnacle. There's all the yachts coming out.

Got a boat flying through the yacht. A boat on a loose, potentially taking some people over. And you got Vanderstopping. Look at this boat, turn this corner. Coming around, turn one. Whoa, take out two humans. No! Now, probably millions of dollars worth of damage if we had to guess over there because the you know nautical world is not a cheap one but that could have been

horrible just the amount of and then you watch the race and somehow it's worse than that somehow the race was worse much worse than that and then the indy 500 comes on it's like one of the greatest races of all times two lead changes in the final lap that happened at 224, 225 miles an hour or whatever. I mean, it was a fantastic thing. Can I wait to talk to Joseph Newgarden? And then we got Mark Messier about an hour from right now joining us to talk about the Rangers playing tonight. Are they going to take a 3-1 lead over the Florida Pound?

Uh-oh. Whoa. How about Trouba, the captain? You know, they call him Mark Messier, the captain, because that's what he was for a long time, obviously for the captain, because that's what he was for a long time, obviously for the Rangers winning one there. But Trouba, the captain of the Rangers, was seen chicken-winged the jaw.

Again. Again, yeah. Not the first time. Which is notably frowned upon. I thought Moose said the captain's... Yeah, the stick on the chest with that move. Now, there was a... I forget the ref's name.

Peel, maybe peel on uh on the internet said feels like he's exaggerating a little bit the guy who got hit by uh so they hit him with a five thousand dollar fine for this particular elbow and although it did not hit clean or what true but wanted i think it's the act that made the hockey people all go with the what are we doing here this is what we literally all agreed upon we're not going to do captain the rangers playoff hockey says i don't Hockey gods don't care either. They come back, they win this game. So, elbow, four-minute, $5,000 fine, and the Rangers win in your house.

That's tough hockey. Yeah, it's playoff hockey. Foxy said this, and Trubel, yeah, he's done it in the past. He did it to Crosby, but it wasn't right in front of him. Like, that saved the goal, potentially. I'm cool with that happening right in front of him. If you're going to save a goal, $5,000, well worth that price. Yeah, Trouba's a dog.

Yes, he is. Does not care. And every other hockey person that plays says, whenever you get on the ice, you've got to know where he is because he's headhunting. Him wearing the C is wild. That's a wild thing. Are the Rangers going to win the Stanley Cup?

It feels like that. Are the New York Rangers? What were the shots in that game? Like 100 to 30, and I'm not even exaggerating. Yeah, I think it was a 50-some difference. Yeah, it was 104 attempted shots by the Panthers to, I believe, 53 of the Rangers. Yeah, so just an ass-beating, and Igor Shosturkin is standing on his head, which is what you need to win.

But the Rangers have the toughness. Obviously, they have the mood. They can go in home, and what a deflection. Man. What a deflection. Man. What a deflection. There's nothing Bob can do right there. That thing's going east and then turns west real quick. And that's why you got to put pucks on that, boys.

Yeah, exactly. And they're not even a single body on winger up there in the front. I mean, what are we doing? What are we doing, boys? Are you guys even trying to play? Falling asleep at the wheel, Andy, but. For sure. Took the air out of ourselves, for sure.

Pat and Chris Cavanaugh, back-to-back national champions with Notre Dame in lacrosse. Will join us in the third hour at some point. They're traveling, so they don't know exactly when they'll be getting back. But I'm sure the Cavanaugh boys will have it all figured out after going back-to-back. I assume a massive amount of beers were drank last night by the Notre Dame crowd. And as they should, back-to-back national championships and they did it in uh dominating fashion I mean 15 to 5 or something like that it was close in the first quarter then they just kind of went on an 8-1 run I think

and uh that was all she wrote and Chris Cavanaugh would go on to become the all-time leader in points scored in a season breaking his brother's record record, Pat Kavanaugh, who did it last year. But Pat Kavanaugh would also break his record from last year in this game as well and end up, Chris would end up winning by one. So the Kavanaugh right there. And the daddy. That's a national championship goal right there. Obviously, that highlight's going to run forever. But Pat and Chris Kavanaugh were basically the story of the entire playoffs.

As we know, they're friends of the program. Pat Kavanaugh, I believe, was on last week. We also FaceTimed him from the suite on Saturday and told him, hey, let's go, boys. We need another one. And he said, I can't really hear you. Thank you, man. Here we go, boys.

Here we go. He was drafted fifth overall? Yes, fifth or sixth to the Cannons. Sixth to the Boston Cannons. A guy who was drafted higher than him and was obviously on the other team that got absolutely demolished in the national championship. And I assume the Cavanaughs toasted to that last night. Lacrosse was alive and well this past weekend.

And it was a beautiful scene to see Notre Dame, a team that I coach. You know, I had motivational speeches. I spoke to the lads. You had a ring? I think so. Okay, good. I do believe that's what the Cavanaughs and I will be chatting about today is my ring size if they need it. motivational speeches i spoke to the lads yeah yeah ring had him on i think so okay good i do believe that's what the cavanaugh's and i will be chatting about today is my ring size if they need

it of course i think i'm putting it on middle finger okay you know like that that's why i always said if i get a national championship ring it's going right there on the middle i messed it up in football but now i'm a lacrosse national champion and i'll tell you what chris cavanaugh is coming back here's me coaching the boys this is how you put a helmet on this is how you create a boys okay we're trying to go back toto-back. We've got to make sure we have good juice, good energy. Chris Cavanaugh was the one gifting me the thing. Pat Cavanaugh in the front there, and then the coach comes up.

I don't know shit about that. Coach, had to take a shot. Like boys, keep your morale loose. I'm back up. He's a good cop, obviously. That's how we do this thing. Congrats to them. We'll be chatting with them in the third hour. I'm pumped for it. And congrats to the Boston College women's lacrosse team. Let's go.

Matt Hasselbeck's daughters win the national championship. I believe they lost to the same team last year in the national championship. This year they were down 6-1. And then they end up coming back and winning in a thriller at the end. Lacrosse had a great weekend. Sports were fantastic this week. Speaking of sports, before Austin Rivers is able to join us, I guess there's some technical difficulties.

The NFL has some news happening. What? Well, before we go any further into this particular news bucket, we have to go to last night's Monday Night Raw, where I reported something at the beginning of the J.D. McDonough-Braun Strowman match. This is what I said on Monday Night Raw last night. J.D. McDonough of the Judgment Day taking on the monster of all monsters, Braun Strowman, back in the ring after missing a year of time because of a neck injury.

And look at the strength and power now of Strowman. A lot of people look at the size difference and think J.D. has no chance. Mark Davis is 70 years old and is expecting child with a 26-year-old. Anything is possible in this modern world. But with this big son of a bitch back in the ring, J.D.'s been pooping his trousers. And now J.D. Okay, so a lot of what was said there.

Sure. Braun Strowman is a big son of a bitch, obviously. You look at the size difference between him and J.D. McDomough. You think to yourself, he's got no shot. So, obviously, it's an easy correlation. You can see how my brain goes. Anything's possible. Especially with what I just saw reported all over the internet, all over the place,

that Mark Davis was expecting a child with a 26-year-old girlfriend. Turns out, that's not the case. Moments later, after I said that on Monday Night Raw, the lady who was pregnant would put out Hayden Hopkins is her name. Reports of Mark Davis being the father of my child are wildly untrue. I was pictured sitting next to him at a game in 2022 and have endured false rumors of a romantic relationship since. I was just a guest sitting in a young man's box with other friends. These continued media stories are negatively affecting what should be my happiest days.

Joey and I are excited to welcome our baby in the fall. Joey and Hayden, I'd like to let you know, I apologize for perpetuating a lie. I understand how happy you guys should be at this moment. Would suck to have a 70-year-old billionaire kind of looming over the entire. So I would like to apologize to Hayden and let the world know, hey, we got to make sure we get these things right. Okay? We're obviously a part of this.

Iceberg lies in the middle of Braun Strowman, J.D. McDonald match last night. How would you know? Mark Davis is not the father. No. Okay. Okay. But we would like to congratulate Joey and Hayden Hopkins on a beautiful baby coming

this fall. Congrats on doing it. Congrats, guys. Congrats, everybody. Hey, it's bullshit. It's bullshit. You know what you just did? You know what you just did there?

Some people like to call that journalism. Oh! Swing. call that journalism. Oh! Swing. Me! Yeah. Cut down to the brass, tax, facts. Yeah, I actually said that on Raw because I knew Joey was going to be watching Monday Night Raw. Big fan. And that was just me saying, like, hey, you need to get ahead of this thing.

Check the sources. Yeah, that's exactly what I was doing. I was just going to get it out there. I wasn't potentially a massive part of the problem that created a story, then tried to end the story like a hero like a lot of journalists. So I guess, yeah, I did do journalism. Good for me. Absolutely.

And I don't want to say it's your fault because if you look at the backlash from all this, it seems like people have finally reached a tipping point with dove climbing. So a lot of people basically say, well, again, yeah, there's been a lot of the stuff, but this seemed to be the tipping point with dove climbing. So a lot of people basically say, well, again, yeah, there's been a lot of the stuff, but this seemed to be the tipping point. It was kind of like, hey, this guy is incredibly irresponsible. We cannot let this stuff keep happening. Stop running with stuff, he says, because then, you know, we got Joey and Hayden Hopkins having to.

Think about how happy they are. Ruining their best days. Hey, Joey, Hayden, I'm part of the problem. I'm sorry, but we're going to get better because of it. That's right. Good luck to you, baby. Join us now. He's the man who comes on this show and says dumb shit all the time.

Incredibly entertaining and informative, though. Yeah. Austin Rivers. Yay, Austin! Good to see you, Austin. Mark Davis, not a father at the age of 70. Anything to say about that, Austin? No, I got no comment.

You guys have done your own research on that one. I'm going to let you have that entire segment. That's all you. No, no parts of that. But if you wanted to dabble, you know, you could give your take on how it all. No, no dabbling for me. I'm going to leave all the dumb shit today for, for, for, for somebody else, man. I'm not, I'm not getting in.

First of all, that intro, I don't even know. I'm like, I'm at a loss for words. A guy who comes on the air all the time and says dumb shit, are you kidding me, Pat? That's kind of your thing, man. I mean, the percentages wise would say that that's true. You know, they say in baseball, you bat 300, you're going to Hall of Fame. That's right.

You're in here at like 60% hit rate on dumb shit. You know what I mean? I mean, it is. And by dumb shit, I mean good shit. That's what I'm talking about. You know what I mean? I mean, it is. And by dumb shit, I mean good shit. That's what I'm talking about. You know what I mean? I said one line, and it set the world on fire. Due to you guys putting it out there the way you did.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And guess what? I've been defending myself ever since, but it's fine. You know what? There's no such thing as bad pub. Well, I guess there is in today's day. We're good, man. It's all good.

They're saying that's actually coming around, too. There's a lot of conversations happening in the comedy world about that. Nonetheless, Austin, we're thankful you joined our show. You're great here. Let's continue to talk about the basketball here. Celtics just sweeped the Pacers. I don't love it. I don't love it at all.

We had Coach Carlisle on after the game one loss in which the final 10 seconds were really when it was given away and then the Celtics were able to pull it off in overtime at home. It felt like that one, after you lose in that particular fashion, was potentially going to be devastating for the boys. Now, Coach Carlisle says, no, we understand that we can beat them. The whole message and narrative is super positive. But when you're in the locker room and you have that type of loss, does it make you question yourselves? Because then two more games in the series,

they would have double-digit leads and then Celtics would come back. Is there a chance that they got in their heads and they're a young team and they'll learn from this? Or what are your thoughts on why? Was it just Celtics are a better basketball team? Yeah, I think it's a combination of a lot of things. Celtics are the better team you know what i mean this is the team that was supposed to be where they're at now this is a team that

if they didn't get to the finals we would be crucifying on tv every day right uh indiana's a young team uh their best player is very young who wasn't even able to play in games three and four anyway um you gotta admire the pacers effort they they played hard every single game it's not like these games are just blowouts where the Celtics came in here and just dominated. The Pacers pushed them every single game, even games without Halliburton. They got a lot from guys that people slept on over the years. The Knicks gave away Obi Toppin, and people gave up on T.J. McConnell.

Nembhardt, you've got a young guard who was really able to flourish in these playoffs to where now you've got him and Halliburton in the backcourt. So sometimes not everything is based upon winning or not. This was a very successful year for the Pacers. You've got a great coach, Carlisle, who's got a good rapport with this team. You've got a young talent. They'll probably make some moves in the offseason just due to the fact that people are probably going to be a little bit more intrigued to play for the Pacers. But the Celtics were the more superior team. They're supposed to win this series.

They're fully healthy, by the way. So it is what it is. Every series that they've played so far, the best player on the opposite team has gone down. Every sport in the playoffs worries about health. It's just a part of the game. That's not the Celtics' fault or Joe Mazzulla's fault. He is now the youngest coach to reach a final since Russ in 1966, I think, is what it is.

Joe Mazzulla. Why do you think Joe Mazzulla's message has been able to get through? And is he a part of them being healthy in the style in which they play? Because I know that Tibbs is getting in some shit. And then, obviously, the way Carlisle's teams go, is there a chance that that kind of gets in there this late in the year? And why do you think Missoula's been good? Well, it helps when your team's that loaded. Brad Stevens, that a baby.

Let's go, Brad. Brad's the Indiana guy, yeah? Yeah. Yeah, no, Brad's amazing. And he's done a great job transitioning into that front office role. And he's teed Missoula up. You know, this is a guy that, first off, let's give Brad credit

for even having the balls to take someone off the back of the bench. It's not like Missoula was in line to get that job. This is a guy that was sitting behind the bench that Brad Stevens was able to sniff out and understand that he had the basketball knowledge and know-how to be able to take that position. And, you know, again, their team is extremely deep. And this is even without Porzingis. They won that series without Porzingis, giving him all the time in the world to rest.

He's probably going to be available for the finals. You know, their best player didn't even win the MVP. I mean, they gave it to Jalen Brown. Yeah, that just tells you how good this team is. You know, so, man, the way Dallas is playing, this is going to be crazy. Brown. That just tells you how good this team is. Man, the way Dallas is playing, this is going to be crazy. That's not over yet, Austin. Leading journalism now.

Speaking of that, they're only up 3-0. They're up 3-0, Pat. No one's ever came back from 3-0, bro. I looked into that when the Pacers went down 3-0. That's when I was like, well, here we go. Here's the kind of story that's already been told seemingly a thousand times before but let's talk about the inevitable seemingly from everybody with a basketball brain go ahead con man yeah awesome how huge is it now that the celtics are back that they are the team with the most finals

experience obviously kairi has been there but how big is that for the celtics as a team and then also to what you just said about Tatum being the best player. That's obviously a conversation right now. Does that really matter? Like, dude, is there any conversation inside a locker room? Like, hey, Jalen's our best player. Or, hey, Tatum's our best player. No.

Yeah, that's just all outside fodder. And, like, this is just a team looking to, you know, achieve things as a team, not individual success. Yeah, listen, Tatum's the best player in that team uh i think jaylen brown would be the first person to tell you that but jaylen brown's a very good player you know what i mean so it's not uncalled or you know it's not unlikely for a guy like that to get hot and play you know really well in four games um you know jaylen's always seen the second best defender. The best defender is always guarding Jason Tatum. So it just happens, matchups. By the way, if they win the finals, I promise you,

Jason Tatum will get that finals MVP trophy. Legacy stuff here. Yeah. So I think they're teeing that up. They gave Jalen Brown this conference finals, and if they win, I think Tatum gets that other one. The standard for them is to win. Them getting to the finals and if they lose is still considered a bad year. I mean, Boston, they only count the banners. They've been to five conference championships. You know, this is their second time going to the finals. You know, this is a thing where they have to win.

And what other year is it set up for them to win? Every single playoff series that they've got into this year, the key player in the other team has gotten hurt. This is the year for them to grab that ring. Otherwise, OKC is going to get better. Minnesota is going to get better. Indiana is going to get better. New York is going to be healthy next year.

All these teams are getting better. This is a perfect year for Boston to take advantage of this and run the show. But they got their hands full, man. Dallas is rolling right now. Let's talk about Dallas. Dee Bud has a question for you. Yeah, just speaking of obviously Kyrie and Luka and them getting together,

them being so ball dominant, a lot of people didn't see that really working from the onset. But obviously Kyrie, his leadership and everything he's done off the court. I know a lot of people in the media talking heads had a lot of shit to say about Kyrie. How do players kind of feel about Kyrie? And how have they felt about him throughout his whole, I guess, journey throughout the league? And obviously where he's going now. For players, Kyrie's always been, you know, what's that saying?

Your favorite player's favorite player? You know, every hooper in the league loves Kai, and we all love watching him. He's like a league-passed must-watch, right? He's probably first place in that regard. He's the most skilled basketball player I've ever played against. He's the most skilled basketball player I've ever played with. Just from a talent level, I've never seen anybody like him. But more impressively, what he's been able to do with this locker room as a leader,

we haven't seen Kai in this role, you know, on the teams that he's had success at the leader was LeBron James. And then we also saw him not do so well in Boston as a leading role. That's why this is going to be really interesting. Him going back to Boston, by the way. But,

you know, he's changed the entire narrative about him and has forced a lot of people to apologize. But, you know, I think the frustration from a lot of people all along is this is why we were frustrated in the first place is because how great of a player he is. We wanted to see him on the court. We wanted to see him play. So when he had all this stuff going on, it did frustrate a lot of people, the media, and a lot of people turned him off instead of kind of just giving him the benefit of the doubt. And now here he is in Dallas making it work with Luca.

They didn't make the playoffs last year. Everybody wrote them off. They come back this year. He's got some type of spirit about him. I don't know. Every time you see Kai, he's smiling. He's happy.

It looks like he's enjoying work. Him and Luca are like coexisting. I can't do this. I'm telling you, you talk about what he went through and he wasn't on the court it's like we know somebody else that is similar is his name starting with an A

outside the box thinkers two A's actually two A's we're hearing now how he feels about how it all went I wonder how Kyrie is at a point where he's like, if there's humans listening right now that don't know anybody

that was very much against the vaccination situation a couple years back. Now, granted, I was vaccinated while talking to Aaron Rodgers, and I was getting cooked in seven different languages because of how Aaron felt about the entire thing. Now here we are years later. They are all, they all feel vindicated. Like that might be a part of Kyrie's entire vibes as well. You know what I mean?

Like they are empowered. Like they feel. I'm definitely, there's definitely some, some, some regrets about just willingly just putting the needle. You know what I mean? We all just took it, didn't ask. We all took that and just didn't ask questions. We trusted.

We trusted. Years later, we trusted. We trusted the process. We made it. We made it. Hey, listen. We all made it, right? We lost a lot of great people, but we all made it.

So we beat COVID. Yeah. Right? What's up, everybody? We beat COVID. Now there's people that did it differently. And the way they were doing it, they were certainly taking it on the shins pretty heavily. And boy, that might be a part of it legitimately.

And I do wonder if he does ayahuasca, because you're right. He's doing that interview with Inside the NBA, and he's laughing, having a good time, talking shit. It's like, that would, old Kyrie, you think would hold a little grudge against, you know. Yeah, no. that would old Kyrie you think would hold a little grudge against you know yeah no he's like all like very wise and he's you know he's talking with such poise and he's smiling he's got like a chili pepper earring hanging down on the left side oh yeah he's there's just something about him I don't know what it is I love it yeah I love seeing him happy and playing as well I mean my god he's such

a talent well he's not alone over there in Dallas. Go ahead, Tone. Let's talk about his running mate. You mentioned him a little bit. When the game is on the line, Luka is taking the shot. In game two, the shot was unbelievable. He had a bunch in game three. When he got switched off on in game two and then the passion after it,

Luka... We saw it for the Rudy. Poor Rudy. Full blender here pal welcome to smoothie king yeah that's that's happening i mean could you this is this is just mcdaniel's nose as he's backing up yeah yeah that that was the clip right there was jayden knowing like shit i mean he had something like six moves i'm going this way and all it is is crossover between the legs it seems like so basic but if you do it the way he All it is is crossover between the legs. It seems so basic, but if you do it the way he does it, I assume he's

open every time. That's why he's been able to move at seemingly slow motion since the beginning of his career and still create space. Then let him know that, hey, you can't guard me, motherfucker. Immediately afterwards, it's like this guy is awesome

to watch. has been, but nobody thought he'd be able to win it all, right? Isn't that kind of like the knock his entire time? Can he win? Can he win? Can he win with how ball-dominant he is? And now he's a guy where he's playing his best ball almost? It's crazy because, remember, they went to that conference finals a couple years ago, and everybody was like all over Luka.

They're like, this is the guy. He's the best young player in the league. And then he had a couple weird years after that where his team didn't have success. He has. He's made first team all NBA every year he's played after his rookie years. It's just been incredible. But his team wasn't having success.

So people are like, is it too much Luka? Does he have the ball too much in his hands? Is it too much of a ball dominant? He doesn't play defense. He doesn't do these things. And we've seen Luka change a lot of these habits. I don't know what that is. I don't know if that's the emergence of him and Kai's relationship and them these things. And we've seen Luka change a lot of these habits. I don't know what that is. I don't know if that's the emergence of him and Kai's relationship

and them becoming leaders. I don't know if he's heard that talk and gotten sick of it. I don't know what's prompted him to take that step in terms of just effort on the defensive side. But we've seen those changes happen, and we've seen him and Kyrie be able to have a rapport to where they don't get in each other's way. It's not a you turn versus my turn. It's like us together.

They flow together. They've had great role play from other guys because they trust and pass to their teammates, PJ Washington, Derek Jones, Gafford, all these guys that come into the mix. And now we're seeing this team. I mean, look at that left-hand floater. It's just ridiculous. They've just really found to groove. I mean, look at that left-hand floater. It's just ridiculous. They've just really found to groove.

I mean, look at this dude, man. Just turn, fade away, 6'5", 6'6". He's about like 235. Just hitting you in the post. Kyrie, I mean, look at these shots they're hitting, man. These are tough shots, bro. Like, I don't know any other dude in the league that can just hit those consistently. And then they both can pass.

They are the most exciting duo in basketball right now. But they're going against the most successful duo they're going against brown and tatum these guys have been to this dance a couple times already they've won the conference finals they've gone to the finals this is why i love this setup you've got two duos battling out i think for the best duo in the league you got kairi and luca going against the two best perimeter defenders in the league, Drew Holiday and Derek White. I mean, in terms of a guard showdown, this is about as best case scenario as it gets. And we have the drama of the Kyrie-Boston return. We can highlight all these things and stir something up here.

Yeah, and also, when Tatum gets going, he's a sideshow to watch. Yes. Because he's so big. And the things he does is phenomenal. We watch it up close and personal. I was watching him warm up, and I'm like, that's an avatar. That is. He's so big.

I don't think people fully comprehend that. So he gets going. Lucas must see with a ball. Kyrie's must see with a ball in his hands. It's like, okay, all of a sudden, the NBA Finals. Yeah, Tatum's going bananas. Peyton Pritchard's in there. are, yeah, Tatum's going bananas. Peyton Pritchard's in there, hey.

Oh yeah, Peyton Pritchard. Hey, come on. Hanging around. Hey, so you guys just did milk. You guys just say milk check in the middle of games and like, yeah, TJ, you got Peyton Pritchard. Whatever he could, you guys just, you guys said over there. Is that just standard rules of operating procedure in the NBA now? Sometimes it's just

like size and simple as that, Pat. Don't it's just like size and simple as that, Pat. Don't do that. Like size and what else? Like size and position. Listen, I was a minority in my workplace for a long time. You're not anymore.

You're not anymore. We live in Indiana, Austin. We live in Indiana. I know. You got all your boys around you, but you got the one brother in the corner. Hold it down, brother. Hold it down. Watch your mouth. What are you talking about? We don't see that.

Watch your mouth. Yeah, what are you even talking about? I don't even know what that means. Listen, I'm half black, man. I'm Switzerland. I can say anything up here. You can't defeat me. I'm half white, half black.

They don't know what I am. People think I'm Puerto Rican when I walk around Florida. I got the curly hair. They don't know what I am. People think I'm Puerto Rican when I walk around Florida. I got the curly hair. They don't know what I am. I did hear the Puerto Rican thing on the internet. I did read that a couple different times. They say I look like Andrew Tate. They don't know what I am.

I did see the Andrew Tate conversation. They said, is Walmart Andrew Tate? I saw it because when he called me NASCAR L. Walmart. Jesus. Oh, great. What's the great story? What's the great story NASCAR, Ellen. Walmart. Jesus. Oh, great. What's a great store? Hey, hey, hey.

Hold the phone. Watch your mouth. Walmart's a great store, pal. I just said I love Walmart. I'm defending Walmart. Yeah, but you did. Are you kidding me? I love a little sponsor.

Amen. Amen. Hey, what they do with those prices. Oh, my God. Rollback? Oh, my God. Best in the business. The best ever.

You can get in there. Well, after seeing you with your dude wife shirt, I would love to have like a little Walmart shirt up here. Where's my sponsor? Well, see, that would be business that you would have to do, Austin. Yeah, I'm joking. I don't know. Yeah, okay. Yeah, all right.

Yeah, let's move along here with something you said that obviously stirred the entire world up is the, I can take 30 guys from the NBA and play in the NFL. You can't do that with any of those guys. You're just talking shit. And obviously it goes crazy. Did you see Luka and Travis Kelsey dab each other up this weekend? Did you see that? It was a good, it was a good, I love how we're coming together. I didn't want to spark

a wedge. I didn't want to get a wedge between us. There's enough love and respect between both groups. Incredible athleticism. We don't need to be attacking each other enough. People attack athletes, but great conversation for a good week. But Travis is a big son of a bitch, and Luka is a massive

dude. That's our point. Those are our point guards, Pat. We didn't even think about Luka could figure out how to play tackle, I would assume. Oh, wow. Didn't even think if Luka focused on being a left tackle, because of how, look how big, Travis is a big dude. Like, Travis, he could easily figure out how to play.

I'm almost coming to your side more and more. I love it. I love it. And listen, is it 30? I don't know. It could be 5. It could be 10. It could be 15.

I don't really know. I just know we have some guys I think could be serviceable. I don't think they would be Travis Kelsey or like Randy Moss. I just think we have a couple guys. Maybe with proper training, you could throw in the end zone. Maybe they can catch it and come down with it. Yeah, and we have some guys that could certainly cook you guys. No doubt.

I mean, I saw what T.J. McConnell just did. And T.J. McConnell, between the years, you know, he comes from a Hall of Fame basketball coach. He's his father. So that's a whole different level in this entire thing. High school basketball coach. He's been in the weeds of hoops his whole life. But it's like, we can figure out some corners who can go lockdown and do their thing.

And that's why the conversation was such a good one. That's why we appreciate you. That's why we appreciate you. They can just lock you guys down. Okay. Keep going. No problems at all. These guys put elbows in backs. I mean you guys down. Okay. Keep going. No problems at all. These guys put elbows in backs.

I mean, they're pesty. You know, they're talking junk. And the confidence never lost, ever. They'll put up a shot. They won't hit anything. Guess what? Next time down, they're getting that logo. That thing's coming up.

And that's the mentality you need to be in the NBA. Corners will be able to get over there, I think i i think personally would be our best at our best bet cooper gene yeah obviously that's right he gets in there he just dunks all over everybody but it was a beautiful conversation now let's get back to the conversation of a series that is still taking place even though you've already deemed it over because you can't wait to get to the nba finals this minnesota team was all the hype this was all the hype wasn This was all the hype, wasn't it? Everything. Ty has a question for you. Yeah, Austin, when you look at that series, going into it, everyone's talking

about Ant-Man being, hey, the next Michael Jordan, face of the league, etc., etc. And I know how incredibly well Carl Anthony Towns has shot this year, and Ant hasn't played great either, but it seems like he's just deferring to Carl Anthony Towns. Why haven't they changed anything? I mean, you're letting the guy go 4 of 40 from three and kind of just being like

well one of these games you know he'll hit he'll hit 50 of the threes he's taken that hasn't happened like obviously it's it's pretty much over now but like why haven't they made any adjustments to how they've been playing up until this point. They've kind of just let Carl Anthony Towns shoot them out of games. You know, it's so strange due to the fact that matchup-wise, I thought this team had the advantage with their size. You look at Rudy Gobert, Carl Towns, Nas Reed, the only big that Dallas even has is Gafford. So I thought from a size standpoint,

Carl would be able to get whatever he wanted off him. His jump shot wasn't falling. I don't understand why we can't get him in the paint. I would like Ant attacking more in the paint. They have struggled guarding the pick and roll. I mean, Luke and Kyrie are picking this team apart in the pick and roll. It's rough to watch. And then on offense, I don't know what happened to Ant's energy. I don't know if it's from guarding Kyrie. He just looks exhausted in a lot of these games. You know, I thought they were deeper.

They're bigger. They play, statistically, they're the best defensive team in the league up until this series, where Dallas was not that. They haven't been a good defensive team all season long. And now it's like the roles have just flipped. They're finding ways to pick on Rudy, which is weird because he's our defensive player of the year, and that's not a guy you're supposed to be picking on.

There's just a lot of dynamics to this series that I don't really understand. I had this series going Minnesota six, seven games, and here we are three games to zero, and Dallas is just really cruising by, outbeating this team, outworking this team. Luka and Kyrie are tearing them up. It's been weird to watch. I don't have an answer to that.

I wish it did. And Dallas is at home. In Texas hockey, Dallas Stars also rolling. It's like Dallas is alive right now, kind of a buzzsaw. Excited to see them keep it going. We appreciate the hell out of you, Austin. Great work today, Austin. The drama-free day.

I love it. Every once in a while, we just need to have some good healthy conversation, Pat. I don't like the intro, but we'll work on that. We'll get there. We will. We certainly will work on that. We is that crew there, not me. I can't do the intro for myself.

I think the intro is great. You said I say a lot is great. I don't really know. You said I say a lot of bullshit. Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb shit. Dumb shit. And then right after dumb shit, my face appears on your screen. Kind of blurry. It's not a good intro.

Yeah, but it's kind of blurry because like, wait, your camera's too good. You're like it. Well, that's because that's because I'm calling on a Zoom. That's because I'm calling on a FaceTime. All right, ladies and gentlemen, Austin Rivers. Thank you, Austin. Only one with that problem. Only one with that problem.

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Yeah! Joseph! How are you? Great to be here. Good to see you, Pat. Hey, great to see you. Congratulations. What a win. What? Hey!, Pat. Hey, great to see you. Congratulations. What a win. What? Hey, what a win, Joe.

That was awesome. I saw you afterwards, obviously, get out of the car, hop into the crowd. The boys are going to ask about that. We'll dive into a new tradition that you're starting after you win Indy 500s in a bit. But, like, the entire day, the rain delay, four and a half hours, 300,000 people staying. The start, the finish. Afterwards, you say, yeah, that's how you want to win it. How do you feel right now? Is the adrenaline dumped off or are you still riding to high, Joe?

Can you imagine that? There's so much to talk about on this event. You're a great Indiana man, Pat. You're a great sportsman. And you know what this race is all about in this city. It's a huge deal. I was shocked. We had a thunderstorm rolling, ripping through the city here, midday, right when this race

is supposed to go. And 340,000 people just toughed it out. And they just stuck around until we were four hours later. We're going to run this thing. I couldn't believe it. But I think it speaks volumes to what the Indianapolis 500 is and what it means to this community, the significance of the race. It was really cool.

I thought we were going to be running on Monday. I'm glad we got it in. And then it ended up being, I got to think, arguably one of the best Indy 500s we've ever had. I mean, the final part of this race was absolutely crazy. It was flat out. There wasn't any yellows. I mean, we were just fighting tooth and nail to the finish and, you know, timing just worked out for us. There's a lot of ways it could have gone, but I'm just, you know timing just worked out for us there's there's a lot of ways it could have gone um but i'm just fat i'm you know super glad it went our way yeah there was a tweet i think that put out like uh where the f1 racers started and where they remained throughout the entire race and then where the indycar started and where in the indycar it looks like a uh like just a child yeah basically drawing all over the place like, 20th was in 11th.

And then, yeah, here it is right here. This is literally F1. It's like, well, here's where it started. Here's where it finished. Here's where it started. Here's where it finished. This is the pinnacle. This is Monaco.

And then let's look at the Indy 500 that was delayed four and a half hours at speeds that are like 10% faster than what they're doing at the F1. 225, 230 miles an hour. It was like, it was what? Felt like you guys were all more aggressive. Is that accurate to say this year, the Indy 500 was more aggressive or why

do you think that was the case? I think it was the rain delay. You know, it was odd. Everybody was like pent up. They were ready to do this, you know, this moment. And that's, what's the weird thing about this race. You're here for basically three weeks prepping for this one day, this one moment where you got to get it right and you've spent all this time and energy and you put your heart and soul into it and so i think everybody was like heightened ready to go and then we just pulled back with the storm and then you know we weren't even sure if we were going to run and then it was like oh you know everything's clear everybody get back into the stand so i think everybody was just a little antsy to get racing and it was kind of nuts in the

beginning like people were wrecking like crazy. There was all sorts of yellows. Turn one. And once we got past halfway. Yeah, turn one was nasty. Everybody was getting into it there. But once we got past halfway, then it settled in and you could see, all right, now it's go time for everybody. Felt like a lot of racers I knew.

Felt like a lot of very talented drivers. And let's go into the final lap here. So, like, let's go, dude. White flag. You and Pato battling up at the front he takes the lead and then you you set him up for the move that you wanted to do or how did we get to the pass on the third turn that is going to be remembered forever in the history books of the indy 500 all right so how do i explain this i always want to use a football analogy for some reason with you but But you know what it's like? It's like you're in the fourth quarter, and it's a super close game,

and you're trying to manage the clock. And you're like, you don't want to pull the punch first. You don't want to score first and give him the back of the opportunity. And it's like Pato, when he passed me on the front straightaway, it's like he gave me the ball back with less than 30 seconds on the clock. Tom Brady gets the ball back, but Patrick Mahomes gets the ball back with like a minute left in the game. They're up four or something like that. You know what's going to take place.

That's kind of what happened? That's what it felt like. And look, there's no guarantees you're going to get it right. You can't fault Pato. He made his move at his time that he thought was right. And I was just trying to strike back. And I said, coming off turn two, I said, I cannot wait till turn four. I'm going to get a run here off of two and whatever type of run I get, whether it's good

or bad, I'm sticking with it. He chose the inside. I said, I'll take the outside. No problem. I don't know if this is going to work, but look, we're either going to win another race or we're going to end up in the wall. And I think at the Indy 500, that's almost how you have to approach it. If you really want to win this thing.

Yeah. You're going 223 miles an hour there around a bend. It's like this right next to a wall, obviously. We've seen what could happen in the past. Yeah, the mindset and the mentality is absolutely absurd. Did you know your car had enough? Did you feel like your car had enough all day to get a win? Oh, definitely.

I mean, for us at Team Penske, I mean, genuinely, this was a dream Indy 500 month. We locked out the front row. I know Scotty Mack was there talking to you guys a week ago after qualifying. It's unheard of in today's day and age. Everybody is too close. 20, 30 years ago, the separation on the field was much higher. You could build faster cars than your competitors and you could lock out the front row. Nowadays, there's so much parity, so much information flow that it's near impossible to do that with three cars in the same row. Nowadays, there's so much parody, so much information flow that it's near impossible to do that with three cars in the same team. So I knew we had a race winning car. It doesn't

guarantee a victory. It doesn't matter if you should win the race. It doesn't mean you're going to. So it just all fell our way, but we were definitely prepared this month. I was super proud to be a part of this team. As you should be. Ratings were through the roof. Congratulations to you all. I think the delay helped with ratings. I think the story kept getting told louder and louder on here. Still delay. Here's a video of kids racing in the middle of the rain. Kyle Larson, is he going to be able to make it to Charlotte? It's like the story

kept building throughout the day. I think it helped with the ratings. Obviously, taking out the blackout here in Indianapolis was nice for anybody that was doing daddy day care. This entire thing. Penske has been in 50, Indy 500. Team Penske, they've won 20 of them. Pretty good clip. Obviously, thank you. And this entire thing. Penske has been in 50 Indy 500s, Team Penske. They've won 20 of them. Pretty good.

Damn. Pretty good clip. Obviously, you're back-to-back. If you win next, you'll be the first ever to do three times in a row. F1 fan, Darius J. Butler has a question for you. Yeah, the monocle races sucked. That helped as well. But once you made that pass on Paddle,

is there like something with the driving, the position he's in, like dealing with dirty air once you make that pass? What is that? Does that mess up the engine? Does that mess up the speed? What's the effect on him being a second at that point? Yeah, it's a great question. That's exactly why it worked out. Because basically when I passed him into turn three, I cleared him at a perfect time. I basically cleared him at the apex, which is the center of the corner. And as soon as I, you you see once i clear him and i

start to come down he gets a he gets a immediate disturbance of air and that just washed him out you see all the momentum he lost yeah so he lost momentum at the exact wrong time and then i like i knew in the short shoot before you laid the banana on purpose right there you laid the banana on purpose and mario kart terms that's exactly what happened. It was like the perfect time. Wow. Joe, you're a stud. Yeah. All this is going on at 200-plus miles an hour while you've lost.

How much weight during this race do you know? This one wasn't bad. It wasn't hot. If it's a hot day, physical, you'll lose like seven, eight pounds. I probably didn't lose much that day, maybe only a pound. Okay. So you're sitting down, though. How long are you strapped in there for a race? How long was that? I don't know. 8,500 is

only two and a half, three hours, you know, 500 miles. It's our longest show. So then you get out and then you go through the cage like you did last year. And then you hop over this fence. Now, obviously it's tough to get out. That's a tight hole. Boys are jacked. Boys are jacked. Yeah, we fucking did it, dude. Yeah, we did. Hell yeah. And then I assume you made a deal with yourself that if you win again, you're going to do it again. Same exit, more smooth this time.

Your hop over this fence, right? Check out this hop. That's right out of a race car. I mean, what's going through your head here? And what are they saying to you? Can you hear them with the helmet on and everything? I mean, it turns scary very quickly when you get into this crowd because there's a lot of pressure that starts to build around you.

For me, I'm thinking I need to get out of this as quickly as possible, but it's the coolest. I mean, I know you know, Pat, you've been there. There's nothing like this crowd. You've got 340,000 people in one area. It's pretty nuts. Very electric. And I will say, the beginning of that, I hope people understood what happened.

We were like sports figures together. I was shoving my crew. I didn't mean it in a bad way. I was just so happy. I was like, I wanted to throw all these guys everywhere. It was so much fun. Nobody took it that way. You just won the Indy 500 again.

The entire team obviously does a lot of work. You going into the crowd is a nice tip of the cap to everybody. And also, there's a new – hey, all right, now that's where I cracked in there. I was just sitting down for four hours. And maybe the viewers – Well, I had a little arm check me there. I got to say a fan checked me. Oh, there's a Pato fan.

Say, you son of a bitch. Laying that banana. Now, we got about a minute and a half here before a hardato fan saying, you son of a bitch, laying that banana. Now, we've got about a minute and a half here before a hard out as we watch you celebrate. And obviously, Penske had some drama throughout this entire process, so big time get back. There's a new tradition happening in Indy. Go ahead, Con Man.

Yeah, Joseph, does this one feel more special because of the fact that the Indy 500 is now giving out sweet, sweet blue jackets to the winners of the Indy 500? And also, do you have two of them now, or do they just give you the one from last year now? Which the Masters does. Yeah, you only get one green jacket in Augusta, which is stupid. Whoa.

That's a great question. This is a brand-new tradition. This literally just happened. It was super cool. You see all the live winners of the race. They were there just a couple days before the event. We all got our jackets. We all had a photo on the yard of bricks with the live winners of the race. They were there just a couple of days before the event. We all got our jackets. We all had a photo on the yard of bricks with the BorgWarner trophy. I think you only check this out. It was so cool. I mean, you know, tip of the cap to Roger Penske.

You wanted to do this. And I think it's fitting for what this event is. It's over 100 years old. It's a very significant event. I think you only get the one, but you get it updated. So they put all they have your specific win photos lined in the jacket. It's got your name. It's super nice embroidery. So it was very cool to be able to rock that jacket. Hopefully they'll put your kid kissing the bricks alongside you and your bride. It was a beautiful day.

Congrats again, Joe. We appreciate the time. Thank you, guys. Take care. Hey, you could race an F1, right? Absolutely. Any of us could could we would rock it hell yeah that's right life is great i hope you had a fantastic memorial day hour two kicks off here with a saying that needs to be said more often, but it can only be said on one particular day.

There's 100 days till NFL football. Come on. Let's remember that. The Chiefs and the Ravens, 100 days from now, will be kicking off an NFL season that's going to be better than any NFL season that has ever happened in its history. Woo! Yeah! But until then, we're in the middle of

potential sweeping in the Eastern and Western Conference finals of the NBA's and the Eastern Conference and Western Conference finals of the NHL is heating up and racing is at an all-time high and there's people chasing cheese in Europe. There's Americans chasing cheese in Europe down hills. NC State girl

wins the cheese cup over in England. Obviously, we saw the documentary on this particular action before. There was a woman who was going on to be the greatest hill cheese chaser of all time. But she came out and said that she was on an immense amount of drugs while doing it. Her face is getting pummeled by the hill. Her ankles are being twisted. Her knees are getting torn up to do what to chase the cheese and win for the united states of america congratulations i show speed also ran in the

men's cheese chase down that particular hill he ended up in fourth place i don't know see the thing is to catch a cheese can you catch a cheese he who catches the cheese is the winner of the cheese race you see and i Show Speed decided to participate in this body-damaging, brutalizing trip down a hill in England. We're talking broken legs, concussions, arms, you name it. People getting fucked up on this hill. I Show Speed ended up in fourth place. We're proud of you, pal.

Way to go, Speed. Now, an Aussie wanted Aussie. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, oi, oi. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, oi, oi. Aussie. Oi. Aussie. Oi. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie. Oi, oi, oi. Congrats to him. What a win. What a win. America takes the women's one and Aussie takes the men's one. I show speed top five finish. That's for something we need to celebrate about and the NC State girl gets a dub for I show speed. Top five finish. That's something we need to celebrate about. The NC State girl gets a dub for all of us. That's awesome. That's the way you celebrate a long, extended weekend as we honor

the heroes of the past who helped create the country that we live in right now in this Memorial Day celebration. The talk today was here at Boston Corner at Ty Schmidt. One half of the hammer. Cowboys turn digits here. And nine-year NFL vet. Big Florida Panthers fan who are currently down 2-1. Uh-oh. Derek's J- turn digits here. And nine-year NFL Fed, big Florida Panthers fan who are currently down

two to one. Uh-oh. Derek's J-Ball is here. You're down bad now that I think about it. The Panthers are

down. G1's done. Yeah. No, G1's up. Another race, Max Verstappen didn't win, so that's a win for

the Spurs. What race you said? Did you say race? Another race. I don't know if that's the proper term in college.

Don't do it, Deepak. It's not a race, it's a cruise. Last week, Vanderstop wanted his pillow during the race. Last week, same time this time. It was more like a parade, wasn't it? I told you guys, the race is going to be... That's what it was, just a parade, like a band. You just walk a single file around the city, which is beautiful.

It is beautiful. They got tiny little roads. They're so beautiful. They got tight, real turns. How beautiful. Too tight. Oh, yeah. And the cars, you got the size of modern day Monaco's back in time. But that's the pinnacle of G1, turns. How beautiful. Too tight. Oh, yeah. And the cars, you got the size of, you know, modern day.

Monaco's back in time. But that's the pinnacle of G1, brother. That's the pinnacle of motorsport. Qualifying was great. And Leclerc got his first win at hometown. He got his first win in Monaco. Enough of this shit, dude. So.

Enough of this. You just got to come over. You move on to the next race. G1's down. The Panthers are down. But life is good because we're alive. We need to remember that. And if you're an IndyCar fan

or new to it I think what they got going on in Iowa is about to be insane two days back to back the Hy-Vee something I saw a commercial for it they got Luke Combs

Post Malone Kelsey Ballerina oh shit and Ballerini Jesus it's on me is it a super star?

I've heard the word Ballerina a lot more than I've heard Ballerina I do apologize. I do. Quick corrections. Journalism right there. Italian. You remember?

Yep. Thank you. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us live from Manatee, Ohio. The NASCAR IndyCar season is going to continue. It's really good. It will continue to be exactly like what you saw. And more super speedways because that's all I watch.

Big ovals. They don't run enough big ovals. They got a lot of street courses. I don't think it is. And they actually pass each other, though. Iowa is an all I watch. Big Oval. They don't run enough Big Ovals. They got a lot of street courses. I don't think it is. And they actually pass each other, though. Iowa is an oval as well. Okay, good. But they'll probably do street one day and then oval the next.

I would assume so. I don't know, though. It's good race time. It's good race time. And you'll get into it, obviously, just like you did the Indy 500. Joining us live from Manatee, Ohio, is a man whose highlights hit the Internet this weekend. And everybody was reminded, oh, this guy's a dog. Ladies and gentlemen, college football national champion super bowl champion rider cup winner

and a man is the current president of ohio aj hawk hey jay did you get to catch any of the racing uh that happened on sunday yeah uh you know i got to hear you guys kind of debate g1 versus indycar i mean we know the indy 500 it absolutely delivered now i came in with somewhat low expectations i'm not going to lie. And with all the buildup, with the delay and everything, I've got to give them credit, man. Also, like Joseph Newgarden, they should be trotting this guy out everywhere. He seems to be a great spokesman for the sport. And this whole, how this race ended, yeah, I guess this is why you watch IndyCar, right?

Because you want to see stuff like this happen. Bingo. Fastest speeds of any cars that are racing either. And they have action taking place. There was actually, I think, Joseph Newgarden last year. You know how they go deep down in there? That's so that nobody can get a slingshot engaged, get any drafting behind it. He almost ran somebody into a wall, I think, last year.

Cut off in front of a wall as he went on to win. So they actually banned that rule. So this move coming down in here couldn't go as far as he won a year ago. But still, the fact remains, wins back-to-back Indy 500s, he's going to go down forever. And if he wins another one in a row, which would be absurd, first time ever in the history of the Indy 500, but you're right. The fact of the matter is, he's a handsome dude.

He has a great personality. And he's a dog behind the wheel. And he's with a team that I think has it figured out pretty good. Now, that Penske team was the team that i think hasn't figured out pretty good now that penske team was the team that was getting attacked just a few weeks ago i think that's right he got a win taken away didn't he yeah scott also talked about it as well i mean in the penske team uh roger penske owns the indianapolis motor speedway now he bought it uh from the holman family holman george family i do believe sold it he owns it so he's a massive piece of the entire story

so for his team to go on like a revenge tour after everybody said, oh, you guys are going to cheat to win and then win in clean sleep, it's like we've got a good story going on about a potential dynasty taking place in IndyCar all of a sudden. Did you hear, because I heard about it this morning, that the show and more specifically Ty Schmidt made an appearance at the Snake Pit? Oh, yeah. So at the Snake Pit, we ended up going to the Indy 500.

Snake Pit is turn three. Yeah, Snake Pit's like turn three, basically like a festival. Like you just mentioned it, Iowa, Luke Combs, all those guys. They do that at the 500, but just with DJs. And it's a huge set, the whole thing. Timmy Trumpets, who we listen to every morning, was kicking it off at 8 o'clock. So obviously we said, you know what, we'll stop by Timmy trumpets and then we'll leave as we're leaving Timmy

trumpets. I forget who the next DJ is. DJ leads his set off with the clip of Ty saying the Indy 500 sucks. I'm not kidding. We turn around. Your face is on the massive screen talking about the Indy 500. And then you hear Ty come through the background saying that it sucks.

Then this guy immediately just goes, fuck that! The Indy 500 is the best event of the year! Everyone starts going nuts. I had no idea. Basically in Ty Schmidt's face. I completely forgot to tell the story again. Ty, what a performance.

I was going to say that, you know what? And that guy, you're welcome. Because guess what? You don't get to have that moment if I don't ever say that. So I'm glad I could help start his set, you know, and get however many people in the snake pit, you know. They showed local news. They showed a sky cam of snake pit.

It was, you know, like 738, whatever it was. Yeah. It's just a sea of humans. It was just a sea of humans out there. It's like there there's nothing like it people are rolling in there 6 a.m they fire a cannon and it's like all right gates are open and you got people cars humans bodies getting carried in from the night before i mean it is it's like is it like people taking their clothes off and dancing all over the place like uh was that talladega For like three, four days, though, because they're staying in a Coke lot that's right next to it.

Shenanigans. They're living there. A Coke like Coca-Cola? Yes, not cocaine. It is not a cocaine lot. That's illegal. Probably find some there. You can make some for four days.

It might help. I don't know how much they're sleeping, but nowadays cocaine is too much. can't do it kids don't do it like that's the you don't know what's in there i actually gave this speech to somebody this weekend i forget who it was we were chit-chatting about the old days and i was like yeah back in the old days you were like kids don't do drugs you know because it's not good for your future now the message is like kids yeah you can't do drugs you'll die yeah so like sorry about about it. Might have been to the Fairfield, guys. Maybe. But it's just a vastly different time.

So let's assume that the coke lot is only drinking Coca-Colas and beers. That's all, you know, like, which every human needs to be doing. But, yeah, as soon as that cannon goes off, these people just, they, like, rise up from the dead. And then it's just, like, pilgrimage into the snake pit pretty much. And then Timmy Trump, it's job is to wake them up. And then they're going from then until 445 start of the race. You know, no chance. I was talking to a guy who was part of running the security there,

and they were super worried about the rain because the rain stops the race. The rain does not stop the snake pit. So, like, oh, everyone from the stands is going to know now, just try to go into the snake pit. Real issues. I mean, Trumpets ended his set by smashing, like, a one-liter bottle of Grey Goose off his head. Phenomenal.

One of the greatest things I've ever seen in my life. One of the cleanest. Right over his skull. So it was a gimm liter bottle of Grey Goose off his head. Phenomenal. One of the greatest things I've ever seen in my life. One of the cleanest breaks. Right over his skull. So it was a gimmick bottle. Maybe, but I mean, Trumpets. Trumpets. No. What if he knocks himself out cold? Dude, Trumpets is stacked. He's on this guy's shoulders. It was

phenomenal. What a show. What a time. Anyways, that's the Indy 500. It's once a year. Next year, we'll remember that we need to talk about it more going into it, maybe. I feel like we covered pretty good. It was like two and a half days beforehand. Now afterwards. We did have McGee.

McGee was great coverage. McGee was at the game on Saturday night. McGee was with Kyle Larson all day Sunday. Obviously, Kyle Larson isn't thrilled with how his entire day went. But, I mean, weather's going to get you. There's nothing you can do about it. He's going to try to get an extra. We'll see if the NASCAR folks allow him.

I think that is kind of a part of the thing that I watch because he did the Indy 500, but he missed the only racing that was a NASCAR because of a rain delay and then a cancellation. What a shit show. But what isn't a shit show is that the New York Rangers are up 2-1 over the Florida Panthers. Big game tonight. Joining us is not only a Rangers legend, but obviously a hockey icon. The Copton.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Messier. Yeah, Moose. Good to see you. Good to see everybody. It sounds like I've got to get to the snake pit. Moose, have you ever been to the Indy 500? I have never been to the Indy 500. As you know, I played for Indianapolis Racers when I was 17 years old

and went back in the WHA, so I know Indianapolis. What year was that for the WHA? That was the last year. It was 78, 79, and I told you before, I think, but I'm the youngest player to ever fold two franchises at 17 years old. The Cincinnati Stingers and the Indianapolis Racers. That was just by happenstance. Obviously, it was not because of you, but

1978, if you were to look up photos of the Snake Pit from then, what was happening in turn three, if your 17-year-old Mark Messier would have wandered in there, I don't know if you have the hockey career that you have. I'm thankful that you've never been over there i fell into a few snake pits over my career moose that feels like a part of the hockey culture is that an accurate thing i think

the hockey culture does like to have a good time are the guys modern day still doing that you think well i i think i think they probably are and i think it's all part of it i think you know you look at a when we're 17 18 19 20 years old uh playing a professional sport traveling around the world of course we're gonna have a good time and if you're not having a good time there's something wrong uh you know you're doing something that you love uh you're you're traveling you're exploring new cities seeing the world uh it was a it was amazing time, and the players should be having a good time. But at the same time, making sure that they're committed and ready to play to the best of their ability.

Yeah, you've got to keep the main thing the main thing, for sure. I think everybody has kind of heard that quote, which is very real. And people should do that, take that into life, too, not just sports. Like, hey, you've got to make sure that the thing that's making sure everything else is happening maintains. And then we can get into the ancillary. Nobody did that better than Wayne Gretzky. His focus was unparalleled in sports. Certainly when we're younger, I mean, we're eight days apart. Wayne's focus was so far ahead of mine at an early age. He was thinking about what he was going to do from game to game and how many goals and assists he was going to score

and how we're going to win the game. And I was thinking about where we're going to go after the game. Hey, you need both of those. You need both of those on a team. And obviously, you getting to learn from Wayno obviously goes on to propel you to the incredible career that you had. But I heard a story, and I mean, I guess since we're in the vein of having good times and stuff like that. Now, I have a story where in my life I took shrooms in college,

and it changed my perspective on how I was going to focus on football that night. It actually did. Force shoot, it happened. My college roommates were there. It was in the college house. Had great, deep conversations with them. Saw things differently. I don't want to say enlightened, but it did flip a switch for me. I stuck with it. The next day, I woke up all the way through. I think without it,

obviously, I made a lot of mistakes post then. Without it, I don't think that I have the mindset to go on to be who I am. I heard there's a similar story about you. Is that accurate and true? It is true. As an athlete, we spend probably 95% or 99% of our time on our bodies. And back then, not a lot on our minds. It gave me the ability to look at a bigger picture, a vastness that is out there. As you know, we're only utilizing a small portion of the power that we have in our brains. And I was thinking that if I'm going to spend 95% working out of the gym, how can I become a better player? How can I understand the game better? How can I become a better pro? And by using my mind better, be tougher mentally. And to your point,

I think enlightenment is a good word for it. It gave me a better perspective. It gave me some humility. And it just gave me a better perspective of the whole experience that I was in in the professional sports. It made me focus more. And probably more than anything, all the possibilities that were out there. It worked for me. And it was something that I don't regret. And, um, uh, wow. What, what an experience to your point. Yeah. And we won't, it's not for everybody, obviously nothing in this world is for everybody, but for me, I had just, I mean, I had the worst performance of my life at the biggest, most inopportune time.

And I had a lot of people telling me that I shouldn't exist. And there was moments where I was like, yeah, I feel the same way. Was there something that happened to you? When did you end up doing it? This was back on a trip to Barbados back in the early 80s. I was, I like to travel. I like to experience new things that different cultures different spiritualities different religions traveling the world doing it this was an opportunity that came about i didn't

know much about it to be honest with you i died i was only 18 or 19 years old at the time and but the perspective that it gave me that i wanted to i never wanted to get beat in the mental game. I wanted to become ironclad in that regard. This gave me an opportunity to think that my mind, I could expand my mind, I could become more understanding, more humility, more gratitude to the people that are around me, and maybe a better leader actually in some regards uh later on in my career uh because of it as well so what you guys do you guys grind it up put in peanut butter you put on peanut butter sandwiches what you do well if we want to get it if we want to get in the granular level no we went out and actually picked picked them out of the field took

them home and uh boiled uh boiled some tea. Okay, we did the tea. I thought you just went straight shit. Unbelievable. Those things do not taste great, obviously, but for some people, you know... Well, the fact is, and of course, it wasn't measured, and obviously we overindulged, and so that was a whole other experience. Yeah, just like

the friend that makes you the weed brownies. How much is in this? Oh, it should be about 10 milligrams. Perfect. Oh, that was a 75-mile-an-hour fastball right there. Oh, I'm in the couch. Okay, sweet. Thanks, bud. Now I've got to relive my entire life.

Go ahead, AJ. Hey, thank you for sharing that, Moose. Thank you, Moose. No problem. Go ahead, AJ. I do appreciate that. Now, getting onto the ice now with the Rangers, I'm curious about overtime

and why the Rangers have been successful in overtime. How does the game change, especially in the playoffs? And we know how much is on the line. What have the Rangers done, I guess, when it matters the most? Like these guys seem to step up. They do. And I think it starts in goal. I think they got so much confidence in their goaltender that they're not worried about making a mistake.

And when they do make a mistake, he's there to cover it up. So I think it really does start in goal with Shosturkin, not only for in overtime, but for their overall game. The Rangers are a high-octane offense. They obviously have a tremendous power play. They're good off the rush. They've got some dynamic players. And when you give them open ice, they can take advantage of it.

Going into overtime, you can't be afraid of the moment. You can't play with fear of losing. You have to be on your toes. You've got to be over your stick, as we say, and take the game to the opponent if possible. And I think the Rangers have some game breakers. You know, you think about the guys that put up big numbers during the regular season. But what's incredible about the playoffs, and I say this all the time, is that anybody on the team at any moment can become a hero.

And we're looking at a guy like Goudreau this year that, you know, as a Stanley Cup winner, character guy, does all the little things so well during the regular season. Doesn't get a lot of notice from it because, you know, he's not putting up big numbers. But I'll tell you what, you put that guy in the playoffs his habits are unreal everything he does he's always on the right side of the puck he can play him in any situation he's tough he's character he sticks up for his teammates and sure enough he coming to the playoffs now he's got he's got more goals in the playoffs and already than he did all year uh just goes to show you what kind of player can be so effective in the playoffs. And, of course, last game, Wenberg scoring a big goal.

They've got a lot of guys that can get to the middle. And as we've seen, most of the goals that are scored are right in front of the net. And that's where those last games, the overtime goal was scored with a deflection in front. Yeah, but Moose, you guys got to see on a sweater who's chicken-winging Jaws. Whoa. You got guys chicken-winging Jaws, Moose, you guys got a C on a sweater who's chicken-winging Jaws. You got guys chicken-winging Jaws, Moose. We got, you know, I know he got fined $5,000, and Florida Panthers skipper said if we could pass around a hat to collect some money so that he can eat and feed his family after the $5,000 fine for this.

It became a four-minute, I believe, penalty here, and there's obviously a lot of different takes on this. This is just Trouba Hockey. Like, this is just who he is. Even, like, with the C, penalty here, and there's obviously a lot of different takes on this. This is just Trouba hockey? Like, this is just who he is? Even, like, with the C on his chest, is there a difference? Like, do you view it differently? Or what are your thoughts on this play and then his play as a whole for the New York Rangers?

Well, he only got called for two minutes for elbowing on this play. The other infraction was, I can't remember exactly what it was. But look, I think Jacob Trouba is a hard-nosed hockey player. He's a throwback from back in the 60s, 70s, when the game was his toughest. He's a guy that when you're on the ice, you have to keep your head up. He's a punishing player.

But more importantly than that, he's an incredible leader. And I don't know if you guys know Jacob or got to know Jacob at any time over your time on the air and all that, but very conscientious guy, very smart guy. Got awarded the captaincy of the New York Rangers

and took up the heart. He did a lot of reading. He did a lot of speaking to people in the leadership community. And, you know, the Rangers have gone on to have a historic season this year. And it doesn't happen without great leadership, in my opinion. And of course, he's got help in the leadership aspect, but someone has to take the charge and the leadership um address room and uh jacob has done that in my opinion now i think he did get lucky in that play uh that he didn't make direct contact uh yeah uh would they had it would have been a different story uh all this gets reviewed

the nhl reviews it the people in toronto it. They deemed it was not a major penalty. We can debate all day long whether it was or wasn't. It was a dirty check. And if he would have made direct contact, my guess is it probably would have been a different outcome. But I would tell Jacob myself, don't stop playing the way you play. He's effective the way he plays the game. And he gets the other team's attention for sure.

Yeah, certainly. Remember, he was the one that Swan dived into the boards. Yes, against Carolina. Yeah, yeah. Almost cut that guy's head off. Yeah, and I believe Moose came in and said, hey, don't change the way you – now, if he hits there, different story.

Yeah, PK said the same exact thing. It's kind of – Jacob Truba also the winner of the Mark Messier Leadership Award this year. There you go. That'll be most. There you go. That'll be most. You know, captainship, you got to do what you got to do.

Now, let's talk about that game, though. Tone has a question for you about a stat. Yeah, Moose, every single game I've ever been to, all the crowd says is, you know, shoot the puck. Okay, puck's on net. is, you know, when they shoot the puck, okay, pucks on net. The Panthers had 108 shot attempts in that game against the Rangers, who had 44.

Is there a difference between pucks on net versus good pucks on net, and how do you kind of toe that line as far as when to shoot the puck? Well, that's a great question, and I saw Paul Maurice being interviewed this morning about that. And he said himself that he would have liked to have seen them hold the puck a little bit longer and create better openings. Sometimes it's very hard to get even the puck. You think it's easy to get a shot on net, but players are taught to get in shooting lanes. And I don't know how many blocks shot blocks were totaled in the whole entire game. But I imagine there's a lot, a lot of those shot attempts missed the net as well because the guys are in the lanes.

But it's a different philosophy from team to team to player to player. I know nowadays they like to get the goalie moving east to west, so they hang on to it and wait for that extra. Some teams wait for an extra or better opportunity to get the goalie out of position. Carolina was a high shot attempt team. They like to get a lot of rubber out the net. So it really kind of gets down to a certain philosophy that you think of

and the way you want to play the game. But I think that was a lot of shot attempts. If you watch the game, the Panthers dominated the Rangers for long periods, and that's why the shot attempts were so high. They hemmed the Rangers into their own zone for minutes at a time. And the Rangers, in my opinion, they got lucky to win that game. Shusterkin played the kind of game that you would want your goaltender to play at that particular time.

You're not going to play great every game for two months. You are going to have some games where you don't have your legs or you make mistakes, but when that happens, you want to have your goaltender bail you out, and he certainly did in game three. Yeah, he was stopping a lot of rubber, wasn't he? He was a lot of rubber on net. A lot of rubber on net.

It's got to be good rubber on net, it sounds like. Well, yeah. I mean, some teams just like toss was a lot of rubber on net. A lot of rubber on net. It's got to be good rubber on net, it sounds like. Well, yeah. I mean, some teams just like tossing a lot of rubber to the net. Some teams just like dumping rubber. Shoot it. It's a good move. They just dump rubber on the net, don't they? Oh, yeah.

All the time. These teams dump in rubber. Have to. How about a guy who's really good with the rubber? You know what I mean? He almost burns up the ice with the rubber. Oh, yeah. Connor's got a question for you, Moose.

Yeah, Moose. What's going on here in the Oilers-Panthers series? Do we think the Oilers are cooked, or is there always a chance? Stars. What's that? I think the Stars are a tremendous hockey team. They're probably one of the better teams that

are playing in the National Hockey League throughout the playoffs so far. They've got a lot of depth. They got a great blend of youth and experience and veteran guys. And they're getting a lot of mileage out of their young guys. And I think that, and then on top of that,

they got a goaltender that's world-class. And they're unbelievably well-coached. They're so patient the way they play. They never get rattled in the game. We saw last night they get down 2-0 in the game. And they just kept playing their game, methodically start to take the game away from the oilers and um they are a tremendous tremendous team right now they skate well but i think most importantly they got some obviously some great young talent and some great veterans uh leadership with jamie ben and and joe pavelski but I think the way they play the game as a team,

in all three zones, the way they forecheck, they're very tight to the neutral zone. They got one of the most dynamic defensemen in Miro Huskinen, an incredible skater. He's able to match the speed of Connor McDavid at times on the ice with like no other defenseman can in the league, maybe Makar. So they got a lot going for them. This is going to be a tough series for the Oilers. The Oilers are playing well in the first three games, but that was a tough one for them to lose last night when they got up 2-0

and then lost the lead. Yeah, and the thing about it is McDavid has a lot of pressure on him. Oh, yeah. Literally has a lot of pressure on him, which Ty, leads to a question for Ty. Yeah, Moose, when it comes to McDavid and the Oilers, the kind of narrative all season was, hey, McDavid's got to win one this year.

With how good he is and how everyone talks about he's the face of the NHL, he's the best player in hockey. And with all that, you know, kind of weight on his shoulders do you agree with that narrative do you think this is their best chance to win this year and also is it one of those things where he may he might not take as much of the heat because in these games where they lose it's pretty obvious that they don't have that kind of top end goaltending that you do need to win a stanley cup well there's no excuses uh in the end and nobody really cares about the excuses of why he didn't win um you know connor's going into his ninth year i think um if i'm not mistaken

and um i think every player obviously um is going to be judged on whether they win a stanley cup you look at the super bowl quarterbacks they, they're in a different conversation than every other quarterback that played in the league. They have the quarterbacks club because of it. And I think if you look at all the great players that have played the game and put up incredible numbers individually, statistically, the one thing that some of them never had the opportunity to do is win a Stanley Cup.

And I think for Connor, my guess is that he's at the point of his career now where nothing else matters. Unfortunately, in our sport, in most sports, especially in hockey, because the best player can only be on the ice less than half, almost maybe, maybe, maybe a little less than 40, 40 percent of the time of the game. So they don't, they can't have as big an impact individually on the game as some other sports. So you're really at the mercy of the people around you. The dedication on and off the ice. Winning doesn't happen by accident. It's a way of life. It's a journey. It's a process to

learn how to win. And you have to do it collectively as a team. One individual can't want to need to win and want to win and then have four or five guys on the team that don't want it as much. Everybody on the team has to want it just as bad. And I think to your point and to your question, I think from my perspective, this is Edmonton's best chance since Connor's been there. He's, he's surrounded with a little more depth than he has in the past. The defense is a little bit better, bigger, stronger than it has in the past. And, and they're counting on Skinner to make the saves. And so far,

look at there's four teams left and out of 32. So they're doing something right and they have an opportunity to to go to the stanley cup finals and if they do they're going to earn it against a very strong dallas stars team no there's four teams left but only one team wins everybody else needs uh blow it up that's right start it over i don't know if that's how hockey is but it is every other sport moose we appreciate the hell out of you for joining us, man. Always great talking to you guys. Thanks for having me on.

Hey, that Game 7, right? We got a doc coming? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. In October, yeah. We bought all the rights to Game 7 and all the trademarks and branding. So we're doing a docuseries with Amazon that will be with Connor Schell, who did Last Dance and Words and Pictures. And we're so excited about it.

And, of course, the 94 Rangers are one of those. And the Cubs Indians and a few others. It's going to be an amazing docuseries. Hey, we can't wait to watch it. Can't wait to watch it. Ladies and gentlemen, Marc Messier. Yeah. That's good business getting the Game 7 patent in charge.

Oh, yeah. Very. I don't know how. That had to be a pretty. Can't be cheap. Hefty. Oh, yeah. You just I don't know how. That had to be a pretty... Can't be cheap. Half-key. Oh, yeah. You just get all of them?

How's that up, I wonder? Yeah. How is that available? Well, Terrence Howard got his taken from him, right? His patents. I think he... He released them. That's different.

He did probably. No, I don't know. He released them for the good of the world. They were actually doing best of five series, and Terrence Howard was like there's gonna be a seven coming soon because there's no strength and he said and then what is game five then if it's a seven games oh it's game seven so if we go from the sixth dimension yep yeah game seven is the new game five in just a matter of time yeah and then he was born. And then he was born. Yeah, you're right. He was making that decision in the womb. Yeah, when he was in the palace.

How about him saying that? Nuts. And I believe him. I don't know if that's crazy, but I believe him. Right there with you, Carter. Yeah, me too. You wouldn't lie. Sure. I think he believes it. He believes it. Absolutely. I think he believes it. Have you seen any physicists? That do I. That's his truth.

Have any physicists come out and talked about his flower of life that he is? We got to pretend like we believe other bullshit people say every day. Every day. True. True people say. I'll say this. I don't know if he's right, but I have yet to see, you know, like a large community of people that would know come out and say, this guy's full of shit.

Yeah. I have no idea. You know, I feel like we've been, our algos have been attacked by Terrence Howard. Go ahead. You saw one? I'm just now recalling, allegedly Neil deGrasse Tyson reached out to Terrence Howard

a little while back to have him on. Did he say, hey, this is my gimmick? Yeah, to have him on. Is that a gimmick infringement? He didn't say that. In response, Terrence Howard said, I would love to come on and actually talk about those fuel things that he was building that would get rid of cranes. And he also sent him.

Oh, the drones. Yes, the drone. He had an eight sided drone that had no pull, like, you know, no propulsion. So, like, you know, we see like these UFO videos and they're like they're able to move with no propulsion. So we see these UFO videos and they're able to move with no propulsion. There's no engine seemingly pushing it. It seemingly acts with no gravity. It's like the propeller thing that he put together, the drone. It's like, oh, that would be how that would work.

And I was like, damn, okay, all of a sudden. And he's got 3D. Like when HGTV does a house flip and they got a 3D. His company is helping build it, but he sent Neil deGrasse Tyson something that was a 36-page report on why one times one actually equals two. And Neil deGrasse Tyson basically responded like,

all right, never mind. I don't want you to come. I don't want to talk to you anymore. Oh, he was done with it? Yeah, Neil deGrasse Tyson was like, all right, I'm done with this. He's like, yeah, we're supposed to question everything, but not everything has to be questions that were Neil sent out. Yeah, that's what it felt like. Why did he was done with it? Yeah, Neil deGrasse Tyson was like, alright, I'm done with this. He's like, yeah, we're supposed to question everything, but not everything has to be questions that were Neil's answer.

Yeah, that's what it felt like. Why did he land on cranes? Why was he just like, you know what? We need to change everything that there is humanly possible known about cranes. I need to change it right now. I'm sick and tired of seeing these cranes. What purpose did these cranes have? Well, maybe just one day

he was sitting on a bridge. Could have been. And he sees this crane come by. I'm sick of tired of seeing these cranes. What purpose did these cranes have? Well, maybe just one day he was sitting on a bridge. Could have been. And he sees this crane come by. I'm sick of him. Yeah. I can make this so much better. And I'm going to. Think about it.

I saw an interview you did on a red carpet. Oh, yeah. Yep. Where you just talked about if you knew that everything that everybody's ever been taught about anything was wrong and you were wasting your life acting for 30 years, how would you be able to sleep at night pretty much? The guy interviewing him. Okay, just settle up there.

Sounds good. A lot of bold statements. I love a question. Who are you wearing tonight? That was local news. He's been trying to tell us for years though, man. He's been doing this for a long time and I guess Rogan's the platform that finally kind of pushed it. Well, Terrence, start looking at sports.

How can we get a little tail on the puck again? Not too big. Pigs get fed. Hogs get slaughtered. The little tail on the puck. He has the patent. The patent probably ran out. He didn't pay the fees. Maybe

he has the long tail on the puck that they did. Could be. But we just need a little tail, just a tiny little tail against that bright white ice where people can maybe see where the hell the rubber is. Where is it? That could help some people. It could. You know, because, oh, it's exciting.

It's us. Goal. Okay, where was the puck? And then they do a replay. Slow. Whoa. That was pretty sweet. Looking at the wrong spot. That touched six people's sticks. Saw the net move.

Just a little tail. Not too big. Just a little tail. He'll figure it out. You know he's got this. Let's talk about some things happening around the NFL. Tom Pelissero says that the NFLPA is proposing a change in the NFL schedule. Basically saying we want a lead-up ramp-up period before training camp as opposed to these OTAs and then these off-season conditioning programs that take place.

And then there's like a month and a half off, and then you get right back into training camp, full speed, like a weekend. Something similar to this took place during COVID. And Aaron Rodgers came on our show during that and was like, I love it. That's the best my arm has ever felt. Because during the OTAs, you're throwing, and then you have a month and a half where you kind of take a break naturally, but you're getting your own workout in.

And then you get dropped right into training camp. And okay, you got three weeks to get back into regular season form. With COVID, because they had to delay some shit and figure some shit out, they did an extended ramp up that basically seemingly makes sense scientifically for bodies.

Now there's a lot of ancillary shit that we have to talk about with this particular decision. D-Butt talked about this as soon as it was brought up. Young guys probably, probably in a bad spot here because they don't get around OGs or team until right before training camp. That's certainly something that's going to get brought to the table. Yeah.

I hate this, this, this change that they're proposing, at least. And like Aaron, obviously he's a guy that doesn't necessarily need OTAs, especially being with Green Bay for so long, knows the system inside and out, can pretty much teach the coaches the system. But for most players, and honestly a lot of these young coaches too, like this is the first time a lot of these young guys are around vets.

You see how they go about meetings. You see them taking notes. You go through walkthroughs, installs. You have all these these different things and like time off is cool and i feel like you know the union that's always kind of like a trade-off oh we got more time off but like if you're a player you got a small window to like you know make your money make your impact on the team learn plays and then apply them to the field so like you mentioned earlier the main thing is the main thing like football is the main thing like what else are you prioritizing, even in the offseason? You're like, you're season over in January for half the league, early February, you know, Valentine's Day pretty much for the champs. You got a couple months off, OTA starting, and you got that month and a half break where you can take another trip or do whatever and then come back into the training camp and be ready.

Now I just feel like that longer time off and now you're showing up a couple weeks before training camp. So now already long season will now be even longer like it's just a i feel like a bad mix i don't know why it's even been proposed but you know people always you know trying to you know figure out things i don't think necessarily need to be figured out i was not a part of bingo if it's not broke uh you don't have to fix it all the time but like i think with that covid thing the way they did it and aj you might know more than me, because obviously you and Aaron were just hanging out like a week ago, and I assume you guys chat every single day.

Was Aaron the norm with how everybody else felt going into season? Like body felt better than ever, in best shape going into camp? And is that because some guys can't handle the away time to get themselves in shape for camp, so the OTAs are basically serving as like, hey, this is pretty much what you need to do to be in shape for camp. So the OTAs are basically serving as like, hey, this is pretty much what you need to do to be in shape for camp. Do you think that's the case? Yeah, I'm not sure exactly how everybody feels, but I know when people have that extended period time off and, you know, the lockout situation and we went to camp right like July 31st,

August 1st, whenever it was, bam, we all just went straight to camp. No real ramp up. That was unbelievable. Everyone actually seemed to love that. When you like d-butt said though the younger player thing i 100 agree i i remember i got drafted in four days later because mike mccarthy it was his first year we had a full team veteran mini camp not just a rookie camp so i'm lining up trying to jam donald driver in the slot 15 yards downfield he's yelling at me gets away it's in college you can't do this so i know though just from taking part now like two-day mini camp being around the dudes like all Jammed Donald Driver in the slot 15 yards downfield, and he's yelling at me, hey, this isn't college, you can't do this. So I know, though, just from taking part in that two-day minicamp, being around the dudes, all the guys,

already made me a thousand times more comfortable when I came back to work in OTAs with them. Maybe they'll do something. Yeah. You know, round-the-clock. Two weeks on, two weeks off, I don't know. Actually, I don't know. This proposal, I wonder if they're just trying to figure out what the answer is for offseason.

I haven't heard a lot of people bitching about this offseason. Have we? No. Not at all. I mean, T. Higgins, Jamar Chase not there in Cincinnati, so that's obviously big storyline because they would like to have contracts done. And I guess with where the time is right now, with when contracts have to be done by for the regular season,

I guess these types of situations do boil in the offseason where guys aren't there at voluntary stuff because they're in the middle of contract disputes or OGs aren't at the voluntary stuff because they have the same offense coordinator. They've been there. They're having a little bit more offseason. But it doesn't sound like anybody's really bitching right now.

Because it's not hard. You know what I mean? You show up there for a few hours, you work out, you practice, you meet, and then you pretty much have the rest of the day. Now, if your team is in a city that sucks and you're away from your home in Phoenix oroenix or miami or somewhere like that la that that may suck but on the the work part of it and you're getting used to the different guys like

you know i forgot who we had on but they were like yeah every every player is here like every person is in attendance uh you know packers one of the teams that went deep to the playoffs and like that's typically how it is and if you have have to miss, it's not a big deal. Like, hey, my daughter got a graduation or my son got this. Like, I won't be here for a couple days. It's pretty cool. But, you know, I'm sure they'll figure it out and make it work. But with this longer season coming, which we all know it is,

that would really, really suck to be, you know, everything just rolls kind of into one until 18-game season. Yeah, having five months off or four and a half months off and then, like, six and a half or whatever it is straight would be an interesting – guys handling their free time. Got to be a pro. Like that's the true test. Hey, you're a pro now.

It's on you. Yeah. I mean, mine was in season. You can imagine how they all – Oh, yeah, I couldn't even. But like now with all the Rasheed Rice stuff, it kind of hammers it home even more. It's like, hey, this guy probably should be in Kansas City getting ready,

but he's back in Dallas or wherever around a bunch of his boys and getting in trouble constantly. You've got to be a pro. To that point, you've got to be a pro. It's on you. And I would tell all the young guys out there, hey, I'm a firm believer in the buddy system. Get your buddy.

I had a buddy every offseason. Me and my guy, Tavon Branch, we would live together, live close to each other, and that was the guy. We were working out. We had our workouts. We had our shit.

And if it was a day where I felt like bullshit, he'll hit me. Hey, let's go. We got to go do this and vice versa. So I firmly believe in that buddy system for sure. A count of bill of buddies. Hell yeah. You need a count of bill of buddies.

Always got to have a count of bill of buddies. You know who hasn't had a count of bill of buddies in a long time? Who's that? Angel Hernandez. Retiring from umpiring in Major League Baseball. I guess he has umped his final game. We will never see him behind a plate ever again unless he's working for the Savannah Bananas.

So, overrun for Angel Hernandez. I'll tell you what. Not a single compliment was given to this man. Not one. Whenever his retirement was announced. And normally highlights will be given of people after they retire. And after Angel's announcement of his retirement, it was all lowlights. This guy called this strike. He called this strike.

Look at this bullshit. Yep, called that one too. And then a lot of clips of players and managers and even wrestling Hall of Famers, Mongo McMichael, just saying this guy sucks at his job. It was a tough retirement announcement. I don't think it went how Angel Hernandez could have expected it to go, but baseball is going to miss him, I think, because certainly a topic of conversation whenever the game is getting boring

is how ass this guy was at his job time. Yeah, and luckily there's been a couple other guys this year trying to pick up the slack, been some pretty shitty umpires in the MLB, but I did forget, and it was kind of nice to see. He actually tried to sue the MLB. I can't remember how long ago it was because they weren't picking him to umpire postseason games, and the MLB basically just wheeled in like a TV set and were like, no, this guy just sucks at his job.

When was that? I want to say like 10. Like that. And they kind of, when was that? I want to say like 10 years ago, maybe. And he's still doing it. They rolled out, the MLB rolled out a TV and said, this guy can't see a strike for the fucking life of him. Put it out there. And then they get through the court. All right, I'll drop my, I'll drop my lawsuit.

And they go, okay, cool. You got. Yeah. You got Sunday night baseball. Most important game. We just told him you can't call shit. It he goes, okay, cool. You got Sunday night baseball next week. The most important game. We just told him you can't call shit. It's all right. Nobody can.

You've been around a long time. You got it. Fascinating move, but congrats to baseball getting better, I think. Yeah, and this is the best part about baseball. They've played about 200 games since we last talked about it. Well, of course. And then the next time we talk about baseball is when they're getting rid of their worst manager. This is why baseball is sweet, because the storylines are electric.

Yeah, it's everything around baseball. Yeah, it's not the actual game. If you watch good teams, that's not the case. I watch Paul Skeens for baseball. Has he pitched again since the last time? Do you remember what happened last time he pitched? Oh, yeah, 6-0. Yeah, I think 6-0.

Pirates' bullpen gives up six runs. He gets a no decision. They end up losing the game. It was last week. One time it just so happens to happen to our guy. There's a lot going on around the sports world. Notre Dame won back-to-back lacrosse national championship. On trick shots.

I'm watching that thing. They're scoring on trick shots, it feels like, half the time. Yeah, they're do-si-do-na. It's an all-star game for them, the National Championship. They win 15-5 over Maryland. The Kavanaugh brothers, Pat and Chris, although the Kavanaugh family is loaded with lacrosse talent, they were the story of the entire playoffs,

both of them breaking Notre Dame records one after another. And putting highlights, bang, pow. Top check. We'll talk to pat and chris i want to pass that one to that guy who did the behind the loop-de-dupe whirlybird top check thing in the middle of the national championship uh in the next hour but now to wrap up this beautiful 100 days till nfl football tuesday there's only one way to celebrate that we're 100 days away from the NFL kicking off. And that's with halftime performing

superstar for 11 years, German Got Talent champion, America's Got Talent finalist, Illinois State grad rolling birds, Christian Scooby! Let's go!

Scooby! This's go. Scooby. Scooby. Scooby. This is Christian here. Hell yeah. He's got four. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't think I know what I signed up for.

I didn't know this. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Is that a waiver? Did someone spot him? Did we know what we saw? Yeah. That would be like Mike

That was awesome We saw a dead guy here at the Thunderdome I do feel like we're in America's Got Talent This is Christian I hope so It was part of the contract Are we sure that's stable? He's not good

Are we sure that's stable? Holy shit What do you mean a spotter? He's got that sleeve on, I think that's stable? Holy shit. We need a spotter. He's got that sleeve on. I think that's his spotter. And the dog. Ponytails. Oh, switch hands. No way.

100 days until NFL football. Yeah! Nice boys! Back to the left. Hey, Christian. Hey, Christian. Hey, Christian. That was phenomenal. 100 days to NFL football.

What do we got? We got Christian. He built this himself? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. We did not hear a word he said. No way. Don't you think about doing what I'm thinking you're thinking about doing.

Careful. No. Don't you think about doing what I'm thinking you're thinking about doing. Careful. No. Don't you do that, Christian. Those are round balls, Christian. It's Tuesday, Christian. The one block's bigger than the other block, too. The one side's higher than the other side. I wonder if he's got a shoulder issue.

Did he get those on the rack? Because those might not be inflated the same either. When I talked to Christian earlier, he was inflating the balls in the back. BYOB. I didn't know what the balls were going to be for. I thought we were shooting them instead. We're bouncing on one of them. I thought he was shooting them.

No way he's going to switch hands, right? No, no. He can't roll. No way. Yeah, that's what I thought. Don't you even dare. Is this a fan cam? That's a fan cam.

It is. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah. Hell yeah. Oh! Skimmy! Skimmy! It is. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah. Hell yeah. Oh. Scooby.

Scoob. Where did Scoob come from? Wow. He was in the box. Hi, Scoob. Hey. Hey. Hey.

I said hello, Christian. Bra breaker. Oh, we're throwing hoops? Chihuahua? I believe it is a chihuahua. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.ua. Oh! Oh! Oh!

Oh! Okay. Perfect game. Perfect game for Scoops. Way to go, Scoops. 100 days to NFL football. How are you celebrating? Well, a Chihuahua is pitching a perfect game.

Oh, my God. Scoops. You talented dog. Yeah, Scoop. Way. Oh, my God. Scoops. No. You talented dog. Yeah, Scoop. Way to go, Scoopy. You should do this with Chuck. Chuck would be pooping and peeing on it. Look at Scoop.

So Scoops was just in that box? Yeah. Chilling. Chilling. Oh. Oh. This is like the old lumberjack. The rolling logs on a lumberjack. This is awesome.

Scooby's on the ass of Christian. No way. She's going up onto the forces. Scooby! Scooby! To the sky! Elevator up! Scooby and Christian!

There you go. 10 stories in dog height. Scoob's got a good base on the base. Scooby and Chris Chappell. There you go. Like 10 stories in dog height. What's happening? Scoob, be careful. Scoob's got a good base on the base. Down to the crack. Up the back. Wow.

To the chest. Unbelievable. What a take. Scoob. What a take. What a take. Way to go, Scoob. He'll be back.

I've got to get you on the ball. Thunderdome floor is not as flat as everybody assumes. It's a real ball. It's an actual basketball. It has to have a lot of air in it. He's just bouncing on one hand. Scoob, do you on the ball. Thunderdome floor is not as flat as everybody assumes. It's a real ball. He's an actual basketball. He has to have a lot of air in it. He's just balancing on one hand. Scoops, you want a ball? No way. No way. Scoops got handles like Kyrie fucking Irving.

Oh my god. Scoops! Stop it. Feet like bouncy ballerinas. No. There's no way. No way. No way. No way. Scoops! No way! Scoops! Scoob. No way. Scoob. Scoob. Scoob.

Scoob. Scooby. Scooby. No way. He's going to jump into the hoop. That would have been. Scoob gets busted. This is a talented couple. Yeah, absolutely.

Christian and Scoob have spent a lot of time together to get here. Yeah. We appreciate all the hard work. Once again, you're looking at German Got Talent's champion. America's Got Talent finalist. Take it to the rack, Scoops. Oh! In your grill.

In your grill. And Edwards. Scoops, the most dominant dog underneath. A Euro step? Let's go. Get there. Oh, no. Oh, no.

Oh. Scooby. Scooby. What a dunk. It's unbelievable. Scooby with spin move. How the hell are they doing this? What?

Dog. Dog. There we go. Yeah, we can't really hear you, Christian. The music. That is a dog. Two dogs actually performing in front of us today. The middle one seems to be a bit woobly.

Whoa. Ooh. He's Scooby locked out on a plank. Does he do a lot of Pilates? Oh! Oh! Oh! Scoob!

Scoob! Scoob! Scoob! Scoob! Scoob! Scoob! Scoob! Scoob! Scoob! down like a little baby Yoda Wow what's good doing these yeah the wind is making a no scoops scoops is rowing one day is the way I get back in your box no way No way. Nope. No way. Back foot. Oh! Hey! Oh, he's back. Ladies and gentlemen, Christian and Scooby. Yeah, boys!

Great job. Hell yeah. That was phenomenal. Honestly, we are going to chat with you as soon as we get off ESPN here into YouTube, ESPN Plus, TikTok, which is still happening. That was phenomenal. Watch. I got a dog that's still shitting in the house at the age of six.

I'm sure. He's got a dog running all over his body doing handstands up on top of the earth while they're spinning around. That is a phenomenal talent. Congrats to you guys. What a relationship between man and man. Amen. Amen. Hell yeah, Scooby.

All right. Well, no better way to wrap up today than that. No. I don't know what's on next. SportsCenter, I think. Good luck. Yeah, goodoby. All right, well, no better way to wrap up today than that. No. I don't know what's on next. SportsCenter, I think. Good luck. Yeah, good luck. Good luck.

Good luck following that. Thanks for you guys. I'm going to follow that. I don't know if enough people knew that that was possible and that that's happening, but these NBA halftime shows are phenomenal. Christian and Scooby are obviously on the road for the last 11 years. We appreciate that.

I cannot wait to see what else happens in here as we go live on YouTube and ESPN+. Hope you had a fantastic weekend. AJ, any message for the people as we send off here as we return tomorrow on a magical Wednesday? Well, I just hope that's Scooby number one and not Scooby two or three if they've been working for 11 years. How dare you? It's a great question. AJ.

Have a great day. We'll see you all tomorrow. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. Like dude wipes. Goodbye. AJ.

No reason. I didn't know how much time we had. You gave me way too much time. I thought I had to be quick. I don't want to ask the question that AJ just brought up. Is there a handheld mic we can get over to Christian? You have to ask. 11 years.

Christian, hi. Hey. Hey, Christian. Hey, congratulations. Hey, congratulations. Thank you guys. So you're like, thank you. You're a master handstander and dog trainer.

There's like the two skills that you have. Yeah, I guess so. I don't consider the dog training a skill. Cause I feel like it's a lot, just them being super smart and kind of watching them and what they like to do. Like he's crazy about playing like with the plush basketball. So he actually had the idea to put that trick in. I feel like he played with the ball at the house ran around with it and i

was kind of like man he really likes this trick so how could i make it so we play with that trick and then obviously i thought of the dunking thing but i mean he's doing it so it's it's pretty great yeah he did a spin move dunk yeah open the door to his box to hop back in and then come back out and then walking on top of you and then standing on top of your feet as you're doing that. Now, AJ brought something up there towards the end. 11 years you guys have been doing this? Yeah. Scooby's been the dog the entire time here?

No. So there has been Scooby's. This is a good question. I don't know how he asked it, but it seems like a fair question. Yeah. Wow. Very fair. Very fair.

But, yeah, so there was the original scooby and that that kind of started randomly with him uh when i was 13 so i was like a little kid wow then i went to college graduated from college we did america's got talent and then it was percy who he's still performing but then now milo's up and coming too and so they rotate shows okay so milo's the younger one oh that's Milo right there. It's Christian and Milo. We keep it Christian and Scooby because every game that we do, we'll rotate them. One game, Milo.

Christian and Scooby keep it. It could be all named Scooby, but they each have their own individual personality. Come on, Hawk. That's a name brand. It's like their stage name. There we go. Blue Magic. So whenever you, when you see Milo better at some things than the other dog, like for

instance, did you do any tricks today that you wouldn't do with the other dog? Correct. So that's what I mean. Like, I think throughout the years, they've each added a little touch. And that's why when you say dog trainer, I mean, technically, yes, like obviously I, you know, was the one that trained them. My dad was a big help in the beginning. My brothers helped. My wife, now Sonia, has helped. dog trainer i mean technically yes like obviously i you know was the one that trained them my dad was a big help in the beginning my brothers helped my wife now sonia has helped so um throughout the

years obviously they're helping guide them and giving them the patterns obviously when i'm rolling around and he's walking all over me someone's there to help me um but percy for example is the one that kind of brought in the walking on the basketball trick to transfer scooby the original the og scooby didn't do that trick so when we started doing half times uh i didn't do that trick and then percy kind of was very curious about a basketball i love basketball it was my favorite sport growing up so i always had a basketball dribble around he kept watching it so it kind of popped up the idea like oh let me see if he would do something with it and then obviously now milo does the dunks and Percy doesn't do the dunks. So throughout the years, I feel like I've learned

to listen better to them and their likes and wants. And it's kind of added to the whole act. Always Chihuahuas? Yeah, just to keep it consistent. There was no particular reason. When we got the original Scooby, we didn't ever hear that Chihuahuas are good performing animals or anything.

He was just like our pet. And so it started with him. And then obviously when we got Percy, just to keep the act consistent, hear that chihuahuas are good performing animals or anything he was just our like our pet and so it started with him and then obviously when we got Percy just to keep the act consistent we were like let's look for another chihuahua that's tan color and same thing you know with Milo so let's talk about Milo Milo doesn't get stage fright at all when'd you know Milo was a dog there you go let's go yeah when did you know uh well it probably about like two years in. At first, you know, they've got to get acclimated and comfortable and just trust you as their person around the house

and little things. But you teach them to sit, to lay down, and things like this. But they each have their quirks. You know, like we don't have children yet, but congrats to you. You're newly born. But, as well, yeah. I'm always born. But for me... Mark Davis didn't either. I can't speak to it because we don't have kids yet but i

imagine they're like kids where they each have their little different personalities so for example this is a live example milo when we first put him on a basketball court he was a little weirded out like he didn't trust the flooring it was kind of slippery for him so then we started putting a rug and then the rug was key at first i didn't know i was like maybe he's not the performing type maybe it's the lights maybe it this. So we just kept trying to figure out what it was, and we were like, oh, it's the floor. And so now we have a rug, and now, as you can see, he's like a little superstar.

They're all a little different. What if you put a little J's on him? Oh, that'd be sweet. Can I see the other one here? Is the other one here? The other one's here, yeah. Percy? Percy. He's a little older now. He's kind of a diva, so he's a grumpier one. Milo's friendly. If you want to a diva, so he's a grumpier one. Milo's friendly. If you want to hold Milo, Milo's friendly.

Milo's super like a people dog. You can't hold Percy? But Percy now is in his grumpy stage. That's Percy football. I got one of those dogs as well. I actually named him after Percy Harvin. Nice. Because he was small and quick.

And so as a kid, when he was tiny, I was like, oh, he reminds me of Percy Harvin. Punch it right in the mouth. Yeah, Percy Harvin was a dog. Loved watching him play football migrants yeah yes very very very bad very bad mike how long uh for different reasons the um um you've been doing this 11 years yeah we're doing halftime shows 11 years but i started performing when i was a little kid uh i was probably like i was five when I started performing. Like family? Yeah, so my mom's out of the family. I'm a fifth generation performer.

What's that mean? That means that my mom and three other people, like parents of great parents. Yeah, circus though? Yeah, circus. Yeah, circus performer. So my family in Mexico had a circus for like 135 plus years. Damn. Sweet.

And so then. What are we doing? We're flying? We're doing trapeze? My parents did an aerial act together and then we all kind of none of them did handstands. When I was a kid and my dad was trying to teach me handstands, I was like, come on, man.

You can't be mad I can't do it because you didn't do it. I was kind of like, that wasn't your art. That wasn't your skill. But he obviously had a knowledge. He was giving you a gimmick, brother. He said, hey, here's a gimmick. We got a handstand gimmick that's going to make you. But you learn a little bit of everything when you grow up in the circus so i could walk a wire i can juggle a little bit so i can do a little bit of everything but then obviously like the thing always goes people run away to join the circus i didn't actually run away but

then i kind of ran away from the circus and went to college so i got my state role i went to illinois state university roll birds and I got my degree in broadcast journalism. Okay. So, yeah, I watched Stuart Scott growing up, and I wanted to be on SportsCenter or, you know, be a host or something like that. And, yeah, man. And then, obviously, right after college, we did America's Got Talent and had a good run. And then I started doing halftime shows. And, like I said, I grew up watching basketball, man.

Like Mike was, like, my favorite movie as a kid. So, at that point, it was just like was just like man like this is rolling right now let's just keep it going and see what happens and 11 years later like you said we're still doing halftime shows we're at the eastern conference finals last night so it's just it's crazy sometimes to think like that this is what i do yeah you're talking to us yeah we do but congrats man yeah thank you not easy not easy to get to this uh no matter what i just want to give a quick Dude, you're talking to us. Yeah. We do. But congrats, man. Yeah. Thank you. Not easy. Not easy to get to this.

No matter what. I just want to give a quick shout out to Red Panda because I know she was here last year. And she's awesome. Do you guys have a community group text? I wish. I wish. No, but actually when I saw on your show, I did ask a buddy of mine what her number was and I reached out to her because there's people like her that have paved the way for people like me.

And so we really respect that. And so it's pretty cool. How about quick change? They're done. Yeah, I knew them. But actually, I guess it's appropriate. But unfortunately, he passed during COVID. David did.

So that's why that act hasn't been around. Okay, yeah, because nobody's been able to give me an answer. They were awesome. Yeah, they were super. I mean, they were top of the charts at their time, too. They were up there. So, you know, but Red Panda is so so sweet i met her once at a game we did like i did a court break and she did halftime or something like that we like worked together and she was super sweet and obviously

she's done this for so long so we can only wish to get to the amount of time that she's done it so i don't want to i don't want to ask this question to be disrespectful no uh most circus type people that get into this uh the halftime show and America's Got Talent and things like that. I watch America's Got Talent, like, religiously. At one point, a dream of mine was to end my career as being a judge for America's Got Talent. Hey, let's go. Because you just get, I mean, you take 60, 70 milligrams,

and then you're just watching that just walk out onto a stage. You have no idea what's coming. And it's just like, what are your thoughts? Wow, sweet. Unreal. Good job. It's like Cirque du Soleil, but like so many different times. But a lot of it is like full, their whole entire lives almost dedicated to this

particular act or just something like that. Is the halftime show very similar to that? Yeah, the halftime show obviously is harder to get into in the beginning. Obviously, you know, if teams reach out and you get your opportunity, you try to make the most out of it. And, you know, we've been lucky enough to have a lot of great people that bring us back throughout the years. And we're very thankful. But it is with the performing thing. One of the

things I will say, like being on the show, like the Got Talent is that it is really difficult for a variety act like us to kind of keep it going. So not to say that, you know, I mean, look, singers have a lot of talent for sure. but if a singer is an opera singer the next week they're not like hey why didn't you rap this week and last week you did opera you know like that's their skill and they sing a different song and people respect that that's their skill but with us obviously if we do a little bit a different handstand trick people might be like you did handstands last week and so it kind of becomes like man but this is like i don't think people sometimes you know people may sing in the shower but i don't know that people are doing handstands in their shower yeah nobody handstands

potentially a lost art yeah yeah but that's something that people can't really relate to as much so like it takes like a whole year just to learn a regular handstand and then to learn a one-arm handstand that takes like another year plus so how about on balls that's easy yeah much easier yeah so things like that hey you're a're a dog, Christian. Yeah. Appreciate the dog. Is there any other tricks that maybe you didn't do that we can make? Yeah, we can go into other sports. You guys want to see one more? Yes.

I've got one more for you. Oh, encore, encore. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Go, Milo. All right, let me get this prepared. Good job. Okay, thank you.

All right, we need my wife to bring me the soccer goal. Okay. Whoa. Milo, you can hang out. He doesn't like the floor. Get off, get off, get off, get off, get off all my fingies. That was a good dog. Milo can move.

I mean, think about how talented Milo is. Oh, my God. So smart. There's never a time where Milo's like, you know what? Stage two, big. I saw someone tweet or... Hey, Air Bud. Should Milo do a good one?

All right, here we go. Yes. Oh, yes. Come here, buddy. Good job. All right, what's going to happen here if he can do it? All right, so he's going to do his best Lionel Messi impersonation right here. Oh, I like that.

He's a lefty? Messi? All right, so here we go, buddy. Put the little ropes right here. Okay. Good job. Come here, come here, come here. All right, you ready?

You ready to go score? Go, go, go, go. Go, go, go, go. Go, go, go, go. Yeah! Good job, buddy. Good job. Chuck can do that one go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, But he scored a goal, and then he destroyed the ball. Sure. Yeah, that'll happen. We poop on it. That's parenting. That's how it goes. Hey, that's good. Hey, Milo.

Way to go, pal. Way to go, Milo. Oh, yeah. Well, thank you. Hey, congratulations to you guys, man. Like I said, I've watched the show for a while, and I respect that you guys are yourselves on TV. I love that, man. It's awesome.

It's awesome. It's awesome. So, thank you. We appreciate hearing that. Not everybody respects it. All right, let's get to a break. I can't wait to go pet Milo and say, hey, that's a good boy. Yeah.

That's a good boy. One of the best boys. Great boy. Right here. Percy, too. That's unbelievable. Percy, you think Percy will let you hold him? Leave Percy alone.

He said no. Percy's in the hot tub. He can come say hi to you, but you got to just let him be the one. Yeah, he's the one asking the questions. There you go. I get it. Respect. His dome now.

All right, we got the Cavanaugh boys fresh off a back-to-back national championship win over Maryland in – where was the game? Philadelphia at the link. Nice. Hell of a game. 15-5. Blowout. We'll see where they are.

We'll also wrap up all the other stories that we haven't chatted about. Like, for instance, Mark Davis does not have a woman pregnant right now. Nope. I mean, there's one story that I've been kind of waiting. Retraction. Nice retraction. Because you were in the building and I missed it. What?

I mean, did Liv Morgan and Dom Mysterio have sex on the way back in last night? Like, what the hell happened? What the hell happened, man? That actually blew my mind. She sucked his face. That's what I'm saying. I saw... Big old smooch smooch That wasn't just a kiss Lucky dog

It was dumb He was in a bad spot Because he had He had fucked up again And that's what this guy does His dad, his family, his life His team, his group, his future That's what dumb guy does. Fuck up his dad, his family, his life, his team, his group, his future. That's what Dom Dom does. He's a fuck up.

Boom. And he once again blew it. And he was potting, you know, about his misery and his mess up. And then Morgan just eyeballs him. You know, they've been potentially seen talking in the past. She sucked his face.

He closed his eyes. He was in the moment. He didn't have his eyes open, did he? He's trying to cry. He's trying to get her off of him. He's got one on. He's got that bust on. Oh.

Yeah, Rhea Ripley and he obviously have a mommy-dom relationship. Yeah. Rhea Ripley was injured by Liv Morgan. Yeah. I don't like that. That's all the plan. From a cheap shot backstage. I miss mommy.

Rhea has to give up the title. Now Liv's the champion. Now she's sucking face with Dom. It's all a plan. From a cheap shot backstage. I miss mommy. Rhea has to give up the title. Now Liv's the champion. Now she's sucking face with Dawn. What's going on? The hell? Judgment days and shambles, brother. Disarray. Judgment disarray.

Boom. Everything they do is wrong. That's right. It's wild. Liv. Raw is crazy right now. Yeah. Raw is crazy.

Did you see Braun Breaker? Oh, yeah. My God. He's 90. He's trying to break someone in half. That man does not care. No. When they say a human buzzsaw, they're talking about that fucking guy.

Yeah. Do you see? Oh, Ilya Dragunov? Yeah. Dragunovsky, yeah. It's Dragunov. Has his arm like this, you know? And he turns.

I'm like, is Bra going to be able to square this thing? Through arm, through gut, through start, probably break spine. Yeah. Ilya Dragunov dead. Yep. And then Adam Pearce comes out. You can't be doing this. Says who?

Tell that to Braun. Adam Pearce doesn't get it, I don't think. No, he doesn't. It's his world. We're just living it. Pearce about to find out find out yeah good tie on pierce last night though he's in the middle of a lot of good tie i appreciate his professionalism but he needs the pipe down when it comes to braun break great i'd say that guy's a superstar moving and gunther i mean he almost attacked me yeah yeah because michael cole Yeah, watch around that guy.

Dude. He's a scary lad. Yeah, he certainly is. I'm talking to Michael Cole, you know, catching up on Saudi Arabia. How was the trip back? Oh, we had a six-hour layover on the ground.

Okay, so it was fun. Yeah, it was a blast. Excited to be back here. Yada, yada, yada. I go, how about the show? Great show. Gunther's our new king. Some people are calling him

a fake king. Gunther's standing right to my right. Oh, man, that's tough. What'd you say? And then Michael Cole, obviously. He just called you a fake king, Gunther. I was like, I did not.

That's not what happened. I was saying people. I was just talking. I was trying to catch up. Yeah, just letting you know what the people are saying. Instead, I almost end up as a resident in Chop City. Nobody wants to live there. Nobody wants to live there. That city fucking sucks. I want Gunther as the mayor.

Anyways, a lot happened last night in Savannah, Georgia. You know, Savannah, Georgia has the third largest container port in the United States. Really? Savannah, Georgia? Third largest container port in the United States. What does that mean? These containers are coming and going, baby.

And then once you get into Savannah, it's known as the city of hospitality. Flourishing right now. I want to take go, baby. And then once you get into Savannah, it's known as the city of hospitality. Flourishing right now. I want to take care of you. Okay. It was to me. Beautiful bridge. Takes you right to South Carolina.

Nice. Only about 140, 150 degrees. Okay. It's a little cool. No humidity. Right? I think actually there's two options. You go no humidity in some places, and then you can go all humidity.

And I think that's what Savannah was. I think it was somebody just sent it to the all humidity. Crowd was live though. Crowd was good. It was a nice night in Savannah. Shout out to Desmond, my driver. That guy might be the fucking mayor. Shout out Des.

Sounds like he should be. This guy's a tour guide. I did not expect to get as much information. Just driving you around? Driving me around. This guy, great moxie. Great moxie. You know, normally as soon as I get off the plane,

especially when it's battling a little turbulence and I get bumped up out of a seat. Yeah. Because there was a storm coming at the time. Oh, yeah. Rough skies last night. I had some turbulence on my flight, too. Dude.

Oh, yeah. I don't like that. Real ones. Yeah. This is real ones. Like, up out of a seat. Hey, you should probably put that seatbelt on. I'm like, yeah, yeah, of course.

I should put a seatbelt on. Get off. And all of a sudden, you're like, leaving. Holy shit, I should have put my seatbelt on. Floating. Yeah, I should have put my seatbelt on there. So I get And all of a sudden, you're like, holy shit, I should have put my seatbelt on. Floating. Yeah, I should have put my seatbelt on there. So I get down. I want to kiss the ground like I'm the Pope.

Boy, oh boy. Pope's doing interviews. Yeah, same thing. Pope's like, what Harrison Bucker say? Hold on. I raise you. No way. He certainly did.

Oh, yeah. Anyways, I kiss the ground when I get there. I'm sitting in the back of Desmond's car. We're in Savannah. It's 1,000 degrees. He certainly did. Oh, yeah. Anyways, I kissed the ground when I get there. I'm sitting in the back of Desmond's car. We're in Savannah. It's 1,000 degrees. I'm sick. And all of a sudden, Desmond, welcome to Savannah. I'm like, thank you so much.

Did you know? Starts telling me about Savannah. I'm like, I did not know. I was not prepared for this information. But he was so damn cool. I had to listen. Guy's been there a long time. Loves Savannah.

Need to come back. Three, four days. Okay. Oh, okay. Are we going on Friday? You'll do that. We'll find a time Guy's been here a long time. Loves Savannah. Need to come back. Three, four days. Okay. Oh, okay. Are we going on Friday? You'll do that. We'll find a time. We'll find a time. City of hospitality. The food's phenomenal. Food's phenomenal. I bet. After Raw

last night, Desmond actually wanted to get me to a restaurant so I could experience Savannah a little bit. Oh, okay. Southern hospitality. So nice. Yeah. This is the nicest guy I've ever gone in no car with. Great St. Paddy's Day there, they said. Yeah, best in the country, they say. Yeah. Allegedly.

Can't be better than Pittsburgh. Or Boston. No, it's too far south. They don't get it. But that might be why it is better. Nah, I mean, I... Chicago dies the river. Yeah, Chicago's got a big one.

They're too far west. They don't get it either. If river is your big thing, come on. There's a sweet spot for for uh say patty's day it's not west and it's not south it's where all the irish are yeah exactly it's right over there but savannah allegedly good and after i drove through last night march maybe not like unsufferable or insufferable Maybe not, like, insufferable on the edge of the weather. Good point. It is probably really nice, especially the city.

It's beautiful. Hell yeah! Hell yeah. Life is good. 100 days until the Baltimore Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs kick off the NFL season that is going to be the greatest one of all time. That's A.J. Hawk. There's a nine-year NFL vet, Darius J. Butler, here. There's one half of the Hammer Cowboys, Tone Diggs, here. And then there's a table that produced a song today that was released into the wild for the second time.

The first time was obviously released on Reddit as they were recording it because that was sent to a live stream as opposed to a recording stream. So there's about 200 people that saw them recording this in the Hammer Don studio that ripped the video from like a week ago and put it on Reddit. And it may or may not have been when

we found out, oh, that was going live. Okay, people can see that. Although it did garner a tiny bit of buzz, nobody could have predicted what you guys were going to put out today. Ladies and gentlemen, the Talks at the Table might win a damn Grammy. That's at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Good work today, boys.

I can't take any credit. I cannot take any credit. I just simply sang backup vocals. Connor wrote the lyrics, you know, said, hey, we got to do this to create. Edited the video. Edited the video. The lyrics were a team effort. I'm sure maybe the bones, but we we got to do this to create something. Edited the video. Edited the video. The lyrics were a team effort. I'm sure maybe the bones, but we changed them as we were going through it.

Like it wasn't your football team originally. It was my football team. But as we're doing it, it's like, hey. Feels like we're talking now. Yeah, we're saying my, but it feels like it's your. You know what I'm saying? Because you're giving back. Yeah, it's your team. The tone of the song was given.

Exactly. Yeah. It was a team effort. It was awesome. The 100 days is just super fun. And it's something to look forward to in the offseason, especially now that the playoffs and these other two sports are kind of coming to an end here. Yeah, we still got games at night, obviously. We got to remember that.

Yeah, thank God. We got to enjoy that. It's taking place. But you guys, the amount of editing up into the final moments before release was a beautiful thing to watch. Way to go. Hell yeah. I'm ready to try to get it, but they didn't know it was coming. No, no way.

How about it? How about that happening? What, that? Oh, I don't want to talk about that. How about it? Legitimately. What happened? Just the amount of, you know, Boston Conner's real how we do it,

keep it moving guy. This 100 days until NFL football is something that he thinks about. I've been hearing about it at least since 175. Oh, yeah, it starts at 200. You start kind of brainstorming at 200 because the 200 mark is 100 days to 100 days. This is like his – here we go. Yeah, exactly. This is like his pride and joy almost.

This is his Milo. This is his Percy. Yeah, that's right. This is his entire thing entire thing was almost ruined. But instead, it was just teased for a bigger project, which was the actual video. You crushed it. You guys crushed it.

Good sec. A lot of editing in that video. A lot of editing. Tough editing, too. Yeah, tracking editing. So much of it. And then captioning. You kind of get into a rhythm with the tracking stuff.

This one did not take nearly as long as the rent video two years ago, and it was twice as long as far as time. All right, let's talk about some news that's happening around the world. Appreciate that. Good work, good effort. And you're right, we do need to wake up at 100 days and celebrate. And I saw the NFL put out some teasers and some other people did it. The man who counts down literally from the Super Bowl to the kickoff of the season

needs to have a big-time hundo celebration, and he certainly hit it out of the ballpark, both of you. The talk table maybe needs to hit back the booth again. I agree. Maybe put a whole album out. We'll see. We'll see. I heard you playing the mouth guitar, I think, in the middle.

Yeah, Ben, I win it. Ben, I win it. That's more of just kind of an ode to Scottott stapp and uh the boys over at creed but yeah you know once once that feeling kind of comes over you you just run with it do you have any other uh guitar riffs that maybe we can drop into the next song please i can't think of any off the top of my head but anything oh yeah doobie brothers, China Girl, fucking bam, wham, bam, wham, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. And you just take that. Yeah, I mean.

I need to get you one of those Life's Been Good to Me. Oh, yeah. A little thing that, yeah, you sing weird with the little tube. Oh, yeah. Like Frampton? Yeah. Peter Frampton? I need one of those.

Yeah, absolutely. Also not to get lost in the 100 days. It's only 88 days to college football. Oh, yeah. Because Dublin, Florida State, Georgia Tech. Week zero or whatever. That was really some fuckery last year. Because trying to figure out what week we're on.

There was a zero. There was a half a week. There was a one week. They just need to have week one be week one. Come on, college ball. Well, there's a lot of change going on over here. A lot of change have week one be. Probably should. Be week one. Be week one. Come on, college ball. Well, there's a lot of change going on over here. A lot of change going on

on college ball. Too much. What's going on in Colorado? Everything all right in Colorado? I don't think so. A lot of stuff coming out of Colorado.

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Did they take hand-to-hand combat classes? I didn't see that, but that would be good. Is Shiloh teaching it? He could. Apparently. Allegedly. Allegedly. Allegedly, from what we learned.

There's a lot of negative coming out of the Colorado football team. A whole lot of negative. Only negative. I mean, the leadership thing looked good. Looked great. Looked like they got away. They did some fishing, did some talking, did that, which I like for team-building things.

But, boy, everything comes out of there. I don't want to say pretty big distraction, but there's a lot of distractions coming out of the Colorado football program. I'm not saying they're the only ones. Obviously, in the modern college football, there's a lot of distractions every single day. Who's going to be on a team? Who wants more money?

I mean, any time you bring more money involved into anything, it's obviously going to cause chaos. But there's so much negativity seemingly coming out of that Colorado team. But that might be what they want. That might be where they thrive, AJ, you know, against the world. They got a Dakota week one. They got one of the Dakotas week one. And I know there's a lot of people that are probably maybe new to college

football that don't understand what that means. Matt Rule told us, who is a college football legend, obviously it didn't work out with the Carolina Panthers. He said, when I got to Nebraska, I told the AD, I don't want anything with the Dakota in it on our schedule. That's who Colorado's got week one. Then they got Matt Rule's Nebraska week two. And it's like, here we, welcome.

Now we're right into it. It's like, if they don't win, it is going to be. Have to. The only way to quiet anything is if they don't win, it is going to be. Have to. The only way to quiet anything is to win. You win, everything gets quiet. It's going to get so loud. It is going to get so, so, so loud. And all this stuff is just like almost ammo that's going to get utilized later.

But if they win, hey, that's a wagon up there in Colorado. Exactly. Sold out two years in a row. First time that's happened in forever a wagon up there in colorado exactly sold out two years in a row first time that's happened in forever huge up there in colorado obviously good business but everything that's coming out seemingly distraction negative we'll see how the season goes though boys are gonna have to play boys are gonna have to win games speaking of winning games joining us now ladies and gentlemen are back to back national champions how hard that is at the highest level to go back to back-back with the target on your back for the entire season with everybody showing up

and playing their best game, with every stadium being filled up because you're in town. Who are you? You're the national champions. What are the expectations? Oh, we got to win. We got to win. Have to win.

You don't win. What a failure. You lose the national championship. Second-best team in the world. Who cares? You won the national championship last year. You guys stink. Well, what do they do?

Well, the Notre Dame lacrosse You won the national championship last year. You guys stink. Well, what do they do? Well, the Notre Dame lacrosse team wins the national championship last year. They make it to the national championship this year. They win by 10. Records get broke by one particular family. Ladies and gentlemen, the Kavanaugh boys, Pat and Chris. Hot, sweet net, sweet hat. Chris! Okay, yeah, yeah.

Had a baby. Pedialyte. Had a baby. Proud of you. Yeah, Pedialyte. I like that. I don't know if we got IVs for the boys or not. How are we feeling?

How are the Cavanaughs after going back-to-back? Obviously, life is good right now, huh, Chris? Yeah, we're feeling good with this big boy. It was good. Chris, I love that. Pat, you got drafted, obviously, to play in the PLL. Cavanaugh boys are living a high life, boys. You got plenty of net to go around.

Pat, how's it feel? How's it feel to go back-to-back? Obviously, high expectations going into the year. When you guys were at college game day with us, everybody thought Chris was maybe going to be a big, dumb dipshit and miss all three of those targets. But instead, he hits them, and you guys go on to win the natty. How's the year? Can you describe how you feel?

Yeah, it's incredible. To do what we did last year to win it for the first time in programming history was special emotions. A little different than this year. This year, we came back, and we got a taste of winning last year. We had success early in the season, and then kept having success throughout the year.

So I think the national championship was kind of expected. So the emotions were a little different, but it's definitely a bittersweet feeling. And in my college career, alongside all my best friends and my little brother who I played with for the past three years. And, yeah, it's an incredible feeling. I'm so happy for Coach Corrigan. Last year was the first time he won in 35 years of coaching at Notre Dame. So now he's got two back-to-back. So I'm pumped for him, too.

Hey, good for Notre Dame. Yeah, good for Notre Dame. Good for Coach. And, obviously, Coach and I had a lot of meetings throughout the season on the strategies as an assistant coach. We all saw it, obviously, look at me cradling like a motherfucker in that meeting and obviously saying, boys, this is what we need to do to defend the title and all that type of stuff.

It was an honor to be in there and give you guys the message. When we get our ring ceremony, let's make sure we send a date and an invitation to Indianapolis, Indiana for that. That would be obviously well-received. But let's talk about coach and let's talk about you and that team, and obviously being bittersweet. You moved to the professional ranks in football. Whenever you move to the NFL, a lot of guys feel this way, and I'm sure there's some schools maybe that don't, but like in some teams that don't. But you're never going to experience what you have in college

ever again. Like whenever you're 18 years old, becoming 22, together, the development now with NIL, how much of that changed? Who knows? The family, the brotherhood. And then you go to professional, it's a little bit different whenever it comes to the business. You're going to miss, obviously, this Notre Dame team. You're going to miss coach. But playing with your brother, it feels like the last few games you guys decided like, yeah, everything we did as kids, we're just going to do to all these fucking teams.

You two were just glued at the hip, seemingly, through this entire playoff run. Was it because you guys knew it was your last time getting to play together? Maybe forever? Legit? Yeah. Yeah. These past couple weeks, it was a lot of laughs for us. Our last practice on our home field, our Lata Stadium,

last home game, and then the playoffs are obviously all elimination games. So we didn't want this journey to end without a national championship so every time we strapped it up um we kind of just soaked it all in and we're saying let's just get another week with with me and chris and then they're obviously the rest of the guys and then uh always the goal to win a national championship so it's incredible to to cap off my college career with another national championship alongside chris hell yeah we also got uh We also got the best goalie in the world, Liam Entenman, in the backseat. Hey, back to back, buddy. Back to back, obviously.

Hey, goalie, Denver had that guy, 6'5", like 235 pounds. They said he threw it hard. Can you feel the difference between who's got speed and who doesn't? Or does it all hurt? Definitely all hurt. Just definitely all hurt um just i guess varying degrees but yeah denver had denver had a few guys that could really sling it um so did maryland um but yeah every shot definitely leaves a bruise were you standing on your head or were the boys just dominant what was going on then i

didn't get to see the entire game? It went all right. I mean, everyone just kind of made plays around the field, just made one stop or one goal or one faceoff, whatever it was, one play at a time. And I think that's just kind of like little plays throughout the game kind of led up to just a big one. Are you done? Is your eligibility up or are you coming back?

Yeah, so I'm Pat's year, so I'm done as well. So definitely, like Pat just said, very mixed emotions the last few weeks. But, you know, like Pat also said, every time we play, just to get another week with the boys. And we kind of ran out of time eventually, but very fortunate to be able to go back and back. I assume you got drafted, right? P.O.O. We're still playing? New York.

Yep, I got picked by the Atlas. So I actually first game this weekend against my good buddy, Pat. So that's another thing. I'm going to be rivals in five days, but looking forward to that. You know, beating up on him for once. So yeah, it's going to be great.

The Boston Cavanaugh cannons are taking on the new york atlas this weekend yeah holy shit and chris chris is coming back right chris got at least another year yeah we'll be back next year he's going for the three feet next year yep man of few words hey is he the. Hey, is he the one? Is he the one, though, in the Kavanaugh family? Do you guys, is like, because obviously he had a fucking gigantic, I mean, you two, the points, you know, the story's documented here. You have the Notre Dame points record coming into the season after last year.

Then this year, you both break that record again. He ends up winning. But this was the year Chris kind of came into it. Do you feel that way about him? And is he the one in the kavanaugh is notre dame in a good spot with a kavanaugh left and chris yeah so ever since he's like five or six years old he's always been looked at as kind of the prodigy of our family he's the youngest uh we were always kicking the shit out of him and around the house um whenever we were playing around outside together too. So we never took it lightly on him,

and he's always been incredibly skilled and athletic since he was, as long as I can remember, like literally four or five years old. He's been an insane athlete. So, yeah, he was a top five recruit, number one attackman coming out of high school, and then kind of just waited his turn his first few years um just a very steady player kind of a pure goal scorer and then this year took another step and

put it all together and had almost a 40 goal 40 assist season which is incredible against the schedule that we play number one strength to schedule in the country so we're going against all american defenders every single week and to put up 80 plus points against our schedule is incredible so i'm very proud of him and um yeah but um he's such a stud oh i i chirped in our media session yesterday there's this magazine inside lacrosse they ranked him the 37th ranked player coming into college lacrosse, which was pretty pathetic, honestly. But, so, yeah, he had a good few games in the tournament. Incredible season. I'm really happy for him.

That a baby, Chris. That a baby, Chris. Way to go, Chris. And also, hey, no problem. Last year you had, what, two black eyes, I think? And then, you know, yeah, you killed a guy, I think, Last year, you had, what, two black eyes, I think? Uh-huh. And then, you know, yeah. Yeah, and you killed a guy, I think, last year, too. Like, you're a dog out there, Chris.

Yeah, this year, I wasn't that banged up, so I had my head on straight after the game. Hey, but this one, hey, this was Phil. I think we have the highlight here, I do believe. This is a little bit of a buildup, obviously, which I'm learning with the cross. I tried to watch. There's a lot bit of a build-up, obviously, which I'm learning with the cross. I tried to watch. There's a lot of shit going on.

Oh, yeah. There's a lot of stuff. Is all this a part of strategy? Are you guys waiting for them to fuck up here? Yeah, we're moving the ball through our set, and then Pat does what he does. I was head up, and then I kind of just shoveled it out the net, and I was pretty damn proud when that

happened i really didn't know when until our crowd our fans went nuts so it was pretty pretty surreal feeling once i hit the net uh you can hear the mic it was pretty loud too on tv so that set you're talking about you're getting to that spot and then pat's getting to that spot it's like uh everything is like i don't want to say fucking around, but everything is trying to set up to get to a set. Is that what it is? Yeah, so we have probably four or five different offensive sets that we go through each game.

We really don't have particular places that we go onto the field. We kind of just move all around. But there's some sets that we're in these positions and I mean me and Pat have a good eye for each other and he found me there. Yeah, not just there. In the semifinals, I think you had like, you had three and three

five assists. Single game record, yeah. Yeah, you two were pretty good. I mean, pretty solid. Five goals for Chris, six assists for Pat, secured back-to-back national titles. That was in the semifinals. The Kavanaugh boys were the actual story. Conman, go ahead.

Speaking of the Kavanaugh's, Pat, Chris, how has your other brothers helped? Obviously, Matt was the guy who started at Notre Dame. Brendan played at Hofstra. How has the whole family helped you guys get to this point? How do you think the next chapter will go with the Cannons and Chris obviously taking the lead?

Yeah, I thank my older brothers and my sister as well for all of me and Chris' success. We looked up to them our entire lives. I couldn't imagine not living in a family with uh five other siblings it's been so much fun such a wild ride and uh the opportunity to play with matt is something i never thought was even possible he's eight years older than me and um he's going on his eighth or ninth season of pro lacrosse so i thought he would for sure either be hanging him up by now or I don't know maybe maybe done because of how banged up his his body's been how hard he plays but um he was my idol him him and Patrick Kane were like

my two biggest idols growing up two athletes I admired and um the chance to play with him is pretty pretty surreal and it's going to be really weird stepping on the field with him this weekend potentially after playing three years with with chris so yeah matt's my idol and he's always been the guy i looked up to and and then brendan um played lacrosse at hoffster had a great career um he's an awesome brother as well and my older brother cabin played hockey too so um better mentors to look up to. Very thankful for everything they've done for me and Chris. Sounds like a pretty athletic family, those Cavanaughs. You're either going to get into hockey

or you're going to do finance. That's lacrosse. That's lacrosse way of life for sure. I can't wait for the Cavanaugh camps that are going to happen and are already in setup to take place. Already setting them up to just become a money pipeline to the Cavanaugh camps that are going to happen and are already in setup to take place. Already setting them up to just become a money pipeline to the Cavanaugh

family. Yep, just a pipeline of money. If we could figure out the logistics of that entire thing. Yeah, yeah, exactly, Chris. Yeah, bingo. Yeah, exactly. And Pat, incredible balance holding that phone that way. Deebo has a question for you, Pat, about I think you mentioned

they're playing with Matt this weekend. Yeah, this is kind of for Pat, I guess, and Liam. Quick, quick turnaround. Obviously, it's Tuesday. You guys got forever until this weekend. Like, what's the process now? When do you get with your new team? When do you get with the candidates?

Are there any practice, any meetings, your rotations, lineup, things like that? So, I guess, what's next for you as you get into this weekend starting the PLO? Yeah, I think we're gonna enjoy it today. We enjoyed it last night. Had a great time in Philly. We're supposed to fly back to South Bend yesterday after the game, but I think there was some bad weather in the area. That's why the game was delayed for two hours.

So we had an opportunity to stay and have some fun last night, which is why you see the PD light in Chris' hand right now. Genius. Liam loves it. And then tomorrow, me and Liam are flying to – and Chris, too – to Washington, D.C. We have the Tauraton Award Ceremony. Me and Liam are both finalists for that award.

So we have that uh wednesday and then the event is thursday night during the ceremony so we'll find out who wins that award which is exciting and then friday i think we'll go to albany where pll training camp is and i don't know if liam's gonna start this weekend because he'll literally be meeting his new teammates and then they have a game next day so i don't know how that's going to work out but i don't know how it's going to work out for me either honestly haven't really thought about it we're so focused the whole year on winning this national championship we've been chasing it the whole year uh since last year ended so uh yeah it's just it's very excitingtersweet. Going to be playing with a bunch of pros that I've been watching my whole life.

So, yeah, I'm really excited. It's Cavanaugh way. You know, we haven't really thought about this weekend. We're still in last weekend. What are we even talking about? It's Tuesday. Who cares? We'll worry about that on Friday.

Bingo. We'll be in Albany. I can't wait to be a part of the Cavanaugh Cannons. You talked about last night having a chance to stick around Philly. Ty, I have a question for you. Yeah, Pat, last time we talked to you, I said, like, hey, you know, it was right after you guys had gotten to the tournament. I said, hey, how many pops we having with the boys tonight?

And you basically said, hey, listen, we're on lockdown until we see this thing through and win. Obviously, we see the pedia light. We see you guys are kind of giggly and, you know, your eyes are just barely open. If you had to put, like, a rough number on it just to guess how many fucking pops did we go through last night collectively yeah ash i don't know if man you want to take this one off um boys boys had some fun for sure alumni were out it's the over under i'm not we weren were out We didn't steal any signs

From the hotel like Chris did last year But Chris may have made his way Over to the Rocky Steps At 3 or 4 in the morning But Hey Chris A legend out there

Yeah He's an absolute legend Hey, Chris is a legend, huh? Chris is a legend out there. Yeah. Yeah, he is an absolute legend. Oh, baby. Hey, the boys love Chris, huh? It feels... The only words he knows right now are, let's go. It's all right. Rocky taught him.

Rocky taught him at 4 a.m. I mean, that's how it's going to go. We'll look out for the Cash app to send the boys drinks. I guess you can't do the European tour this year. Yeah, no. That was incredible that it lined up for... We do that every four years, our team, and then it was supposed to be after me and Liam's sophomore year

in 2021, I think, and then it just kept getting pushed back because all the COVID stuff and then lined up for when we won our first national championship. So that was the most insane 10 days of my life, probably. But yeah, thank you guys for the beers last year. That was

greatly appreciated. I'm kind of bummed out I didn't get an opportunity last night. What's that all about? You guys got that NIL money now. All the old lacrosse players that are now in finance, they're taking care of it all. Yeah, sounds like. All right, well, enjoy the hell out of your life, pal.

You're crushing it. You both, all three of you, obviously. Good luck at the POO, and congrats on going back-to-back, pal. Appreciate it. Thank you guys for having us. Thanks for having us. Thank you guys. Really appreciate it.

Hey, when do we get our rings? When do we get our rings? Where's the helmet? Well, I got the... The thing is... There you go. Show them how to cradle, Pat. Oh!

So, boys, you know, I obviously haven't put on as much as I should have this season, but you guys know that that speech that I gave in the fall carried you all the way through. So when we do this ring ceremony, let's, uh,

let's do it. You know, let's have, let's have the best ring ceremony in the history. Sound like a plan. Yep. Sounds good. Uh,

it's going on. Yo. Holy shit. Yup. Oh, hell yeah. I think not fit on the head It's a tight one It is

It's gonna be It's gonna You look like a player Well thank you I'm a back-to-back national champion Have a good tilt Oh if you know that What do you do Chris?

We fucking score like this This is what we do One of those Alright boys Congrats Enjoy your lives Good luck with the Pedialytes Keep killing it Chris can't wait to watch you What do you do, Chris? We fucking score like this. This is what we do. One of those. All right, boys. Congrats. Enjoy your lives. Good luck with the Pedialytes. Keep killing it.

Chris, can't wait to watch you try to go back to back to back. Has anybody ever done that in college ball? I think once or twice. I think Princeton, late 90s, and Syracuse in the 80s. All right. Well, it needs to happen again. It seems like the timing needs to happen again. Good luck.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Notre Dame lacrosse. Fucking bang. Boom. Good goal. Fucking Chris Cavanaugh. Good goal. The Cavanaughs and Liam. Congrats, boys.

Congrats. Yeah, boys. It hurts so bad. I think it, boys. It hurts so bad. Yeah, I think it's tight. It hurts so bad. When I put it on in front of the team, I was a little sweaty, a little greased up. Sure. Because it was a hot day.

Hot one. It was hot. I think I almost just ripped my ear thing. Is the back all the way? Sweet-looking helmet, though. That thing is awesome. Yeah, these things are a real deal. These actual gold flakes.

Yeah. I heard that from last year's national. Well, Rudy wasn't real, he said. From touchdown, Jesus. He was real as a person. Who, Rudy? He existed. He got that sack, too. His teammates are excited about it.

Montana said that was bullshit. I thought he got carried off. He's the last part to get carried off of Notre Dame's field. Got him right. Right there at the end of the movie. Lou Holtz, remember he blew up that A-gap, stopped the run, and then they carried him off? What was that? That was recent.

That was after. 1902? 87, I think. 87, 88, maybe? How about those dudes right there? Living. Gotta go play a pro game on Saturday. You're a professional. You're playing on Saturday already. I haven't even really thought.

Liam, I saw him just, yeah, I haven't even. I don't know if they're going to start me on Saturday. He could. See ball, stop ball. I mean, I should ask better questions about the transition from college ball to professional ball, but I'm not sure the boys even know. No, I don't think they were going to. No way.

I thought the W was quick. Damn. Seriously. Yeah. Five days? Oh, quick. Damn. Seriously. Yeah. Five days? Oh, yeah. Got to get to Albany training camps on Friday. Yeah.

We're in shape, I think. Most of the guys who already lost, they're already there. They got there, I think, on Sunday or Monday, like the dudes from Duke. And the PLO, they go to like one city and they play all their games. Yes. And then they go to one city and they play all their games there. So I actually do believe that this year is the first year where they're going back to cities. Like, I believe

the Cannons are, again, the Boston Cannons. I believe they're going to be there. This is Rabel's league? Yes. Atlas, I believe, are his team. The New York Atlas. Okay, got it. I saw the Big Three sold a team in L.A. Really? How does that work? Yeah, that's...

Who bought it? I don't know. Real money, though. Real money. It's only 10 million bucks. That's like what Liv wants to do, right? You can buy a Liv team. Isn't that their plan? I think so.

Some of the players already... I don't understand how it works. Teams and, like, academies and stuff like that. For Liv? Yeah. But that's what Phil was talking about. Kind of like how they do with soccer. Yeah, it was part of the grow the game mumbo jumbo.

Mumbo jumbo? Yeah, kind of. That's how they're growing the game with the academies and whatnot. Kind of sounded like mumbo jumbo. I don't think I understand because if they come, like for soccer, you come through the academy, you go to the pro team, or you get plucked and go to another pro team. It's like for this one, they're coming through the academy, then they're going up team. Or you get plucked and go to another pro team. It's like for this one,

they're coming through the academy, then they're going up to the golf ball whackers on the team. And that's a guaranteed contract already, so it's just kind of like that's how it's going to go. I would assume once they go pro, I think they will get some percentage as they continue to go up through it. What if the PGA says, we want to pluck them?

Good question. I don't know the answer. That's why it's kind of mumbo jumbo. They don't know either. It does feel as if it is mumbo jumbo. It can't be mumbo jumbo. We don't know if it's mumbo jumbo. If it sounds like it and smells like it. It's certainly trending towards mumbo jumbo.

It could have been. It could have been some mumbo jumbo. But we don't know. No. That's the thing about mumbo jumbo. You never know. That's why we love it. That's why we love it.

Like a lot of people are saying, Terrence Howard, mumbo jumbo. Exactly. A lot of people are saying that. And then he put these eight drones together and was like, look at this shit. Yeah. I did that. Got it. Holy fuck.

Now I understand. Terrence Howard has been a part of conversation on this particular program since the day I saw one clip come out of his. No flubs saying the largest words I have ever heard. We got to get him on. Did Rogan speak at all? Let's get him on. I thought about Rogan's position

in that podcast because I haven't seen or watched or heard the whole thing, but I've seen the clips. It's like, how do you prepare for that if you're rogan you don't all right what are we getting into today well the fucking meaning of life yeah okay sweet what are we gonna talk about like love and passion no like the actual fucking the flower of life like we are going to get into how the potential spawning of hydrogen into carbon potentially changes.

There's no straight lines. So whenever you get a DUI and they say walk a straight line, it's no fucking such thing. Heard of the flower effect? No, Rogan thought that. He did that. Can we pull up the periodic table? How about the periodic table?

We talked about it last week. That fucker had no idea what was coming. See ya. Adam Copeland, How about the periodic table? We talked about it last week. That fucker had no idea what was coming. I haven't seen that. It's like eighth grade. See ya. Again. Adam Copeland, Godspeed. I know. On that.

Oh, boy. Jesus. Edge broke his leg. Requires surgery. Yeah. He came off the top of a steel cage. He did a pencil drop off. Edge.

Edge. We grew up with him. Adam Copeland, yes. Edge. Jumped off the top of a cage this weekend. Yeah, he sees clearly. I swear to God. How did a pencil drop off. Edge? We grew up watching. Adam Copeland, yes. Edge jumped off the top of a cage this weekend. Yeah, he sees clearly. Swear to God. How old is he? Legend. I don't know. He looks... He's got to be 50 years old.

He's absolutely jacked. He looks great. Well, he did. I'll say he's 50 years old. So, I'll say this about it. After a WrestleMania match against Austin Theory, go back in the locker room. You know, I had a locker in there, male talent or whatever, you know. So I go

into locker room, Edge gives me a shot of whiskey, says congratulations. It was like a really, it was a really cool moment. So then, because obviously I watched Edge throughout his entire career, fan and everything, and you see how jacked he is. And then he goes to AEW, he's wrestling every week.

Oh yeah. He's like wrestling like every week. I'm like goes to AEW. He's wrestling every week. Oh, yeah. At the age of... He's, like, wrestling, like, every week. I'm like, goddamn, this guy's a machine. Like, an actual... And then he goes to the top of... I'm watching his clip. He's going to the top of a fucking cage. I'm like, what the fuck is Edge doing going to the top of a cage?

You've been up there. It is so high. Because not only how high the cage is, you've got to add your height because that's where your eyes are. Yeah, that's tough. So that's where you think you are. You know, it's not where add your height because that's where your eyes are. Yeah, that's tough. So that's where you think you are. It's not where your feet are. It's where your fucking eyes are. So those things are 20 feet from the top of the cage to the floor.

And then obviously six, whatever it is. So 26 feet up in the air. Nuts. So when you look down, it's like, holy shit. I see him go up there and he goes down. It didn't look like a good. And then he broke his leg. Was it sweet at least?

It would have been sweet. He got on the table. He had a bit of a hallucinogenic trip. I think he was thinking, hey, I'm doing a pencil off a diving board into an Olympic swimming pool. Dude, when you see him come through the sky, you think to yourself,

I don't know how that's going to go. Yeah, for shoot. Immediately. Hey, Godspeed. Dog. Dude, he was always good to me. I appreciate that. That's a scary moment. That clip was very scary. So you're saying on that day he did not see clearly?

On that day. Well, the x-rays they said, clear. They knew exactly. NHL tonight on ESPN Rangers at Panthers. How do you feel about tonight on ESPN, Rangers and Panthers. How do you feel about it? I feel great.

You shouldn't. It feels like the Rangers probably win that one. I feel great. Tied up. Panthers are getting back tonight. That big, bald, dummy Jim Kelly at the WWE was all wah, wah, wah, the whole thing. He goes, how come you ever say anything whenever Rangers win,

only whenever Rangers lose? Valid. I will congratulate him and Rangers fans if they win tonight. But if they lose, they're getting close to being one of the only teams to ever start a playoff series 7-0

and then not win the Stanley Cup. Now, I'm not saying they haven't got to that point yet, but you let the Cats get back into this and even this series. Hold the phone. Can't do that. I mean, if the Panthers are worth their salt, they'll answer Trouba for what he did two nights ago, or two days ago, rather,

is at 3 o'clock. You think at puck drop they're going to say, excuse me. Well, I don't know about that, because they said no to Boston when they tried to do it at the puck drop, but I expect something throughout the game and maybe a Kachucky goal. Isn't it like a thing with the Rangers? We don't do that because aren't they one of the worst fan bases in America? Really?

Who says that? Whoa. I thought Nick said that one time on Hockey Talk. Is it just you judging Bruce? Kind of. That's half of it. What the hell, man? Come on, Bruce.

I feel like Nick said that one time, too. Back me up here. Yeah, I mean, people notoriously love the Rangers fans. They are. It's typical New York fans, man. They're passionate. What do you want? They're passionate and also.

I don't mind Rangers, Bruce. Nick's Bruce was. I don't know if I'm signing up for that again. Well, I didn't know I signed up for Celtics Connor. Did you see that the other day? Yeah. What was he doing? What happened?

I heard you talking earlier. I wasn't talking to anyone. Did you see that the other day? Yeah. What was he doing? What happened? What was he doing? I heard you talking earlier. I wasn't talking to anyone. I was just having a good time. He was screaming. He was trying to get the players on the court to hear what he was saying. And in doing so, he had to raise his hand. He called Miles Turner a fucking loser because he turned the ball over

or something like that. And this was, like like at the very beginning and i looked to my left in the sweet server some dad is like covering skits here covers your muffs what are we doing like jesus crying i got him hamburger do i want to he was great do i want to jack and die? I need one. Get through this. You've heard players talk about playing TD guard. Geez, yes.

Read it for those guys. Well, that's what McGee actually said. McGee said, I think he told a story about being a Red Sox fan growing up for whatever reason. And then he said, then I moved to Connecticut, and I met what Red Sox fans were like. And I was like, I would have never picked him. Really?

That's awesome. I think he was making a joke. I don't know if that's actually how it feels or not. But he was watching Connor just do this thing. And it was just like, man, I do hope. And then the Pacers got up like 18. Yeah. Like, it was.

They should have won. They should have won. Aw. They should have. They should have won. Close it out. Shouldn't they have? Aw, man. I will say. I will say. It should have won. It shouldn't have. Oh, man.

I will say, obviously the Pacers throughout the entire year never talked about, but I didn't see many topics on any shows about the Celtics all year. Like, hey, is this the team? Is this the team? Is this the team at all? And it's because all the storylines were in the West and the reigning champion also in the west and it's like celtics fans probably i mean naturally going to find reasons to be pissed off yeah that is the boston no matter what that's a revolution region baby

amen that is that is literally how they but i think they have been fed a lot of things or an absence of coverage or or props that is certainly fed that to you all feel the same way as if the world's against you even though you're the clear odds on favorite to win the championship that's a good spot for mizola to be in motivating the boys yeah exactly and i feel like honestly thinking about it now going to georgia for game day and experiencing how georgia fans you know treated you and how georgia fans kind of don't like the narrative around their team because of how dominant they were it is is kind of in that avenue. But again, I mean, 12-2 in the playoffs.

We do not give a fuck as long as they win that goddamn championship. Because once again, if they lose to Luka or Ant, we won't see – we will see Celtics headlines, but it'll be about how they need to blow it up and how they need to get rid of some guys. Another disappointing ending. Bingo. Kyrie winning it on their floor. Well, Kyrie stomped on lucky.

He's got some shit to pay for. Yeah, I mean, it's going to be so loud. If they were talking about how loud it was games one and two against the Pacers, it will be 10x that if it is Kyrie. Luka loves that shit, right? Oh, yeah. Luka was born an adult. Yeah, bingo.

I mean, those clips, I mean, we see clips of, you know, the scenes that are in Europe when they're playing professional basketball. They got flares in the crowd. Yeah, some of those videos are awesome. Nuts. Would like to be in the crowd for those. Would love to. There's like certain events that I would like to go experience.

Darts. Luke Littler. A nine darter from Luke Littler. Need to do the darts. Need to do one of those basketball games where it's just fucking insanity, seemingly everywhere. I think the Indy 500 people should at least experience one time. 340,000 people in there.

Absolute insanity. Happy I went. First time here. It was a good time. Gump's going every year. Did you stay for the race? I don't know if I had. No, it was pouring rain.

We had a driver that was picking us up at 3.30. Well, also a Rangers game. Yeah. Right? There was a couple Rangers fans in the Fairfield Stags group. So the fact that that race got delayed meant, oh, so we're not watching this race. Because the Rangers are playing in there. But got to experience it, which I think is all that matters.

Yeah, and in 2017 when we stayed inside the track, I got to experience the race there, and this was like, okay, what is the snake bit like? What's the tail gain like? What's all this shit like? And it was awesome. Now, I don't know if I'm going back because of how— It's a lot. It's a lot.

It is a lot. But it was start to finish fucking electric. I loved every second of it. Ty Schmidt, second DJ. What are you going to do? Hey. That was so funny. How about garden stopping by he's cool that was good he's the guy a lot of people learning about that austin rivers g1 we did talk some g1 he said hey we could g1 yeah things going so does any does any indy or nascar driver say hey yeah g1's great No. They all everybody thinks the same thing. I mean, McGee is a racing like expert

seemingly at this point. And he had the same exact thoughts as us. Racing's just boring. Carpool races are boring as shit. And Vanderstoppins on air go, this is fucking boring. And it's like, I think people got into racing as a whole

because of the drive to survive on netflix 280 million worldwide subscribers on netflix starting to learn more about netflix you know what a wild yeah what a monster so a lot of people get into race i think that was like maybe their first introduction to racing at all you know like i'm from pittsburgh we didn't do a lot of racing uh in pittsburgh i know ton diggis dad was a big fan of of nascar and there was certainly a run of that stuff but like racing wasn't something i knew anything at all so i think this netflix drive to survive introduced people to racing so then obviously you get a connection to the drivers and it's like okay once you have a connection emotionally and you're

introduced to a sport you love it and that's why i like memorial day weekend it's like such a perfect thing because like look at what other options are at the racing buffet and it's like indycar had the fucking best weekend by far it's such a good race it's such a good race and it's great for indiana you know because indiana's like the home to not only all these fucking teams like all these teams are here but like the league itself i think is based out based out of here. It was a big weekend. You enjoyed the IndyCar race. You IndyFinal. Oh, yeah. A whole lot. I hope Andretti gets into F1.

He's trying to get into it. I think McGee talked about Liberty Media, American company, owning F1, but you get more Americans on there. You get another American team. I think Haas is an American team. You got one American driver, Logan Sargent, Florida kid. I think that'll help. Obviously, the competitiveness. You got one American driver, Logan Sargent, Florida kid. So I think that will help. And obviously the competitiveness.

You've got to have a different winner week in, week out. No, you've just got to have a style of racing. There are certain races. Vegas was great as far as overtakes. There was always great. Ain't no ovals. I mean, look, that fucking chart of where the guys are. It's Monaco.

I know. We talked about that last week. We talked about it last year. It sucks. Stop calling it the Super Bowl then. Fucking marketing it as hey, this is this really cool place to go to where our race is.

I don't own it. I agree. I agree. I'm just saying it is not even close to IndyCar. It's wild. They're going like 230 miles an hour. They're just cruising around

because you only see the you only see the speed of the first person that's in lead. Impato Award he was 222 or 223 or whatever and joseph was slingshotting around him like during a turn it's like how many g's is that motherfucker sitting in right you know all that it was awesome and then obviously you got million dollar cars so whenever they crash it's going to be expensive and a spectacle. And there was a lot of restarts, which is where all the action was.

Kyle Larson was learning how to IndyCar race, literally as the race was going. Because of the delay and everything like that, like the first 15 laps, I think at one point he asked what, like, a bar in front, what does this front bar do? And they're like, he's like eight laps in. Like, well, that's going to control the downforce, actually. Oh, okay, good, good. At one point, he's like eight laps in. Like, well, that's going to control the downforce, actually. Oh, okay, good,

good. At one point, he accidentally downshifted to third gear when he was in fifth gear because his hand accidentally hit something. He goes from, like, sixth place to, like, fourteenth place out of nowhere. He sped in pit lane because his front right tire locked up, so he had to do a run-through that made him go at the back. So he was, like, learning IndyCar

as the race was happening that's why i put out a tweet like if this motherfucker wins like he has literally made every amateur mistake that you could possibly make in indycar and then he found himself up at sixth again and he was all the way up at second he was behind a pit you know he had a different pitch strategy so literally everybody he was gonna have to pit and everybody else was gonna catch up to him but like you could see him getting it. And every time he got fucking knocked, he worked his way. It was like, if this guy can get the minute details of this entire thing, he'll be able to figure out good broadcast by Hinchcliffe.

And I think Tirico and Danica, they're selling that like wrestling. That is... There's a lot of... For like three hours. It's like a horse race. It was good energy, good juice. I thought it was a great display. And then Coca-Cola 600, I wish that would have finished.

Because Kyle Larson, I think, probably wins that fucking thing. Because the Algier guy was in like 11th place, I think. He was the one that was running his car for the first half. And then there was a rain break, which was like perfect for him to be able to get into the car, and the other guy get out of the car. But then the rain never stopped, and they canceled the race. But if he gets in and wins that race, I mean, it's like,

he said it was a terrible day, obviously, because it was nothing like what he hoped. And the amount of people that prepared for this, behind the scenes, NASCAR, IndyCar, the amount of agreements that had to take place, the amount of sacrifice, everything like that. So for the rain to ruin it all, he was bummed out, hopes to be able to do it again.

But if they restart that NASCAR one, he potentially wins that race, and it's like still a, I was at P2, he was in lead for a couple of laps in the Indy 500, made a couple of rookie mistakes, but then he goes back and wins Coca-Cola. Instead, race canceled, doesn't win. Ah! Sports, baby.

That's right, sports. that's right sports this close the doppler lady getting booed in indiana on saturday night at the pacers game was awesome she comes up on the i think it was angela buck uh i think it was i think it was wthr pops up on the jumbotron at the pacers game and then shows the doppler. Right here, 1240. Big red line coming through. Entire arena. Boo! Booing a Doppler. Booing a Doppler.

At that moment, we had a 10-point lead over the Celtics. It was fun. Baseball was going good. Our basketball was going good. We're going into the race tomorrow. Life is good. How did he not score for the last three and a half minutes? He locked down on defense, bitch.

Jay Tatum. Jay Tatum. Jay Tatum. He was doing that, obviously, in the suite. Oh, gosh. I had a lot of step back. Leg up. Leg up kicking. Fuck it.

Fuck it. We had 36, 10, and 8. He was so loud, dude. He was so loud. And then there was a kid who was right in front of our suite, had a T.J. McConnell jersey. So that just explains who he is. He's about 25 years old.

T.J. McConnell jersey. I don't know how many of those were out before this playoff series, but this guy loves the Pacers, dude. This guy, pretty jocked, 26 years old, has a little bit of a mullet, has a T.J. McConnell jersey on. It's like this is a dog right here. So at some point here, Connor and this guy are going to fight each other. Nope.

And they did not. Two civilized gentlemen cheering on their respective teams. One, obviously, spoiling the ears of a neighbor suite. The other, watching his team just fumble it away. Yep. That was a heartbreaker. Yeah, it was, wasn't it? fumble it away. Yep. That was a heartbreaker. Yeah, it was, wasn't it? Sweep, dude.

Yeah. It does suck. All right. Hold on. Just like a game six and Halliburton to be there, it would have been a much more. People weren't happy that Halliburton went to the race. I mean, yeah, not a good look.

You know when you're hurt. But, I mean, it's a spectacle. It's Indianapolis 500. He's one of the faces of Indiana. Yeah, exactly. He had a golf cart taking him around. It's not like he was walking. It's like you do anything, though.

You're hurt, and fans of the team, they see that. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Wait a minute. Fucking hear me, huh? Oh, so you're healthy enough to smile in front of these cars. Yeah, you can stand. Oh, interesting. Eastern Conference Finals is not good enough for you're healthy enough to smile in front of these bars. He can stand. Oh, interesting. Eastern Conference Finals is not good enough for you to have the same smile on court.

You remember that guy who was hurt? Oh, yeah. I'll never forget it. He was in my meet room. I've never been more embarrassed. That's why you need OTAs right there. Backflip? Yeah.

If you're fucking out of practice and you're doing a rookie skit, you do a fucking backflip. Most explosive move of all time. This guy's out on a hamstring he's done that was a fucking backflip zero awareness or what was zero so proud of himself for fucking landing it stuck never thought like hey i'm not i'm not practicing everyone's never thought of that dude stuck the landing like we're talking about boom and then like you know know? Yeah, and then, yeah. And pose. You know, everybody's not fully aware probably

of who the kid is. I don't think he was a draft pick, but like, you know, DBs and receivers know, like, oh, okay, he's been a practice, he's been out, hurt,

sideline, whatever, now he's, all right. Yeah, well, me and Vinatieri knew because we, yeah, we're sitting there just, oh, this fucking guy. Oh, this is good. This guy can do all this

circus shit. Can't do a practice. Buddy, you're not going to make this team. He got cut the next day. But he's telling his friends and family, I got fucked. They cut me when I was hurt. For sure.

He's also definitely saying, you should have seen that fucking backflip. Same one Christian just hit right there. Dude. Same flip. Good backflip. It's impressive. Good flip. Yeah.

Oh, he killed it. He killed that backflip. He was very, he jumped straight up. You know, like, I used to be able to do a backflip, and it was not a good backflip. It was feet are off the ground, feet are getting back onto the ground as fast as possible. You know, like it's a... You know, that's what's happening. Just need to get ass over teakettle here,

and we're putting feet... There are some people that do these backflips. They jump up in the air, then they do the backflip, and then they're coming back down like it's a video game. This guy, fuck him. Same thing. He fucking straight up, like levitated,

backflip, stuck it. It's like, holy fuck, this guy's a gymnast. Holy shit. The people who can do the backflips with their legs straight, those things are the – that's one of the most impressive feats ever. There's a halftime act that does that. Like the – I think it was in Memphis. I saw, like, the street gymnast going down Beale Street

where it was like seven to eight dudes all dressed the exact same, just fucking back handspring, back flip, like a full on parkour almost or what? No, fucking like, you know, jumping off

tumbling lines or whatever. Yeah, tumbling lines, but they would do like this massive back flip and then like right into a back handspring into this and do like a twist flip. And then they get to like one end and then it's like, all right. And then these fuckers are coming back. They're coming right back the other side. They get like 10 feet in the air and I have no idea how. Me neither.

It's like, how do you do that? On concrete. Elementary school, that was kind of like a, almost like a rite of passage. Like you couldn't do a backflip like and then it was people obviously levels but you see somebody go out and do one and somebody goes do back to hands for not my not my the memphis he's all black guys yes yeah so a lot that was you know same thing so uh we used to have a dare program i'm sure you guys probably had something similar. Oh, yeah, brother. Come on. That was for some reason. Coolest license plate going around.

Yeah. I actually just saw a video on Twitter popped up a while ago. It was like a gym. Maybe a game rained out or something. It was different teams and, like, cheerleaders. And just one girl, one guy would just get on the basketball court and chase. It's insane. It was crazy.

Some of the – How do you do it the first time? How do you do the first back flip you have somebody there to like rotate you and you're on a pad or what no honestly it's and i just had my daughter do a first back flip off into our pool and just jump oh just just like you said jump over kettle jump you just you have to jump over your head backwards and once you lose the fear of being upside down landing on your your head. I can do a gainer off the diving board where you jump forward

and flip backwards. I can do that. That's a shooting star. A couple hours. If you do a cartwheel first, a cartwheel into it, it kind of creates that momentum. You don't have to have a 40-inch vert. You can jump 30. You do a cartwheel into a thing that's called a roundhouse. A roundoff. You do a cartwheel into it.

It gives you that momentum. That'll get you going. Heyoff. Yeah, a roundoff. You throw into it, give you that momentum. That'll get you going. Yeah. Hey, Jacob, you sure do. Trampoline, absolutely. Trampoline, you do trampoline growing up? Somebody in your neighborhood had trampoline? Yeah, I mean, a couple buddies every once in a while. Not much.

Okay, so I had trampoline down the street at Kane Craig's house. And I'll tell you what, we had trampoline wrestling promotion there. And I was pretty good on there. And I wanted to be a professional wrestler. So, like, that was back when Kidman on WCW was doing a shooting star in, like, jeans and then, like, a white beater. He was just doing these shooting stars.

I was like, that was sweet. That's cool. So he started doing the gainer backflip on there. Then he started doing the actual backflip, and then, like, when you get to the ground, the big fear is like, can I not break my neck right now? That's the biggest issue.

But if you put a pad down, it actually fucks you more because it's a higher landing spot. And if somebody's holding you, you don't really have confidence that you did it anyways. So you're not getting over the mental hurdle. You just kind of got to fucking go for it. Yeah, do it once. And then once you get it, once you're like, okay, I feel it. Now I just, yeah, okay.

Yeah. I don't think I'm going to try. No, probably no probably you should do one off the top rope oh boy i tell you what man the the older i get the more fear i have of heights so i don't think so that's a sweet that is a fun time flying through the sky when i do that backflip off the top rope thing yeah it's not i'll tell you once once you get over and you see the mat, it's a much better feeling. Yeah, I can imagine. I can imagine. Yeah, yeah, because there's a history of people, you know,

doing one of these and then just, nope, not going. Nope, we're not getting there. Uh-oh. That's not. I had to start to take Dramamine when I got older. What, on heights? No, I was flipping. Oh, doing flips, yeah.

Yeah, I just started doing Dramamine. I'm like, I'm an old guy. I used to be able to do this all the time. Now we're old. You can still backflip, I assume, huh? Yeah, I haven't tried it, doing flips. Yeah, I just started doing Drammy. I'm like, I'm an old guy. I used to be able to do this all the time. Now we're old. You can still backflip, I assume, huh? Yeah, I haven't tried in a while. Me neither. Yeah, I got faith in myself.

Go do it. One time, boozed up. You can still do it right here. I'm not doing this. Absolutely not. Can you run and kick off the wall and do a backflip? That's easier. Yeah, probably a brick wall.

Probably pretty easy. That'll be easier than doing a regular backflip for sure. Yeah, you get a little. But that backflip. A little assistance. We'll get a trampoline in here. We'll get a trampoline in here. One of the small ones.

We can all be dunking. We'll turn this into a slam ball court. Turn this into a slam ball court. Oh, yeah. Yeah, the Meek Mill, when he's at the Sixers video, he went off the trampoline. It was bad. It was real bad.

That's exactly how you would imagine it. Yeah. I thought slam ball was coming back. It did. It did. And then no one watched it, so it went away. We were wrong on that. We were.

We were. I was wrong on that completely. I think the way they did it, I don't think was the best way. They were having games at like 1230 at night. It's like, what do you expect? On the CW. Hard to get. The rollout of it too, I think it was on ESPN. The rollout of it.

We need to know. We need some celebrities. Don't you think they need some like Chad Ochocinco or some guys like that to get in there to get us Marshawn Lynch maybe and then we'll start watching. Yeah, I think yeah. We need an FNR series. There's a lot. Yeah, Orlovsky needs to be like that to get in there to get us marshawn lynch maybe and then we'll start watching yeah i think yeah we need an effort there's a lot yeah orlovsky needs to be in there you put a lofts kind of trampoline i think people will watch yeah you know

you have daryl husky just doing stuff i mean imagine his legs just oh there's something but yeah let's call it dan orlowski Him getting checked into the boards Oh my god Oh man Slam ball was real It was I saw some ice boxing That was in Russia? That was awesome Thank you for bringing that up

I don't know if we have the clip It was all over the algo In Russia They got fighting happening on skates like hockey fighting but real oh yeah so is it like mma ice is wool so it's ice wars bare knuckle on skates as we're watching as I was watching the clip I'm like oh this is what ice wars was what's gonna be so what gonna be oh yeah trying to get to but the right i think the russians are doing it and obviously when the russians do something there's no real they'll have teams fighting each other with weapons yeah in a cage on tv yeah i

mean that's joining us now is a guy who's never going to fight on ice but maybe we'll be the next slam ball superstar dan rolov, we're live on air. Dan, people are watching. It's a good shirt. Yeah, I don't care. Okay. What's up? The standard is the standard.

That is a good shirt. No, Dan. I think you just missed what happened to him with his food. It's been tough. I don't want to. Steel cut oatmeal. You got that thing. Dan Pitt.

Are you okay, Dan? Is everything all right? Did we call you? Fucking asshole. It's your Bonnie. It's your Bonnie. All right, Dan. Hey, thank you for joining us, Dan.

What's going on? I don't know, man. What's wrong? What's wrong? What's up, bub? Dan. Where's Bird? What's up?

I was going to ask about slam ball, but there's no way you'd play that, right? Especially this thing. That'd be awesome. That's the ball. Okay. So you. This is the trampoline basketball? Yeah.

Trampoline basketball. Would you play? Can you do a backflip or anything on trampolines? Are you going to? It's tough right now. This is a hard time.? Yeah, trampoline basketball. Would you play? Can you do a backflip or anything on trampolines? It's tough right now. This is a hard time. I'm having a hard time. I can do a backflip on a trampoline. All right, Dan, we appreciate you, man.

If we were to bring slam ball back, would you play? A hundred percent. All right, that's good news. All right, I'm pumped about it. Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Rolofsky. Yeah! Why did you guys do that? Why did we what? All right, I'm pumped about it. Ladies and gentlemen, Dan Orlovsky. Yeah. What's up? What?

Why did you guys do that? Why did we what? Pick up the phone for him and make him look like an asshole? Why do you look like that? I don't know. What was I supposed to do? I couldn't even look at him. I mean, I think that's Dan Orlovsky football, baby. He probably thought you were off.

Probably thought we were off. Yeah. Okay. Maybe. Let's call him back. Let's call him back. There's a little dribble from the yogurt. I couldn't even look at him.

Yeah, there's a long strand. Yeah. He knows we're alive. He knew we're alive. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Is he always eating something? Dan, did you know we're alive?

You knew we're alive this whole time? Yeah. Okay. All right. alive you know we're alive this whole time yeah okay all right do you have a cell do you see yours can you on the screen i don't know what everybody else gets you know i mean i don't know how how it works you can see us right now on the screen? Do you see the TV screen? I see you. I see me and then I see AJ. Okay. Alright. What, are you thinking because I have my hair?

Dan, this is one of the most absurd fucking looking faces I've ever seen in my entire life right now. First of all, it's 3.20 in the afternoon. I'm about to walk to go get my kids from school. You called me. I don't get a fudge about what I'm about to walk to go get my kids from school you called me I don't budge but think about oh man I strive to live that way more so I apologize for even asking Dan you're incredibly

handsome no matter what it's all if I really wanted to watch and make it at least probably better wash your hair yeah oh it looks good Dan you always Dude, wash your hair. Oh, it looks good. Dan, you always – there he is. All right. It was him. It was him this whole time. I was wondering the whole time. I had no idea. All right, well, tell the kids we said hello.

All right, brother? You got it, buddy. Hey, you see the Cavanaughs came on earlier? They had some pops. I saw the Cavanaughs came on. Dude, they're so good. So good. Yeah, so good.

They made the game a little boring if I'm being honest the game wasn't that much fun to watch um but they were they're so good not as good as you buddy you're the best ladies and gentlemen Daniel thank you Daniel he knew he's alive. I love that guy. Let's get out of here. That was the first one. Hey, that was startling, wasn't it? Yeah. Cruel and Joe Bonnie all over himself. It was almost as startling as learning that a 70-year-old had a kid.

That was startling. That was startling. I mean, it turned out it wasn't true, right? Bingo. Sorry, Joe. Sorry, Joey. We have, I guess we've done some journalism. Joey.

Joey and... Christine. Hayden. Hayden Hopkins. Hayden Hopkins. Yep. So we have gotten the video from the snake pit of our show being used for the second DJ following Timmy Trumpmy trumpet this comes from dan

butler 33 on the talk oh yeah the music starts that's why oh yeah this guy goes nuts okay is ty coming here soon i know his it's just his audio in the in the beginning there while you're talking and we pull up something on the show you you can hear ty saying i don't give a fuck it goes muted like the complete time yeah right when the music starts yeah you hear him start to go there I could hear on my phone huh huh on the computer didn't work on my phone a hell of a setup bigger stage dude it was it was it was nuts they know the deal wow yeah it's big it's a it's a full on like you get Coachella and all that shit. Fire, smoke, the whole thing. It was crazy. Shout out my cousin Dan. Mr. Baller.

Here it is if you want to hear it. Dan Baller, 33. Let's run the video. Same time. Oh, jeez. Oh, this is Sullivan King. Oh, there you go. So you took a shot at Sullivan King, and he said,

if you take a shot at the king. He passed down this. And he used it. Oh, he's got the Wonder Bread here. Fair play to Sullivan King. Absolutely. That's for Sullivan. Hold on.

I haven't made one in three weeks. Let's take a day. Let's go back tomorrow. Okay. That's a lot. Everybody have an incredible afternoon. We'll be back tomorrow. Tomorrow, Concava SC roster reveal.

Wow. Huge. We're about eight days out from the soccer tournament down in Cary, North Carolina. Can't wait for you guys to see who's on the squad. Concava SC, the road to TST is presented by D-Likes.

And we got sick uniforms, ripped nets, and, you know, some cardio that's certainly going to be called into question, but there's 20 people on a team. That's right. Bingo. Only need to play a couple minutes a game.

I can't wait for that to get down there. Kerry, North Carolina, from all accounts that I've heard, beautiful town. Yeah. Beautiful town. Love that. Can't wait to get down there. It's going to be hot, AJ. It's going to be hot.

Yeah, I think it's an awesome part. My parents had some friends that lived there, and a few times growing up, we went there. Yeah, it's sweet. I always talk about getting to North Carolina. I heard Cary is a beautiful town. We've been actually talking directly to the tech people from the city of Cary.

Shout out to Eric. He's a Polish fella who lives down there in Cary. He's taking care of it, because this show that we're doing from down there is, once again, a full Zito production. Okay. Okay, so back in-house completely. Okay, now we'd obviously been very lucky and fortunate to have the remote ops team from ESPN do shows for us through College Game Day. And then obviously at Mania and Iowa and down at the draft and everything like that.

What we've learned is that we could potentially do this and keep this in-house. And this is going to be the first attempt and first go at it. And, boy, it has been a blast. Zito and Tim McAfee have been working their asses off. Go, boys. Yeah. All right. Great work, boys.

A lot of work going into this truck. The truck's hitting the road again. That's right. Stage on wheels is showing up. Wow. And the Internet, gig up, gig down is what we've been told. Okay. We're going to find out.

Yes, we are. We're going to find out right away. We are going to find out. We're going to find out. Immediately. We're going to find out. He's got some of the best internet in the country. That's what we've heard.

That's what we've been told. And I'll tell you what, with everything that took place for us to become a Zito production again, this first one I hope goes well. It will. It will. But we're either going to win or we're going to learn, aren't we? I love that box truck. So many good memories in that box truck. There's memories for sure. So many near

deaths in that box truck. Oh, man. It's back on the road. Yep. It's back on the road. Going to carry North Carolina next week. Should be a blast. We'll be live on ESPN. It's going to be fun. It's going to be exhilarating and you know, calling KFC, I think when people see the roster, they're going to. Should be a blast. We'll be live on ESPN. It's going to be fun. It's going to be exhilarating. Calling KFC, I think when people see the roster, they're going to say, wait a second. That team's trying to win this thing. Look out.

We certainly are. Have I met a majority of the guys on our team? Absolutely not. Can't wait to get down there and build up camaraderie. Neither did Pat Cavanaugh. Pat Cavanaugh doesn't even know who his teammates are. Nope. Except for his brother. What does Messi get in town? Messi's not on TV.

Sure? Breaking. Messi would not be on Concave. I thought he was up in the air still. I thought he was there for a second. Turns out it was maybe just a language barrier. There must have been some miscommunication happening. Breaking news on this Tuesday, May 28th. 100 days away

from NFL season kicking off. Messi will not be on Conque Fantasy. Was it for lack of effort? Fuck. Maybe next year. Is he on Sergio Aguero's team, I heard? Or is he just not on any team? No.

Well, it turns out he's not allowed to be on team because he's the MLS. Current player. They still blame? The MLS? Oh, yeah. Really? Oh, yeah. I saw Bayer Leverkusen won the whole fucking German Cup.

German Cup. Bundesliga. Undefeated year. Bayer Leverkusen. Lost in the Europa League final, unfortunately. No, they won 51. They're unbeaten in 51 games across Europe. They were until the final, unfortunately.

What Bayer Leverkusen did there. First team in the history of the Bundesliga to go 34 unbeaten matches throughout the league. Unbelievable. Who's their guy? Bayer. Oh, Kuzin's the guy. Zabby Alonso, great young coach. Good talk to him, dude. Granit Xhaka, former Arsenal player. Xhaka.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I did hear rumors that Perlo was in the United States. Oh, yeah? It's Perlo. What about Buffon? What about Buffon? What about Buffon? Gigi? Gigi?

Perlo? AJ, are you playing on the team or not? No, you didn't make the roster. Gigi could play. He retired. I didn't make it. No, I'm supporting. All right.

Anyways, roster reveal tomorrow. Big day tomorrow. Got a lot of shit happening tonight. NBA is on TNT. Timberwolves taking on Dallas. Dallas can put that whole series away and set up for the Boston Celtics and them to be the battle for the NBA championship. And then the NHL is on tonight.

Rangers at Panthers, 8 p.m. on ESPN. Should be a blast. We can't wait to get back tomorrow. More NFL news happening. More world news happening. More sports news happening. And we're lucky enough to be doofuses in the middle of it all. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this for a living.

You're the greatest people on earth. Some people say if you want to find an idiot, find a person who watches the Pat McAfee show. I say that. Yeah, I'm excited to find some puppet with a pen says that. With that being said, you're the greatest humans on Earth because we like to enjoy the hell out of this thing and we all understand that sports are the

thing that can bring the entire world together. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Team on three. 1, 2, 3, team! Goodbye!