The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1151 - Shams Charania, Jack Johnson, Michael Phelps, CC Sabathia, Pacman Jones, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: June 19, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, Pacman Jones, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the Oilers making the Stanley Cup Finals interesting after Connor McDavid put on another masterclass as they head back to Edmonton for game 6, Joe Burrow and other members of the Bengals being in Paris for fashion week, the fallout from the NFL/DirecTV lawsuit, and everything else happening around the sports world. Joining the progrum to chat about the Detroit Pistons shocking firing Head Coach Monty Williams with more than $65 million left on his contract and everything else we need to pay attention to in the offseason is NBA Insider for The Athletic and FanDuelTV’s Run It Back, Shams Charania (12:17-24:07). Next, Stanley Cup Champion, 3rd overall pick of the 2005 NHL Draft, and current Defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche, Jack Johnson joins the show to break down everything about the Stanley Cup Finals, and how you bottle up Connor McDavid if you’re Florida, and if playing game 6 in Edmonton might be beneficial for Florida with limited distractions (38:20-54:10). Next, the greatest Olympian of all-time, 23x Gold medalist, 28x Olympic medalist, Michael Phelps joins the show to chat about the US Olympic swimming trials in Indianapolis (1:13:20-1:15:20). Lastly, 6x All-Star, World Series Champion, Cy Young winner, CC Sabathia joins the show to chat about tonight’s charity softball game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama honoring Willie Mays after his passing and the Negro Leagues and if it’s going to become an annual thing, if Paul Skenes can maintain his incredible start, and what he expects out of Gerrit Cole making his first start of the season for the Yankees tonight (2:00:07-2:14:32). 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 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 happy Juneteenth Wednesday, 2024, this program starts right now. Sports! All right, wonderful thing. Sports bring people together. Sports are a celebration. And today we celebrate Juneteenth, which is a holiday I think a lot of us learned over the last few years about a massive and monumental day in our country's history. In 1865, on this particular date, June 19th, in Galveston, Texas, Union soldiers arrived

to town to let the slaves know that they had been freed two years ago. And that marks almost the end of slavery in the United States of America as 250,000 slaves were freed in a moment of celebration. Two years late, but certainly on time. And then, you know, as you chit chat about that, you can also chit chat about the celebration of what African-Americans have brought to the American culture as a whole. Shout out to a lady named Opal Lee, who is from Houston, Texas, who in the year 2021, I think it was 2021, walked from Houston, Texas to D.C. to make it a national holiday,

which I think is great for all parties involved because not just the United States of America, the black community, everybody. Anytime we get a chance to celebrate something awesome happening in our country, no matter how devastating

it was leading into then, we should certainly do that because we are lucky as hell to be here. Now, also on this particular day, we are mourning an incredible sports icon. Willie Mays passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Now, obviously, 93 is an incredibly long life. And what he did in that life was fulfilling and awesome. Goes on to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. In some people's minds, the greatest baseball player of all time in some people's minds the greatest baseball player of all time the mvp award for the world series is actually named after him and anytime that takes place you know you're got to be an absolute dog we're watching highlights obviously of his

stupendous career what people forget is his rookie year in majors he went on to be the rookie of the year and then he uh went to the korean war for two years because he was drafted and then he came back and finished his career out as being one of the greatest of all time. Served the United States of America. Was a phenomenal baseball player. A hero to many. And now has passed away at the age of 93. Peacefully, we heard.

Rest in peace to Willie Mays. Say hey, absolute stud. We'll talk to CeCe Sabathia today in the second hour where he's actually at a celebrity softball game down in Birmingham this evening to celebrate Willie Mays' life and everything going on. And this was scheduled before the news of the passing, so obviously makes all the story bigger. And we can't wait to chit-chat with him. He's not the only one. CeCe Sabathia is going to be fantastic in the second hour. We also have Sean Sharania joining us in about eight minutes because there is massive

news coming out of the NBA. A coach who has paid more money than any other coach in the history of the NBA has now been fired after one year in the city of Detroit. That guy will be paid $65 million to do nothing. Maybe a professional golfer, maybe a beachgoer, maybe a chiller, whatever the hell he wants to do. He is being paid for a while a lot of money to not do anything in the city of Detroit. Congrats to him. Congrats to Woj with the Woj bomb. We can't wait to rub that in Sean Sharania's face. How did Sean's not get this? Spicy P, Pascal Siakam got a deal done with the Indiana Pacers. What Sean said was going to happen.

Woj had the final details as it was reported. We'll talk to him in a few hours or a few minutes about anything else that is potentially happening around the NBA. Is JJ Reddick going to be the coach of the Pistons now? Whoa. Cavaliers still need a head coach. The Lakers still need a head coach. Now the Pistons enter the sweepstakes. Is Darvin Hamm going to the Pistons? Bring him home.

Because he's a Pistons legend. He's available. Who knows? We'll talk to him. And then we'll talk to Jack Johnson, brother-in-law of A.J. Hawk, but Stanley Cup champion, 17-year NHL vet. In about 30 minutes or so, it'll be his first time on the program. I've met the guy a couple of times. He's got massive mitts.

Big old mitts. This guy's got massive mitts. His forearms are gigantic. His story, obviously, amazing, but he's a Stanley Cup champion. And all of a sudden, don't look now. We have a Stanley Cup final series. Yeah, we do. The Florida Panthers had a chance to win the Stanley Cup last night in Sunrise, Florida,

in front of their home fans for the first time in franchise history. And instead, Connor McDavid said, this is my show. This is my ice. This is my city. This is my series. The conspire is my award. And Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers now head back home with the series at 3-2. The scariest lead in hockey is 3-1.

That's what it was before last night because one goal makes it a one-goal game. Well, one win makes it a one-win series. And all of a sudden, are we staring down a game seven? Are we staring down a full NHL series? The hockey world is awesome. Hockey is awesome. A game seven for the Stanley Cup Finals would be awesome. We're all pulling for it, even though we love this Florida Panthers team.

And to Chuck, who's a friend of the program, had a goal and an assist last night and a nasty save as he slid from blue line to his goal. That, though, what you were just showing, we should go back to. I mean, can't have that just pop up on the screen. We talked about this dude being, and yeah. Two goals, two assists last night. He had a goal, too, where he did something similar and then shot from like zero angle and put it behind Bob's back.

And he's like a video game player. He is like somebody on the little, you know, some of those video games have like a joystick. The things he does at full speed, slicing, dicing other great hockey players. Those are NHL players. Those are guys that are in the Stanley Cup finals. Those dudes have been playing hockey their entire life,

and he makes it look as if they don't have sticks. Connor McDavid showing up big for these Edmonton Oilers is huge for the sport of hockey. Because even if you don't know shit about hockey, you see this guy skating around with this massive beard seemingly on full turbo speed all the time his dangle is ridiculous he stays on the ice for like two and a half minutes as well it's not just like 45 seconds to a minute long shift and what he's doing right now could be historic but florida panthers with

just one game can win lord stagg so we'll talk to Jack Johnson. There's a chance bid stops by. We've got a big time Wednesday. And it's not just the talks at table and I at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. Sweet fit today. Thank you. Yeah, none of it really matches, but I appreciate that. Usually it's not as nice when I wear a bunch of different colors. Well, I mean, you rarely match.

Let's make sure that is just a matter of fact. You wear stuff that is, like, awesome to look at, but very rarely awesome to look at stuff can go with anything else. So to say, like, normally when I don't, you never match. Sometimes. But in this particular case, sweet ranch and baseball hat. Thank you very much. I'm still trying to break it in a little bit,

but anytime baby blue and black, we talk about this all the time, one of the best, if not the best, color combination. Agreed. That's why Miami subs was so good back in the day. Reminds me of right there, the Lions, obviously, the king of the jungles. You got to do what you got to do. Ty Schmidt, we got a big baseball conversation coming right down the pipe with CeCe Sabathia. Cannot wait for that.

One after the hammer. Cowboys telling Diggs here, looking incredibly fresh and fit and slim and I'll say it, you look fantastic thank you a nine-year nfl vet a guy who's here every monday through wednesday one of the smartest humans in football history was telling us about juneteenth for the last few days yeah there he's jay baller once again yeah juneteenth eve uh almost had a full celebration as well, which we should certainly talk about. And, D-Butch, I want to let you know,

your addition to the program has been fantastic, okay? Everything you do is just top-notch right now. You motivating D. Shambo into winning a major is fantastic news. But spreading information about this Juneteenth and this Opal Lee lady today was one of the greatest. Did you watch that video? I did. I did not know any of this.

Me either. As far as that story, her walking two and a half miles a day. This lady, she's an older black lady. I don't want to say old because I have no idea. Her 90s. Okay. That's a lot. Okay, she didn't look like she was in her 90s, but we're not getting into that whole conversation.

I mean, that now is not the time. Black on crack. You said it on me. So she walks from Houston to D.C., two and a half miles a day, to take the amount of time, to make it a national holiday or whatever. It's like, what a legend. Yeah. And I don't know why we didn't know about this beforehand.

I genuinely, it's a great day, great holiday. So I appreciate all the information. Yeah, it's huge. And even, you know, now me being 38, you know, still learning so much about, obviously, the history. A lot of it's not talked about as much. And it's closer than people think. Me being 38, obviously Opal being in her 90s. But you talk about our grandparents' parents, you know, that's South Carolina and Georgia for me where my family's from.

So it's a lot of close ties, a lot of things that are still talked about and a lot of things that are still unknown. But to celebrate something like this on a national stage where it is a national holiday, where at least you can look back at the day and say, okay, that's where it ended. And obviously, like you said, two years later, like that, I mean. So what I think happened was a bunch of people from Pittsburgh

just showed up in Texas. It was like, what are we doing? Pittsburgh? That's Boston. No, I think happened was a bunch of people from Pittsburgh just showed up in Texas. It was like, what are we doing? Pittsburgh? That's Boston. No, I think it was Boston people. I'm pretty sure it was Boston. I didn't get the information, but I'm just guessing it was people from Pittsburgh that showed up and said, sorry about it.

This is not happening. You guys are good. See you. What a wild thing. Shout out to Miss Opal, man. Yeah, Miss Opal walking. I don't know how many miles that is. I guess we should have done the math

Forever And I know I wouldn't be able to make it But to have it be a national holiday Good for everybody Anytime we can celebrate something Bingo You know the world has a lot of things Not to celebrate

Yes So anytime we can celebrate something We should certainly do that Speaking of celebrating We get a chance to celebrate Every single Wednesday With a man who is a football legend All pro

A man who is now a record label Universal record label, universal record label signed rapper, philanthropist, ladies and gentlemen, Pac Banjo. Hey, man. Hey, man. Pac, how you doing, brother? I'm doing good, man. I had a chance to go on tour with Rob 49 and Skilla Baby.

Shout out to Skilla Baby. Here we go. It's pretty good, man. If you haven't been to the show, Skilla Baby is probably going to be the next biggest superstar, I think. Okay, Skilla Baby. Yeah. Where's he from biggest superstar, I think. Okay, Skilla Baby. Yeah. Where's he from?

Detroit. Detroit. Hell yeah. Are we sure? And Skilla Baby is rapper. Yeah. How old? 22.

Okay. And you're 25. Okay, he's 25 years old. You're on tour. It's okay. We just Googled him in the back because I think we're just learning about him like everybody else. You're going on tour. You're doing shows.

How are you doing? You crushing the shows? Doing pretty good. Enjoy it. Pretty much baiting the crowd in, you know what I mean, with the help of Skillet. But it's been going good. Hell, yeah. You should get up there and just enjoy yourself.

There's Skillet Baby right there. Wow. He looks really cool. Yeah. He looks really, really cool. Very cool. Skillet Baby, what is his most popular song? What song do people lose their shit to whenever you guys are performing?

Pretty much Baby, You Know We're Fine. Baby, You Know We're Fine. Uh-huh. How's your stage presence? You feel good up there? Yeah, I feel good. Do you feel active? Do you run around?

Yeah, I got to move around. I don't stay still anyway. Yeah, smart. Got to get the crowd. Smart. I see the FC Cincinnati shirt. Obviously, the MLS team there in Cincinnati. Cincinnati Bengals football team.

Obviously, you're very close with the reason why you're in the city of Cincinnati. A lot of big news. T. Higgins is back. Joe Burrow is in Paris. So is Chase. I mean, they got team camaraderie happening at a high rate. Remember, there was a conversation in Buffalo about Diggs was in Paris at Fashion Show. Josh Allen wasn't there.

He was posting things saying, these are the only ways to show my emotion. Everybody's like, wait a minute. Is he on the outs? Joey Burrow said, you guys want to go to the Fashion Show? I'll go to Paris. He'll be there. I'll go to Paris. He's walking around. He's playing chess against the locals saying, guess what? Oui, oui. Je m'appelle Joe. I am your father. Yeah, chess. I guess he's

doing close Sicilian on all of them. Wow. Just walking in, setting them up. Checkmate, bitch. I'm Joe Burrow. And then he's walking out of there. He'd be a little bigger than I thought. Fresh, too. A bit fresher. I mean, his hair always looks good.

He's at Fashion Week, so you have to dress awesome. Like, you have to dress awesome. And I appreciate that the Bengals are in the news for all the good news. That's right. You know what I mean? It feels like there's been years where Bengals chatter has been like, are they, are they, are they? This year, it's like, hey, team's back.

T. Higgins knows he's probably only there for another year. His parents are excited. He's excited. Are the Cincinnati Bengals going to be able to get over the hump? Wow. Hard Knocks is filming their every move for the AFC North. Hard Knocks. Joining us now is a man from the NBA who knows a lot more about the shit

that's happening than we would ever know. Ladies and gentlemen, senior insider for FanDuel and the athletic shamshiranya shami good to see you brother how you doing pat i'm good i know one person who is watching right now hopefully adam silver he told me at the finals he's an avid viewer he loves this show and he likes watching around lunchtime just to be well you love lunch too i'm sure you guys shared your conversations about how much you love lunch. And Adam Silver, I appreciate the hell out of you, man. And the answer, he watches the show, pretty crazy. The answer he gave about, like, I'm very thankful.

He's the only one, really. The stand-up guy. Yeah, he was. Like, context matters, I think, in this entire thing. And then, obviously, that wasn't reported about, because why would it be? You know, that would be journalism, both sides of everything being covered. But hey, we're not journalists. You are.

And obviously you're a man who knows the workings of what's happening in the National Basketball Association. Today, Woj broke massive news. Monty has been fired from the Detroit Pistons. Now, this comes after he leaves the Phoenix Suns to a deal that makes him the highest-paid coach in the history of the NBA. The Detroit Pistons wanted to turn everything around.

We would like to be good again. They stink. They're worse than everybody. The stats coming out now that he was paid... $5.4 million per win. And then the Boston Celtics won more games in the playoffs than the Pistons obviously did in the entire season. I mean, it's not a good thing at all for either party, seemingly, when they came together.

But now he gets $65 million just to kind of go away. Is this normal? And what does this mean for the Detroit Pistons, Shams? Last season did not go well. They made history with the longest losing streak in NBA history. Just overall, Tom Gore's's ownership everyone around that organization at that level even players they were all through with monty williams and at the end of the day they hired a new president trajan langdon they obviously wanted him to be in contact with monty williams

speak and meet with monty williams and that's what they've been doing for the last two weeks but one thing to note guys is tom gore's told trajan lane in the moment he took over as president that he has full autonomy to make any changes he wants and also to eat whatever salary he wants to eat everyone knew exactly what that meant that meant that you can eat the final 65 67 million dollars left on mati williams massive contract and that contract was up to $100 million. It included health care benefits. It included access to a private jet. His wife was diagnosed with cancer. And that's why Monty Williams did not want to take this head coaching job last season.

But the Pistons kept offering more and more money. And once it got to that amount, $70-plus dollars on a six-year deal up to 100 million dollars overall uh monty williams could not say no he didn't say no he took the deal and now he's gonna walk away on juneteenth on this june 19 day with uh a boatload of money uh for the next five years they fired him on jk's wow was that? Wow. Classic pissed. Wow. I mean, come on. Is that what you were trying to say, Sean? That's a hell of a...

$65 million. On a Wednesday. Don't have to work. You can leave now. God bless America. Fire Monty Williams. Anyway, Sean, we heard what you were trying to say. Now they have to make a coaching hire, and this coaching hire will take place.

What just happened? You got Tyrese Alliburton, two voices right there. I think maybe your AirPods just died. My AirPods died, yeah. It's been a morning. Yeah, you sound sweet. I understand you're very active, but them eating all those contracts and those salaries, obviously they're trying to do whatever they can to move forward.

Do they now just fall into the same category as the Lakers and Cavaliers with coaching search? Do they already have a person linked to the Pistons like Darvin Ham? Is he just now going to be the head coach of the Pistons because he's a Pistons legend and everybody thinks he kind of got the raw end of the deal with the Los Angeles Lakers? Do we have any of those where we're sitting at right now, just a few hours removed? The Lakers and Cavs have been way more progressed in their coaching searches than the Pistons have been. I think the Pistons are looking at over the next two to three weeks, they want to have a coach

in place before Summer League. Summer League starts on July 12th, so having someone in, they're not really as concerned about the draft next week and free agency. They're more concerned about going through a process. One coaching candidate that is at the top of their list is James Borrego, but he is gaining traction in Cleveland to potentially be the Cavs head coach, I'm their list is james borrego but he is gaining traction

in cleveland to potentially be the calves head coach i'm told so if james borrego does come off the board with the calves then if you're detroit you're looking at more younger head coaching candidates sean sweeney is a name to keep an eye on he's the mavericks lead assistant coach right now so they made to the nba finals johnny bry, an assistant right now with the Knicks. His name is going to be prevalent in this search process. Chris Quinn, he's an assistant in Miami. Obviously a longtime NBA player as well. So I would expect them to be kind of at the tail end of the Lakers who we've been saying have been focused on J.J. Reddick for the last few weeks.

Now, how quick does that move? The Cavs seem like they're progressing. I would expect the Lakers and Cavs to come off the board few weeks. Now, how quick does that move? The Cavs seem like they're progressing. I would expect the Lakers and Cavs to come off the board before Detroit. Okay, I didn't hear Darvin Hamm at all there. I heard complete opposite direction. That's what hurt. I have not heard Darvin Hamm's name yet. Okay, let's go to the Lakers now.

J.J. Redick, obviously, but there's a new coach. Go ahead, D-Boy. Yeah, like Pat just mentioned, you said J.J. has been the frontrunner since May 24th, now that Monte Williams is available. Any chance he goes and visits the Lakers? I know they had some type of conversation before he took the job in Detroit, but any chance that happens there? Yeah, Monte Williams was in play strongly in 2019 when they hired Frank Bogle.

And by the way, Frank B gets fired uh this year adrian griffin got fired i mean all these coaches that are getting fired we're noticing a quick trigger of coaches matu williams got fired in back-to-back summers uh it's just a crazy stat but matu williams was definitely in play with the lakers in 2019 they went and hired frank vogel it was really down to ty lue they missed out on ty lue they missed out out on Montee Williams. Then they go hire Frank Vogel. So, I mean, there's been interest there in the past. I have not heard. Obviously, this has just happened with Montee Williams.

There's been rumblings that this was possible because of the fact that Trajan Langdon got the autonomy to eat whatever money he needs to for Montee Williams. It's $65 million. I have not gotten the sense yet that Montee Williams is in the picture here. But, I mean, listen, he is a two-time Coach of the Year. Listen, if I'm getting $65 million, I mean, there's a chance. Yeah. Posted. Not doing anything.

Been through a lot, too. Yeah, especially a wife with cancer. I mean, that is obviously a lot going on. Pop by a desk, maybe do some pregame stuff, you know, when the playoffs happen. Yes. $65 million is so much money. And you had to live in Detroit, so it's even more like, hey, I need a break. What do you mean?

What are you talking about? You know exactly what I mean. Take it easy. I heard a lot of people saying that. We were just in Detroit for the draft. Biggest draft of all time. You know what might have happened? You might have saw that Detroit sign and be like, all right, that's it.

I'm done with this place. Please fire me. Just let me out of here, please. No, along the highway there? Yeah, yeah. B-A-T-R-I-P. You probably saw that. He's like, I got a coach.

Yeah, but Stiller's from Detroit. Everybody knows. Look, I'm a Skillababy guy. I'm just saying,ty Michael. Those California taxes don't play, though. Those taxes out there in LA don't play. They want to get into politics, Shams. I mean, geez Louise.

You do. Shams, you do. We talk about taxes all the time. It's actually a very important piece of negotiation for everybody. So, I mean, it's certainly a worthy conversation. What happened? We got our news? No news right now, but we're looking at our phone. We're looking at the phone.

Nothing. Okay, there's big news potentially coming soon, allegedly. Ty has a question for you. Shams, last time you were on the show, you mentioned Paul George and 76ers might have some mutual interest there. Is that kind of the next big domino to fall? Is there any update on that?

And when do you expect a potential paul george deal to get done and are there any like kind of new teams we should be looking at as well well paul george can't meet with the sixers or meet with any other team besides the clippers until june 30th so that process you know everyone around the league fully expects paul george to go free agency, test free agency, and that process wouldn't play out. Just like Klay Thompson, those processes where you're talking, if you're Klay Thompson talking to an Orlando or if you're Paul George talking to a team like the Sixers, that doesn't take place until June 30th.

And I can debunk that picture. That was not LeBron James in that picture. Okay. Yeah, that's good news. That's good journalism. That's good journalism. I was told that was Elton Grant, the general manager of the Sixers.

Okay, so here we go. Good surveillance, though. I told you I'd get on it. I told you I'd get on it, Pat. Absolutely, and this is good news for everybody. Let's remember, no matter where you sit, wherever you are, you're on camera. Okay, let's remember that.

Always. Especially as we go into these. No matter where. You know, like negotiation windows. You can negotiate here. Okay, let's remember that. Always. Especially as we go into these. No matter where. You know, like negotiation windows. You can negotiate here. You can't negotiate here. They're going to track your text messages. Okay?

They're going to see your TikToks for now. For now. For now, hopefully. NBA is not playing with tampering. When it comes to tampering, we've seen teams lose draft picks. We've seen discipline being enforced. And that's why a guy like Paul George, you have the ability to extend with the Clippers now. And I think the Clippers will continue to engage there.

But, you know, if Paul George wants that full max deal for years, clearly the Clippers, as of yet, have not had the appetite to go that length. So is it considered tampering if Jamesames harden says philadelphia sucks yeah daryl morey you don't want to go there at all to paul he's already said that and much much much oh yeah he had bottle service yeah he was in china and he was like daryl morey's a liar i hate that guy i will never play for him oh yeah there's some real beef there for a bit all right last question here about what just took place. Go ahead, Conman. Yeah, Sean, this is being reported now.

Joe Mazzulla came out and said that poor Zingas basically overrode the medical team and Boston was like, hey, this is game five. This might be it. I am playing. I don't care what you say. How often does that happen? And then also, is there a chance he probably needs surgery on his injury going forward and he's going to miss some time?

Surgery was always in play. to miss some time surgery was always with this injury surgery was always in play i think there was a course of rehab that you go through he obviously tried to rehab it for whatever it was a week and a half week i think everyone was was definitely stunned at the way he played and performed in in game five for him to even hit the floor but it does happen i i can't say it happens frequently but there have been years especially with lower body injuries where you feel like you can play through it there have been guys that have played through hamstring injuries i remember one year james harden played through a grade two hamstring strain uh you know guys anthony davis one year in

the playoffs played through a groin strain a pretty severe groin strain so unless it's like fully torn guys especially come playoff time, you try to give it a full go. But, you know, even Luka Doncic, he was playing through rib injuries. He had knee sprain. There was a lot he was dealing with as well. Well, a lot of external factors too, like Windhorse cutting promos on. Yeah, like 1 a.m. on Scott Van Pelt.

I mean, that's tough to handle as well. Hey, we appreciate the holiday. We know you've got a busy afternoon. Will you tell people what you're doing or no? No, right now we're just working the phones right now. What else are you doing? Do we trust anything?

I'm going to have lunch and I'm going to watch the Pat McAfee show. He's got media with that. I'm sober. Ladies and gentlemen, Sean Sharani. Thank you. Alright, the NBA, obviously, cooking into the offseason. So much drama. It's the best. So much drama.

Every offseason, there's somebody pissed at somebody. Oh, yeah. And the things that they do publicly just other leagues won't do. Like the bottle service thing, hilarious. James Harden at his kids' camp, that kids' camp in China. There's a piece of shit in the NBA. These kids are like, are we learning the crossover?

No. No, no, no. I want to tell you about this piece of shit. I had no clue what he was talking about. And then there's the meetings at concerts, you know, I think like Kevin Ram, that was Paris. Yes. It's like, the NBA is awesome. And Fashion Week, yeah, Lil Baby and James Harden should be making an appearance at some point,

potentially on all the vitamins in France. Well, with the Olympics, too. You assume that some of the stuff is coming out there. You remember when Draymond started a Kevin Durant happy birthday song when it wasn't his birthday, just in the middle of the opening ceremonies? That stuff will be cool to see. Well, not only that, there's going to be a lot of guys on those teams who are not necessarily thrilled with the teams that they're on and then after you get

a chance to travel around another country uh be a teammate with somebody with the best there's gonna be like uh yeah i need to get to minnesota maybe somebody says anthony edward i would like to go play for sure with anthony edwards maybe somebody tells anthony edwards you need to get out they don't even know who the owner of the team yeah the owner tried to sell the team then he faked out and then he came back on this entire thing. Maybe you do that. I'm excited to see the drama in the NBA. The NBA drama, it's like TNT. We know drama. They've got to

figure it out. Alongside baseball, too. Did I see the Finals MVP is not on Team USA? Did he not make Team USA? Is that correct? Yeah, Jalen Brown is not on Team USA. I believe he's an alternate. The conversation is if Kawhi doesn't end up playing because of his knee, Jalen Brown will replace him. Kawhi cut his hair, I heard. Yeah, he got a new haircut. He looks cool. Yeah, he's an alternate. The conversation is if Kawhi doesn't end up playing because of his knee, Jalen Brown will replace him.

Kawhi cut his hair, I heard. Yeah, he got a new haircut. He looks cool. Yeah, he does look super cool. Yeah, he looks awesome. Super professional, super cool. Maybe that will help him out going into next year. Yeah, so he plays really good basketball all the time whenever he plays,

but then he just gets hurt. Yeah, and per sources, basically the entire season, he's counting down to the playoffs. Like all he wants to do is get to the playoffs. So then it is like, all right, now we can go. Let's lock in. Similar to Toronto. Like when they won in Toronto, it was one of those situations where the load management thing was kind of

starting with Kawhi because it was, hey, if you just get me to the playoffs, we're going to go. And then, yeah, of course he plays like the most games he's played in the regular season in recent memory. And then he gets hurt going into the playoffs. What an absolute dog, by the way. Can we get to the games that matter, please? And then I'll be better than everybody.

Absolutely crushed, too. But then if you get hurt. I'm bummed out. I've never seen nobody do that. The low management thing, I get it, but I just thought, especially that run in Toronto, I thought from that point on, him teaming up Paul George, I just thought it was going to be a run for Kawhi. But obviously you can't control injuries and how guys recover from them, but it sucks as a fan.

Truly. Tuning into the Clippers. And not seeing any of them. Especially when you watch him play for however many, 10 games in a row. Okay, he might be back. Here we go. And then he's out for 27 games. I think all these teams that I get excited about, they stick. Yeah.

They fall apart. You know? Like, anytime somebody has, like, ooh, except for, like, the Heetles. The Suns. The Suns last year. The Suns. The Nets. The Sixers.

The Clippers. I mean, there's a lot of these teams I get really excited about, and it's like, oh, man, why did it work out? Even the Mavericks the first year, whenever Kyrie goes down to Luka, and they were just mad. They just could not figure it out. And then they obviously figure out the next year. That's an abnormality, I think. Chemistry, man. You can't

fake that chemistry. Even the Heatles, obviously, their struggle lost to the Spurs, and they lost to the Mavericks as well. But like, you know, Dwayne Wade, Bosh, Braun, all of them in their prime, top of their games. They figured it out. Kawhi did not get a haircut.

That was fake news. Just the angle? Didn't get a haircut despite viral photo. No, the lines are clean. He definitely... I mean, that looks like a haircut. Sweet glasses, though.

Got us. That's the one. Good journalism,, though. It's the new hair. Yeah. Got us. That's the one. Good journalism, Jonte. Yeah. Thank you for doing that. That's over in Paris, I assume. Is that in... These fashion weeks are awesome.

Why is everybody having these? They're so cool. I don't know. They must be cool. Yes, I've been on. I've been to Louis Vuitton twice. Okay, so what is it? So you go over there.

There's a party, I assume. Big party. Before? twice. Okay, so what is it? So you go over there, there's a party, I assume. Big party. Before? After. Okay, so you show up, everybody's sitting around that stage. Yeah. Is that not the, you're just sitting there? You're drinking while you're sitting there.

It's like going to the Super Bowl. Champagne? Okay. Think of Fashion Week as the Super Bowl. For dressing up. And are they saying what people are going to wear in the future that they're walking down?

Most of the pieces that they're wearing in Fashion Week, no one get them. Yeah, it's 2025. Yeah, I've only seen like asshole costumes walking down.

For sure. You know what I mean? Like wearing garbage bags and saying like, oh wow, this thing's going to be awesome. This is the future. And like a big domino

or something with suspenders and walk down. This thing costs you $16,000. You want to wear it? It's like, where the fuck am I wearing it? That type of stuff. So it's just a show.

It's just a spectacle. Yeah, it's a show. I don't know which one you've seen, but they got Louis Vuitton. I just see clips on the internet. That's all I see on that. It's something to go to if you've never been there. Okay, so music playing, we're drinking. And immediately afterwards, there's an

after party. And everybody there goes to that. Everybody. So the reason why people are headed to these is because there's just massive parties after all these things. Yes, and to see the new lines that's coming out. Those parties, man, if you spill something, I bet you are cut. You probably get your throat slit if you spill some red wine. No, they probably have

like baby bottles that you can't spill. Yeah, I hope. Because you spill on some of that shit. That's what I'm saying. It's like a $40,000 drip of red wine. You get bummed you like spill something on like Timothy Chalamet, all of a sudden he just like cuts you in half. So, is it for

sale too? Is it like they have the shop set up? Like when I walk outside and get a t-shirt like it's concert, can I buy like the domino block that I saw walk down the street? The day like they have the shop set up? Like when I walk outside and get a t-shirt like it's concert, can I buy like the domino block that I saw walk down the road? The day before they give you like you gotta have a pass to go wherever you like Louis Vuitton have to invite you to their thing.

And yes, you will have a chance to buy that jacket. The landscape is fire. That's where they play chess. Burrow and that guy play chess there after. Oh, Pusha T performed. Boom, with John Legend. They made a music video. That was the...

At the Louis one? At the Louis, yeah. They basically chopped this entire thing up and made a music video out of it. Okay, like that jacket, pretty sweet. So somebody would just... Is that a coffin? Yeah, I think because they're killing it.

Oh, of course. That's where all the clothes go. Is it a figure eight, too? Yeah, it looks like the bus races. They're marching on a beat. Oh, of course. That's where all the clothes go. Is it a figure eight, too? Yeah, it looks like the bus races. They're a purse. Man, this is... That's a travel sack. That's a small travel sack.

500 grand. No, no, it's a travel sack. No, burrowed. It's a small travel sack. Dude, that guy's got mozzies! Holy shit! Are those gloves? Oh!

Bring in the strings! Wow, look at that thing. Cristiano? Sh the strings. Wow. Look at that thing. Shimmering. Okay. I want that. That's a travel sack. Small travel sack.

It's a European carry-all. Carry-all. There it is. That's like a super duper robe. That's like pajamas. Super wealthy pajama set. I like the short socks. I was way ahead of time.

I almost got fired for that Michael Cole WrestleMania. That looks like one of those invisibility jackets. The one there behind looked like Dahmer, I will say. You got to see that. Hold on. I missed the guy behind. Right there. Oh, yeah.

Right there. Dahmer. All right. Well, hey, thank you, Fashion Week, for seemingly being a gathering of all athletes. Everybody wants to get over there. And there's always some sort of drama that comes from it. The Bengals, though, just enjoying some shows, having a good time, beating people's ass in chess. Lamar, there was drama. Lamar was pretty pissed that Wemby was standing next to him instead of sitting down.

Is that real? Oh, yeah. That was at one of these Fashion Weeks? It was at the Louis Vuitton thing, yeah. Lamar was there, too. They were all hanging out. Jackson? Yeah.

Russell Wilson was there. Holy shit. Louis jacket right there. Look at how Paul Wemby is. Lamar's awesome, by the way. Best. We're getting to a point where the more that we see and hear from Lamar, we need him just mic'd up in places.

Like, remember that became a content idea. Amazon did it for Thursday Night Football. Marshawn Lynch, we're going to put'd up in places. Remember that became a content idea. Amazon did it for Thursday Night Football. Marshawn Lynch. We're going to put a microphone on him. We're going to put a camera on him. And then we're going to drop him into the middle of the most absurd shit. The most absurd shit. And then just see how he reacts. And Marshawn kills it every single time.

Every time it's like, gotta watch it. I feel like Lamar Jackson is a similar person. Every time we see him do an interview or talk or people talk about him, it's like, yeah, coolest dude on earth. That's just how it is. Also, more fit than he's ever been. Is Lamar Jackson about to have the greatest year he's ever had as a football player, even though

he's already won the MVP? And are we talking about the fashion week being the reason that upped his confidence because he was walking down the runway, strutting his stuff with a big old chawn, his massive doing his thing? I mean, there's a chance that that's what we're talking about here in about a month. I guess we will find out because Joey Burrow and Lamar are over there, but Russ Wilson's out there getting better.

Russell Wilson's probably in one of the shows tonight. Performing. Yeah, Deshaun Watson not there representing the Cleveland Browns. If you're talking about the AFC North. Now, I'm worried. If he's the only quarterback in the AFC North that isn't over there just gallivanting around, I'm worried. I'm worried the only quarterback in the AFC North that isn't over there just gallivanting around, I'm worried. I'm worried that that makes the Browns the favorites.

Okay, so you guys should see hers over there. He's over there. Sierra ain't missing that. She's not missing that. Okay, well, Russ stayed behind to get better. Is Flacco over there? Joe Flacco is an Indianapolis Colts quarterback. Indianapolis Colts quarterbacks don't go to Paris Fashion Week.

I don't know. I'm just telling you that's not true. Who makes it? Nope, Peyton Urban, Fashion Week. I don't know. I'm just telling you that's how it is. Who makes it? Nope, Peyton Urban, Anthony Richardson. I don't think he's there. If he goes, I will completely change my tune about how I need to go. I saw Peyton at the College World Series, and some guy behind him was put in a ginormous hole can.

Let's talk a little bit about some more NFL news, not just Fashion Week news. Anytime there's clips hit the Internet, obviously go look at them. Have to. And any drama that comes from it, we now know, is probably from the party afterward. Where there is some gossiping, some conversation, some recruiting potentially happening. What's going on over here? Not that type. Okay.

Not that type. We're talking about just amongst professions. Not everything like that. NFL news. The NFL was in a class action lawsuit. I think it's still happening. But from what we're hearing about this case from Mucky Duck Pub and the 2.5 million DirecTV Sunday Ticket subscribers who are filing a class action lawsuit against the NFL for price gouging and forcing somebody

to charge an immense amount of money for a Sunday ticket. $450 I believe is the price and not being able to just watch your team isolated. So there was a lawsuit that made it to court, that made it to trial, that could have been worth $21 billion out of the NFL's pocket into all the people that filed a lawsuit. So this thing has gotten so far in that Roger Goodell was actually testifying in court, swore. Roger Goodell goes, so all gods, yeah, I'm about to kill this lawyer. And he did for four hours. I guess he just absolutely cooked him. So much so that the new news that we're getting from this particular court case is that the judge says that we're getting from this particular court case is that the judge says, you have nothing to the plaintiff's lawyers.

And it's a total disconnect. George is about to be led back in for day two of Jerry Jones, followed by Sean McManus. So Jerry Jones is involved. Roger Goodell is involved. The NFL is getting sued for potentially $21 billion. And I think the reason why nobody had been talking about it before Monday is because this is a big fugace,

which is pretty much what the court has told the plaintiff's case. How does this get to a courtroom, then, is my big thing. And I guess now that we're here, the fact that Roger Goodell was willing to take the stand told us all along that the NFL had zero fears of this entire case at all. Yeah, exactly. I feel like if you look at what Goodell has had to deal with in the past and then what this is.

Dr. Will Smith. Dr. Will Smith. I mean, all the other things like the Ray Rice situation, things of that nature, Hernandez situation, things of that nature. It's like, hey, if we're going in and I get to go to battle for basically our best product, the thing that everyone universally loves, and sure, of course, you can make the argument yes it is expensive but everyone who buys that product and watches games all the games it is the greatest

thing that the nfl you could make an argument that any league has just to watch that league like it is so much fun so i assume when he went on to that stand he was probably i can't wait licking his jaw what if every cross-examination question, he goes, thank you for asking. That leads me to my next point. Tech-wise, we wanted four bucks because we wanted our fans to be able to watch four different games at the same exact time.

Nobody's been able to do or been able to hold people's attention long enough to have four different games on at the same time. A lot of people, other leagues, and the person who asked the question, I object. No, no, no. Sustained.

You wanted the answer to this. What if Roger Goodell for four hours just cut promos about how great Sunday Ticket is? Yes. This is the amount of people we have signing up for just last year on YouTube, on YouTube TV. Never had anything before, by the way. They're launching there, which takes me back to the beginning of Fox.

Do you remember how Fox started with, we just had a documentary about John Madden and they got the NFL rights and basically just launched the entire network? Let me show you some stats about YouTube TV with what Sunday Ticket is doing with this entire thing launching. Like Roger Goodell was probably skipping

into that damn thing. And now allegedly it is over. Now, speaking of being over, we thought the Stanley Cup Finals could have been over last night. We thought it could have been over a few nights ago in Edmonton. But what has happened?

Well, the Edmonton Oilers have come alive. All of a sudden, a potential sweep has become a 3-1 series. And then in Florida, with a Stanley Cup celebration on the way, it becomes a 3-2 series. Best player on earth, Connor McDavid's heating up. And now, with everything on the line, this series heads back eight hours to Edmonton's loud-ass barn.

And this thing could be staring down a game seven. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us is a man who played in the NHL and is playing in the NHL for 17 years thus far. He's a Stanley Cup champion. He's also the brother-in-law of A.J. Hawk. Ladies and gentlemen, Jack Johnson. How you doing, Jack? I'm doing great, guys. How you doing?

Hey, thank you for joining us. I see, hey. Oh, hey. I got a little Lordo here, too. Matching. You know what I mean? We kind of look like we're in the same exact backdrop. I appreciate that.

Congrats. Stanley Cup champ, Jack Jaws. There you go. All right, Jack. Let's talk about this Stanley Cup series here. I thought it was going to be a sweep, a lot of people on the outside looking in. For you hockey people, did you know that it was inevitable that the Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid and his team that is so talented would fight back

and extend this series? Or did you worry a little bit about this maybe being quick work for the Florida Panthers as well, Jack? Well, I mean, obviously once it gets to 3-0, there's that possibility. But I was a little surprised it got to 3-0, being in the Stanley Cup Finals with that kind of firepower that Edmonton has. I mean, they've got some high-end talent. They've got as much high-end talent as anybody in the league. They can throw at you. They've been living on their power play for so long, going at an incredible rate.

That has started to pick up lately. And at the end of the day in the playoffs, it's hard to beat a team four times. And winning that fourth one is tough, let alone in the Stanley Cup Finals. You know the cup's in the building. tough, let alone in the Stanley Cup Finals. You know the cups in the building. You know, last night in Florida at home, from my own experience, there's a lot going on there for those guys. I mean, each person probably had 20 people that flew in to see them, family. People are telling them about, you know, where the parties are going to be after parties. And in the meantime, you still got to win a stand like a final game and uh you

know how hard it's going to be so sometimes the best thing for a team is to get on the road when you have a chance to clinch uh and kind of hunker down get in your hotel and just the guys and that might benefit florida a little bit well allegedly game four they flew up all their family and friends all the way up to edmonton for a potential celebration. What it sounds like from your experience is there's a chance that none of them are getting flown up and it's like, hey, we got to get back to ball here. We got to get back to puck, fully focused, especially in somebody else's barn. But let's talk about that barn, especially with how Edmonton is playing now. That place can get wild.

And you play 17 years thus far in the NHL. Is that notoriously like greatest home ice advantage and if conor mcdavid gets one early does any of that shit any of that shit that he does early that place is going to be on fire is that a real advantage up there in edmonton i mean that's filthy is is that go ahead oh yeah i was watching the highlight with you i mean that's uh yeah i mean he's he's a special guy. I mean, that's a special talent. I think him and McKinnon this year, I'm biased to my boy Nate in Colorado too,

but, I mean, those guys do special things that no one else can do, and you saw it right there. But, yeah, I mean, that team gets rolling in Edmonton. That place is buzzing. They're going to be buzzing right from the anthems. You know, you got the U.S. Star Spangled Banner and O Canada going. It's going to be buzzing right from there. You know, and it's a Canadian hockey market.

They love their Oilers, and, you know, they got all of Canada behind them watching. So it's going to be buzzing. It's going to be buzzing early. Florida, I'm sure, you know, they know it. They've been in that building a couple times now, and there'll be a barrage early, I'm sure they know it. They've been in that building a couple times now. They'll be a barrage early, I'm sure. You weather the storm and try and get the game to settle out a little bit. But Connor McDavid, he's got eight points in two games now. Yeah, that's the most in a two-game span in the Stanley Cup Finals history or whatever.

He has 42 points this postseason, which obviously if he gets five more points, he'll pass or tie Wayne Gretzky, the great one. He has three 40-plus point playoff performances. Obviously, nobody else has that. He's Wayne Gretzky. He's the great one. But when you talk about McDavid, the conversation was, this guy's not scoring. This guy's not doing this. Now, he was having three assists a game in the national media conversation if there was conversation it's good that there is conversation was like is conor mcdavid gonna show up or whatever he's literally banking pucks off of his teammates sticks into the goal and they're like is he ever gonna score a goal or whatever and he's come alive but they're talking about his legacy if he was to lose this one let alone get swept this one and all of canada is seemingly behind him if he comes back from being down 3-0 to winning

how are they talking about conor mcdavid in the hockey world this upcoming offseason yeah i mean i think i mean he he's already um you know a lot of people say he's the best player in the world you know like i said i mean i would bring up you know this season i think you know he and nathan mckinnon were were on on another level um you know and and have been for quite some time but i mean yeah coming back from three on the stanley cup finals and and doing what he's doing that's it's incredible i haven't seen that and you know i don't know if anyone ever has seen a performance like that, if that's what happens, and he continues on this pace. But, yeah, he'll get his first one. And a guy like him, he's not going to try to stop there.

And all the great players do. I mean, you get one and you just want another one. It just makes you hungry for another one. That's why, yeah, when you're chugging beers out of Lourdes. And I guess they say conor mcdavid is just like all puck he's just like the perfect person to like scotty scheffler almost they talk about like how he's just so good at his sport all puck all the time he's got that beard pretty wild he looks like a big foot right i mean he does look like with the hair in a big

skate up there i mean he is flying around. It's great for hockey that he is absolutely balling. Similar situation now. Tone has a question for you. Yeah, Jack, when you won the Cup with the Avalanche, you guys were up 2-0, not 3-0, but then up 3-1, I believe, on Tampa. And then Game 6, you went and won in Tampa. When you don't have the momentum going into that game six,

kind of like the Panthers do now, and that flight from Colorado to Tampa, do you still have the confidence, or are we going to let this one slip away? How do you think the Panthers feel flying back up to Edmonton? Yeah, also, Jack, real quick also, is momentum a real thing in the NHL? Because obviously Maurice has said a lot of stuff about momentum

not really being an entire storyline. Do players feel the same way about that? Yeah, you know what? I think the playoffs, it's pretty unique. I think each series in particular has its own story, and then each game within the series kind of has its own story. I don't know if it's necessarily momentum or it's more adjustments. You know, once you, you know, if you lose a couple and you kind of figure it out,

how to fix whatever the problem is or stop the bleeding, it can be viewed as momentum to the fans, but really a team's made an adjustment that is now working. You know, and it's the small adjustments within a seven-game series that, you know, can mean the difference between winning or losing and turning the tide in a series. And then it's the balls on the other team's court. Can they make adjustments now to counteract? So to me, it's more the adjustments made, not necessarily the momentum.

To go back to your original question, we had the opportunity in game five to win it at home, like I said. And there was a lot of hoopla going around, you know. And we were almost to the point where we just wanted the game to be over to get to the celebration. So that flight to Tampa, everything calmed down. And it was kind of the best thing that could have happened was, like I said, hunkering down. The distractions were gone.

And we were able to just play. We had a lot of confidence. You know, Tampa was a phenomenal team, two-time defending Stanley Cup champs. We felt like we were the better team. I think every team in the Stanley Cup Finals feels like they're the best team, but you got to truly believe it. We felt like we were the best team. If we play the best we can, there's nothing they could do so getting there we still felt great had team meal just the guys um did what we had to do uh the team was awesome they flew up uh two guests you know whoever you want your wives um you know brother father whatever on them um my wife asked should i come come? I go, absolutely. You've got to be there. We knew this was happening.

Like I said, in my particular situation, flight was great. We were confident. We were calm. We were cool. Getting there, being just the guys, was the best thing we could do. Colorado and Tampa, what's that, probably four hours or whatever. They get double that amount of time. Figuring it out.

Heading all the way up to Edmonton hopefully the poker table gets them settled in I know Darius is obviously hoping for that but what else do they need to do? I'm nervous as shit right now Jack and I need you to kind of be a coach for me right now because in football you got a great wide receiver

you can double team and kind of limit it maybe not stop him, basketball, double team a guy get the ball out of his hands. What are the adjustments now? Obviously, Florida Panthers hang their hat on their defense. What are the adjustments now with how the series is going, how the Oilers are playing? How can we slow down this freaking phenom, Connor?

Connor McDavid. Well, I mean, first of all, a guy that good, you're not going to stop him completely. He's going to get some chances. Obviously, you're trying going to stop him completely. He's going to get some chances. Obviously, you're trying to limit those chances. You don't want to let him blow up for four points a night. I remember, honestly, in our

series against Edmonton a couple years ago when we played in the conference finals, we had a couple games where we walked away and we were like, I feel like we did a pretty good job keeping him down. You look at the score sheet and he had three points. You're like, well, maybe we didn't. He's going to make things happen. He's just that type of player.

One of the things that we really focused on was it's a lot easier to try and deprive a guy of the puck than take it away from him. So if you have the puck, you can hold on to it in the offensive zone. so if you have the puck you can hold on to it in the offensive zone smart you got to try to make them play defense so they're not just you know full you know full of gas coming the other way to play offense on you um that was one thing we did and there's obviously the old cliches of don't put them on the power play all the time but you know that's a fine line because you can't be out there being like well we can't take a penalty because then you know now you're playing a little cautious and you know you're not pinning the ears back and going so that's a fine line but uh you know for us uh like i said he's still got his chances like i said we

we thought we limited him and we look at the score sheet and he'd have two three points but uh you know trying to make them play defense is probably the best way to to keep them at bay a little bit. Good work, lads. How about us, too? Connor McDavid. What? Jesus, my ass. Oh, boy.

Three assists. That's pretty much how it went. That guy can't play. That guy can't hold. Not against us. Maybe against everybody else. Then stats person comes in. All right, this is what we did.

Dry side, I had one. Pretty good. McDavid had three assists. And I did not understand that. I assume that happens everywhere. I will say we were pretty blessed. We matched up Nathan McKinnon on Connor McDavid. Yeah, you're pounding that drum.

McKinnon's the guy, huh? But he's not in the playoffs right now. Yeah, and Cale McCarr was standing right behind him every shift so you know he had two of the best skaters in the world going head to head and then you know if he was coming down and he got on the other side he had to get by kale mccarr who in my opinion is the best defenseman on the planet so so we skating i just heard you describe obviously mckinnon and mcdavid is two of the best skaters. Skating is the ultimate thing that Connor McDavid has. Everybody else, because obviously, I grew up in Pittsburgh.

Sidney skating, like his quads, obviously gigantic. He seemingly could just protect the puck with a flat-ass stick because of how he could skate and how he could move his body. Connor moves different than Sidney, though, and it sounds like McKinnon does as well. Is skating the X factor that Connor McDavid has alongside everything else? Like, is that the big difference maker whenever you're scouting another team? Like, hey, this son of a bitch can move.

Like, that's what happens in the NFL with Tyree Kill. Like, hey, this guy can move better than all of us. Is that how it is in the NHL as well? Yeah, for sure. I don't think it's any different than any other sport. I mean, speed kills, right? I mean, that guy can fly, and it's not just his speed alone. It's his speed with the puck.

He's so dynamic. He doesn't slow down when he gets it. And, you know, McKinnon's the same way. I think they're just as dynamic, but I think they're slightly different. McDavid almost floats on top of the ice. Nate, when he skates, it's violent. You can hear his skates digging into the ice. You know, they're a little bit different in terms of their style,

but at the end of the day, their speed kills. It's incredible. It's tough to defend. And the same thing with Cale. I think what makes Cale so incredible is his skating and his speed. And they're able to do things with the puck at that speed. The fact that you guys are doing all that shit on ice is wild. I used to go to open skate five bucks on

Friday nights, and I guess I could get around in rented skates, and I could stop every once in a while. And I'll tell you what, you skate backwards, people think you're the real deal. But if I had to actually operate, I would have no chance. I'm eating shit literally the entire time. These dudes are doing triple axles

over other people while also dangling the stick and then dumping rubber at the same time. It's phenomenal. It's a wild sport. Gotta get in it whenever you're young. The big storyline of this entire playoffs has been goalies standing on their heads. Who's next? Ty, I have a question for you, Jack.

It seemed like early in the playoffs, that was kind of the one knock on Edmonton. It was like, hey, they don't really have the top-end goaltending that a lot of these other teams have, and that's kind of going to be their Achilles heel. And really since then, Stuart Skinner's kind of answered the bell at every step of the way. Is that something that both teams recognize

going into the game on Friday night? Will Edmonton be like, hey, we can maybe be a little bit more aggressive and maybe take some more chances because of how well he's been playing? And then the flip side like florida are they like hey we need to have quality shots on on net because this guy is playing so well like is that something you immediately recognize when you get on the ice well i think it definitely instills confidence in your team and in your players you know like i said you're in the second finals you're not going to limit

them to no chances but when you get confidence to know if there's a breakdown or you got a penalty kill and your goal is dialed you know he's going to bail you out i think that's a huge confidence thing to allow you to play a little bit more free and loose make some plays um you know at the end of the day you got to make plays to win and sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't but you have to be willing to make some plays. I think in Florida, who knows, maybe Edmonton has made some adjustments in terms of where they're shooting and how they're shooting and all those things. You never know.

That's for behind the scenes for them to tell you. But there's always some games with the goaltenders. That's a game within the game that, you know, fortunately I don't have to deal with the goalies. They're kind of on their own deal. Yeah, smart like kickers and punters. I get it. End of that second period last night, like Skinner,

I mean, it had to be at least like nine, ten shots. Yeah, and then I saw he was also, after a couple of those saves, whenever there was a, you know was a face-off or whatever, they had music playing, and he was bobbing his head to the music. It's like, oh, this guy. He's in it. This guy is locked in right now. He is completely in the zone.

And then you see his mustache. It's like, oh, this guy's a legend. Good moxie. We got a great series, and we can't thank you enough for the great conversation. Stanley Cup champion, 17 years thus far in the NHL, Jack Johnson. Thank you, buddy. Way to go, Jack. Hockey potentially getting to a seven-game series is awesome.

Thank God. Especially with what the Celtics decided to do. Sorry about it. It's what happens when you're the most dominant team. We don't have that in the NHL. What can we do with the Celtics? Yeah, you know what we have in the NFL? A bunch of rookie quarterbacks.

Let's go out to Minnesota. Minnesota has announced that Sam Darnold is the starting quarterback for the Vikings going into training camp. There's one particular mass hole that said I don't know why I said that. I would like it to be on the record. I like the move

because this tells J.J. McCarthy hey, yeah, you're not. This tells the rest of the team hey jj's not sam donald's the starter you have a bad first two weeks of training camp it does not matter you are a top 10 pick you're gonna be here and it's not your team sam donald is the team i think it takes a lot of pressure off of you though connor you said i just got one pressure well i mean well that's the thing it's like hey i get it for sure take Take the pressure off him. You're the 11th overall pick. You will be a starting quarterback in the NFL.

Sorry, top 11 pick. Either way, what's the difference? Your whole entire thing leading into the draft was like, hey, when this guy was a freshman right away, he's a vet leader. So that's what I didn't really understand. And then also, is there no competition here? For the Patriots, at least. If Drake May does end up being the number two, that's not a problem.

If he loses the job, sure, like that's one thing. But I at least want to have some sort of like, hey, you could come into this thing and treat this as if you are the guy from day one, and then maybe you are that guy for the entire time. But, again, either way, it's a win-win. I personally hate quarterback competition. Going into camp, even if, you know, let's say Darnold stinks, the first quarter of the season, hopefully JJ's ready.

He's been practicing against, you know, a lot of the starters on the scout team. I like to move him right to where you kind of take the pressure off of him. Even the other guys on the team, now you know, all right, we're starting this thing with Sam. He's our guy. And then we obviously know we got a top 11 pick, you know, in the wings. I don't like quarterback competitions. Go ahead.

Me either because if you put him in there right now, let's just say he do have a better camp than Sam. And you put him in there, he stinked the first eight weeks. Then everybody – He can't go back. Oh, here we go. Yeah. But it gives him a little bit more time to develop

because if you look at the college film, a lot of late balls and a lot of different things that you got to improve on. But I like the move. I think you want to know who your starting quarterback is. You don't want to be guessing. Quarterback is not a competition position, if you ask me. Well, and there are some people that believe there is, and obviously, especially with a lot of young quarterbacks

and old quarterbacks getting phased out, yada, yada, yada. I think they're just letting J.J. know, hey, Bob, you just learned your shit. Yep. Okay, let's not expect you to be out there a week. And maybe let's do a better opening pitch. That'd help. He was just being a good team. You're right.

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Congratulations. Jordan Love is going to get a deal worth $70 million a year. Hell yeah. Can't wait for him to sign on that dotted line. $70 million. Like I said, give him $100 million. One half of the hammer. Done.

Cowboys, Tone Diggs, massive Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Justin Fields also. He's going to get a $350 million deal from the Pittsburgh Steelers in a matter of a year or so. That's Tone Diggs. He's going to have to throw for 50 touchdowns and four interceptions. Maybe. He's got it.

You don't know with Artie Smith. There's reports, you know, Justin, he's coming along, but Russ is looking a lot better in camp. They're not in it, right? They're in OTAs right now? No, last week. Okay, so the reports aren't coming out now. They're coming out from last week that Russ looked phenomenal.

Russ looked like old Russ? Russ looked like old Russ. Justin looked like Justin. Justin looked rather disinterested, they were saying. Disinterested? Now these reports came from one of those accounts. He doesn't want to return kicks? What do you mean? That was a fugaz.

Allegedly that was a fugaz, but not a bad idea. Maybe they should think about it. Sources are saying that disinterested is also fugaz. Okay. Everybody's trying to stack the odds against Justin Fields. He was the only bright the odds against Justin Fields. They are.

He was the only bright spot for that Chicago Bears offense that earned the number one overall pick a couple years back. I can't wait to see what Artie Smith, Mike Tomlin, and the Pittsburgh Steelers in a new environment do with Justin Fields. Or maybe he just stinks. I mean, maybe he just stinks. And Russell Wilson, maybe he's completely lost how to play football. Maybe something happened.

We don't know if it was whenever he was Mr. Unlimited or when he was coming up with the Danger Witch or whenever he was walking out of his house to his Bentley in those Mr. Good Guy clothes or whatever it was. We don't know what happened, when it happened. But the last couple years we've seen him play the ball, it has not been the best ball that we have ever seen Russell Wilson play. Him and the Broncos weren't on the same page.

But if he goes to Pittsburgh with Mike Tomlin and George Pickens and Najee Harris, who's running for a contract potentially, with a defense that's phenomenal, knowing that you don't have to do anything and only get paid $1 million, maybe Russell Wilson will go back to his championship pedigree in the city of steel yeah i predict in i don't know 10 years arty smith is going to have a statue uh right next to mike tomlin so that'll be just just watch out for that so because because mike tomlin just signed the extension through 2027 or whatever yes and he was thinking about retiring or going in tv or something like that this is just warming up the bus for

arty smith to be the next head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah, 2028, Artie Smith is your next head coach after a couple of Super Bowls. But you don't just fall into 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions last year, okay? So pretty good numbers where I come from, okay? And I come from a football town. Same exact stats as Lamar Jackson, who a lot of people said could have won an MVP last year. Or wait, did win an MVP last year. So just, you know, watch out.

Okay, Russell Wilson, fresh off an MVP-like year for the Denver Broncos. Thank you. Took the words out of my mouth. The Broncos took an $80 million salary cap hit over the next two years to get him out of their building. But Pittsburgh, obviously very excited for him to be there. I am pumped to see how – 70 to 20.

Yeah. Sorry he wasn't playing middle linebacker this game. No, those yards count, though. Those yards count, obviously. He's gone. That wide receiver's gone. I mean, full chaos in Denver since he was their quarterback. But nonetheless, Pittsburgh's pumped about a nine-year NFL vet.

Darius J. Butler's here. That may be Buddy. 12-year NFL corner and Universal Records rapper Pac-Man. Joe, you look cool today. Hey, Pac. Full FC Cincinnati fit. Full FC Cincinnati fit today, man, you look cool today. Full FC Cincinnati fit. Full FC Cincinnati fit today, man. That's the MLS team in Cincinnati.

Yeah, and we're pretty good. Not only pretty good, brand new stadium, right? Yeah. Full fan base, great sport, city's behind it. Yeah, top of the art. Jeff did a really good job with putting it right in the smack of the middle of the city. It's a place to go see a soccer game.

Have you become a soccer fan because of them? Of course. I actually like going to the game more than watching it on TV. A little bit more faster. My kids love it too. So it's a good atmosphere for the kids to take them out and enjoy about four hours of watching the ball game. Yeah, soccer is a long commitment, obviously.

We're in the middle of the Euros happening right now. The MLS, obviously, best league in the world. The Euros, allegedly, the third biggest tournament in the world. It's World Cup, Concava, and then the Euros. MLS Cup. Oh, MLS Cup. And then El Clasico, I believe, which is something somewhere in America. Trafico.

Yeah, there it is. That's an LA. Yeah, that's LA. So that's obviously above it. But then there's the Methi Cup, where Methi plays against himself. I guess technically the Copas as well, because we're playing in that this year. Yeah, so that's above it. And then the Europes.

So it's like 10th out of 10,000. Europe's pretty high up there, actually. Well, no, because then you've got the Champions League, too, somewhere. That's different. That's domestic, not international. We're talking about total soccer tournaments. As you heard, we had international tournaments and we had MLS involved. The Battle of Ohio, Columbus versus Cincinnati.

Oh, my God. So anyways, the Europe's top 15 tournament in the world. For sure. These games count yet, or are these still friendly? No, these ones count. Show some respect. Okay. These ones. Show some respect. The Euros, dude.

Come on, D-Bud. I don't know. Oh, yeah. What's the big F1 race this weekend, D-Bud? I can't wait. Spain this week, actually. Nobody's going to be paying attention if Spain's playing in the Euros. I think that is how Europe looks at the soccer. Gumpy, what do we need to know about the Euros?

The other half of the hammer. Down. Cowboys. Bubba Gumpino, obviously massive footy fan. Germany up 1-0 right now. Germany's looked very good. They're hosting and Spain looked very good against Croatia in their first game.

Those are the two teams I'd say have looked the best so far. Mbappe, I don't know what's going on with him. Broken nose. People are saying he could be out for the game against the Netherlands, which would be huge as well. Okay, so Mbappe, obviously one of the world's stars, broke his nose. He's also out of PSG in France.

He's headed to Barcelona, I do believe. Real Madrid. Okay, it all makes sense. He's born to play for Real. We've been talking about that for a while. Yeah, that's what he wanted to do. Have you seen their locker room? Unbelievable. Are they the ones with the hotels? Yeah.

They also have the stadium. Yeah, Joe Palm, big soccer fan, just figured that out. That was weird. What's that? Joe Palm, massive soccer fan. You never saw that at Real Madrid's pitch before. That was weird. He tried to grow the game.

I appreciate Joe Palm. I misunderstood. I appreciate Joe Palm. I want to post that because that's where, obviously, I learned that Real Madrid has hotel rooms for everybody. And Mbop already has his assigned to him. King-size suite. Oh, yeah.

Nice bathroom to the side. Absurd. Little porch out there, balcony if they want to smoke some dudes. Right overlooking the entire thing. I appreciate what Real Madrid. They also have the stadium, which NFL owners take notice that the grass doesn't walk outside. It walks downstairs about 18 levels to an infrared red.

What? Infrared light, full sprinkler system, walks downstairs so that you can put other, you know, if they have concerts or the NBA is going to play there. Yeah, they do this thing that's like a transformer. Gets red light therapy? Yeah, it does. AQ Shibley.

It's like our friend who was growing weed in a closet. You know, you're able to set that, the red light therapy. Yes, it does. AQ Shibley. It's like our friend who was growing weed in a closet. You know, you're able to set that the red light and then the watering sprinkler system. You're able to make it perfect so that the pitch is perfect for the Real Madrid boys who are coming out of their patios

smoking dupes through their hotel rooms to come practice. And that's why we love Real Madrid football. That's Real Madrid football. That's right. And they signed him, Bop. And obviously we're hoping that Real Madrid football. That's Real Madrid football. And they signed Mbappé and obviously we're hoping that Real Madrid will join the

MLS so they can really get attached. There's been talks. If they had a brain. I mean, Mbappé, what's he doing, by the way? La Liga, who gives a shit, brother? Come to the MLS. MLS is where it's at. Cristiano Ronaldo, at the age of 40, he played for Portugal, right?

Yeah, played yesterday full game okay him playing is a big deal right because portugal has a loaded roster yeah goalie made a huge save on him in like the 32nd minute and then they did bring some of their youngsters on who scored too late to win the game 2-1 joining us now is a soccer expert ladies and gentlemen aj hawk aj you've been watching the Europe's, obviously. What team has really caught your eye? I'll tell you, Mbop, if he doesn't get that, hopefully he can wear a mask

and take care of it and play, you know, like the basketball players do and get out there. I heard he had surgery, though, right? No surgery. Okay, then mask him up, get him out there. I like his squad. I like the way Mbappé moves around, but have you seen this 16-year-old from Spain?

This dude, Yamin, I believe is his last name. He's the real deal. He's playing with the main squad? Not just playing. He's taking free key. 16 years old. Yeah, he's the guy. Everybody knows he's the guy.

He's being treated as if he's the guy by his Spain teammates, which is cool. You know, because we've seen other leagues have somebody show up that is younger and is the person, and they've kind of just shunned them out. This 16-year-old, they're like, thank you for coming and putting a cross around two people's

heads right onto goal. He had an assist in their first game. It was filthy. He is the one. Which, by the way, we'd like to make him a formal offer to come play for FC Cincinnati. If he wants to come play in the biggest league in the world, come over to MLS. Enter Miami.

Adele and Messi. No, you guys got too much. You got too many down there in Miami. The Indy team. I mean, we should just have him. They love it? No, no, no. That Indy MLS team they're working on. Well, allegedly, there's a big dispute between the City and Indy 11. Why?

I don't know all the ins and outs, but one of them's not happy about the other one potentially existing. Correct. And I think it's both sides, actually. You're right. Yeah, they're both. Yeah, both sides hate it. So the City, I think, is looking for an MLS team. Indy 11 has been a team that's in the USL. NWSL?

The one right below. Right below the MLS. They have a fan. They have like a full-on facility, practice facility, whole thing. I guess there's a little bit of a conflict of interest taking place on who's going to exist, how they're going to exist, what they're going to exist. Big soccer town here. I hope if the Indy 11 go to the MLS, sweet.

If we get an MLS team, sweet. But we need a 16-year-old from Spain to join our team. Exactly. And also, they think Methi is going to stay in Miami forever. Wait until Indy gets a team. Exactly. Wait until Methi learns about this. Wait until he sees the zoo.

He sees that right in the summer. Cristiano Ronaldo is going to come here. We're going to buy him out of the Saudi deal. How much do you get paid by Saudi? A billion? Half a billion He can own all the buildings Let's just give him all the buildings

In Indianapolis There was a vote that just came out Indianapolis is one of the best cities to be in in the summer I saw that No no no It's one of the best to be in One of the worst to travel to That's the difference

Worst U.S the worst to travel to. That's the difference here. Forbes has ranked the circle city in the top 10 worst U.S. cities to travel to in the summer. Yeah, exactly. Don't come here. To be in. Looks like Venice. They don't care. Summer solstice is tomorrow.

Guess what city is going to be brightest and longest? Who's that? Let me think about that. Indianapolis, Indiana. Oh yeah, the sun's going to be out and longest. Who's that? Let me think about that. Indianapolis, Indiana. Oh, yeah. The sun's going to be out at 10.30 p.m. tomorrow night. Suck it, rest of the U.S. cities except for Boston. I did leave the golf course about 9.35. Still like you could play another nine holes.

It's amazing they were able to get the entire city skyline in that one picture. Hey, Nick, you're not helping. That's what makes it cool, man. Jeez Louise. It is crazy. Like if you take a trip from New York to Indianapolis, you fly over New York and it's like 20 minutes still. And then when you fly into Indianapolis, you see it.

There's a Salesforce building. Where the hell is it? It's the only one. It's a beautiful small town, which is why it's great to be here. Absolutely. It's fantastic to be here. I mean, they could have chosen a worse picture. That is a beautiful picture of downtown Indianapolis. What do you mean worse? There's no such thing as a worse picture. That is a beautiful picture of downtown Indianapolis.

What do you mean worse? There's no such thing as a bad picture. If you want to really play it up, like, hey, this place is a shithole, don't take the most beautiful picture of a canal in the city skyline. I believe that was us that did that. That was probably Mitt right there.

Mitt was. Indiana, the Pacers, have signed Pascal Siakam to a four-year, $189.5 million deal. That's fully guaranteed. That's how the NBA works. So the Pacers get Tyrese Halliburton for another few years. He gets Spicy P for another few years.

We need to sign TJ McConnell. And we got people in national publications saying, don't travel to Indianapolis. Don't look now. Indy's the greatest place on earth to be. That is amazing news. Have you seen what's going on downtown Indianapolis, Lucas Oil Stadium? They're having the Olympic qualifiers for the Team USA swim team.

They're swimming in Lucas Oil Stadium right now. Put an Olympic-sized pool in Lucas Oil Stadium. They had 20,000 people on Sunday, which is the largest crowd to ever watch somebody swim or something like that. They had 17,000 people on Sunday, which is the largest crowd to ever watch somebody swim or something like that. They had 17,000 on a Saturday. Each night, there's world records being broken in downtown Indy. And they got this place packed out and electric. I guess the vibes are insane down there. I do not know how the swimming community operates because I only get to watch every four years.

And without Michael Phelps, to be honest, maybe I didn't tune in as much. But every one of those races, it always comes down to a fingertip on a wall. And then the explosion afterwards is insane. It always seems to be incredibly intense. And I understand that swimmers, they got to wake up at like 4 a.m. through their entire life to get pool time.

It's a real commitment. Swimming sucks. It is impossible. It is so hard to do. But in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium, they're swimming in front of crowds that are bigger than ever before. And I guess American records and world records are being broken every single night here in downtown Indianapolis.

Don't look now. We got Spicy P and Tyrese Halliburton. Kaitlin Clark is on the Indiana Fever. People are saying don't travel here. And we got Olympic-sized swimming pools in our NFL stadiums right now with the community coming together in a bigger way than ever before. Indianapolis might be the place to be. Without a doubt.

Also, the time-lapse video of them actually putting the pool together was like one of the coolest things I've ever seen. And we were worried about it, but, you know, we don't have Phelps anymore. Kat Ledecky absolutely brought Lucas Oil to its knees the other night, won every single race she's in. She's never lost. Yeah, exactly. She's still doing it?

Oh, yeah. Still doing it. Still winning by full pool lengths. I think she's competing in like five or six events in the Olympics. You can just go ahead and cross those out. That's a gold medal for Kat Ledecky in the U.S. And I think there is a couple of swimmers in there who are trying out new techniques with a little bit more flair.

Interesting. I think they're doing like 420 flip turns. Okay, sure. More momentum. Yeah, they're doing like 420 flip turns. Okay. More momentum. Yeah, they're spinning more. Just like the hedgehog. Yeah. Just a little more possessed.

That's why they're in the NFL stadium. Because they're already qualified, you think? So they're just, hey, we're playing with house money here. Yeah, if people are up in the top, we need to make sure they can see us. So they do a couple flip and a half, and then they're coming out the other way. So to the bottom sometimes just to touch the floor. Bingo, yeah. Check this out.

Dive in. Yeah. Off the box. I think you're DQ bottom sometimes just to touch the floor. Bingo, yeah. Dive in. Yeah. Off the blocks. I think you're DQ'd if you do touch the floor, aren't you? What? I know as a kid on the swim team, if you touch the ground, you're DQ'd. How about them doing this? How about them doing the...

Oh, yeah. Warm-ups are sick. And then they hit that whole gun thing. And then they block in. And it's like, beep, beep. And then they walk in. And it's like, could you imagine him? Man on fire. Yeah. Chrissy Bear.

Beep, boop. Yeah, beat him. Gun. You can't. You can lose the race right there. Oh, yeah. You can lose the race right there. They said Ledecky actually did a twisty McFlurry.

Yeah, she did a gainer on one of them. Yeah, off the. Yeah, she can't over. She did a gainer on one of them. She can't over... She did a gainer. Are they doing dive there too in water polo or is it just swimming? Just swimming, dude. Just swimming. Diving is in a different building.

How much did that cost to put that pool in? Are you kidding me? Is that $20 million? Irsay took the money that he was going to fly Lolita across the world. And he used that money to build the pool. He couldn't do this for Lolita? This was the pool that was going to go in the plane.

He tried to. Yeah, they just repurposed it. That's why we got the qualifiers, because we already had the pool ready for 777. Lolita got all upset because she was going to leave her friends. Hey, we're live. We're live. We are live on the air right now. Okay? I'm going to be CP right now. Let's go. Okay. Me and Chandler Parsons. Oh, hey, CP. We're live. We are live on the air right now. Okay?

Okay. Hey, CP, what's going on, dude? You look... Boys! Alright, the boys are seemingly having a little... They swimming? Catching America. Okay, Phelps, quick question. CP, good to see you, dude. You're crushing it on TV. We love hearing it. And congrats on another great NBA season. Phelps, hey, this thing

that's happening at Lucas Oil Stadium right now, this is to go to the Olympics? Why aren't you there, first of all? And who should we be looking for to really have a big couple nights here in Indianapolis? Well, I texted you the other day. I'm coming in. I'll be there on Friday.

Oh, oh, oh. Are you stopping by Thunderdome? Stopping by Thunderdome? I'm in Indy on Friday. Okay, Phelps. Sweet. Grace, I'm coming to Thunderdome? Stopping by Thunderdome? I'm in Indy on Friday. Okay, Phelps. Grace, I'm coming to Thunderdome on Friday. I'm covering some stuff with NBC on Friday. Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Honestly, this thing, it's the greatest. Look, to be able to have the Olympic trials inside a football arena, are you kidding me? To cram 20,000 people in there, it's the biggest venue we've ever had in the sport. and look like to be able to have some of these fresh new faces that we have out there making the team and and being able to accomplish their dreams look we got some studs coming up in this sport plus you know we got some veterans with with katie with ledecky excuse me with katie ledecky with caleb dressel ryan murphy you know some of these people are making their

third third olympic team fourth olymp team. So pretty talented athletes out there. And look, this is probably more intense than the actual Olympics. You know, to be able to compete in the trials where you have, you know, two to twenty five hundred swimmers and you're competing for fifty two spots. It's pretty intense, bro. OK. Hey, we can't wait to see you on Friday. Safe travels out here and thank you for the heads up. You're competing for 52 spots. It's pretty intense, bro. Okay. Hey, we can't wait to see you on Friday. Safe travels out here, and thank you for the heads up. 100%.

Good to see you all, boys. Hey, you look jacked. Hey, are you still swimming? Come on. I told you. Come get in the gym, dog. All right. I'll see you.

See you. See you. Okay. So this is a big deal. Shut up, Malfrancer. Yeah. Shut up. How about Malfrancer?

That was sweet. He out, Feltzer. Yeah. Yeah, shut up. How about Feltzer? Yeah, that was sweet. He has these cold tubs. Goat tubs or whatever. Yeah, oh, really? And he's got the hot tub next to the cold tub. And I got influenced by Instagram with it. So I reached out, I think, to JJ. And I'm like, because I think they're in the same neighborhood.

Arizona front. That Arizona Sports Illuminati. got going on out there is huge. And connected us. I guess Phelps has seen the show, watches the show, which is sweet. Then I started firing off questions to him. I'm like, so it's a waste of money if I buy this? I don't understand. He's like, no, man.

I wanted something that was very easy to use. Like, he went on a pool of sales. So I bought it, obviously. Anytime Phelps is selling something, I'm probably going to buy it. But then he'll send me like, I'll get a motivational text every once in a while from Phelps. Like, hey, let's make sure we're getting after it today. I'm like, yeah, you're right, Phelps. I do need to get after it today.

But yeah, 2,500 people potentially competing for 52 spots. That's a wild scene. It's probably the biggest crowd, any of them oh yes ever ever swim how much as well we have so many more questions well we ask more questions yeah who's like the next one who's the next one he'll be he'll be the crowd make you yeah oh yeah jumpy can you hear underwater it's not a great question no especially with those caps on and do they have yeah they can't he can definitely hear when he's coming down the final stretch they they know they push him through and what was that gimmick they were wearing that was making him cheat?

Remember they were wearing – Oh, yeah. There was some gimmick. They still wear those suits. They banned it, right? They banned some of those suits, at least the full body maybe, I think. It was like the chest-anchored putter got banned or whatever because it was too much. They had one of those full-body suits that was too merman, mermaid-y.

It was like when you draft in NASCAR. The draft that you were getting wearing them suits, boy, were they flying. Can they lube them up? Put KY on them or what? I'm not sure. I think wife and I are going to go stop by. We were invited by Kyle Sockwell.

And by invited, I mean he told his followers on the internet that he would get a For the Brand tattoo on his ass if I went and stopped by this thing. All of his followers on the internet that he would get a For the Brand tattoo on his ass if I went and stopped by this thing. Sweet. All of his followers were like, come on, come on, come on. So obviously I couldn't act like I just didn't see it. Then I got a chance to shout out Kyle.

Good energy. This guy. Don't need the ass tat. Please. Sure. Do not do the ass tat. Love his energy though. So I think we're going to go down and check it out.

And it sounds like it's going to be intense. You're going to get in? You think you're going to get a few laps in? I got a hole in my ear. You know that. Put a deal in there. Do a can opener? Oh, that'd be sick. You could splash it to 50th row. I just tried that. What's that?

You're going to do a sleeper. No! In the ocean. Any pool. Any water. Could you imagine me trying to get from one end of that? The Olympic pools are so big. Massive. You show up at somebody's house and say,

it's an Olympic-sized swimming pool. You go, wow, you have too much fucking money. That's how big they are. They are so large. Is there a deep end, or is it all just five foot the entire way? I think it's all nine feet, ten feet. I think it's very deep. Yeah.

See, I think it should be. They got a flip turn. Yeah, we don't need it to be that deep. Okay. I mean, Phelps' arm, it's five feet. Phelps' arms are so damn long, he might drag the bottom. Look at that. It's called Phelps' back.

Yeah, it's perfect. Get out of here. How deep is the Olympic? What are him and Chandler doing? Shooting hoops? Do those underwater headphones work? I see on the commercials. Ah, yeah.

What's his name? Is it one of his commercials? I knew it. No. I'm going to recommend depth recommend it yeah but the minimum is where you need to be yeah but does it he's not gonna answer this out there man me too yeah phelps was elected yeah they would show him when other races were happening like phelps is starting to listen to his little wayne soundtrack like that him walking up yeah he's golfing right now

he could definitely win another goal he could win a gold in something right now yeah for sure when there's something though about like you i don't want to you know be negative or something like yeah he was committing his entire oh yeah oh yeah like it was a oh yeah full life all-encompassing a lot this is everything i do is to swim fast like and for a guy like him like you had the world champions and stuff like that. That didn't mean shit. It was like, hey, you've got to go win Olympic gold medals. So it's like all the other stuff. It's basically you're training every single day for four years,

and then if you don't seal the deal there, just a massive waste of four years. We've been talking about speed, right, in sports. Can you imagine him on the water polo with that wingspan? The shots that he can get off? Oh, man. Jump out of the water. He can still, I mean, that's normally worse. He can. What's that called

when you're staying afloat? Tread. Without his arm. You use your feet as a... Are your feet together like a mermaid? I feel your separate hairs kicking back and forth. I'm not a good water treader mostly because I just sink. But you use your feet as a... Are your feet together like a mermaid? Are you keeping your feet together like a mermaid? No, my feet are separate. They're just kicking back and forth. I'm not a good water treader, mostly because I just sink.

You know, I am not a floater, naturally. So you've got to tread water like this, and Phelps could... Easily. Oh, my God. Just kidding. Him with the ball. I do wonder how long he can hold his breath. I think he can hold his breath for like five, six minutes. What did David Blaine do?

Like three hours. I bet you could look that up, actually. A few hours long, Phelps can hold his breath. Probably four minutes. He's already done that, right? Yeah, exactly. He's definitely done that. I watch a guy online that holds his breath for ten minutes underwater.

Who? He's like a free diver, dude. He teaches people how to hold your breath underwater. I have seen that before. Is that Tyler? Is it Tyler? Is it Tyler? The Seals have to do like five, six minutes, right?

Like they have to? Don't they have to? They get dropped out in the middle of the ocean and say, you got to swim back. Yeah. Yeah, how do you get your survival? That's Jack Carr. I don't know.

You got to like drown and come back. Yeah, they tie their hands to their feet, and then they have to tread water for five minutes. You got to go up and down. They go to the bottom, then push up. They put you in there for like five minutes, hands behind your back, feet tied together, and you just got to go up, grab a breath of air, go back down.

You got to stay calm. I've seen it. It would be scary. Oh, yeah. Coast Guard, I believe, also does some obscene. Yeah, Ashton Kutcher. I saw that movie. Yeah, it was a great movie. The Guardian.

The Guardian, yeah. Unbelievable. Kevin Costner. Are legends known for what they did or – oh, I forget the final quote is a good one. I know. It's great. I can't think of it either. That one almost made me cry. Oh, yeah. He's saving a life and the ghost of know, it's great. I can't think of it either. That one almost made me cry.

Oh, yeah. He's saving a life and the ghost of Kevin Costner helps him. Yeah. The ghost of the sea. Oh, yeah. And is it what you do in your life or is it how you remember it? Echoes in Eternity. Something like that.

That's glad. Different movie. But they might have. Glad to hear a great one. Kind of also about Kevin Costner. Yeah, I mean, you got to do what you got to do. So Indianapolis, obviously, is hosting now Olympic qualifiers in the Lucasville Stadium with the biggest crowd ever.

Sweet. We re-signed Tyrese Halliburton, Pascal Siakam, TJ McConnell's going to sign a lifetime deal as well. Yep, he better. Kaitlin Clark's here doing it with the fever. Big game. I think they've won some games.

Monday Night Raw is on Monday. People are saying don't move here. And I'm pushing WWE to do big things here in Indy. This city's the place. Oh, yeah. Big time. Don't listen to that national publication that's saying don't travel to Indy. Oh, no shit.

Yeah, we'd rather you didn't. It would be great if you didn't, but also don't be scared to stop by. We got a great downtown area. It's wonderful. Everything's walkable. A couple of nice walks. Great restaurants. Bingo.

Airport is great. Airport is quick. Only like four flights in and out of there, so you're going to have to sign up for those. If you don't mind connecting, it's great. But, hey, if you're in a connecting city, direct flight. Exactly. That's what you've got to do. In the Indianapolis Colts, you're going to win the Super Bowl.

Okay. That needs to be talked about. The A That's what you've got to do. And the Indianapolis Colts are going to win the Super Bowl. Okay. Okay, that needs to be talked about. The AFC is obviously going to be very difficult. Have you seen everything happening with the Cincinnati Bengals, AJ? It legitimately feels like their team is tight. That T. Higgins thing could have potentially been a situation. Jamar Chase, not getting paid yet, could potentially be a situation. Joey Burrow obviously misses some OTAs,

coming back with a wrist injury. It could be a situation. Instead, it's complete opposite. I have nothing but faith in this Cincinnati Bengals team going into this year. Do you feel the exact same way? And have you seen Joey Burrow over at Paris Fashion Week beating the shit out of people in chess?

I like that there's a big, dumb American football player cooking people in Paris in chess. The consummate sophisticated game, whatever it is. Yeah, this is cool to see, but you're right. When you have contract situations, especially with receivers, a lot of times it does, it'll end up okay, but it'll turn nasty for a little bit. And I've never sensed anything of that with the Bengals and Jamar and Tee Higgins and everything. Everyone seems to understand where they're at and they probably feel like, hey, this is our year. Let's go win a Super Bowl right now. This is our time.

I think it's because of his leadership, too. I think Joey Burrow is a great leader. I think he is a phenomenal leader. You see, obviously, what happens at LSU. Whenever he gets there, there's a transfer out of Ohio State when he couldn't get on the field. And then he gets to Cincinnati, and everybody kind of knows he's the guy. He takes his hits.

He takes his lumps. Everybody loves him. He seemingly never says anything dumb. No, no. Like, ever. You know, In any situation. He is the perfect guy to be the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, which leads us to this. Pac-Man

Jones, who obviously lives in a city very close to the Bengals. Is it Super Bowl or bus? Is that what everybody's thinking? Of course it's Super Bowl or bus. It is Super Bowl or bus. Doesn't that suck right now? Because Patrick Mahomes is in the AFC and then every other team that's in the AFC, it's stacked. This is not a good time to be Super Bowl or bus in the AFC, and then every other team that's in the AFC,

it's not a good time to be Super Bowl or bust in the AFC. Super Bowl or bust because we're the only ones that have Patrick Mahomes numbers. Joe's the only one that beat him two times at home. So if we can stay healthy, I think we'll be really good on the back end. We're getting Geno from Baltimore with Luke Holland, the defense. I think we'll be really good if we can stay healthy. If we stay healthy, we should make it at least to the championship or the Super Bowl.

Isn't that wild? Nobody else really outside of Cincinnati is talking about Cincinnati being Super Bowl or bust. But it is a legitimate feel. And it makes sense why they would feel that way. Just a few years back, they're in there. And if Aaron Donald isn't Aaron Donald, there's a chance Joe Hitch chase on that. And Cincinnati

wins the Super Bowl. And the Los Angeles Rams do not. It's wild to think that we're not that far removed from that entire thing. Well, I feel like there are teams that are realistic about it. Like, that is a realistic expectation. Then there are other teams like the Buffalo Bills where you want to be a Super Bowl team, but, like, you can't go that far. But you could probably throw Houston in there now, too, because of what Houston's done. Like, Houston, even though it's only D'Amico's second year and CJ's second year,

I'm assuming they're Super Bowl or bust, especially with the moves they made. Real quick, in locker room, always Super Bowl or bust. For sure, for sure. Joe Thomas even mentioned after he retired for the Browns, every year that he went into the season, even the years where they went winless, he thought they had a chance to win a Super Bowl. Players have to. Nick. Nick. Got a point. Players have to. Nick!

Nick! Players have to have that belief. Now there's a few weeks into this season and you start looking around and you go, we ain't got it. We ain't got it here. But I'm talking like fans thinking like Super Bowl or Buston. And Cincinnati feels like everybody's on the same page there.

It's a new standard. It's a new standard. I grew up close to Cincinnati, a Bengals fan. There were some bad times. There were some rough times. You go to a game in Cincinnati back in the day, and fans are yelling that they want an aquarium, tear the stadium down. We don't want this thing anymore. That's how it used to be back in the day, I think.

So the fact that they've changed the standard, and once you've elevated to where that's what it is, like Foxy knows that as a Lions fan. He's not just saying, hey, I just want to get to the – let's get a playoff win. That'd be amazing. No, they've reset where they are as a franchise. 100%.

Super Bowl or bust for the Lions. I never thought we would be here, but after seeing what we did last year, the team only got better. We got to win the Super Bowl. Absolutely. Got to do it. And teams like – fans for teams, they change during the year. Like the Jets start 6-0.

Obviously right now people in New York, who knows what they think, but I assume that they would just be happy with going to the playoffs and winning the playoff game. If the Jets start 6-0, those Jets fans are going to start saying, okay, Super Bowl or bust. This is it. Just like they did last year. Whenever it was all getting started going into the year,

that was the belief, that was the hope in Miami. Are you guys Super Bowl or bust with the Dolphins? I mean, shit, everybody else is, yeah, Super Bowl or bust. Not everybody. Not everybody. Colts are not Super Bowl or bust. Patriots are not Super Bowl or bust. Colts are not Super Bowl. Patriots are not Super Bowl. Colts are not Super Bowl.

I think Colts fans have a realistic expectation that this is Anthony Richardson's rookie year. And if we make it to the playoffs, win a playoff game, holy hell, let's roll. And I don't want to say we're anywhere near how the Detroit Lions fans felt, because I think with Shane Steichen, we're not going to feel that way for long. But with what happened to Anthony going into this year, I think there is a very natural, like, we're not going to feel that way for long. But with what happened to Anthony going into this year, I think there is a very natural, like, we could still have a good year without winning. We can progress.

You're in a great spot. I think you're in a great spot, don't you think? Because it's not Super Bowl or bust, but it's like, hey, we could actually enjoy these wins now. It's not like, hey, how are we going to do in the playoffs? Because once you set that standard towards Super Bowl or bust, the regular season you can get excited for it. Yeah yeah let's see how we play when it matters i feel like with the colts you can actually enjoy the season like you can enjoy a hard-fought win in

week seven and i'm it's not good to get to this point as a fan base you know because like with peyton and andrew luck and everything it was in the first couple years there was philip rivers and uh carson wentz and Matt Ryan. That was still the Colts fans. Like, hey, we got a lot of – like the Colts, back in the day, Colts stink. Got it. But since there was a sheriff that came along, there's a statue outside now, we're playing for Super Bowls.

We're playing just like everybody else. We're trying to get there. So we have been – I don't want to say Colts fans have been beaten down, but Colts fans have been beaten down almost to the point where it's like, all right, let's re-find ourselves. Yeah, exactly. And let's have a little bit of progress. So it's like if we were to win the Super Bowl,

Colts fans would be incredibly surprised and jacked. But if we were to win a playoff game, I think just like how the Houston Texans felt this past year with a rookie quarterback, it's like, hey, I like where we're headed right now. So it seems like there's two different – feels like there's probably two different looks at this. If you have your quarterback in place, like you got a quarterback that's maybe 50-plus, obviously Lamar, Burrow, all these guys, Hurts in Philly,

like if you're in those situations, I feel like golf in Detroit, you're in that situation. Even Green Bay. I mean, Green Bay is kind of probably six games away from next year all right we don't win the superbowl this year we're disappointed but um if you got those things in place dallas uh for sure dallas you know i feel like every year for them with those expectations i was in a car oh my god so it's real it's real i didn't notice i was in texas christy i was in a couple cars i was in a couple cars down there.

Great people, great hospitality. Boy, Cowboys are going to win the Super Bowl. That is straight. Oh, they're confident. They like it. Oh, yeah. And then there's people, I guess, that don't. But I got a chance to experience some down there in Corpus Christi.

Not even in the car, but also walking around Arena. I get to experience some of these Cowboys fans that everybody talks about. The people are like, these Cowboys fans that everybody talks about. The people are like, these Cowboys fans are delusional. And then I got a chance to talk walking around the arena down in Corpus Christi, Texas to a couple of them and they are, yup, we're winning it.

NFC East, who cares? What are you talking about? I'm like, well, the Eagles just got better, right? They got Saquon Barkley. You're like, the Eagles are the Eagles. Did you see what they did at the end of the year? It's like, did you see what you guys did? Yeah. Got beat by 50 in the playoffs. Did you? And they're like, and I'm like, McCarthy, lame duck head coach.

You know, he's only in one year. No, he's just got to prove it. Just got to prove it. I'm like, well, how's he going to win a Super Bowl? He'll prove it. It's like, okay, Scott won a Super Bowl, and that'll prove that he deserves a job. After Dak Prescott last year at lame duck quarter. No, no, no.

Just don't get that done. But also, Winchester Bowl, he's betting on himself. He's betting on himself. I'm like, to be a cowboy or to go somewhere else? He's never leaving the Cowboys. It's like, okay. There's like $275 million offers to quarterbacks that have done a lot less in the NFL than Dak Prescott right now.

If he was to become a free agent, oh, my God, the money that would get offered to Dak Prescott would be phenomenal to watch unfold. But there's so many storylines as we sit. 77 days? 78 days? Have you stopped updating? Honestly, I got pretty bummed at when I was updating it the other day,

and I was like, all right, usually if I get bummed that, I'll wait a couple days and then the number changes drastically and it feels so much better. Oh, so it's on hold. It's not on hold. Do you have that in there? Like, hey, actually not this many days? No, because that's my other favorite part about it. 81 days to hold NFL football? That's not real.

So it might be 80 days because I did update it yesterday. No, but that's also the other cool part about it because say you check today and I don't update it until Friday. It's like, whoa, I thought we were 81 days. All of a sudden we're 77 days. This is awesome. Yeah. He used to change his entire name.

It is football, his name now. That used to be the countdown to the NFL season. But then X said, if you change your name, you lose this. You lose your check mark. You get married and everything like that until they're okay. 7,288 days until a show in a Thunderdome. That's the number. Yeah.

I mean, look, that one's getting smaller every day. It's too small, actually. That's a lot of days. No, it's May 23rd, 2044. Okay. Yeah, we'll still be doing a show. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

In that count, we'll still be going. Yeah, we'll still be in a Thunderdome. That's certainly how this company has operated. No doubt about it. Staying consistent with doing something. For sure. Yeah, that is. Don't get bored and move on to other things.

We never do that. Never. That's not our thing. Actually, you get so bored you don't even update the countdown to the NFL. No, no, that's not about being bored. You said that you get bummed out. We're celebrating a championship, too. Sure.

Big, big couple days. Just remind me. Is that the real Larry O? This celebrating a championship, too. Big couple days. Is that the real Larry O? This is Larry O, baby. This is my day with it. It ends today, but I'm going to get a replacement for this one so I can keep it on the desk. Do you feel good about any of the rookie quarterbacks, A.J. Hawk? Because as I look around, surprisingly,

I feel very good about Drake May early here. Because all the conversation going in to the NFL season by people with brains and know the football, say Drake's going to need some time. And Drake's not the only one, though. Every rookie quarterback is going to need some time. And we rush these guys into playing too early,

and every once in a while somebody will catch fire, like C.J. Stroud did last year. But inevitably, you're getting drafted high. The team that you're getting drafted to, probably not in the best position or best shape. For you to be forced into a position that is the most difficult on the field in your rookie campaign

with the expectations of you becoming an All-Pro and Hall of Famer are just too much to surmount as to be good or worth a damn early is seemingly the trend that has happened in the NFL with young quarterbacks. Then you start looking at all the success stories of the quarterback position. You start seeing people that waited looking at all the success stories of the quarterback position,

you start seeing people that waited. Like, waited. Jordan Love, the most recent, waited. Then he had his success. C.J. Stroud, though, is the anomaly. He was the one who was dropped in immediately with a franchise that was seemingly a dumpster fire with a new head coach and turned him around in one year. Who will be the

next C.J. Stroud? Will there be a next C.J. Stroud? How do you feel about all these young quarterbacks? And what do you think we need to be looking at during training camp whenever it inevitably gets here? Man, I mean, you know all the clips will come out of camp when they'll either kill a guy or say he's great for a ball he threw probably in Pat and Goes, which doesn't really mean anything. It's warm-ups.

But I look at their surrounding cast, not only the players. Who do they have to throw to? Who's protecting them? But who's your OC? Who's calling the plays? Because we know, especially as any quarterback in the league but especially as a rookie like you need that play caller you need to be on the same page and that dude needs to know what you do well what you don't do well and you need to like progress throughout the season so

i want to see who has the best supporting cast around them and i think i also like dudes that played a lot in college and have a ton of reps i think that always Now, obviously there's guys that come in and start for one year in college and they come out and they're awesome, the pros, but I think it never hurts to have a bunch of reps at the quarterback position. And obviously the weirdest one, a guy who's got a lot of reps, Penix, down there in Atlanta. We're all hoping, I think, that we don't see him because then that means that Kirk Cousins,

who got paid a $180 million contract, 100 and whatever, guaranteed is having success. But if Kirk flops around a little bit with a new OC, new offense, not that he will. We're seeing highlights of him slinging it. New building, new everything. The calls for pennants are going to be loud and they're going to be deafening. But the Atlanta Falcons set themselves up for this. They'll handle it. They understand how to handle it.

Yada, yada, yada. They go to Drake May. It's like, like well Drake May is going to have to work on some things well they're saying he is working on these things and every day he's getting better because of how athletic he is that type of mindset he has obviously the family he came from is a great one except for that drunk uncle that he has but they're talking about like Drake May every day they're seeing leaps and bounds of improvement so everything that people were potentially worried about saying he needed to wait it out for, he's getting better. They got Jacoby Brissett there, though, who has obviously been a starter before,

knows the system, knows the offense, can take some time off of him. Then you go over to the Minnesota Vikings. They bring in Sam Darnold on like a $10 million a year contract because they've got to get rid of Kirk Cousins because they've got to pay Justin Jefferson. They draft J.J. McCarthy at number 11 overall. Kevin O'Connell, who's been able to get anybody open in any offense with any quarterback seemingly as the offense coordinator head coach for the Minnesota Vikings, he says Sam Darnold's our guy.

He's going to be the starter going into training camp. That's just taking the pressure off J.J. McCarthy. I like this move with everybody knowing Sam Darnold's the guy. So this rookie who is very capable, has won a lot, very handsome, affable. They talk about everything that's great about him. There's not a lot of pressure on him going into the season. How do you feel about that decision by Kevin O'Connell? I like that because I think you need to have a clearly defined QB.

I heard you guys talking about quarterback competitions. If you're opening up camp with a competition, I understand I guess some teams kind of have to do that, and I feel like they need to. But I think it's always good for everybody to know who our guy is and when you do it this way i think pac said it earlier like if you start jj right away and say he's not playing well you don't have to yank that dude seven eight ten games into the season but you could do it the other way around if sam struggles or gets hurt for some reason yeah you can kill a guy almost early oh yeah, yeah. And then think about, like, yeah, if you have to get yanked out,

you can obviously come back from him. But, man, it's got to be a tough road back to there. So, yeah, just let him sit, and hopefully McCarthy doesn't have to play. I mean, that's what teams hope to do when you have a young guy. You hope the guy in front of him is playing well enough. We don't have to plug him in. But, man, and imagine the growth you can have as, like, a McCarthy from first day of training camp to week 10 of the season.

You're a completely different player. Like how much he knows, how comfortable he feels even in the huddle, calling plays, throwing to everybody. So, yeah, I think this is a good move. And allegedly he's a quick learner and everything like that. So he'll be able to see Sam Darnold make mistakes. He'll be able to see Sam Darnold execute properly. He'll be able to watch Sam Darnold in the locker room. Sam Darnold's obviously been in a lot of buildings. He'll be able to have conversations. He'll be able to watch Sam Darnold in the locker room. Sam Darnold's obviously been in a lot of buildings.

He'll be able to have conversations. He'll be able to set up what his professional routine and schedule will look like as opposed to what it was whenever he was in college. And there's more clips coming out that showcase how good of a teammate this guy is. I think he's going to be the perfect backup for anybody if he needs it. He'll buy in, do his role, although he wants to be a starter. Remember, Harbaugh said this is the best quarterback that he's ever seen. This is the best anything.

And obviously they win a national championship together. But did you see the opening pitch situation with the Twins? Yeah, what happened exactly? Okay, so the Twins put out a social media video. Okay, so here's Dallas Turner, I do believe. Yep. Rookie for the Minnesota Vikings. And him and J.J. were talking about, let's just get it to the glove.

You know, a little nerves, nerves obviously throwing an opening pitch. Dallas Turner misses high, wide. Inside on a righty, almost a head shot. All of Minnesota Twins fans, about 50 of them are laughing at him. They say this guy stinks. J.J. McCarthy goes, listen, I'm new to the city. I appreciate these Twins fans, but

Dallas is my draft mate. Dallas is my teammate. Everybody's booing him. I'm a quarterback. Watch this. He throws low outside the other side. I think he did that on purpose so that people realize it's not easy to throw that opening pitch. Maybe the balls were a little greasy, a little bit slippery. And I think he was trying to make Dallas look better than how he looked for his opening pitch. This guy's a consummate teammate out there in Minnesota.

Yeah, I absolutely agree. I mean, if you just look at his windup, that's a guy who has – he has replicated that many times. That guy's thrown a baseball. He probably pitched in high school. He's thrown a baseball off a mound. He's just not – he's not trying to embarrass his buddy. He's not trying to embarrass his teammate. He saw the throw that he had.

He was like, hey, could I burn one of these sons of bitches right down the middle? I mean, we saw his arm live in person. He's got a howitzer. That son of a bitch can throw a football. Yeah, so, I mean, could he have thrown one right down the middle. We saw his arm live in person. He's got a howitzer. That son of a bitch can throw a football. Could he have thrown one right down the middle? 90-95 probably. I don't want to embarrass my guy. Watch.

He's got the right side covered. I'll dust a lefty's feet with mine. We'll all have a laugh. We'll call it a night and we'll take in a baseball game. The guy's a teammate. The guy's a good teammate. Obviously, everybody's mocking JJ because they don't see what happens with Dallas. They just see his pitch, and they go, eh.

The guy gets our bright lights at a Minnesota Twins in front of 55 people out there. He maybe gets a little bit too tight. Instead, what they didn't see, because the video was edited, it was like he was looking out for his teammate. You want to yam on your teammate? No way. Not a chance.

These guys are going to be teammates in Minnesota for the next 10 years. Obviously, they're going to be best friends. We don't need to start this thing in the middle of summer hot as hell with me embarrassing the shit out of a guy who's not supposed to throw a baseball. AJ, that's that Michigan man. That's a Michigan man right there. I mean, think about it. He knows the consummate leader. He's just like Adam Sandler

when he pissed himself to make the little kid feel better in Billy Madison back in the day. The kid pees his pants. Hey, I want to make this kid feel better. I'm going to pee my pants as well. That's what we see here. If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis. Hell yes.

That is exactly what J.J. McCarthy did for his teammate. They got to keep the ball. They adapted everybody up. They got to take in a game. This is just more signs that J.J. McCarthy's the guy in my eyes. I couldn't agree more. But when you guys were talking about the OCs and setting them up for success, I think they all, like,

Shane Waldron is the Bears' OC now, and he completely rejuvenated Geno Smith's career. And then at two, you've got Cliff as Jaden Daniels' OC. Three is Alex Van Pelt, who was great for the Cleveland Browns. And then Sean Payton for Bo Nix, great offensive line. K.O.C. for J.J. McCarthy, great offensive line. I think they're all going into really good O.C. situations. And Shane Steichen for Anthony Richardson.

So it's just – Basically, it's his rookie year. We should put all the names in the hat and pull out the ones just randomly because at least half are going to suck. We know that. More than half. Not this year. So we should just do that.

Bo Nix – No, everybody's going to be Hall of Famer. Play the best early, you would assume, especially – I mean, obviously you expect it from Caleb. You expect it from Jaden. But Bo Nix, where did he go? 12. And obviously Sean Payton came on the show and talked about how much he loved him coming out.

But moving on from Russ, having all that dead cap space, like Bo is going to have to play really good. PFF says no. PFF says they have the worst roster in the NFL. Who says that? PFF. Denver. No, Cincinnati probably. They have an $85 million cap.

That's probably why. Yeah, well, it's tough to go to roster when you can't sign 10 players. Then it's almost – 15 players. At least 10. It's almost like – I kind of see this almost like Bryce Young's rookie year almost all over again. Obviously, it was a disaster last year with Frank.

Now you've got a new offensive coach. You've got new weapons around, hopefully build up that offensive line. He was, you know, the Steph Curry coming out. Obviously got, you know, as a quarterback, especially a young quarterback, when you're just getting your head beat in down after down, you can't even process and go through shit. So I'm looking forward to him and kind of Anthony Richardson. Shit, even kind of Will Levis.

He played half the season. But all those guys are kind of, we still don't really know who they are on this level. We're learning a lot about Will Levis this offseason. Yes, we are. Too much? Oh, man. He can spin it, though. Yes, we are. Too much? Oh, man. He can spin it, though.

Yes, he can. That guy can spin it. Can he, AJ? Jack. He is Jack. I don't like what happened in the AAC South. I don't like it. I don't like any of it.

Yeah, but, I mean, it's a good start. Houston was supposed to suck forever. Houston was supposed to suck forever. I mean, they're going to be good for 20 years at least. They're just so good so quick. They had an FCA guy, general manager. Yeah. That's what they were doing just a couple years back they were supposed to stink stink bill o'brien at least yeah yeah jags at least though i mean you got them no no where it's a better situation for the colts no see you're one of those people that doesn't think

they should pay trevor lauren no no no i'm not saying at all they lost calvin ridley you don't like it no he's the same thing as Jones. Actually, Jones has the same damn numbers that he got. Daniel Jones, the New York Giants? Yeah. He got paid $41 million, I think. I think McCorkle Jones also had similar numbers. Mack Jones, who's the backup

quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars, behind Trevor Lawrence, got released from his team as Trevor Lawrence got $275 million in front of him. Yeah, I'm not saying that. I mean, if you have a quarterback, as a person who has experienced a football team without a quarterback, it is a nightmare.

You need to hold on to those guys. I'm just saying they have lost guys, and obviously they took a massive step back. So how do you go forward when the division has gotten much, much better, including the Colts, especially the Texans? How do you expect to be better than what you were? The Colts are just going to get better because Anthony Richardson is going to be the first quarterback to say, I don't need all the money.

Flacco's probably telling them now. That's probably why they brought him in. Anthony Richardson deserves all the money that he's going to be able to get after he leads the Colts to a couple Super Bowls here. There we go. Over the next couple years. He's going to deserve all the money that he's going to be able to get after he leads the Colts to a couple Super Bowls here. There we go. Okay. Over the next couple years. He's going to deserve all the money he can get.

Sure. But if he does do like a – I'll take $12 million. You know what? Get me later. Yeah. Get me later. Get me later.

And we're able to continue to keep – because we re-signed every player we had on our team. And we didn't make the playoffs last year. Close. You had a playoff game at home. Gardner. In the Strathouse. In the Strathouse at home. Gardner. And Strathouse. And the CJ Strathouse.

It's the Loud House. CJ Strathouse is down in Houston. You need to watch your fucking mouth. Hey, look. When Strath is playing in Lucas Oil. First game of the year. Unfortunately. First game of the season.

It's the Strathouse. Nah, it won't be this year. Too much. Too much travel in the world. One of the sumo wrestlers gave us a little tip on how to handle C.J. Stroud. What do you see with DeForest Buckner? They're going to be so good.

They're going to be so good. We haven't really talked about the Joe Mixon addition to their backfield. Daniel Hunter on defense. They got guys. Stephon Diggs, a wide receiver. Nico's back. Dolan Schultz. Just got paid. Stephon Diggs is now an receiver. Nico's back. Dalton Schultz. Just got paid.

Stephon Diggs is now an approved year. It'd be a real shame if they weren't. Weren't what? Good. They're one-hit warners? Yep. What are you saying? Can't handle success?

It's where I live, okay? I don't do it. Go Colts. All right. What? CC Sabathia was, I think, scheduled to join us about 10, 15 minutes ago. So you've seen a lot of Phil here. He's got a celebrity softball game going on tonight down in Birmingham, Alabama.

We will chat with him about that and also talk baseball whenever we're able to get a hold of CeCe Sabathia. I hope everything's okay. You know what I mean? This is the whole, what's his name? Mitch Hedberg joke where you're at a restaurant and they go, Jones family of four. And then wait five minutes and then they'll go, Jones family of four.

And Jones family four is not there. And then they move on to the next one. Smith, family of six or whatever. And he goes, what the hell happened to Jones' family of four? Should we not have a little bit of a heightened alert on what the hell happened to the family of four? They were here just moments ago. Now they are no longer here. Should somebody send a search bar?

Is that what we need to do for CeCe? I hope everything is okay with CeCe Sabathia or he just decided to say to hell with those guys. We're not talking baseball today. Well, where is he right now? I have no idea. He's down in Birmingham, Alabama. If he's in Birmingham, there's a chance that this heat has kind of blocked out. Rolling blackouts

because of the heat. The weather's insane right now, I guess. Oh, yeah. Record highs in a bunch of cities in the Midwest. I think there's flooding down in Texas. I think there's some flooding happening in Texas. Last week down in Miami, I think there was some flooding. Florida was underwater.

Mass had a 911 outage yesterday, Massachusetts. It's snowing in Montana. You see that? The football practice. That was real? Yeah, I think so. What the hell is going on? Somebody needs to figure it out. I'm driving an electric vehicle. I'm doing everything I can.

You're saving everybody. I put a bag on one of these cows' asses, too, that I drove by to catch all the farts. How much is that electrical vehicle battery worth? How much is that electrical vehicle battery worth? Enough to save the planet. Is that what you're talking about? It's your theory.

We're weighing down the earth and pushing us closer to the center. What's that battery? Is it even hot down there? I've always wondered if there's a fire burning, allegedly. Good morning. This is from Glacier National Park. Oh, wow. Some areas of Montana saw a fresh 12 inches of snow overnight after a June winter storm.

Here is the summer-looking view near Logan Pass there. Logan Pass is tough. You go on the Hidden Lake Trail, though, you better watch yourself. There's a chance you see one of those American lions. And obviously the American lions are dogs. That's what they've always been. Twelve inches of snow can drop right in the middle of June. So, you know, you never

know what you're going to get out there, but it is beautiful views. Yeah, almost a good thing. Glacier National Park for a while, they were worried about the snow over there. I have been there. No big deal, Montana. I'm somewhat of a cowboy myself, but that is probably good news. You got the hat on you.

Yep, thank you very much, ranch hat. I completely forgot about that. Yeah, you're more rancher today than you've ever been. Ladd McConkie and the Chargers have reached a four-year deal with the most guaranteed money in the history for a 34th overall pick. Is that because just the NFL's going up? Is that because he was able to negotiate more at signing?

Because I thought all these contracts were kind of slotted. Congrats to Ladd McConkie. And that hasn't been talked about at all. Justin Herbert now has Ladd McConkie who ran a 4-3. And he's getting added to their offense. So isn't the salary cap higher than it's ever been? So the 34th overall picks percentage is probably higher. Certainly.

And the way you phrase things is certainly something you could do. Like T. Higgins signed a one-year deal. No, he signed his franchise tag. Right. Weird. Phrasing it as a one-year deal. Yeah, that was weird. Yeah, it's as if you renegotiated like Saquon did

where he got a couple extra million outside of the franchise tag. That's not what happened in Cincinnati. T. Higgins just signed a franchise tag. This guy signed the biggest 34th overall pick deal ever, and he's with the Chargers. We got great football here 80 days away. We'll be back tomorrow. Goodbye.

Nailed it. Just right on. Perfect. The video, the everything. It was good ESPN, too, today. Because Florida and Kentucky are playing college baseball still. Yeah, I told you. What inning is it in?

Third. Are they in Omaha yet? Yeah. Yeah, they are. It was 9-2. This one was an elimination game. Florida hit a grand slam in the first inning. Shit.

You're killing them. 15-4, top of the seventh. Kentucky's in a bad spot. Yeah. Kentucky's in a bad spot. Kentucky's in a bad spot. I go to the bathroom. I come out of my office.

It's 3-0 in the first inning. 3-1 in the first inning. It's like, damn, a lot of action. They pull the pitcher. Kentucky pulls the pitcher. Sweet pitcher comes out of the back with a mustache and a mullet. It's like, this guy's got it. Nope.

Grand slam. Give me pitches later. He gives up. Florida's a wagon. This is an elimination game, though? Yeah, correct. Which part of the tournament are we in right now? So they've played several games.

So both of these teams have one loss. So this is in the consolation bracket or whatever. But whoever wins from the consolation bracket will eventually... I think there's, what, four teams left right now? So I think the winner of this will probably have to win one more than the winner of that game

will face whoever's undefeated in the actual final, which is a best-of-three series. So there's probably four or five games left. Can't wait to watch every one of them. Oh, yeah, I promise. We know what's going on. This game was supposed to be played last night. It got rained out, I do believe.

It got played today. So that means their next game will be tomorrow? Probably. Can't be doing double hairs in a World Series. No, absolutely not. I think the Vols were the one seed. The Vols were the one seed. Well, McGee was talking about that Vols team.

Yeah, he was, big time. The reality is they need to win it all. Because they want Bojangles when they get home. He's there, right? He is there. We need to catch up with him. He covers it? Is he covering it or is he going as a fan? Well, he was there covering it last year. Remember Barth Brooks? Yeah.

You're right. That was World Series. I don't think he has an iPhone. He does not like that guy. He doesn't have an iPhone. I think it's a green text. He does have two phones. One for baseball, one for NASCAR. One for Marty.

That's right. Marty, he's actually got three phones. That's a beeper. Marty's got a beeper. Not one more, Marty. Yeah, and then he's got a baseball phone and a NASCAR phone, which we certainly appreciate. There's a story developing down in Carolina with the Carolina Panthers,

and I love how it's all gone. Sure. Guy was a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Carolina Panthers come up for sale because of previous ownerships, everything. David Tepper buys it. We get introduced to this character, David Tepper, and we start learning about his business acumen and some of the spiteful

petty things he had potentially done in business world. And then we see him start to build a building, a new facility and then he shuts it down, files bankruptcy, sues the town because they didn't hold up their end of the bargain. This guy's a shrewd businessman. And we've seen him throw

ice on people. He coughed accidentally. And he threw it on other teams. He's a billionaire owner of the NFL team. And then, obviously, we've seen him go into a store that had a sign basically directed to him telling him he hits a hat off a guy. I mean, just this dude is one of one. He's passionate. Yeah, he's one of one. He's passionate. Yeah, he's one of one.

He's done a lot of things. Well, now he is seeking, I think, $650 million in taxpayer money to build either a new stadium, new facility. Cam Newton, one of the most famous Carolina Panthers, and obviously a man who is very well connected in Carolina, chit-chatted about David Tepper and the Carolina Panthers' future plans and what's going to have to take place for it to maybe happen. Ain't none of this shit going be worth a okay if you got the the chairman the president or the ceo or

the person who's making the calls isn't at one with the city i don't give a damn how much money because they need the taxpayers money how much money you got i don't damn how much money you got. Because they need the taxpayer's money. I don't care how much money you got. I don't care how much money you're asking for. But if you're not at one, the number one in charge is not at one with the city. He's number one. It's not going to work. If you remember. It's not. So take it for what it's worth.

That looks phenomenal. And obviously Charlotte has been yearning a destination or to be the marquee destination for bigger events. Every city wants or has admiration to have the Super Bowl potentially come there. Now, the truth of the matter is, what about the regular, you know what I'm saying, situation? Now, that looks like an ultimate fan experience. That's right. Cool. All for it.

But, dude, you know who you are. Yeah. You got to tap in. Nice. You saw him with David Teper, I think. Yeah. I think so. You know that?

You're saying, hey, you're going to have to turn baby face with this city if you're going to ask for $650 million. Nice. I saw him with David Tepper, I think. Yeah. I think so. You're going to have to turn baby face with this city if you're going to ask for $650 million. You just moved around here a couple years ago. You fired six coaches for our soccer team. You fired... We got our number one overall pick for you and you hired somebody. It's just complete failure.

There was 35 people at the game the last game of the year in the rain. You got Luke Combs coming out saying I'm good at music. Doesn't mean I'm good at running an NFL team. Maybe Tepper needs to think I'm good at business. Maybe I'm not good at running an NFL team. He's getting shrapnel

from everywhere and he's causing it. He is a massive reason for all the shit that he's in. But Cam Newton's pointing out something that I assume he's been chatting about around the city and everything. It's like you're asking for money from a group of people that seemingly hate you let's go ahead and turn that around before we potentially ask for money but when they ask for money charlotte is a wonderful place it is it is a beautiful city perfect for hosting things actually the way it all is set up and the way the the temperature is

the people that live there are fantastic. I mean, Charlotte is a great city to host things. If they were to get a $650 million upgrade to their stadium, I think that would qualify as a city investing in the NFL. So then the NFL is potentially more likely to take a Super Bowl there. Super Bowl comes there, that means billions

of dollars are coming there. That means maybe you're back in the conversation of it all. But to do that, the owner of the team has to seemingly get back in good graces with the entire city. And that's not as easy as some would potentially think. Not easy at all. And I spent one year in Carolina, Cam's rookie year, actually.

Cam obviously had that city, that franchise, that fan base on another level. And Jerry Richardson, for everything he wasn't and all the bad shit he had, he did, he was tapped in with that city when it came to football. Everybody knew, you know, he loved football and loved that organization.

Obviously, it went a long way early on. So, yeah, I think, honestly, I think Tepper and I'm knowing how he is, probably not, but he should get Cam in the fold at some point because it's, once again... Then he overpaid him mightily to be a quarterback, right? I mean, like, in like a lot of, you see a lot of these, shit quarterback right when i mean like in like a lot of you see a lot of these damn morgan's there obviously the gm now but a lot of these organizations bringing kind of guys just being around the building just because

what you have a face like that you know somebody who's who's tapped in with that city and obviously you need good players you need a good team that's trotting out there week in week out that's the number one thing and a lot of people are looking at tepper as the reason why they haven't been able to put that out there. So you never want that as an owner. But who knows what we've seen so far. It doesn't look like he'll be changing anytime soon. But I agree with Cam's sentiment and what he's saying. But that would be a great city

I think for a Super Bowl. Big hub as far as traveling to. Easy to travel to get out. Great city. I think to host conventions, big events. So I'll be looking forward to it. A lot of restaurants, bars. Everything walkable. Downtown. Charlotte is a great city.

He brought up the Super Bowl point. Charlotte hasn't. When was Charlotte? I don't think. I assume they already did. I would hope that a city like Charlotte would have hosted one already, but I guess... I would assume. What can he do, though? What can he do to get back on the good graces

of everybody? Win, but also don't ask for taxpayer money. Just pay it. Yeah, he would have to use his own money. You're right. Use private funding. But yeah, that's what owners do, though. They try to get as much money as they can from the city. Not all of them. You're right. I guess is Tepper willing to do that, to put up

I don't know bankruptcy already yeah i'm not paying any of the bills that are outstanding i'm filing bankruptcy that's on you that's not on me we had a deal you're not holding i think he's a rather shrewd businessman and obviously the bankruptcy weapon has been used by a lot of people in the business world it's talked about very publicly especially with everything going on uh in the election that is taking place but i don't think he's ever going on in the election that is taking place. But I don't think he's ever going to be a guy that isn't going to take money that's potentially not his that is available. You know, all those people say, well, you get rich building businesses with other people's money.

It's like, yeah, but do you really do you have the ownership? Yeah, well, I'm the one getting the money. Yeah, I do. It's like, don't you feel like you should be invested, though? Like if you were to invest that money into that place, wouldn't you feel like you should be invested, though? Like, if you were to invest that money into that place, wouldn't you feel like it's yours more? Now, and I know everybody, mortgages and banks and yada, yada, yada, you do it. But if you're a multi-billionaire and you have the capability

to build your own palace, pretty much, and it, like, why wouldn't you do it, you know? Well, with the NFL, doesn't it feel like with the NFL, sorry to cut you off there, but doesn't it feel like it's almost like a no-brainer where you're not going to lose money? Whatever you put in, it's going to, in, it's not going to go away. If you ever want to sell it, you know people are going to be lining up to buy it. Like here in Indianapolis, Ursa has a phenomenal deal with the city

that paid for Lucas Oil Stadium to be built because allegedly there was a helicopter that he was in that was flying over L.A. You know, when the Colts' new stadium conversation was taking place at the city level in the city of indianapolis obviously loves football and everything like that but he's not in charge of the stadium colts are not in charge of the stadium so if there's an afc championship game that needs like a home uh because storms and everything like that that's not like a colts decision or an nfl decision that's the city's decision and the city has a volleyball tournament in the lucasville stadium so we can't have the

AFC championship. So it's like, if you're one of these billionaires that wants to have say and power and yada yada yada, it's like, why don't you build your own shit? And then you're able to do concerts. We're just talking about how great Charlotte is. Your own Patriots place, right? You want to build your own Patriots place where everyone comes, you own the hotels, you own all the shots.

You own all of that. That's what every owner is trying to get to because that's where you truly get the value in those franchises, I feel like. A lot of these owners are trying to get to that with other people paying for it. For sure. No doubt. Yeah, we definitely want Patriot Place. Who's paying for it? Well, you would be. Nah, I'm not going to

keep my money. I don't know. And Jerry, obviously paying for his. He got the big tax money too, though. I think we thought that his tax money was a lot smaller than it actually was. I think he put up a lot, obviously, because it is Jerry World and it's so big. But he got massive taxpayer money as well. Everybody seemingly has. Because what NFL brings to the city, I'm not saying it's not worth it.

There are people that hate the tax monies used at all for this, and they don't fully understand community, business, everything the NFL brings. But I think more ownership, jobs, activities, events, hope, inspiration. I mean, there's like so much. There's got to be some kind of tax break for everybody who owns a stadium. Agreed. Yeah, it's got to be. Well, yeah, that's why you go build your stadium out in the middle of nowhere

because they give you big 30-year tax breaks to come out there and build your place. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, an absolute legend, World Series champion, Cy Young winner, six-time All-Star. And this evening, he'll be participating in a celebrity softball game

at Rickwood Field in the barnstorm of Birmingham. Ladies and gentlemen, CeCe Sabath. Yeah! How are you, man? You forgot about us? Is that happening? You forgot about us?

Birmingham. Can you hear me? Yeah, can you hear me? Yeah. Did you forget about us, CeCe? Did you forget about us? No, I'm on the golf course. All right, hey, how'd you get a couple in?

The golf course, and we were walking today. And had I been in the car, I would have did the interview from the golf course. How are you playing? I was walking. Played terrible today. Driver was not good. When I did catch fairways, I had a couple birdies, so it was all right. Okay, a couple birdies is something to hang your hat on.

Are you feeling a little bit worried about how you're going into the celebrity softball game tonight, CeCe, or what? I'm worried for my knee. I'm worried for my knee. You know, I got a bad knee. So after walking 18 and then trying to get into the celebrity softball game, we'll see. I mean, my MVP chances might be slim tonight, but I'm going to get out there and see what I can do. Are you pitching? Obviously, you're pitching. How does this work?

I like to play first base, DH, any thing. I consider myself a hitter more so than a pitcher. I'll be lending my hitting skills to the celebrity softball game tonight. The two teams that will be playing are the Hammers and the

Seheys. Obviously, Sehey, Willie Mays, passed away, and we saw your tribute to him. What a, obviously, perfect day to honor him in this particular celebrity softball game. But what is the conversation around the baseball world whenever you all lose arguably the greatest player of all time? Yeah, I mean, it was just a surreal feeling last night just to be sitting, you know, I was sitting in Willie Mays Pavilion at Rickwood Field when I got the text, you know.

So this is the reason why we came down here was to celebrate Willie. But, you know, like you said, now we'll just turn this into a celebration of his life. You know, the timing is just insane, you know, of him passing away last night and us being here, you know, the Cardinals and the Giants playing the game on Tuesday and really us, you know, wanting to do the celebrity softball game on Juneteenth. You know, this is kind of the birthplace of black baseball.

You know, everybody that was important to our game, you know, played at Rickwood Field and to be able to come down here and do this celebration in honor of Willie means a lot to us and just means even more now that, you know, with the news of yesterday. Okay, so you say the birthplace of black baseball. Is there a reason why Birmingham was the home to it as opposed to anywhere else? I just think because of Rickwood Field, you know, and all of the guys that played here.

There's a story that Hank Aaron got a chance to see Jackie Robinson play here as a kid. That's the reason why he wanted to be a baseball player. Willie Mays grew up around here and playing on that field at Rick Woodfield. He got his start there. All of these different guys, Satchel Paige, all these different guys playing on this field is the reason why I'm able to do the things that I've did in the game. And, you know, it's a direct connection. So to be able to come down here and celebrate, you know,

that part of baseball history and really American history means a lot. Hell, yeah. And obviously over the last few years we've learned about Juneteenth and it's become a national holiday. And it's like, yeah, a lot of celebrating. I love that you guys are doing this. And the names are, we're talking Barry Bonds, I believe, is one of the captains of one of the teams. He doesn't do shit.

You never see him doing. Willie Mays is his godfather. Okay. So that is obviously, we'll be an emotional, I assume emotionally. Derek Jeter is out of this thing. Obviously, CeCe's there. You're talking David Ortiz, Dusty Baker, Alex Rodriguez, Dontrell Willis, Jimmy Rollins, Adam Jones.

I mean, you're talking. Yeah, there is. Everybody just hitting bombs all night long. Like, is everybody just hitting everything out of the park? Like, how are you going to contain that? What's the plan? Oh, yeah. I mean, it's just hit as many homers as possible.

Entertain the people. You know what I'm saying? You know, we just did a big celebration of Negro League baseball in Cooperstown. We did an East-West game, and we had a lot of the guys come out and play. And, you know, Ken Griffey Jr. was there and Ferguson Jenkins and all these different guys. So this will be kind of an extension to that. This softball game, we'll go out, have fun, and just kind of put on for the community. I want it to be like a block party, you know, and come down here and just create more baseball fans.

You know, I think we always have the conversation of how we get more black players back in baseball. But I think we need to get more fans. I think, you know, having more fans breeds more players. So, you know, just thinking about my own childhood, my mom was the one that brought me to a lot of different games. But I think we need to get more fans. I think having more fans breeds more players. So just thinking about my own childhood, my mom was the one that brought me to a lot of different games. Jeter was a Yankee fan because his grandmother loved the Yankees. So we need to get more families and fans back to the game.

And in the black community, I think this is the best way to do it. Hell yeah. We'll be able to watch this game tomorrow on MLB Network prior to the game at Rickwood that is taking place tomorrow evening. Can't wait to see the show. D-Bot has a question for you, CeCe. I know obviously this is elevated now with Willie Mays passing. Do you think this will become an annual event? Yeah, I definitely think that we'll do something annually down here at Rickwood.

I don't know if there'll be a game, maybe an academy to come. Maybe we'll do what we did in Cooperstown that East-West Negro League game. Maybe we'll bring that down here next year to Rickwood. There's endless possibilities, but this definitely won't be the last time

that we'll be down here in this community and down here on this field for sure. Congratulations on doing something awesome, making the world a better place. Can't wait to watch it. And we need to see your ass running. You're walking the entire golf course. Okay, yeah, let's make sure we're running the bases up.

Let's move to some MLB conversation, if you don't mind, CeCe. Obviously, the story of the year is out of Pittsburgh. Go ahead, Tom. Yeah, CeCe, Paul Skeens. Now he's out of pittsburgh go ahead to him yeah cc uh paul skeens okay he's got now he's seven starts in he's undefeated um he has a two era he's striking out seven eight nine guys a night is this going to carry on because his stuff is so electric and how fast he throws or is there a chance that mlB hitters will start catching up, or is this just one-of-a-kind guy, this is what's going to happen? No, I think this is real. I think what we're seeing from him is a real thing,

and I think just watching him start the other day, his little swinker thing that he throws, it acts like a two-seamer. So even when the guys get on his fastball, he throws is a real you know it acts like a two-seamer so um even when the guys get on his fastball you know he throws 100 these guys love velocity now he's able to still pitch he's got pitch ability um which is something that you know a lot of these guys that throw real hard don't have um so i mean with his makeup and the way that he can you know command the strike zone and the stuff that he has i think we're looking at looking at a bona fide ace for a very long time. I was just talking to the guys.

There's a bunch of baseball players here. What's up, boys? We were just talking. I would love to see him at the All-Star game. This kid has been electric, and it'd be awesome to see him against some of the best hitters in the American League. If he can keep it up for a couple more starts, I would love to see him in Arlington.

How does that work? Does he have to qualify to make the All-Star as a rookie a certain amount of games? Because I know you guys have a rule like every team is represented, right? Even the crop teams who have crop players, they have somebody that shows up at this thing. How would that have to work, CeCe? I honestly do not know, and I should know.

I'm working in the commissioner's office. I should know. No, I do not know, but I'm sure after this conversation, somebody will give us an answer. Do you think the MLB is happy that Paul Skeens is doing what he's doing and the eyes are on Paul Skeens? Yeah, I think everybody in baseball is excited. I mean, I think if you just look at, you know, this time last year,

this guy was pitching in the College World Series, you know, and less than a year later now he's, you know, dominating, you know, Major League Baseball games. So, I mean, you know, the College World Series games are on ESPN right now. You can see, you know, there's a kid Jack Caglione. There's a kid Christian Moore. These kids can be in the big leagues in the next couple years, the next year. So, it's awesome to see, you know, the direct connection from college and just watching these kids' development

and being able to see them come out and dominate in the big league. Who are the baseball guys you're with? You don't have to out everybody, obviously, but anybody we would know? Adam Jones is walking up right here. Jimmy Rollins is walking up right here. Ryan Howard is gingerly walking up the stairs. Oh, man. It's like this course has picked his butt.

So you all decided to walk? Everybody, yeah, we're walking? He's saying right now he's definitely going deep in the softball game. Who was that? Who was that? Howard? Ryan Howard, yeah. Can't walk.

That means I don't want to have to do the bases. So I'll hit that out. You don't want to have to do that. After walking 18, nobody wants to do the bases. Yeah, we'll just touch home. Yeah, we'll hit Dinger, and then we're touching home. See you. All right, thank you so much.

What a beautiful night. Tell the boys we said hello. And obviously, the MLB chatter has been fantastic this year, and it's potentially because the Yankees aren't the worst team in baseball like they have been. Go ahead, Todd. No, yeah, Pat. They're actually the best team in baseball.

CeCe knows. CeCe, tonight Garrett Cole is making his first start of the year. Obviously, Yankees fans are rejoicing because they have been the best team without him, which was crazy to think, you to think when you found out about his elbow injury. What's that like coming back mid-season when you are the bona fide ace? Will they treat him a little bit differently? Is he going to be full go or is he probably only going to pitch four to five innings? Then also, given what happened last night with the Orioles hitting both Judge and Gleyber Torres and throwing inside on them all night,

what are the chances that Garrett Cole is going to earhole someone on his first pitch of the game tonight? I don't know. I mean, I honestly don't. You know, that depends on – everybody's temperature is different. You know, I always ran hot, so if anybody threw a ball close to any of my players, then we kind of knew what was going to happen.

So we'll just, I mean, I guess we'll have to wait and see if they thought the intent was there. I think Garrett's going to come out ready to go. I think, looking at his last start in the minor leagues, he looked really sharp. I think he had 10 strikeouts in like four and a third, so I expect him to come out and be ready to go. I think he had 10 strikeouts and four in the third. I expect him to

come out and be ready to go. I don't think he would make the start against Baltimore and be shorthanded and not be able to go out and give this team everything that they expect him to go out and do, being the ace of the squad. I expect him to come out and pitch well.

I think he understood the assignment and knew that this is a chance for me to come out and pitch against. I think he understood the assignment and knew that this is a chance for me to come out and pitch against the team that's chasing us. It kind of set the tone. I'm excited for him to come back. I think he's excited

picking this day to come back. I expect him to come out and pitch well. Amen. We think that tonight is about to be an absolute blast for all of you down in Birmingham. We can't wait to catch up with the social media clips. I assume somebody will be posting, yes, live? Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah, there will be definitely live social media clips, and MLB will be posting, and like you said, you'll be able to watch the game tomorrow before the actual Cardinals and Giants game. How do we support this? I think there's tickets for sale, obviously. I don't know if I'm in Birmingham if I'm going to be able to make it without the tickets. I think there's also a post-game performance by global music superstar Metro Boomin.

Wow. What? The drummer? Yeah. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I don't even know what it means. I just hear people say it. Yeah, well, it was said one time pretty loud in the middle of a battle.

How do we support this? And what's the money? Like, what all the weekend look like down there? The money from tonight's game is going to the local Boys and Girls Clubs here and then the Players Alliance, which is, again, just getting kids in the local community back into baseball. Like I said, I want to get families back involved in the game. The idea of having Metro perform was I wanted this to be like a Root-style block party, picnic. I feel like the game can get a little corporate tomorrow, and you have to have sponsors and all that different stuff.

But tonight is for the community of Birmingham, for the city, for the people. Alabama's full football team will be here. Jalen Monroe is playing. So, I mean, it's for the people here and for the community. So we're excited about tonight. Jalen Monroe is going to take a softball from center field and gun somebody out at home plate.

Like that Japanese guy. Yeah, hold on. Chuse Monami. Go ahead. I don't know if you can throw it from center field at Rickwood. The original fence in Rickwood at center field is like 480. So I would love if you could throw one from center field to home plate. We're talking about Jalen Milrow. Yeah, 480. center field is like 480. So I would love to be able to throw up at center field at home plate. We're talking about Jalen Milrow.

Yeah, 480. What do you mean 480? Barely 100 yards. That's not even in yards. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. You know, feet are so small. Yeah, that's right. Especially that 12 inches.

What are we even talking about? And that ball is huge. It can travel so far. 480? Is it still? That's a long way. Were dudes hitting him out there? No, no, no.

I guess Josh Gibson, guys like Josh Gibson must have been hitting him out. Pittsburgh baseball legend. We got a jersey in the office actually right over there. Once again, to be clear, this is to celebrate obviously everything that happened at rickwood

field in birmingham the history the future and hopefully this will become something that we can support year in and year out good luck down there mlb.com forward slash rickwood for tickets and if you find a way for us to be able to support from afar we would obviously love to do so keep killing it cc we appreciate you i appreciate it thanks guys thanks for having me on again tell everybody we said hello ladies and gentlemen CC Sebastian there's a lot of people going to this yeah oh yeah those names a lot of guys playing in that oh my goodness David Ortiz Alex Rodriguez Jimmy Rollins Dontrell Willis D-Train. D-Train. Love him. Oh, yeah. All the way around. Turn, turn. Yeah, yeah. The left, right? Adam Jones, LaTroy Hawkins, Dexter Fowler, Michael Bourne, Micah Johnson, Ricky Smiley. Okay, morning show host legend.

Tee Grizzley, Bubba Dub, Alicia Baumgartner, Ari Chamber, CeCe Sabathia, Colin Sexton, DC Youngfly, Dez Bryant, Dreezy, Dwight Franey. Hey, hell yeah. Franey will hit a ball. Oh, yeah. He's got a swing. Franey will pitch, too, probably, if I had to guess. Bet he golfed very well today, if I had to guess.

He was out there. He's got an interesting swing, too. He can play. Yeah, but he's playing speed golf. He does the Jordan. He's golfing with Jordan, where there's six golfers. Each guy has their own cart. Yeah. We'll see you at the green. We will see you at the green. It's golfing with Jordan where there's six golfers. Each guy has their own cart. Yeah.

We'll see you at the green. We will see you at the green. It is everybody tee off. Okay, we'll see you at the green. They're doing rounds in like 45 minutes to an hour. Genius. The Wahlberg rounds. Well, we don't know how that's going to go.

That might be in his backyard. That's what I think it is. He sold that. I think he sold that place. Mark said it was bullshit. $53 million or something like that, that whole place. He said it was. He can't swing the bats.

I see him pop up with all his municipal gear. I know Conman wears a lot of it. Easy. You do, dude. No. What do you mean? I don't wear a lot of it. What's wrong with Walbert?

There are one pair of shoes that I wear sometimes. You wore them yesterday during your celebration. Well, I had to. It was a Boston day. I mean, how am I not going to wear Marky Mark stuff? We all saw Donnie front row as he's been the whole playoff. Donnie Berger? Donnie Wahlberger.

Earthgang, ESTG, Jalen Milrow, Jameis Winston, Joe Johnson, J.R. Smith. Naj? Matt Barnes, Max Holloway, Najee Harris. Max Holloway? Max Holloway the fighter? Harris. Max Holloway? Max Holloway, the fighter? Yep.

Oh, yeah. He's from Hawaii. He's from Hawaii. Loves the White Maze. What's that, a 10-hour? What are they playing, 30 on 30? I don't know how this is all going to work, but there's more. I mean, there is Roy Wood Jr., Terrell Owens, Stephen Jackson.

Oh, this is sick. They are. It's a softball game. Yeah, I guess they are so you're telling me those pros you're going to put a metal bat in David Ortiz's hand I'm watching all day can't wait for that

this was pieced together by CeCe Zabathia and Uninterrupted and it's called Fam Jam during Barnstorm Birmingham at Rickwood Field. Is Braun Strowman going to be there? Because I saw that man hit a ball 700 yards.

I think it's his dad. That too, but I actually saw him hit one. I think his dad is like Hall of Famer. I don't know if Braun Strowman has committed his life enough to softball to also be able to follow into those footsteps, but I have seen on Instagram him demolishing softballs.

He has a real... The way they hit it... Those guys can control where they want to hit it. I'm going to hit a fade home run. I'm going to hit a draw home run. Some of these softballs, they only let you...

I mean, here's Braun Strowman's dad, Rick Scherer. Rick Scherer hit a total 4,238 home runs in batting 7, 22 in his softball career. This guy's greatest of all time. They're talking about this guy being beer league softball, men's league softball, goat. That's

Braun Strowman's dad. And he's playing the hot corner where guys are hitting softballs like 8,000 miles an hour and just eating one hops. I was about to say, he actually caught one with his teeth. And then threw a guy out. I mean, that's one big son of

a bitch's dad. So, you're right. Maybe Braun Strowman gets down there. First time I saw him after he came back in the back, we were walking around. It was like his first night back or whatever. And obviously you see the fucking silhouette of this guy from the other side of the arena. That's one big son of a bitch. That is the biggest thing.

And I see him and I go, Braun, good to see you. You still hit dinners and softball? Oh, yeah. I guess that's something you never lose. I guess that's something you never lose. I guess that is something you never lose. He should just go to run. Even if he doesn't want to hit if he's not too sharp, he can sprint for those guys.

Well, yeah, hit the train. That's what I mean. He can work on the train. Yeah, exactly. Here's Rick the Crusher. Sure, this is Braun Strowman's dad. He is at bat, and 16 knows that you're going to have to put the ball into the bread basket, pal.

Gone. See ya. Teed off over a tree. Hit a lake. Hit over a lake. See ya. Get it, kid. Hit it in the next county.

That's Rick Scherr. That's what... I mean, here's Chance Big Papi tonight with a metal bat. Oh, for sure. Does the same thing. Yeah, Ryan is is going to hit one out of the stadium probably yeah 480 dead center a rod do you think a rod still get into one yeah yeah uh yeah don't think about that timberwolves owner that kind of screwed him on

that deal like you put a picture on that i'm sure jeet's will leg out an infield single shut up he's captain what that was a dig. You guys don't know. That was a fucking dig. Wow. Asshole. He made contact. Leg out an infield single. Guy had over 3,000 hits in this fucking prick sack and he was just getting C&I singles his whole career.

Richard, glove, scoop, dart. I want to get out there now and play. Beer League softball. I mean, just fucking. I want to get out there now and play. Beer League softball. I mean, House of Big Dogs used to be this bar in Plum. You end up there, you know. You know what crew is there.

But they had a Beer League softball team that a couple friends' fathers all played on. They took this shit serious. That used to be big. It's still around. I grew up going to my dad's. My dad played on. They took this shit serious. That used to be big. It's still around. I grew up going to my dad. My dad played on travel teams. We would go to the games, and they all were sitting there drinking beers after. It was a fun thing to go to.

Cash games. They were playing cash games, cash tournaments in there. And then they're heading right back to the house of big dogs. They still do it. My father was big in Ohio, too. They're talking about how people can pitch knuckleballs in it. Oh, yeah. Pitch that thing high. One of the best summers

of my life was beer league softball. But you can't pitch too high, right? There's rules against how high. It depends what type of league you're playing in. Which is always good because you can't have an actual thing to tell you how high it is, so it's always judgment calls. And whenever you've got beer leagues happening. Oh, yeah. A lot of fights. With judgment calls. It's electric.

It's a lot of drama. A lot of controversy. Big softball game tonight down at Rickwood Field. Yeah. Palm for those highlights. There is leagues that are unlimited arc, and it's fucking insane. Unlimited arc leagues? Yeah, so you just fucking throw it as high as you can, and it's like two feet behind home plate if it lands in that area.

It's a strike. Yeah, that's the strike zone, right? Put the plate behind the plate. Yeah, if it hits the plate, it's a strike. So, yeah, so some people could fucking put up like 30 feet in the air and have it come right down. Good cornhole player you could throw. Oh, yeah. 100%.

Wait a minute. Play to your strength. Backspin. You put backspin on it? Oh, yeah. A lot of GBs from that. Oh. What are we doing?

Kenny G and Michael Bolton are stuck. What are we doing? I'm wasting them all, right? Yeah. That was for. That was just for. That was just for. That was just warm up.

That was for if it's going to get hotter. Outside? Yeah, and you missed, so it's not. Good. Cool. Maybe Chad Gable's still alive? Chad Gable might be dead, huh? He is.

He got that. That looked like bullet wound. It was a gunshot wound. I mean, have we heard from him? Wikipedia says he isn't dead. Is? He is indeed dead. In fact dead.

Okay. In fact dead. Someone actually put out an obituary last night as well. He was an Olympian. Good run. It happens when you play games, Lotus. Could you imagine if I see Chad Gable again on Monday? I hope so.

I am going to be mind blown. Cole! Talk about clones. The hell? What if he comes back as a good person? Could be. I am so sorry. What the hell? What if he comes back as a good person and saw the light? Could be. I saw Jesus, yeah.

I am so sorry. I saw St. Peter. Saw my whole life laid out before me. That would be a good gimmick. I was a good man all the way up until that would be. That would be a great gimmick. That fucker died, went to heaven, came back. Yeah.

A whole new man. If they just do that to everybody. That's what the Wyatt Six do. Six spelled S-I-C-K-S. Sickos. Oh, yeah. Because they're sick

fucks. It's pretty brilliant all this stuff. They're starting to lay out all this stuff that has already happened. It's like,

this has been very well thought out. It's like, yeah, yeah, I would say. The writing was on the wall

with the CG. Saw that. And with the thank you thing. Yeah. Stop saying thank you. Thank you. That's that. And with the thank you thing. Yeah. Stop saying thank you. Thank you. That's what Chad gave with Deadman.

Yep. That's what Chad said. Not Deadman, Undertaker. Right. Undertaker, I think, pretty good probably with the wide six fight. Yeah, I would assume. Did we have a speed match today? Who's the new champion?

You know who it is. Andrade. Yeah. Andrade's the champion. I thought they said they were crowning a new champion. Did they? No, Andrade. Is it just number they said they were crowning a new champion Today? No, Andrade Is it just number one contender? Number one

He's got a match against somebody who's On Monday It's coming up on Friday Oh, Friday How did Andrade get it? He won speed He beat the former speed champion Who's that?

A guy who died on a windshield A lot of death lately I thought Dijak was going to bring it home too It was June 7th. Andrade B. Ricochet. Our former speed champion. Yeah, that was today. Number one contender match. Dijak and Austin Creed,

obviously. Two take on Andrade. It's not loading right now, so... Dijak has lost in his attempt to get the speed championship. Austin Creed. Yeah.

Damn. Xavier Woods. Yeah. That sucks, man. What? Dijak needs more reps, brother. Yeah, he does. He's losing Xavier Woods.

That's what I mean. How's he going to get him? Well, he dropped in there with a Hall of Famer and Xavier Woods. I agree, but, I mean, can we give the guy a goddamn strap, please? Dijak's got the juice, brother. We can't just be handing anybody a strap. Look, Dijak's got the juice. That big son of a bitch

came out the other night. He's not a big son of a bitch. There's one big son of a bitch. Excuse me. Dijak went for a chokeslam. Sit down. Chokeslam from Dijak. Jeez, Luis. He's a big fucker. Kind of a cocky pin. He's a big fucker. South of heaven.

Kind of a cocky pin. Ouch. Yeah, he's a cocky son of a bitch. Is this live? Nah, this was a couple weeks ago. They got two minutes and 38 seconds to finish this match. Who's going to be the number one contender for Andrade Speed Championship? Xavier Woods. Up on the turnbuckle.

Member of the New Day. Hall of Famer, for sure. Dijak. Guy who's been around WWE forever. This is his big moment, his big opportunity. Go for a superplex. Xavier Woods smacks his ass down to the mat. To the sky.

Comfortable. Double missile dropkick. Dijak out of the ring. Oh, no. Those are good packs. Xavier Woods set him up. I'm going to go ahead and kick him out of his ring so I can do a baseball fine time. Look out, Dijak.

Eaton. Yeah, you're right. Eaton, champ here in the front row. Right next to Jack Black. See, cerebral news coming. Duck. That was obvious. See, he's telegraphing it all. Xavier Woods has been there, done that with all this. Good catch. Been there with this?

Oh, shit. Fuck, man. Dijak, Eaton. Oh? Oh, shit. I think so. Super kick that. Fuck, man. Dijak eating boots. No. Oh. Cave to chest. Uno. Dos.

Oh. See? Two. Tough son of a bitch. I did not expect a kick out there. One minute has passed since the last time I mentioned a minute. Think about how much shit happens in one minute in a wrestling ring and how tired you can potentially get.

Big chop from Xavier Woods. Macho mids. And another. And another. And another. Beat him down. Big tree fall hard. Reverse whip up and over. The power of that Irish whip.

I thought that was going to be a clothesline. You said it was a big boot. Basically a Claymore kick. No, it was a 360 boot there. It wasn't a Claymore. It's not Claymore. Basically, I said it was different. You know who the Claymore kick is.

I'm going to miss you, Drew. I miss Ricochet, man. He's dead. We don't know if he can even move right now. You're going to continue to. He's gone but not forgotten. He's not gone. We don't know what he's talking about.

I thought he passed away. How do you get tickets to speed? I think it's... It's got to be a super mark. I think it's hard. No, I think... I don't know if it's pre-recorded. That one looked like it.

I think it's like, this one was... They're in the red time. Uh-oh, 30 seconds left now. No, Dijak. Who wants it? Why is he going to the top? That was a bad decision. It was. Oh, no, he's going coast to coast here. Who wants it? Why is he going to the top? That was a bad decision.

It was. Oh, no. He's going coast to coast here. He's going to walk the ropes, too, isn't he? No. Yeah. Yep. Yep.

Boom. Bang. Pow. One, two, three. There's your number one contender, Xavier Woods. Yep. Andrade, look out. You got a fucking bad man coming to town.

It's time. Speed time. Xavier Woods. Yeah. Andrade, look out. You got a fucking bad man coming to town. Uh-oh. It's time. Speed time. Xavier Woods. Love that. Congratulations to Xavier. Congratulations. Well deserved. Jacked. Yeah, everybody's jacked over there. It's pretty crazy. I know. You walk around. Everybody's super jacked, aren't they? Anybody eating around here? What the fuck are you guys? You guys ever try pizza?

Jesus Christ, it's so good. Michael Cole's even getting super fit. It's pretty awesome. He looks good. I told you that last time I saw him in person. I don't know what you're doing, Cole, but you look good. Announcement. Michael Cole will be guest hosting this show on Monday.

Let it go, Michael Cole. With his flip-flops on, you think? No. I talked about that on Raw, about his crusty-ass toes making an appearance on the show. He said, well, since he's going to go right to the arena, he's not going to be able to dress like an asshole. He's going to have to wear a suit or whatever. I'm like, you don't have to wear a suit. We've got a full

locker room. He goes, I don't want to bring it back. I'm like, alright, cool. You do whatever you've got to do. I think he's going to be in a full suit up here. Here we go. Which is much better than how big of an asshole he looked the last time he had up here. Bad. You know, I had a good idea. He does that every show.

That's true, yeah. Every show, you show up. We get to WrestleMania at like noon. I got my shit in a bag or whatever. He's in full suit. I already see his full bit. He's got a three-piece on because it's WrestleMania. I'm like, are you wearing that the rest of the day?

I don't want to change anything. I want to carry my shit around. Okay. Valid. That's a very valid point. Before before we get out of here i think we need to do a giveaway pac-man what are you going to win what game are you going to win to give away 500 to 25 people on this glorious juneteenth 2024. uh! Quick decision. There was no second guessing. There was real confidence there. He said, I want to throw a football. I got the FC Cincinnati kit on.

That's football. I'm going to do a little football. What do you got to get it into? You're going to hit the net? No, let's move to Rockman. Oh, the Rocks bin. If Pac-Man Jones is able to bury this for the brand football into the Rocks bin, very aggressive move.

I like how confident we are. You're just bouncing an oblong ball or bouncing one is an incredibly confident move. Good athlete. You said you want to do it. Let's do it. 25 people, $500. All you got to do is put it into the Rocks bin. That's this first one, last one.

First one. This one's going to be's gonna be First and last There it is Oh my I like you You got another option You're good You're good

Ladies and gentlemen If Pac-Man Jones Is able to bury this For the Brad football Into the rocks Oh That looked good That felt good too

Yeah Perfect for Jack Holding that thing up there A little you know Let the wind go If Adam Pac-Man Jones Is able to bury this football into the rocks, bet!

All around it. All over. All around it. There you go, Pac. FC Cincinnati shirt, PXG hat. All he's going to do is bury this football into the rocks, bet, and 25 people will win five. You're throwing a good ball today, Pac.

Yeah, it's a really good ball. It's turning over nicely, too. Ladies and gentlemen, if Adam Pac-Man Jones is able to bury this NFL football in two. Go ahead. Oh, you got the other two. There's footballs. There's footballs. Ladies and gentlemen, if Adam Pac-Man Jones is able to bury this playground football.

Ladies and gentlemen, if Adam Pac-Man Jones is able to throw this collegiate national champion replica football that was certainly stolen off of a set at the national championship into the Rocks' bin right over there. 25 people will win $500. Every side of it has been hit. This is the one. This is the one, Pat. That one's hard to throw. This is a game winner.

Hey, that's a spring game. West Virginia legend Adam Adam Pacman Jones, will throw this West Virginia ball into the Rocks' bin, and 25 people will win $500. John Denver. Oh! Never a doubt. Never a doubt.

Go. Have you heard? Take me home To the place I belong West Virginia Mountain mama Take me home Country roads

That was beautiful. That was wonderful. 25 people, $500. All you got to do is repost this post, say something nice to somebody, and put the easiest way to pay you, and you will be entered into a randomized drawing of 25 people to win $500 because that West Virginia ball found its home.

Just like West Virginia football is going to find its home in the Big 12 Championship next year. Pac-Man Jones, West Virginia legend, won people $500, what a glorious way to end this Juneteenth 2024 it's been an amazing Wednesday, we can't thank you enough for joining us, AJ, great work today man good job guys boys in the back, great work

talk today, way to go one half of the hammer Cowboys, good work Bubba Campino, the other half of the hammer Cowboys. Cowboys. Good work. Good work. Bob Campino, the other half of the hammer. God. Cowboys. Good work. Congratulations. Nine-year NFL vet, Darius J. Butler. Great work this week. Good work. Great work.

Adam Pac-Man Jones, great to see you back in the studio. Good work. Good work. Great throw. Way to win. Good job, Pat. Give him some money. Thank you, Pat. Thank you, me. There you go. There it is. Good job, Tone. He says to himself. I was just congratulating everybody while I stopped myself.

Yeah. I agree. I don't love yourself before anybody else can love you. Yeah, exactly. It's true. Sometimes it's really hard, though, especially if it was somebody like me for 37 years. It gets a little difficult at times. But we can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this every single day.

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